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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7487904 | Reusable pop-up container and associated container blank The present invention includes a blank and container formed of cellulose-based materials configured to form a reusable and collapsible container. The container in the partially assembled, knock-down position lies substantially flat and is capable of being stacked an... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7328833 | Foldable, knockdown pallet container A heavy-duty pallet box for bulk goods and palletized loads. The knockdown box may be folded for storage. To erect it, a flat board comprising a pair of complementary, die-cut blanks, or a unitary blank comprising complementary halves, is unfolded. A central side pa... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7314159 | Quadcorner tray wrapper designs Containers of the wraparound and tray style are provided, having enhanced stacking strength and general robustness, through the provision of internal and external reinforcing panels and flanges. Variations of the basic invention are provided with closure flaps of va... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7229001 | Folding collapsible rectangular storage box Disclosed is a folding collapsible rectangular storage box in which the rectangular box body has a flexible bottom panel, two short upright peripheral panels and two long upright peripheral panels perpendicularly extending upward from the four sides of said rectangu... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216797 | Tray container and blank An article carrier and a blank for forming an article carrier, for holding one or more articles, for example foodstuff or the like, including a base panel, a pair of outwardly sloping side wall panels hingedly connected to the base panel and one or more inwardly slo... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7188713 | Mat, carrier combination A mat/carrier foldable between a substantially flat configuration and a storage configuration is provided. The mat/carrier comprises a mat/carrier component having a base panel, a plurality of side panels, and at least one intermediate panel intermediate adjacent si... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7152369 | Wrapper with decorative extension and method A wrapper for wrapping a flower pot and/or floral grouping. The wrapper is constructed of a sheet of material having an extension attached to a portion of the sheet of material. Preferably the extension has a lace pattern thereon. When the wrapper is formed about a ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7073548 | Pop-up purse A hand-bag is assembled by folding a single piece of material. The single piece of material is folded to form the walls, bottom portion and locking portions. The locking portions are engaged to hold the walls in position. The assembled hand-bag can be collapsed for ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063223 | Folding container In a folding container assembled in a box form by raising folded long side walls 51 so as to stand perpendicular to a bottom portion 10 and then raising folded short side walls 27 so as to stand perpendicular to the bottom portion, each of the s... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6988653 | Foldable carton A collapsible carton which is formed from a single cardboard blank which when formed from the blank is capable of being folded between a folded flat condition and an erect condition whereby when in the erect condition the carton has a floor (11) and four side... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6948616 | Reversible container with logo concealment A reversible shipping container contains a plurality of panels which can be alternately folded respective mirror image configurations, to alternately reveal or conceal a commercial logo or other visible marking. ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6915948 | Collapsible/easily disposable food container Collapsible food containers of this invention comprise an upper and lower panel, each including a leading edge at a front portion of each panel, and a trailing edge at a rear portion of each panel. Each trailing edge is connected together by a rear panel interposed ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6902061 | Collapsible liquid box A collapsible box for storing liquids, the box capable of being stacked while filled and then collapsed for convenient storage and return shipping when not filled. The box includes a base having a lip extending upwardly along the edges of the bottom panel. An upper ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6837420 | Foldable portable cooler with enhanced over-center locking handle A rugged, hand-held container for storing beverage containers is formed by folding together multiple panels defined in a pre-scored, slot-less blank. Each blank comprises a rectangular center panel integrally bordered by a pair of end panels and side panels. Integra... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6736309 | Quick erecting foldable portable cooler A quick erecting, disposable cooler which is transformable from a flat blank of corrugated sheet material may be non-destructively “knocked down” or collapsed after being semi-erected. The deployed cooler is moisture-proof and lacks leak paths, so it reliably st... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6634547 | Folding cup that fits into a cup holder A new, novel and useful folding cup that fits into a cup holder. The cup is designed to fit into an array of cup holders such as the cup holders that are often built into modern motor vehicles in an arm rest or dash of such an automobile. The cup may be m... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6325239 | Stackable, self-supporting container with sliding mechanical closure The present invention provides a container comprising: (a) a semi-enclosed container body including a tubular structure having two open ends and a bottom panel enclosing one end of the container body, the other end of the tubular structure opposite from t... | 12/04/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6209781 | Disposable, foldable container A disposable container includes support structure that is shiftable between a disposable disposition and an erect disposition, the support structure defining an interior container space when in the erect disposition. The erect support structure has a bott... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6116501 | Stackable, self-supporting container with lid-alignment feature A container having a container body, an open end and an opposed bottom. Around the open end of the container is a substantially continuous outwardly extending flange. The container has a lid for closing the container. The container flange and lid include ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6092687 | Collapsible, stackable, self-supporting container with supplemental support feature A stackable, self-supporting container comprising: (a) a semi-enclosed container body including a tubular structure having two open ends and a bottom panel enclosing one end of the container body, the other end of the tubular structure opposite from the b... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6050482 | Food scoop A fry scoop having front and rear walls and an upwardly and rearwardly inclined bottom formed of a narrow forward bottom panel and a wide rear bottom panel which provides for an upward shifting of the rear wall as compensation for a reduced height of the ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6050410 | Foldable pallet-mounted container A foldable pallet-mounted container comprising a shallow base mounted on a pallet, a foldable box mounted inside the shallow base, and a flanged cover having overall dimensions to fit over the shallow base for covering the shallow base when the foldable b... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6019277 | Beverage container and bottom closure therefore The invention relates to a collapsible beverage container produced froma foldable sheet-like blank and provided with a closed bottom and sidewalls upstanding from the bottom. Integrated with the side walls in an extension thereof are inwardly foldable con... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6003759 | Folding box A folding box (10) for storing and for transporting goods, in particular cosmetics, having a pack casing with an outer front-wall element (12), a rear-wall element (14), an inner front-wall element (16), a side-wall element (18), which is provided in each... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5996882 | Collapsible, foldable, stackable, and self-supporting container The present invention provides a collapsible, foldable, stackable, and self-restorable container comprising semi-enclosed container body having two opposed side walls, two opposed end walls between the side walls, and a bottom panel enclosing one end of t... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5948423 | Insect combatant controlled/prolonged delivery device Device for insecticidal treatment including a transparent plastic container in the form of a dish whose open face has a flat flange; a plastic sheet impervious to liquids and permeable to the vapors of essential oils at ambient temperature, this sheet bei... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5934474 | Collapsible palletized container system A collapsible palletized container system for the containment of various articles including bulk materials. A container portion attached to a pallet including a relocation flap in the bottom panel of the container for the facilitation of collapsing the co... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5788074 | Package for containing photo-prints with photographic film cassette A package is provided with a cassette container section for containing a photographic film cassette, a photo-print container section for containing a stack of plural photo-prints, and an index print container section for containing an index print. The pho... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5752470 | Collapsible structure The collapsible system can also be used for portable pet houses most types of small free standing buildings, as well as for emergency housing in times of disasters. The collapsible structure is better than a tent, because it has real walls, a roof, and ha... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5749513 | Corrugated paperboard box with reinforced side walls A box has front and back walls and a bottom wall extended between the lower margins of those walls. It also has side walls that are attached to the front and back walls and close the sides of the box. Each side wall contains two panels which are joined to... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5730353 | Carton and blank for vertical packaging of articles An elongated tubular carton (10) formed from a blank (12) is collapsible about a pair of diametrically opposed fold lines. The carton (10) has a segmented tear strip (60, 62, 64, 66) and display apertures (70).... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5725310 | Disposable article receiving device A disposable article receiving device for use for disposing of chewed gum and other small articles and method of constructing said device, the article receiving device comprising an envelope body having a front panel, two side panels, a bottom panel, and ... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5641117 | Foldable container and method for forming same A foldable hand-held container includes a generally frusto-conical body formed from a single sheet of foldable material having two opposed inner wall members and two opposed outer wall members each having a plurality of panels defined by a plurality of di... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5601232 | Bottom closure restrainment apparatus for palletized bulk bin container A bottom closure restrainment apparatus for palletized bulk bin containers towards the containment of various articles including bulk materials. A container fixedly attached to a pallet includes a bottom closure restrainment apparatus for aligning and mai... | 02/11/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5460324 | Open container or drinking cup, compact prefolded A cup is made from sheet material. The cup has two opposite side sections for forming a cylinder with one of a gutter-like and spout-like shape in an open state of the cup, a rectangular including square bottom for serving as a base for the cup in the ope... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5318219 | Collapsible pallet mounted container A collapsible corrugated fiberboard container to be fastened to a pallet. The container has a floor panel, two opposite side panels and two opposite end panels. The side panels and end panels are flexibly connected to each other, and the floor panel is co... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5301872 | Collapsible pallet container apparatus A collapsible pallet container apparatus for the containment of various articles including bulk materials. A container portion attached to a pallet includes automatic collapse prompting and deployment features for facilitating the collapse and deployment ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5273206 | Disposable box by destructive folding A foldable box having, in addition to primary folding lines and flat segments, a number of latent destructive lines in a direction perpendicular to the length of the unfolded box. The latent destructive lines do not interfere with the formation and the no... | 12/28/1993 |
