Patents
US 9611075 B2: Container having movable dunnage supports for supporting dunnage
- Granted
- 2017-04-04
- Filed
- 2014-10-23 application 14521983
- Type
- Utility · 24 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A container for holding product therein during shipment and being returned for reuse has a body, horizontal and vertical tracks attached to opposite sides of the body, and a plurality of dunnage supports extending between the tracks. Each dunnage support may be a unitary member or a multi-piece member including sliders or end members located at the ends of a tubular support. The dunnage supports support dunnage for supporting products for storage or shipment.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg170404.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Company 77 patents | US company or organization | Holland, MI | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judson A. Bradford | Holland, MI | 29 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Allen L. Burns | Holland, MI | 18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Matthew S. Sanger | West Olive, MI | 23 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Brian T. Dobrinski | Zeeland, MI | 16 | 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 | B65D88/546 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-30 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BRADFORD, JUDSON A. signed 2014-10-17 BURNS, ALLEN L. signed 2014-10-17 SANGER, MATTHEW S. signed 2014-10-17 DOBRINSKI, BRIAN T. signed 2014-10-20 | BRADFORD COMPANY HOLLAND, MI | 34071/158 | 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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