IP Library Granted Patent US 8,579,114
Granted Patent B2
US 8,579,114 · App. 12/944,553 · Granted Nov 12, 2013

Packaging device

Inventors: Donald Gringer (New York, NY); Yuan Fang Cheng (Forest Hills, NY)
Assignee: Allway Tools, Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,579,114
App. No.
12/944,553
Granted
Nov 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided in a preferred embodiment of the present invention an improved packaging device comprising a plastic casing having a depressed compartment, a plurality of wings extending from the plastic casing and a connector to secure the wings of the plastic casing around the product. Preferably, the improved packaging device also includes a folding hanger that extends from the proximate end of the plastic casing, and is used to display the product.

Claims (10)

1. A packaging device for a brush, said brush having a body holding abrasive bristles and a handle, said packaging device comprising:

a plastic casing having a depressed compartment, said compartment sized and adapted to accommodate said abrasive bristles of said brush and exposing at least a portion of said body and said handle;

a pair of wings extending from said depressed compartment, said wings sized to cover at least a portion of said body of said brush, wherein said wings are parallel to the longitudinal side walls of said compartment;

a connector, said connector attached to said pair of wings and around said body of said brush to maintain said bristles in said compartment;

a hanger positioned at said proximate end of said plastic casing, said hanger including a lock, wherein said hanger and said lock are constructed from a singular piece of plastic; and

an adhesive side of said connector, wherein said adhesive side of said connector is affixed to said brush;

wherein said plastic casing exposes a portion of the body and a portion of the abrasive bristles.

2. The packaging device of claim 1 , wherein said compartment has a distal end and a proximate end, and the depth of said compartment varies from the distal end to the proximate end.

3. The packaging device of claim 2 , wherein said distal end has a greater depth than said proximate end.

4. The packaging device of claim 2 , wherein said proximate end has a greater depth than said distal end.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2017
From: ALLWAY TOOLS, INC.
To: ALLWAY TOOLS, INC.
Reel/Frame 042435/0147 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SECOND INVENTOR'S NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 025382 FRAME: 0788. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Apr 6, 2017
From: GRINGER, DONALD; CHENG, YUAN FANG
To: ALLWAY TOOLS, INC.
Reel/Frame 042172/0261 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2010
From: GRINGER, DONALD; CHEN, YUAN FANG
To: ALLWAY TOOLS INC.
Reel/Frame 025382/0788 →
Continuity (1)
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