An automatic bed maker which uses the expansion of inflatable bladder to straighten, align, and tuck-in bed-cover assembly.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7267224 | Carrier and method The carrier has a folded-panel central vertical support structure with a handle and a pair of trays or receptacles attached to the central support structure, and an optional auxiliary tray with a slotted bottom which can be fitted onto the central support panel. A f... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7207934 | Three piece basket carrier A glued three piece folding basket carrier which has two partitions for dividing the carrier into six cells with each partition being constructed of a different material than used to construct the outside basket carrier. Each partition is glued to a handle panel and... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7128206 | Three piece beverage carrier A three piece beverage carrier has an outer ply, a partition assembly, and a box with the outer ply secured to the partition assembly and the partition assembly expanded and secured to the box. The outer ply comes from a rectangular blank folded lengthwise and the p... | 10/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7070045 | Container for articles There is provided a basket style bottle carrier having a lengthwise central wall 30, 31 and receiving compartments for bottles 12 on each side of the central wall. A handle portion 14, which is separate from the central wall 30, 31, is co... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6948615 | Transfer glue system and method for a right angle gluing machine Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for applying adhesive to packaging in a variety of configurations. The adhesive may be applied by a nozzle in a first direction, a second direction and a stationary spot, wherein the first direction and the second direction... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6371287 | Full protection basket carriers and method of forming The present invention relates to a basket carrier that provides full protection for the bottles being carried, and which can be glued on a straight-line gluer. The provision of nicks (i.e., temporary bridges) between the handle panels and the side walls s... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6230881 | Bottle carrier A bottle carrier is foldable from two blanks, and is relatively strong, inexpensive to manufacture, aesthetic in appearance, and easy to assemble. The carrier has several advantages: it provides a reduction in paper board costs, improves manufacturing cos... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6189687 | Article carrier and blank therefor The present invention and its preferred embodiments relate to an article carrier which is shaped to provide satisfactory strength to hold the bottles securely but with a degree of flexibility so that the load transferred to the handle is absorbed by a car... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6168013 | Compact basket-style carrier blank A carrier blank (40) for making a basket-style carrier (10) for containing and carrying a plurality of articles, with the carrier blank (40) including an elongate central section (41) and first and second exterior sections (42, 43) formed alongside the el... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6131729 | Container carrier A container carrier with a box-shaped carrier container of a first foldable flat material, with a floor wall, lateral walls and end walls; with a middle wall parallel to the lateral walls, of a further foldable flat material with transverse flaps which ca... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6089638 | Stabilized two-cup carrier A handled foldable paperboard carrier is disclosed that includes peripheral walls defining an upwardly opening basket and a closed bottom joined to and extending between the walls. Stabilizers cooperate with the bottom to form a support base for the carri... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5879041 | Nestable basket carrier A basket-style carrier for packaging bottles or other articles on opposite sides of a center handle panel. The carrier is formed from an elongated blank including a partial end panel section at one end and a handle panel section at the other end. A handle... | 03/09/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5680930 | Two-piece, crash-bottom basket carrier A two-piece, crash-bottom basket carrier includes a bottom wall, a pair of opposing side walls, a pair of opposing end walls, a longitudinal partition, and one or more transverse partitions. The side walls and the end walls extend upward from the bottom w... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5590762 | Basket-style carrier with retainer tabs A basket-style carrier with means for maintaining the carrier open during loading. The carrier includes tabs foldably connected to the end panel sections at one end of the carrier. When the tabs are folded in at substantially right angles to the end panel... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5579904 | Basket-style carrier with reinforced handle A carrier for a plurality of objects arranged in at least two rows includes a reinforced handle and is formed from first and second side walls, first and second end walls interconnecting the side walls, and a medial panel extending between and connected t... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5531319 | Basket-style article carrier with a single integral partition A basket-style carrier for packaging four bottles or other articles in two adjacent rows. A partition panel connected to opposite side panels is formed from a cutout in the body of a central handle panel. The layout, glue pattern and partition panel forma... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5484053 | Basket-style clip carrier A carrier with both a bottom panel and an upper panel containing openings through which the necks of packaged bottles extend. The upper panel is comprised of adjacent sections foldably connected to a central handle panel and to an intermediate panel. The ... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5221001 | Modular carrier with handle interlock A two pack carrier adapted for coupling to a duplicate carrier and including a lower basket and an upper handle integral therewith. The handle includes a latch lug thereon in the plane of one side of the carrier immediately adjacent a transverse wall of t... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5161732 | Fold-out carton and blank therefor A paperboard carton having an improved locking bottom. The disclosed carton has a collapsed position and an expanded position. In its expanded position, it has a square flat bottom which includes four flaps. A first pair of floor flaps, foldably attached ... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5069335 | Modular article carrier A paperboard article carrier suitable for modular construction. The complete carrier is adapted to carry four cans or bottles (a four pack) and is formed by assembling two identical two pack article carriers. The two pack article carriers are each formed ... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5052552 | Foldable carrier for a plurality of containers A carton structure erectable by folding from a substantially flat blank includes two side panels, a bottom panel, two top panels, a center divider panel and two end panels, each extending from the bottom panel. Each end panel has slot means for engaging t... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5031760 | Carrier for articles of different sizes A basket style article carrier having bottom, side and end walls together with telescoping medial and handle panels forming a medial longitudinal strut is provided with transverse partition panels interconnected between the medial longitudinal strut and t... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4972944 | Four celled article carrier A multi-celled article carrier suitable for conveying articles such as cans and bottles, and a method for manufacturing the article carrier are disclosed. The article carrier preferably comprises four cells defined by a bottom wall, two side panels and tw... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4927009 | Article carrier The article carrier for bottles and the like includes a bottom wall, opposed side walls joined to the bottom wall along opposite side edges thereof, and end wall panels joined respectively to the end edges of the side walls and extending inwardly of the c... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4798285 | Basket-type carrier for elongated articles A basket-type carrier in which the cells are longer than they are wide in order to receive articles which are elongated in transverse cross section. The blank for forming the carrier contains spaced centrally located support panel sections which are folda... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4792038 | Basket-type carrier for articles of various sizes A basket-type carrier in which the cells are longer than they are wide in order to receive articles which are elongated in transverse cross section. The blank for forming the carrier contains spaced centrally located support panel sections which are folda... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4770294 | Two-piece beverage carrier A two-piece beverage carrier is disclosed comprising a one-piece folded longitudinal partition insert which is adhesively secured to the end panels and to the bottom panel of a separate paperboard shell. The shell may be constructed as a wrap-around carri... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4610349 | Four-pack bottle carrier A four-pack bottle carrier requiring minimal gluing and materials, which can be readily glued up with existing machinery, which will lie flat after gluing and prior to erection, and which can be folded flat again after use. The carrier which is formed fro... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4469222 | Two-piece beverage carrier A two-piece beverage carrier is disclosed comprising a one-piece folded longitudinal partition insert which is adhesively secured to the end panels and to the bottom panel of a separate paperboard shell. The shell may be constructed as a wrap-around carri... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4403690 | Slide-up handle A slide-up handle useful for example in beer boxes is formed from a partition panel and a handle panel. A first handle member is cut from the partition and a second handle forms a portion of the handle panel and the two handles are foldably interconnected... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4382505 | Wrap around carrier for returnable bottles A wrap around carrier package for returnable beverage bottles is disclosed which is formed by wrapping about an assembly of the bottles which are arranged in double row and transversely paired relation, a cut and scored blank of foldable sheet material, s... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4319682 | Compliance carrier A compliance carrier of the basket type having a row of cells on each side of the center handle panel. Each row's cell divider panel section and cell compliance panel section are positioned and structured within the carrier blank so that the cell divider ... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4318470 | Carton with cells and blank for forming same A carton with a plurality of cells and a handle and a blank for forming same have a collapsible arrangement for automatically forming a bottom, partitions and a handle. This arrangement includes bottom panels hingedly coupled to the bottom edges of the wa... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4084688 | Bottle carrier A carrier made from a one-piece blank comprising when erected a pair of cells with each cell including an end wall. A pair of opposed side walls and a dividing wall opposed to said end wall including handle means therein. Each dividing wall is adjacent an... | 04/18/1978 |