| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D519830 |
Clamshell food service container |
May 2, 2006 |
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| D453533 |
Coupon for a carton |
February 12, 2002 |
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| D430614 |
Coupon for a carton |
September 5, 2000 |
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| D369744 |
Blank for a closable cup |
May 14, 1996 |
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| D367816 |
Closable cup |
March 12, 1996 |
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| D358092 |
Blank for cup with top closure |
May 9, 1995 |
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| D348609 |
Food carton with hinged cover |
July 12, 1994 |
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| D344023 |
Fast food tray |
February 8, 1994 |
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| 7232054 |
Carton structure and sheet material product with indicia keys |
June 19, 2007 |
| A closable type container for packaging items is constructed of a one piece flat sheet of carton material which is cut and scored to facilitate erection into a box like structure. The closable or clam shell type structure includes an ergonomic toggle action tab having a circular or g |
| 7182242 |
Food container for use with a beverage receptacle |
February 27, 2007 |
| A food container includes an upper portion having a generally frusto-conicle upwardly tapered food containing portion which is adapted to be superimposed on a cover of a beverage container with the cover serving as a base. The food container also includes an integral lower portion fo |
| 6719190 |
Food carton having cylindrical lower portion |
April 13, 2004 |
| A finger food container formed as a flat carton expandable into a truncated conical configuration with a substantially cylindrical lower portion extending upward to a scoop-forming upper portion. Front and rear walls of the folded carton have lower edges interconnected by a bottom wall w |
| 6588652 |
Food tray with condiment compartment |
July 8, 2003 |
| A foldable food tray with an integrally formed condiment pocket coextensive with one wall of the tray and defined by a movable partition panel pivotal between a first closed position for foldable collapsing of the pocket with the tray, and a second open position engaged between opposed t |
| 6561414 |
Food scoop with sealed base |
May 13, 2003 |
| A food scoop of a generally upwardly tapering truncated configuration having a lower portion of rectangular cross section and an upper portion of circular cross section with a bottom in edge contact with the peripheral wall of the scoop completely thereabout and with opposed combined |
| 6543679 |
Stackable food tray with condiment compartment |
April 8, 2003 |
| A food tray for holding food and a condiment is formed from a unitary paperboard blank. The food tray has a food compartment and a condiment compartment, and the condiment compartment is deployable from a stowed position overlaying one or more sidewalls of the food compartment to a d |
| 6471119 |
Food scoop with condiment holder |
October 29, 2002 |
| A collapsible, conical food scoop formed from a unitary blank of flexible material is disclosed which includes a first, food compartment and a second, condiment compartment. The condiment compartment is formed from a panel of material connected between first and second locations on the |
| 6349875 |
Container having an improved hinge |
February 26, 2002 |
| A clamshell container having an improved hinge for reducing container rear wall buckling when the container is opened and closed is disclosed. The hinge includes first and second offset partial hinge portions, each extending inwardly from one side of the container for less than the full |
| 6343735 |
Insulating sleeve |
February 5, 2002 |
| An improved sleeve for insulating a user's hand from a hot beverage cup is disclosed that includes first and second wing portions extending outwardly from the container side wall and spaced apart therefrom by spacer elements to form air gaps between the wing portion and the cup. A blank |
| 6230917 |
Lockable two-piece container |
May 15, 2001 |
| A two-piece, lockable, wedge-shaped container is disclosed which includes a tray portion having upstanding peripheral walls, the front wall of which is higher than the other side walls, and a sleeve portion having a top wall for covering the tray, a smaller bottom wall and a front openin |
| 6216946 |
Food scoop with condiment holder |
April 17, 2001 |
| A food scoop having a holder for a condiment receptacle is disclosed. The holder and food scoop are formed from a unitary blank of material and the holder forms a continuation of the side wall of the scoop to allow for stacking and storage until the holder is deployed for use. After |
| 6213389 |
Take-out carrier |
April 10, 2001 |
| A take-out carrier wherein the compartments thereof are divided by a partition wall secured, only in the fully erected position of the carrier, by complementary cohesive coatings on the partition wall flange and the bottom panel of the carrier, the carrier, prior to alignment of the |
| 6089638 |
Stabilized two-cup carrier |
July 18, 2000 |
| A handled foldable paperboard carrier is disclosed that includes peripheral walls defining an upwardly opening basket and a closed bottom joined to and extending between the walls. Stabilizers cooperate with the bottom to form a support base for the carrier, which stabilizers extend late |
| 6068181 |
French fry carton with hidden indicia |
May 30, 2000 |
| A french fry carton with front and rear face panels and a pair of overlay panels positioned over one of the face panels and including a pair of transversely aligned tear-out sections with partially concealed access tabs available only upon an erection of the carton from its folded stored |
| 6053403 |
Conical food scoop |
April 25, 2000 |
| A french fry scoop of a slightly tapering truncated conical configuration with a curvilinear upper edge including a low concave front panel upper edge and a substantially higher convex rear panel upper edge. The scoop includes an integral bottom formed along fold lines. |
| 6053352 |
Sleeve protector for cups |
April 25, 2000 |
| A sleeve protector with an air insulating central gripping portion and an upper rim flange. The sleeve is enhanced by an upper protective stacking shoulder immediately below the rim flange, gripping points inwardly directed about the lower opening of the sleeve, the formation of insu |
| 6050482 |
Food scoop |
April 18, 2000 |
| A fry scoop having front and rear walls and an upwardly and rearwardly inclined bottom formed of a narrow forward bottom panel and a wide rear bottom panel which provides for an upward shifting of the rear wall as compensation for a reduced height of the panel forming the rear wall. |
| 6027018 |
Carton with integral promotional material |
February 22, 2000 |
| A carton with a prize coupon formed within at least one wall of the carton and defined by peripheral severance lines. A tab, substantially smaller than the coupon, is folded over one end portion of the coupon to conceal the actual award provided by the coupon. The award is selectively ex |
| 6024212 |
Cup carrier |
February 15, 2000 |
| A cup carrier with a basket having the general configuration of an upwardly opening diamond with a diagonally transverse partition and handle extending vertically above and dividing the basket into a pair of separate upwardly opening triangular compartments. |
| 5996887 |
Cup with separable coupon |
December 7, 1999 |
| A beverage cup with an integral coupon panel extending from an outer seam edge of the cup and overlying the outer face of the cup wall. The coupon panel includes a central vertically downward strippable coupon integral with vertical side retaining strips along severance lines with the |
| 5924626 |
Carton with locking lid |
July 20, 1999 |
| A lid integrally hinged to a carton rear wall and including an outwardly extending tongue on the forward edge thereof which, upon a closing of the lid over the carton mouth, forwardly flexes the forward carton wall. The forward carton wall has an integral locking flange along the upper e |
| 5909840 |
Clamshell carton with partitions |
June 8, 1999 |
| A clamshell carton wherein the tray includes a partition panel integral with the upper edge of the front wall and folded to overlie the interior of the front wall and a major portion of the bottom panel. The partition panel including a partition section selectively upwardly foldable at a |
| 5890648 |
Carton with sauce holder |
April 6, 1999 |
| The tray of the carton is divided into larger and smaller compartments by a transverse intermediate wall. The tray outer end wall at the smaller compartment is integrally formed with a lid panel folded to overlie the smaller compartment and extend laterally outward of opposed side walls |
| 5875957 |
Food scoop with condiment compartment |
March 2, 1999 |
| A food container with at least a convex front wall having a single sheet of flexible material edge joined to the inner face of the wall and in intimate contact therewith for a selective inward convex flexing of the sheet a distance determined by the convexity of the first wall to define |
| 5799794 |
Sauce cup tray |
September 1, 1998 |
| A sauce cup accommodating tray including an elongate tapered bottom panel with a cup-receiving opening through one end thereof and with peripheral walls including an end wall remote from the opening to define a food receiving compartment between the sauce cup and end wall. A selectively |
| 5791462 |
Cup carrier |
August 11, 1998 |
| A carton blank formed utilizing a pattern layout with adjacent blanks nesting with each other to minimize the material required and reduce waste between adjacent blanks. The formed carton is a modular carrier with a central hand grip opening and a peripheral wall with a pair of reduced |
| 5775574 |
Split wall carton |
July 7, 1998 |
| A two-cell carton including a first wall formed of two all panels, one of which is integral with a carton divider. The divider, from the edge of the corresponding wall panel, folds and extends transversely across the carton for bonding to a second single panel wall centrally thereof. The |
| 5765716 |
Cup protector |
June 16, 1998 |
| The cup protector includes a vertically elongate insulating sleeve slidably receiving a cup therein, the protector also including a closure lid integrally formed with the sleeve and selectively movable relative thereto. |
| 5740958 |
Beverage carton |
April 21, 1998 |
| A carton with a closure assembly including opposed inner flaps, one with a straw receiving aperture defined therethrough, and outer locking flaps, one with a folding edge flange thereon having inner and outer tongues selectively engagable within a flap-defined keeper opening having locki |
| 5707004 |
Carton with offset lock |
January 13, 1998 |
| 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 component on the tray includes an |
| 5697549 |
Carton with prize coupon |
December 16, 1997 |
| A prize concealing member integrally formed by partially severing and folding a tab-forming section of a carton wall to overly and conceal a prize coupon also defined from the wall with both the tab and coupon being selectively severable from the wall. |
| 5603450 |
Covered carton |
February 18, 1997 |
| A fast food carton including a tray with peripheral walls integral with a bottom panel and individually foldable relative thereto between a first position substantial coplanar therewith and a second folded position forming a peripheral wall thereabout, and a lid integral with one of the |
| 5601231 |
Partitioned meal tray or container and blank for forming same |
February 11, 1997 |
| A partitioned meal tray or container for holding food products is formed from a blank, and comprises a planar base and a plurality of sidewalls, the tray or container further comprising a plurality of internal partitions running parallel to the planar base. Each of the internal parti |
| 5575420 |
Compartment carton |
November 19, 1996 |
| A carton including a tray having two compartments therein divided by a transverse divider wall with the bottom panel of one compartment integral with the lower edge of the divider wall and the bottom panel of the second compartment integral with the upper edge of the divider wall and slo |
| 5538179 |
Convertible container |
July 23, 1996 |
| A convertible food container including two outwardly opening shells having inner walls interconnected along a common upper edge thereof for hinged movement of the shells between an open tray-forming position and a closed carton-forming position. The inner walls include integral tongue an |
| 5531373 |
Food carton and folding blank therefor |
July 2, 1996 |
| A blank and carton formed therefrom including a pentagon-shaped bottom panel, first, second and third side wall panels integral with three edges of the bottom panel with fold lines defined therealong, fourth and fifth side wall panels integral with opposed edges of the third side wall pa |
| 5520324 |
Container for multiple foodstuffs |
May 28, 1996 |
| A folded paperboard carton including first and second longitudinally aligned compartments with a common base panel, the first compartment including a cover integral therewith and foldable to overlie the first compartment, the second compartment extends above and opens upwardly relati |
| 5392984 |
Carton with reinforced handle |
February 28, 1995 |
| A carton structure with opposed side walls and opposed end walls interconnected by fold lines. Foldable closure panels are integrally joined to the upper edges of the side walls, and in turn have foldable handle panels integral with the outer edges thereof. A reinforcement panel is i |
| 5366144 |
Internal support for cartons |
November 22, 1994 |
| A carton support formed from a folded unitary blank of paperboard and including a central member with a pair of separate side members mounted to the same end of said central member and outwardly pivoted to generally overlie the opposite sides of the central member and extend at acute |
| 5358175 |
Cup container with intergral closure |
October 25, 1994 |
| A container formed of foldable sheet material including a body of a slightly tapered inverted conical configuration having opposed pairs of closure flaps integrally hinged to the upper rim of the body and foldable to overlie the upwardly directed open mouth of the container. The inward |
| 5249736 |
Food carton with cover |
October 5, 1993 |
| A clam shell carton having a hexagonal tray with a similarly configured hexagonal cover integrally hinged thereto. The tray and cover, outward of hinge joined inner walls thereof, include alternating high and low peripheral walls with projecting locking lugs on selected ends of the high |
| 5229182 |
Cup construction |
July 20, 1993 |
| A cup blank including opposed arced longitudinal outer and inner edges formed on common radii. The outer edge, at opposed ends thereof, includes linear extents. Linear extents may also be provided at the opposed end portions of the inner longitudinal edge. The common radii and linear edg |
