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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7395922 | Container for grenades A grenade container includes a box having a bottom and four sides; a first foam layer disposed on the bottom of the box; a second foam layer disposed on the first foam layer and having a plurality of openings formed therein for receiving grenades; a plurality of gre... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7383953 | Shipping container and method for using the same Provided is a shipping container having a flexible outer casing, a shell insert that is removeably received within the casing's interior and a tillable insert removeably disposed within an interior of the shell for receiving a shipping parcel. The fillable insert st... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7322479 | Shipping container and dunnage therefor Dunnage for supporting elongated products arranged in layers in storage or shipping containers comprises elongated plastic strips having openings for receiving the goods and also having reinforcing members extending along their undersides which are removably receive... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7255910 | Domed packing material and methods A packing material has a plurality of separable layers of pliable material. Each layer has a region containing a plurality of domes in a pattern extending in two directions. The plurality of domes are nested together in the region. The plurality of domes each have a... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7246705 | Shipping container and dunnage therefor Dunnage for supporting elongated products arranged in layers in storage or shipping containers comprises elongated plastic strips having openings for receiving the goods and also having reinforcing members extending along their undersides which are removably receive... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7201383 | Carrier for gas and liquid cylinders A carrier for transporting a pressurized cylinder includes a container of box-like proportions for accommodating the pressurized cylinder therein, wherein the container includes a top portion having an opening therein, a bottom portion, and a plurality of side porti... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7121408 | Support for bottles A stacking support for at least one row of wine bottles is of sheet-like form with indentations (10) shaped to receive and locate at least one row of bottles in parallel relationship in a first layer. The indentations (10) are so arranged that when a s... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7032754 | Package having releaseably secured consumable products The present invention provides an improved product holding and dispensing package and an improved method for manufacturing, holding and storing products, especially consumable products. In an embodiment, a package for a consumable product is provided. The package in... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6948625 | Sheet dispenser and carton for making a sheet dispenser A sheet dispenser and a method of making a sheet dispenser is disclosed. A carton may be adapted for storing and displaying stacked sheet materials, such as napkins, paper towels, facial tissues, and other absorbent products that may be used in home or a commercial ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6926947 | Domed packing material A packing material having a plurality of domes formed therein, and methods for forming same are provided. A plurality of layers of a substrate are placed together to form a composite material with a plurality of layers, and domes are formed in the plurality of layer... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6896142 | Dunnage Dunnage for supporting elongated products arranged in layers in storage or shipping containers comprises elongated plastic strips having openings for receiving the goods and also having reinforcing members extending along their undersides which are removably receive... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6835437 | Folded expand-on-site paper packaging A series of interconnected packing chip precursors that can be formed and transported economically to a packager as a flat sheet and then expanded at the site where they will be used into individual packing chips by folding and separation from the other chips. Prefe... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6458396 | Hard taco shell protective packaging The preferred embodiment protective packaging (10) is directed to a protective packaging for hard taco shells (27). It is understood, however, that the present invention may be modified to provide an improved packaging container for other brittle yet peri... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6419089 | Egg tray An improved egg tray is disclosed. The egg tray is comprised of a thin-walled body of rigid fiber pulp material and has a plurality of pockets and a plurality of posts. Each pocket has a bottom surrounded by a plurality of posts and each pocket has an egg... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6105783 | Embossed carrier tape and embossed carrier taping method In order to solve the aforementioned problems, the present invention provides an embossed carrier tape comprising a plurality of device holes defined in an embossed carrier tape material at predetermined intervals so as to hold electronic devices therein,... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6102204 | Floral transporter A transport container for fragile articles having a substantially rigid base member with a bottom planar surface. A plurality of flexible foamed plastic members having the same overall shape as the base member stacked and secured together forming a contai... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5741535 | Fragile food product package A package includes a protective band having a cavity for receiving a fragile food product unit. A wrap material is tightly secured around the food product unit and the protective band to form a package. The protective band may have alternating narrow segm... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5690232 | Resilient wraparound cushion packing Resilient wraparound cushion packing elements which can be fitted around and between miscellaneous articles in a container, said packing elements having resilient properties capable of maintaining a continuing cushioning pressure around and about said mis... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5688578 | Composite packaging material having an expanded sheet with a separator sheet The invention relates to a composite cushioning system for protecting articles, packaged within a box, from damage while being transported in the box. The composite structure includes an expansion sheet of expanded slit sheet, in combination with a separa... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5667871 | Slit sheet packing material A filling material for use in filling hollow spaces in packaging or the like comprising one or more pieces of flexible paper material. The paper material has a plurality of individual slits formed in parallel spaced rows extending transversely from one en... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5538778 | Method and apparatus for producing individual rolls of packing material An expanded cushioning material for packing or packaging is in the form of a filled cylinder. The cylinder is formed from a spiral of an essentially flexible, extended sheet material. The flexible material, in its unexpanded form, has a plurality of space... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5489464 | Packaging material and a method for its manufacture Packaging material for self-supporting packaging container walls includes two material layers that are fixed at a given spacing from one another. The two material layers define an interjacent chamber which is filled with gas under pressure. The material i... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5267652 | Shipping carton and dunnage having openings and flanges A storage or shipping carton for automotive parts or the like has disposed therewithin layers of resilient tubular dunnage having part configured cut outs in the side walls. The dunnage extends transversely of the carton between two of the side walls whil... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5111937 | Pallet container The pallet container, developed with the objective of increased transport and accident safety, exhibits a steel tube pallet (2), a supporting shell (3) of a synthetic resin, resting on the pallet, a synthetic-resin inner container (4) seated with its bott... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5048679 | Aircraft brake disk stack glove A device for protecting a carbon disk stack used in an aircraft brake assembly is disclosed. The glove-like device is constructed of an impact-resistant, flexible material and is installed by sliding the device over the carbon disk assembly. The device ma... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4942965 | Elongated tray for supporting tubular objects An elongated tray designed to support a plurality of tubular objects such as fluorescent tubes when positioned in an outer package. The tray is formed with a plurality of cavities which have a plurality of tubular supporting surfaces contained therein. Ea... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4936453 | Compact fluorescent tube dunnage element An improved synthetic resin support for fluorescent tubes is provided which uses a minimum of synthetic resin material in the manufacture thereof, while at the same time giving entirely adequate support and protection against breakage of packed fluorescen... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4899880 | Foam packaging separator A packaging separator adapted to be disposed in load bearing engagement between a pair of articles, such as windshields. The separator includes a sheet-like supporting element constructed of a generally nonresilient plastic foam and having enlarged oppose... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4895249 | System and method for packaging detonating cord for transport A detonating cord transport system is disclosed wherein detonating cord is windingly disposed on a plurality of separator-support members in such a manner that the cord is wholly accessible from a front face surface and is thus disposed without having to ... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4875580 | Compressor shipping package A shipping package for individual product units such as compressors or the like, adapted for use with a substantially planar shipping pallet, the package having a base pad and at least one middle pad, each of which pads has a substantially planar corrugat... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4865200 | Shipping container for fragile items There is provided a shipping container for transporting fragile items. The shipping container consists of a support member and a carton dimensioned to permit insertion of the support member. The support member has a surface face to which the fragile artic... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4860894 | Package assembly for glass funnel parts A package assembly is disclosed in which base, trays and top cover are formed of hydrophobic materials. The base has skids and guide projections on its upper surface for positioning and restraining each of a plurality of video glass funnels in a layer of ... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4838420 | Packaging for point of sale display, shipment and storage of cassette recordings and methods A packaging system for one or more cassette tape recordings, providing for an improved and simplified point of sale display, shipment and storage, with clear identification of the contents exposed at all times. The system further comprising a printed exte... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4799593 | Packaging construction Skeleton packs that are designed for compression loading where such packs are themselves to be grouped, as in pallet loads, having a base to receive the primary packages and a rear member to take vertical load.... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4790430 | Aircraft brake shipping container A container for shipping brake assemblies includes a base support member, a body tube, and a top closure member. A threaded shaft is provided extending axially through the body tube from above the top closure member to a nut imbedded in the base support m... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4738364 | Portable medicine protector A portable medicine protector for maintaining the temperature of medicine stored therein from rising above a threshold temperature and for preventing the temperature of medicine stored therein from falling below a second threshold temperature. The present... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4712710 | One-piece seamless enclosure and methods of making it Methods and means for providing a one-piece seamless enclosure include a plurality of panels each having a foam core surrounded by a fiber reinforced cloth or woven material. The panels are joined inside of an outer mold. An inner inflatable mold is inser... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4709817 | Container and protective insert for shock sensitive devices A shock protective device for use with a carton for shipping shock sensitive products. The device comprises a foldable padded insert which fits inside the carton. The insert folds over and surrounds the product to be shipped with a first group of interior... | 12/01/1987 |
