...that the first rickshaw was invented in 1869 by an American Baptist minister, the Rev. E. Jonathan Scobie, to transport his invalid wife around the streets of Yokohama?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7204405 | Container for foodstuffs A container for foodstuffs including a carton, tray and pad, each formed from a cut and creased blank of foldable sheet material. The carton is substantially a tubular element having end panels for enclosing the carton. A plurality of corner locks are provided to ma... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7143931 | Container for foodstuffs A container for foodstuffs including a carton and pad, each formed from a cut and creased blank of foldable sheet material. The carton is a substantially tubular element having end panels for enclosing the carton. A plurality of corner locks are provided to maintain... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6471121 | Stackable tray with divider A container is described having a series of bottom panels and a center divider. The center divider divides the container into compartments. Extended outer end panels are provided at the end edges of one compartment, and unextended outer end panels are pro... | 10/29/2002 |
| 5967311 | Packaging for cigarette papers and blank for this purpose A package for accommodating at least two blocks of cigarette papers includes a longitudinal front and rear walls, a closure tab, end walls and a divider. The longitudinal front wall has at least two paper removal slots spaced apart from one another and ex... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5908152 | Multi-compartment box including a lid A multi-compartment box comprising a compartment portion including two compartments with a divider therebetween, and a lid connected to the compartment portion by a hinge. The divider between the two compartments is arranged substantially normal to the hi... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5383596 | Plural tray compartment carton package A carton package comprising a plurality of side-by-side tray compartments suitable to contain consumable contents therein and a lid part enclosing the tray compartments. Each tray compartment includes a bottom wall panel, side wall panels, and leak-tight ... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5267686 | Food package containing separate trays connected together by a single lid structure A food package comprising a plurality of separate portions of food and a carton assembly. The carton assembly comprises a plurality of separate open top trays corresponding in number to the number of separate portions of food and a lid structure. The sepa... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5265796 | Plural compartment carton food tray with improved corner construction A plural compartment carton tray is constructed from a blank. The inner compartments are integrally interconnected and arranged in side-by-side relation to provide the carton blank with an exterior periphery having spaced exterior corners. At least two of... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5048716 | Cardboard container with reinforcing slits lined with synthetic material In a cardboard container, having a bottom wall and side walls, slits are defined to extend only in the bottom wall and the material of the bottom wall is deformed or bent so that the portions of the bottom wall, adjacent to the edges of each given slit, a... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5009363 | Bridge separated tray and blank for forming it A tray formed from a unitary paperboard blank. The tray has at least one pair of parallel troughs whose ends are closed by end forming flaps carried by the trough bottoms. A longitudinal arch in the general form of an inverted V in transverse cross sectio... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4830272 | Display tray structure A display tray structure for a food containing cabinet as in a grocery store, the tray being formed of a suitable fairly rigid bendable plastic material comprised of a blank having some portions cut out and others readily folded, the same being self-secur... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4801774 | Center-supported microwave tray A disposable, self-supported tray, for holding food in a microwave oven, which tray includes a paperboard center panel coated on at least one side with a conductive material and supported at the periphery and in the center by downwardly extending panels, ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4596356 | Multipack for containers A carton (Cn) accommodating two rows (R1, R2) of uniform containers (C) comprising a top panel (12) overlying the tops of the containers and a base panel (16,18,20,22) interconnected by spaced side wall panels (14,24) to form a tubul... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4432454 | Compartmentalized document carrier carton A document carrier carton is disclosed which is adapted to provide variable size compartments for the transportation of bank drafts and checks in pre-arranged order with reduced likelihood of damage to the bank drafts or checks. The carton or insert for a... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4372476 | Self-locking tray with integral divider A tray for the packaging and shipping of fruits and vegetables, such as strawberries. The tray is formed from a generally rectangular blank which may be hand assembled in the field. The interlocking of the various components of the tray assure a rigid con... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4192443 | Divided paperboard tray A container for packaging frozen food in which the food can be reheated including a paperboard tray having upstanding side walls and horizontal flanges and an upright central divider wall forming separate food compartments in the tray. Each compartment ca... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4186867 | Means for preventing the disfigurement of bottle labels A preformed sleeve type bottle carrier is provided and is arranged for loading at least two bottles through at least one side of the sleeve and has a bottom wall (1) with the two bottles disposed thereon and with a label (L) affixed to the outer surface o... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4111353 | Partitioned tray and multiple tray container A partitioned tray, formed having a bottom wall, side walls, and end walls, are folded into a tray configuration, having an opened top, with a series of both laterally and longitudinally arranged partitions contained within the tray extending upwardly fro... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4103770 | Carton with transverse partition and method of assembling same A carton is provided for enclosing a pair of container groups and comprises a main panel having side panels foldably connected to side edges thereof together with at least one bottom panel foldably connected to one of the side panels, all of the panels be... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4089458 | Blank for compartmentalized tray A unitary paperboard blank for forming a tray with point-of-use flip-up partitions. The blank has an extension flap attached to the top edge of one of the side walls along a breakaway line of weakness. The extension flap has one or more divider panels for... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4042168 | Packaging container blank A packaging container blank comprising a rectangular central section including at least one tab therein which is hinged on one edge to the central section, the remaining edges of said tab being severed from said central section. Two outer panels are attac... | 08/16/1977 |
| 3971472 | Carton with clamping strip A carton formed from a folded sheet of corrugated cardboard having a bottom plate and upright side walls. At least one strip inside the package is cut loose from the material of the bottom plate over a part of its circumference and is folded along its bas... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3945557 | Partition divider A partition divider is formed from a cut and scored blank of flat sheet material such as paperboard or the like and comprises a flat blank having at least one partition divider erectable from the plane of the blank. The divider is comprised of a partition... | 03/23/1976 |