Envelopes, wrappers, and paperboard boxes inventions 04/08

20080093425 - Foldable sheet materials with securement means: The invention relates to a sheet material comprising a plurality of folds defining at least four segments, the sheet material being foldable and unfoldable about said folds, the sheet material comprising first and second securement means, arranged in use to cooperate to releasably secure the sheet material in the folded... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20080093427 - Customizable wrapper: A customizable wrapper for a product, such as a candy bar, including a wrapper assembly having a pair of removable edges. A face sheet of the wrapper assembly includes a printable surface and an integrated wrapper sized to cover the product on both a front and back. A back sheet... Agent: Kevin D. Erickson Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20080093426 - Bubble mailer chill pack envelope: An inner thermal container, molded from an expanded polystyrene, seals in temperature sensitive materials with a cooling means for maintaining a low temperature. Inner and outer coatings provide additional thermal, vapor, and moisture insulation. The inner thermal container is inserted and sealed in a bubble wrap mailer envelope with layers... Agent: Donald W. Meeker Patent Agent

20080093428 - Folding container with adjustable height: An exemplary folding container (20) includes a main body (22). The main body includes four fixed sidewalls (221), four folding sidewalls (222), and a bottom wall. The four fixed sidewalls, the bottom wall, and optionally the four folding sidewalls cooperatively form a receptacle. A size of the receptacle is adjustable... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080093429 - Disposable container of liquid food products and a cap of a disposable container of liquid food products: The present invention relates to a disposable container of liquid food products or a cap thereof, having two independent round straw holes to be inserted by two ends of one bent drinking tube, the diameters of the said straw holes tightly match the diameters of said drinking tube at its... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20080093430 - Pleaded, expandable package for upright support of a cord product: A pleated, expandable, package for a coiled extension cord is expandable to accommodate different size extension cords and supports the extension cord in an upright orientation to display the extension cord.... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20080093431 - Angled package and display system: A product display system and method includes a support and at least one product container supported by the support. The packages are tilted such that the front faces of the tilted packages face at least partially upward, such as toward the illumination source, so as to provide enhanced illumination of... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080093432 - Cardboard box having an expandable volume: A box for packaging objects, said box including a first belt made up of four vertical panels and terminated by a return tab, each vertical panel being extended by two opposite side flaps designed so that, once they have been folded over at right angles, they form a bottom and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080093433 - Condiment receptacle for food container: A condiment receptacle for use with a food container configured to hold a food item in the container's food chamber. The condiment receptacle attaches to or is integral with one of the container's upstanding sidewalls. The condiment receptacle comprises a front panel that extends outward from the sidewall by a... Agent: Richard A. Ryan Attorney At Law

20080093434 - Blank for disposable thermally insulated container: A container blank comprises at least one substrate layer made of disposable material and at least one film layer disposed substantially over the substrate layer and having at least one portion adapted to shrink away from the substrate layer upon application of heat. The shrunk film layer portion is adapted... Agent: Patent Group Ga030-43 Georgia-pacific LLC

20080087712 - Package for smoking articles and the like: A packet comprises an outer shell (0) and an inner shell (I) connected by a spring member (12). The outer shell (0) defines a cavity for receiving the inner shell (I) and comprises a bottom wall (4B), a front wall (1) and two side walls (3R, 3L) upstanding from respective... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20080087713 - Container for holding flexible bag: A container for dispensing a beverage includes a top panel, a left panel coupled to the top panel, a right panel coupled to the top panel and opposite the left panel, a first bottom panel coupled to the left panel, the first bottom panel including a first opening, a second... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080087714 - Container: The invention relates to a container (1) for holding foodstuff, comprising at least one paper layer (3) and a container wall (4) having an additional layer (4). Said container (5), on its upper end (6), has a container opening (7) and is closed on its lower end opposite said container... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080087715 - Multi walled container and method: A container and method of manufacture are provided. The container includes a cup with a permanently attached sleeve overlying an exterior portion of the cup sidewall. The sleeve includes a plurality of inwardly directed protuberances providing a gap between a substantial portion of the cup sidewall and the sleeve.... Agent: Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080087716 - Multi-layered container having interrupted corrugated insulating liner: The present invention relates to insulated containers useful for serving, for example, hot beverages. Specifically, the present invention relates to multilayer containers comprising a corrugated sheet as an inner insulating liner wherein the liner comprises interruptions.... Agent: Patent Group Ga030-43 Georgia-pacific LLC

20080083820 - Expandable carton: A carton including a tubular structure defined by a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall and a first end wall and a second end wall, each enclosing an open end of the tubular structure. The top wall includes a first chimney side... Agent: Meadwestvaco Corporation

20080083821 - Integrated appliance container for support during assembly transport and display: An appliance packaging assembly and method wherein a reinforced base pad is disposed under an appliance, a plurality of rigid posts are disposed between the base pad and alongside the appliance, a transparent film is disposed about the posts and the appliance, a reinforced cover having a lifting flange member... Agent: International Paper Company

20080083822 - Record storage box and mailer: The invention disclosed herein is a record storage box configured to serve as a mailer and return mailer, having an outer lid and an inner lid. The outer lid is removable upon receipt. The lids may be secured by adhesive, and removed by tearing along lines of weakness. The record... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080078816 - Customizable envelope assembly: A customizable envelope formed from interchangeable components allows the user to create various color and texture arrangements. The envelope is formed using two separate pieces of paper or other similar sheet material, each of which includes two foldable end flaps and a central portion. Both sheets are generally rectangular in... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20080078817 - Photograph mailer with integral frame: A device for mailing and displaying one or many photographs and other flat objects. The mailer offers a convenient means of mailing more than twenty photographs or other flat objects in an attractive envelope that has a preprinted area for a mailing address and an easily removed perforated panel that... Agent: David Allen Hall

20080078818 - Expandable file box: An expandable file box includes a pair of front and rear assemblies coupled together by a gusset assembly for movement toward and away from each other. Each of the front and rear assemblies includes a main panel. The main panels of the front and rear assemblies are disposed in an... Agent: Meadwestvaco Corporation

20080078819 - Blank and methods and apparatus for forming a barrel from the blank: A barrel formed from a sheet of blank material includes a plurality of side wall panels for forming sides of the barrel including a front panel, a rear panel, two opposing end panels, and at least one diagonal corner panel, at least one bottom flap for forming a bottom of... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080078820 - Split carton: A carton. The carton may include a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a first tear line positioned about a middle of the first side wall, and a second tear line positioned about a middle of the second side wall.... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080078821 - Display container and associated display container blank: The embodiments of the present invention provide a blank foldable material that may be configured to form a container. When formed, the container is self-locking and includes air cell structure that allows for a container with a constant outside volume to have a variable inside volume. The air cell structure... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20080078822 - Display container with air cell panel assembly and associated container blank: The embodiments of the present invention provide a blank foldable material that may be configured to form a container. When formed, the container is self-locking and includes air cell structure that allows for a container with a constant outside volume to have a variable inside volume. The air cell structure... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20080078823 - Dual dispensing container: A container of the present invention is designed for shipping and holding various items. The container is formed from a blank of a material, such as corrugated material, plastic, paperboard, etc. and includes side panels extending between a top portion and a bottom portion. A tear line extends around the... Agent: William H. Honaker Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080078824 - Beverage cup sleeving system and method: A cup insulating system, comprising a layer of elastomer formed into a homogeneous seamless conical sleeve, the conical sleeve having an exterior surface, an interior surface an upper opening and a lower opening, wherein the upper opening is configured for receiving a beverage cup, and the inner surface of the... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20080078825 - Double wall container with internal spacer: A container according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention provides an inner wall and an outer wall wrapped therearound so as to define a double-wall container construction. A plurality of spacer elements are interposed between the inner and the outer walls so as to maintain a minimum thickness... Agent: International Paper Company