Including An Access Opening In A Sidewall Intended To Permit Lateral Insertion Or Removal Of Content Patents (Class 229/122)
  • Publication number: 20030116612
    Abstract: Packets of cigarettes (2) sold in multiples are wrapped in a rigid carton (1) with a predominating longitudinal axis (L) that extends parallel to the longitudinal axes (7) of the single packets (2) and presents a prismatic shape of polygonal section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Chiara Colo
  • Patent number: 6581769
    Abstract: A corrugated collapsible shipping container is disclosed which includes a rigid pallet having side panels, a back panel and a front door panel extending upwardly from the pallet, one side panel and the back panel formed from a sheet of corrugated material, and the other side panel and the door panel formed from a second sheet of corrugated material. Corrugated support beams extend across the top with a top sheet closing the container. The front door is self-hinged for access into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Inventor: Robert Nist
  • Publication number: 20030098256
    Abstract: A storage box structure includes a first plate, a second plate, a third plate, a fourth plate, a fifth plate, a sixth plate and a seventh plate which are integrally formed and connected with each other, thereby decreasing cost of fabrication. In addition, the storage box structure may be assembled and disassembled easily, quickly and conveniently, thereby facilitating the user assembling and disassembling the storage box structure. Further, multiple storage box structures may be combined with each other in a laminated manner rigidly and stably, thereby reducing the space of storage. Further, the storage box structure is expanded into a planar sheet when not in use, thereby reducing the space of storage, and thereby decreasing cost of transportation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventor: Chin-Ho Lu
  • Patent number: 6564973
    Abstract: A carton for a foam dispensing system which includes supply containers, a dispenser and hoses for connecting each container to the dispenser. The carton includes first and second face panels which are interconnected by respective first and second side panels. Bottom panels extend from the first and second face panels to define a bottom of the carton. The cover panel extends from the first face panel to define a cover of the carton. A first flap which is defined in the cover panel, which, in an open position, is disposed at an angle to the cover panel. A handle is connected to the containers for carrying the carton and projects through the first access opening. A second flap is defined in the second face panel and the first reinforcing element. A third flap is defined in the second flap. The hoses extend from the containers, through hose paths associated with the second flap to the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Flexible Products Company
    Inventors: Daniel P. Brown, Michael C. Dean, Ross Wilson, Gary Grunauer, Gurp Ahluwalia
  • Publication number: 20030089763
    Abstract: Packets (2) of cigarettes are packed in multiples adopting a rigid carton (1) of parallelepiped shape presenting two end faces (11, 12) coinciding with the flanks (13, 14), and four side faces (3, 4, 5, 6) of which two coincide with the bottom (10) and the top (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Silvano Boriani, Fiorenzo Draghetti
  • Publication number: 20020134823
    Abstract: A container assembly which is specifically, but not exclusively, adapted for the storage, shipping and display of relatively fragile products, such as produce, flowers, or the like, wherein the nature of the products renders them particularly vulnerable to damage during the placement within and removal from the interior of the container assembly. Accordingly, the body of the container assembly includes a movably mounted access segment selectively disposable between opened and closed positions, wherein an access opening in the body is established when the access segment is disposed in the opened position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventor: Martin Riedi
  • Publication number: 20020134825
    Abstract: A box file is provided herein including two rigid or semirigid panels or boards connected by a spine that is likewise rigid or semirigid. The boards include a lower board which forms the back of the box file. The lower board includes, at least along one side, a rigid wall of approximately the same thickness as the spine, and, along the edge opposite the spine, a hinged flap to close the file, of the same thickness as the spine. The wall is hinged to the back, and connected at each end to locking parts that lock the wall at 90° to the back in a storage position of the file, and allow the wall to be pivoted down flat to form an extension of the back when the file is opened out for consultation of documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventor: Jacques Gerriet
  • Publication number: 20020134824
    Abstract: A box having a bottom panel, a rear panel, a front panel and two pairs of opposed side panels in which two pair of opposed side panels in which two pair of triangular connecting panels each have a fold line such that when the folding panel portions are folded inwardly or outwardly, the other panels move upwardly to form the box or downwardly, respectively to enable access to the contents of the box. There is also provided a lid for placement above the bottom panel and along an outer surface of the side panels, rear panel and front panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventor: Karen L. Mills
  • Publication number: 20020130167
    Abstract: A container assembly which is specifically, but not exclusively, adapted for the storage, shipping and display of relatively fragile products, such as produce, flowers, or the like, wherein the nature of the products renders them particularly vulnerable to damage during the placement within and removal from the interior of the container assembly. Accordingly, the body of the container assembly includes a movably mounted access segment selectively disposable between opened and closed positions, wherein an access opening in the body is established when the access segment is disposed in the opened position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventor: Martin Riedi
  • Patent number: 6435403
    Abstract: A shipping and display case or carton which is suitable for shipping and displaying consumer and other goods which are packaged in high unit volume. The display case enjoys excellent compressive strength so that the cases may be stacked one upon the other notwithstanding the substantial weight of the high unit volume consumer products, e.g. 300 fluid oz. heavy duty liquid detergent container. The display panel of the display case includes a bottom zone and lines of weakness on either side thereof. The bottom zone may be pulled downwardly to sever the lines of weakness and make it easier to slide the containers out of the display case. Moreover, the display panel also includes side zones which may be severed from the bottom closure of the display case and swung into positions in which they do not obstruct the egress of products from the display case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward John Giblin, Robert Charles Blanc
  • Patent number: 6435402
    Abstract: A packaging system for storing and dispensing pourable items includes a box that has an opening. An inner liner inside the box has a removable portion defined by at least one line of weakness. The removable portion is positioned adjacent to the opening in the box. The packaging system has a first mode for longer term storage in which the removable portion remains intact to seal the inner liner, and a second mode for dispensing the contents of the inner liner through the opening in which the removable portion has been at least partially removed from the inner liner. In one embodiment, the box comprises a front wall having an opening and an inside surface, a back wall, a first and a second side wall, a top and a bottom flap, and a slide that is in contact with the inside surface of the front wall, the slide having an opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Inventor: David Todjar Hengami
  • Publication number: 20020109004
    Abstract: A packaging apparatus for shipping and display of multi-component food items, such as a dinner assembled from multi-components. Included is a carton having an interior for receiving the various components required. An internal divider member disposed within the carton cooperates with the carton to maintain a pre-selected order of the components within the containers. The carton contains a flip-top feature, and preferably is provided with a window for viewing the carton contents. A pull-out door may also be provided as an auxiliary means of access to the carton interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Applicant: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Barr, Neil Enciso
  • Patent number: 6427907
    Abstract: A single-piece side-loading box includes a top, a bottom, a plurality of wall portions, and a side-opening panel in one unitary piece. The unitary piece is foldable from an unformed configuration to a box configuration with the side-opening panel openable in the box configuration to permit access to an interior of the box. The plurality of wall panels are connected between the top and the bottom in the box configuration. At least some of the wall panels in the box configuration overlap to form one or more multi-panel walls. The box includes a releasable fastening mechanism for fastening the side-opening panel in the closed position. The releasable fastening mechanism may be part of the unitary piece. The releasable fastening mechanism may include mechanical couplers, latching tabs, magnetic members, Velcro strips, or the like. The side-opening panel may be transparent or include a transparent portion attached to an opaque frame. The transparent panel may include a decorative pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: R. R. Foreman and Company
    Inventors: Alfred D. Espinoza, Robert R. Foreman, Emily M. Okasaki
  • Publication number: 20020014522
    Abstract: A carton (10) for food products comprising a bottom (18), a top (12) and four side faces (14, 16) is disclosed, wherein at least a portion of each of two opposite side faces (14) is foldable about a generally horizontal fold line (24) and is loose with regard to the other, second opposite side faces (16) or the remainder of the first side faces (14), or can be separated therefrom, and two dividing lines (32) are formed on at least the top face (12) defining, on the one hand, two outer wall portions (36), which are foldable in connection with the foldable portions of the first side faces (14) and, on the other hand, an inner wall portion (34) between them, constituting a handle when the outer wall portions (36) are separated along the dividing lines (32) and folded outwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Applicant: Kraft Foods R&D, Inc.
    Inventors: John Heeley, Alain Kowalewski, Luigi Tettamanti
  • Patent number: 6302319
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward an insulated party tray carrier. The party tray carriers of the present invention comprise a top wall, a bottom wall, a back wall, a front wall and side walls. The walls of the present invention are insulated to reduce the rate of heat transfer from items inside the carrier to the ambient environment. The present invention also comprises one or more ribs to add structural integrity to the party tray carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Igloo Products Corp.
    Inventors: Kathleen Gay Peeples, Joseph F. Fiore, Paula Roushani
  • Patent number: 6298994
    Abstract: A shipping container for storing, transporting, and dispensing contents has two pallets, a base pallet and a cover pallet, and a plurality of sidewalls that are situated between the base pallet and the cover pallet. One sidewall has a side opening for dispensing at least a portion of the contents from the side opening. The sidewalls also can be removed from the pallets and folded substantially flat, rendering the container collapsible. Preferably, the sidewalls of the container comprise a rear sidewall, a front sidewall, two side sidewalls, each extending between the front sidewall and the rear sidewall, and two inserts, each extending the height of the container and extending between a location on the front sidewall and a location on a closer side sidewall, yielding an interior volume having a hexagonal cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt Debrunner, Patrick J. Nash
  • Patent number: 6283221
    Abstract: A carton for a portable two-component polyurethane foam spray kit has front and rear panels interconnected at their vertically extending ends with carton sides to form a rectangular opening closed at its bottom by bottom flaps. A top cover flap has valve openings allowing the kit user to open and close pressurized “A” and “B” polyurethane cylinders carried in the carton without opening the carton. The carton is carried by a strap secured to the cylinders extending through the top of the carton. A closeable, punch-out front flap formed as part of the front panel allows the kit hoses to be attached to the cylinders and the dispensing gun and stored for shipment and use within the carton between the cylinders and the front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Fomo Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Gregory Hurray, Stefan Gantenbein
  • Patent number: 6273332
    Abstract: Broadly defined, the present invention is an improved packaging system for products that can be poured. Most commonly, those products will be solid pourable products, such as cereals, candies, rice, detergents, and a multitude of other products. However, in a broad sense, the packaging system can be used with liquids and other pourable products. One aspect of the present invention is a box with an opening and a mechanism to open and close the opening. The system includes a liner. The liner may have a removable portion, defined by one or more lines of weakness or by other means such as a removable sticker. The removable portion of the liner is aligned with the box opening. The system can optionally include a cartridge, into which the liner is affixed, for insertion into the box. The cartridge serves to maintain the liner in the proper position within the box. As another option, the system can include a sound module. As the box is opened, the sound module is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Inventor: David Todjar-Hengami
  • Patent number: 6270006
    Abstract: This invention relates to an improved container which may be used to store ten parcels arranged end to end and in two rows, one on top of the other. The container includes a top wall, a bottom wall, opposing side walls, and opposing front and rear walls respectively. The container also includes an advancement mechanism for advancing the rearmost parcels in the container so as to fill the void created by the removal of the foremost parcels. The advancement mechanism includes an enlarged end portion located behind the rearmost parcels and an intermediate portion located intermediate to the two rows of parcels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Inventors: Stephen James Bright, Ron Hartley Ford
  • Box
    Publication number: 20010006152
    Abstract: A rectangular box 10 that can be made from folded card. The box 10 has a slip case 22 for holding a book 28 and an internal space 26 for storing objects. The internal space 26 is divided from the slip case 22 by a partition wall 20 extending between the top and bottom 16,17 faces of the box 10. The internal space 26 has a window 30 so that its content can be inspected, and a flap 18 for covering the window 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Applicant: Top That Publishing plc
    Inventors: Barrie John Henderson, Simon Peter Couchman
  • Patent number: 6253930
    Abstract: A carton assembly for dispensing product members such as spools of wire and other rollable products having circular ends of the same diameter. The carton comprises a bottom, forward and rearward end walls, two side walls and a closable top. Within the carton each side wall has associated therewith one upper guide member, at least one intermediate guide member and a lower guide member. The guide members of one wall are mirror images of the corresponding guide members of the other side wall and are correspondingly positioned with respect to their respective side walls. The intermediate and lower guide members provide narrow sloping edges in parallel spaced relationship which maintain the product members in a row made up of zig-zag row segments, one above the other. The carton has a dispensing opening in its forward wall through which the forwardmost and lowermost product member can be extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: General Cable Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Scott D. Freidus, James M. Ciesick
  • Publication number: 20010001985
    Abstract: A carton for a portable two-component polyurethane foam spray kit has front and rear panels interconnected at their vertically extending ends with carton sides to form a rectangular opening closed at its bottom by bottom flaps. A top cover flap has valve openings allowing the kit user to open and close pressurized “A” and “B” polyurethane cylinders carried in the carton without opening the carton. The carton is carried by a strap secured to the cylinders extending through the top of the carton. A closeable, punch-out front flap formed as part of the front panel allows the kit hoses to be attached to the cylinders and the dispensing gun and stored for shipment and use within the carton between the cylinders and the front panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: May 31, 2001
    Applicant: Fomo Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Gregory Hurray, Stefan Gantenbein
  • Patent number: 6234385
    Abstract: A single-piece side-loading box having triple side-wall construction and a unique latching tab. The box incorporates walls, a floor, a top, a side-opening panel and latching tab in one unitary piece. The one piece box generally includes a bottom panel, front, side and back panels attached to the bottom panel and a lid attached to the back panel. A latching tab with integral handle is incorporated into the front panel. The box is preferably assembled from a cutout made from a single piece of material. The side-walls, side wings and side reinforcements fold into each other to provide a triple-side-wall construction that allows the box to support a great weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: R.R. Foreman and Company
    Inventors: Alfred D. Espinoza, Robert R. Foreman, Emily M. Okasaki
  • Patent number: 6182868
    Abstract: A carton for a portable two-component polyurethane foam spray kit has front and rear panels interconnected at their vertically extending ends with carton sides to form a rectangular opening closed at its bottom by bottom flaps. A top cover flap has valve openings allowing the kit user to open and close pressurized “A” and “B” polyurethane cylinders carried in the carton without opening the carton. The carton is carried by a strap secured to the cylinders extending through the top of the carton. A closeable, punch-out front flap formed as part of the front panel allows the kit hoses to be attached to the cylinders and the dispensing gun and stored for shipment and use within the carton between the cylinders and the front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Fomo Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Gregory Hurray, Stefan Gantenbein
  • Patent number: 6168073
    Abstract: A storage container (20) having integrally formed inner and outer members (24, 22) is disclosed. The outer member (22) includes opposing top and bottom walls (71, 77), opposing side walls (73, 75), a back wall (79) and a front opening (80). The inner member (24) includes a bottom panel (26), opposing side panels (28, 30), a front panel (32) and a fan extension portion (34). The inner member (24) is slidably movable between a retracted position within the outer member (22) and an extended position where the inner member (24) extends from the front opening (80) of the outer member (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Allpak Container, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald J. Towle
  • Patent number: 6135288
    Abstract: A corrugated board packaging box including an opening portion which is formed on a front surface portion of a box body, through which goods are taken in and out. On both sides of the front surface portion, a cut-off portion is formed to cut off by a cutting line, defined by a vertical supporting member disposed on the intermediate portion of the front surface, and on an edge of the one side of the cut-off portion, a cut-off protrusion is disposed by forming an inclined cutting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Inventor: Seung-Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 6116499
    Abstract: A packaging system for storing and dispensing pourable items includes a box that has an opening. An inner liner inside the box has a removable portion defined by at least one line of weakness. The removable portion is positioned adjacent to the opening in the box. The packaging system has a first mode for longer term storage in which the removable portion remains intact to seal the inner liner, and a second mode for dispensing the contents of the inner liner through the opening in which the removable portion has been at least partially removed from the inner liner. In one embodiment, the box comprises a front wall having an opening and an inside surface, a back wall, a first and a second side wall, a top and a bottom flap, and a slide that is in contact with the inside surface of the front wall, the slide having an opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Inventor: David Todjar-Hengami
  • Patent number: 6112979
    Abstract: A spaghetti box dispensing construction 10 for facilitating the dispensing of a selected quantity of strands 101 of spaghetti 100 without difficulty or breakage. The construction 10 includes an elongated housing member 20 having a roof panel 21, a floor panel 23, a pair of opposed side panels 24 and a pair of end panels 27. One of the end panels is provided with an opening 28 having a plurality of angled internal wall panels 30 extending rearwardly therefrom to form a funnel shaped configuration adjacent to said opening 28.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Inventor: James J. Deger
  • Patent number: 6109447
    Abstract: A system for shipping and displaying small articles, the system having three parts consisting of rectangular display box with an open top; a metal rack to carry the goods thereon, which fits within the display box; and a shipping carton, which has an open bottom designed to slip over the top of the display box when the rack is in the box. When the goods are shipped hanging on the metal rack, the only step required for display at the retail end is removal of the shipping carton from the display box and placement of the display box, with the goods hanging from the display rack within the box, on the retail sales floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Rooster Products International, Inc.
    Inventor: Dan Cabana
  • Patent number: 6105854
    Abstract: An enclosed carton comprising a dispenser in one end of the carton that can be easily opened and closed without tearing the paperboard, the dispenser having a dispensing flap joined at its inner edge to the end of the bottom panel, with the dispensing flap being attached at its side to the side exiting panels of the carton by gusset straps, with the outer edge of the dispensing flap being tucked beneath the bottom edges of side exiting end flaps when the carton is closed, with the dispensing flap having a holding flap recessed in its outer edge for engaging a holding tab on the bottom edges of the side exiting flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Riverwood International Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond Rudolph Spivey, Leonard Michael Cooper
  • Patent number: 6102278
    Abstract: A foldable pan for receiving dirt and debris is initially formed as a relatively flat sheet member and thereafter folded into shape has a first body member and a second body member which are joined by a first side member that is foldably attached to each body member. A second side member foldably attaches to the first body member, while a third side member foldably attaches to the second body member. A first flap is connected to the first body member by a connection member that is foldably attached to each. A second flap and a third flap are each foldably attached to the connection means. The second body member is folded such that it is essentially parallel to the first body member with the first side member acting as a side wall of the pan. The second side member and the third side member are each folded up such that the second side member overlaps the third side member--these two side members acting as a second side wall of the pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Inventor: William J. Rothas
  • Patent number: 6079617
    Abstract: A corrugated board packaging box including an opening portion which is formed on a front surface portion of a box body, through which goods are taken in and out. On both sides of the front surface portion, a cut-off portion is formed to cut off by a cutting line, defined by a vertical supporting member disposed on the intermediate portion of the front surface, and on an edge of the one side of the cut-off portion, a cut-off protrusion is disposed by forming an inclined cutting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: Seung-Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 6073760
    Abstract: A corrugated fibreboard container is provided for packaging a stack of loose paper sheets which comprises a carton and a lid, both formed from two planar blanks. The carton is formed with four sides which define inner dimensions substantially coincident with the dimensions of the paper sheets to be stored therein, with one side being hingedly connected to the bottom of the carton which allows for rotation thereof and access to the stack of loose paper sheets from a point adjacent the hinged side. The container limits the exposure of moisture to the paper sheets stored therein with a moisture resistant coating being disposed on the inner surfaces thereof, special slots, and an adhesive tape being provided for ensuring a tight securement between the lid and the carton. In an alternative embodiment, the lid may be hingedly connected to the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Champion International Corporation
    Inventors: Donald A. Roemer, Keith M. Williams, Stanley J. Gasi, Stephen S. Smith
  • Patent number: 6063415
    Abstract: A food container and its method of use are disclosed. The food container includes a top panel, bottom panel and plurality of sidewalls. A movable panel is hingedly connected to one of the sidewalls, allowing a consumer to open the container. Attached to the lower edge of the movable panel is a shelf supporting a food item. A consumer can access the food item by opening the movable panel, which causes the shelf to carry the food item outside the container into a position that permits the consumer to easily manipulate it. The food item or a portion thereof can then be replaced in the container by simply closing the movable panel. The shelf may engage one or more sidewalls of the bottom panel to assist in maintaining the container in a closed position after initial opening and reclosing. The container is suitable for packaging food items that include both microwaveable and non-microwaveable ingredients. A foldable blank for manufacturing the container is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.
    Inventor: Candace Mary Walters
  • Patent number: 6053401
    Abstract: A container is disclosed, including an outer shell with an integral handle and two flexible bags within the outer shell. The outer shell has a top, a bottom and sidewalls. The outer shell also defines two openings on opposing walls. Each of the bags within the outer shell defines an aperture sealed to and surrounded by a mouth, which defines a fluid passageway from the interior of the corresponding mouth to the outside of the container. The mouth is sized and shaped such that fluid can be poured through the mouth from a source having an outlet spaced above the mouth. The handle extends outwardly from the top of the outer shell and has sufficient strength to provide essentially all support for the container when the bags are filled with liquid in either of two positions: in the first position, one of the openings is facing upwards; in the second position, each of the openings is facing sideward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: J & M Coffee Container Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Jared P. Andrews, Sr.
  • Patent number: 6053402
    Abstract: A multi-compartment carton includes at least a first compartment and a second compartment coupled to the first compartment. An internal wall of the carton separates the compartments. In one embodiment, at least one of the compartments has a transparent viewing window. In another embodiment, the compartments are separable. Preferably, the first compartment is suitable for holding and dispensing a liquid, while the second compartment holds a solid food material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas, Michael Vernon Zeller
  • Patent number: 6050402
    Abstract: This invention relates to an improved carton for smoking articles, which carton has a dispensing portion. The dispensing portion has a particular location in respect to the longitudinal margins of the carton and extends from a position short of one longitudinal side margin of the carton, across the panel thereof, through another longitudinal side margin of the carton and into another panel of the carton. The perforation line of the dispersion portion is particularly selected to provide added strength to the carton and to allow consequent economies in other enclosed packing materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: Sidney John Walter
  • Patent number: 6036085
    Abstract: A portable food container includes: a side cover hingedly secured to a side wall of a box stored with foods in the box, with the side cover easily openable from a side portion of the box for an easy access into the interior of the box for conveniently taking foods outwardly through a side opening formed in the side wall even though the box is being carried by a user's hand, whereby upon recovery of the side cover, the container will be instantly closed conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Inventor: Chung-Piao Tsao
  • Patent number: 6019276
    Abstract: A blank for forming a carton for packaging a plurality of articles comprising a series of hingeably interconnected top, first side, bottom and second side panels (12, 14, 16, 18, 20) for forming an open-ended sleeve capable of receiving said articles, the top and bottom panels (12, 18, 20) being similarly non-rectangularly shaped substantially to correlate with the cross-sectional shape of the array of articles in a plan parallel to said top and bottom panels (12, 18, 20), wherein a gusset (38) comprising two hingeably connected gusset panels (58, 60) connects the first side panel (14) and top or bottom panel (12, 18, 20) which gusset (38) is adapted to facilitate movement of the first side panel (14) to correlate with the associated shape of a stowed array of articles during the formation of the carton (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Auclair
  • Patent number: 5988370
    Abstract: A corrugated fibreboard container is provided for packaging a stack of loose paper sheets which comprises a carton and a lid, both formed from two planar blanks. The carton is formed with four sides which define inner dimensions substantially coincident with the dimensions of the paper sheets to be stored therein, with one side being hingedly connected to the bottom of the carton which allows for rotation thereof and access to the stack of loose paper sheets from a point adjacent the hinged side. The container limits the exposure of moisture to the paper sheets stored therein with a moisture resistant coating being disposed on the inner surfaces thereof, special slots, and an adhesive tape being provided for ensuring a tight securement between the lid and the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Inventors: Donald A. Roemer, Keith M. Williams, Stanley J. Gasi, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5984755
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination play station and container. In its broadest context, the invention includes a receptacle with a number of flaps secured thereto. Additionally, the receptacle includes a number of smaller containers which are slidably secured thereto. These smaller containers are labeled with the names of various vehicle accessories. Additionally, these containers are adapted to hold toy versions of such accessories. In the preferred embodiment, there are three flaps which are each pivotally secured to the container. These flaps can be pivoted outwardly such that entire container obtained an opened configuration. Alternatively, each of the flaps can be folded over the receptacle such that the container in placed in a closed orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Inventor: Jennie L. Avey
  • Patent number: 5950914
    Abstract: A shipping and display container for shipping and displaying goods is made from a unitary blank to have a bottom, a top, and a plurality of side panels, one of which has a display opening. The container also has a cover attached to a side edge of one of the side panels for covering the display opening during shipping. The cover can be removed for displaying the contents of the container. The top of the container allows another container to be stacked thereon, even while displaying its contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Boise Cascade Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin M. Dunton, Dale J. Waite, Michael E. Watanabe, Coy L. Alexander
  • Patent number: 5921408
    Abstract: A flatware dispensing unit for dispensing flatware is disclosed including a primary housing having at least one compartment for receiving flatware therein with the compartment having an elongated slot for exposing at least a portion of the flatware. In a first embodiment, a cartridge having a complimentary elongated slot substantially aligned with the elongated slot in the compartment when the cartridge is positioned within the compartment. The flatware cartridge includes a widened portion which when inserted into the compartment aligns with a widened portion of the elongated slot of the compartment. In doing so, the cartridge may be easily dropped into the compartment such that the flatware need not be individually handled by the person stocking the dispenser unit and limits the number of utensils which can be removed from the dispenser at one time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Groenewold, Patrick Zimmer
  • Patent number: 5908058
    Abstract: A container of flexible material is described, for granular or powdery products, particularly coffee beans, having, at the corner of one of its walls (6), an opening (7) closed with a peel-off seal (8) provided with a pull tab (12), for easy emptying of its contents into a bar coffee grinder by placing the container (1) in a special support (20), mounted on the grinder and provided with a seat to receive the container, with a mobile partition such as to allow said pull tab (12) to emerge through a slit below, for easy pulling thereof, with opening of the peel-off seal (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Inventor: Luigi Goglio
  • Patent number: 5875956
    Abstract: A package for a food product such as a cylindrical sandwich includes an elongate central strip having a plurality of fold lines defining a series of panels. A central panel of the series includes a central flap connected at each side edge, and other closure flaps are connected to at least some of the other panels. The panels are folded with respect to each other so that the endmost panels are positioned to define a polygonal cross-section for the package. The closure flaps and central flaps are folded to close the package. An outer portion of each central flap is free from the remaining closure flaps to permit outward folding of the panels for access to the food product. Several alternative embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventor: Jacques Benarrouch
  • Patent number: 5851608
    Abstract: A paper container for a liquid including a base material including: a paper layer, a polyolefin type resin layer disposed on one side of the paper layer, for providing an outer surface, and a saturated polyester resin layer disposed on the other side of the paper layer by the medium of a polyolefin type resin layer, for providing an inner surface; the paper container being formed from the base material so that the polyolefin type resin layer for providing the outer surface provides an outer peripheral surface of the container, wherein the saturated polyester resin layer for providing the inner surface comprises an amorphous or low crystallinity saturated polyester resin having a glass transition point of not lower than 40.degree. C., and a portion of the base material to be disposed on the inner side of the paper container with respect to the paper layer has a water vapor permeability of not higher than 25 g/m.sup.2 .multidot.24 hr.multidot.1 atm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Yamada, Hirotaka Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 5813597
    Abstract: A dispenser carton for holding and dispensing a plurality of medical items such as surgical instruments or surgical components has a top panel, a bottom panel, and a pair of opposed side panels connected between the top panel and the bottom panel. A front panel is detachably connected to at least one of the top panel, the bottom panel, or the opposed side panels such that the front panel is movable between an open position and a closed position and defines a first dispensing location. The carton also includes a rear panel located opposite the front panel which has at least one section of the rear panel that is detachably connected to at least one of the top panel, the bottom panel or the opposed side panels. The section of the rear panel is movable between an open position and a closed position and defines a second dispensing location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary T. Wakevainen
  • Patent number: 5794770
    Abstract: A package especially suited for shipping and storing cut paper and for providing rapid and easy access to the paper when the carton is opened. The package comprises a carton having a lid that may be removed and one side which may be pivoted down when the lid is removed to facilitate access to the contents of the carton for ease of unloading of paper from the carton and ease of reloading. A preferred construction employs a moisture vapor barrier in the walls of the carton to maintain the moisture content of the paper in the carton within acceptable limits when the package is subjected to adverse environmental conditions. In this form of the invention the need for individual ream wraps is eliminated, and the package may be opened and re-closed without detriment to the moisture vapor barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Union Camp Corporation
    Inventors: John Frederick Plomgren, Billy P. Cannon
  • Patent number: 5746371
    Abstract: A blank for forming a cutting brick carton is provided. The blank comprises cover, top, rear, bottom and front panels hingedly connected in the order named. End wall-forming flaps are hingedly connected to bottom and top ends of the main panels. Perforations on the cover panel and top panel end flaps provide improved accessibility, re-closability and appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Inventor: Amit Ben-Haim
  • Patent number: 5746369
    Abstract: An improved paperboard carton including a dispensing mouth which when separated from the surrounding carton forms a dispensing mouth for dispensing single units of a row of units, the units typically being individually-wrapped and thinly profiled packages, such as teabags, sweetener packages and the like. The improvement comprises a series of perforations which have been added to create the mouth panel on a known carton pattern. The perforations permit release of the mouth panel from one of either of two end walls whereby a hinged mouth panel and an opening for single dispensing of the unit results. When two mouth panels are provided, the panels are located in positions diagonally opposed to one another on the opposing end walls. The end walls are defined as being the walls which bound each end of a row of arrayed units, whereby the face of the package is parallel with the end walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Inventor: Virginia B. McDermott