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...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7261231 | Pizza box A folded food carton is formed from a matable, lay flat blank for retaining, transporting and serving hot food such as pizza. The blank includes an arrangement of end panels, side panels and cover panels foldable relative to a bottom panel such that, in the erected ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7036718 | Offset dove tail locks A container for carrying produce having dove tail locks is created from a container blank having nonsymmetrical, offset dove tail locks on the edges of the blank. When the blank is on a larger paperboard substrate having multiple blanks, the dove tail locks of a bla... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6948651 | Blank for a tubular carton An elongate blank for forming a tubular carton includes panels arranged in a row along the length of the blank. The panels are hingedly connected one to another in series. Each panel has a pair of opposed free end edges disposed generally along the length of the bla... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6899223 | Form for a package and method of making same A form for a package for holding consumer articles including optically-based media. The form is a base sheet with a central section and a series of foldable adjoining flaps extending from the central section in alternate first and second directions. The flaps are ad... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6892932 | Efficient food carton A blank and carton that provides for efficient, cost-effective, sanitary packaging of food products such as breadsticks, chicken wings, pizza slices, and the like. Structural arrangements include (a) a flap-free side wall with a non-folding front-wall-engagement tab... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6419090 | Tray pack for a group of articles, and process and apparatus for producing the same Tray packs (12) are packs made of cardboard or the like which are open at the top and have side walls, namely longitudinal walls (13, 14) and transverse walls (15, 16), of a low height. In order to improve the dimensional stability of the tray pack (12), ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6276522 | Pack for smoking articles and associated blank The invention relates to a non-hinge lid smoking article pack, blank and print layout therefor which blank and print layout utilize a reduced amount of cartonboard and have reduced cartonboard waste from the print layout arrangement. Attempts to maximize ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6050402 | Smoking article carton and blank therefor This invention relates to an improved carton for smoking articles, which carton has a dispensing portion. The dispensing portion has a particular location in respect to the longitudinal margins of the carton and extends from a position short of one longit... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6041920 | Beverage carrier with separate partitions A carrier is provided which is made of a carrier box and a separate partition assembly which is secured in the carrier box. The partition assembly is made from transverse and cross partitions which have interengaging slots and tabs which lock together to ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6019279 | Packaging container made of a carton blank A bottom end closure of a carton to be heat- and pressure-sealed has four substantially rectangular panels (P6, P7-P9, P12 and P14-P16) of which the panels (P7-P9 and P14-P16) are divided by score lines (S3, S7 and S13, S17) into inner, triangular sub-pan... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5941377 | Beverage carrier with separate partitions A carrier is provided which is made of a carrier box and a separate partition assembly which is secured in the carrier box. The partition assembly is made from transverse and cross partitions which have interengaging slots and tabs which lock together to ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5873517 | Step-shaped tab for locking together overlapping panels of cardboard devices Devices cut from cardboard, and preferably corrugated cardboard, are provided with a step-shaped tab at the end of one panel, preferably with only two steps, and a cutout in the end of another overlapped panel with a cutout corresponding to the shape and ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5743462 | Nestable blank for forming a side-filled, flip-top reclosable carton A nested blank arrangement comprises first and second unitary, continuous blanks each for forming a side-filled, flip-top reclosable carton having opposing top and bottom walls, opposing front and back walls, and opposing first and second side walls. Each... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5707004 | Carton with offset lock A single latch assembly integrally with the front walls of the tray and cover of a clamshell carton and positioned solely to one side of the transverse center line of the front walls in the area of maximum strength of each front wall. The latch assembly c... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5595339 | Blank for one-piece octagonal box A blank for a one-piece octagonal pizza box that uses a minimum of material and that can be manufactured in multiple units in inverted-and-mated configuration for substantial savings in material and cost.... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5553771 | Resource saving box A type of box comprising three unique components: (1) an over-extending trapezoid-shape diagonal side wall, (2) a flapless corner interlock, and (3) a cover with parallel free side edges and obliquely disposed cover interlock flaps. The preferred embodime... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5460321 | Blank for forming a cuboid wrapping for groups of cigarette packs A blank for forming a cuboid wrapping for groups of cigarette packs (bundles) comprises a front wall, a rear wall, longitudinal walls and a longitudinal flap which is located on a free longitudinal side of a front, rear or longitudinal wall in order to fo... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5381948 | Packaging of polygonal section made of a sheet-type material and blank for producing such a packaging Packaging made of sheet-type material, such as cardboard or corrugated cardboard, of at least approximately parallelepipedal shape and blank for producing it. The faces (1 to 4) have different heights, with the faces of greater height having a width which... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5363981 | Bridged integral liner A carton blank having an integral liner, an erected carton made from the blank and a process for making the carton blank. The integral liner includes portions excised therefrom to reduce paperboard resource and refuse. The blanks are preferably made by cu... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5263633 | Display carton and blank therefor In accordance with the present invention, a carton for consumer goods, specifically food items, is provided. The carton is a generally tubular, sleeve-type seal-end display carton having opposed parallel polygonal main panels. End closure flaps and left a... | 11/23/1993 |
| 4815592 | Nested cigarette package spacer Disclosed herein are package inserts for cigarette products which comprise mutually nestable package inserts having cut-out edges to facilitate the removal of tobacco products from a package and which interconnect with other packaging inserts having the s... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4782943 | Basket-like carrier for cups and the like and blank for forming the same A carrier for cups. The carrier is formed from a flat blank to have a flat folded state from which it may be readily erected by pressing together on opposite ends. In addition to a base having a bottom, the carrier has an upstanding combined separator and... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4729508 | Hinged lid container and one-piece blank therefor A hinged lid container for arrays of cigarettes is made of a one-piece blank and has a hollow body with an open end remote from its bottom wall, a collar which is integral with the front wall of the body at the open end and extends in part into the body, ... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4558813 | Container and sidewall blank having sinusoidal edge pattern A convolute sidewall container of paperboard or the like having an outwardly rolled top rim and a closed bottom, the container comprising a one-piece sidewall blank of generally rectangular shape having top and bottom edges, first and second side edges, a... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4516717 | Container divider A container divider for separating bottles in a box or the like, is provided. The divider has a number of panels, cross members, and extensions of some of the foregoing, so that the divider can be cut from a single unitary sheet of material and placed and... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4471902 | Container cover locking arrangement A self-contained, one-piece, collapsible container including a pair of co-planar top panels with depending inner side panels forming a cover structure for a tray-like body structure having lock tabs projecting from outer side panels thereof into apertures... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4213559 | Divided display carton A divided display carton is disclosed which is designed to hang suspended from a pair of hooks, pegs, or similar devices, and which is divided into two display compartments. The display partition includes a partition bottom flap designed to be glued into ... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4190190 | Strip made up of consecutive package blanks A strip made up of consecutive package blanks has been described. This strip consists of cardboard and has continuous longitudinal folding lines, which divide each blank into longitudinal zones, and in each blank four transversal folding lines which divid... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4180201 | Pack and blank for making the pack and web of packing material for making the blanks An oblong pack for holding contents conforming to the pack configuration consists of a folded blank defining opposed sidewalls and end walls with the end walls comprising end flaps folded against the contents end face. The pack is characterized by the end... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4121757 | Flap arrangement for a carrier carton A partial interior end wall of a carton is formed from a pair of flaps, one of which has a projection which is sealed to the other flap providing improved wall structure in a carton formed from a nestable blank.... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4106688 | Mating blanks A unitary, die cut carton blank is provided which is foldable to present a box-type ice cream carton fillable with conventional filling equipment and which is especially configured for permitting fabrication of a plurality of blanks from master sheets wit... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4072263 | Pack and blank for making the pack and web of packing material for making the blanks An oblong pack for holding contents conforming to the pack configuration consists of a folded blank defining opposed sidewalls and end walls with the end walls comprising end flaps folded against the contents end face. The pack is characterized by the end... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4003516 | Ice cream carton A carton for ice cream, ice milk, sherbet, mellorine and like products is shown, particularly proportioned for a half-gallon capacity having top and bottom panels with a length to width ratio of approximately two to one, preferably this ratio is two to on... | 01/18/1977 |
