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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7427011 | Carton and insert and blank for forming the same A package and two part blank for forming a package for carrying one or more articles comprising a carton having a plurality of wall panels for forming a tubular structure wherein each end of the carton is closed by a first panel hingedly connected to one of the wall... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7331509 | Severable carton wall A severable carton wall includes a substantially vertically disposed composite wall formed from a pair of overlapping panels joined along a seam, and a frangible line extending across the composite wall, traversing the seam, defining a removable upper portion of the... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7237674 | Carton with dispenser A package includes an article group formed of two or more vertically arranged tiers of similarly dimensioned, cylindrical articles disposed on their sides in a side-by-side parallel fashion, and a carton disposed around the group. The carton includes a top wall, opp... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7163139 | Carton and carton blank A carton and blank having a tear line comprising a plurality of perforations or short slits arranged in at least three rows. There is also provided a carton and blank for forming a carton having a wall provided with a tear open feature which comprises a tear initiat... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7147143 | Opening assist to dispensing carton An opening assist for a dispensing carton to facilitate the opening of the carton to dispense articles without unintentional tearing of the carton. The dispensing carton includes a plurality of panels hingedly connected to one another. A displaceable portion is deta... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7118022 | Enhanced 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... | 10/10/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7097041 | Convertible shipper container A convertible shipper container used for shipping and displaying packaged products. The shipper includes a top panel, a bottom panel and a partially open front side. The shipper additionally includes a first side including a first slot therethrough and a first porti... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7055692 | Packaging body A packaging unit comprises a package box having an openable portion for breaking and removing a seal of a lid by a push-in operation, and a film for sealing and packing the package box, wherein the film includes a fragile portion formed in or adjacent a position cor... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7000824 | Carton and carton blank therefor A carton and a blank for forming a carton for holding a plurality of articles, for example bottles, comprising a collapsible tubular corner post formed from an extension of a carton side wall. The corner post is adapted to move from a flat collapsed condition when e... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6929172 | Severable carton wall A frangible line defines a line of severance by extending across a carton wall that has a seam. The frangible line is extensively weakened along a predetermined segment where it traverses the seam. Preferably, the predetermined segment is extensively weakened by sub... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6814279 | Cricket box A cricket box has a bottom wall; a top wall; a rear wall integral with the bottom and top walls; a front wall integral with the bottom wall, and side walls integral with the bottom wall. Each of the side walls has at least one substantial opening in it. The rear and... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6491161 | Package, especially for a group of cigarette packs, plus method and device for manufacturing same Package for a group of cigarette packs which are surrounded by an outer wrapping (11) made of paper, foil, thin cardboard or the like. For easy opening of such a package for cigarette packs in particular, a perforated line (27) is formed in the region of ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6360941 | Package A container (1) for holding products and comprising a lower part (3) including a bottom panel (5) and side walls (8, 9) upstanding therefrom as well as a top part (4) including a lid (10) and side walls (13, 14) depending therefrom. At least one side wall... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6105857 | Anti-bowing easy opening carton A carton having one or more closure flaps with a delaminating window formed by lines which are not substantially straight in a direction parallel to the fold line separating the flap from the panel of the carton. Preferably, the delaminating window is for... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5957280 | Cuboid packet for cigarettes and blank for the packet Hard packets for cigarettes are produced from thin cardboard. To form a removal aperture, a hinged lid (18) extending on one side, diagonally off-center, is provided. This lid forms in the region of an end wall (17) of the packet a line joint as a hinged ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5819924 | Easy top opening packet The present invention describes a package blank and a cigarette package which are formed from a single wrapper. The cigarette package has a tab as the opening means which extends the upper end surface of the package and extends over one of the two side su... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5803345 | Self-locking box with opening device A box for containing goods during storing, delivering, mailing, or shipping. The box has at least one closure panel secured to a body panel to selectively close an opening in the box. A locking tab on the box selectively engages a panel of the closed box,... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5794778 | Article carrier with strap-type handle and top panel access An article carrier having an elongated handle strap and a tear-away top opening feature. The handle strap may extend between either the end panels or the side panels of the carrier and is separably connected to the top panel. The separable lines of weakne... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5775572 | Carton with center partition A carton (10) has opposing side walls (22, 24) adjoining top (66, 46) and bottom (14) walls forming the tube portion of the carton (10). Opposing end closures adjoin the end portions of the tube. The top wall (46, 66) of the carton is multiple-ply with th... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5622309 | Carton for packaging cut sheets of paper The disadvantages of conventional carton for packaging cut sheets of paper such as the facts that fingers or finger nails are injured upon opening the carton, tearing requires a large force, the removal of the cut sheets is difficult, the beauty of surrou... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5549243 | Blank for easily opened box and the box formed from such blank A box blank can be used for American boxes (10), the main flaps (20, 20', 22, 22') of which have dimensions practically equal to the opening of the box and which are glued to each other to close this box. The outer top flap (20) has a perforation (30) loc... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5505372 | Carton blank and carton A carton formed from a carton blank comprising a unitary sheet of material having cut out portions, cut lines, fold lines and perforations to form various panels which are folded together to form a carton wherein the perforations are located so that a per... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5470594 | Paper pouch for food products A disposable paper pouch enclosing a food product, the pouch being both biodegradable and recyclable. The pouch is made up of two superposed paper plies which are rendered liquid impervious by water-based acrylic layers coated on the inner and outer faces... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5411205 | Carton with improved opening feature A carton with an opening feature that includes a securing flap having a detachable center portion foldably joined to a detachable section of a top wall panel and being congruent with and adhesively secured to a detachable portion of the carton front wall ... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5370883 | Package having aluminum laminate side wall shield A package for heating food has a cover for covering a tray and provides an aluminum laminate for covering the tray side wall. The cover is configured to extend over the top opening or over the base of the tray and cover the tray side wall. In one embodime... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5358171 | Pack for receiving handkerchiefs, blank for the pack and process for producing such a pack Packs for paper handkerchiefs usually comprise a wrapper of thin plastic foil and can be reclosed after the initial opening of the pack with the aid of an adhesive tape which is applied to the pack. The invention intends to create a pack with a wrapper wh... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5335847 | Flat top container and blank for constructing same A flat top thermoplastic coated container and blank including side edge panels, a front edge panel adaptable to being folded back onto itself and having an arcuate-shaped perforated line formed thereon, and a cover panel. The perforated line breaks upon t... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5332586 | Paper pouch for flowable food products A disposable paper pouch enclosing a small supply of cream or other flowable food product, the pouch being both biodegradable and recyclable. The pouch is made up of two superposed paper plies which are rendered liquid impervious by water-based acrylic la... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5307986 | Expandable watertight article carrier An article carrier which permits ice to be added to the carrier after removing the top to cool the contents. The carrier is formed from a paperboard blank having a waterproof interior surface. The end and side panels are connected by gusset panels, the en... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5297725 | Carrier for stacked articles A carrier containing a plurality of layers of articles arranged in stacked end-to-end fashion. The carrier is fully enclosed and includes side end panel flaps which extend substantially the entire distance from the top panel to the bottom panel of the car... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5226532 | Gift container and greeting card holder A gift container and greeting card holder is formed from a cutout blank (10) with three panels (12,14,16). The first and third panels (12,16) have removable central portions (31,76) defined by lines of perforations including strips (34,80,82) which are pu... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5197662 | Paperboard carton for frozen foodstuffs A carbon formed from a unitary blank of paperboard and being of rectangular parallelepiped shape. The carton is particularly adapted to contain a food product, such as a frozen juice concentrate or a frozen mass of other food product. The invention relate... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5100004 | Carton having a barrier construction and method of making the same A paperboard carton blank including a first panel having side walls connected thereto by scored fold lines formed between a respective one of the side walls and a respective edge of the first panel is disclosed. A second panel is provided having a side wa... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5064072 | Packaging carton A packaging carton is provided with tear lines which define openings in alignment with a plurality of articles within the packaging carton so that individual articles can be removed from the packaging carton independently. Further, walls are provided betw... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4871071 | Vent opening scoring in container lid A paperboard lid having first and second weakened score lines formed in the upper and lower faces thereof respectively. The score lines extend obliquely across the lid at a corner to form a frangible corner panel. The first score line is located between t... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4863035 | Packaging box that can easily be opened A packaging box and a method of packaging wherein a paste flap is bonded to an end of side wall sections interconnected with each other through folding lines to form a square cylinder, inner flaps, bonding flaps and end sections provided at each end of th... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4666044 | Tear-open flap orifice on packs consisting of plastic-coated laminated material with a folded-round fillet-seam closure and a process for producing the tear-open flap orifice The invention relates to a tear-open flap orifice on packs consisting of plastic-coated laminated material with a folded-round fillet-seam closure (10), there being in a first seam region (14) at least one full cut and in a second seam region (15) at leas... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4548323 | Mailing container and blank therefor A mailing container is disclosed which is preferably made of corrugated paperboard. The container is formed from a folded paperboard blank which is pre-cut and scored. The container provides a compact strong receptacle for articles to be transported throu... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4388993 | Multiple access carton A multiple access carton particularly adapted for food products, comprising top, bottom and side wall members integrally connected by fold lines to form a carton body, major and minor panels on each end of the carton for detachably interlocking with each ... | 06/21/1983 |
