Bottom Wall Patents (Class 229/120.16)
  • Patent number: 11653637
    Abstract: An example insect rearing system a vessel comprising at least one interior surface defining a volume; a liner comprising a liner material, the liner having a shape corresponding to a shape of the interior surface, the liner configured to be disposed within the volume to establish a cavity within which water, insect larvae, and insect larvae food may be disposed and maintained; and wherein the vessel defines an opening configured to receive the liner and to allow the liner to substantially conform to the shape of the interior surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC
    Inventor: Peter Massaro
  • Patent number: 9227751
    Abstract: Packages for housing consumable products or secondary containers having consumable products and methods of making and using same are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a tray having first and second opposing side walls, a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall, and an interior wall that divides the tray into at least two separate compartments. The interior wall may include first and second adjacent panels joined by one of a perforation and a score. The perforation and/or score will allow the tray to be configured, at least, as one tray having two separate compartments, or as two separate and discrete trays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Michael Todd Scrimger
  • Patent number: 8887984
    Abstract: A blank for forming a tray includes a bottom panel, end panels, and side panels. A first divider panel assembly is defined within the bottom panel and an end panel. The first divider panel assembly includes an upper panel defined within the end panel and an inner panel defined within the bottom panel. The upper panel is configured to be at an angle to the bottom panel, and the inner panel is configured to be at an angle to the end panel in an erected configuration. A second divider panel assembly is defined within the bottom panel and a side panel. The second divider panel assembly includes an upper panel defined within the side panel and an inner panel is defined within the bottom panel. The panels of the second divider panel assembly are configured similarly to the panels of the first divider panel assembly in the erected configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Rock-Tenn Shared Services, LLC
    Inventor: Dave Wayne Bahr
  • Patent number: 8387787
    Abstract: A toilet seat cover refill package including a box holding a plurality of toilet seat covers dispensed in face-to-face relationship and on end, and support structure within the box for providing lateral support for the toilet seat covers to prevent sagging thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Dispensing Dynamics International
    Inventors: Niko Anthony Cvjetkovic, Charles Parkin Davis, Patrick C. Perrin
  • Publication number: 20120273383
    Abstract: A blank for forming a tray includes a bottom panel, end panels, and side panels. A first divider panel assembly is defined within the bottom panel and an end panel. The first divider panel assembly includes an upper panel defined within the end panel and an inner panel defined within the bottom panel. The upper panel is configured to be at an angle to the bottom panel, and the inner panel is configured to be at an angle to the end panel in an erected configuration. A second divider panel assembly is defined within the bottom panel and a side panel. The second divider panel assembly includes an upper panel defined within the side panel and an inner panel is defined within the bottom panel. The panels of the second divider panel assembly are configured similarly to the panels of the first divider panel assembly in the erected configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventor: Dave Wayne Bahr
  • Patent number: 7637416
    Abstract: There is disclosed an air flow channel (32, 38) for use in a packaging container (10). The channel includes an elongated body defining a passage having an open end. A number of spaced apart ventilation openings (36) are provided through the body along its length. The channel can be fixed attached to or alternatively integrally formed with a wall (14, 16, 18, 20), floor (12) or roof of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Capespan (Pty) Ltd
    Inventors: Dawid Moelich, Marius Leuvennink, Pieter Dippenaar
  • Patent number: 7204405
    Abstract: A container for foodstuffs including a carton, tray and pad, each formed from a cut and creased blank of foldable sheet material. The carton is substantially a tubular element having end panels for enclosing the carton. A plurality of corner locks are provided to maintain the end panels oriented in a closed position. Handles formed in the carton permit stacking of the containers and easy transportation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Gamon Plus, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry J. Johnson
  • Patent number: 7143931
    Abstract: A container for foodstuffs including a carton and pad, each formed from a cut and creased blank of foldable sheet material. The carton is a substantially tubular element having end panels for enclosing the carton. A plurality of corner locks are provided to maintain the end panels oriented in a closed position. A lip is connected to one side panel and has a free edge disposed adjacent a top panel to provide support therefor. Handles formed in the carton permit stacking of the containers and easy transportation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Gamon Plus, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry J. Johnson
  • Patent number: 6471121
    Abstract: A container is described having a series of bottom panels and a center divider. The center divider divides the container into compartments. Extended outer end panels are provided at the end edges of one compartment, and unextended outer end panels are provided at the end edges of an adjacent compartment. The unextended end panels have inner end panels attached to their outermost edges. Each of the extended outer end panels includes an extension portion. As assembled, these extension portions are sandwiched between their respective unextended outer end panel and its inner end panel. Various embodiments are presented, including one in which minor end flaps are used at the end edges of a center divider panel and inner end panels are attached to the outer edges of the extended end panels. As assembled, the minor end panels are sandwiched between their respective extended outer end panel and its inner end panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Weyerhaeuser
    Inventor: Roderick S. Nielsen