William E Baird

US Patent:

54875048, Jan 30, 1996

Filed:

Jul 25, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/279914

Inventors:

William J. Baird - Indianapolis IN

Assignee:

Inland Container Corporation - Indianapolis IN

International Classification:

B65D 2504

US Classification:

22912017

Abstract:

A paperboard tray is provided with sidewalls forming a T-shaped beam. Optional corner posts may be provided to further increase the stacking strength of the tray. An optional cover may also be employed to provide a sealed container assembly.

US Patent:

58072250, Sep 15, 1998

Filed:

Jan 30, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/594288

Inventors:

Ulrich Gerd Nowacki - Homestead FL
Guillermo Rojas - Miami FL
William John Baird - Indianapolis IN

Assignee:

Inland Paperboard and Packaging, Inc. - Indianapolis IN

International Classification:

B31B 144
B65H 4518

US Classification:

493167

Abstract:

Automated apparatus for forming paperboard packaging from an integral paperboard blank includes a blade for gathering a central portion of the paperboard blank, causing the width of the blank to contract. A reciprocating mandrel rams the blank into a hollow tubular former having an opening of reduced size, causing portions of the blank to form side walls properly positioned with respect to a floor portion of the blank. Pistons within the mandrel apply pressure to overlapping portions of the formed blank, to seal those portions together.

US Patent:

61389048, Oct 31, 2000

Filed:

Nov 5, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/964936

Inventors:

William J. Baird - Indianapolis IN
Mike Goetz - Brownsburg IN

Assignee:

Inland Paperboard and Packaging Inc. - Indianapolis IN

International Classification:

B65D 500

US Classification:

229149

Abstract:

A container comprising a body including a floor having two sides and two ends, a front side wall appended to the floor along one side of the floor, a rear side wall appended to the floor along a second side of the floor to lie opposite the front side wall, first and second end panel support flaps appended to the front side wall, third and fourth end panel support flaps appended to the rear side wall, right and left end flaps appended to the floor at each end respectively, and first and second tab receiving apertures extending through the floor adjacent the points of appending of the first and second end panel support flaps respectively, a left-side end panel separately formed from a material unconnected to the body and positioned to lie at one end of the floor between the front and rear side walls and formed to include a left-side pocket receiving the first and third end panel support flaps therein and having at least one stacking tab insertable into the first tab receiving aperture, and a right-side end panel separately formed from a material unconnected to the body and positioned to lie at an opposite end of the floor between the front and rear side walls and formed Lo include a right-side pocket receiving the second and fourth end panel support flaps therein and having at least one tab insertable into the second aperture.