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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7441694 | Container A container is disclosed. The container includes a base panel, end wall panels upstanding from opposed ends of the base panel, side wall panels upstanding from opposed sides of the base panel, flaps attached to the end wall panels and extending along the side edges ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7337905 | Tongue lock for stackable containers A tongue shaped friction lock is integrally formed in a dust cover or a bottom panel of an open-topped container and positioned to capture the stacking tabs of an adjacent open-topped container. The friction lock provides a small opening through which a stacking tab... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7261231 | Pizza box A folded food carton is formed from a matable, lay flat blank for retaining, transporting and serving hot food such as pizza. The blank includes an arrangement of end panels, side panels and cover panels foldable relative to a bottom panel such that, in the erected ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7229002 | Structure and process for packaging and shipping produce Structures and processes for packaging produce in a manner that resists contamination due to dust, debris, and sunlight. According to certain embodiments of the present invention, fresh produce may be placed in a produce container having tabs extending from the top ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7207473 | Self-locking stackable tapered container with partial top stucture A stackable container for carrying produce. The container has tapered side walls or end walls to aid in the stacking of like containers. Also, the container has locking flaps that allow the container to be erected manually and without the need for fasteners. Further... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7140493 | Tongue lock for stackable containers A substantially flat and planar dust cover has at least one opening formed through it near at least one edge for receiving a stacking tab on an open-topped container when the dust cover is applied to the container. A narrow strip of material is defined between the o... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7124890 | Case ready stackable tray designs A shipping system for packing and transporting products, such as case ready food items, in which the products require a certain amount of separation between layers. The shipping system comprises a shipping unit, formed by at least one substantially open-topped tray,... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118023 | Stackable display container A foldable container is formed from a single blank of sheet material which has stacking shoulders, reinforced corners side panels and display panels. The container includes a bottom section delimited by pairs of upright end panels and side panels. The bottom section... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7017798 | Food-transport tray An article-transport tray includes a floor, two side walls, and two end walls which cooperate to form an interior regions sized to contain bags of food or other articles. A partial cover is coupled to the side walls and is arranged to overlie the floor. The cover pr... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7004379 | Stackable display container A foldable container is formed from a single blank (12) of sheet material which has stacking shoulders (32, 34), reinforced corners (24, 26, 28, 30), side panels (16, 18) and display panels (20, 22). The container includes a bottom... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6966469 | Spout closure for liquid packagings The pouring closure (1) for liquid packagings (2) comprises a pouring stem (9) with a radially projecting bottom edge (12) and a threaded cover (11). Threaded cover (11) has a larger diameter than pouring stem (9), an... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6938820 | Interlocking stackable box A stackable box formed from a one-piece blank cut of corrugated paperboard material has integrated right-angle stacking tabs protruding upwardly from each top corner of the box which matingly interlock with openings on each bottom corner of a second similarly constr... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6889893 | Stackable container with stack-tabs A tray-type container 10 includes a bottom wall 20, longitudinally-extending outer side walls 22, and laterally-extending end walls 24, the outer side walls 22 and the end walls 24 extending upwardly from the bottom wall ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6749108 | Box container with protective beam support A container for carrying produce is reinforced with at least one cross beam extending longitudinally across the upper side of the container and supported by the container's side walls. The cross beam is supported by die cut recesses in the upper edge of opposing sid... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6640975 | Stackable self-aligning container A box or container, formed from a single blank, with a group of protruding tabs and corresponding bottom apertures which act together to urge, and maintain, the alignment of an upper box on top of a lower box during the stacking of similar boxes.... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6604675 | Displayable produce container and method for making the same The present invention provides a stackable open-top container for use in shipping, storing and retail display of produce and other articles. The produce container contains a bottom wall, two side walls and two end walls. The ledges of the side walls of th... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6581772 | Stackable container with tapered stacking tabs A container has a bottom panel, side walls, and end walls, with the bottom panel having recesses for accepting stacking tabs The side walls are provided with stacking tabs which are tapered inwardly so as to align with the recesses in the bottom panel of ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6502698 | One touch tray for produce and the like A tray-type container 10 is provided that includes a bottom wall 20, longitudinally-extending outer side walls 22, and laterally-extending end walls 24. The outer side walls 22 and the end walls 24 extend upwardly from the bottom wall 20 to form an inner ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6488200 | Multi-function crate-tray and display A crate-tray, for transporting and displaying goods that cannot be easily stacked. The crate-tray comprising a tray-deck having edges along the perimeter of the tray-deck; a plurality of tray-walls formed along the tray-deck edges; and a plurality of tabs... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6460758 | Trays A corrugated board tray has stacking lugs extending from double thickness side walls. The stacking lug is formed from an integral upward extension of only the outer one of the side wall panels. The lug is folded inwardly and secured to the inside of the s... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6443358 | Stackable container A stackable container formed from a single-piece blank pre-cut and pre-scored with an improved design directed at providing material cost savings while achieving stacking stability and related benefits. The container includes a base with two sets of oppos... | 09/03/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6427907 | Side loading storage box 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... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6405921 | Perforated carton and product display system A perforated carton for displaying products is disclosed. The carton is a multi-sided square or rectangular structure including side panels, a top panel, and a bottom panel. When the carton is torn or separated along pre-cut perforations, a display portio... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6375068 | Displayable produce container and method for making the same The present invention provides a stackable open-top container for use in shipping, storing and retail display of produce and other articles. The produce container of the present invention contains a bottom wall, two side walls, and two end walls. The conc... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6354487 | Stackable covered tray A combined stacking tab is provided for use with a container having a containment portion and a lid. The containment portion includes a lateral panel and an upright wall. The upright wall includes an upper edge with a stacking tab. The lid also includes a... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6305598 | Stackable package capable of division A composite tray and stacker structure for packages of a plurality of identical paperboard and/or plastic containers supported in a tray for the purpose of providing compressive load-bearing capability to the package. The composite tray and stacker is com... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6302323 | Displayable produce container and method for making the same The present invention provides a stackable open-top container for use in shipping, storing and retail display of produce and other articles. The produce container contains a bottom wall, two side walls and two end walls. The ledges of the side walls of th... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6290122 | Versatile pizza carton A wall-engageable pizza carton folded into a non-wall-engaged format and which (a) has thermal-legs for holding the bottom of the box above a table top, (b) has an improved hole-covering flap that can function as an inner panel interlock means, and (c) ca... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6286753 | Displayable produce container and method for making the same The present invention provides a stackable open-top container for use in shipping, storing and retail display of produce and other articles. The produce container of the present invention contains a bottom wall, two side walls, and two end walls. The conc... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6257411 | Case made of sheet material with centering tabs and blank for producing same The invention concerns a case and a blank made of sheet corrugated cardboard or the like, the case having a polygonal cross section, having side faces, an upper face forming a lid, and a lower face forming the bottom of the case. The lid has at least two ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6247593 | Carton having integrally formed alignment retainer tabs The present invention is for a carton or box for holding containers such as oil bottles wherein the box is formed from a single sheet of precut corrugated material so that the upper edges have short tabs which cooperatively engage slots formed in the bott... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6234385 | Side loading storage box 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, fr... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6158652 | Container with wall locking feature A container for holding produce having a floor, four sidewalls and a cover. Two of the four sidewalls are multi-layered with a core including a plurality of interlocking panels. The interlocked panels are lockingly connected in coplanar pairs through a se... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6138904 | Three-piece container A container comprising a body including a floor having two sides and two ends, a front side wall appended to the floor along one side of the floor, a rear side wall appended to the floor along a second side of the floor to lie opposite the front side wall... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6116498 | Stackable open-top container An open-top fold-and-glue container is provided a collapsed or knocked-down-flat configuration and can be erected into a nested stacking frusto-pyramidal configuration in which the container walls are inclined outwardly and an upper container is supported... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6098873 | One piece folded and glued container with tabbed columns A container is made in a collapsed configuration with bellows fold corners for self-erection and has spaced-panel end walls encompassing hollow columns for vertical reinforcement. An outer end wall panel is joined to the container bottom, leading to a led... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6098831 | Plate A plate for permitting the attachment of an inverted plate on the top of another bottom plate for protectively carrying items such as food stuffs between. The plate includes a plate having top and bottom faces, a base and a lip extending around the base o... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6092716 | Collapse-resistant, merchandise display Locking panels are employed to prevent the collapse of a merchandise display of the type having two sets of end closure flaps that arrange themselves into common closures in an erect condition of the display. Each locking panel overlies a respective closu... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6012581 | Stacking display for merchandise A stacking display for merchandise including a first main panel comprised of a side panel, an upper edge panel, a lower edge panel, an upper floor panel, and a lower floor panel. A second main panel is provided that is comprised of a side panel, an upper ... | 01/11/2000 |
