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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7284662 | Retail dispensing and display carton An enclosed carton is provided that allows a product to be shipped, displayed, and dispensed all from the same carton. An enclosed carton is filled with product, sealed, and shipped to its destination. The carton can be “cracked” in half along a tear line and th... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7207474 | Carton with dispenser A carton includes a top wall, a pair of opposed side walls connected to the side edges of the top wall, an end wall interconnecting the side walls and an article dispenser for dispensing articles from the carton. The dispenser includes a detachable portion of the ca... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7185869 | Foldable book holder A book stand folds flat, forming a single panel for storage or use as a clipboard, sketchpad, or straight edge. The book stand may also unfold into operational configuration to include an inclined supporting surface and a shelf, on which a book can rest at an inclin... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7147101 | Container for housing a premium A container apparatus for simultaneously housing a product and a premium, the apparatus comprising a carton and a premium item. The carton includes a front panel, a back panel and two opposing side panels defining an interior region, and a top closure and a bottom c... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7121403 | Blank forming carton and closure therefor A blank for forming a carton, the carton formed therefrom, and a closure for the carton are provided for enclosing a plurality of unbound elongate smoking articles. The blank includes a base sub-blank at the distal end which is folded to form an open top box and a l... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7097042 | Portable accessory box A portable accessory box is disclosed. The portable accessory box comprises: a bottom plate; two side rectangular bodies fixedly connected to two sides of the bottom plate; and a lower side plate fixedly connected to the lower side of the bottom plate. The portable ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7086563 | Dispensing carton for bandages and the like The parallelepiped-shaped carton made of paperboard or the like, for packaging and dispensing bandages or other products, comprises in at least one B of the two main faces one or two windows B1, B2 and in the internal volume of the carton a wall F with... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7004897 | Display/vending carton A carton with an improved dispensing feature at one end of the carton, which preserves the integrity of the carton, while enabling the display and enhanced access and vending of containers within the carton. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6948625 | Sheet dispenser and carton for making a sheet dispenser A sheet dispenser and a method of making a sheet dispenser is disclosed. A carton may be adapted for storing and displaying stacked sheet materials, such as napkins, paper towels, facial tissues, and other absorbent products that may be used in home or a commercial ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6942102 | Inverted office shipper display A container converts into a display tray, wherein the container has a base, a removable lid and a single tear line crossing the removable lid and dividing the lid into two sections of unequal size. The display tray is created by inverting the container and tearing t... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6902104 | Carton with dispenser A carton includes a plurality of walls including a top wall, a pair of opposed side walls connected to side edges of the top wall and an end wall interconnecting the side walls defining an upper corner of the carton. The carton also includes an article dispenser for... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6886737 | Point-of-purchase display with indicia panel An open-topped, open-fronted tray for displaying articles for purchase is provided with a reinforced, drop-down flap for bearing advertising or product information indicia or the like. The drop-down flap has an exposed outer surface, which is contiguous with the rem... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6752262 | Flat blank for the formation of a rigid carton for cigarette packets A flat blank (1; 25) for the formation of a rigid carton (2; 26) having the shape of a parallelepiped, in which two panels (5′, 8′) form a front wall (5) and, respectively, a lid (8) on the carton (2; 26), and in which t... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6402016 | Umbrella package box A parallelepiped package box is made of continuous boards and has front, rear, top, bottom and opposite side surfaces. Two parallel first tearing lines are formed on the box and extend along the front, rear and side surfaces to delimit a tear strip that a... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6394290 | Display stand A foldable, point-of-purchase display stand is disclosed. The display stand is manufactured from a piece sheet of corrugated board. The display stand has a shelf that is secured by a hook affixed with a pop rivet or eyelet. The disclosed stand is stable f... | 05/28/2002 |
| 5924559 | Multiuse function display and dispensing carton A multiuse carton is provided for carrying, dispensing and displaying items contained therein. The carton is formed by first and second base panels separated from each other by side walls and end walls to form an interior space in which the items are arra... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5899324 | Forward-tilting display container with fold-out doors A forward-tilting display container with fold-out display doors which is adjustable between an enclosed position and a display position. In the enclosed position, the fold-out display doors comprise a portion of the lid of the container, with the remainde... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5752597 | Carton for storage and display of an article A carton, configured for storage and display of an article, such as a pair of children shoes, comprises a box formed from a single unitary blank of fiberboard. The box has side walls, a forward end wall, a rearward end wall, a bottom, and a top. The side ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5728478 | Display mattresses and box springs Display beds for use in bedroom furniture displays are constructed of a series of paperboard units which are combined to form single, full, queen or king size mattresses and boxsprings. The units are lightweight and compact and are internally reinforced t... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5690213 | Combination shipping and display carton A carton for shipping and displaying articles for sale. The shipping carton is converted to a display by removing and discarding an upper portion and folding a part of the remaining lower portion under the floor of the carton to form a base for tilting th... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5620243 | Modular filing & storage system A blank for constructing a box file, card index box, or the like which, in the made up form includes a pair of similar half shells hinged together along a common edge. The blank includes a pair of base members each having outwardly extending side portions... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5375702 | Folding display box A shipping box is disclosed which comprises a single piece of corrugated cardboard stock folded into a rectangular shipping container. A portion of an upper panel separates from the box to form a rear support, which attaches to the rear of the box to supp... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5088602 | Book-like storage container for a videocassette or the like A book-like storage container includes a receptacle for removably receiving a videocassette or the like therein and includes top, bottom, left, right, and rear walls, each of which has surface dimensions. The receptacle includes a front opening. A panel a... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5007530 | Single piece disposable cat litter box The invention relates to the use of one piece foldable boxes in the area of packaging, in particular the use of a single piece foldable and disposable boxes for the packaging of cat litter material. The invention employs a novel cover and hinge member tha... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4916280 | Food package adapted particularly for microwave heating A food package, which is particularly useful for preparation of a food contained in the package by microwave heating, is embodied by a container for the food and by a cover. The cover is made of material which is transparent to microwaves and is removably... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4696397 | Container for floppy disks and the like The present invention provides a container for floppy disks and the like, including body and lid portions connected with each other, the longitudinal and transverse dimensions of the combined body and lid portions being larger than those of articles to be... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4687128 | Point-of-purchase display A corrugated board display structure has tabs for readily connecting a horizontally extending shelf to an upright support in such a manner that the load capacity of the shelf is significantly increased. Edge segments formed in an upright, folded portion o... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4641746 | Tray-type shipping and display container A combination shipping and display container for packaged products is described as including a substantially open tray with a high back panel, a low front panel, and substantially open side panels connecting the front and back panels. The container includ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4433778 | Automatic tilt display carton This relates to a display carton which is provided with an automatic tilt feature. An end wall of the carton extends down below the bottom wall so that when the carton is seated on a suitable support, the bottom wall slopes downwardly. There is provided a... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4395056 | Note booklet, provided with a foldable cover, effective to act as a sheet and pen holder A note booklet having a pad of note sheets secured to the back of a cover having multiple fold lines and divided thereby into multiple sections, such that in use, the cover member is foldable into a configuration whereby a first plane section extends back... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4356953 | Tray cover with support ledges A one-piece tray cover is provided with corner ledges that maintain the cover in an elevated position with respect to the top edges of a bottom tray on which the cover is positioned. The tray cover can also function as a supporting base for the tray botto... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4311233 | Easel display package An easel type display package suitable for containing and displaying a plurality of individually packaged products includes a rear wall, a pair of sidewalls, and a front wall which is substantially cut-away to reveal the product. The rear wall is inclined... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4300687 | Packaging structure A packaging structure for hanger supported articles is disclosed. Support of the articles is achieved by panels in partially overlapping relationship and joined by tab panels foldably joined to the panels and erected by overlapping of the panels into faci... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4121752 | Self-openable device and blank therefor A device for storing and transporting articles embodies a self-openable carton which comprises, in integral combination, a pair of first sidewalls hingedly connected to each other by a hinge crease, a pair of remote folded sidewalls, each one of which is ... | 10/24/1978 |
