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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177118 | Demountable packing box A demountable packing box of the present invention comprises a main body, an upper cover located at the upper portion of the main body, a lower cover located at the lower portion of the main body, and a plurality of connecting bands respectively connected to the upp... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7841512 | Folded corrugated container with reinforced quick-locking handles A container comprises a knockdown carton made from a flat blank of corrugated material, and a knockdown lid. The carton comprises a center panel, foldable end panels, foldable side panels, and foldable corner panels. A pair of diametrically opposed corner panels are... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7316339 | Cargo platform with foldable walls A cargo carrier has a platform section. A set of foldable wall elements is for location in a first position substantially flat with a support region and in a second position substantially upright relative to the inner cargo support region. There can be two platform ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7293655 | Single piece organizer A revolutionary single piece organizer for storing or shipping objects without damaging the object. The organizer having a unitary, one piece stiff, bendable and deformable blank having a thickness. The blank having a bottom panel, a top panel, two side panels conne... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7240797 | Packaging and dispensing system for sandwich food products A sealed dispensing apparatus suitable for packaging and dispensing a single service portion of a food product. The food product is contained within an inner container cavity formed by an outer cover and a center member. Draw means are provided for transferring a fo... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7152735 | Cover for a recyclable container A removable cover for a container and a container having the removable cover. The cover may be adapted with an opening to enable wire to pass through the cover with the cover disposed on the container. The container may be adapted to be lifted by inserting a fork, o... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7137522 | Collapsible storage and transport container A collapsible storage and transport container made of plastic, has a bottom, lengthwise and crosswise side walls that rise vertically from it, opposite one another in pairs, in the operating position, and a top end frame connected with the side walls in articulated ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131570 | Self-locking roll-over flap with hook lock A corrugated paperboard container (10) has a bottom (11), opposite side walls (12, 13) and opposite end walls (14, 15). The end walls include an end panel (18) that is foldably connected to the bottom, and end flap panels (16, 1... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7124890 | Case ready stackable tray designs A shipping system for packing and transporting products, such as case ready food items, in which the products require a certain amount of separation between layers. The shipping system comprises a shipping unit, formed by at least one substantially open-topped tray,... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6935503 | Self-telescoping storage enclosure A self-telescoping storage enclosure comprises a first tray that includes a bottom wall, and a major wall, a minor wall, a right wall, a left wall extending up from the bottom wall. The major wall and the minor wall each having an outer surface. The left wall and th... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6935504 | Passive interlock structure A passive interlock structure for use in containers (such as cartons and trays), particularly those fabricated from corrugated paperboard and the like, which permits the facilitated aligning of vertically stacked containers. The passive interlock structure feature i... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6729533 | Reclosable folded container with bellows corner panels A reclosable container made of a material, such as paperboard, has a locking corner in the form of a two-section bellows panel that V-folds to form a slot between two rounded edges, free of any cut or raw edges. A closure panel folds over an upper edge of the contai... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6446859 | Foldable storage container A foldable container comprising a sheet of material having a plurality of panels hingedly connected together to permit folding thereof into a polygonal shape for storing liquid, solid or granular material. Male and female flaps are hingedly connected to t... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6354487 | Stackable covered tray A combined stacking tab is provided for use with a container having a containment portion and a lid. The containment portion includes a lateral panel and an upright wall. The upright wall includes an upper edge with a stacking tab. The lid also includes a... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6299059 | Mechanical lock for paper carton A triangular paperboard container for fast foods, particularly pizza slices, is fashioned from two triangular tray halves. The upper tray half is provided with a plurality of manually actuable over center toggle locking tabs which are pushed down and pass... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6296175 | Tamper resistant container The present invention provides a solution with a releasable, childproof container that is particularly suited for ammunition and other hazardous items. The container has a cover and body. The container body includes, preferably in two opposing side walls,... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6092719 | Container formed of identical container elements and blank for forming the same A container body formed from two substantially identical interlocking container members with each of the container members comprising a substantially planer base portion and a plurality of opposing sidewalls connected to the base portion and tab portions ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6027017 | Container apparatus and method for converting a shipping container into one or more display trays A container apparatus convertible from a shipping container having two or more adjacent trays into one or more display trays for the display of articles therewithin. The apparatus includes at least two trays and a tray cover. Each of the two trays include... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5938110 | Modular interlockable packaging The present invention relates to a modular food package particularly suitable for use in the fast food industry, and more particularly to a modular package that can be used as a stand alone, open ended, scoop type, package suitable for containing food ite... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5699959 | Container with interlocking lid An interlocking container and lid assembly and a partially formed container therefor is disclosed, wherein the container has a peripheral sidewall including an upper peripheral edge portion having at least two opposed interlocking areas. Openings are form... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5524816 | Trifold lid storage box and storage system A tri-fold lid storage box which enables the user to convert available storage space underneath a bed into usable storage. The storage box is comprised of a separate box and lid, the box having a triple reinforced front panel for pulling the box outward, ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5402930 | High quality inexpensive pizza box A pizza container having raised bottom wall portions for air circulation underneath a pizza. This allows single-face corrugated inserts to be eliminated for cost savings. A two-piece pizza container has lid tabs hingedly joined to the lid along respective... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5398868 | Foldable knock-down storage box with detachable hingeable cover A foldable knock-down storage box having a box body and cover wherein each is formed of a blank of foldable sheet material that can be readily erected to define the box body and cover wherein the cover is detachably hinged to the box body so that the box ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5397051 | Cake box The present invention relates to a paper-made cake box which includes a lower seat and a corresponding upper cover. Both the lower seat and the upper cover are formed from a paper board made of pure fiber and additives laminated to an adequate thickness a... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5379934 | Closable tray A closable tray is provided by a bottom tray having upwardly and outwardly flaring pairs of mutually perpendicular side walls. The side walls of one such pair is longer than the side walls of the other pair and is provided with tongue receiving slots posi... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5372269 | Multipurpose container and display sign A multipurpose panel structure formed of a relatively thin resilient type material adaptable for use both as a container device and as a display sign, the panel structure comprising a relatively flat one-piece wall member having a cooperatively engageable... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5269454 | Disposable container for biohazardous medical waste A disposable container for biohazardous medical waste comprising a cylindrical, tapered body having a circular bottom attached on one end and a circular lid secured in place on an opposite end by interlocking tabs and slots. Located above the lid are hand... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5234158 | Two-piece container for pizza or the like A two-piece container for pizza or the like. The base includes a first pair of opposite side walls having end flaps. A second pair of opposite side walls are each folded to have an outer portion and an inner portion with at least one tab on the terminal e... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5205477 | Interlocking carton and lid An interlocking carton and lid combination is disclosed for storage of ice cream, frozen yogurt and the like. The interlocking combination includes a rectangular container provided with flaps integrally formed therewith and attached along a crease inwardl... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5148973 | Interlocking carton and lid An interlocking carton and lid combination is disclosed for storage of ice cream, frozen yogurt and the like. The interlocking combination includes a rectangular container provided with flaps integrally formed therewith and attached along the upper edges ... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5100052 | Tubular display packages with tab locking, double wall hollow insert closure box Longitudinal extensions of the outer panel of a double-walled insert closure box form tabs to opposite sides of an open-ended tubular sleeve of a rectangular cross-section having opposed longitudinal spaced end walls within which rectangular, parallelepip... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5080224 | Pack made from board of a similar material Pack made from board or a similar material for several bottle-like containers arranged behind each other in at least one row, consisting of a tray-like base section, which is folded from a flat board blank and in which the containers stand, and a top sect... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5078268 | Package for videocassettes and the like A package for mailing or similar rough handling for videocassettes or the like which provides superior cushioning protection and advertising ability, having a pair of opposing main panels, a pair of end panels connected to the edges of the main panels, a ... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5027951 | Apparatus and method for packaging of articles An apparatus and method for packaging articles includes a tray having a cavity adapted to receive the one or more articles therein. The cavity is defined by a pair of upstanding side walls, which extend slightly above the upper surface of the one or more ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4976353 | Pallet box container The invention discloses the provision of a container securable to a pallet to prevent the container or other goods to be carried from becoming dislodged from the pallet in transit. The invention provides a container having a base and side walls a pluralit... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4923113 | Container with a perfected lid A container includes a rectangular tray and a removable lid. Each short side of the tray is constructed of two closely spaced walls or partitions and the lid is provided with extensions each of which projects through a slot in the narrow connecting sectio... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4907693 | Convertible shipping carton A shipping carton convertible into a bulk display bin by removing a panel insert. In one embodiment, the carton comprises a rectangular enclosure with lids extending from the front and back panels to close the bottom. Dust flaps extending from the side pa... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4877178 | Paperboard foldable carton A carton having a tray and cover locked in closed position by means of a pair of detents extending forwardly and above the front wall of the tray. The detents are of double thickness being formed by overlapped extensions of the glue flaps and side walls o... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4852796 | Display container A display container comprising a base having bottom, side and end walls, as well as a lid having a lower end telescopically engaged into the base. The lid has top, side and end walls. The upper portions of the side walls of the lid which are not within th... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4852792 | Self locking cover/bottom for fibre drums A self locking cover/bottom for a fibre drum includes substantially perpendicular projections with inwardly tapered portions which, when in registry with notched portions in the fibre shell sidewall, engage the notched portions (which can bend inwardly) s... | 08/01/1989 |
