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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337914 | Frame structure for a collapsible box with top access, side access and interconnected vertical stacking A collapsible box with a pair of opposed, hinged sidewalls in which a lightweight frame structure holds the sidewall in a vertical orientation during assembly and provides load-bearing strength. The frame structure and sidewalls fold over one another, and lie substa... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7140773 | Method and apparatus for packaging perishable goods An improved method and apparatus for packaging perishable goods comprises an inner insulating container that is quickly and easily formed from a flat sheet of metalized bubble pack material to a finished state that very closely approximates the size and dimensions o... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7036292 | Method for containing lightweight materials A collapsible shipping container for lightweight materials, typically edible grain particles and flakes, including a box-like sealable container and a synthetic resinous lining element, all of which are disposable after a single usage. The containers are fully preas... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021524 | Method and apparatus for packing perishable foods An improved method and apparatus for packaging perishable goods comprises an inner insulating container that is quickly and easily formed from a flat sheet of metalized bubble pack material to a finished state that very closely approximates the size and dimensions o... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6840436 | Folding collapsible box A folding collapsible box is constructed to include a box body, the box body having two cardboard reinforced upright sidewalls symmetrically disposed at two sides, each cardboard reinforced upright sidewall having a vertical folding line on the middle, and two locat... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6227439 | Flexible bag in the box container for liquids Liquid resistant containers having double walled construction and an upwardly projecting container bottom are suitable for use, e.g., as a flower vase. Preferably, the containers are formed from a unitary carton blank having fold lines such that the conta... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6170740 | Oval folding carton with automatic closing bottom The present invention is directed to a one piece blank of foldable sheet material cut and scored so that it is divided into a series of connected wall forming panels which when assembled provides an oval folding carton with an automatic closing bottom for... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6152359 | Oval folding carton with automatic closing The present invention is directed to a one piece blank of foldable sheet material cut and scored so that it is divided into a series of connected wall forming panels which when assembled provides an oval folding carton with an automatic closing bottom for... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6149052 | Rapid assembly box with two-part adhesive bottom A corrugated box has two side panels joined by parallel end panels. An automatic bottom panel extends from a side panel, and has two converging reverse-scored fold lines which extend between a side panel and the outer edge of the automatic bottom panel. E... | 11/21/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5762261 | Collapsible container A collapsible container is provided which can be folded extremely simply and in which a bottom board portion and/or side board portions are not bent easily in use. The collapsible container includes a bottom board portion constituted by one flat sheet boa... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5678754 | Envelope with dual pockets An envelope includes a front panel and a rear panel with a closure flap. The front and rear panels are connected by an expandable sidewalls formed by joining end flaps of the front and rear panel. The sidewalls have an intermediate line of weakness that a... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5536194 | Collapsible pinata A collapsible pinata having a pair of planar main panels joined by connecting side panels. The side panels are configured to fold inward between the main panels to allow the pinata to be collapsed substantially flat. In an expanded state, the side panels ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5474230 | Folding box A folding box includes a pair of opposed first side walls each foldable along a vertical direction, a pair of opposed second side walls, and a pair of bottom plates. Each bottom plates includes a central trapezoidal portion and a pair of triangular portio... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5090614 | Collapsible reinforced shipping carton with foldable slip sheet A collapsible shipping container with integral folding slip sheet. Foldable interior walls provide double wall thickness at two of four oppositely disposed side walls, the double wall thickness also serving to reinforce the container against compressive f... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5050766 | Collapsible ice chest A collapsible ice chest formed of a sheet of material such as corrugated paper to form a box-like structure, the bottom of which forms an ice tray to receive ice. The upper portions of the box-like structure fold over the ice tray portion to place it in a... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4411373 | Foldable reinforcing element for shipping containers A foldable reinforcing element or liner for use with collapsible reusable shipping containers to provide increased resistance to bulging or bursting. The element is formed of two pieces of single or multiple ply corrugated material overlapped at a pair of... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4383637 | Carton for comestibles and structure for erecting same A carton in the form of a polyhedron of six sides is erected by structure insuring that human hands do not contact the interiors, important in the case of comestibles, such as popcorn.... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4335830 | Solution container A collapsible solution container is disclosed having a flat rectangular bottom wall, a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls. The side walls and end walls are hingedly attached to the bottom wall and cooperate to define a container when positioned pe... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4187976 | Collapsible container with reinforcing members A rectangular, collapsible container includes a collapsible lock bottom structure in which each bottom side flap is glued to a bottom end flap. At least two of the bottom flaps have fold lines which permit the box bottom to collapse inwardly. The containe... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4014292 | Collapsible and disposable sanitary pet litter container A sanitary pet litter container comprises a carton of sheet material which may be folded into a wedge-shaped configuration for storage or disposal or which may be opened to receive pets. The carton has a bottom and opposing end walls that are foldable inw... | 03/29/1977 |
