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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7325720 | Package A package formed from a cardboard blank having crease lines and wall panels, bottom flaps forming a bottom of the package and top flaps, namely short-side flaps and long-side flaps, folded and heat sealed together to form the top of the package. One of the long-side... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7207474 | Carton with dispenser A carton includes a top wall, a pair of opposed side walls connected to the side edges of the top wall, an end wall interconnecting the side walls and an article dispenser for dispensing articles from the carton. The dispenser includes a detachable portion of the ca... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7156287 | Container with integrated spout and method for making same The present invention provides a container with an integrated spout and a method for forming the container. The container includes an inner panel that defines a spout and an outer panel that defines an orifice. The width of the spout exceeds the width of the orifice... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7121452 | Carton of a plurality of packets of cigarettes Packets (2) of cigarettes are packed in multiples adopting a rigid carton (1) of parallelepiped shape presenting two end faces (11, 12) coinciding with the flanks (13, 14), and four side faces (3, 4, 5, 6) of which two coincide wit... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7104435 | Carton with dispenser A package comprises an article group formed of at least two vertically arranged tiers of cylindrical articles disposed on their sides in a side-by-side parallel fashion, and a carton disposed around the group. The carton comprises a top wall, opposed side walls, an ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7083048 | Display assembly An assembly for shipping and retail includes a tray supporting products and a removable cover. The tray includes a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of side walls, and dividers. The cover includes a top panel, a front panel, and a rear panel, and a port... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066380 | Carton configured for automated loading A carton having a door and a method of making a carton having a door, the carton being adapted for automated assembly and/or loading by reducing or eliminating interference between side panels of a door and product during loading and use of the door. In an aspect of... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7036714 | Carton blank, carton and method of forming the carton A carton blank having an outer layer of a relatively rigid material, a first inner layer of a relatively rigid material superposed over a portion of the outer layer and a second inner layer of a relatively flexible layer of a fluid impervious material is provided wi... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021241 | Pivoting perch A bird feeder perch assembly for removable attachment to a bird feeder, the assembly having a locating member for locating and removably engaging a body of the bird feeder, a perch and pivoting mechanism for allowing the perch to pivot relative to the locating membe... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6959857 | Dispensing feature with built-in ad panel A carton for dispensing articles having a dispensing feature with a built-in ad panel. A plurality of panels are connected together to define an end of the carton. A displaceable portion at the end of the carton may be detached from the carton to define an opening f... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6915907 | Product distribution assembly An earplug distribution assembly is provided including an outer portion including four outer side panels, a top panel, and a bottom panel connected to form a box, an inner portion received at an interior of the box, the inner portion delimiting a plurality of chambe... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6910623 | Paperboard can with an integrated lid having a hinge on the lid A substantially paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein is convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation. The paperboard containe... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6866185 | Dispenser carton with tilt platform A carton with a dispenser at one end of the carton which has a tilt platform that is formed in the bottom panel of the carton at the opposite end of the carton to facilitate the rolling of containers contained in the carton toward the dispenser when the dispenser is... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6726088 | Carton and carton blank The top of a carton, with opposite main panels and opposite side panels, has an inner and outer major flap hinged to opposite main panels. The outer major flap has a fold line extending along its length in parallel to a hinge line joining the outer major flap and a ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6578736 | Carton with an improved dispensing feature A carton with an improved dispenser at one of the carton which preserves the integrity of the carton when the carton is opened by permitting a bottom end flap attached to the bottom panel to remain in place and also a portion of each side end flap that is... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6520404 | Carton, method of forming same, and carton blank The top of a carton, with opposite main panels and opposite side panels, has an inner and outer major flap hinged to opposite main panels. At each side panel, an ear has a lower portion hinged to the side panel and two upper ear-halves, one hinged to each... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6464132 | Easy access carton A carton and a die cut for such a carton comprise two parallel lines of weakness corresponding to two edges of a side of the carton. This allows the side to be fully opened by tearing open the lines of weakness, thus giving access along the full width of ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6390358 | Paperboard can with an integrated paperboard lid having a hinge on the lid A paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein is convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation. The paperboard container c... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6349866 | Paperboard can with an integrated paperboard lid having a hinge on the lid A paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein is convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation. The paperboard container c... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6189778 | Container with front pull-out panel A robust, stackable container for shipping goods and for displaying and dispensing the goods at the point of purchase is disclosed. The container has a pull-out panel comprising a portion of a side wall panel which is manually openable to display and disp... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6182889 | Package with peak closure In order to provide a package which is inexpensive to manufacture, sufficiently stable to protect the contents of the package and repeatedly and consistently openable and closeable, a package and a blank therefor is disclosed. The blank comprises front wa... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6176419 | Carton with article dispensing feature A carton has top and bottom walls that are interconnected by a pair of opposed side walls to form a tubular structure. An end closure structure is provided at each end of the tubular structure to at least partially close that end. One or each of the end c... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6116502 | Recloseable container with pouring spout The present invention provides a container having a pair of walls intersecting along a common edge to form a comer, an opening formed in each of the walls and extending across the common edge, whereby a spout is formed by edges of the walls which define t... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5875961 | Non-directional paperboard pour spout A paperboard container composed of a unitary, continuous blank comprises opposing top and bottom walls, a plurality of side walls bridging the top and bottom walls, and a paperboard pour spout closure. The plurality of side walls includes a first side wal... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5810250 | Non-directional paperboard pour spout A paperboard container composed of a unitary, continuous blank comprises opposing top and bottom walls, a plurality of side walls bridging the top and bottom walls, and a paperboard pour spout closure. The plurality of side walls includes a first side wal... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5680986 | Carton with pour spout formed by liner A paperboard dispensing carton including an outer shell with a reclosable dispensing opening extending therethrough covered by a sift resistant opening flap and an inner liner with a pour spout formed therein and extendable through the dispensing opening.... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5653344 | Electronic parts storage cassette An electronic parts storage cassette for supplying a plurality of electronic parts to a mounting machine includes a plurality of electronic parts contained in a case body member for storing the electronic parts and an adaptor member to be attached to the ... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5626283 | Container for food and condiments A combination container for food and condiments is formed from a one piece blank of paperboard material. The finished container includes a first compartment in the shape of a scoop for holding the food product and a second compartment in the form of a pou... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5573177 | Reclosable hinged flap A carton blank and carton have a reclosable hinged flap formed from a panel and glue flap of the carton. The flap is opened by depressing a disengaging tab formed in another panel of the carton. The disengaging tab overlies a portion of the flap so that d... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5531376 | Paperboard container with integral paperboard pour spout A paperboard container composed of a unitary, continuous blank, comprises opposing top and bottom walls, a plurality of side walls bridging the top and bottom walls, an upper minor flap, and a paperboard pour spout. The plurality of side walls includes a ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5518174 | Lined carton with sift-resistant dispensing feature A lined dispensing carton with a sift-resiatant dispensing opening in a side wall of the carton that is covered by a hinged reclosable flap that can be folded and inserted into the carton for cooperation with a portion of a carton liner to render that car... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5458272 | Paperboard dispenser having separately formed drawer A paperboard dispenser for holding multiple individual items comprises an outer container formed from a first unitary blank and a drawer formed from a second unitary blank. The outer container includes opposing front and back walls, opposing side walls br... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5333781 | Recloseable carton with pouring spout A recloseable pouring spout structure for a wall of a product dispensing carton has a first wall panel connected to the carton at a first fold line. The first wall panel has a first aperture. There is a second wall panel connected to the carton at a secon... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5320215 | Vial dispensing carton An inventory of pharmaceutical vials is kept in an inexpensive manner by providing a plurality of stackable cartons stacked in a neat array and each having a front access panel which opens to form an access window to allow access to remove vials from the ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5238181 | Container with integral pouring spout and method of manufacture A container with an integral pouring spout a method for manufacturing the same are provided, the container being manufactured from a planar blank by means of a manufacturing process which involves only a small number of very simple steps. The container ha... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5215250 | Carton with improved pouring spout A carton with integral pouring spout is provided. The carton includes first and second side wall panels, first and second end wall panels hingedly connected to the first and second side wall panels, and top and bottom closure panels attached to the side w... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5174492 | Multiple purpose dispensing package and blank A multiple-purpose dispensing package having inner and outer shells wherein the inner shell is movable without the outer shell between fully closed and fully open positions. The inner shell is integrally pivotably connected to the outer shell. The package... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5114013 | Carton with coated reclosable pouring opening This invention relates to a reclosable sealing carton with a thin polymeric coating. The package is characterized by an extended glue flap scored with a cut-out adapted to form a plug when adhered to the underside of a closure flap and a closure flap over... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5103980 | Carton opening and reclosure feature having vent opening A paperboard carton blank is disclosed which includes first and second panels having side walls connected thereto by scored fold lines formed between a respective side wall and a respective edge the panel, with one of the side walls of the first panel and... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5044503 | Box gluing arrangement The box construction includes superimposed layers or flaps each of which has a cut partially through it from the surface adjacent the other, the cuts being aligned. Glue within the cuts holds these box portions together, allowing them to be separated by t... | 09/03/1991 |
