Linda L Bernstein

US Patent:

55269257, Jun 18, 1996

Filed:

Dec 8, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/355189

Inventors:

Linda A. Bernstein - Campbell Hall NY

Assignee:

International Paper - Purchase NY

International Classification:

B65D 7500

US Classification:

206162

Abstract:

A bottle carrier is formed from a unitary paperboard blank, the carrier having a handle which is vertically disposed when manually carried and which is folded to or near a horizontal latched position for stacking and packing of multiple carriers. The handle has a finger receiving recess and a free, outer edge. The free edge is provided with curved recesses which releasably latch beneath the top caps or closures of the bottles. In its latched position, the handle does not inhibit stacking of the carriers. The construction requires less handle material than known carriers of its type.

US Patent:

52677958, Dec 7, 1993

Filed:

Sep 4, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/941283

Inventors:

Linda A. Bernstein - Campbell Hall NY
Robert L. Gordon - Monroe NY

Assignee:

International Paper Company - Purchase NY

International Classification:

B65D 3324

US Classification:

383 88

Abstract:

A paper bag particularly adapted for the packaging of carryout food items such as hamburgers and chicken. The bag is of a unitary construction and includes two inwardly folded bellows panels on its sides, each bellows joining respective sides of the bag. A fold line is positioned below the top, free edges of the side walls. A pair of spaced cuts is located substantially midway of respective fold lines, each cut of each pair extending from above to below its respective fold line, the individual cuts being spaced from each other along the fold line. Respective areas of the front and rear bag walls above the fold line carry indicia, such as printed indicia, to indicate the bag contents. After folding the top of the bag about the fold lines and against either side walls, one or the other indicia is visible to indicate the bag contents. The bag top is inhibited from opening after such folding by distorting the paper between the cuts to effect a latching action.

US Patent:

51882299, Feb 23, 1993

Filed:

Apr 5, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/680962

Inventors:

Linda A. Bernstein - Campbell Hall NY

Assignee:

International Paper Company - Purchase NY

International Classification:

B65D 8557

US Classification:

206312

Abstract:

A compact disc (CD) package formed from a unitary paperboard blank. The package is relatively long and stiff in its pre-purchased form and is readily foldable widthwise only after purchase. To permit folding after purchase, any outer wrapping is removed and the purchaser pulls a tear strip to rip away two of three layers of paperboard spanning the width of the package. This removal permits relatively easy folding of the remaining paperboard layer. The package yields both the desired pre-purchase larger size to permit desired graphics and also inhibits shoplifting. The lesser size of the package after folding facilitates storage by the purchaser. The blank of FIG. 1 includes a first pair of panels (20, 22) in a first row, a second pair of panels (30, 28) in a second row, and a third pair of panels (14, 12) in a third row. The panels of the first pair are joined by a foldable joint (46). The panels of the second pair are joined by a first frangible connection in the form of a tear strip (40).

US Patent:

52794563, Jan 18, 1994

Filed:

Jan 29, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/010936

Inventors:

Linda A. Bernstein - Campbell Hall NY

Assignee:

International Paper Company - Purchase NY

International Classification:

B65D 2700

US Classification:

229 8708

Abstract:

A fast food wrapper for hamburgers or the like is fashioned from a single square or diamond shaped sheet of paper, the food contacting surface of the blank coated with a food grade grease resistant composition. The blank is provided with a fold lines both parallel and orthogonal to an imaginary axis joining the top and bottom tips of the blank. These tips are provided with portions of latching elements. The side or lateral blank tips are folded towards the middle to form an expansion bellows along both of the sides and are adhesively tacked together. The bottom of the blank is folded upwardly and also adhesively tacked. In use, the hamburger is placed within the wrapper and the top of the wrapper folded over the hamburger and latched. The wrapper may be unfolded so as to function as a napkin or paper plate during eating.

US Patent:

57069360, Jan 13, 1998

Filed:

Jun 30, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/269328

Inventors:

Linda A. Bernstein - Campbell Hall NY

Assignee:

International Paper - Purchase NY

International Classification:

B65D 7100

US Classification:

206147

Abstract:

A bottle carrier is formed of one or more panels of paperboard and includes a plurality of bottle neck receiving openings. Each opening has a plurality of radially extending fingers whose ends engage beneath a portion of an abutment associated with each bottle neck. Each finger is bent upwardly at about 45 degrees after insertion of a bottle into a respective opening. Each radial finger is provided with a microcut line extending downwardly from its upper surface, each microcut line extending about 10-50% through the paperboard. The microcut lines weaken the radial fingers and facilitate removal of the bottles from the carrier.

US Patent:

52538010, Oct 19, 1993

Filed:

Dec 22, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/995231

Inventors:

Linda A. Bernstein - Campbell Hall NY
Robert L. Gordon - Monroe NY
Tung C. Ma - Fort Lee NJ
Robert Sosnowksi - Monroe NY

Assignee:

International Paper Company - Purchase NY

International Classification:

B65D 540
B65D 556

US Classification:

229113

Abstract:

A flanged tray and preform for making it. The preform includes a cut and scored paperboard blank having a polygonal bottom forming base panel. Each edge of the base is foldably joined to a radially outwardly extending, regular trapezoidal sidewall forming panel. The radially outermost portion of each sidewall panel carries a horizontal flange forming flap. The preform also includes a thin plastic sheet adhered to one surface of the paperboard blank. The plastic sheet covers the blank and extends over radially extending gaps between the side edges of next adjacent sidewall panels. The preform is placed in a female die with the plastic film facing upwardly. A male die presses the preform downwardly to form it into a tray having a peripheral, horizontally extending flange. The step of permanently attaching the plastic film to the paperboard blank may be carried out concurrently with the step of deforming the blank in the die. The plastic film secures the sidewalls together and provides a liquid impervious coating on the tray interior surfaces.