Patents Examined by David T. Fidei
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Patent number: 8662336Abstract: There is a bag scaffold configured to support a flexible bag in an upright and open configuration. The bag scaffold includes a first wall member having a first end and a second end. The first wall member includes a plurality of panels coupled to each other in series by an integral leaf spring. The first wall member includes a first coupling structure and a second coupling structure and is configured to be able to selectably couple to the first coupling structure. The bag scaffold includes a second wall member that is substantially identical to the first wall member and is selectably coupled thereto at their respective first and second coupling structures.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Inventor: Zane Stowers
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Patent number: 8622207Abstract: A carrier for holding a plurality of containers. The carrier has at least one bottom panel, at least one top panel, a front panel, a back panel, and at least two side panels. The at least one top panel is foldably connected to one of the front panel and the back panel. The at least one top panel has a handle portion for forming a handle of the carrier and a retaining portion having container receiving openings for retaining the containers in the carrier. The carrier has a retention flap foldably connected to the top panel for retaining the carrier in an assembled position.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2009Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.Inventor: Brian Smalley
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Patent number: 8616403Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel filler port device that is of a fuel tank for a straddled vehicle and that can utilize the upper space of the fuel tank without leading to an increase in size of a fuel filler guide tube. The fuel filler port device (60) of a fuel tank for a straddled vehicle is provided with: a fuel filler guide tube (61) that extends from the fuel filler port (53) provided to the upper wall of the fuel tank (16) to the interior of the fuel tank (16), and a flame arrester (62) that is disposed at the bottom of the fuel filler guide tube (61); and the flame arrester (62) is provided in a manner allowing a nozzle (N) of a fuel gun inserted from the fuel filler port (53) to be inserted lower than the upper end of the flame arrester (62).Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2010Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Hisadomi, Hiroyuki Maeda
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Patent number: 8608001Abstract: A two shot dispensing closure wherein the spout and base component of the closure is molded in a first molding step and a repositionable cap is molded over at least the spout of the closure in a second molding step. The cap may be molded in the closed position over the spout to provide a fluidic seal between the cap and spout. The cap is repositionable between a closed position closing off an aperture of the spout and an open position thereby opening the aperture of the spout.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2007Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Berry Plastics CorporationInventors: Thomas C. Stoneberg, William C. Schmeisser
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Patent number: 8608002Abstract: A closure for sealing a container comprising a cap having an outer cap surface and an inner cap surface, wherein said cap is capable of being removably attached to the container, and a wall having a first wall edge, a second wall edge, an outer wall surface and an inner wall surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2005Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Frederique Hennebelle
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Patent number: 8464866Abstract: A package for holding a plurality of containers. The package has a top panel and side panels. The package has retention features for retaining the containers and reinforcement features for reinforcing the package.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2009Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.Inventors: Robert L. Sutherland, Colin P. Ford
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Patent number: 8348060Abstract: An air enclosure is provided. An air filling passageway for filling air into the first and second air cylinders is formed between two inner films. A plurality of first air cylinders and at least one second air cylinder are formed between two outer films. The second air cylinder includes an upper section, a middle section, and a lower section. The upper section, middle section, and lower section are isolated from each other. At least one tiny tube, connected with the upper and lower section is disposed at the middle section. The air is filled into the first air cylinders, as well as the upper section and the lower section, while the middle section remains flat. Because second air cylinder includes expanded upper section, lower section, and flat middle section, an accepting space with different shapes can be formed.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2012Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Inventors: Chian Hua Liao, Yao Sin Liao, Bo Xin Jian
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Patent number: 8328019Abstract: A dual purpose waste receptacle and toilet tissue roll storage device in which the toilet tissue storage area is arranged below the waste receptacle and provides a base on which the dual purpose device stands in use. A flanged top provides for convenient handling. The device may be made in one or two pieces.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2009Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Inventor: Mario Dermo
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Patent number: 8328014Abstract: A consumer packaged good includes a case, a plurality of translucent vessels vertically stacked within the case, a beverage stored in each of the plurality of the vessels and a barrier sealed to each vessel for containing the beverage in the respective vessel. The case includes a base wall and at least one side wall extending upwardly from the base wall. The plurality of translucent vessels are surrounded by the sidewall. Each vessel includes an opening for drinking from the vessel and a base surface for supporting the vessel on an associated support surface. The barrier seals to each vessel for covering the opening and containing the beverage in the respective vessel. The barrier is peelable from the vessel without destroying the vessel to provide access to the beverage stored in the vessel.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2011Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Nottingham Spirk Partners LLCInventors: Craig Saunders, John Evan Spirk, Jeffrey Kalman, Jens P. Johnson
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Patent number: 8313002Abstract: A lid for a beverage container includes a top wall. The top wall has a drink opening with a communicating hole and an aroma opening disposed near the drink opening. The aroma opening has a vertical aroma hole that is a through hole extending along a vertical plane essentially perpendicular to a horizontal plane of the top wall. The vertical aroma hole emits aroma of the beverage in the container to an outside, while preventing the beverage from splattering to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2009Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Inventor: Shintaro Tokunaga
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Patent number: 8297441Abstract: A method and an apparatus for protecting the surfaces and labels of beverage containers are disclosed. The invention includes a beverage tray having a floor and walls extending from the floor. The beverage tray includes a plurality of dividing sections that divide the beverage tray into beverage sections. Each beverage section may hold a single beverage container. The beverage tray may include a plurality of contact strips positioned within the beverage tray and configured to contact the surface of the beverage container. The contact strips may be placed on the walls of the beverage tray or on the dividing sections of the beverage tray. The contact strips may be applied to existing beverage trays to protect the surfaces and labels of beverage bottles from being damaged by the surface of the beverage trays.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2009Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Pepsico, Inc.Inventor: Cherie Eugui
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Patent number: 8292074Abstract: The invention relates to a stabilizer suitable for stabilizing disks of a heat pack, wherein the stabilizer includes at least two elongate parallel pushers of height compatible with the height of the heat pack, each movable in a direction perpendicular to the pushers, the pushers being associated with an irreversible driver system enabling the pushers to be moved apart or towards each other, the pushers extending in service so as to face an inside diameter of the disks.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Messier-Bugatti-DowtyInventor: Michel Fiore
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Patent number: 8286820Abstract: A protective device for a wall region to be protected, includes a collar which has recesses penetrating the collar and is disposed around the wall region to be protected in an intended configuration of the protective device. A protective cap includes a base and a casing, which extends from the base substantially perpendicularly up to a casing edge and has recesses penetrating the casing. The casing recesses extend from the casing edge in the direction of the base of the protective cap. Casing sections are formed between the recesses. In the intended configuration of the protective device, the casing is disposed between the collar and the wall region to be protected, and one of the casing sections is disposed between each collar recess and the wall region to be protected so that a free linear connection is prevented between the respective collar recess and the wall region to be protected.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2007Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbHInventor: Ian Trevor Williams
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Patent number: 8191710Abstract: A container (12) suitable for use in packaging pharmaceutical products such as tablets and capsules. The container (12) can be withdrawn from a box or sleeve (14) in a first direction X to a fully extended position whereby a user can remove any item stored by the container (12). The container (12) has a base (32) which includes an end portion (40) that remains substantially within the box or sleeve (14) when in the fully extended position. The base (32) carries at least one chamber formation (42) for containing an item to be removed by the user. The base (32) also has at least one stabilizing formation (44) on the end portion (40) that interacts with the box or sleeve (14) when in the fully extended position to resist pivoting of the container (12) relative to the box or sleeve (14). The or each stabilizing formation (44) differs in size and/or shape to the or each chamber formation (42), and has a length in the first direction X that is greater than or equal to its width in a second direction Y.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2008Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Duff Design LimitedInventor: Tim Clarke
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Patent number: 8079466Abstract: The present invention is a packaging article that includes a first chamber defined by a sealed connection between a first film and a second film, a second chamber defined by a sealed connection between a third film and a fourth film, where the third film at least partially abuts the second film, and a third chamber defined by a sealed connection between the first film and the fourth film.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2008Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignees: 3M Innovatice Properties Company, 3M ESPE AGInventors: Robert Lee, Brian A. Shukla, Robert W. Petrich, Arno Hohmann, Marc Peuker, John W. Dubbe
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Patent number: 8066177Abstract: A receptacle includes a first panel, a second panel opposite the first panel, and a third panel contiguous with the first and second panels on different sides. An opening is formed between a first side of the first panel and a second side of the second panel. A lid covers the opening. A first portion of the lid is contiguous with the first side of the first panel and with a second portion of the lid that folds into an interior of the receptacle. One of the first and second panels has a perforation extending from a first end of the second side of the one of the first and second panels to a second end of the second side of the one of the first and second panels. A portion of the perforation is positioned away from the second side of the one of the first and second panels.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Miki Tanaka
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Patent number: 8021049Abstract: A bag of a heat shrinkable, gas-barrier thermoplastic film for packaging an item comprises a first seal adjacent a bottom edge and connecting first and second side edges, and defining an area between it, the side edges and a top edge for receiving the item, a second seal along the bottom edge or between the bottom edge and the first seal and connecting the side edges, and having a shaped portion adjacent a corner of the bag at the first side edge and the bottom edge which projects towards the top edge, and a precut extending from the bottom edge towards an apex of the shaped portion, the first seal extending from the second side edge towards the shaped portion at a level below the apex and around the shaped portion to the first side edge, and a manually graspable tab being formed between the first side edge, the first and second seals adjacent the first side edge and the shaped portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2009Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.Inventor: Adrian Maxwell William Smith
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Patent number: 8011499Abstract: A novel suture tray package is disclosed. The package has a floor member and a plurality of curvilinear walls extending up from the top of the floor member and forming suture tracks. The walls extend in a spiral manner from the central section of the floor member to the periphery. Extending radially outwardly about the periphery are platform sections in communication with the tracks and optionally containing needle park members and pledget park members.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2008Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Meredith McHugh Karow, Robert Cerwin, John P. Harrison
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Patent number: 8011501Abstract: A package (1) of tobacco articles, having a group (2) of tobacco articles; a collar (16) surrounding the group (2) of tobacco articles and having a number of lateral walls (17, 18, 19, 20); and an outer package (3) surrounding the group (2) of tobacco articles and the collar (16), and having a top wall (12), a bottom wall (13) parallel to the top wall (12), and a number of lateral walls (8, 9, 10, 11) which are perpendicular to the top and bottom walls (12, 13), and are parallel to and rest on respective lateral walls (17, 18, 19, 20) of the collar (16). A lateral joining wall (8; 10) of the outer package (3) is defined by two panels (8?, 8?; 10?, 10?), which are separate, coplanar, and side by side with no overlap, and are both glued to an underlying lateral joining wall (17; 19) of the collar (16).Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: G.D Societa'per AzioniInventors: Andrea Biondi, Paolo Cremonini, Ivanoe Bertuzzi, Roberto Polloni
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Patent number: 8006466Abstract: A portable or disposable package of tissues includes a reflective surface. The surface may be directly associated with the package. In another embodiment, the reflective surface is associated with another body which is connected to the package. That body may be removable from the package, so that it may be used with successive packages after the tissues in prior packages have been exhausted and the package disposed of.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2010Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Inventor: Rick Rowe