Patents by Inventor William Kawahara

William Kawahara has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5743389
    Abstract: Prepared flat paper stock blank is disposed for assembly into a dual-configuration food and beverage carrier, selectively folded into an upright box with upward-extending side walls and end walls with handle panels extending from the box base around the side walls and meeting over the box as a handle or alternatively into an inverted box with downwardly-extending side and end walls with handle panels extending from the base upward and away from the side walls. When the handle panels are folded toward and around the base side walls, the carrier is disposed to enclose foodstuffs placed in the carrier. When the handle panels are folded away from the base side walls, the carrier becomes a cup and cone carrier, the box being carried inverted. One or more holes are provided in the base section for receiving cups and cones. Hinged sectors are provided at the hole perimeter to cover the hole, lightly connected until mildly urged downward to receive a cup thereby breaking the light connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: CLK Factor, Inc.
    Inventors: Donna Cutler, Thomas Cutler, Per-Axel Lindstrom, William Kawahara