| KITARU INNOVATIONS INC. Patent applications |
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| 20100001056 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING, SHIPPING AND ERECTING BOXES - A cardboard box with four side panels, four bottom flaps and four top flaps. The box is made from a blank having a first height measured between the outermost edges of the top and bottom flaps. The flaps are rotated into abutting contact with the exterior surface of the panels thereby reducing the overall height of the box to the height of the panel. Adjacent pairs of top and bottom flaps are provided with living hinges that enable them to remain in this position when the box is collapsed. The collapsed box is shipped through the mail in this diminished size and then erected into a box of the same height as the panels. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20090319395 | METHOD OF SELLING AND SHIPPING A PRODUCT UTILIZING THE INTERNET - A business method includes listing a product for sale on an online auction site, ordering packaging via a link on the online auction site for shipping the product to a buyer with a winning bid, where the packaging is in the form of a collapsed box mailed to the seller at a non-flat rate of postage and then mailed by the seller to the buyer at a flat rate of postage. The box when in both the collapsed state and the filled state is of substantially the same height as one of the side panels and is able to fit inside a standard size mailbag of a mail carrier. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090152337 | CARTON HAVING INTERCONNECTED FLAPS - A cardboard box with four side panels, four bottom flaps and four top flaps is provided. Adjacent bottom flaps and adjacent top flaps are provided with living hinges so that the flaps may be stored adjacent the body of the box. Additionally, during loading the top flaps are held adjacent the body of the box to move the flaps out of the way and make the box more convenient to load. The hinges may be broken apart to allow the flaps to be moved to the closed and sealed position. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20080230066 | Perfume impregnated mask with an image thereon - A face mask for covering the nose and mouth of a healthcare professional. The mask is made from a material that is impregnated or coated with a pleasant smelling perfume. The mask may be impregnated with the perfume at the factory or, alternatively, may be sold with one or more perfume retaining dispensers which enable the professional to apply a desired quantity of perfume to the mask immediately prior to use. The mask of the present invention may also be provided with a child-appealing image thereon. The image may be applied at the factory by incorporating the same into the material from which the mask is made or by adhesively connecting the same thereto. Alternatively, the image may be in the form of an applique that is child-appealing in nature is adhesively or otherwise secured to the outer surface of the mask at the hospital or consulting room. The pleasant smelling perfume may also be applied to the applique. | 09-25-2008 |
