Blank Patents (Class 220/62)
  • Publication number: 20110048976
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a desiccant container which includes—a hanger element (12, 135) for suspension in a zone from which it is desired to remove moisture; a desiccant arrangement (14, 154) comprising at least one moisture permeable receptacle containing a supply of desiccant, the desiccant arrangement being—suspended from the hanger element (12, 135); and a flexible protective sleeve (18, 101), at least a part of which is moisture permeable, arranged about the desiccant arrangement (14, 154), wherein the sleeve is mounted on the hanger element (12, 135) independently from the desiccant arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: SUD-CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Stefan Dick, Mandy Erdmann, Hubert Simmler-Hubenthal, Stephen Eric Wilson
  • Publication number: 20110042375
    Abstract: A two-piece package for housing and dispensing a unit dose product. The product to be dispensed is contained on an internal slide card that is removably and lockably engaged within an outer sleeve. The package provides a child resistant and user-friendly dosing means that can be opened and closed numerous times while in use, then disposed of when all the unit doses are exhausted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Steve P. Jones, Marty Jones, Robert Workman
  • Patent number: 7887249
    Abstract: A structural element comprises a groove formed in a sheet of foldable material. The groove substantially defines a fold line along which the sheet of material is foldable. At least one tab and at least one recess may be formed in the groove. The tab may be positioned on a side of the groove opposite the recess. The tab and recess may be oriented such that the tab is receivable within the recess positioned on an opposite side of the groove. The tab and recess may form an internal finger joint when the material is folded along the fold line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Chad D. Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20110031244
    Abstract: A three-dimensional structure formed with precision fold technology includes a first sheet section having a first edge formed with a first joinder structure proximate the first edge, a second sheet section having a second edge formed with a second joinder structure proximate the second edge for interlocking engagement with said first joinder structure, and a plurality of folding structures formed in the sheet of material along a plurality of desired fold lines which divide the sheet of material into said first and second sheet sections, the folding structures being formed to produce sufficiently precise folding of the sheet of material along the fold lines to position the first and second edges together such that said first and second joinder structures interengage with one another and retain the sheet of material in a folded condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: Industrial Origami, Inc.
    Inventor: Max W. DURNEY
  • Publication number: 20110024413
    Abstract: A carton comprises a microwave heating construct including a base and a plurality of upstanding walls defining an interior space for receiving a food item, and a cover joined to the construct along a line of disruption. The construct includes a line of disruption extending substantially across the base. The line of disruption defines a first section and a second section of the construct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventor: Lorin R. Cole
  • Patent number: 7879436
    Abstract: A synthetic board is made from a plastic film ply 4, 6 adhered or welded to a parallel array of thin-walled plastic tubes 2. In some versions, the tubes are spaced from each other. In others the tubes are contiguous. This allows the board to curl up more or less depending on the tube packing about the tubes axes but to resist bowing between the ends of the tubes. The board is useful for packaging, display, cladding and insulation. In some versions, a second parallel array 7 lies at 90° to the first and the board is free to fold about the boundary between the two arrays. In this way, runs of cruciform carton blanks can be manufactured. The tubes can contain particulate or gel filling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Cushionflute Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Kwok, John Charles Punter
  • Patent number: 7819277
    Abstract: A single-sheeted-type and dual-handled-type carrier for suspending a drinking cup by one hand and method. The carrier includes a single sheet blank. The single sheet blank is rectangular-shaped, planar, and cut and folded into a specific configuration having dual handles for suspending the drinking cup from the one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Inventor: Violet Hanson
  • Patent number: 7766181
    Abstract: A lid can be attached to a top of a microwaveable container. The lid can be made from paperboard, hard paper, and other materials, and can serve to cover an open top of the microwaveable container to prevent the contents of the container from splattering during heating. After heating, the lid also provides a surface by which a consumer can safely handle the heated container. The top panel of the lid can have smooth, continuous and uninterrupted surface, without creases or joints, that is suitable for advertising and product information and graphics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Fogle, Colin P. Ford
  • Publication number: 20100025400
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a box lid blank comprising side panels and end panels adapted to be connected to form a rectangular structure, side flaps and end flaps extending from the respective side panels and end panels and connected thereto along fold lines or score lines, folding portions of said end flaps being adapted to be secured to opposed facing portions of the side flaps and to extend outwardly from the side and end panels when the rectangular structure is folded flat, said end flaps and the secured folding portions being shaped such that the secured folding portions draw the end and side flaps inwardly towards a closed position with respect to the side and end panels when the rectangular structure is formed from its folded flat condition to thereby form a lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Visy R & D Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: Russell Alan Sytsma
  • Publication number: 20100006569
    Abstract: A single piece blank and resulting container having an operable tray panel for easily viewing and accessing products contained within is disclosed. Specifically, the container is designed to have an operable tray panel in an upper portion of the container. The operable tray panel allows easy access to products in the container. Further, it provides better viewing of contents such that the urge to access the contents is increased via the increased visibility. The structure provides a strong and stable container that may be constructed to varying sizes and geometries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Weyerhaeuser Co.
    Inventor: Alex D. Bevier
  • Publication number: 20090127273
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention discloses a circumferential sleeve made from a single pre-cut blank with no additional material (other than adhesive) added to the blank. The circumferential sleeve has a strip that protrudes from the sleeve and one end of the strip is contiguous to a first portion sleeve such as the bottom edge and the other end of the strip is attached to a portion of the sleeve, such as the rear panel. The strip can be arcuate or L-shaped and permits a food container to stand upright.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: David Miller, Matthew Phillips, Matthew Prancuk
  • Publication number: 20080314898
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for gas filling and sealing of a duct intended to be filled with gas and positioned in a container of a collapsible type. The duct is defined by two opposite side walls which are joined along a connecting portion and comprises an inlet arranged in one of the side walls. A part of the container that comprises the inlet is clamped between an abutment and a gas module which is axially movable towards the abutment. Clamping occurs in such a manner that one off the two side walls included in the duct is allowed, in response to a gas flow supplied from the gas module and entering the duct through said inlet, to bulge to form a free passage into the duct for filling the same with gas. After completion of the gas filling, the duct is sealed. The invention also relates to a container blank having a duct which is specially developed for the method and the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventor: Stefan FORSS
  • Publication number: 20080308449
    Abstract: A container which comprises an upper wall panel, a bottom wall panel, and first and second sidewalls, a cover panel connected to a side marginal edge of one of the sidewalls, and a blister pack forming a portion of the upper wall panel, the blister pack comprising a blister layer having a plurality of pockets formed therein with a foil layer overlying the blister pockets, and a paperboard layer secured thereto with a plurality of tear strips formed in the paperboard layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventor: Thomas D. Intini
  • Patent number: 7428976
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of forming a container comprising forming a basket portion of metal mesh material and a rail connected to the basket portion. The rail extends substantially outwardly from the outer surface of the basket portion and the rail extends continuously around the outer surface of the basket portion. In one example, the method includes forming the rail so that it does not contain or surround a free edge of the basket portion. In another example, the method includes forming the rail so that it includes an opening for containing or surrounding a free edge of the basket portion. The method may also include forming a lower rail. The present invention is also directed to a container formed by such method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Design Ideas, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsi-Ming Cheng, R. Neal Post, Christopher Hardy
  • Patent number: 7425207
    Abstract: A vial for dispensing a liquid into a syringe is described which comprises a body section for holding the liquid, the body section having a top and a bottom; a port having a removable seal, where the port is adapted for a syringe connection and where the port is interconnected with the body section at a point near the top of the body section by a passageway which for at least a portion of its length extends above the level of the liquid in the body section when the vial is inverted, thereby preventing leakage of the liquid from the body section when the seal of the port is removed. A method of making the vial is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Holopack International Corp.
    Inventors: Shawn W. Miller, David Rocheleau, Mohammad R. Sadeghi, Walter Zahn, Bernd Hansen
  • Publication number: 20080135560
    Abstract: A container that can be constructed from a blank is disclosed. The container can include four side walls and can be divided into multiple cells. The size or shape of the cell(s) can be substantially similar or can be varied. For instance, the cell(s) can be varied to correspond to the size or shape of a particular article of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: Mary Kay Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Dominski, Brad Moore
  • Patent number: 7381476
    Abstract: At least one plane blank (20) is cut out from a sheet of metal material, the blank comprising a main part having the developed shape of the wall of the structural element and at least one additional overlap and fixing tab (26, 27, 28), the cutout blank (20) is folded along a plurality of lines (23) so as to form the wall of the structural element comprising a plurality of annular segments that are not in axial alignment out of folded portions (22, 24, 24?, 25) of the main part of the cutout blank (20), and welding is used to fix at least one additional overlap and fixing tab (26, 27, 28) on at least one of a folded portion (22, 24, 24?, 25) and a second overlap tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Imphy Ugine Precision
    Inventor: Jean Pierre Reyal
  • Publication number: 20080121536
    Abstract: A package is formed from a carton and containers extending through a bottom panel of the carton. First and second struts and brace apertures in the carton sidewalls provide support for the containers accommodated within the carton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventor: Emili Requena Miret
  • Publication number: 20080098787
    Abstract: A two-dimensional sheet material is provided that is suitable for bending along a bend line to form a three-dimensional object. The sheet material is provided with a plurality of displacements in a thickness direction of the sheet material on one side of the bend line. A portion of the displacements shear adjacent the bend line and define an edge and an opposed face. The edge and opposed face configured to produce edge-to-face engagement of the sheet material during bending. Alternatively, sheet material is provided with a plurality of displacements in a thickness direction of the sheet material on one or both sides of the bend line, and with a plurality of corresponding and cooperating protrusions to improve structural integrity and/or to improve electromagnetic and radio frequency shielding. The sheet material may also be provided with a self-latching structure. A method of preparing and using these sheet materials is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: Industrial Origami, Inc.
    Inventors: Max W. DURNEY, Radha Vaidyanathan, Ryan Lam
  • Patent number: 7270245
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a container comprising a first piece of mesh material and at least one separate second piece of mesh material. The first piece of mesh is bent to form a bottom wall and a first pair of sidewalls. The second piece of material forms a second pair of sidewalls. When the pieces are joined together, a basket portion with an upwardly-extending opening is formed. The basket portion may further include a runner portion that may be a separate rail connected to the basket portion, thus forming a drawer. When the container is used with a drawer system including a frame, the runner portion is slidably received in a pair of frame runners. This allows the drawer to move with respect to the frame between retracted and extended positions. The present invention is also directed to a method for making such containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Design Ideas, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsi-Ming Cheng, R. Neal Post, Christopher Hardy
  • Patent number: 6918503
    Abstract: A box blank 35, constructed using a reinforcing net 2 to strengthen its hinges, and a method for making the same is disclosed. The box blank 35 also possesses a structure which reduces the forces bearing on its structural walls when loaded and stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Linpac Mouldings Limited
    Inventor: Dan Molander
  • Patent number: 6883765
    Abstract: A novel holder in the form of a structural volume for holding a container and a flexible strap coupled to the structural volume. The structural volume is made form a disposable unitary blank composed of a biodegradable material and having a central base with legs extending therefrom to form a cruciform shape. Fold lines are provided between the base and the legs that enable the blank to be folded into a prism to form the structural volume. A ring is attached to one of the legs remote from the base and has a tab for coupling with the opposite leg to complete the structural volume. A container can be carried in the structural volume and be supported on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Inventors: Jorge Pablo Lozano, Juan Carlos Alberto Seco
  • Patent number: 6648159
    Abstract: A collapsible, reusable, general purpose shipping box is made from an inexpensive polymer composition, and can be mass produced by extrusion or coextrusion. The boxes are extruded or coextruded in an almost wasteless production as endless webs of inner layouts and outer layouts, which are folded into respective configurations with one of the configurations being outer one and another inner one. The enclosure is assembled by inserting the inner configuration into the outer one and snap-connecting the complementary male-female locking elements already extruded into the layouts. An extruded web may be many layouts wide as a given extruder and die allow. The boxes can be easily assembled from substantially flat and rectangular layouts at the point of packaging, either by hand or by using a slightly modified and currently widely used box erection machine, and as easily disassembled for transportation and cleansing at the point of unloading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Inventors: Vladimir Prutkin, Oskar Kalman
  • Patent number: 6579579
    Abstract: A container, in particular a container with a tube-shaped wall, made of a light metal alloy for use as a reaction chamber in a process for manufacturing wafers. The container wall is made by way of extrusion or ring-rolling, and the container wall is made from a metallic, aluminum-based material with a magnesium content between 1.2 and 2.0 wt. %. The elements Cu, Fe, Si are present in amounts less than 0.5 wt. %. This container wall may also be shaped in one piece as container with a base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Ulf Hodel, Reinhold Gitter
  • Publication number: 20020104841
    Abstract: A foldable board for use in a tent, addressing the inconvenience of conventional tents by providing a secure resting surface inside the tent. With conventional tents, it is troublesome to keep cups or opened beverage cans in the tent, because the ground is rough and bumpy, with considerable risk that the drink or other item will be upset or fall down on the ground, thereby soiling the tent or clothes and creating discomfort. So, cups and drink cans have to be supported between some props or held by a person. In order to address these inconveniences, a foldable board is provided, the back side of which is attached to the inside of a tent, the sides of which are also provided with props for securing goods, and the bottom of which is PVC laminated and sewn with bias. The bottom can be folded up and pulled down with hook and loop closures attached to the back prop and to a corresponding spot on the PVC laminated bottom prop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventor: Kyong-Jai Choi
  • Patent number: 6401952
    Abstract: A modular container is formed of a casing, a seat ring, a rotary cover, and a base. The casing is provided with a plurality of retaining holes and retaining projections. The seat ring is located in the top of a cylindrical object which is formed by the casing. The base if disposed at the bottom of the cylindrical object. The rotary cover is provided with a plurality of retaining protrusions. The seat ring is provided with a plurality of locating slots. The rotary cover is located by the seat ring such that the retaining protrusions of the rotary cover are located in the locating slots of the seat ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Inventor: Chen Shan Ming
  • Patent number: 6392139
    Abstract: A shield case includes first and second side plates formed by blanking a metal sheet. Between the first side plate and the second side plate, two shield plates are formed connected to the side plates through connecting portions. One shield plate has, in one end edge, a protuberance and, in the other end edge, a shield plate formed through a connecting portion. Bending allowances are formed respectively in the first and second side plate in areas between the connecting portions. During assembling, the bending allowances of the first and second side plates are bent inward between the shield plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Okuma, Toshiyuki Harada
  • Patent number: 6223980
    Abstract: A packaging box comprising a cardboard bottom and a transparent lid removably mounted on the opening of the bottom. The lid comprises a convex portion facing inside the box and cooperating with the opening of the bottom and at least two flaps articulating on opposite edges of the lid. Each overlapping at least partly a side face of the bottom. The flaps each comprise at least locking elements cooperating with complementary locking elements provided in one side face of the bottom or with complementary locking elements born by the other flap auxiliary flaps articulated on the other edges of the lid. The invention is applicable to the packaging of food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Groupe Guillin
    Inventor: Francois Guillin
  • Patent number: 6220507
    Abstract: A packaging box comprising a closed crown (1) provided with at least two opposite transverse windows (4), a base (3) and a lid (2) for closing the crown (1). The lid (2) comprises a piece provided with a boss (5) for cooperating with the top opening of the crown (1) by fitting therein, and comprising at least two opposite side flaps (6) each provided with a boss (7) for cooperating with a window (4) of the crown (1) by fitting therein. The base (3) comprises a piece provided with a boss (8) for cooperating with the lower opening of the crown (1) by fitting therein and two opposite projections or tabs (9) each provided with locking elements (10) cooperating with complementary locking elements (11) of one of the flaps (6) of the lid (2). The invention is applicable to the packaging of food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Groupe Guillin
    Inventor: François Guillin
  • Patent number: 6164487
    Abstract: An insulative jacket for a beverage container is fabricating from a unitary blank of flexible insulative material into a main body forming an annulus with continuous upper and lower edges openable into an annular form for receiving the beverage container and collapsible along diametrically opposed fold lines into a flattened rectangular form when not in use, and a circular end wall connected to the lower edge of the annulus at diametrically opposed locations with a sewn fold line bisecting the wall to urge it to fold inwardly within the annulus when collapsed into the flattened rectangular form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Numo Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael E. Hicks
  • Patent number: 6164477
    Abstract: A one piece stowage bin (10) has a generally rectangular, polygonal open-fronted box-type structure. Right and left end panels (14) and (18) rise up from the sides of the bottom panel (12) to form side walls. Three fold lines allow the stowage bin (10) to comprise the rear lower panel (22), the rear upper panel (26) and the top panel (30) of the stowage bin. Tenons (51), (52), (53), (54), (57), (58), (59), and (60) extend from the margins of the right and left end panels (14) and (18). Mortise pockets (63), (64), (65), (66), (71), (72), (73), and (74) are formed in the side margins of the rear upper panel 26 and the top panel (30). The mortises and tenons create interlocking mortise and tenon joints that do not require a bonding adhesive. Right and left formed angle brackets (38) and (40) secure the right and left end panels (14) and (18) to the top panel (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Ralph D. Druckman, Richard C. Burnham, James S. Griffing, Chai Y. Indharasophang, Paul S. Dewar, Marc A. Spane, Tom F. Hodgman, Scott D. Button
  • Patent number: 6112928
    Abstract: A foldable, self-standing container is disclosed which can be formed of plastic, paper, metal, or other materials and can be sealed with an integral top. The container is formed with unique fold lines in two side sections and the bottom section. When folded, the self-standing container lies flat and can be instantly opened into the upright, self-standing position by exerting opposing forces on two exposed sides of the container. When formed of metal, the fold lines are made in the form of joints, preferably connected with a resilient, liquid-tight, heat-proof sealant material. Also disclosed is an efficient method for bulk dispensing of the containers as well as a method of making and folding the containers, including an inventive box folding device. A method for permanently forming a curvature in a plastic bead and groove type zipper-type closure device is also provided in order to continuously extend the zipper-type closure device around a plurality of the sides of the foldable, self-standing container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Box Ease International
    Inventors: William S. Black, Ra'ed Al'Zubi, A. Cameron Sevy
  • Patent number: 6092684
    Abstract: A connectable case and method of forming the connectable case from a synthetic resin plate. The case includes a bottom panel, four side-wall panels each extending from a respective side of the bottom panel and a flap panel extending from the side of at least one side-wall panel, the flap panel extending downwardly adjacent to its respective side-wall panel, such that the space between the downwardly extending flap panel and its respective side-wall panel is approximately equal to the thickness of a side-wall panel. One side-wall panel has at leat one hole formed therein, and one of the flap panel and its associated side-wall panel has at least one protrusion formed therein extend into the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Tanakaya, Inc.
    Inventor: Hidekiyo Sato
  • Patent number: 6059140
    Abstract: An insulative jacket for a beverage container is fabricating from a unitary blank of flexible insulative material into a main body forming an annulus with continuous upper and lower edges openable into an annular form for receiving the beverage container and collapsible along diametrically opposed fold lines into a flattened rectangular form when not in use, and a circular end wall connected to the lower edge of the annulus at diametrically opposed locations with a sewn fold line bisecting the wall to urge it to fold inwardly within the annulus when collapsed into the flattened rectangular form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Numo Manufacturing Acquistion Corporation
    Inventor: Michael E. Hicks
  • Patent number: 6053346
    Abstract: A storage container for storing and shipping items is foldable between a flat unformed condition and a second folded formed condition. The container includes a base section, and first and second end sections hinged to respective first and second ends of the base section. First and second cover sections are hinged to respective second ends of the end sections. The container includes a structure to secure differently sized and shaped articles in the same location of the inner surface of the base section. The securing structure includes slots, retention columns, ridges, troughs having various walls forming a trough for securing these articles using a friction fit. The container also includes a device for indicating whether the container has been opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Gerald J. Niles, Paul A. Connors, John M. Darst
  • Patent number: 5975412
    Abstract: A packaging carton comprising a bottom wall (3) surrounded by a side wall and an openable and closable cover (4) hinged to the side wall (2). The side wall consists of an insert (2), and the cover (4) and the bottom wall (3) includes two surfaces, each of which is hinged toa connecting portion (5) to form a three-panel assembly. The surfaces (3, 4) include abutment members (6, 7) engaging the inner and/or outer rim of the respective edge of the insert (2), and separable closure means are built into the three-panel assembly and/or the insert (2), or inserted after the carton has been closed. The carton is useful for packaging food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Groupe Guillin S.A.
    Inventor: Francois Guillin
  • Patent number: 5971263
    Abstract: A foldable box includes six substantially rectangular plastic sides which are connected to each other by live hinges so that the sides may be folded flat or opened to a substantially hexagonal configuration. A substantially hexagonal plastic bottom is connected to the bottom edge of one of the sides by a live hinge and a substantially hexagonal plastic top is connected to the top edge of one of the sides by a live hinge. An inner flange extends substantially orthogonally from the bottom edges of at least two of the sides other than the one to which the plastic bottom is attached for supporting the plastic bottom when the box is assembled by folding. An outer extending flange is provided on at least two edges of the plastic top to support it when the box is folded closed. A removable substantially hexagonal plastic shelf is preferably provided and inner surfaces of at least two sides are provided with interior flanges to support the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Inventor: Joy Mangano
  • Patent number: 5952068
    Abstract: A single walled container for storing hot or cold foods or liquids having a layer of insulation comprised of void containing particles held together with a binder applied to the outer part of the sidewall. The insulation layer provides a controlled amount of insulation which is sufficient to prevent pain to the fingers yet it transmits sufficient heat to warn the user of the temperature of the container's contents. The binder may be any thermoplastic or thermoset resin, and other ingredients may be added to the binder to control viscosity, density, or color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Insulation Dimension Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas L. Neale, Richard J. Pasin
  • Patent number: 5938264
    Abstract: A truck box comprises a front wall, back wall, bottom wall, top lid and a pair of opposed end walls each of which is fabricated from a one-piece, continuous section of aluminum plate which undergoes bending operations to form a one-piece end wall construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Inventor: Anthony Yates
  • Patent number: 5908135
    Abstract: A sleeve pack to be used with a pallet base and cover to form a container for shipping bulk goods comprises four vertical walls arranged such that each vertical wall is orthogonal to two adjacent walls. At least one vertical wall of corrugated plastic is joined by an edge-to-edge butt welded seam. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention a vertical wall panel having vertically oriented corrugations is edge-to-edge butt welded with a corner piece of corrugated plastic having horizontally oriented corrugations to form a continuous one ply sleeve pack. An alternative embodiment of the present invention is a double thickness, corrugated plastic sleeve pack in which one thickness has horizontal corrugations for side impact resistance and the other thickness has vertically oriented corrugations for increased stacking strength but with all seams butt welded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Bradford Company
    Inventors: Judson A. Bradford, Robert M. Zink
  • Patent number: 5879815
    Abstract: A B-channel for use in a damper frame or sleeve is disclosed which is formed from a blank of sheet metal. The blank has a rectangular barrier wall, a pair of side walls formed along two opposing edges and end walls formed along opposing edges of the barrier wall. The side walls and end walls are folded perpendicularly to the barrier wall and tabs are formed on the end walls to be folded into the planes of the side walls. The B-channel is particularly useful in conjunction with a fire damper sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Greenheck Fan Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy J. Schotz
  • Patent number: 5851630
    Abstract: This invention relates to a blank, which when formed into a gable-top container with an extensible pouring spout, eliminates "duckbilling" and allows the gable-top container to form more easily. Such structures of this type, generally, eliminate "duckbilling" or the folding out of the pouring spout through the use of reverse or inverted score lines located in the top of the gable-top container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Westvaco Corporation
    Inventor: Denny Earl Davis, II
  • Patent number: 5816432
    Abstract: An ice chest container partition device, adapted to be adjustable for different diameter beveraae containers, and employed by placement thereof within an ice chest to provide an ice retention barrier opening in the ice pack within the chest so that when a beverage container is removed it may thereafter be replaced without ice in the ice pack of the chest having fallen into and filled the ice pack opening therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Inventors: Robert J. Hammen, Linda G. Hammen
  • Patent number: 5741570
    Abstract: A film blank for packages, especially for folding boxes, has impressed fold lines (BL) in the form of groove-like depressions (5), which extend from a film upper face (3) and at the base of the depressions (5) are closed off from the other film face (4). The base of the depressions (5) has zones (8) of greater depth T.sub.2 and zones (9) of lesser depth T.sub.1 alternating along its length. For ease of manufacture with close tolerances, smooth running and improved insensitivity to cracking the zones (9) of lesser depth T.sub.1, are bounded by circular arcs 10 of radius R at least 1.1 mm the center of curvature (M) of which lies on the other side a line (L) which connects the zones (8) of greater depth T.sub.2 together. Preferably, the zones (9) of lesser depth T.sub.1 merge with the zones (8) of greater depth T.sub.2 at an acute angle ".alpha." from 0.degree. to 60.degree., and the points (P') where the zones (8) of greater depth T.sub.2 and zones (9) of lesser depth T.sub.1 meet are rounded concavely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Inventor: Gerhard Seufert
  • Patent number: 5667090
    Abstract: a returnable shipping container for manufactured articles, such as vehicle steering wheels, which is comprised of a plurality of rectangular wall panels which are serially arranged side-by-side and have a hinge interposed between each adjacent panel with the end most of the panels each having a free side thereof. A separable fastener device establishes the free sides of the endmost panels in adjacent relationship to form a container of a tubular configuration defining an interior storage cavity. Separating the fastener allows the container to be opened and laid flat. A plurality of slots are provided in spaced apart relation along at least two of the wall panels and a plurality of shelf members are provided having a base wall adapted to lay against the slotted wall panels and having shelf arms which project through the slots and into the storage cavity to engage with and support the articles stored therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Fred Langham, Jr., William Techlin, Robert Anthony Soehner, Gary Lee Harakay
  • Patent number: 5613746
    Abstract: A desk assembly (10) is disclosed comprising first and second pedestal units (12, 14), each comprising first and second side panels (18,20), first and second edge panels (30,32), and a frontward panel (22), with corner posts (34,36) formed interposed between the edge and side panels, and the side and frontward panels. The pedestals are integrally formed as a coplanar form with elastomeric hinges (42, 44, 46, and 48) formed to connect the corner posts to the edge, side, and frontward panels. The pedestal units are reconfigured from the flat manufactured form into a box form by pivotal movement of the side and edge panels, facilitated by the elastomeric hinges. The pedestal units further include a back panel (28) that attaches to back surfaces of the edge panels (30,32) to connect the edge panels together and to maintain the pedestal unit in its box form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Office Products Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick M. Green, Robert Huerto
  • Patent number: 5604044
    Abstract: A blank for a sheet metal forming process having a part portion surrounded by a peripheral portion. The peripheral portion has a portion thereof which is discontinuous whereby scrap is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Inventors: Charles J. McCabe, Ronald W. Stevens
  • Patent number: 5566848
    Abstract: An improved tank bottom configuration formed from a flat metal plate of square or rectangular shape is disclosed. The plate is sheared to provide two adjacent sides which are tapered along their lengths and a notch is cut in each corner portion. By the use of stop and die members, the plate member is deformed to provide a bottom wall portion which slopes downwardly toward one corner and upwardly extending side wall portions which extend around the periphery of the bottom wall portion. A drain opening and a crease are formed in the bottom wall portion, with the crease being aligned with and spaced from the drain opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Custom Metalcraft, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur D. Rude, Vinton F. Horine
  • Patent number: 5555989
    Abstract: A rigid plastic enclosure is made from flat blanks. The enclosure is particularly well suited for use as an electrical or electronic component enclosure. The top, bottom, back, and side walls of the enclosure are parts of a structure made by cutting and/or routing a sheet of plastic which can be folded into an open-faced, box-shaped structure. A cover or face plate can be fastened to the structure to complete the enclosure. Because the enclosure is constructed from plastic, holes can be easily drilled into its walls, eliminating the need for providing knockout holes at predetermined locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Qube Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas F. Moran, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5532044
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flat type pulp-molded cushioning material on which a number of raised portions are provided to serve as shock absorbers and a plurality of notches are provided at predetermined positions to allow said flat cushioning material to be folded along said notches to form a box-like means with a desired configuration corresponding to the shape of an article to be packed therein. The erected portions of the flat material can be suitably limited in place by the side walls of an outer packing container, which together with the fitly contact of the cushioning material with the packed article provide enhanced effect of cushioning. Moreover, the flat cushioning material can be molded more easily and can be more conveniently stored and transported at lower cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Inventor: Hsieh C. Jen