Patents Examined by Chun Hoi Cheung
  • Patent number: 11464612
    Abstract: A medical device storage device comprises a base, case insert, and insert hump. The insert hump is structured to position a medical device within a cavity formed at least partly by the case insert. At least a portion of a sensor is located within the insert hump and configured to detect a feature of the medical device. The feature of the medical device may correspond to an aspect of a treatment plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventors: Wesley P. Wilson, Anthony Osibov
  • Patent number: 11453539
    Abstract: A laundry tote having multiple attachments utilizes a base, a drawer, and a plurality of interlocking snap fit liquid receptacles. Each inward surface of the device has attachment points yielding a modular and customizable laundry tote.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventor: Theresa Phillips
  • Patent number: 11450543
    Abstract: The sealability against interior positive pressure is ensured, while reducing particles generated by friction in opening and closing a lid. Disclosed is a substrate storage container, including: a container body configured to store at least one substrate; and a lid configured to close an opening of the container body. In the substrate storage container, a first part of the container body, the first part being provided around the opening, is non-contact at least partially with a second part of the lid, the second part being opposed to the first part; and the first part and the second part cooperatively form a labyrinth seal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Osamu Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11452249
    Abstract: A carrier for reversibly immobilizing one or more objects is disclosed. The carrier comprises a frame having a major axis, a top surface, a bottom surface, and one or more openings through the frame along the major axis. The carrier also comprises a film comprising a thermoplastic elastomer material and having a top surface and a bottom surface. The film is attached to the frame based on thermal bonding of the top surface of the film to the bottom surface of the frame, is under tension along the major axis, and is free to flex at the openings. The top surface of the film comprises one or more exposed top surface portions that are accessible through the openings. The exposed top surface portions exhibit a holding force on stainless steel as per ASTM D1000 that is greater than that of the bottom surface of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: DELPHON INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Rajesh Kumar Varma
  • Patent number: 11440710
    Abstract: A self-venting closure assembly includes a closure body having a deck with a peripheral mounting skirt and an annular seal on an underside of the deck adjacent to the peripheral mounting skirt. The closure body further includes a circular valve seat within the center portion of the deck, and a plurality of vent openings circumferentially spaced within the valve seat. An elastomeric umbrella valve is centrally mounted to the deck and has a frustoconical valve flap arranged on an underside of the valve seat. The valve flap cooperates with the vent openings to normally seal the vent openings but permits air to flow into an interior of the closure body when a vacuum is applied to an interior of the container on which the closure is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Slatersville, LLC
    Inventors: James E. Scotton, Patrick J. Brannon
  • Patent number: 11440714
    Abstract: A lockable and moisture-proof pill box has a storing base having at least one compartment for holding pills, at least one lid pivotally mounted on the storing base, and at least one sealing and pushing member. Each of the at least one lid has a sealing ring and a pushing bar integrally formed as a single part. With the at least one sealing and pushing member mounted between the storing base and the at least one lid, the at least one compartment in the storing base can be airtightly sealed by the sealing ring when being closed, so as to prevent the pills in the at least one compartment from being spilt. Moreover, each of the at least one lid can be automatically opened by push of the pushing bar. Thus, a user can take the pills held in the compartment easily and conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: E-Link Plastic & Metal Industrial Co., LTD.
    Inventor: You Lin Wang
  • Patent number: 11440058
    Abstract: A protective cleaning sleeve is provided which substantially encloses a portable electronic device and which is configured with a narrowed stretchable cuff/opening made from a material that contacts and cleans the portable electronic device when it is being inserted into and removed from the sleeve. The stretchable cuff/opening is configured with a customized width or diameter narrower than a width of the portable electronic device so that it substantially closes around the portable electronic device and provides sufficient friction and contact with a display screen on the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device is being inserted into the sleeve and removed from the sleeve. In this manner, the narrowed stretchable cuff/opening cleans the display screen to remove fingerprints, smudges, oils, dirt and other particles simply by inserting the device into, and removing the device from the protective cleaning sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventor: Amy Vavrunek
  • Patent number: 11437256
    Abstract: A housing case for a crystal oscillator monitors a film thickness of a thin film to be formed on a surface of the crystal oscillator, the monitoring being performed by measuring a resonance frequency during film formation in a vacuum atmosphere. The housing case has: a case main body having disposed on an upper surface thereof a plurality of first recessed parts each being capable of housing therein a crystal oscillator in a horizontal posture with a main surface thereof facing in an up-and-down direction; a first cap body detachably mounted on the case main body from an upper side thereof; and an engaging means for engaging the first cap body relative to the case main body. The engaging means is so constructed and arranged that, in a state in which the first cap body is engaged with the case main body, the crystal oscillators housed in the first recessed parts are restrained from jumping out of position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ULVAC, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Kaida, Yousuke Oguma
  • Patent number: 11434044
    Abstract: A collapsible container, which can be used as a household storage container, a temperature containment vessel (i.e., “ice chest”), or other type of container. The collapsible container is shiftable between a collapsed configuration and an assembled configuration. The container base comprises opposed grooves, each comprising a pivot, wherein one pivot is farther from the interior surface of the base than the opposed pivot. A pair of side panels preferably comprise at least one arm member having an elongated guide formed therein that is rotationally and slidably engaged with respective base pivots to allow the panels to shift between an upright position a horizontal position, in a stacked configuration. The lid preferably comprises at least one passage formed horizontally in the top panel to allow air to flow therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventor: Aaron S. Downie
  • Patent number: 11432629
    Abstract: A protective case has a display case portion and a keyboard case portion hingedly coupled to the display case portion. An elongate vertical strap is mounted on an interior surface of the display case portion, and a tensional elastic strap is attached thereto. The tensional elastic strap has a first end attached to a first clip, and a second clip attached to a second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Max Interactive, Inc.
    Inventor: Albert George Giazzon
  • Patent number: 11425921
    Abstract: A dried food fresh-keeping packaging bag structure includes a packaging bag and a fresh-keeping device in the packaging bag. The fresh-keeping device includes a storage box. One side of the storage box is attached to an inner surface of the packaging bag. The storage box has a storage chamber filled with a preservative. One side of the storage chamber is formed with an outlet provided with a breathable film to block the preservative. An outside of the breathable film is provided with a sealing film to seal the storage chamber. One end of the sealing film extends to an outside of a mouth of the packaging bag to form a pull portion. When in use, the pull portion is pulled to tear the sealing film from the fresh-keeping device, so that the dried food product in the packaging bag is kept dry by the preservative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ChuanPen International Packing CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsung-Ping Chien, Yi-An Chien
  • Patent number: 11419709
    Abstract: A storage pouch for a teeth transparent straightener is provided. The storage pouch includes: a pouch body having a plurality of packaging materials having a zipper for opening and closing is configured to insert and withdraw the plurality of transparent straighteners individually at each entrance, and the pouch body having a perforated line in each of a plurality of adjacent packaging materials. An interior material inserted and placed within each of the plurality of packaging materials to carry out a position fixing of an upper dentition straightening frame and a lower dentition straightening frame composing the teeth transparent straightener. A straightening confirmation unit having a mirror facet consisting of mirror coating layers and having an expected image printed on the mirror facet to match an orthodontic teeth of a patient based on orthodontic teeth data of the patient to compare.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: Tae Weon Kim
  • Patent number: 11421476
    Abstract: A toolbox may be temporarily attached to a stepladder, and may provide convenient places to hold small parts, large parts, or tools. It may be configured with two compartments, one for smaller parts, and one for larger parts or tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: Ross Spencer
  • Patent number: 11414247
    Abstract: A container can include a container portion, a cover coupled to the container portion and configured to pivot between a closed position and an open position, and a product platform configured to receive a product. The product platform can be coupled to the container portion and configured to pivot between a first position in which the product platform is received within the container portion and a second position in which the product platform is inclined at least partially out of the container portion. The cover is configured to engage the product platform such that when the cover is pivoted from the closed position to the open position in a first direction, motion of the cover pivots the product platform in a second direction from the first position to the second position such that the product platform is inclined at least partially out of the container portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Philips, James D. Southwell
  • Patent number: 11413506
    Abstract: A horizontally movable bowling bag is provided to prevent movement of a bowling ball configured such that, in order to prevent movement or falling of the bowling ball when a frame is horizontally moved or when a cover is opened, four or more points of the bowling ball including a lower part of the bowling ball and a bottom surface of the bowling ball along an outer circumference thereof are adjacent to or supported by an upper part of a ball cup provided at the frame and an inner surface of the frame, whereby movement of the bowling ball in the frame is prevented when the frame is horizontally moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventors: Sung Hwan Bae, Jae Young Bae, Si Hyeon Bae, Gang Nam Bae
  • Patent number: 11407557
    Abstract: An improved shipping frame for use with storage and/or transporting goods includes four corner posts and a top surface and a bottom surface. The corner posts comprise of telescoping leg sections whereby the smaller dimensioned section fits within the larger dimensioned section and can be locked at a particular height. A spacer is positioned between the gap of the different dimensioned leg sections so as to reduce and preferably eliminate any angular displacement of the leg sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventor: Charles G. Kiolbasa, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11407558
    Abstract: An improved shipping frame for use with storage and/or transporting goods includes four corner posts and a top surface and a bottom surface. The corner posts comprise of telescoping leg sections whereby the smaller dimensioned section fits within the larger dimensioned section and can be locked at a particular height. A shield assembly comprises a rear shield and two side shields is affixed to the top section of the frame to brace any upper load therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventor: Charles G. Kiolbasa, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11390420
    Abstract: A retail ready package configured for division into two separate product display cases is disclosed wherein two rows of products are arranged side-by-side within the package in a vertical front facing display orientation relative to the left and right lower front panels of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: WestRock Shared Services, LLC, Bellisio Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin M. Simpkins, Matthew Woodard Lorence
  • Patent number: 11390443
    Abstract: A packing material including a plurality of discrete cushioning elements and methods for making the same. The discrete cushioning elements may be cellulosic cushioning elements. A flexible linkage may connect the plurality of discrete cushioning elements in the packing material. The packing material may also include a bottom cellulosic sheet connected to a top cellulosic sheet with the plurality of cellulosic cushioning elements positioned between the top cellulosic sheet and the bottom cellulosic sheet. The packing material may also be a molded packing material that includes bonds comprising adhesive and cellulosic fibers. The adhesive and cellulosic fibers of the bonds may be dispersed between the folds of each of the cellulosic cushioning elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventor: Terry Hermanson
  • Patent number: 11383908
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to packages having a peelable/resealable tamper-evident label adhesively sealed to the portion of packaging body with a line of weakness. The peelable/resealable tamper-evident label comprises an unsealed pull tab and a plurality of adjacent tear slits positioned at or near the periphery of the peelable/resealable tamper-evident label. The tear slits are slanted towards the unsealed pull tab. The packages provide evidence of tampering when one Improperly attempts to open the package by removing the label at a corner or a side of the label. When the label is lifted anywhere other than the unsealed pull tab, it will tear at one or more tear slits which indicates that the label has been tampered with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Bemis Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Reinaldo Caleman