Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7353947 | Welding wire drum and unitized package for same A unitized package of a plurality of drums filled with coiled welding wire, each drum comprising a cylindrical body, a top rim, a bottom rim and a bottom circular wall fixed to the bottom rim and having a peripheral shape. The package comprises: a spacer between the... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7240789 | Carton with an interlocking separator pad and dispenser A carton for carrying containers, such as cans, or other articles in two layers which has an interlocking separator pad between the two layers is provided. This separator pad has two tabs on each end which extend through slots provided on the side end flaps on each ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7175047 | Carton with an improved dispensing feature A carton with an improved dispenser at one of the carton which preserves the integrity of the carton when the carton is opened by permitting a bottom end flap attached to the bottom panel to remain in place and also a portion of each side end flap that is adjacent t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7117994 | Two-sided roll support with multiple ribs A support structure is provided for supporting a plurality of cylindrical objects. The support structure includes an elongated member having first and second sides and first and second edges. First and second rib sections extend from the first side of the elongated ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7100798 | Carton with an improved dispensing feature A carton with an improved dispenser at one of the carton which preserves the integrity of the carton when the carton is opened by permitting a bottom end flap attached to the bottom panel to remain in place and also a portion of each side end flap that is adjacent t... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093713 | Fully enclosed pack with interlocking separator pad and dispenser A carton is provided for carrying articles or containers in two layers with three rows of containers in each layer. The carton can have a dispenser flap in one side panel which can be opened for dispensing containers when the carton is placed on the end adjacent to ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7073705 | Carton with a glued insert and a blank combination for forming the same A package and two part blank for forming a package for carrying one or more articles comprising a carton having a plurality of wall panels for forming a tubular structure wherein each end of the carton is closed by a first panel hingedly connected to one of the wall... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7044358 | Two-sided roll support with multiple ribs A structure for supporting a plurality of objects having cylindrical characteristics. The structure includes a first side and a second side, the first side having at least two rib structures spaced apart from one another by valleys. The rib structures are formed as ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6905075 | Package with aperture through product code A package for a retail item includes a panel having a front side and a back side, and an enclosure attached to the panel. The enclosure encloses a retail item of the package. The package includes a product identification code or price code or bar code printed on eit... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6003665 | Basket style article carrier with tapered end panels and separator straps A set-up basket style article carrier has a bottom panel, first and second opposed sidewalls attached to the bottom panel, riser panels, a handle attached to the riser panels, transverse partition straps extending between the riser panels and sidewalls, a... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5638956 | Wrap-around carrier with lock-box keel A wrap-around carrier suitable for packaging tapered tub-shaped articles. A side panel of a hollow rectangular center keel is connected to a bottom panel flap and to an attachment flap formed at an end of the carrier blank. The keel top panel includes rec... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5518111 | Removable divider panel for multiple-tier article package A divider panel (20) has a major panel (22) with attached anchor flaps (24, 26) for securing the panel (20) in a multiple-tier article package. The anchor flaps (24, 26) are attached to the major panel (22) along perforated lines (23) that permit the anch... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5427242 | Two tier can package having secured divider panel and method of forming the same A package comprises a plurality of beverage cans arranged into a group of at least two vertically-aligned tiers, a carton disposed around the exterior of the group of the cans, and a divider panel disposed between upper and lower adjacent tiers. Each can ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5246113 | Carrier for stacked articles A carrier containing a plurality of layers of articles, such as beverage cans, arranged in stacked end-to-end fashion. The carrier is fully enclosed and is formed with overlapping top panel flaps which produce an area of double thickness between handle op... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5230425 | Carrier for bunch packaging of cans The present invention relates to a carrier for packaging two or more cylindrical cans together in at least one line, each of said cans being provided with a neck with a reduced diameter close to an attached cover, said carrier being produced from a cardbo... | 07/27/1993 |
| 4703847 | Multipack for flanged primary containers A package accommodating a group of like flanged containers disposed in more than one row includes a top panel (16) and overlapping base panels (12,20) interconnected by spaced side walls (14,18) thereby providing a tubular structure in which the container... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4569440 | Carrier for bottles and the like The bottle carrier includes an upper support having a plurality of resilient neck engaging fingers that are aligned with a like number of bottom engaging members carried by a lower support. The upper and lower supports are held in spaced relationship by a... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4509639 | Multi-container carrier package and a method of assembly therefor A multi-container carrier package having releasable interlocking integral attachment sites, such as engaging projections and recesses. Preferably each container has a reduced upper portion, such as the neck of a bottle, and the carrier bridges the space b... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4254173 | Composite material for secondary container packaging A secondary container packaging material for use in six pack can wraps, six pack bottle carriers, twelve pack carriers, etc., comprising a composite of a paper material laminated to a plastic film. The plastic film provides tear resistance to the composit... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4037766 | Multiple bottle carrier A multiple bottle carrier of the bottleneck-gripping type in which the bottles are suspended from a slotted member, and an accessory is effectively utilized to cooperate in varying the effective widths of the slots of said slotted member to correspondingl... | 07/26/1977 |
