John C Yoder

US Patent:

20060264309, Nov 23, 2006

Filed:

May 19, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/133124

Inventors:

John Yoder - Dakota Dunes SD, US
Thomas Graham - Winter Garden FL, US

International Classification:

B31B 7/00

US Classification:

493093000

Abstract:

An air evacuation system is used for lining a container with a flexible liner. The container has a plurality of walls defining a cavity with an open top, and each wall has an interior surface and an exterior surface. The air evacuation system includes a platform for supporting the container in a formed state, wherein the container has the liner in an unseated position within the cavity. A vacuum assembly is coupled to the platform. The vacuum assembly includes a pump in airflow communication with at least one inlet positioned adjacent to the exterior surface of a first container wall. The vacuum assembly is configured to draw air using the at least one inlet from the cavity through the first container wall such that the liner is positioned substantially adjacent to the interior surface of the container in a seated position.

US Patent:

20080067221, Mar 20, 2008

Filed:

Sep 19, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/533233

Inventors:

Tesfahun Y. Mengistu - Sioux City IA, US
Thomas D. Graham - Winter Garden FL, US
John Thomas Yoder - Wildwood MO, US

International Classification:

B65D 5/36
B65D 5/32
B65D 5/42

US Classification:

22911701, 229110, 22912227, 229199

Abstract:

A container configured to be selectively moved between a substantially flat position and a deployed position is provided. The container includes a first blank of sheet material for forming side walls of the container, and a second blank of sheet material for forming a bottom wall of the container. The first blank having an interior surface and an opposing exterior surface, a top edge and a bottom edge. The first blank includes a first side panel, a second side panel, a third side panel, a fourth side panel, a fifth side panel, and a sixth side panel wherein each of the side panels are coupled across a fold line. The first blank also includes end flaps extending from the bottom edge of each of the side panels wherein at least two of the end flaps includes a tab joint. The second blank having a plurality of side edges equal to a number of side panels of the first blank, each side edge having a width substantially equal to a width of the side panels of the first blank. The second blank is foldable and is coupled to at least one end flap of the first blank for forming a bottom wall of the container.