Patents
US 11597578 B1: Hourglass shaped packaging element
- Granted
- 2023-03-07
- Filed
- 2021-01-19 application 17152724
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An hourglass shaped packaging element, including at least some of a sheet that includes one or more alternating ridges and grooves formed between a terminating proximal end and a terminating distal end of the sheet; a first sheet portion defined along a portion of the sheet, wherein the first sheet portion extends from the terminating proximal end of the sheet; and a second sheet portion, defined along a portion of the sheet, wherein the second sheet portion extends from the first sheet portion to the terminating distal end, wherein the sheet is bent or folded between the first sheet portion and the second sheet portion such that a portion of the sheet proximate the terminating distal end overlays a portion of the sheet proximate the terminating proximal end to form a deformable hollow defined within at least a portion of the sheet.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg230307.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 | B65D81/127 | 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 2021-01-19 | RATIONAL PACKAGING LLC SPRINGFIELD, TN | 54958/758 | 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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