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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7426996 | Mail distribution apparatus and method A system for manual delivery of mail to a series of recipients includes a stack of mail holders each comprising a front flap, a back flap and a central fold. One or more mail pieces are disposed in each holder, such that all of the mail pieces in each holder are to ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7413101 | Dispensing package A paperboard carton for receiving articles in two or more layers separated by a divider pad is provided. The divider pad is secured relative to an end panel arrangement at one end of the carton. The carton has a top panel, a base panel and a pair of opposite sides. ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410094 | Multi-level partition assembly A partition assembly for dividing the space inside a container into two levels is provided. The partition assembly comprises first and second sets of parallel dividers or partitions. The dividers of the first set each have at least one tongue. One divider from the s... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7341153 | Viewable specimen packaging system and method A specimen package includes a top, a first side, connected to the top, a bottom, connected to the first side, and a second side, connected to the bottom. The package also includes therein an internal separator. The internal separator forms a first compartment and a ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7210613 | Quality maintaining pizza/food take-out box A pizza box having a plurality of ribs, which are selectively moveable between a first stored position and a second upright position is provided. The ribs are coupled to at least one actuating strip, which enables the ribs to be simultaneously shifted from the first... | 05/01/2007 |
| 6569676 | Storage and shipping apparatus for cultures and specimens An apparatus for storing and shipping a coded set of related culture specimens without risk of contamination or contact between individually coded specimens, comprising a closeable case having multiple individual storage cells and a coding scheme applied ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6523684 | Flexible CD carrying and storage device A flexible CD carrying and storage device for carrying and storing compact discs. The flexible CD carrying and storage device includes a container having a back wall, side walls, front wall, bottom wall, an open top, a storage compartment disposed therein... | 02/25/2003 |
| 5967315 | Partitioned storage tube for tip-ups and other ice fishing accessories A partitioned storage tube for tip-ups and other ice fishing accessories including an elongated, cylindrical body partitioned into five separate tip-up storage compartments for storing and protecting tip-ups when not in use. A structure for protecting the... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5417364 | Ketchup pocket basket A double basket providing separate containers for a primary substance (e.g., French fries) and an associated condiment substance (e.g., catsup in a cup). The secondary basket has a small auxiliary wall supported by the principle basket's wall panel for ju... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5395049 | Box engaging retainer for collectors' cards A storage arrangement for a stack of collectors' cards includes a box with a front wall, rear wall and laterally spaced sidewalls dimensioned to receive the cards on edge in a stack, one of the sidewalls being open at a top. A filing barrier is attachable... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5170934 | Instant disposable ice chest A can or bottle drink carton comprising expandable compartments affixed to its opposite sides. Tear strips associated with each compartment are activated to facilitate deployment of the compartments. The carton can be converted into an ice chest by unzipp... | 12/15/1992 |
| 4964528 | Removable and adjustable divider for coolers A simple to use, fully adjustable, ice chest divider which provides for the isolation of food or other items from melted ice water is disclosed. The divider comprises a plurality of rectangular panels of various sizes, attached by slide hinges and additio... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4927008 | Multi-celled paperboard container with v-shaped windows A carton or container is provided having a plurality of cells each capable of containing an article, such as a plastic or glass bottle. Side walls of the container contain cut-out windows through which articles enclosed in the package may be viewed. The b... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4896820 | Holder for tacos or the like A taco holder is formed from a blank cut from a sheet of paperboard material. The blank has a first pair of parallel fold lines across the mid-portion and a second pair of fold lines near the side edges so that they can be folded up to form feet. Perforat... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4836367 | Compartmented food container with handled partition A food container formed from a first sheet of paperboard and a second sheet, preferably of an insulating material, the first sheet having side, end, bottom, and top wall portions, foldable relative to one another, and attachable at selected locations, to ... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4790474 | Document file An improved document file is proposed which has a pair of covers, a plurality of bag members laminated one upon another, and a plurality of reinforcing padding members mounted in pocket-like or sheaths spaces formed between the adjoining bag members. The ... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4773531 | Cigarette carton with package separator and package spacer therefor A cigarette carton and a cigarette carton spacer for spacing and protecting smaller than standard size cigarette packs in a standard size cigarette carton. A single or plurality of spacers can be used depending upon the size of the undersized packs to be ... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4728521 | Fish storage tray and dividers and method of storing frozen fish A fish storage tray is provided with several modular plastic dividers which conform to the shape of the fish and hold fish in a belly-up position in the tray for individual freezing and storing. The individual dividers are elongated plastic strips having ... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4650075 | Filter-bag package In a box for packaging of filter bags for infusion products at their exit from a machine producing them obtained from a punched blank of cardboard in which with the aid of folding lines walls are defined for the bottom, cover and sides, the lateral walls ... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4611712 | Apparatus for erecting a bottle carrier Apparatus for erecting a bottle carrier. The carrier is initially formed as a flat folded tube having a bottom wall, a top wall and transversely creased end walls, the top wall forming a central partition. The apparatus has a longitudinal partition former... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4549688 | Expandable file folder An expandable file folder made from a substantially unitary blank of relatively stiff sheet plastic and having a front panel, a rear panel, a rectangular bottom wall connected along opposite marginal edges to the front and rear panels along fold lines, an... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4535928 | Dual purpose carton A folded paperboard carton, which, after having been used for its original purpose such as packaging a foodstuff, may be separated into several components and the components then assembled to form a holder or caddy for pencils, crayons and the like. The b... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4492307 | Leaflet dispenser A leaflet dispenser comprises at least three like channel-section members, one or more of which face upwardly to support the bottom edges of the leaflets and one or more pairs of which face inwardly to support the side edges of the leaflets. Each member c... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4482048 | Container for static-sensitive articles Container having walls in the form of corrugated board in which a carbon layer is applied to the interior surface of one of the webs before the corrugated board is assembled.... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4454946 | Collapsible partitioned corrugated cardboard container A container comprising a pallet having a frame-like upright wall, two sets of a pair of side plates assembled on the pallet and which are bended in the form of a U-letter and opposed to form a box-like configuration, a plurality of rectangular partition p... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4328922 | Article carton with separating partition An article carton, formed from a single sheet blank of foldable material having a plurality of fold lines forming interconnected carton forming panels, a portion of the blank having plurality of cutouts, said portion of the blank being folded to partially... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4304354 | Drawer organizer A drawer organizer unit is formed of four stacked rectangular cardboard panels secured together in selected areas by adhesive with fold lines permitting the insertion of lugs extending from the rear edges of the panels into retention apertures of the pane... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4247634 | Culture cup and method for sampling and microbial-count determination A culture cup for sampling and microbial-count determination, comprising a body and a tightly closing removable lid, the bottom of the body being provided with depressions for accomodation of at least one culture medium. The lid on its underside may be pr... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4231509 | Package and blank therefor A sheet-material blank is disclosed and a package which is made by folding of the blank. The package has two hollow tubular sections of triangular cross-section with the apices of the triangles being connected. The ends of the sections are closed by end w... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4193652 | Carpet sample display case An upwardly open, transversally partitioned box is preferably made of exteriorly decorated corrugated paper box board. The upper and lower box edges are protected and reinforced with square hoop-like metal frames, riveted in place. The dividers are hung f... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4192431 | Microwave oven single wall construction Metallic sheet stock is stamped to define a one-piece blank with five transverse fold lines providing five panels foldable into side-by-side closed rectangular loop sections partially defining cooking and control compartments. A forward edge of the blank ... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4166534 | Packaging articles A number of articles, such as jars, are packaged in a sleeve made from a blank of foldable sheet material. The blank comprises a top panel, a number of spaced apart side forming panels, a pair of strip panels hingedly joining the side forming panels and o... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4159797 | Shipping container and blank therefor A tray and blank therefor constituting a shipping container with two or more open top compartments separated by a divider especially constructed to act as a strut to rigidify the tray and to support the central region of the bottom wall of the tray agains... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4143763 | Collapsible shipping container for circuit boards A shipping container for circuit boards and similar types of panels having a box and a cover, both formed of corrugated cardboard with bottom flaps extending entirely across the bottom of the container, the corrugations in the end walls oriented verticall... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4126261 | Disposable food tray with condiment container A semi-rigid box like disposable food tray for the take out food industry that is provided with one or more associated condiment containers to allow service of food and condiments in one container but in a separated state. The condiment containers are fol... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4095692 | Moisture stabilized package A package exhibiting high strength for containment during storage and shipping and stability thereof in humidity variations. This package comprises a multi-cell container prepared from a partially corrugated first material having peaks and flutes, a polym... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4094454 | Partitions with releasable gripping edges A partition, slidably receivable within a paperboard carton or the like, is provided along one or more edges thereof with a substance capable of effecting a gripping of the partition within the carton, or a separable adherence therebetween, which is suffi... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4081125 | Partitioned tray The method of making a compartmentalized paperboard tray with one or more point-of-use flip-up partitions. The tray is produced from roll stock paperboard by feeding one web over another, adhering the webs together at selected areas and then cutting and s... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4058206 | Display carton and blank therefor A display carton comprises a one-piece blank cut and scored to form vertically disposed front, back and side panels and horizontally disposed top and bottom panels. A vertically disposed separate partition is further disposed intermediate the side panels ... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4043501 | Portable liquid package container for use with blood washing device Portable liquid package container arrangement for use with blood washing device.... | 08/23/1977 |
