Patents
US 8857610 B1: Self-standing container for packaging a product for retail display
- Granted
- 2014-10-14
- Filed
- 2012-06-18 application 13525789
- Type
- Utility · 6 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A container for packaging a product for retail display includes a base defining a product containment area with an annular rim defining an opening into the containment area and a lid mated to the rim for selective attachment to and detachment from the rim for opening and closing access into the containment area. At least one leg, preferably a pair of legs, is connected outwardly to the base adjacent the rim for supporting the assembled base and lid for self-standing on a substantially horizontal retail display surface with the base and the lid in a substantially vertical orientation.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg141014.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHURTAPE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 23 patents | US company or organization | Hickory, NC | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Gruber | Stillwater, MN | 1 | 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 | B65D85/671 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-11-19 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | SHURTAPE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC signed 2013-11-14 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT CHICAGO, IL | 31689/774 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2012-06-18 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | GRUBER, GEORGE PAUL signed 2012-06-14 | SHURTAPE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC HICKORY, NC | 28396/336 | 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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