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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7296698 | Stackable shelf A blank for a stackable shelf and the shelf formed from it. The blank comprises a substantially rectangular shelf member having attached walls. Each of the sidewalls has an integral extension which extends into and is detachable from the shelf member. The height of ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290775 | Stackable refuse cart A stackable refuse cart includes a container, an axle, a set of wheels. The container includes first and second axle supports. The first axle support supports the axle in an operative position to rotatably support the container. The second axle support supports the ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7237675 | Bottle cradle stacking support A support apparatus for receiving and supporting stacked tiers of bottles, particularly wine bottles. The support apparatus is (a) located below a first tier of layers of wine bottles, (b) placed between tiers of bottles, in case of multiple layers of bottles, and (... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7156248 | Overcap closures with rolled apron Overcap (1, 11, 12) designed to overcap a neck (80) of a bottle (8) closed by a cork (82) containing a liquid to be packaged (83, 84) includes a rolled skirt (3) and a top (2) fixed to the rolled skirt around a circul... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7137509 | Bowl stacking separation device and method of stacking bowls The present invention provides a bowl stacking separation device and a method of stacking bowls using the bowl stacking separation device. In one embodiment the bowl stacking separation device comprises: (1) a spheroid body; and an (2) elastic surface on the spheroi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7025199 | Folding serving tray An apparatus for containing a food and beverage includes a substantially flat stock, for example, cardboard or fiberboard that includes a plurality of perimeter panels that are folded into a three-dimensional apparatus. When formed, the apparatus includes a compartm... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6732858 | Shoe storage box A shoe storage box includes a bottom board, a first side board, a top board, a second side board, a rear board and a front board. A V-shaped notch is formed at a joint between each of the bottom board and the first side board, the first side board and the top board,... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6467681 | Transportation container A transportation container used for transportation of products includes a generally box-shaped body and a lid attached to the body. The body has a plurality of side walls and a bottom. The body has an open upper end with two pairs of corners. The side wal... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6394274 | Stackable bakery tray A stackable bakery tray which can be stacked upon an identical bakery tray to provide three levels of storage for bake goods. An identical upper tray can slide on rails of a lower tray when the upper tray and lower tray are each oriented in the same direc... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6138862 | Cup structure with heat isolation effect A cup structure with heat isolation effect is disclosed, thereby, if two cups according to the present invention are overlapped, the combined cups have a preferred heat isolation effect. The bottom of the cups are installed with respective isolation eleme... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6006912 | Nestable crate for beverage bottles A nestable crate for bottles having an upright retainer wall surrounding a horizontally disposed floor. The retainer wall has an upper portion, a lower portion, a vertically disposed interior surface and an exterior surface. A plurality of tangency pads a... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5988385 | Frying pan protector Stacking frying pans on top of each other tends to damage their non-stick coatings. Accordingly, a frying pan protector comprises a concave dish positioned between two stacked frying pans. The dish is made of a sufficiently yielding material to prevent sc... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5873479 | Device for ensuring the transport of containers A device for ensuring the transport of tanks in the form of containers with a truck so as to prevent the containers on the truck from sliding during the trip includes at least two holding supports attached in such a manner to a holding frame that pairs of... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5797488 | Case for a circular saw A case for a circular saw, including a pivotable compartment for holding at least one blade. When the compartment is closed, at least a portion of the compartment is accommodated by a recess of the base. In this position, access to the interior of the com... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5762195 | Food and beverage container nesting device A container nesting device comprises a base and a plurality of resilient flexible spokes emanating from and forming the base for supporting a plurality of containers, one container above another in a spaced relationship without damaging the inside surface... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5660784 | Method of making plastic open frame basket construction A plastic open frame basket is made by molding from plastic material, a tapered body portion, having integrally interconnected smoothly contoured longitudinal rib members and cross members in an interconnected, open frame configuration. A plurality of rai... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5564805 | Storage container with wheels A plastic storage container with wheel assemblies having an axle pin rotatably fixed to the container, a secure lid latch having a double-wall construction to ease opening and closing as well as an offset hinge to allow protection of the latch during dist... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5549215 | Plastic open frame basket construction and method of making the same A plastic open frame basket is made by molding from plastic material, a tapered body portion, having integrally interconnected smoothly contoured longitudinal rib members and cross members in an interconnected, open frame configuration. A plurality of rai... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5499715 | Floppy disk container with nesting cover A stackable container for computer media, such as floppy disks or the like. The container comprises a base and a removable cover. During ordinary use of the container, the cover fits in an upright orientation securely atop the base to provide closure of t... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5366079 | Integrated circuit wafer and retainer element combination The container has an enclosure member and a body member which together enclose a volume to accept wafers for storage, for handling, or for transportation. The body member has a base, and a plurality of spaced upright arcuate members supported on the base ... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5353935 | Blister package with reclosable card A thermoformed thermoplastic blister has a forwardly extending bubble which defines a container cavity. A flange extends sidewardly from the bubble and a skirt extends rearwardly from the flange. The skirt is thermoformed with a number of undercut detents... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5065922 | Container holding system This container system can be used for a delivery van (10) having an interior floor covering (18) providing the loop component of a hook and loop fastener. The floor covering provides attachment for a tray (24) having VELCRO strips (32) on the bottom (26) ... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4905833 | Nestable and stackable container A nestable and stackable container is provided with the bottom, end walls and side walls fixedly secured to each other to form a unitary structure. The container further comprises a plurality of alternately inwardly and outwardly offset portions on the si... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4896774 | Spacer tray for packaging containers A spacer tray 2 for containers 32 is formed of a moldable sheet material and is shaped to provide a plurality of container-bottom receptacles 4. Each container-bottom receptacle 4 is shaped to receive at least a part of a bottom portion of a container 32.... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4873193 | Method and apparatus for the collection and preservation of fluid biological evidence An apparatus for collecting and preserving fluid biological evidence comprising a specimen vial and lid, the lid having an adhesive coated disk inserted therein with the lid initially being inverted on the rim of the specimen vial and encased in a tamper ... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4763787 | Package assembly A package assembly includes a pallet, an outer shell supported on the pallet, and a plurality of inner cells disposed within the outer shell. A plurality of package elements are utilized to separate and support a stack of video glass funnel parts within e... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4739884 | Package insert for the separation of layers of articles A package insert between two layers of articles comprises a rigid plate formed with openings spanned by at least one and preferably two flexible and advantageously elastic films which are deformed when upper articles are stacked on lower articles through ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4582198 | Wire shipping and dispensing package In a wire shipping and dispensing package comprising a wire-carrying spool disposed vertically in a generally rectangular carton having side and end walls extending upwardly from a substantially square bottom section to define a substantially square open ... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4565289 | Method and apparatus for loading tubular objects A bundle of tubular pipes 1 is assembled by laying a first bed of p pipes on lateral support beams 2, banding it to the beams, placing key blocks 4 between at least the two outermost pipes on each side of the bed, laying a second bed of p pipes on top the... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4508768 | Protective liner for vessels A protective liner for vessels such as cooking pans, which have interior surfaces either natural or covered with thin, nonstick coatings. The liner protects the interior surfaces from damage during manufacturing, packing, shipping, unpacking and display b... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4422549 | Apparatus for stabilizing layers of newspapers on a movable pallet A separator sheet for disposition between layers of newspaper bundles on a movable pallet, for stabilizing the newspaper bundles as the pallet is moved. The separator sheet has a central portion and an outer portion circumscribing the central portion. The... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4418819 | Dual container apparatus A dual container apparatus is provided which enables two different materials to be contained in the same integral unit separately from one another and to be dispensed separately from their associated container, while that container is still connected to, ... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4407414 | Wrapper for kitchen utensils The wrapper is made from a sheet of semi-rigid and foldable material such as paperboard and has two surfaces which are cut-out of the sheet. The two surfaces are applied respectively against the internal face and the external face of the bottom of the ute... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4341308 | Container for bottles An improved container for holding and displaying a plurality of beverage bottles. The container is of the type typically fabricated from corrugated particle board and has a base and a cover. The container has an improved bottle holder which has first and ... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4316281 | Spacer for stacked recorded discs A spacer for use between two adjacent recorded discs in a stack of the discs includes a flat, circular, relatively rigid plate having opposed major surfaces and a hole through the center thereof. The plate has portions around its peripheral edge and the e... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4308952 | Container assembly A commodity can assembly comprising upper and lower cylindrical cans having beads around opposed ends which are releasably gripped by a storage unit connector. The connector is molded of stiff but slightly resilient plastic and includes a cylindrical wall... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4293605 | Tie for wood piles An inexpensive, easily produced device is provided for insertion between layers of wooden boards, which device has sufficient resistivity against longitudinally directed stresses, sufficient frictional engagement with the wooden boards, and sufficient eas... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4221292 | Metal coil spacer A spacer for separating coils of steel, or other metal coils commonly stacked vertically in edge-to-edge relationship with the axis of the several coils in general alignment and disposed vertically with the spacer used in plural between the tiers of coils... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4142634 | Layer separator for a container A separator for supporting stacked layers of items within a container comprising a first plastic section having a honeycomb pattern embossed on its top surface for rigidity and to distribute any applied force equally in all directions and a second plastic... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4069359 | Means and method of separating lengths of flattened flexible polymeric tube A plurality of lengths of at least one flattened flexible polymeric tube disposed in superposed relation. Each length in cross section includes enlarged folded edge portions with a flat center portion between the edge portions. Means such as a separator o... | 01/17/1978 |
