Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8100256 | Reinforced carton with handle A carton for cooperating with a packaging material to contain a plurality of articles and a package formed thereby. The carton comprises a plurality of panels comprising a central panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. The side panels are positioned rel... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096413 | Package for containers A package for holding a plurality of containers. The package comprises panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the package. The panels comprise a top panel and at least one side panel foldably connected to the top panel. At least one feature is i... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7823721 | Package for containers A package for holding a plurality of containers. The package has a top panel and side panels. The package has retention features for retaining the containers and handle features for grasping and lifting the package. ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7793779 | Carton with reinforced handle A carton for cooperating with a packaging material to contain a plurality of articles and a package formed thereby. The carton comprises a plurality of panels comprising a central panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. The side panels are positioned rel... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7377382 | Multiple container carrier An integral carrier for carrying multiple containers by their necks is disclosed that has a plurality of annular neck-engaging structures and a pair of centrally located opposing finger loops that promote a balanced distribution of weight for ease in carrying and ha... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370761 | Innovative shipping package A container package assembly comprises a first support member and a second support member, each of which have a front side, a back side, a right side and a left side. The support members being arranged along a common plane wherein one of the sides of the first suppo... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7311217 | Nestable display crate for bottle carriers A nestable display crate for bottle carriers having a floor and a wall structure with that is designed to reveal the labels on the bottle carriers. The wall structure is of double thickness and comprises a lower wall portion adjacent the floor and a plurality of int... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7264114 | Carton with top retaining structure and blank therefor A carton and blank for forming a carton of the top gripping type for accommodating a plurality of containers. The carton is tubular in structure and has top and base spaced, opposed panels. The base panel has apertures each for receiving a container. The base panel ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7237671 | Multiple packaged good article package A multiple packaged good article package including a carrier, a multiplicity of packaged good articles, a handle, and retaining means. The carrier includes a base panel and first and second side panels. The packaged good articles each include a bag that defines oppo... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7163103 | Carton for packaging flanged articles A carton for packaging one or more articles, each having a laterally extending flange, includes a top wall panel, a side wall panel connected to the top wall panel, and an article retention structure with a tab formed from the side wall panel. The tab includes an up... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7097039 | Single taco trap and holder A disposable single trap and holder for tacos and the like comprised of semi-rigid flat material to accommodate the ability of the holder to be efficiently packaged in a retail container. The holder has a flat circle shaped configuration with specific cuts and lines... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7074476 | Flexible carrier having regions of higher and lower energy treatment A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of beverage containers includes a plurality of container holders, each having a portion with higher energy treatment and a portion with lower energy treatment. The energy treatment is corona or plasma treatment. The portio... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7013616 | Method of making and positioning a sleeve assembly A sleeve assembly is provided for a package. The package provides storage for a variety of items. A sleeve at least partially surrounds the package and connects to the package through a connection point. The sleeve includes a reinforced adhesive material which provi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007800 | Carton and carton blank An article carrier and a blank for an article carrier for holding articles with tapered sides, for example connected plastic cups, comprising a top wall, opposed side walls and a base wall hingedly connected together to form a tubular structure. An article retention... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6926147 | Cup dispenser A carton for dispensing articles such as cups while retaining the remaining cups in the open carton. A plurality of panels are connected together to define a carton. A bottom panel includes a plurality of article-receiving openings therethrough. The openings are con... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6892882 | Sleeve design with reinforced tape A sleeve assembly is provided for a package. The package provides storage for a variety of items. A sleeve at least partially surrounds the package and connects to the package through a connection point. The sleeve includes a reinforced adhesive material which provi... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6866144 | Carton and carton blank A carton and blank for forming a carton for holding one or more articles, for example, flexible pouches, which carton comprises an article-retaining structure for preventing the dislodgment of the packaged articles through the open ends of the carton. The article-re... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6488322 | Collapsible article carrier and blank An article carrier and blank for forming an article carrier for accommodating a plurality of articles, for example, bottles having a trapezoidal cross section. The carrier comprises a top, a base and opposed sides interconnecting the top and the base wher... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6293392 | Beverage container carrier A reinforced planar carrier is provided which can carry, for example, four 2-liter bottles, without significantly bending. The carrier is made from a one piece paperboard blank having a machine direction. It has a center line, a pair of side edges, and a ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6168012 | Bottle carrier A paperboard carrier is provided. The carrier includes a two ply top panel, side walls, and a bottom panel. Apertures in the top and bottom panels allow for the carrier to be applied to a set of bottles. Tabs are formed in the top panel to support the bot... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5944253 | Sleeve style bottle carton A sleeve style carton for a bottle matrix where the bottles may be either of the short neck type or the long neck type. The carton includes body corner flaps that are wrapped around the bodies of the corner bottles of the matrix. Preferably each body corn... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5884757 | Easy release bottle carrier A beverage-containing article carrier includes a supporting frame and a release strip member. The supporting frame member contains a first set of openings having a diameter which is larger than the necked portion of bottles retained in the carrier. The re... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5878876 | Multi-pack carrier for molded bottles and containers A carrier for holding and transporting a plurality of bottles includes a top panel, a bottom panel, and two side panels extending between said top and bottom panels to form a sleeve through which the bottles extend. When the carrier is formed to carry six... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5845776 | Multi-pack carrier for bottles A box-top carrier includes a top panel, a bottom panel spaced from the top panel, and two side panels extending between the top and bottom panels. The carrier is provided with a release mechanism to facilitate removal of bottles from the carrier. The top ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5820185 | Device for carrying containers A paperboard carrier device for retaining a plurality of containers is disclosed. The carrier device is made from a paperboard blank (10) and has a base (16) with apertures defined therein for receiving the necks of the respective containers, two side wal... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5762193 | Clip-on sheet for container carrier A sheet that cooperates with a traditional ring carrier to create a package that covers openable ends of unitized substantially similar cans. The ring carrier unitizes an array of cans into longitudinal ranks and transverse rows. The sheet contains an arr... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5706936 | Paperboard bottle carrier A bottle carrier is formed of one or more panels of paperboard and includes a plurality of bottle neck receiving openings. Each opening has a plurality of radially extending fingers whose ends engage beneath a portion of an abutment associated with each b... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5695050 | Container carrier with different coefficients of friction A multi-package carrier device having a strip of a relatively high coefficient of friction material along an inner portion of the carrier. A high coefficient of friction, "tactile," material is applied to an encircling aperture style multi-package carrier... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5687838 | Carrier An article carrier for packaging a one-row group of bottles is disclosed. The carrier comprises opposed top and bottom walls hingably interconnected by a pair of opposed side walls to form a tubular structure. The top wall is adapted to be disposed over t... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5667070 | Device for carrying containers The bottle carrying device 11 has a base 16 and angled side walls 19, 20 with handle portions 23, 24 secured by panel 26. Cuts are made in the base 16 so as to form flaps 28 which are hingedly connected to the side walls 19, 20. The flaps 28 together with... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5611431 | Wrap-around carrier for packaging three rows of articles A wrap-around carrier for packaging three rows of beverage cans or other related articles. A reinforcing strip having clip-type support panels at either end is glued to the underside of the top panel of the carrier. The support panels assist in supporting... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5601186 | Tub carrier A package containing food tubs having connecting flanges. The flanges are angled at the corners so that an opening is formed between the flanges of four adjacent tubs. A carrier includes slots in side panels through which adjacent tub flanges extend and a... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5590776 | Multi-pack carrier for bottles A carrier is provided for carrying a plurality of bottles such as, but not limited to, long-necked glass bottles or PET bottles. The carrier includes a top panel and at least one side panel. The top panel has a first ply defining an array of surrounding a... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5553704 | Stackable can carrier A stackable can carrier is formed from a unitary paperboard blank. The carrier compensates for stacking problems caused by smaller diameter tops and bottoms on present cans, the latter termed 202 cans which have a tendency to rock with respect to each oth... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5538133 | Holding arrangement for cans There is provided a package (10) for a plurality of cans (11). The package incorporates an inner blank (13) which incorporates pairs of arcuate cuts which are pressed over and engage below the can rims. An outer blank (14) is adhered to the inner blank (1... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5503267 | Can clip carrier with glue flaps A carrier for articles such as beverage cans of the type that grip the top portions of the cans so as to suspend them from the carrier. The upper ends of the cans extend through apertures in the bottom panel of the carrier, and the chimes or lips of the c... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5476170 | Bottle carrier having improved gripping means A bottle carrier includes a tubular structure including a base wall and a top portion disposed above the base wall, neck-gripping edges provided for the top portion to engage the underside of a peripheral neck projection of a bottle, and shoulder-gripping... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5452799 | Article carrier with rounded corners A carrier especially suited for carrying beverage cans. The carrier is comprised of a top panel connected to support panels which contain slots for receiving the can chimes. In addition, short side panel flaps connected to the support panels and end panel... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5415278 | Clip-type can carrier A carrier for articles such as beverage cans of the type that grip the top portions of the cans so as to suspend them from the carrier. The upper ends of the cans extend through apertures in the bottom panel of the carrier, and the chimes or lips of the c... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5355999 | Clip-type article carrier A clip-type carrier especially suited for carrying beverage cans. The carrier is comprised of a panel having slots in a folded, wedge-shaped inner support section and in outer support sections for receiving the can chimes. In addition, short side panels a... | 10/18/1994 |
