Patents Examined by Abigail Elizabeth Guidry
  • Patent number: 11447294
    Abstract: A set of at least two containers each having different internal volumes, wherein the opening cross sections of all of the containers are identical, and at least one wall portion of the respective casing of all of the containers in each case has: (1) a rectilinear portion in which, in each vertical projection plane parallel to a vertical axis of the container, the at least one wall portion leaves behind two trace lines which diverge toward the opening cross section and each enclose an angle (?) of at least 2 degrees with the vertical axis, and (2) a transition portion assembled from two arc portions and the intersection curve of which with each vertical projection plane parallel to the vertical axis of the container merges tangentially both into the rectilinear portion and a respective intersection curve of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: MAUSER-WERKE GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Bischoff, Daniel Siede
  • Patent number: 11426016
    Abstract: A napkin is provided with an adhering portion and a releasing portion that can releasably adhere together. The adhering portion is located on an upper side of the napkin and the releasing portion is located on the lower side at a corresponding position such that the napkin can be stacked with similar napkins with the releasing portion of a first napkin aligned and engaged with the adhering portion of a second napkin. The napkin has an engaging location on its lower side such that the napkin can be wrapped around items of cutlery and secured to form a wrap by engaging the adhering portion with the engaging location. A method of wrapping cutlery using the napkin is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventor: Martin Stenberg
  • Patent number: 11414242
    Abstract: A spout assembly includes a spout and a cap. The cap includes an inner ring having an outer peripheral surface provided with a first region with a first outer diameter and a second region with a second outer diameter. The spout includes a side wall having an inner peripheral surface provided with a first region having a first inner diameter and a second region having a second inner diameter. When the cap is threadably engaged with the spout, the first region of the inner ring is in close contact with the first region of the side wall of the spout throughout the circumference, and the second region of the inner ring is in close contact with the second region of the side wall of the spout throughout the circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Wada, Yusuke Nakano, Satoshi Yamade, Akihiko Komiyama
  • Patent number: 11407560
    Abstract: A liquid container having an integrated flask is defined by an outer wall having a recess. A flask is configured to fit within the recess. Tabs for lips extend partially over the recess from the outer wall of the bottle and secure the flask with in the recess by a snap fit. The flask may be removed from the bottle and filled with a lesser amount of liquid and used when traveling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffrey Mason Clifford
  • Patent number: 11383904
    Abstract: A plastic bottle equipped with a tamperproof device after its opening comprises a neck (1) and a cap (2) with corresponding screw threads (3, 4). The cap (2) is provided in its skirt (6) with at least one slide (22) and one pin (8) manually sliding into the slide (22). Below its screw threads (3) the cap (2) has a nut ring (9) that is provided with a plurality of holes (10); one of these is intended to receive and hold an arrow-tip end (18) of the pin (8) until its breakage in its weakened tract (17) when the cap (2) is unscrewed for opening. In addition, the pin (8) has an elongated projection (13) for its manual sliding inside the cutout (12) in a convex band (7) whose interior contains the slide (22) of the pin (8). The cutout has a lower end working as a stop for the pin (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventor: Paolo Rivelli
  • Patent number: 11370593
    Abstract: An insulated multiple fluid container apparatus having multiple separate volumes that each can have a dedicated removably engagable lid allowing fluid consumption from each of the volumes individually, thus allowing hot and cold fluids to be carried simultaneously. Sealing and insulating as between the multiple separate container volumes is structurally accommodated in the design forming a portable and compact multiple fluid container apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Jaclyn Nicole Andberg, Dorian Jay Simon
  • Patent number: 11367641
    Abstract: A wafer storage device includes a wafer cassette and a carrier plate. The wafer cassette includes a housing and a plurality pairs of retaining members disposed on lateral walls of the housing. The carrier plate is placed into the housing, is supported by one pair of the retaining members, and includes a plate body carrying the wafer thereon, and having a periphery formed with two slots extending respectively in two different radial directions of the wafer. Two positioning members respectively and radially correspond in position to the slots, and abut against an outer rim of the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Powertech Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Chin-Ta Wu, I-Lin Chan, Chi-Sheng Chang, Cheng-Hao Ciou
  • Patent number: 11365034
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a childproof container comprising a store, for housing a product, and a closure system configured to define a closing condition and an opening condition of the container. The container comprises a safety device having a first coupling portion carried by the closure system and a second coupling portion engaged to the store and configured to cooperate with the first coupling portion to define a locking condition in which the first and second coupling portions prevent the closure system from switching from the closing to the opening condition. The store comprises an unlocking portion located on a side wall of the store and defining a through access configured to allow, in the locking condition, the insertion in the store of an opening device to allow the disengagement between the first and second coupling portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: I.G.B. S.R.L
    Inventors: Michel Bressan, Alessio Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Patent number: 11358767
    Abstract: A laser sample chamber for deep space exploration includes a sample chamber base and a sample chamber top cover. The sample chamber base is a hollow cylinder with bottom end being sealed and top end being open, and an internal cavity in the hollow cylinder is provided for receiving sample plates; and a body of the sample chamber top cover is a hollow cylinder with a top end being sealed and a bottom end being open, and the body consists of a plurality of components which comprise a hollow annulus positioned at a middle of the sample chamber top cover, a circular viewing window positioned at an opening at a top end of the hollow annulus, and a threaded port positioned at an opening at a bottom end of the hollow annulus and protruding outward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Yinzhi Wang, Fei Wang, Wenbei Shi, Liekun Yang
  • Patent number: 11358271
    Abstract: A socket storage device is provided, including: a base and a socket holder. The base has an assembling portion. The socket holder is disposed on the assembling portion and rotatable between a first position and a second position. The socket holder includes an insertion portion and a locking portion. The insertion portion includes an engagement portion. The locking portion includes a blocking portion being movable between a third position and a fourth position. When the socket holder is in the first position, the blocking portion is in the third position, the locking portion is biased against the engagement portion, and the engagement portion is unmovable relative to the insertion portion; when the socket holder is in the second position, the blocking portion is in the fourth position, and the engagement portion is movable relative to the insertion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: CHUN NIEN PLASTIC LTD.
    Inventor: Chi-Tsai Chang
  • Patent number: 11326856
    Abstract: A safety storage system includes a safety case with case body and a case lid; a lock bag with a bag portion made from a cut-resistant material and a cable guide; and a cable lock, including a lock body, a lock cable, and a key; such that the lock cable protrudes through the cable guide to attach the cable lock to the lock bag; such that the safety case with the handgun inside can be locked inside the lock bag with the cable lock, whereby the handgun is safely stored in the safety storage system. Additionally, the safety storage system can be secured in position with the lock cable attached to a mounting structure with the lock bag closed and the safety case with the handgun inside locked in the interior of the lock bag, thereby preventing access to and theft of the handgun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventor: Nelson R. De La Nuez
  • Patent number: 11319135
    Abstract: A configurable container is provided that has an interior surface configured to secure one or more rigid or flexible dividers and to allow for reconfigurable interior compartments of the container. The dividers may also include an integrated material such as a gel that can be heated or cooled in order to maintain a desired temperature within the container. The container may include a lid that engages the top surfaces of the dividers to establish a plurality of substantially sealed compartments within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Packit, LLC
    Inventors: Melissa Kieling, Roland Ecarma, Kate Abdelmalek, Scot Herbst, Will Hunter, Eamonn Kelly
  • Patent number: 11312544
    Abstract: A cap for a container is formed so that the cap has a top plate and a circular sidewall. Two opposite sides of the circular sidewall circularly connect to each other, one periphery of the circular sidewall connecting to one surface of the top plate forming a closed end, and another periphery of the circular sidewall at an opposite side of the closed end forms an opened end. Incisions are in the circular sidewall. The incisions form a ring member located at the opened end of the cap separated from a main body of the cap by a first incision and a second incision between the opened end of the main body and the ring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: ThisCap, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Joseph Maguire
  • Patent number: 11309200
    Abstract: A back side substrate support portion 6 includes a lower side inclined face 622 on which an end of a back face of a substrate W slides, and a substrate support portion 632 that is located above the lower side inclined face 622 and can support an edge portion of the substrate W. When a container main body opening portion 21 is closed by a lid body 3, the edge portion of the substrate W slides on the lower side inclined face 622 and reaches the substrate support portion 632. At least a portion of the lower side inclined face 622 is configured from a second member that is different from a first member that configures the substrate support portion 632, and the second member has a lower maximum static friction coefficient and lower wear resistance than the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MIRAIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoko Kai
  • Patent number: 11279518
    Abstract: Known system containers or transport systems have the disadvantage that a precise prior adjustment is necessary for the purpose of connecting the same. The disclosed system container or transport system is configured in such a way that a particularly stable and intuitive mutual fastening is made possible. Runways of the system container project in the direction of each other, and at least one upwardly protruding locking lug is provided on the lid part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: BS SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jan Kögel, Maximo Arroyo-Marin, Matthias Steber, Reiner Gonitianer
  • Patent number: 11254479
    Abstract: There is provided herein a lid for a vacuum storage container, which contains a lid body having a top side and an opposing bottom side, the lid comprising a pressure-release valve having a vacuum-sealed position and a vacuum-release position, and a collar on the bottom side of the lid body having an open end, the pressure-release valve extending from the top side of the lid body into the collar on the bottom side, and a sheath covering the open end of the collar on the bottom side, which sheath reduces a vacuum loss when the pressure-release valve is in the vacuum-sealed position while permitting a release of vacuum when the pressure-release valve is in the vacuum-release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: HIGH & MIGHTY ENTERPRISES, LLP
    Inventors: Paul DiBerardino, Stephen R. Barrese
  • Patent number: 11134763
    Abstract: A portable jewelry organizer is provided. The portable jewelry organizer has a planar card-like shape. Safety slots are provided along the upper and lower elongated edges of the card-like shape, each slot communicates with a safety well. The safety slots enable users to securely engage the bands and chains of jewelry, preventing the jewelry from becoming self-entangled or tangled with other jewelry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventor: Amanda Marie Hippe
  • Patent number: 11104494
    Abstract: A convertible child resistant closure for use with a container having a threaded portion adjacent the container opening allows a user to select between a child resistant closure and an easily openable closure and includes coaxial inner and outer caps. The inner cap has a cover wall and a side wall. The side wall includes an inner surface having a threaded portion for engagement with a threaded container opening, and an outer surface including a child resistant portion comprising a series of angular abutments extending thereabout and a non-child resistant portion axially offset from said child resistant portion. Features of a side wall of the outer cap selectively engage features of the inner cap side wall in either a configuration for the child resistant closure or a configuration for the easily openable (non-child-resistant) closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: VAN BLARCOM CLOSURES, INC.
    Inventor: George McGrath
  • Patent number: 11091300
    Abstract: A box includes a base and a cover which is removably mounted to the base. The base includes a first room defined therein, and a connection strip extends from the periphery of the top opening of the base. A knob is formed on the connection strip. The cover includes a skirt extending from the periphery thereof so as to form a second room between the skirt and the cover. The skirt includes a U-shaped recess formed in the outside thereof such that the knob can be engaged with the U-shaped recess. The U-shaped recess includes a U-shaped inside wall formed between two outwardly projecting reinforcement ribs on the outside of the skirt to easily accommodate the knob therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Relocks Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Charles Yu
  • Patent number: 11072468
    Abstract: A container with a security lock is provided. The container has a top unit and a bottom unit. A curved compression spring is attached to the bottom unit and surrounds a portion of the circumference of a liner of the bottom unit. The compression spring has two bumps (or knobs) which extend out from openings of the bottom unit and lock into openings of the top unit when the top unit is secured to the bottom unit. When the knobs are pressed in, the top unit may be rotated and removed from the bottom unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventor: KC Than-Aye