Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
229101000 | Variable volume | 23 |
20080251572 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO REDUCE THE PACKAGING FOAM BY USING EXTRA FOLDS IN THE CARTON - A fold may be made in a conventional box which reduces the amount of packaging material necessary to secure an item in the box. Rear projection televisions may have a thick base and a thin top. Therefore, rectangular boxes may have much space at the top from the front of the box to the back of the box, in particular, when the television is in the carton, there may be substantial space between the back of the top of the television to the back panel of the carton. Typically, packaging material is placed in this space. By placing a fold in the carton along the portion of the box where this packaging material may conventionally extend, the amount of packaging material may be reduced by abutting the packaging material to the fold in the carton instead of the back panel of the carton. | 10-16-2008 |
20090001144 | Package box - A package box including a bottom portion, at least one body portion and a cover portion. An empty room is formed in the body portion. The body portions include apertures. A placing room is defined between the aperture and the empty room for placing an article within. The cover portion covers the empty room and the placing room; and has a gap corresponding to the placing room. Thus, any article with a height higher than the package box still can be placed inside the package box. | 01-01-2009 |
20090272790 | COLLAPSIBLE CARTON - A carton includes scores that create pleats fashioned in the walls of the carton. As weight from subsequently stacked materials impinge on the carton, the side walls collapse in a substantially uniform manner leaving the carton top in tact and substantially level with the bottom of the carton. | 11-05-2009 |
20100294830 | FOLDER - The present invention provides a folder, including at least a folder body, at least a first partition board with a clamp, and a locator. The folder body is provided with a front panel, rear panel, bottom plate, side plate, inner space and locator. The first partition board with clamp is arranged within the inner space to divide the inner space into at least two spaces and arranged at intervals to define an accommodating interlayer. The accommodating interlayer is provided with a limiting portion with an access opening. The bottom of the accommodating interlayer is closed. The bottom of the inner space of the folder body is positioned via a locator. The first partition board along with the clamp can be used for reclaiming and separation, thus realizing multi-functional applicability. | 11-25-2010 |
20110309134 | COLLAPSIBLE CARTON - An end-loaded collapsible carton is provided and includes a first pair of side walls extending substantially perpendicularly from a second pair of side walls. The first and second pair of side walls form a first end opening and a second end opening opposite the first end opening. The carton further includes a first carton closure extending from the first and second carton walls for covering the first end opening, and a second carton closure extending at an opposite end of the first and second carton walls for covering the second end opening. The first carton closure is formed from a first plurality of lid panels, and the second carton closure is formed from a second plurality of lid panels. The carton further includes scores for creating pleats fashioned in the carton side walls and lid panels for collapsing the side walls and lid panels in a uniform manner. | 12-22-2011 |
20120168491 | Compressible Combined Packaging Box - A compressible combined packaging box comprises a threaded cup ( | 07-05-2012 |
20120211552 | CARTON WITH HANDLE AND DISPENSER - A carton for containing a plurality of articles. The carton comprises a top panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, and a bottom panel. End flaps can be respectively foldably connected to respective panels and at least partially overlapped with respect to one another to thereby at least partially form a closed end of the carton. A dispenser panel can be at least partially defined by a dispenser tear line extending in at least the top panel and at least one of the end flaps. An opening section can be at least partially defined by the dispenser tear line and can be foldably connected to one of the first side panel and the second side panel. The dispenser panel is at least partially removable from the carton to create a dispenser opening, and the opening section is positionable relative the first side panel to expand the dispenser opening. | 08-23-2012 |
20130020382 | PAPERBOARD ACCORDION PACKAGE - A package is disclosed which includes connected front and back panels connected by a pleated or accordion side panels. The package may be opened by applying a flexing force to an opening end in order to break a separation line. After opening, the package may be reclosed by use of a closure flap or wing flaps that again hold the separation line together. | 01-24-2013 |
20140110463 | CONTAINER USABLE AS A DEEP BOTTOM AND SHALLOW BOTTOM TYPE CONTAINER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - To provide a container usable as a deep bottom- and shallow bottom-type container by changing between deep bottom- and shallow bottom-type container configurations by folding along prescribed ruled lines, forming a protruding part on the circumferential wall surface and forming undistorted smooth surfaces; and to provide a manufacturing method thereof. This container usable as a deep bottom- and shallow bottom-type container in which a deep bottom-type container configuration can be changed into a shallow bottom-type container configuration, wherein said deep-bottom type container is obtained by folding, along prescribed ruled lines, a single blank having a part with prescribed ruled lines and corresponding to the bottom surface, a part sectioned into compact triangles and quadrilaterals and corresponding to a partition surface, and a part corresponding to an inner folded surface, and said deep-bottom type container comprises a protruding part formed without distortion on the circumferential wall surface; and a manufacturing method thereof. | 04-24-2014 |
20140203070 | PACKING BOX - Disclosed herein is a packing box in which the size and shape of an accommodation space are easily changeable to ensure convenient use of the contents. The packing box includes a rectangular bottom member and four sidewall members adapted to be erected at an outer perimeter of the bottom member, thereby defining an accommodation space having an open top. The sidewall members are divided into a pair of fixed sidewall members disposed facing each other to be vertically erected and fixed, and a pair of rotating sidewall members disposed facing each other between the fixed sidewall members to be inclined to an outside of the bottom member with respect to a vertical position thereof. The packing box includes at least one covering member to cover a gap between the fixed sidewall member and the rotating sidewall member when the rotating sidewalls are inclined. | 07-24-2014 |
20140312105 | PACKAGING FOR PLUMBING FIXTURES - A box for a plumbing fixture includes first and second side panels, an end panel, and first and second corner panels, which are interconnected at parallel joints. In a first configuration, the box is collapsed and generally planar, the first side panel being folded at a central crease closer to a forward end than a rearward end thereof, and the second side panel being folded at a central crease closer to a forward end than a rearward end thereof. In a second configuration, the box is expanded such that (a) a cavity is defined between the first side, second side, end, first corner, and second corner panels, (b) the first and second side panels are generally planar, and (c) a sum of angles between the end and first corner panels and between the end panel and second corner panels is greater than 180 degrees. | 10-23-2014 |
20150144686 | ADJUSTABLE DISPLAY TRAY - An adjustable display tray comprises a bottom wall, opposite side walls, a front wall and a back wall foldably joined to one another to form an open-top adjustable interior space for containing articles. The adjustable interior space includes a central section formed by two parallel spaced apart fold lines on the bottom wall and respective central portions of the front wall and back wall. Respective first and second reducible or expandable sections foldably extend from the respective two parallel spaced apart fold lines. Each of the respective first and second reducible or expandable sections includes a respective tray front hinge and a respective back swing flap which are formed on the respective front and the back walls to permit the respective first and second reducible or expandable sections reducing or expanding the interior space of the adjustable display tray. | 05-28-2015 |
229101100 | Plural, parallel tearing means for sequentially reducing the box volume | 5 |
20080308614 | Microwave food heating package with removable portion - Various blanks are provided for forming sleeves, containers and other constructs for heating, browning, and/or crisping of a food item in a microwave oven, and for holding and/or transporting the food item after heating. The various blanks, sleeves, containers and other constructs include a removable portion defined by one or more lines of disruption that enable the removable portion to be separated from the remainder of the blank, sleeve, container, or other construct. | 12-18-2008 |
20100147931 | SYSTEM OF STORING AND DISPENSING ICE CREAM INCLUDING METHOD OF INCREASED USE OF CAPACITY OF REFRIGERATED RETAIL DISPLAY CASES - A sliceable cream container system includes a carton having a cap and a ratio of a height of a lateral surface of a carton to the diameter of the carton, defining a range of about 2.5:1 to about 3.5:1, in which the base defines a cross-sectional dimension in a range of about 50 to about 100 millimeters (mm). The carton container possesses a volume of at least 900 milliliters (ml), the cross-section of which may be circular, oval, square, rectangular or heart-shaped. Completely filling the carton is a volume of ice cream or related comestible product. On the carton is provided a plurality of equidistant curved lines or line segments that indicate the caloric content of a portion of ice cream cut along such lines. | 06-17-2010 |
20140048588 | CONTAINER HAVING A PLURALITY OF IDENTIFIED MARKINGS TO REDUCE CONTAINER VOLUME DURING USE - The present invention relates generally to a container or a carton having a plurality of selectable volumes. The present invention is also directed to a container having a plurality of identified markings to reduce container volume upon partial consumption of content. The container includes a plurality of fold facilitating creases adapted to allow panels to be folded or removed along a fold facilitating crease and/or perforation. At least one set of perforations or identified creases are provided in the box so as to form a shell and a second or a secondary box, where the shell is removed after the contents of the box have been partially consumed and space becomes available. The container may further include perforations, flaps, tabs, slits, indentations, notches, along or at an edge of the panel. A blank of bendable and creaseable material for forming a predefined selectable volume carton box is also disclosed. | 02-20-2014 |
20140332584 | CLAMSHELL CARTON WITH TEAR STRIP - A carton includes a top portion and a bottom portion. Each portion includes a front wall, a rear wall, and opposing side walls extending therebetween. The top portion and bottom portion include respective top and bottom surfaces. The rear walls of the top and bottom portions are hingedly connected to another along respective outer edges. When closed, the top portion and bottom portion define a cavity for storing an item. The carton also includes a separation region defined on the top and bottom portions that extends from an outside edge of the front wall of the top portion, around the top portion and the bottom portion, to an outside edge of the front wall of the bottom portion. The separation region is configured to facilitate controlled separation of the carton into first and second side portions and to prevent liquid flow through separation region. | 11-13-2014 |
20150115022 | Incremental Eating Container - An incremental eating container. The incremental eating container can have a tubular body having a first end, a second end and enclosing a cavity, and at least one separation line defined in the tubular body and extending around the circumference thereof. | 04-30-2015 |
229101200 | Tearing provides a reclosable box having reduced volume when reclosed | 6 |
20080197177 | EZ-fold modular pizza box - The present invention provides an easily disposable pizza box that may also be used as a storage container for holding leftover pizza. In the most preferable embodiment, a pull-tab cord design is used as the primary means of weakening the box structure, which facilitates separating the first box into two portions. The resulting open end of one or both portions may be readily folded shut, thereby forming a second closed box structure. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, one portion of the split first box is sized so that when the open end is folded shut, the second box is essentially half the volume of the first box. | 08-21-2008 |
20110253772 | REDUCIBLE CARTON WITH LOCKING AND RECLOSURE FEATURES - The present invention is directed to a reducible carton formed from a one-piece unitary blank of material. The reducible carton comprises a top wall, a bottom wall, opposite side walls, a front wall and a back wall. Means enabling the reducible carton to transversely separate it into a reusable rear carton component and a discardable front carton component. The reusable carton component comprises the back wall and a rear portion of each of the top wall, the bottom wall and the side walls, wherein the rear top wall portion, the rear bottom wall portion and the rear side wall portions in the reusable carton component each terminate in a forward edge defining an open forward end of the reusable carton component. The forward edge of one of the rear top wall portion or the rear bottom wall portion defines a seal flap that is foldable into closing relationship over the open forward end of the reusable carton component. The seal flap has a locking tab on a free edge thereof. The forward edge of the other of the rear top wall portion or the rear bottom wall portion includes a recess therein for frictionally receiving the locking tab to lock the seal flap in closed position. | 10-20-2011 |
20130068830 | Reusable pizza container - The present invention provides a reusable pizza box that may also be used as a storage container for holding leftover pizza. In the most preferable embodiment a simple tear is utilized as primary means of weakening the box structure, which facilitates separating the first box into two portions. The resulting open end of one portion may be readily folded shut, thereby forming a second closed box structure. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the second box is essentially half the volume of the first box. The remaining portion may also be folded shut thereby forming a third closed box structure. | 03-21-2013 |
20140084046 | REUSABLEPIZZA CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a container that has a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion and the bottom portion are adapted to be separated from so that each portion can form its own smaller rectangular shaped container by being reconfigured along its respective plurality of a plurality of perforation lines, fold lines, tear lines and cut lines to hold food products such pizza therein. | 03-27-2014 |
20140191022 | Method of Using Modular Pizza Box - The present invention provides a method of using a disposable pizza box that may also be used as a storage container for holding leftover pizza. In a preferable embodiment, the original box is first divided into two portions. The resulting open end of one or both portions may then be readily folded shut, thereby forming reduced-sized, additional closed box structures. In a most preferred embodiment of the present invention, one portion of the divided box is sized so that when the open end is folded shut, the reduced-sized box is essentially half the volume of the original box. | 07-10-2014 |
20150014402 | Carton With Recloseable Features - A carton for holding a product. The carton having a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels comprises a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel and a second side panel. A tear away panel in at least one of the plurality of panels, the tear away panel providing access to the interior. A hinge in at least one of the plurality of panels and at least one tear line extending at least partially across at least one of the plurality of panels. The at least one tear line dividing the carton into a first portion and a second portion. The first portion configured to be pivotable at the hinge between an open position allowing access to the interior and a closed position with the first portion at least partially overlapping the second portion. | 01-15-2015 |