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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5381949 | Box A one-piece box is disclosed which is foldable from a flat blank to an erect box. The box is provided with a corner interlock comprising a tab on the side wall extending through an opening in the front wall. A cover interlock is provided using a single pa... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5238180 | Carton and carton blank Two embodiments of cartons, and carton blanks for forming the same, wherein certain panel portions are scalloped by having closure flaps for adjacent blanks scavenged therefrom to minimize the use of paperboard, thus providing an economical carton which i... | 08/24/1993 |
| 4741436 | Multicell carrier and method of forming the same This relates to a multicell carrier which is advantageously formed from two separate generally rectangular blanks as opposed to a single generally L-shaped blank. By forming the carrier from two separate blanks, each of which is generally rectangular, a m... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4728025 | Carton having end panels and for packaging primary articles of cubical shape A tubular carton having a top wall foldably joined along its side edges with side walls to the bottom edges of which a bottom wall is joined is provided with an end panel at each end of the carton which is foldably joined to the end edge of the bottom wal... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4685566 | Sleeve-type carrier A sleeve-type beverage can carrier having end dust flaps which mechanically interlock by means of locking tabs and cutouts. The flap containing the cutouts overlaps the flap containing the locking tabs so that the cutouts and tabs are aligned. The locking... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4586643 | Reinforced container A reinforced blank for liquids and a method of producing said blank. The score lines which hinge the bottom closure panels to the side walls is reinforced. The container has a polyethylene coating and the reinforcing material must be compatable with the p... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4572424 | Blank for a pair of nested containers A container which is nested along its bottom closure panels in the web to gain additional capacity in a waxing unit. There are oblique outer edges on each of the bottom closure panels which allow the panels to be nested in the blank. All of oblique outer ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4498582 | Article carrier A wraparound type article carrier for use in connection with a plurality of articles comprising top, bottom and side walls interconnected to form a sleeve, a closure element preferably in the form of a sleeve enveloping one or more articles at one end of ... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4436244 | Carton blank with integral handle A carton blank for forming a carton of square or rectangular cross section therefrom and adapted to be folded and joined to form a carton which is provided at one end with two pairs of opposed integral flaps, the first pairs of flaps being adapted to over... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4431129 | Folding ice-cream carton, carton blank, and method A carton or package for packaging semi-fluid material which can be hardened by freezing, such as ice cream, sherbet and the like, is formed from specially constructed integral carton blank and a special process for assembling the same. The carton blank ha... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4401255 | Distributor pack carton A sleeve-type or tube container wherein an open end of the sleeve may be at least partially closed by closure portions formed from integral portions of the container sleeve or body, and including a strap hanger or flex extending across and forming the sle... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4341340 | Container with infolded bottom closure This disclosure illustrates and describes a bottom closure structure for a liquid carrying, thermoplastic coated paperboard carton or container wherein the shapes of the four main bottom panels of the blank from which the carton is formed are such that th... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4332577 | Packaging A gable-topped, flat-bottomed carton has a side seam which, in a fin of the gable top closure, fits in a gap between respective junctions of two pairs of internal sub-panels of the fin. Two opposite external sub-panels of the fin have tabs for pulling to ... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4332345 | Container with infolded bottom closure This disclosure illustrates and describes a bottom closure structure for a liquid carrying, thermoplastic coated paperboard carton or container wherein the overlapped and sealed areas are formed so as to extend in an "X"-shaped configuration across the bo... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4300716 | Paperboard carton A one-piece T-shaped carton blank is disclosed which is utilized to form a rectangular cross-sectional container having its top and bottom end panels sealed in a plane substantially perpendicular to its sidewalls. The carton blank is formed having a defin... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4214697 | Liquid gable top carton with integral carrying handle A paperboard carton having a gable top for forming a liquid pouring spout is provided with an integral handle on the gable top to aid in pouring the liquid contents of the carton and in carrying the carton.... | 07/29/1980 |
| 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 |
| 4011984 | Carton blank, carton and method of forming carton A one-piece blank which may be formed into a liquid-tight carton is T shaped and is comprised of side wall panels integrally interconnected and numbering three or more to provide a carton of polygonal cross section. One of the side wall panels has integra... | 03/15/1977 |
| 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 |
| 3985287 | Carton A one-piece blank formable into a carton of rectangular cross section. The blank includes crease lines which define adjacent side panels, two of which are of lesser width and include end panels at their opposite ends. Additional crease lines define sealin... | 10/12/1976 |
