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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7172110 | Economical, stackable container for retail goods A container for transporting meat, produce, and other goods contains a bottom wall, side walls, and end walls. The end walls include hinged platform structures movable between a closed position and an open position. The closed position enables stable stacking of mul... | 02/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7081077 | Displayable modular container for produce A stackable produce container is formed from a flat one-piece blank, typically of corrugated paper stock. The container has reinforced corners and is divided into compartments by transverse ribs which provide resistance to bulging under load and when exposed to high... | 07/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6915947 | Adjustable width paperboard tote tray A novel adjustable width paperboard or corrugated paper tray having a tray telescopically associated with a tray support. Engagement devices, preferably in the form of a plurality of spaced serrations or triangular shaped projections associated with each inner wall ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6808107 | Economical, stackable container for retail goods A container for transporting meat, produce, and other goods contains a bottom wall, side walls, and end walls. The end walls include hinged platform structures movable between a closed position and an open position. The closed position enables stable stacking of mul... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6478217 | Gift or set box A box cover or container is provided which includes a first cellulosic board having dorsal and ventral surfaces, the board including a main panel and four flanking panels, one on each side of the main panel standing in orthogonal relationship to one anoth... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6412686 | Thermal insulating sleeve for a container The present invention is directed to a thermal insulating sleeve for a container that is easily converted from a generally planar configuration during periods of nonuse and into an expanded or open configuration for receiving a container during periods of... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6296178 | Container with triangular corner posts A single-piece containerboard blank (10) is provided having hingedly-connected first and second side walls (26), (34) in which the second side wall (26) is smaller in length than the first side wall (34). The second side walls each include an outer abutme... | 10/02/2001 |
| 5860590 | Stackable container of paperboard A container formed from a blank to define indexing longer walls having an inward incline but a double thickness provided by a foldline at the tops thereof so that the indexing projections are receivable within corresponding openings in the base of a corre... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5522538 | Carton and blank with locking top A carton for a food product or the like is prepared from a pre-cut and scored single blank of paperboard with a provision for a locking top closure and self-erecting rhombic shaped end panels. The rhombic shaped end panels include integral connector panel... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5445314 | Space saver pizza box and method of use A space saving pizza box and method of use with the box being half as wide as it is long containing upper and lower stacked compartments with one-half of a circular pizza in each compartment and a panel separating the two compartments that is a cover for ... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5415342 | Container with article retaining tabs A shipping container formed by wrapping a slotted flexible sheet about rigid end panels having upper corner projections that extend through the slots. The side panels of the container are of multi-ply construction, with retaining tabs foldably connected t... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5316165 | Foldable electrical component enclosures A rigid plastic enclosure made from flat blanks which is particularly well suited for use as an electrical or electronic component enclosure. The top, bottom, back, and side walls of the enclosure are parts of a unitary structure made by cutting and/or ro... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5207375 | Container made from one-piece blank A carton formed from a one-piece unitary blank includes sidewalls and endwalls extending from a floor. Lid members extending from the endwalls cover the carton interior and arrangements for locking the lids in a closed position is provided.... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5199636 | Gift mailing box A mailing box made of corrugated cardboard is formed from a single scored piece of corrugated cardboard that when folded provides multiple layers of support at the corners of the box providing extra strength for protection against crushing. The box is con... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5065939 | Sharps container and blank A container for receiving and containing items to be disposed of, such as medical waste (used syringes, needles, and the like), is assembled from a blank, and comprises bottom, front, rear, top and end panels. The top panel has a front flap provided with ... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4821881 | Foldup paper container The disclosed invention provides a container made of paper and comprising an end wall opposite an opening, right and left side walls extending between the end wall and the opening, and upper and lower side walls extending between the end wall and the open... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4801080 | Ice cream carton An ice cream carton is made as a perfect cube with six smooth, unbroken, external surfaces by forming aligned embossments and windows to facilitate adhesion of the carton walls without impairing the external unbroken smooth continuity.... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4688673 | Foldup paper container The disclosed invention provides a container made of paper and comprising an end wall opposite an opening, right and left side walls extending between the end wall and the opening, and upper and lower side walls extending between the end wall and the open... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4625908 | Container lock construction A moulded container comprising bottom, side walls at right angles to the bottom; a top closure, said top closure comprising flaps hinged to the upper edges of opposed side walls, locking panel means adapted to overlie container contents in use and to be j... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4620666 | Folding shipping container The present invention comprises a polygonal folding shipping container, one embodiment of which is a rectangular box having a bottom wall, a top wall, a rear wall, a front wall and two opposite side walls. The front wall and the two opposite side walls ea... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4582247 | Rounded corner locking carton lid A generally liquid-tight, one-piece, paperboard carton lid having straight side and end walls joined to each other by rounded corner walls.... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4567996 | Two-piece container A container having three-ply side walls and six-ply end walls. The container is formed from an inner and an outer container. The inner container has side and end walls and corner flaps. The outer container is adhered to the inner container and has outer s... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4546913 | Reinforced corner interlock on tray A collapsible box is formed of a single cardboard sheet and includes a rectangular bottom panel, side panels extending from opposite sides of the bottom panel, and end panels extending from opposite ends of the bottom panel. Each end panel has corner flap... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4494689 | Carryout food tray A carryout food tray (10) is disclosed as being constructed from a paperboard blank (12) having a central panel (16) of a rectangular shape, a pair of side panels (18) and a pair of end panels (22). Upon construction of the tray, the side panels (18) and ... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4469273 | Self-unlocking container closure A reusable container closure which telescopes over the open top or bottom of the container. The closure side walls have locking flaps at each end. The closure end walls wrap around the locking flaps to hold the closure side and end walls in upright positi... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4447479 | Plastics sheet material and articles produced therefrom This invention relates to plastic sheet material, and in particular concerns the production of a plastics sheet material which has a wide range of uses, because of the properties thereof.... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4418862 | Hexagonal box A box for instance for storing powder and comprising six side walls. At least three of said side walls are extended to form the top and/or the bottom cover with at least one panel connected with the three side walls. This panel comprises a central main fl... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4391405 | Container The present box is designed to be formed into an erect container without the need for staples or tape to hold the container together. The container corners are formed by gusset panels. These gusset panels have locking tabs which are held in place by locki... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4335843 | Partitioned stacking crate and blank therefor A composite crate is partitioned into at least two compartments having separate bottom walls, wherein each of the compartments has a pair of opposed double-walled end structures upstanding from its bottom wall, and one of the double-walled ends of each of... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4251021 | Lid for polygonal container In one preferred embodiment, a lid for a polygonal container, such lid having a polygonal top panel corresponding in shape and size to the opening at the top of the polygonal container, such top panel hingedly connected to a plurality of lid side panels a... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4196843 | Two-piece container with self-locking cover A self-locking, tamper-proof container is made of a paperboard material, and includes a tubular body portion, and a cooperating cover portion. The tubular body portion has a generally rectangular planar base portion, and a side wall formed of two opposed ... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4165031 | Short depth returnable bottle container A reusable container for shipping returnable bottles of soda or beer is prepared from a single flat blank of material such as corrugated paperboard without stitching, gluing or stapling. The folding sequence is arranged such that the container comprises d... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4119265 | Seamless leakproof container A single and unitary, generally rectangular blank is preferably made of corrugated cardboard, with a waterproof surface. On the corners of the blank, a pair of triangular panels are brought together, in a V-fold, and into a face-to-face contact. Then, the... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4103819 | Two-piece container A container formed by a tray within a second tray. This construction has good stacking strength because of the doubled side walls to prevent crushing of the product when stacked. The bottom of the container also has additional strength and does not sag. T... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4082215 | Carton for fruit and the like An improved carton construction is disclosed. In the illustrated embodiment, it utilizes a top closure which folds over the top of the assembled carton, therebeing a matching closure on the opposite side to define a central opening for ventilating the fru... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4050624 | One-piece box with tapered sides and method of making same A one-piece box blank is cut from a single sheet with creases and score lines dividing the box blank into a receptacle section, a hinge section and a cover section. The cover and receptacle sections both have side and front flaps. The front flaps and hing... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4049150 | Pan structure The top and sump pans of an evaporative cooler housing are formed of sheet metal and each have a planar surface with folded marginal flanges and are formed with diagonally folded corners that are structurally strong, leakproof and facilitate interconnecti... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4037777 | Handhole closure for containers A container having conventional top and bottom closure flaps, and side and end walls is provided with handhole cutouts in the end walls thereof and an integral means for reinforcing the handholes and for shielding the contents of the container from the in... | 07/26/1977 |
