John S Hobbs

US Patent:

6430467, Aug 6, 2002

Filed:

Jul 12, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/614974

Inventors:

Vince DAmelio - Alpharetta GA
Marshall Martin Van Domelen - Conyers GA
John Kerry Hobbs - McDonough GA
Mike Tyberghein - Roswell GA

Assignee:

Rock-Tenn Company - Norcross GA

International Classification:

G06F 700

US Classification:

700213, 53467, 53484, 53473, 426129, 426396, 206518, 206519, 206557

Abstract:

Packaging and processes for facilitating fast, efficient, and reliable production line packaging of products, and more particularly perishable products including meat products. Product trays according to the present invention are formed of non-foam plastic material with three dimensional structure and configuration that imparts an esthetically pleasing appearance and feel to the customer at the point of sale, as well as offering to the consumer a container that is microwavable, dishwasher safe and freezer safe in addition, if desired, to being recyclable. Such packaging and processes are particularly useful in newly emerging automated supply chains where inventory sales are tracked to support centralized processing of meat and other perishable products at centralized facilities for shipment to geographically distant points of sale. In these situations, the packaging must present the requisite esthetic, convenience and performance qualities to the customer at the point of sale even after having been loaded into a shipment container, transported often by truck over hundreds of miles, unpacked and placed in the product display case. Non-foam containers according to the present invention can accomplish these results by featuring separation structure to permit manufacture, storage, stacking, shipment, and dispensing on processing lines with minimum chance or potential of the sort of locking together which can otherwise occur with non-foam containers.

US Patent:

D478812, Aug 26, 2003

Filed:

Feb 14, 2001

Appl. No.:

29/137188

Inventors:

John Kerry Hobbs - McDonough GA

Assignee:

Rock-Tenn Company - Norcross GA

International Classification:

0903

US Classification:

D 9428

US Patent:

D481943, Nov 11, 2003

Filed:

Oct 4, 2002

Appl. No.:

29/168592

Inventors:

John Kerry Hobbs - McDonough GA

Assignee:

Rock-Tenn Company - Norcross GA

International Classification:

0903

US Classification:

D 9428, D9341

US Patent:

6671578, Dec 30, 2003

Filed:

Jun 28, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/184166

Inventors:

Vince DAmelio - Alpharetta GA
Marshall Martin Van Domelen - Conyers GA
John Kerry Hobbs - McDonough GA
Mike Tyberghein - Roswell GA

Assignee:

Rock-Tenn Company - Norcross GA

International Classification:

G06F 700

US Classification:

700225, 700213, 53467, 235385, 705 28

Abstract:

Packaging and processes for facilitating fast, efficient, and reliable production line packaging of products, and more particularly perishable products including meat products. Product trays according to the present invention are formed of non-foam plastic material with three dimensional structure and configuration that imparts an esthetically pleasing appearance and feel to the customer at the point of sale, as well as offering to the consumer a container that is microwavable, dishwasher safe and freezer safe in addition, if desired, to being recyclable. Such packaging and processes are particularly useful in newly emerging automated supply chains where inventory sales are tracked to support centralized processing of meat and other perishable products at centralized facilities for shipment to geographically distant points of sale. In these situations, the packaging must present the requisite esthetic, convenience and performance qualities to the customer at the point of sale even after having been loaded into a shipment container, transported often by truck over hundreds of miles, unpacked and placed in the product display case. Non-foam containers according to the present invention can accomplish these results by featuring separation structure to permit manufacture, storage, stacking, shipment, and dispensing on processing lines with minimum chance or potential of the sort of locking together which can otherwise occur with non-foam containers.

US Patent:

D637489, May 10, 2011

Filed:

Dec 10, 2010

Appl. No.:

29/380840

Inventors:

Frank A Petlak - Antioch IL, US
H. Bernard Kirkland - Lindenhurst IL, US
John Kerry Hobbs - McDonough GA, US

Assignee:

Pactiv Corporation - Lake Forest IL

International Classification:

0907

US Classification:

D 9435, D9443, D9434

US Patent:

D638704, May 31, 2011

Filed:

Dec 10, 2010

Appl. No.:

29/380836

Inventors:

Frank A. Petlak - Antioch IL, US
H. Bernard Kirkland - Lindenhurst IL, US
John Kerry Hobbs - McDonough GA, US

Assignee:

Pactiv Corporation - Lake Forest IL

International Classification:

0907

US Classification:

D 9435

US Patent:

D655567, Mar 13, 2012

Filed:

Mar 17, 2011

Appl. No.:

29/387753

Inventors:

H. Bernard Kirkland - Lindenhurst IL, US
John Kerry Hobbs - McDonough GA, US

Assignee:

Pactiv LLC - Lake Forest IL

International Classification:

0702

US Classification:

D 7357, D7354

US Patent:

20070020362, Jan 25, 2007

Filed:

Feb 27, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/363484

Inventors:

Vince D'Amelio - Alpharetta GA, US
Marshall Van Domelen - Conyers GA, US
John Hobbs - McDonough GA, US
Mike Tyberghein - Roswell GA, US

International Classification:

B65B 25/06

US Classification:

426129000

Abstract:

Packaging and processes for facilitating fast, efficient, and reliable production line packaging of products, and more particularly perishable products including meat products. Product trays according to the present invention are formed of non-foam plastic material with three dimensional structure and configuration that imparts an esthetically pleasing appearance and feel to the customer at the point of sale, as well as offering to the consumer a container that is microwavable, dishwasher safe and freezer safe in addition, if desired, to being recyclable. Such packaging and processes are particularly useful in newly emerging automated supply chains where inventory sales are tracked to support centralized processing of meat and other perishable products at centralized facilities for shipment to geographically distant points of safe. In these situations, the packaging must present the requisite esthetic, convenience and performance qualities to the customer at the point of sale even after having been loaded into a shipment container, transported often by truck over hundreds of miles, unpacked and placed in the product display case. Non-foam containers according to the present invention can accomplish these results by featuring separation structure to permit manufacture, storage, stacking, shipment, and dispensing on processing lines with minimum chance or potential of the sort of locking together which can otherwise occur with non-foam containers.