Donald A Rowe

US Patent:

D2924838, Oct 27, 1987

Filed:

May 20, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/735946

Inventors:

Nicholas D. Commisso - Victor NY
Edwin R. De Cook - Oaks Corner NY
Ralph E. Hisle - Frankfort IL
Donald Rowe - Newark NY

Assignee:

McDonald's Corporation - Oak Brook IL

US Classification:

D 9341

US Patent:

D3533271, Dec 13, 1994

Filed:

Aug 27, 1993

Appl. No.:

D/012277

Inventors:

Glenn C. Castner - Victor NY
Donald E. Rowe - Newark NY

Assignee:

Mobil Oil Corporation - Fairfax VA

US Classification:

D 9425

US Patent:

58605304, Jan 19, 1999

Filed:

Jun 30, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/885081

Inventors:

Kenneth J. Simmons - Stanley NY
Donald E. Rowe - Newark NY
Richard A. Cummings - Canandaigua NY
Phillip S. Baker - Fairport NY

Assignee:

Tenneco Packaging Inc. - Evanston IL

International Classification:

B65D 136

US Classification:

206557

Abstract:

A disposable food container comprises a lid and a base optionally connected to each other along a resilient hinge. The lid includes a top wall, a continuous lid side wall, and a plurality of lid corners. The lid side wall encompasses the top wall and extends downwardly and outwardly from the top wall. The plurality of lid corners are at least partially formed by the lid side wall and include a pair of front lid corners. The base includes a bottom wall, a continuous base side wall, and a plurality of base corners. The base side wall encompasses the bottom wall and extends upwardly and outwardly from the bottom wall. The plurality of base corners are at least partially formed by the base side wall and include a pair of front base corners. If the container is provided with a resilient hinge, the pair of front lid corners and the pair of front base corners are spaced away from the hinge. The container includes a corner latch closure for releasably engaging the lid and the base in a closed position.

US Patent:

55957692, Jan 21, 1997

Filed:

Jun 7, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/471879

Inventors:

Glenn C. Castner - Victor NY
Keith A. Messinger - Canandaigua NY
Donald E. Rowe - Newark NY

Assignee:

Tenneco Packaging - Evanston IL

International Classification:

B29C 5132

US Classification:

425183

Abstract:

The invention relates to a mold apparatus and a process for forming a lid latching mechanism in a thermoplastic container. The lid latching mechanism features a large, trapezoidally-shaped opening hole. The trapezoidal shape has been found to reduce the amount of tearing that can occur along the edges of an opening formed during the thermoforming process. The opening is created by the engagement between a fixed shear key mounted in a first mold member and a movable shear key which has a trapezoidally-shaped cutting surface and is mounted in a second mold member. The movable key travels along an inclined path as the mold members close on a preheated thermoplastic sheet to form a container.

US Patent:

54747287, Dec 12, 1995

Filed:

Jul 11, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/273246

Inventors:

Glenn C. Castner - Victor NY
Keith A. Messinger - Canandaigua NY
Donald E. Rowe - Newark NY

Assignee:

Mobil Oil Corporation - Fairfax VA

International Classification:

B29C 4340
B29C 5132

US Classification:

264155

Abstract:

The invention relates to a mold apparatus and a process for forming a lid latching mechanism in a thermoplastic container. The lid latching mechanism features a large, trapezoidally-shaped opening hole. The trapezoidal shape has been found to reduce the amount of tearing that can occur along the edges of an opening formed during the thermoforming process. The opening is created by the engagement between a fixed shear key mounted in a first mold member and a movable shear key which has a trapezoidally-shaped cutting surface and is mounted in a second mold member. The movable key travels along an inclined path as the mold members close on a preheated thermoplastic sheet to form a container.

US Patent:

56933886, Dec 2, 1997

Filed:

Jun 7, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/471882

Inventors:

Glenn C. Castner - Victor NY
Keith A. Messinger - Canandaigua NY
Donald E. Rowe - Newark NY

Assignee:

Tenneco Packaging Inc. - Evanston IL

International Classification:

B65D 8102
B65D 8530

US Classification:

428 357

Abstract:

The invention relates to a mold apparatus and a process for forming a lid latching mechanism in a thermoplastic container. The lid latching mechanism features a large, trapezoidally-shaped opening hole. The trapezoidal shape has been found to reduce the amount of tearing that can occur along the edges of an opening formed during the thermoforming process. The opening is created by the engagement between a fixed shear key mounted in a first mold member and a movable shear key which has a trapezoidally-shaped cutting surface and is mounted in a second mold member. The movable key travels along an inclined path as the mold members close on a preheated thermoplastic sheet to form a container.

US Patent:

D2928787, Nov 24, 1987

Filed:

May 20, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/735700

Inventors:

Nicholas D. Commisso - Victor NY
Edwin R. De Cook - Oaks Corner NY
Ralph E. Hisle - Frankfort IL
Donald Rowe - Newark NY

Assignee:

McDonald's Corporation - Oak Brook IL

US Classification:

D 9341