Patents Examined by Chun Hoi Cheung
  • Patent number: 11383907
    Abstract: A carrier for holding a plurality of containers includes a plurality of panels including at least one central panel and at least one attachment panel foldably connected to the at least one central panel, the at least one attachment panel including container retention features for engaging at least one container of the plurality of containers. The at least one central panel includes a plurality of openings and is for being positioned between and attached to adjacent containers of the plurality of containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventors: Ana Maria Gonzalez Manzano, Steve M. Gould
  • Patent number: 11383901
    Abstract: A pressure relief cap includes a body engageable with a container and rotatable about an axis to couple or decouple the body from the container, a handle is coupled to the body and rotatable about the axis in a loosening direction and an opposite, tightening direction and, a ring member coupled for co-rotation with the handle in the loosening direction. The cap includes relief valve assembly coupled to the body. The ring member and the body include a lost motion region in which the ring member is rotatable relative to the body in the loosening direction. Rotation of the ring member relative to the body in the loosening direction in the lost motion region opens the relief valve assembly. Rotation of the ring member in the loosening direction beyond the lost motion region causes the body to co-rotate with the ring member in the loosening direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Michael Andrew Niver
  • Patent number: 11383918
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a slide-action hinged-lid pack comprises a hinged-lid inner pack configured to hold consumer items, the hinged-lid inner pack including a front wall, a back wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, a bottom wall and a hinged-lid pivotally connected to an upper end of the back wall for movement between an open position and a closed position, and an outer shell, and wherein the hinged-lid inner pack can slide from a first position at which the hinged-lid is in the closed position to a second position at which the hinged-lid is in the open position, the outer shell including a first stop tab on an inner side of the back wall, the hinged-lid inner pack including a second stop tab on a tongue extending from the hinged-lid, and the hinged-lid inner pack including a third stop tab on the back wall of the hinged-lid inner pack, the second stop tab operable to engage the first stop tab during movement of the hinged-lid inner pack from the first positon to the second position, and the third
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventor: Brian Casey
  • Patent number: 11375748
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a storage container assembly configured to prevent child tampering with contents therein. The storage container assembly includes a base container and a lid, rotationally joined to the base container. The present invention relates to an improved storage container assembly creating a reusable storage container, a rigid storage container, a non-flammable storage container and a storage container having an airtight seal between the base container and the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventor: Arkady Grigoryan
  • Patent number: 11376359
    Abstract: Packages of sterile needles are described herein. Such packages may include a container, a tray having a plurality of receiving apertures that are sized and shaped to receive a needle hub or a needle shield, a plurality of needles disposed within the plurality of receiving apertures; and a lid being supported by the container. The lid and container form an enclosure for the plurality of needles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Thomas Fraites, Adam Kristopher Brakoniecki
  • Patent number: 11370210
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a box for loading a film and a method for loading a film. The box includes: a base provided with a level adjuster and a lower buffer member supported by the level adjuster. The method includes: adjusting the level adjuster such that a levelness of the lower buffer member is within an allowable range; and loading the film on the lower buffer member after adjusting the level adjuster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bin He, Xiangnan Wang, Haitao Yi, Haoyun Luo
  • Patent number: 11370592
    Abstract: A vacuum freshness preservation container that can be pressed on two sides provided in this application includes a container body and container cove. The container cover has chambers disposed symmetrically, a piston is slidably disposed in each chamber, and each chamber has an air outlet which communicates with an interior of the container body and where a first check valve is disposed. The piston is provided with an air discharge structure that communicates the chamber with an outside when the piston moves toward the first check valve, and the container cover is provided with a linkage mechanism such that the two pistons move in opposite directions. By alternately pressing pistons in two chambers, the chambers always keep in a vacuumizing state, thereby achieving a higher efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Jingding Packaging Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tao Wang, Amy Lee, Guangzhi Luo
  • Patent number: 11365025
    Abstract: A pallet cover and transport container includes a container body having a top end, a plurality of side walls, and an interior space. The bottom end of the container is open to the interior space and includes complementary dimensions to a shipping pallet. A first plurality of grooves are disposed along the bottom end of the side walls at locations complementary to the side channels of the shipping pallet. Connectors are disposed along the side walls to removably secure the container to a pallet. The connectors including a sliding shaft having an aperture for receiving a lock. A second plurality of grooves are disposed along the closed top end of the container body to allow the container to be used while inverted and transported by a forklift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventor: Charles Birnstihl
  • Patent number: 11358771
    Abstract: A multi-compartment package for dispensing plural items is disclosed. The package includes plural individual sealed compartment units which are releasably secured to each other. Each compartment unit includes a flanged base from which a chamber depends. The chamber holds an item to be dispensed and is surrounded by a flange. A closure member, in the form of a respective portion of a frangible cover sheet, is adhesively secured to the flange of each compartment unit. Each closure member includes plural tamper-evident cuts therein located adjacent respective corners of the closure member to initiate a tear upon attempted removal of the closure member from the flange of its associated compartment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Medi-Dose, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Braverman, Donald A. Lawson
  • Patent number: 11352197
    Abstract: A glass article layer is provided that includes at least two cylindrical glass articles extending in a z-direction and arranged side by side in an x-direction. Two spacers are provided spaced apart from one another at an interval longitudinally of the glass article in the z-direction. The spacers are arranged between the glass articles. The spacers are thread-like elements and at least one of the thread-like elements is provided at each spacer position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventor: Georg Helmut Sparschuh
  • Patent number: 11344161
    Abstract: A handle for a container, the container including a peripheral wall that defines an internal area. The handle includes a mount having a locking recess and a body including a pivot arm and a locking arm. The pivot arm is pivotally connected to the mount. When positioned in an operating position, the locking arm is biased toward the locking recess so as to secure the locking arm in place relative to the mount. When positioned in a storage position, the body is rotated about the pivot arm to a location above or in the internal area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Sea to Summit Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Paramjeet Singh
  • Patent number: 11333262
    Abstract: A container (5) comprising a valve (10) with a valve member (12) and a valve seat (14). The container (5) has a retainer for retaining the valve member (12). The valve (10) defines a flowpath between the valve member (12) and the valve seat (14), the flowpath being selectively openable by movement of at least a portion of the valve member (12) away from the valve seat (14) in response to suction. The flowpath does not pass through any aperture within the valve member (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Product4 Limited
    Inventor: Douglas Begg
  • Patent number: 11325743
    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 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: Westrock Shared Services, LLC, Bellisio Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin M. Simpkins, Matthew Woodard Lorence
  • Patent number: 11319108
    Abstract: A locking package and method includes a tray insert having at least one locking tab of a folded over portion of a panel or wall of the insert and an outer sleeve having a dual panel or wall having an inner panel or wall with at least one locking notch and an outer panel or wall with at least one locking tab release, wherein when the insert is fully slid into the sleeve the at least one locking tab, at least one locking notch and at least one locking tab release are positioned to lock and unlock the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Diamond Packaging
    Inventor: Andrew Gauvin
  • Patent number: 11306841
    Abstract: A quick release purge valve and a substrate container using same are provided. The container includes a base which has a cover plate and a bottom plate. The quick release purge valve includes a snap plate, a gasket fitting, and a valve element. The snap plate detachably engages with the bottom plate and is at most evenly aligned with the bottom plate. The gasket fitting is disposed between the cover plate and the bottom plate and has an airflow conduit communicating the two plates. The valve element is disposed in the conduit for limiting a flow direction of the gas. The gasket fitting is fixed in the base when the snap plate and the bottom plate are in an engaged state and is removable from the base when the snap plate and the bottom plate are in a disengaged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: GUDENG PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Chien Chiu, Chia-Ho Chuang, Hsin-Min Hsueh
  • Patent number: 11299317
    Abstract: A foldable food carton including a lid portion; a bottom portion; and a viewable tab attached to the lid portion, wherein the tab comprises one or more of alphabetic text, numeric text, QR code, bar code, graphic, design, or combination thereof printed on the tab. A method of assembling a carton with a viewable tab, including providing a carton in an unfolded configuration, and folding the carton into an assembled configuration, wherein upon folding the carton into the assembled configuration the tab moves from a first position to a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Inno-Pak, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Sill, Steven A. Mayer
  • Patent number: 11299316
    Abstract: A separation structure for a lock packing assembly includes a rectangular board with multiple holes which accommodate the handle of a lock, and the mounting plate of the lock contacts the board. The board includes a panel extending from each of four sides thereof, and the panels each have a first bending line and a second bending line. Each of the panels is bent along the first bending line and toward the board. Each of the panels is bent along the second bending line to form a separation plate which is perpendicular to the board and located between the holes. The locks are installed through the holes and separated by the separation plates such that the locks do not hit each other. The lock packing assembly includes low cost and can protect the locks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Fu Hsing Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wan-Lin Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11302548
    Abstract: A substrate storage container includes an annular packing provided between a container body for storing substrates and a lid. The container body has a seal surface which is in contact with the packing. The lid is provided with an attachment groove for attaching the packing. The packing is formed of a main body fitted in the attachment groove and an extended piece extending from the main body. The extended piece has a protrusion protruding toward the lid in the closing direction of the lid. A seal portion is located at an end beyond the protrusion. The seal portion is inverted to a side of the seal surface and a side of the main body and comes into contact with the seal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Osamu Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11297934
    Abstract: An artists' brush storage and protection device includes a storage unit having a plurality of storage compartments, each of the storage compartments including a cover with a paint well below the cover, the paint well defined in part by upstanding walls, an exterior one of the upstanding walls defining a recess with a resilient sealing member disposed therein. Each of the covers may be opened permitting access to the paint well or closed against the upstanding walls of the paint well and the sealing member. The storage unit may further include drawer slides and a palette slidable on the drawer slides relative to the storage unit to reveal or conceal the palette. When bristles of a paint brush are placed in the paint well, its handle rests upon the resilient sealing member which compresses around the handle when the cover is closed to provide a substantially air-tight seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: LIKWID CONCEPTS LLC
    Inventor: John Anthony DePaola
  • Patent number: 11279528
    Abstract: A cap for accommodating a compound includes a body with an opening. The opening penetrates from an upper to a lower end portion of the body by a first length. A membrane seals a lower end portion of the opening. A lid is removably coupled and moveable relative to the body. The lid includes a protrusion extending downwardly from an interior surface of the lid by a second length greater than the first length. The opening accommodates a lower end portion of the protrusion. A spacer removably couples with the lid and interposes between the lid and the body. The spacer configurable between a first state in which the spacer is engaged with the lid, which prevents the protrusion from penetrating the membrane, and a second state in which the spacer is disengaged with the lid, which allows the protrusion of the lid to penetrate the membrane of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: LYVECAP LLC
    Inventor: Yinka Davies