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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rodney K Calvert, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Alton J Fishback, Austell, GA (US);
Assignee:
The Mead Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B / ; B31B / ; B31B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
493315 ; 493317 ; 493139 ;
Abstract
A carton having a collapsed bottom wall is erected by a machine which engages opposed side walls and draws these walls apart. Simultaneously the side walls are separated by movement in a transverse direction and the bottom wall panels are interlocked.