Patents
US 11591153 B1: Bifurcated trilobular packaging element
- Granted
- 2023-02-28
- Filed
- 2021-01-19 application 17152644
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A bifurcated trilobular packaging element, including at least some of first sheet portion extending from a first terminal end to a second terminal end and one or more alternating ridges and grooves formed therein, wherein the first sheet portion is bent or folded between the terminating proximal end and the terminating distal end to form an apex; a second sheet portion that is a substantial mirror image of the first sheet portion; wherein at least a portion of the first sheet portion overlaps at least a portion of the second sheet portion; and wherein at least a portion of the second sheet portion overlaps at least a portion of the first sheet portion to form a deformable hollow defined within at least a portion of inner walls of the first sheet portion and the second sheet portion.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg230228.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rational Packaging LLC 29 patents | US company or organization | Springfield, TN | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel C. Voorhees | Louisville, KY | 23 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B65D | Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials, e.g. bags, barrels, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, crates, drums, jars, tanks, hoppers, forwarding containers; accessories, closures, or fittings therefor; packaging elements; packages | B65D81/054 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-01 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | RATIONAL PACKAGING, LLC signed 2024-10-01 | COMPASS GROUP DIVERSIFIED HOLDINGS LLC WESTPORT, CT | 69095/607 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2021-01-19 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | VOORHEES, SAMUEL C. signed 2021-01-18 | RATIONAL PACKAGING LLC SPRINGFIELD, TN | 54958/274 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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