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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7413081 | Stackable multi-use shipping and storage capsule and system A stackable, multi-use shipping and storage containment system includes a plurality of containers with a bottom wall, vertical enclosing sidewall, and top surface forming a water-tight enclosure, including one or more raised lid upsets equivalent indentations on its... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7314136 | Interleavable fluid beverage container A fluid container having a generally tetrahedral shape configured for interleaved packaging, and having a conduit with a seal at one end. The container is formed from either a rigid material, such as a blow-molded polymer, or a semi-rigid material, including pliant ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311202 | Combinative cabinets A combinative cabinet includes a cabinet body formed with five sideboards with an open front side. An upper, a lower, a right and a left sideboard are respectively provided with two dovetail-shaped projections spaced apart by a same shaped groove or two same-shaped ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7264122 | Collapsible merchandising container A collapsible display container includes abase and a pair of opposed side walls each pivotably attached to the base. The side walls are orientable between an assembled position and a second position. At least one of the side walls includes a display member which is ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7222745 | Plastic boxes and methods for making same A box includes a base having a substantially rectangular perimeter. A pair of side walls and a pair of end walls extend upward from the perimeter of the base to form a box bottom having rounded corners and vertices. The box bottom includes a mouth at the top thereof... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7128997 | Method and system for dispensing pelletized fuel for use with a fuel cell Representative embodiments provide for a fuel activation device including a fuel storage chamber configured to store a plurality of fuel pellets arranged as a stack. A fuel dispensing device is configured to transport a fuel pellet to a fuel activation chamber. A sp... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7097035 | Interconnectable display packages and shipping system A display package for merchandising articles of commerce with first and second package portions. The first package portion has side walls with outwardly extending tabs, a first interface region, and a back wall with an outwardly extending first cavity portion, with ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7040340 | Apparatus for the recycling of used water A grey water tank mounting and control arrangement for the recycling and storage of used water contains three plastic tanks constructed as individual standing units, which can be mechanically connected to one another and to a control unit. The tanks and the control ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025520 | Sample distributor for a solid, semi-solid or pasty product A distributor includes a body, typically provided with a lateral skirt and a bottom, and a cap, provided with an inner dome. The body includes at least one orifice for filling a cavity with the product, a device for closing the orifice, a device for attaching the pr... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7007802 | Produce carrying trays and method of cooling produce in a five-down configuration A method and apparatus for cooling produce contained in ventilated trays arranged in a five-down configuration on a pallet. The ventilated trays according to the present invention have openings that correspond to fluid passageways in contained clamshells in order to... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000794 | Increased reservoir for fluid container A container for storing a fluid incorporates an overflow region. The overflow region is located above the desired fill line of the container and preferably terminates in the same plane as the opening of the fill spout. In this manner, the amount of fluid filled in t... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6968970 | Ammunition shipping and storage container and method A container system and method for shipping and storing an item is provided. The container system may comprise a storage vessel with an interior compartment, and an access opening at one end. A removable end cap may be releasably and mechanically coupled to the stora... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6948617 | Stackable container with support flanges A container is disclosed having a plurality of interconnected panels forming sidewalls surrounding a central space. Flaps extend from lower sidewall edges and fold along fold lines to form a bottom. Support flanges are arranged along upper sidewall edges on opposite... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6868965 | Method and system for multi-product packaging A piece of flat packaging material has an intermediate section defined by cuts and partial cuts through the packaging material thickness so that the intermediate section is pivotable at the partial cuts to extend out into a package interior and to provide packaging ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6585090 | Stackable interlocking carrying case for a portable computer A shock resistant carrying case in which to transport fragile equipment (e.g. a portable computer) having a body that is configured to facilitate a stable, close together stacking of a plurality of such carrying cases side-by-side and one above the other ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6431436 | Stackable archive container A stackable archive container (10) is formed from a cardboard sheet, and comprises, when in the stacked state, two side walls (14, 16), a top wall (18), a bottom wall (20) and a rear wall (12), with a closure flap (22) being hinged to the top or bottom wa... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6398068 | Container having lateral supporting handles A container (10) has a tray-like bottom (11) and a cover (12). The bottom (11) has two protrusions or supporting handles (13, 14), suitable to hang the bottom on two parallel guides, located in a horizontal plane. The container has a nose or hook at its f... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6338316 | Poultry drawer An integral one piece injection molded drawer for carrying live poultry on a road vehicle, having side walls and end walls, formed integrally together and meeting at radiused corners, and a floor formed integrally with the side walls and end walls, and in... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6296541 | Toy capsule A toy capsule for containing toys and for constructing structures has an upper portion and a lower portion with wherein the upper and lower portions are detachably connected at their respective open ends thereby defining a closed container when the open e... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6237772 | Assembly of interconnected containers and containers for use therein An assembly of interconnected containers includes a plurality of containers each of which has an upper portion connected to a lower portion by a hinge or hinges with the upper portion having a pair of elongated generally parallel upwardly open channels. T... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6149872 | Modular reagent cartridge 52350626 The invention concerns a modular reagent cartridge (10) which includes a plurality of reagent containers (12 to 18) directly interconnected by integrally formed coupling devices (22). The connection is brought about by form-locking rail guides.... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6098819 | Magazine for pipette tips A magazine for pipette tip-shaped articles including a plurality of plates for holding the pipette tip-shaped articles and each having a plurality of bores for receiving the pipette tip-shaped articles in their entirety, a plurality of racks stacked over ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6092684 | Connectable cases and the manufacturing method thereof A connectable case and method of forming the connectable case from a synthetic resin plate. The case includes a bottom panel, four side-wall panels each extending from a respective side of the bottom panel and a flap panel extending from the side of at le... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6082542 | Full-depth nestable crate A full-depth nestable crate includes a plurality of columns, projections and channels disposed along exterior and interior surfaces of a retainer wall such that a top crate is nestable within a bottom crate in a first position and stacked on top of a bott... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6044966 | Ready-for-sale container for transporting contact lenses, and contact lens provided for this container A ready-for-sale container for transporting contact lenseshas at least one closable cavity that is open to the exterior and which receives at least one contact lens, onto which container inscriptions and identifications can be applied. The container is in... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5992665 | Portable display case A see-through display case has a plurality of compartments for storing, displaying and transporting a plurality of collectibles. Each case has an open front face which is closed by a clear plastic cover hinged to the front edge of the top surface. A case ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5967322 | Container assembly with tamper evident seal A reusable container assembly is provided which comprises a substantially rectangular open-top container particularly adapted to receive a fluid-containing bag. The container is lidded to thereby enclose the contents of the container assembly. A side wall... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5895540 | Method for unitizing containers A linerless double-backed adhesive tape structure is disclosed. In one embodiment the tape has three tape strips each with an adhesive coated surface and an adhesive free surface. Two of the strips are joined to a center strip along its lateral edges with... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5890595 | Food service kit A food-service kit and method includes a plurality of similar or diverse-type containers wherein the containers may be coupled together in various configurations to form toy-like assemblies. The respective containers include compatible projection and sock... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5881880 | Nestable lid A container lid has a top wall with a series of recessed areas that include therewithin a plurality of geometrical projections and a bottom wall that displays a plurality of recesses complementary in shape to the projections of the top wall whereby identi... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5878881 | Storage saver system A storage saver system (22) comprising a storage container (24) which includes a generally cylindrical shaped base (26) having a compartment (28) to hold at least one article (30) therein. A cover (32) extends over the compartment (28) of the base (26). A... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5875896 | Unified semiconductor wafer packaging system to unify irregular shape buffer materials A semiconductor wafer packaging system to cushion semiconductor wafers from damage from shock and vibration during transportation is described. The semiconductor wafer packaging system has at least one a wafer case to enclose the semiconductor wafers. Eac... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5819929 | CD container storage device A CD container storage device includes an upper cover having a top and a vertical rear side wall and two vertical lateral side walls extending downwardly from three sides of the top, a lower cover having three upwardly extending side walls adapted to enga... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5810187 | Drawer organizer A drawer organizer assembly including a plurality of releasably interlocked juxtaposed containers, each container having a bottom wall and a plurality of interconnected side walls open at the top. A peripheral ledge surrounds each open top having a plural... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5791462 | Cup carrier A carton blank formed utilizing a pattern layout with adjacent blanks nesting with each other to minimize the material required and reduce waste between adjacent blanks. The formed carton is a modular carrier with a central hand grip opening and a periphe... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5788303 | Portable wrench rack A portable wrench rack is provided. The rack includes a rectangular housing, a handle projected upward from the top of the housing, a pair of dovetail grooves and a pair of dovetail protrusions superposedly formed on respective lateral walls of the housin... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5779051 | Two-plane stacking container for liquids A container for liquids is configured for two-plane stacking with one or two similarly constructed containers; it comprises a body having a rectanguloid configuration with a top wall defining a recessed liquid pouring spout area and a raised handle area. ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5758771 | Pallet system A pallet system for use in the warehousing or transporting of a load comprised, for example, of strand material packages such as yarn bobbins, cones and pirns utilizes first and second sections, each including a platform portion having an upwardly-facing ... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5730289 | Box and insert for shipping glass bottles Disclosed herein is a box insert for protecting bottles. The box insert is formed from a piece of cardboard with fold lines. When the cardboard is folded along the lines and a bottle is placed within the cardboard, the bottle's sides are surrounded by car... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5715948 | CD rack A CD rack includes at least two parts and each of the two parts has four connections, a first connection, a second connection, a third connection and a fourth connection. Each of the connections has a first tube extending upwardly therefrom and each of th... | 02/10/1998 |
