Patents Examined by Bryon P. Gehman
  • Patent number: 11594437
    Abstract: A reticle pod includes an outer pod, an inner pod cover and an inner base plate. A reticle is supported on the base and is contained within the environment created by the inner pod cover and the inner pod base. The inner pod cover can include a plurality of reticle retainers configured to contact a side wall of the reticle and limit movement of the reticle in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Russ V. Raschke, Shawn D. Eggum, Barry L. Gregeron
  • Patent number: 11589972
    Abstract: An expandable and collapsible pouch for accommodating an orthodontic appliance while not is use. The pouch may be selectively and repeatedly coupled to a variety of objects. After selectively coupling the pouch to a desired object, the user opens the pouch by expanding at least one collapsible wall or side. The user then removes their orthodontic appliance, inserts it into the open pouch, and then closes the pouch by letting the pouch contract. When the orthodontic appliance is needed again, the user removes the appliance from the pouch and lets the pouch contract into its original position flush against the surface of the object. The pouch is coupled to the object via a magnet disposed within the pouch that is configured to interact with the surface of the object. The pouch also includes a second magnet which assists the pouch maintain a closed position while an appliance is inserted therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Marc Lemchen, Jennifer Salzer
  • Patent number: 11584582
    Abstract: A convertible beverage container package having an integrated cooler compartment is provided that is sized to contain a number of cans in a box shape during transit, storage, and sale and which can be converted to a portable cooler configured to receive ice for cooling the cans contained therein. The shape of the convertible beverage container package allows a compact package for storage and transport, which can be selectively expanded to receive ice. In some cases, the received ice may surround two or more sides of the beverage cans. In one case, the shape of the convertible beverage container package may direct ice inside the package to contact the canned beverages on at least three sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: COORS BREWING COMPANY
    Inventors: Jason M. Kelly, Herbert B. Smith, Charles Ho Fung, Darin G. McKnight, II, Eric A. Haas
  • Patent number: 11584576
    Abstract: Packaging for a transaction card, comprising: (1) a card carrier having the transaction card secured to a first surface of the card carrier; and (2) gift packaging integrally formed with and separable from the card carrier, the gift packaging having a first panel and an opposing second panel; wherein, in a closed state, the gift packaging is folded onto the card carrier so that the second panel of the gift packaging substantially abuts the first surface of the card carrier and sandwiches the transaction card between the first surface of the card carrier and the second panel of the gift packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth Glinert
  • Patent number: 11583435
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an arrangement comprising an intrauterine system, an inserter for the intrauterine system and a package for the inserter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Bayer HealthCare LLC
    Inventors: Joonas Mikkonen, Tero Jalkanen, Mikko Virtanen, Taina Tjaeder, Karym El Sayed
  • Patent number: 11577899
    Abstract: A tetrahedral-shaped pouch can be opened by tearing from a cut in a first lateral sealing edge and along a longitudinal sealing substantially perpendicular to the first lateral sealing edge to conveniently access non-liquid food contents, such as seeds or nuts. A short longitudinal cut can be made into but not all the way through the first lateral sealing edge, adjacent where the longitudinal sealing is positioned on the first lateral sealing edge. When opening the pouch, by initiating a tear starting at the cut, the packaging material will tear along, but not cross the longitudinal sealing, since the longitudinal sealing is formed from an overlapped and doubly thick section of packaging material. The pouch will therefore open, on at least one side of the tetrahedron, along a predictable tear line following the longitudinal sealing, to form a bowl-shaped receptacle from which the contained food product can be conveniently accessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventor: Amir Krenzia
  • Patent number: 11577880
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a protection element (1) in papercraft material for protecting one or more objects (B), in particular for protecting one or more bottles (B), comprising two support elements (2, 3) connected by a connection element (4), wherein each support element (2, 3) has an upper wall (5; 6) and two support walls (7, 8; 9, 11) associated with the respective upper wall (5; 6) to support it. A first support wall (8; 9) of each support element (2, 3) is arranged at said connection element (4) and has a shaped opening (16; 17) for each object (B) to be protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: RedBox S.r.l.
    Inventor: Diego Meuti
  • Patent number: 11572225
    Abstract: A packaging material includes a web of pouches and an outer skin. One panel of the web has an inflation pattern that is not inflated. The web has a continuous inflation channel that is in fluid communication with the inflation pattern. Each of the pouches of the web can be inflated by inflating the inflation pattern while the outer skin already attached to the outside of the web. The outer skin is attached to the web only along edge lines of the pouches. The outer skin is detached from the web between the edge lines of the pouches. The outer skin is attached to the outside of the web such that the continuous inflation pattern extends above the outer skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Automated Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Rick Steven Wehrmann
  • Patent number: 11565865
    Abstract: Packaging for tobacco industry products is disclosed. The packaging comprises a pack (2) for holding tobacco industry products, and an outer wrapper (3) enveloping the pack. The outer wrapper comprises a removable portion (17) arranged to prevent opening of the pack until the removable portion has been removed. One of the pack and the removable portion comprises a tamper evident feature that remains attached to the other of the pack or the removable portion after the removable portion is removed from the pack. A method of packaging tobacco industry products is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Lewis, Paul Matthews, Mustafa Isaak Ghulam
  • Patent number: 11565862
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, a carton, and a blank for forming the carton. An aspect of the invention provides a carton comprising a plurality of panels defining an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels comprises a first panel and a second panel hingedly connected to the first panel. An end closure panel is hingedly connected to the first panel. A foldable gusset is disposed in the interior of the carton. The gusset hingedly connecting between the end closure panel and the second panel. A gusset opening is defined, at least, in panels forming the gusset. The carton comprises an opening feature which is at least partially removable from the carton. The opening feature is defined at least in part by first and second tear lines each extending from the gusset opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Nathaniel B. Ball
  • Patent number: 11565514
    Abstract: A release film of a protective module for manufacturing a display device, includes a film layer including a first surface facing a protective panel which is attachable to a display panel of the display device, and a second surface opposite to the first surface; an embossed pattern layer protruding from the second surface of the film layer; and the embossed pattern layer including a plurality of intaglio portions arranged along the film layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonggi Ko, Hyoung-Jin Lee, Hyeji Jang
  • Patent number: 11548719
    Abstract: A dispenser device for storing and distributing medical electrodes. The dispenser device includes a shell having an inner volume. The shell has an aperture extending through the shell to the inner volume. A strip of a plurality of electrodes is arranged in a pattern within the inner volume of the shell. An end of the strip extends through the aperture and out of the shell. Pulling the end of the strip moves the plurality of electrodes according to the pattern. The shell is preferably a round or rectangular shape. For a round shell, the strip of electrodes is wrapped around a hub within the inner volume. For a rectangular shell, the strip of electrodes is arranged in a Z-fold pattern within the inner volume. The dispenser device may have a vapor proof cap over the aperture that prevents the electrodes from drying out within the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Conmed Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Hart, Timothy A. Donaldson
  • Patent number: 11548681
    Abstract: A package includes a main body and an impact buffer rib. The main body is configured to form a storage space to accommodate a packaged object. The impact buffer rib is disposed on a side of the main body and outside the storage space. The impact buffer rib includes root portions and a central portion. The root portions are both end portions of the impact buffer rib, couple to the main body, and have a first height. The central portion is between the root portions and has a second height larger than the first height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Shinya Suehiro
  • Patent number: 11548707
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, a carton, and a blank for forming the carton. An aspect of the invention provides a carton comprising a plurality of primary panels defining an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels comprises a first primary panel and a second primary panel hingedly connected to the first primary panel along a first fold line. The carton comprises a plurality of end closure panels including first and second end closure panels hingedly connected respectively to the first and second primary panels. The first end closure panel is hingedly connected to the first primary panel along a second fold line and to the second end closure panel. The second fold line is disposed obliquely to the first fold line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Nathaniel B. Ball
  • Patent number: 11547909
    Abstract: A method and a bowling ball enclosure are provided for encasing and reducing temperature fluctuations of and within a bowling ball. The bowling ball enclosure includes a flexible inner vapor barrier layer and a flexible outer layer that are made of a polymer material, the inner layer forming an interior region that receives the bowling ball. The bowling ball enclosure also includes a bottom portion and a top portion, wherein the top portion is positionable from a first position to a second position to encapsulate the bowling ball. In the first position, the top portion being in an open position to receive the bowling ball into the interior region. In the second position, the top portion being in a closed position to encapsulate the bowling bowl. A thermal resistor can be located between the bowling ball enclosure and a support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Magnum Shielding Corporation
    Inventors: Cameron F. Hurwitz, Scott L. Hurwitz
  • Patent number: 11548669
    Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for improving storage and/or transportation of food, flowers, plants, or the like by coating of the same with silk proteins or other substances including silk fibroin, chitin, acetylated monoglycerides, shellac, starch, high fructose corn syrup, mayauba wax, maydelilla wax, beeswax, vegetable oil, paraffin oil, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, cellulose, pectin, alginate, chitosan, gum Arabic, soy protein, zein, casein, and/or whey.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Cambridge Crops, Inc.
    Inventors: Laith Abu-Taleb, Adam Behrens, Christina Belsito, Megan Biango-Daniels, Lester Cheuk-Yin Chong, Kelly Richmond, Sezin Yigit
  • Patent number: 11547631
    Abstract: A packaging device is configured to support medical containers, the packaging device including a first nest including a first set of supporting units configured to support a proximal end of a first plurality of medical containers and a second nest including a second set of supporting units configured to support a proximal end of a second plurality of medical containers. The first set of supporting units and the second set of supporting units being configured to maintainer the first plurality of medical containers and the second plurality of medical containers in an inverted position relative to each other. The first nest further comprises apertures configured to maintain a distal end of the second plurality of medical containers while the second nest comprises apertures configured to maintain a distal end of the first plurality of medical containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France
    Inventors: Lionel Maritan, Thomas Virot
  • Patent number: 11534905
    Abstract: A tool container system includes a first tool container and a second tool container. The first tool container has a first base, a first cover pivotably attached to the first base by a first hinge portion, a first base locking member coupled to the base, a first cover locking member coupled to the first cover, and a first latch coupled to the first base and moveable between a first unlocked position in which the first cover is movable relative to the first base between a closed position and an open position, and a first locked position in which the first latch engages the first cover locking member and the first cover is locked to the first base in the closed position. The second tool container is stackable on the first cover of the first tool container and having a second locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Brocket, Alfred Yan Leung But, Leo Xiao, Weigang Hao, Marco Lourenco, Lauren M. Austin, Yosi Sabbag
  • Patent number: 11535439
    Abstract: A package comprising a first panel defining a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and at least two side edges; a second panel defining a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and at least two side edges, wherein the second panel is connected to the first panel via longitudinal seams formed along respective side edges of the first and second panels; and at least one end seam formed along at least one of the first end or the second end of the first and second panels, wherein the at least one end seam comprises an outer edge; and a barrier coating disposed on an interior surface of at least one of the first and second panels, wherein the barrier coating does not extend to the side edges of the longitudinal seams or the outer edge of the at least one end seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Mary Katherine Truitt, Donald Gregory Taylor
  • Patent number: 11530080
    Abstract: The invention provides a paper cup holder with carrying handles, comprising a first base board, a first wall board, a surface board, a second wall board and a second base board located on one extension line, connected sequentially, and forming a tubular structure. The first and second base boards overlap with each other and jointly serve as a bottom surface of the tubular structure. The first base board is partially connected with the surface board to increase a load capacity of the paper cup holder. The surface board is provided with two carrying handle forming line sets and at least two cup inlet forming lines. The surface board forms two carrying handles based on the two carrying handle forming line sets and forms two hollow areas, and each of the two hollow areas and at least one of the cup inlet forming lines jointly form a cup inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventor: Ya-Ming Yeh