Having Rupturable Wall Portion Patents (Class 206/746)
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Patent number: 11834235Abstract: A construct for holding a plurality of containers. The construct can comprise a tray portion comprising at least a bottom panel and a side panel foldably connected to the bottom panel, a cover portion comprising at least a top panel, an open configuration for inserting or removing the plurality of containers from the construct, and a closed configuration for at least partially retaining the plurality of containers in the construct. The top panel can be opposite to the bottom panel and the cover portion can be spaced apart from the side panel when the construct is in the closed configuration. The tray portion can be for at least partially receiving at least a first container of the plurality of containers, and the construct can be for receiving a second container of the plurality of containers between the first container and the top panel when the construct is in the closed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLCInventor: Felicia A. Pinkstone
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Patent number: 11667432Abstract: A shipping container includes a front wall, a rear wall positioned opposite the front wall, and first and second side walls extending between the front and rear walls. The side walls include perforations separating each of the first and second side walls into an upper portion and a lower portion. The shipping container is convertible into a display container by removal of the upper portions of the first and second side walls along the perforations.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.Inventors: Todd Purkey, Jeff Karp
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Patent number: 11534014Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for dispensing of protection sheets. The protection sheets are meant for single use and are shaped to cover and protect a designated part of user's body or article, such as a palm or a finger. The apparatus is robust and easy to use. A protection sheet is dispensed as per user's requirement, which can be taken up and worn by a user to cover and prevent possible contact with a contaminated or pathogenic surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Inventor: Samir Hanna Safar
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Use of a tray for conveying pouches for flexible containers and methods and machines using such tray
Patent number: 11377282Abstract: A tray and its use for conveying pouches for flexible containers such as Doypacks includes a number of partitions that protrude from the base of the tray so as to form between them spaces for the transverse containment of packs of pouches for flexible containers. The containment spaces are used to contain the packs of pouches in a direction that is transverse to the partitions.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.Inventors: Paolo Bianchi, Marco Grassilli -
Patent number: 10836532Abstract: A blank for forming a container is provided. The blank includes a top panel, a first and second side panels, and a bottom panel coupled together in series by a plurality of generally parallel fold lines, wherein the bottom panel includes a free side edge, the first side panel includes a first separation line, and the second side panel includes a second separation line. The blank also includes a first end flap and a second end flap extending from opposing side edges of the first side panel, and a third end flap and a fourth end flap extending from opposing side edges of the second side panel, wherein the second and fourth end flaps are configured for removal with the top panel after the container is formed and the first and second separation lines are separated.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: WestRock Shared Services, LLCInventors: Dejan Djokovic, David G. Couture, Kevin M. Simpkins
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Patent number: 10633142Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-cased box that can be used to transport and then display the goods being transported. The box can be formed from a single blank of material that is folded and glued into a box shape. The box includes a frangible line that—when broken—allows for removal of a portion of the box. The box also includes divider panels that form two or more compartments in the interior of the box.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Menasha CorporationInventor: Chad Michael Lilja
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Patent number: 10306998Abstract: A deployable display unit comprises a peripheral wall having a front panel, and a rear panel in opposed relation to each other. The front panel extends from a base plane to define a front height and the rear panel extends from the base plane to define a rear height greater than the front height. At least one product support extends between the front panel and the rear panel, and includes an upper panel, a lower panel, and a pair of side panels extending between the upper and lower panels in opposed relation to each other to define a cavity. The display unit further includes a plurality of slots, with each slot extending through the upper panel and the pair of side panels. The product support is engageable with a plurality of products for sale, wherein each product for sale is received within a respective one of the slots.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: CONSOLIDATED SERVICES CONTAINER & DISPLAY, INC.Inventor: G. Scott Meherin
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Patent number: 8910856Abstract: A packaging container, adapted to be cut to establish a display container for products stored therein, is formed with corner slits having a primary slit portion extending around a respective corner of the container, as well as secondary slit portions which extend at non-linear angles to the primary slit portion. Between the corner slits, the container can be provided with cut lines to act as a guide for a cutting instrument used to separate the container into top and bottom sections, with the bottom section establishing the display container. With the inclusion of the corner slits, the cutting instrument need not make any cuts through the corners. In addition, cuts made between the corner slits need not be perfectly aligned between respective primary slit portions due to the existence of the secondary slit portions.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2012Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Patrick J. Sumpmann, Dale Pusch
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Patent number: 8789703Abstract: A shelf-ready shipper display system having a tray portion, a hood portion, and one or more zones of weakness that enable the hood portion to be separated from the tray portion so that the shipper display system can be converted from a shipping configuration to a display configuration. In certain embodiments, the shipper display system is made from a single blank. In some embodiments, the shipper display system includes a reinforcement panel that is also capable of being separated from the tray portion as the shipper display system is converted from the shipping configuration and to the display configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Rock-Tenn Shared Services, LLCInventors: David G. Couture, Harry H. Roberts
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Patent number: 8622280Abstract: A combination shipping and dispensing carton for containing a plurality of articles. The carton has a plurality of panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the carton. The carton may have various dispensing features to allow articles to be dispensed from the carton.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.Inventors: Andrea Coltri-Johnson, Jean-Manuel Gomes, Edward W. Jones
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Patent number: 8596460Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a combination box and display unit. The unit may be used initially as a box to ship products, such as electronic cigarettes, and may then be converted into a display for the electronic cigarettes.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2012Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: NJOY, Inc.Inventor: Mark Scatterday
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Patent number: 8584860Abstract: The present invention provides a foldable shipping carton that easily converts to a retail display. The carton of the present invention incorporates an integral detachable panel that protects the product and the product's primary graphics area. Once at a retail location, the detachable panel is removed exposing the graphics. The carton then doubles as a display to draw attention to the product. The carton of the present invention replaces the unattractive brown cardboard shipping box and is intended to build brand awareness and drive sales.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Menasha CorporationInventors: Douglas William Orischak, Thomas Wray McCarthy
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Publication number: 20130092596Abstract: A shelf-ready shipper display system having a tray portion, a hood portion, and one or more zones of weakness that enable the hood portion to be separated from the tray portion so that the shipper display system can be converted from a shipping configuration to a display configuration. In certain embodiments, the shipper display system is made from a single blank. In some embodiments, the shipper display system includes a reinforcement panel that is also capable of being separated from the tray portion as the shipper display system is converted from the shipping configuration and to the display configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2012Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: ROCK-TENN SHARED SERVICES, LLC.Inventor: ROCK-TENN SHARED SERVICES, LLC.
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Publication number: 20130081359Abstract: Specially designed shipping containers and a method of packing the containers are disclosed which orient carded packages having a bottom portion substantially larger than a top portion in alignment to facilitate efficient packing with reduced empty space in the containers for shipping of the carded packages and facilitate easy removal of the carded packages from the shipping container for display. The shipping containers use less packing material per carded package the resulting lighter smaller containers require less fuel to ship and producing less waste resulting in a “Green” shipping container. A method of packing such shipping containers is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2012Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: Menshen Packaging USA, Inc.Inventor: Menshen Packaging USA, Inc.
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Patent number: 8376141Abstract: A shelf-ready shipper display system having a tray portion, a hood portion, and one or more zones of weakness that enable the hood portion to be separated from the tray portion so that the shipper display system can be converted from a shipping configuration to a display configuration. In certain embodiments, the shipper display system is made from a single blank. In some embodiments, the shipper display system includes a reinforcement panel that is also capable of being separated from the tray portion as the shipper display system is converted from the shipping configuration and to the display configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Rock-Tenn Shared Services, LLCInventor: David G. Couture
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Patent number: 8365914Abstract: A carton comprises a plurality of adjoined panels that define an interior space, including a front panel and a back panel opposite one another, and a first side panel and a second side panel opposite one another, at least one of which is a movable panel operative for being moved between a first position and a second position, and a heat-shrink patch at least partially joined to the movable panel on a side of the movable panel facing the interior space, the heat-shrink patch being operative for shrinking in response to heat so that shrinking the heat-shrink patch moves the movable panel from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.Inventor: Angela E. Learn
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Patent number: 8342335Abstract: A shelf-ready shipper display system having a tray portion, a hood portion, and one or more zones of weakness that enable the hood portion to be separated from the tray portion so that the shipper display system can be converted from a shipping configuration to a display configuration. In certain embodiments, the shipper display system is made from a single blank. In some embodiments, the shipper display system includes a reinforcement panel that is also capable of being separated from the tray portion as the shipper display system is converted from the shipping configuration and to the display configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Rock-Tenn Shared Services, LLCInventor: David G. Couture
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Patent number: 8281981Abstract: A container and a blank for making it. The container is constructed from a single sheet of foldable material and has a bottom wall, a top wall, first and second front wall panels, a back wall, and side flaps extending from opposite ends of the bottom, top, and back walls, and from the first and second front wall panels. The top wall is secured to the container by a tear-out panel extending from the top wall into the back wall and by frangible side flap portions in the side walls, whereby the tear-out panel may be grasped and lifted to lift the top wall and break the frangible side flap portions, completely freeing the top wall from the container by the single step of grasping and tearing out and lifting the tear-out panel to pivot the top upwardly. A blank and method of assembling and erecting the blank to form the container also are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2007Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: International Paper CompanyInventor: Roy D. P. Foden
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Patent number: 8107230Abstract: A display device includes a panel assembly on which an image is formed, a cover member which comprises a front portion having a display window exposing at least a portion of a front side of the panel assembly and a side portion which is bent from the front portion, the cover member having one or more joining regions where a pair of end portions engage with and are joined to each other, the cover member comprising a first joining part and a second joining part which are formed at the pair of end portions, respectively, wherein at least one of the first joining part and the second joining part include a region stepped from a surface of the cover member, and at least a portion of the first joining part and the second joining part overlap each other, and an accommodating member which accommodates the panel assembly and is joined to the cover member.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeoung-gwen Lee, Chun-hyun Cho, Sang-min Kang, Jin-soo Shin
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Patent number: 7992716Abstract: A container comprising a front panel, a first back panel, a second back panel, a first side panel bridging the front panel and the first back panel, a second side panel bridging the front panel and the second back panel, a top portion, and a bottom portion. The front panel, first and second back panels, first and second side panels, top portion, and bottom portion define an interior of the container. The container further comprises a divider extending from the first back panel into the interior of the container and attached to the front panel. The container further comprises a detachable portion comprising a removable section of the top portion, a removable section of the front panel, and a removable section of the divider. The detachable portion is separable from the container along a plurality of lines of weakness.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Packaging Corporation of AmericaInventor: Keith A. Jackson
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Publication number: 20110162997Abstract: A package for storing and dispensing a consumable product is provided. The package can be easily constructed from a suitable blank of material and can be composed of first and second compartments hingedly and detachably secured to each other. The package has an initially unopened configuration where the first and second compartments define a substantially common plane. The package is openable from the initially unopened configuration by relative movement of the first and second compartments about the hinge. The package is reconfigurable to either of first and second closed configurations after the initial opening. In the first closed configuration the first and second compartments define a substantially common plane and in the second closed configuration the first and second compartments define spaced apart substantially parallel planes. A blank for a package, a method of making the package and a method of reconfiguring the package are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2009Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: Wm. Wrigley Jr. CompanyInventors: James W. Robbins, Ryan A. Bailey
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Patent number: 7882952Abstract: A method for applying a heat shrinkable film to a carton for forming a shape of the carton is provided. The carton includes a top panel, a bottom panel, at least one side panel extending between the top panel and the bottom panel, and a movable section that is movable between a first position and a second position. The method includes providing a heat-shrinkable but unshrunken film, wrapping the film in an unheated condition around at least a portion of the carton including at least a portion of the movable section of the carton, and moving the movable section from the first position to the second position to form a shape of the carton by heating the heat-shrinkable film to shrink the heat-shrinkable film into contact with at least a portion of the movable section.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2010Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.Inventors: Angela E. Learn, Michael D. Ryan
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Patent number: 7823309Abstract: Display device including a unitary, rigid sheet defining a left center panel, a right center panel pivotally connected to the left center panels, a left side panel pivotally connected to the left center panel and a right side panel pivotally connected to the right center panel. Vertically extending separation lines are formed on a rear planar layer without penetrating or cutting a front planar layer so that the panels are able to pivot about vertical axes. Fold lines may be formed opposite the separation lines on the front planar layer to facilitate folding the sheet whereby the fold lines define the vertical axes about which the panels pivot. Folding of the sheet provides a compact configuration which enables the display device to be easily carried.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2006Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Inventor: Abraham Albenda
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Publication number: 20100270204Abstract: A shipping and display carton is provided that may be used for panel filters. The carton preferably has two display positions including horizontally flat and vertically upright positions to provide a retailer with display options. The box has several features such as releasable interlocked retainer flaps to retain filters in one display position, perforated removal portions including a removable card carrying a cover lid, a single glue seam with interlocking bottom panels so as to provide break down without a cut knife, and other features.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2009Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: Clarcor Air Filtration Products, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey A. Sinclair, LaMonte A. Crabtree
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Publication number: 20100243517Abstract: A pre-packed shipper display containing products arranged for display for purchase by consumers, and bearing display indicia including shopper-targeted indicia directed to shoppers and/or product-specific indicia relating to the products. All panels of the pre-packed shipper display are formed from a monolithic blank and remain integrally coupled together such that the monolithic blank may be folded to form the pre-packed shipper display without separating panels and without the need for glue. The pre-packed shipper display may include a graphics box formed integrally from the monolithic blank. Structural support panels may also be formed integrally from the monolithic blank to be folded within the graphics box to provide structural support and rigidity to the pre-packed shipper display and/or to provide support to the products therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Steven Agalopoulos, Diego Macchi
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Patent number: 7549542Abstract: The transfer tool of this invention includes a handle, a substantially rigid rod extending from the handle, and a peg attachment end. The rod should be long enough to hold a plurality of packages to facilitate the quick transfer of a large number of packages from the shipping container to the display peg. The peg attachment end is configured to temporarily abut and align with the end of the display peg extending from the display case. Specially designed shipping containers are used to orient the packages in alignment to facilitate transfer of the packages to the display peg with the transfer tool A system and method of using the transfer tool and shipping container of this invention are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2005Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLCInventors: Wayne P. Gasior, Tracy C. Smith, Michael J. Huggins
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Publication number: 20090014352Abstract: A container and a blank for making it. The container is constructed from a single sheet of foldable material and has a bottom wall, a top wall, first and second front wall panels, a back wall, and side flaps extending from opposite ends of the bottom, top, and back walls, and from the first and second front wall panels. The top wall is secured to the container by a tear-out panel extending from the top wall into the back wall and by frangible side flap portions in the side walls, whereby the tear-out panel may be grasped and lifted to lift the top wall and break the frangible side flap portions, completely freeing the top wall from the container by the single step of grasping and tearing out and lifting the tear-out panel to pivot the top upwardly. A blank and method of assembling and erecting the blank to form the container also are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2007Publication date: January 15, 2009Inventor: Roy D. P. Foden
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Patent number: 7445120Abstract: A reusable display package having a first body with a first pocket and a second body with a second pocket is provided. A hinge connects the first body to the second body to move the first body relative to the second body from an open display position to a closed carrying position. At the open display position, the first body and the second body are coplanar and the packaging is capable of displaying products. At the closed carrying position, the first body is substantially parallel to the second body. Retaining members lock the hinge at the open display position and are removable for moving the bodies to the closed carrying position.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2005Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: Cequent Consumer ProductsInventor: Thaddeus Brej
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Patent number: 7225930Abstract: A combination shipping and dispensing carton for carrying pouches which can be converted into side-by-side dispensers for dispensing pouches in their upright position on the shelves of stores. The carton has a bottom panel, top panel and adjoining side panels and flaps for closing the ends of the carton. The carton has a pair of tear lines extending through one side panel and a fold line extending in the other side panel which are interconnected so that when the tear lines are torn the carton can be formed into side-by-side dispensers by folding the fold line. This shipping carton carries the pouches in two rows with the tops of the pouches in each row meeting near the center of the carton and overlapping so that the length of the carton is less than two times the length of a pouch. The length of the carton can be from approximately the length of a pouch to one and half times the length of a pouch, depending upon the configuration of the pouches and how full they are filled.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2003Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.Inventors: Colin Ford, Raymond Spivey
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Patent number: 7021468Abstract: The carton is convertible into two display trays on which tapered articles may be displayed. The trays can be pivoted about a fold line without disturbing each row of articles in the carton. The fold line is formed in the base of the carton whereas lines of weakening are formed in the top, front and rear. The top of the carton is provided with a pair of parallel weakened or tear lines that are parallel to the fold line in the base. The tear lines in the top extend all the way across the top to define between themselves a removable portion. The distance between the fold line and either tear line of the top is dimensioned such that the two rows of articles may be efficiently separated or uninterleaved from each other while held respectively in the two trays when the two trays are pivoted about the fold line.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2003Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: Meadwestvaco Packaging Systems, LLCInventor: John W. Cargile, Jr.
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Patent number: 6942102Abstract: A container converts into a display tray, wherein the container has a base, a removable lid and a single tear line crossing the removable lid and dividing the lid into two sections of unequal size. The display tray is created by inverting the container and tearing the tear line, physically dividing the lid, whereupon both the smaller section of the lid and the base are removed and discarded, leaving the inverted, larger section of the lid as the display tray.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2003Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: International Paper CompanyInventor: Timothy Joe Justice
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Patent number: 6729475Abstract: The carton can be used both as a shipper carton and a display carton. The carton comprises two or more channels for containing products. The channels can be opened to maintain the integrity of the carton for use as a display carton by maintaining the integrity of the base wall, but with the removal of substantially all of the top wall of each channel and a significant portion of the sidewalls of each channel. The remaining part of the sidewalls, a rear wall and the base provide the structure for the use of the carton as a display carton. If used as a shipper, a tear strip on the base wall is removed and the carton fully opened and emptied. The carton is made from a unique carton blank and a unique folding of the panels of the blank to make the carton. In particular the abutting walls of the channels are of a unique structure with each having a separate sidewall and these separate sidewalls not connected to the base wall.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2002Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Andrew Yuhas, Len La Plante, Leonard Beer
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Patent number: 6719143Abstract: A carton blank includes first and second spaced main panels and first and second side flaps abutting first and second side edges, respectively, of the first main panel. Third and fourth side flaps abut first and second side edges, respectively, of the second main panel and an intermediate panel is disposed between first ends of the first and second spaced main panels. A cover flap abuts a second end of the second main panel and a display flap includes first and second portions adjacent to one another wherein the first portion is joined to a second end of the first main panel by a score line and the second portion is joined to the second end of the first main panel by a perforated line collinear with the score line.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2002Date of Patent: April 13, 2004Assignee: S.C. Johnson Home Storage, Inc.Inventor: William J. Rice
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Publication number: 20030222131Abstract: A container converts into a display tray, wherein the container has a base and a single tear line crossing a plurality of side, end and bottom panels of the base, dividing the base into two sections of unequal size. The smaller section of the base is removed and discarded, leaving the larger section as the display tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2003Publication date: December 4, 2003Inventor: Timothy J. Justice
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Publication number: 20030150772Abstract: A carton blank includes first and second spaced main panels and first and second side flaps abutting first and second side edges, respectively, of the first main panel. Third and fourth side flaps abut first and second side edges, respectively, of the second main panel and an intermediate panel is disposed between first ends of the first and second spaced main panels. A cover flap abuts a second end of the second main panel and a display flap includes first and second portions adjacent to one another wherein the first portion is joined to a second end of the first main panel by a score line and the second portion is joined to the second end of the first main panel by a perforated line collinear with the score line.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2002Publication date: August 14, 2003Inventor: William J. Rice
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Patent number: 6523692Abstract: A fold-in-half shipping/display box has tear-away segments in its front side, and severable perforations in the top and rear walls, whereby once the tear-away segments have been removed and the perforations have been severed, the box can be folded in half to display items contained therein.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1999Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Assignee: Fort James CorporationInventor: James W. Gregory
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Publication number: 20020070145Abstract: The carton can be used both as a shipper carton and a display carton. The carton comprises two or more channels for containing products. The channels can be opened to maintain the integrity of the carton for use as a display carton by maintaining the integrity of the base wall, but with the removal of substantially all of the top wall of each channel and a significant portion of the sidewalls of each channel. The remaining part of the sidewalls, a rear wall and the base provide the structure for the use of the carton as a display carton. If used as a shipper, a tear strip on the base wall is removed and the carton fully opened and emptied. The carton is made from a unique carton blank and a unique folding of the panels of the blank to make the carton. In particular the abutting walls of the channels are of a unique structure with each having a separate sidewall and these separate sidewalls not connected to the base wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2002Publication date: June 13, 2002Inventors: Andrew Yuhas, Ken La Plante, Leonard Beer
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Patent number: 6386369Abstract: The carton comprises two or more channels for containing products. The channels can be opened to maintain the integrity of the carton for use as a display carton by maintaining the integrity of the base wall, but with the removal of substantially all of the top wall of each channel and a significant portion of the sidewalls of each channel. The remaining part of the sidewalls, a rear wall and the base provide the structure for the use of the carton as a display carton. If used as a shipper, a tear strip on the base wall is removed and the carton fully opened and emptied. The carton is made from a unique carton blank and a unique folding of the panels of the blank to make the carton. In particular the abutting walls of the channels are of a unique structure with each having a separate sidewall and these separate sidewalls not connected to the base wall.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2000Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignee: Colgate Palmolive CompanyInventors: Andrew Yuhas, Leonard Beer
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Publication number: 20010001447Abstract: A fold-in-half shipping/display box has tear-away segments in its front side, and severable perforations in the top and rear walls, whereby once the tear-away segments have been removed and the perforations have been severed, the box can be folded in half to display items contained therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 1999Publication date: May 24, 2001Inventor: JAMES W. GREGORY
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Patent number: 6062424Abstract: A convertible package dispenser to dispense a plurality of identical, smaller packages, is provided by a parallelepiped carton having hollow interior sized to receive the plurality of packages arranged in a row. The carton is formed by first and second pairs of opposing, rectangular longitudinal walls and one pair of opposing end walls smaller in size than the longitudinal walls. First slot openings are provided in each of the longitudinal walls of the first pair proximal one of the end walls in order to remove packages from the carton. Another slot opening is provided through such longitudinal walls proximal an opposing longitudinal end of the wall to insert packages that were removed. Removable covers in the form of removable tab elements are provided over the slot openings to retain the packages within the carton until the carton is set up to dispense packages.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1997Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Smithkline Beecham CorporationInventors: Nicolina C. Simile-Gravina, Lesley S. Rodenhiser, Alissa F. Podheiser
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Patent number: 5921398Abstract: A shipping and display container has two opposing end panels in a spaced parallel relationship and front and rear panels in a spaced parallel relationship defining opposing front and rear container surfaces. The front and rear panels are connected to the two opposing end panels to form a container periphery. A bottom panel extends within the container periphery to define a bottom surface of the container. A top panel also extends within the container periphery to define a top surface of the container. The top surface includes an opening for viewing the contents of the container. The container is also convertible from a storage configuration to a display configuration. The conversion mechanism includes the top surface and the front surface having a removable portion defined by a pattern of lines of weakening, at least the top surface and the rear surface including a further line of weakening, and the bottom surface defining a fold line.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 1998Date of Patent: July 13, 1999Assignee: Star-Kist Foods, Inc.Inventor: Michael F. Carroll
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Patent number: 5636746Abstract: A package for the display of a plurality of different types of computer accessories is provided with a container having a bottom portion, a back wall, a top portion, and a pair of side walls, all of which define a partially enclosed space. The container has a unitary support structure disposed therein for supporting a plurality of computer accessories. The unitary support structure includes a first support structure adapted to support a first type of computer accessory, a second support structure adapted to support a second type of computer accessory, and a third support structure adapted to support a third type of computer accessory, the shapes and/or sizes of the computer accessories being different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1995Date of Patent: June 10, 1997Assignee: R. R. Donnelley & Sons CompanyInventor: Thomas P. McQueeny
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Patent number: 5595304Abstract: A shipping container having a relatively conventional rectangular shape is provided fabricated of multi-ply corrugated cardboard. A pallet is provided within the container. The pallet is supported by the bottom wall of the container. The pallet is also fabricated from multi-ply corrugated cardboard. A portion of one of the container side walls and an attached closure flap are provided with substantially parallel discontinuace slits which extend from and edge of the closure flap to a point substantially midway of the side wall. Tab portions are provided along the length of each slit. The tabs may be torn to separate the material between the slits and provide an opening which permits ready access to articles in the lower portion of the container.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: January 21, 1997Assignee: Chrysler CorporationInventor: Lawrence J. Timmins
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Patent number: 5555982Abstract: A shipping container apparatus is provided which, upon opening, may be converted to a display apparatus for items shipped and contained therewithin the shipping container. The convertible shipping container--display apparatus includes a cover configured for facilitated opening, to permit access to and viewing of the goods shipped and contained therein.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1994Date of Patent: September 17, 1996Assignee: Stone Container CorporationInventors: Wayne H. Kuhn, Robert B. Leftwich