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Next-Generation Corrugated Cardboard Carton (Innovative Design Concepts): Eight U.S. Patents and Two U.S. Patent Applications

We’ve been using cardboard boxes for over 125 years. The steady growth in e-commerce has led to increased sales of corrugated cardboard cartons for the last two decades, a trend that will continue into the foreseeable future. While cardboard boxes are economical and practical, they have limitations. They are not very strong when they are required to carry heavier content, and they have to be taped shut. Surprisingly, NO significant improvements have been made to the cardboard box for over a century. Maybe it’s time for a next-generation cardboard carton that is more durable.

That is exactly what this extensive portfolio does. It creates a corrugated cardboard container that is many times more durable than the current generation of boxes, and is specially designed to hold large quantities of bulk material. It is manufactured and shipped flat, like the current generation of cartons, but it takes just a single employee about 20 seconds to assemble the box, and its network of interlocking panels and tabs eliminates the need to use adhesive tape the hold the box together. Conventional boxes bulge when they are full of bulk content, a problem totally eliminated by the eight-sided design covered by this portfolio. In fact, this portfolio creates the first corrugated cardboard box that can hold an entire pallet of bulk material, so it is referred to as a “pallet container.” The portfolio also includes two patents that cover a “reverse tuck lock” that can be used for closing conventional boxes, trays, and specialty containers.

Patent Portfolio

Any manufacturer of corrugated cartons can use this portfolio – or selected patents in the portfolio – to create a next-generation pallet container that securely transports large quantities of bulk product.

Scissor Lift-Based Hoist (Hoist-All): U.S. Patent No. 10,000,368

There is a huge gap between when a product leaves the factory and it arrives at your home or office. That gap is known as the “supply chain” and in a robust economy – such as the one we now enjoy – warehousing and shipping products smoothly and efficiently through the supply chain is critical to competitiveness, cost control and world-class customer service. A special challenge is moving goods and equipment into, and around in, and out of, a smaller warehouse that is running at capacity – as many smaller warehouses are today.

This patent provides a solution to lifting heavy items without having to make a significant investment in new equipment. It enables items to be lifted and moved in a cramped space, to be lifted both economically and safely, and to be lifted with just one employee instead of two or three. The invention covered by this patent creates a hoist that works with a scissor lift to create a durable, flexible, reliable, transportable, compact, safe and economical hoisting system. U.S. Patent No. 10,000,368 for a “Hoist system for retrofitting small scissor lift to access enclosed areas in building structure” would be a critical acquisition for any material handling equipment manufacturer looking to create and own a new product category.

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