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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7413999 | Corner fitting using fiber transfer A corner fitting and a method of forming a corner fitting including steps of providing a flat woven fabric including a first woven portion having first and second direction woven fibers, a second woven portion adjacent the first woven portion having first direction ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7392932 | Foldable tray A foldable tray having a single sheet of material having lines of reduced resistance to bending separating a central base area and first through fourth side areas encircling the base area, the lines of reduced resistance to bending separating the first and second si... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7316344 | Divided storage system A divided storage system is formed of a collapsible container and a collapsible divided file assembly. The container includes a planar blank having a centrally-located bottom panel with four side portions, four side panels each foldably attached to a respective one ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7249703 | Device for assisting in the removal of contents from its packaging Foldout tabs for assisting with the removal of contents from a carton. When extended, the foldout tabs provide a leverage point on which a user may place one or both feet so that while pulling the contents from within the carton, the carton does not exhibit its norm... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7200899 | Method for connecting plastic elements to metal sheets and constructions A coupling is provided between a sheet member with an edge of a thickness T, having at least one opening formed adjacent the edge, and a receiving member formed with a recess of a width W and spacers defining within the recess a groove of a width w, which meets the ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7083045 | Multipurpose storage device The present invention is a storage device ideally suited for storing a ladder or any elongated object. The storage device of the present invention comprises an elongated storage box having a front wall, rear wall, bottom wall, top wall and a pair of side walls formi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7062893 | System and method for accommodating atypical customer requirements in a mass customization A build cell is utilized to manufacture computers and load data into the computers according to customer orders. The build cell may include a build station at which components are assembled into a computer and a first network connection that links the computer with ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7054704 | Method, system and facility for controlling resource allocation within a manufacturing environment A method and system provide for the control of resource allocation within a build-to-order manufacturing environment. One example embodiment of a method according to the present disclosure includes an operation for monitoring a work-in-process (WIP) profile that rep... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7007838 | Foldable tray A foldable tray having a single sheet of material having lines of reduced resistance to bending separating a central base area and first through fourth side areas encircling the base area, the lines of reduced resistance to bending separating the first and second si... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6592025 | Tote box with corner enhancers, clips and top rail A tote box is disclosed which incorporates a box, four corner enhancers and a top rail which is secured over the top edge of the erected walls of the box. The walls of the box are held together with the corner enhancers without the benefit of any mechanic... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6588367 | No dog cat feeder This invention is a small animal feeder that physically restricts access to food by medium to large size animals. It is comprised of a 12 inch cube of cardboard with an extra elongated front forming a vertical 31/2 inch silt. A plastic feeder tray filled ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6547127 | Tote box with multiple piece top rail including corner pieces with projections A tote box is disclosed which incorporates a box, four corner enhancers and a multiple piece top rail secured over the top edge of the erected walls of the box. The top rail comprises four corner pieces, two side pieces and two end pieces. The side and en... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6502744 | Folding laminated containers A collapsible container is formed by folding a twolayer blank having a unitary flexible layer and a separated rigid layer into a shape determined by the number of side panels of the blank. The container is held in the assembled position by fastened corres... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6349877 | Tote box with corner enhancers and multiple piece top rail A tote box is disclosed which incorporates a box, four corner enhancers and a top rail which is secured over the top edge of the erected walls of the box. The walls of the box are held together with the corner enhancers without the benefit of any mechanic... | 02/26/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6305599 | Reusable assembled box and method of transport thereof A reusable assembled box and a method of transport thereof are provided, in that the box has a base with greater strength, and is capable of disassembled into compact pieces facilitating sending back thereof, thus reducing a transport cost and enabling re... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6305601 | Tote box with corner enhancers and top rail A tote box is disclosed which incorporates a box, four corner enhancers and a top rail which is secured over the top edge of the erected walls of the box. The walls of the box are held together with the corner enhancers without the benefit of any mechanic... | 10/23/2001 |
| 5799861 | Case forming materials and components and structures thereof A case forming panel and case structures incorporating the case forming panel, the material of which being a laminate of internal and exterior liners on a flute providing medium of corrugated board having a flute pitch in depth greater than that of "A" fl... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5765748 | Box cover A box cover having a cover plate, multiple side plates, a fixing device, at least one fixing string, and optionally multiple fold lines for the convenience of assembly of the box cover. The side plates are installed on the periphery of the cover plate and... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5687902 | Articulable, open-topped, stackable, side-opening container apparatus An articulable, open-topped, stackable, side-opening container apparatus is provided, having at least one bottom wall member, with a plurality of opposed side wall members emanating therefrom. The side wall members are articulable from positions substanti... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5634539 | Means for and methods of manufacturing a luggage frame A box-like luggage item, such as a trunk, has panels forming ends, sides, top, and bottom of the box. Extruded strips having coves therein receive and grip edges of the panels in order to form the panels into the box-like structure. The box-like structure... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5538178 | Sleeve pack assembly An improved sleeve pack assembly to be used to form a container comprises four vertical wall panels having hinged side flaps wherein the flaps and panels form doubled panel edge structures with securing edges along the flap edges. Four cornerposts hold th... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5484082 | Portable linerless label dispenser A simple, inexpensive, and easy to construct label dispenser is provided for linerless labels. The dispenser is made from a rectangular strip of cardboard or paper board having four parallel fold lines defining the strip into first through fifth panels an... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5377857 | Stackable bin with collapsible corner construction A collapsible bin has corner constructions that provides reinforcement at the corners thereof and joins the walls of the bin in a box configuration that may be collapsed. The collapsible corner construction includes a pair of casements joined together by ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5372256 | File box A file box includes a main board and a bottom board. The main board includes four spaced vertical notches in one face thereof such that the main board is foldable to form four sides of the file box. The face of the main board further has a fifth notch for... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5351826 | File box A file box includes a main board and a bottom board. The main board includes four spaced vertical notches in one face thereof such that the main board is foldable to form four sides of the file box. The face of the main board further has a fifth notch for... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5295632 | Tote box with self locking top rail An improved tote box construction is disclosed which incorporates a unitary top rail which can be secured along the top edge of the erected walls of the tote box without the benefit of any mechanical fasteners such as rivets or the like. The unitary top r... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5292060 | Folding container Folding containers as packaging for relatively large bundles are conventionally sent to the refuse tip (damp) after use. The invention is to provide a reusable and largely recyclable folding container. For this, at least the side walls (11 to 14) made of ... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5234120 | Sectional box with corner forming and locking elements A sectional box with corner forming and locking elements comprising a thermoformed plastics sheet element having a central panel element of quadrilateral shape the sides of which are connected via preferential bending lines to four sides of lateral panel ... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5162010 | Cardboard toy A cardboard toy or the like formed from a pattern in-the-flat and method. The pattern includes a plurality of panels each defined by a combination of straight fold lines and edges. Adjacent and parallel to each edge is an elongated slot defining a flap or... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5108031 | Corner reinforcement apparatus A corner reinforcement bracket structure is arranged for fixed securement to a corner portion of a container lid or container itself to provide reinforcement and geometric integrity to the structure of the container and reinforcement bracket. The bracket ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5042713 | Re-usable shipping container A reusable shipping container is formed of corrugated plastic material and includes shallow, open-ended, rectangular boxes forming a bottom and a cover. The end walls and side walls of the container are formed of inner and outer sheets of corrugated plast... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5037027 | Tote box construction An improved tote box construction is disclosed which incorporates into the corners of a tote box during the assembly thereof corner enhancer structural elements which do not require any mechanical fasteners such as rivets or the like to secure the corner ... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5033669 | Collapsible box for holding articles in general A collapsible box for holding articles in general comprises a die-cut body including a central portion from which extend folding perimetrical side walls which can be upwardly folded with respect to the central portion, to be brought to an erected conditio... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4807808 | Reuseable container An interlocking multi-pieced shipping container with removable sides and ends to aid in unpacking with a secondary utilization of a storage box, pet house or childrens play house.... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4787553 | Corner fastening device A cardboard box or tray corner fastening device which includes pins to extend down into the flutes of the cardboard at a corner either across or with the line of the flutes. The pins extend from a planar support which provides a support surface for stacki... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4763831 | Variable length/width packaging box A packaging box comprising a base plate and four engagement elements which are disposed at the corners of the base plate. The base plate includes a plurality of longitudinal and transverse grooves squarely intersecting with each other to form a plurality ... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4757909 | Box-forming corner member and box using the same A corner member for forming a foldable box has a bottom section to be attached to a corner of a bottom panel of the box and two lateral sections to be attached to portions of adjacent lateral panels of the box. The lateral sections are attached to the bot... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4700862 | Collapsible sidewall structure for stackable bin A stackable storage bin having a collapsible six-fold sidewall structure which, when opened, defines a vertically-oriented rectangular tube which removably cooperates with upper and lower pallets for defining a closed storage compartment. The sidewall arr... | 10/20/1987 |
