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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7624912 | Three-piece container A three-piece container comprises top and bottom walls, apposite end walls, opposite side walls, and reinforced corners. First and second end pieces are configured to form first and second container end walls. The end pieces are each folded to define an inner end wa... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7314158 | Handled container A container blank comprising a bottom wall having two opposed pairs of sides. One dimension of the bottom wall is the distance between one pair of the sides. Walls are attached to each of the sides. The heights of the walls are substantially equal. A closure member ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7306136 | Handled container A container has opposed pairs of parallel walls. There are closure members attached to the upper side of one pair of walls which extend downwardly into the container. Handle members attached to the closure members. The handle members are contiguous in the formed con... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7306137 | Handled container A container blank comprising four walls. The first and third walls are one pair and the second and fourth are another pair. The heights of the walls are substantially equal. A closure member and handle member are attached to each of the walls of one pair of walls. T... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303114 | Handled container A three part container having a bottom wall and two walls in one part, and a wall in each of the other parts. The heights of the walls are substantially equal. A closure member and a handle member are attached to the walls in each of the other parts. There is a hand... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299923 | Container for glass parts and accessories A multi-part, multi-use container, having a larger, lower portion, particularly suitable for transporting large, relatively heavy items, such as vehicle glazings, and a smaller, upper portion particularly suitable for transporting accessories for use with vehicle gl... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7128209 | Bulk shipping box assembly with detachable pallet A shipping box (11), shipping box and pallet assembly (10), and a blank (B1, B2, B3) for making the shipping box. The box has integral attaching tabs (38) projecting downwardly therefrom, with at least one slot (... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7097606 | Device for covering packaging boxes A device for applying a sheet of covering material (4, 40) to boxes (1) having at least one wall (2, 200) with an outside surface (5, 50), an inside surface (6, 60) and a free edge (3, 30) intermediate between the surfaces (... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7066379 | Shipping container convertible to a display container Shipping containers that are convertible to display containers are disclosed. The containers comprise wrap around outer shells of the general type known as “Bliss” wraps, in combination with interior vertical support structures. The invention presents improved t... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6926194 | Reusable box construction for transporting tree seedlings A collapsible, reusable box construction (10′) for transporting horticultural products which comprises a body unit (11′) including an elongated rectangular body member (20′) having a plurality of independent panels (22′) (23 | 08/09/2005 |
| 6352199 | Three-piece corrugated paperboard container A bliss-style container is provided having a single outer member (10) and first and second separate inner members (12). The outer member (10) includes a bottom panel (14), two primary end panels (16), and two upright reinforcing flaps. Each primary end pa... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6330968 | File folder with connecting side pieces A file folder includes a front sheet and a rear sheet made of a rigid material which are connected to each other by a flexible back. At least one of the sheets has an inwardly directed flap. Connecting pieces connected to side edges of the flap keep the f... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6321978 | Carton with an arched lid The present invention relates to a carton with an arched lid. The carton structure includes a rectangular paperboard that can be folded to C-shape, a front wall and a rear wall positioned perpendicular to the C-shaped paperboard thus all construct a main ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6170689 | Collapsible container A collapsible container includes a substantially rectangular plastic base, a first plastic wall coupled by a first hinge to a first edge of the base, and a second plastic wall coupled by a second hinge to a second edge of the base opposite the first edge ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6168074 | End opening bulk material box An end opening bulk material container having a polygonal-shaped sleeve defined by a double sidewall and a plurality of sidewalls. The double sidewall is defined by a first sidewall overlapping a last sidewall. The sleeve has a depth dimension greater tha... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6138904 | Three-piece container A container comprising a body including a floor having two sides and two ends, a front side wall appended to the floor along one side of the floor, a rear side wall appended to the floor along a second side of the floor to lie opposite the front side wall... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5975413 | Shipping container A shipping container of corrugated liner board material comprising an erectable body wrap and a folded pair of bi-wall blanks. Each end wall of the container is a composite comprising an end wall panel of the body blank overlying an end wall of a bi-wall ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5950915 | High strength stackable container A stackable container comprising an erected H divider and a body wrap, both of corrugated cardboard material. The H divider has a laminated partition, opposite ends of which have a pair of end wall panels, each having an integral corner post flap. The flu... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5931373 | File folder with connecting sides pieces A file folder includes a front sheet and a rear sheet made of a rigid material which are connected to each other by a flexible back. At least one of the sheets has an inwardly directed flap. Connecting pieces connected to side edges of the flap keep the f... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5839651 | Asparagus box A plurality of tabs extend from three edges of each head of a pair of heads for penetrably engaging respective ones of a plurality of slots disposed along opposed edges of a wrap to form an asparagus box. The pair of heads and wrap are formed from corruga... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5762225 | Compost container A compost container having a plurality of panels arranged in a multi-sided geometric configuration. The plurality of panels defines an interior volume for receipt of compost material. At least one of the plurality of panels is openable for accessing the i... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5690272 | Produce box The box is easily assembled by hand, is suitable for construction out of plastic materials, and can be produced at relatively low cost. The box includes an elongated wrap panel with a plurality of flat surfaces formed by folding at lateral creases. The fl... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5639015 | End opening bulk material box An end opening bulk material container having a plurality of sidewalls defining a polygonal-shaped sleeve, the sleeve has a depth dimension greater than its width dimension, a first end of the sleeve is closed by a first end wall and two sets of parallel ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5497939 | Container with panel lock A container with a novel locking mechanism for attaching the body of the container to the container end plates. The present invention also provides a container that is totally recyclable without having to disassemble the container. A stackable shipping an... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5429260 | Produce box with plastic walls A produce box structure comprising box side walls, bottom wall, and top wall sections, and two end walls, said end walls being substantially rigid for supporting the side walls and bottom wall; the end walls having peripheral edge portions, the bottom wal... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5419485 | End opening reinforced bulk material box An end opening bulk material container having a plurality of sidewalls defining a polygonal sleeve, the sleeve has a depth dimension greater than its width dimension, a first end of the sleeve is closed by a first end wall and two C-shaped supports, one o... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5316207 | Container adapted for stacking A container formed by wrapping a slotted flexible sheet about rigid end panels having projections that extend through the slots. The projections include stacking projections which engage recesses in the end panels of adjacent stacked containers and suppor... | 05/31/1994 |
| 4948033 | Moisture resistant container A multi-piece foldable container including a corrugated body blank and a pair of corrugated liner blanks. Support columns are found in the liner blanks at positions along the sides of the container while multiple layers of the corrugated fibreboard are pr... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4884739 | Container for produce and the like A container for produce and the like is provided which is adapted to be arranged in stacked relation with a second container of like configuration. The container includes a central section having a bottom panel, upright side panels arranged in opposed spa... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4801079 | High capacity collapsible container The container comprises a box-like body closable by a cover and made of a die cut element forming the container bottom and side walls and coupled to a front wall and rear wall by means of bosses engageable in flaps of the die cut element adapted to be sup... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4793494 | Break-apart container A break-apart container which comprises: abutting first and second compartments, the first and second compartments each defining a facing wall that lies against the facing wall of the outer compartment in face-to-face relation. The facing walls may be sea... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4711390 | Collapsible box for trash compacting system This invention is directed to an improved collapsible box for trash compactors and particularly aircraft trash compactors. The box is constructed from an integrally formed elongated main section having rectangularly shaped front, rear, and bottom panels a... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4637544 | Process for the manufacture of boxes, the boxes which result therefrom and the elements for their composition A process for the manufacture of boxes, wherein a sheet material, such as cardboard, is punched to produce a box element with at least five sections limited by parallel score lines; the ends of at least three sections are inserted and fastened in U-groove... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4620479 | Aircraft trash compactor and box therefor A trash compactor and collapsible box for use therewith to handle waste material generated during flight of passenger-carrying aircraft. The trash compactor includes a housing formed with front and rear box chambers to receive first and second collapsible... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4497408 | Stackable container with locking lid A stackable container with locking lid especially suitable for use in packaging grapes and other soft fruits comprises a container body having a lid of resiliently deformable material hinged to one side wall and a ledge on an adjacent end wall. The lid re... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4482074 | Multipurpose container A multipurpose stackable container formed from a rectangular body blank having slots and/or tabs strategically defined therein and foldable to provide a hollow rectangular body having first and second top portions; and first and second header members coop... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4304351 | Container with cover lock A container comprising a box body defining an interior and having a ledge extending inwardly over the interior. A cover is selectively positionable over the interior and the ledge and a locking flap secured to the cover is adapted for positioning in an ap... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4291830 | Container with locking lid A container with lid is disclosed having means for easily locking and unlocking the lid, and preventing unauthorized tampering with the locking mechanism. The locking mechanism comprises an apertured locking flap on the lid which is insertable into a lock... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4282999 | H-divider containers A corrugated or fiber board two-piece H-divider container comprising an H blank that has been erected and glued upon itself and body blank that has been erected and glued around the H-divider. The vertical divider panels of the H-piece are folded at the b... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4277015 | Container for produce and the like having releasably securable flaps A container for produce and the like is formed by a pair of endwalls and a wrapper. The wrapper is divided by score lines into a floor panel, a pair of sidewalls, a pair of cover flaps and a pair of joiner strips by which the flaps are connected to the si... | 07/07/1981 |
