101 |
Self adhering wrapping material |
US362320 |
1994-12-22 |
US5654049A |
1997-08-05 |
Donald E. Weder; William F. Straeter; Joseph G. Straeter; Franklin J. Craig; Wilma M. Donnelly; Jack W. Redditt |
A wrapping material comprising a sheet of material such as paper, cellophane, foil, or man-made organic polymer film and a cling material such as polyethylene secured to a portion of the sheet of material. The cling material connects to the sheet of material and/or itself as the wrapping material is wrapped about an item thereby securing the sheet of material about the item.A method of wrapping an item such as a floral arrangement, Easter basket or a gift container by wrapping the item with the wrapping material. |
102 |
Article forming system |
US452776 |
1995-05-30 |
US5624723A |
1997-04-29 |
Donald E. Weder; Erin H. Weder; R. E. Jack Dunn; Franklin J. Craig |
An article forming system for forming at least one sheet of material into an article, such as a decorative flower pot cover for example, and a novel article formed utilizing such a system. The article forming system includes a male die, a female die and a platform having a support surface and an opening extending through the support surface. The female die is disposed generally within the opening in the platform with the upper end of the female die being disposed near the support surface. The article forming system includes means for slidingly holding portions of the sheet of material generally against portions of the support surface while permitting such held portions to slide on the support surface during the forming of the article for cooperating in forming a decorative border on the decorative flower pot cover type of article which flares generally away from the flower pot object when the decorative flower pot cover article is applied to the flower pot. The article formed in accordance with the present invention includes overlapping folds formed by overlapping portions of the sheet of material to bring portions of the sheet of material into bondable contact, the overlapping folds providing the mechanical strength necessary for the formed sheet of material to hold a predetermined shape thereby permitting the utilization of thinner sheets of material to form articles. |
103 |
Article forming system |
US452766 |
1995-05-30 |
US5620761A |
1997-04-15 |
Donald E. Weder; E. H. Weder; R. E. Jack Dunn; Franklin J. Craig |
An article forming system for forming at least one sheet of material into an article, such as a decorative flower pot cover for example, and a novel article formed utilizing such a system. The article forming system includes a male die, a female die and a platform having a support surface and an opening extending through the support surface. The female die is disposed generally within the opening in the platform with the upper end of the female die being disposed near the support surface. The article forming system includes means for slidingly holding portions of the sheet of material generally against portions of the support surface while permitting such held portions to slide on the support surface during the forming of the article for cooperating in forming a decorative border on the decorative flower pot cover type of article which flares generally away from the flower pot object when the decorative flower pot cover article is applied to the flower pot. The article formed in accordance with the present invention includes overlapping folds formed by overlapping portions of the sheet of material to bring portions of the sheet of material into bondable contact, the overlapping folds providing the mechanical strength necessary for the formed sheet of material to hold a predetermined shape thereby permitting the utilization of thinner sheets of material to form articles. |
104 |
Article forming system |
US452792 |
1995-05-30 |
US5618596A |
1997-04-08 |
Donald E. Weder; E. H. Weder; R. E. Jack Dunn; Franklin J. Craig |
An article forming system for forming at least one sheet of material into an article, such as a decorative flower pot cover for example, and a novel article formed utilizing such a system. The article forming system includes a male die, a female die and a platform having a support surface and an opening extending through the support surface. The female die is disposed generally within the opening in the platform with the upper end of the female die being disposed near the support surface. The article forming system includes means for slidingly holding portions of the sheet of material generally against portions of the support surface while permitting such held portions to slide on the support surface during the forming of the article for cooperating in forming a decorative border on the decorative flower pot cover type of article which flares generally away from the flower pot object when the decorative flower pot cover article is applied to the flower pot. The article formed in accordance with the present invention includes overlapping folds formed by overlapping portions of the sheet of material to bring portions of the sheet of material into bondable contact, the overlapping folds providing the mechanical strength necessary for the formed sheet of material to hold a predetermined shape thereby permitting the utilization of thinner sheets of material to form articles. |
105 |
Article forming system |
US452768 |
1995-05-30 |
US5616379A |
1997-04-01 |
Donald E. Weder; E. H. Weder; R. E. Jack Dunn; Franklin J. Craig |
An article forming system for forming at least one sheet of material into an article, such as a decorative flower pot cover for example, and a novel article formed utilizing such a system. The article forming system includes a male die, a female die and a platform having a support surface and an opening extending through the support surface. The female die is disposed generally within the opening in the platform with the upper end of the female die being disposed near the support surface. The article forming system includes means for slidingly holding portions of the sheet of material generally against portions of the support surface while permitting such held portions to slide on the support surface during the forming of the article for cooperating in forming a decorative border on the decorative flower pot cover type of article which flares generally away from the flower pot object when the decorative flower pot cover article is applied to the flower pot. The article formed in accordance with the present invention includes overlapping folds formed by overlapping portions of the sheet of material to bring portions of the sheet of material into bondable contact, the overlapping folds providing the mechanical strength necessary for the formed sheet of material to hold a predetermined shape thereby permitting the utilization of thinner sheets of material to form articles. |
106 |
Article forming system |
US452764 |
1995-05-30 |
US5616378A |
1997-04-01 |
Donald E. Weder; E. H. Weder; R. E. Jack Dunn; Franklin J. Craig |
An article forming system for forming at least one sheet of material into an article, such as a decorative flower pot cover for example, and a novel article formed utilizing such a system. The article forming system includes a male die, a female die and a platform having a support surface and an opening extending through the support surface. The female die is disposed generally within the opening in the platform with the upper end of the female die being disposed near the support surface. The article forming system includes means for slidingly holding portions of the sheet of material generally against portions of the support surface while permitting such held portions to slide on the support surface during the forming of the article for cooperating in forming a decorative border on the decorative flower pot cover type of article which flares generally away from the flower pot object when the decorative flower pot cover article is applied to the flower pot. The article formed in accordance with the present invention includes overlapping folds formed by overlapping portions of the sheet of material to bring portions of the sheet of material into bondable contact, the overlapping folds providing the mechanical strength necessary for the formed sheet of material to hold a predetermined shape thereby permitting the utilization of thinner sheets of material to form articles. |
107 |
Article forming system |
US382955 |
1995-02-02 |
US5546699A |
1996-08-20 |
Donald E. Weder; E. H. Weder; R. E. Jack Dunn; Franklin J. Craig |
An article forming system for forming at least one sheet of material into an article, such as a decorative flower pot cover for example, and a novel article formed utilizing such a system. The article forming system includes a male die, a female die and a platform having a support surface and an opening extending through the support surface. The female die is disposed generally within the opening in the platform with the upper end of the female die being disposed near the support surface. The article forming system includes means for slidingly holding portions of the sheet of material generally against portions of the support surface while permitting such held portions to slide on the support surface during the forming of the article for cooperating in forming a decorative border on the decorative flower pot cover type of article which flares generally away from the flower pot object when the decorative flower pot cover article is applied to the flower pot. The article formed in accordance with the present invention includes overlapping folds formed by overlapping portions of the sheet of material to bring portions of the sheet of material into bondable contact, the overlapping folds providing the mechanical strength necessary for the formed sheet of material to hold a predetermined shape thereby permitting the utilization of thinner sheets of material to form articles. |
108 |
Method of wrapping a floral grouping with a sheet of wrapping material
having information choice blocks |
US234198 |
1994-04-26 |
US5533319A |
1996-07-09 |
Donald E. Weder |
Sheets and rolls of sheets with labels having multiple choice blocks and information areas corresponding to the choice blocks. The sheets include a closure bonding material for securing the sheets around items to be wrapped. The labels are detachably connected to the sheets with an adhesive, a perforation or a tear line. Spots of closure bonding material may be placed on the labels to hold the labels in a wrapped position. The information areas typically include data which may be selected to describe the source, type and characteristics of the items to be wrapped in the sheets. The sheets may also include detachable sleeves for protecting wrapped items during shipping and handle areas which may be punched out of the sheets for grasping the wrapped items. The handle areas may also contain information similar to that on the detachable labels. Sheets having labels with choice blocks may also be used for forming flower pots or flower pot covers. By providing such labels on the unformed sheets, it is not necessary to add tags or labels after the sheets are formed into flower pots or flower pot covers. |
109 |
Covering for flower pot and floral grouping |
US183010 |
1994-01-14 |
US5479758A |
1996-01-02 |
Donald E. Weder |
A cover for use with a flower pot having a floral grouping disposed therein. The cover includes a sheet of material having a sheet extension connected to an outer peripheral surface thereof. The sheet of material is formed into a pot cover for covering the flower pot and the sheet extension extends over the floral grouping. |
110 |
Assembly of corrugated panels into a web and manufacture of pallets
therefrom |
US31669 |
1993-03-15 |
US5413662A |
1995-05-09 |
Larkin P. Skinner, III |
The invention comprises a method that utilizes a plurality of corrugated panels from used shipping containers to make a web that is then able to be cut into suitable shapes to be used in the construction of corrugated cardboard shipping pallets. The process begins with opening or flattening the used cardboard boxes and then removing the end flaps and opening along the manufacturer's seams to form a plurality of sheets. These sheets are then cut to form a plurality of sheets of uniform widths. A plurality of sheets of the same width are then assembled end to end and face to face, using an overlapping arrangement and a suitable adhesive, to make a multiple thickness corrugated web. This multiple layer web can then be cut by using suitable cutting techniques to make the components of corrugated cardboard shipping pallets. These components, or beams can be wrapped with a layer or layers of corrugated or other suitable material to add strength, moisture resistance or other desired qualities. |
111 |
Method for fabricating a cardboard pallet and an apparatus for
fabricating the same |
US73493 |
1993-06-09 |
US5382214A |
1995-01-17 |
Toshiyuki Mano |
A method for fabricating a cardboard pallet and an apparatus for fabricating continuously and at a high speed a cardboard pallet having cardboard tubular leg members arranged and secured integrally to a cardboard table element is provided. After an adhesive has been applied to both side surfaces of a plurality of attachment portions of the cardboard table element with the attachment portions having a plurality of adhesion finger members formed by die-cut lines defined inside of a phantom folding line, open ends of outer leg elements are brought into contact with one side surface of the attachment portions and inner leg elements located on the other side surface of the attachment portions are pushed into the outer leg elements so that leg members can be secured uprightly to one side surface of the table element. |
112 |
Covering for flower pot and floral grouping |
US1001 |
1993-01-06 |
US5307606A |
1994-05-03 |
Donald E. Weder |
A cover for use with a flower pot having a floral grouping disposed therein. The cover includes a sheet of material having a sheet extension connected to an outer peripheral surface thereof. The sheet of material is formed into a pot cover for covering the flower pot and the sheet extension extends over the floral grouping. |
113 |
Method of shaping and holding a sheet of material about a flower pot
with a collar |
US890499 |
1992-05-27 |
US5184390A |
1993-02-09 |
Donald E. Weder |
An article and method for shaping a sheet of material around an object such as a flower pot, the article comprising a ring-shaped collar adapted to be secured around the object. The collar may comprise pinch rings or barbed piercing elements, disposed about the periphery of the collar for attaching the sheet of material to the collar, or the collar may be adapted to be secured around at least a portion of the object so that the sheet of material is held between the object and the collar. The article also may be alone for shaping a sheet of material. |
114 |
Flower pot or flower pot cover having connected and unconnected segments
in the skirt |
US832105 |
1992-02-06 |
US5152100A |
1992-10-06 |
Donald E. Weder; Joseph G. Straeter |
A flower pot or flower pot cover having a base with an upper end and a lower end, an object opening extending through the upper end of the base. A skirt is connected to the upper end of the base and extends outwardly from the upper end of the base terminating with an outer peripheral surface. The skirt has a plurality of overlapping folds in the skirt extending from the upper end of the base outwardly toward the outer peripheral surface of the skirt. The skirt is divided into a plurality of segments, each segment extending from the upper end of the base radially outwardly to the outer peripheral surface of the skirt. The overlapping folds in some of the segments are connected forming connected segments and the overlapping folds in the remaining segments are unconnected forming unconnected segments. |
115 |
Method of wrapping utilizing a self adhering wrapping material |
US368597 |
1989-06-20 |
US5007229A |
1991-04-16 |
Donald E. Weder; William F. Straeter; Joseph G. Straeter; Franklin J. Craig; Wilma M. Donnelly; Jack W. Redditt |
A wrapping material comprising a sheet of material such as paper, cellophane, foil, or man-made organic polymer film and a cling material such as polyethylene secured to a portion of the sheet of material. The cling material connects to the sheet of material and/or itself as the wrapping material is wrapped about an item thereby securing the sheet of material about the item. A method of wrapping an item such as a floral arrangement, Easter basket or a gift container by wrapping the item with the wrapping material. |
116 |
Method of shaping and holding a sheet of material about a flower pot
with a collar |
US232541 |
1988-08-11 |
US4835834A |
1989-06-06 |
Donald E. Weder |
An article and method for shaping a sheet of material around an object such as a flower pot, the article comprising a ring-shaped collar adapted to be secured around the object. The collar may comprise pinch rings or barbed piercing elements, disposed about the periphery of the collar for attaching the sheet of material to the collar, or the collar may be adapted to be secured around at least a portion of the object so that the sheet of material is held between the object and the collar. The article also may be used alone for shaping a sheet of material. |
117 |
Article forming system |
US4275 |
1987-01-05 |
US4773182A |
1988-09-27 |
Donald E. Weder; E. H. Weder; R. E. Jack Dunn; Franklin J. Craig |
An article forming system for forming at least one sheet of material into an article, such as a decorative flower pot cover for example, and a novel article formed utilizing such a system. The article forming system includes a male die, a female die and a platform having a support surface and an opening extending through the support surface. The female die is disposed generally within the opening in the platform with the upper end of the female die being disposed near the support surface. The article forming system includes means for slidingly holding portions of the sheet of material generally against portions of the support surface while permitting such held portions to slide on the support surface during the forming of the article for cooperating in forming a decorative border on the decorative flower pot cover type of article which flares generally away from the flower pot object when the decorative flower pot cover article is applied to the flower pot. The article formed in accordance with the present invention includes overlapping folds formed by overlapping portions of the sheet of material to bring portions of the sheet of material into bondable contact, the overlapping folds providing the mechanical strength necessary for the formed sheet of material to hold a predetermined shape thereby permitting the utilization of thinner sheets of material to form articles. |
118 |
Apparatus for manufacturing maternity pads |
US33108 |
1987-03-31 |
US4738745A |
1988-04-19 |
Kenji Fukuzaki; Takashi Ando |
Maternity pads for absorbing excess mother milk spilled out are manufactured in a single assembly line, in which rolls of absorbent materials drawn out forward and stacked one upon another are die-cut into disks, which are then sent forward and placed onto a web of waterproof paper traveling ahead, while being covered by a web of covering material traveling in the same direction. The outside of the disks of absorbent materials are sealed and die-cut to obtain disks with the absorbent materials wrapped up in the waterproof paper and covering material. The disks are then transported to a shaping unit where they are formed into bowl-shaped pads by means of pairs of male and female molds. The finished maternity pads are removed from the line by a discharge means. |
119 |
Apparatus for making filter frames |
US887338 |
1986-07-21 |
US4731047A |
1988-03-15 |
David R. Lobb |
An apparatus for the production of frames for filters from a continuing reel of framestock, each frame having a given length and width determined by a preset cutting and corner notching function and each frame having a prefolded cross section or a pinched cross section, said frames made to accommodate filter material of the type normally used to filter air. |
120 |
Method and apparatus for manufacturing discrete layered articles from a
continuous web |
US248486 |
1981-03-27 |
US4479295A |
1984-10-30 |
Carroll Musick |
A method and apparatus are provided for manufacturing a plurality of discrete layered articles having a non-rectangular cross-sectional shape from a web of batting of indeterminate length. The web is fed into an oscillating chute to define a plurality of layers. A continuous notch is defined in the layers to define a non-rectangular cross-sectional shape. A predetermined portion of the notched layers is separated from the following layers and secured to define a discrete article. |