Partition Includes Adjoining Walls Of Tubular Box Sections Patents (Class 229/120.11)
  • Patent number: 8622280
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Coltri-Johnson, Jean-Manuel Gomes, Edward W. Jones
  • Patent number: 8584843
    Abstract: At least one embodiment of a package system for particulate organic product includes a box element and an insert element. The box element generally includes a side pocket for retaining an auxiliary packet, such as a packet of cigarette rolling papers. The insert element acts as a transparent window aligned with one or more window apertures in the first face panel of the box element, and is extendable from the box element to provide a tray which can be partitioned into a product measurement zone and a product retentions zone. The partitioning may be provided by a foldable closure panel and associated tuck flap acting in cooperation with one another. The box element and insert element may be formed from respective pre-cut and scored blanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Inventor: Robert Hillard
  • Patent number: 8485420
    Abstract: An apparatus for constructing a container from a continuous blank of sheet material including a plurality of panels coupled together at a plurality of fold lines is provided. The apparatus includes a mandrel that is rotatable about a rotational axis. The mandrel includes a rotary head that defines a plurality of exterior surfaces each corresponding to a panel of the continuous blank of sheet material. The rotary head forms an opening in at least one exterior surface configured to receive at least one panel for facilitating forming the blank of sheet material into a configuration with respect to a shape of the rotary head as the mandrel rotates about the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: RockTenn CP, LLC
    Inventor: James W. Barner
  • Patent number: 8191762
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a container having a bottom wall, first and second opposite sidewalls, opposite end walls, a top wall. An integral interior partition is dividing the container into two side-by-side compartments each adapted for holding a respective article. The container and partition are made from a single unitary blank cut and folded to form the container and partition. The partition comprises the first and second panels of the first and second sets of panels that are interleaved with one another at inner end edges thereof and the partition is three panels thick over a center portion thereof and two panels thick over the remainder thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: International Paper Company
    Inventor: Nicholas A. Philips
  • Patent number: 7992716
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventor: Keith A. Jackson
  • Patent number: 7874421
    Abstract: A container comprises two or more connected packs at least one for housing a bundle of smoking articles. The container comprises a first pack having a first wall and a second, hinge-lid pack comprising a box part and a lid connected to the box part along a hinge line extending across a back wall of the second pack, wherein a wall of the lid is affixed to the first wall of the first pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventor: Pierre-Alain Bardet
  • Patent number: 7726549
    Abstract: A box formed from a single piece of cardboard or the like having an internal panel defining within the box an internal pocket for housing an extractable leaflet or the like, this internal panel being situated in proximity to that box main panel which is parallel to but distinct from that from which the box lid extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: GI.BI.EFFE S.r.l.
    Inventor: Carmelo Lo Duca
  • Patent number: 7571835
    Abstract: A bag-in-box beverage container and dispenser is provided, incorporating an outer shell fabricated preferably from corrugated paperboard material, and a plurality inner liquid containing bags, fabricated from a suitable plastic material. The carton includes ready assembly features, as well as at least one internal ramp structure for prompting flow of liquid toward a plurality of dispensing apertures disposed in the outer shell. A recessed handle structure is also provided, as are alternative embodiments of the internal ramp structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Webb LeRon Hill, Karen M. Chiera, Robert James Crosland
  • Patent number: 7469814
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention provide a blank foldable material that may be configured to form a display container. When formed, the display container is a single piece display container with sufficient structural integrity to withstand considerable weight stacked thereon. The blank is configured to form a display container that includes a pedestal portion that includes a double thickness central support and a cover portion that provides a stacking surface. The cover portion may be included or it may be substantially horizontal. Also, the display container includes a substantially vertical back portion to provide additional support for items placed upon the stacking surface. The container is easy us manufacture and assemble, yet of relatively high strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: International Paper Company
    Inventor: Nicholas A. Philips
  • Publication number: 20070278282
    Abstract: A container assembly having an inner container and an outer cover fixedly attached to one another. The inner container has multiple sidewalls for forming the inner container sidewalls and has a bottom forming flap attached thereto. The outer cover has multiple cover sidewalls that fit over the inner container sidewalls to enclose the inner container. At least one attachment member attached to and extending from the outer cover is attached to the bottom forming flap, thereby fixedly attaching the inner container to the outer container. The attachment member can be separated from the container outer cover to allow removal of the outer cover from the inner container without marring the finish of the outside face of the sidewalls of the inner container. A knockdown assembly that is erectable to form the container assembly is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: INNOVATIVE PACKAGING DESIGNS L.P.
    Inventors: Carl Jeffrey Jolley, Andrew Sypawka
  • Publication number: 20070199982
    Abstract: A box formed from a single piece of cardboard or the like having an internal panel defining within the box an internal pocket for housing an extractable leaflet or the like, this internal panel being situated in proximity to that box main panel which is parallel to but distinct from that from which the box lid extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: GI.BI.EFFE S.r.l.
    Inventor: Carmelo LO DUCA
  • Patent number: 6971511
    Abstract: A display and storage container formed from a substantially flat sheet of board-type material which is foldable into a packaging container having an interior space which is sized and dimensioned to receive a particular product when positioned therewithin and further including a pocket or cavity formed adjacent one of the side walls associated with the packaging container. The top wall portion of the present container likewise includes an opening for allowing a person to smell the scent or fragrance associated with a scented product positioned within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Inventor: David L. Holmon
  • Patent number: 6874679
    Abstract: A container having multiple wall panels forming container sides, the container having at least first and second wall panels that meet at a first corner. The container is assembleable from a flat or knockdown state to an opened or assembled state. A first inner panel is attached to a first wall panel, the first inner panel having an end spaced from the first corner. A slidable corner support is attached to the end of the first inner panel and extends towards the second wall panel. When the container is assembled from the knockdown state, the slidable corner support moves away from the first corner to form a support member that can help support a container stacked on top and prevent nesting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Innovative Packaging Designs, L.P.
    Inventors: Brian J. Tibbles, Peter S. Jaffe, Andrew Sypawka
  • Patent number: 6817514
    Abstract: A container having an internal corner support for increasing the stacking strength of the container. The container has multiple wall panels. The internal corner support includes first and second panel sections attached pivotally to one another and which are adjacent a corner of the container for providing additional stacking support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Innovation Packaging Designs L.P.
    Inventors: Allen L. Kanter, Andrew Sypawka, Peter S. Jaffe, Bradley D. Snyder
  • Patent number: 6644540
    Abstract: The packaging unit comprises a receiving chamber for popcorn, or the like, the outside thereof having secured thereto a pocket into which a beverage cup is insertable such that said cup is seated in a clamp seat. The packaging unit can comfortably be carried by a user gripping around the pocket with one hand. If the packaging unit is made from a one-part blank, it can be produced and erected easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Octagon Handels GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Jamitzky, Georg Wettlaufer
  • Publication number: 20020125306
    Abstract: The packaging unit comprises a receiving chamber for popcorn, or the like, the outside thereof having secured thereto a pocket into which a beverage cup is insertable such that said cup is seated in a clamp seat. The packaging unit can comfortably be carried by a user gripping around the pocket with one hand. If the packaging unit is made from a one-part blank, it can be produced and erected easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: Octagon Handels GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Jamitzky, Georg Wettlaufer
  • Publication number: 20020117409
    Abstract: An outer package is provided for strapping together at least two different articles. The package is a unitary cellulosic board forming primary and secondary hollow cavities of unequal volume, the primary cavity having opposite openings on first and second ends, the secondary hollow cavity having opposite left and right ends each coverable by a closure wall when folded into a closed position. A pair of article anchoring apertures are formed in the floor wall to secure any article held within the primary cavity. A blank is also described which when assembled through adhesive securement of head and tail terminal panels forms the outer package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA Division of Conopco., Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Scott Okin, Josephine Telesca, Raymond Michael Flaig
  • Patent number: 6325282
    Abstract: A container having an internal corner support for increasing the stacking strength of the container. The container has multiple wall panels. The internal corner support includes first and second panel sections attached pivotally to one another and which are adjacent a corner of the container for providing additional stacking support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Inventors: Allen Kanter, Andy Sypawka
  • Patent number: 6305598
    Abstract: A composite tray and stacker structure for packages of a plurality of identical paperboard and/or plastic containers supported in a tray for the purpose of providing compressive load-bearing capability to the package. The composite tray and stacker is composed essentially of a single sheet of stiff material, such as corrugated paperboard. The structure includes a rectangular tray bottom wall having a central transverse reverse fold line and a pair of end walls connected to the bottom wall along fold lines. A pair of top wall spacer elements are foldably connected along the top edges of the end walls and a pair of weight-bearing abutable stacker elements are foldably connected to the spacer elements. A relatively narrow product retainer panel is connected to each of the side edges of each of the end walls and stacker elements along fold lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Inventor: Robert M. Bryan
  • Publication number: 20010030228
    Abstract: A box for conveniently storing and dispensing pourable materials has a front wall having a first and a second opening and an inside surface. The box also has a back wall, a first and a second side wall, a bottom flap and a first and a second top flap. A first slide and a second slide are in contact with the inside surface of the front wall, each of said slides having an opening. The front wall, the back wall, the first and second side walls, and the top and bottom flaps are interconnected so as to form a box. The first slide is movable between an open position in which it substantially aligns with the first front wall opening, and a closed position in which it is entirely out of alignment with the first front wall opening. The second slide moves independently from the first slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventor: David Todjar-Hengami
  • Patent number: 6273331
    Abstract: A display carton comprising two enclosed product containing spaces formed from a blank is formed about a series of diametrically opposed fold lines. The carton has a bottom panel closure comprising a triangular center foldable tab securable by the bottom panel closure which provides a balanced structure which is rigid and stands secure on a shelf and is printed on only a single side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Consumer Choice Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry G. Kelley