Patents Examined by J. Gregory Pickett
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Patent number: 11844460Abstract: Food cooking vessel including a body having a bottom wall and at least one side wall. The side wall extends from the bottom wall defining an inner compartment of the cooking vessel for food being cooked. At least the bottom wall is of aluminum. The cooking vessel includes a plate-like component of a disk of ferromagnetic material, integrally coupled with the bottom wall at the respective outer surface, to at least partially cover the bottom wall outer surface. The plate-like component has through holes and is divided into first perforated areas having a first void-to-solid ratio value (VtS1) and second perforated areas having a second void-to-solid ratio value (VtS2), mutually alternated in a symmetrical manner. Each first perforated area, featuring a greater void-to-solid ratio, is in a weighted ratio with respect to the second perforated area, featuring a smaller void-to-solid ratio.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: ZWILLING BALLARINI ITALIA SRLInventors: Jacopo Ferron, Francesco Ferron
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Patent number: 11839334Abstract: A cookware item includes: a cooking container for receiving food to be cooked and/or a lid for closing the cooking container; at least one handle for handling the cookware item, a handle body of the handle being force-transmittingly connected to the cooking container and/or to the lid of the cookware item by a handle connection part of the handle; an insulating part of the cookware item being disposed between the handle connection part and/or the lid to reduce a transfer of heat to the handle body; and an output unit at least partially integrated into the handle body and for visually outputting information to a user of the cookware item, the output unit having at least one light source, the light source being controllable by a controller of the cookware item and configured to be supplied with electrical power by a power source of the cookware item.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: MIELE & CIE. KGInventors: Christoph Mueller, Britta Hoelscher
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Patent number: 11840386Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a carton for packaging one or more articles, a blank for forming the carton and a method of packaging articles. The carton comprises a plurality of primary panels including a pair of bottom lap panels (12, 20) secured together to allow the primary panels to form walls of a tubular structure. An upper end closure structure partially closes an end of the tubular structure. The upper end closure structure comprises a lower edge that defines at least in part a window for exposing to view contents (B) of the carton. The upper end closure structure comprises a top end closure flap (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d) having a handle opening defined therein and a pair of side end closure flaps (26a, 26b, 34a, 34b). The side end closure flaps comprise an outer surface and an inner surface opposing the outer surface. The outer surface of each of the side end closure flaps comprises a glue area (G1, G2).Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLCInventor: Matthew E. Zacherle
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Patent number: 11834255Abstract: A light device holder includes a first paper wall, a second paper wall, a first lateral wall, a second lateral wall and a spacer plate. The light device holder is designed containing and enclosing multiple light bulbs. The second paper wall is opposite to the first paper wall. Two sides of the first paper wall and the second paper wall are respectively connected to edges of the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall forming a rectangular container space. The spacer plate has a first plate part and a second plate part. The first plate part engages an inner surface of the first paper wall. The second plate part is folded from the first plate part to extend as a tilt surface to divide the rectangular container space into a first space part and a second space part.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: XIAMEN LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO., LTDInventors: Yuanlong Zou, Ruixiu Hou, Qidi Huang, Yinghong Yao
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Patent number: 11834238Abstract: A closing element, among a cover and a ring, for a container for a cosmetic product includes a wall having at least one metallic and elastically deformable connection region, the at least one connection region being partially detached from the rest of the wall. The at least one connection region being adapted to cooperate with another closing element, among the ring and the cover, by elastic deformation so as to removably assemble the two closing elements with each other. A closing assembly for a cosmetic product container is also presented.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: AXILONE METAL SAInventors: Marc Vila Vilalta, Marc Romero Serra, Antoni Cubi Montanya
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Patent number: 11834260Abstract: An internal lift equipped refuse receptacle assembly for facilitating removal of full or partially full trash can liners includes a tubular housing and a false bottom. The tubular housing has a true bottom and a top. The true bottom is closed. The top is open for insertion of a trash can liner into the tubular housing. The false bottom is operationally engaged to an actuator, which is engaged to the tubular housing. A controller is engaged to the tubular housing so that the controller is accessible to a user. The controller is operationally engaged to the actuator and can be selectively manipulated by the user to activate the actuator to motivate the false bottom, the trash can liner, and contents of the trash can liner from proximate to the true bottom toward the top, facilitating removal of the trash can liner and its contents from the tubular housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Inventor: Desire Guezo
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Patent number: 11825968Abstract: An adjustable vessel holder, such as an adjustable beverage container holder, is adjustable between a first position and a second position and includes a sleeve and at least one closure coupled to the sleeve. The at least one closure is configured to have a closed position and an open position. In the closed position, the adjustable vessel holder is in the first position and is configured to receive a vessel having a first size. In the open position of the closure, the adjustable vessel holder is in the second position and is configured to receive a different vessel having a second size. In some vessel holders, in the first position, a top end has a first internal perimeter, and in the second position, the top end has a second internal perimeter that is larger than the first internal perimeter.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Inventor: Lacie Leatherman
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Patent number: 11827433Abstract: A child-resistant cap for containers is provided. The child-resistant cap includes an outer cap and an inner cap. The outer cap is configured with a knurled side wall and includes a plurality of inner projections and a plurality of involute teeth projected on an inner top surface. The inner cap is configured to fit into the outer cap and includes an inner side wall which includes a plurality of ribs positioned on the outer side. The space between the adjacent ribs of the plurality of ribs includes an inclined structure and a plurality of undercuts. An outer top surface of the inner cap includes a plurality of projections with a wedge-shaped structure which is configured to mesh with the plurality of involute teeth. The wedge-shaped structure includes a chamfered edge. A bottom surface of the inner cap is configured as a tapered surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2023Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Inventor: Anmol Sood
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Patent number: 11827422Abstract: A cap for a container comprises: a retaining ring suitable for being associated with a neck of the container, the retaining ring extending about an axis; a closure element for opening or closing an opening defined by the neck of the container; a hinge structure interposed between the closure element and the retaining ring so as to allow the closure element to be rotated relative to the retaining ring. The retaining ring and the closure element are separated by a separation line, which extends externally of the hinge structure. The hinge structure comprises at least one connection band which connects the closure element to the retaining ring, the connection band being defined inside a recess provided in a side wall of the cap, the side wall extending about said axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVAInventors: Fabrizio Pucci, Fiorenzo Parrinello
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Patent number: 11819628Abstract: A catheter holder includes an attachment section configured to be attachable to a holder tube that accommodates at least a portion of a sheath of an image diagnosis catheter in a wound state, a support section extending from the attachment section in a direction away from the wound holder tube, and a fixing section provided on a second end side of the support section, which is opposite to a first end side of the support section on which the attachment section is provided, and configured to fix a unit connector and a hub of the image diagnosis catheter to hold the outer tube, which is exposed from an opening portion of the holder tube, in a linear shape to be fixed in position.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuuki Sakaguchi
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Patent number: 11820559Abstract: A waterproof container is provided, the waterproof container including a base portion, the base portion having a base; an outer wall extending from the base; and an inner wall disposed inwardly from the outer wall, thereby forming a channel between the inner wall and the outer wall; and a lid portion, the lid portion having: a slot within the lid portion; and a seal configured to fit within the slot, the seal including a groove therein, wherein the groove of the seal is configured to accept an end of the inner wall therein when the lid portion is affixed to the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventor: Enliang Wang
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Patent number: 11814233Abstract: A microwaveable container for holding food includes a first container, a second container and a lid. The first container has a lower food holding space sized and shaped to hold a first food and a second container receiving space disposed above the lower food holding space. The first container has a shoulder extending outward from the lower food holding space. The second container nests with the first container and has an upper food holding space sized and shaped to hold a second food. The second container is positionable in the second container receiving space of the first container such that the second container separates the first and second foods held in the respective lower and upper food holding spaces. The second container engages and rests on the shoulder of the first container when nested. The lid attaches directly to the first container.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Inventor: Anthony M. Frankenreiter
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Patent number: 11817690Abstract: There is provided a utility junction box including a first housing portion with three sidewalls, a top sidewall, a rear access opening with a removable access cover, and an open bottom opening into an interior volume for receiving at least one line from a first location, and a second housing portion forming a weather guard extending cantilever style from the top sidewall and the three sidewalls including a sloping front face, a front wall, and a lower sidewall formed with a plurality of openings facing downwards, wherein each opening formed in the lower sidewall of the weather guard is configured to allow at least one utility line to pass from within the interior volume of the housing through the opening and direct the utility line through the opening formed in the lower sidewall of the weather guard to a second location exterior to the utility junction box.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Inventor: Michael Murray Bogart
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Patent number: 11814223Abstract: An example lid assembly may include a lid and a slider. The slider may be configured to move between a closed position where the slider covers a container opening to aid in preventing spilling of contents of the container and an opened position where the slider uncovers the opening such that the contents of the container may be released. The slider may include at least one slider positioning magnet and at least one lid positioning magnet that may be configured to lock the slider in the closed position and lock the slider in the opened position. The magnets may have a length and a width that are equal to each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLCInventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, John Alan Tolman, Steve Charles Nichols
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Patent number: 11806172Abstract: The invention relates to a device for packaging an object, comprising: a main hollow body (100), a closure element (101), and a support (110) housed inside the main hollow body (100), said support being configured to receive an object (150), such as a medical implant. The support comprises a seat having an axial through-hole designed to allow part (170) of the object (150) to extend below the seat, while another part (160) of the object (150) bears on the seat. The packaging device is configured to limit or block the rotation of the support (110) relative to the main hollow body (100) about the axis of the through-hole in the seat. The support (110) is designed to limit or block the rotation of at least part of the object (150) about said axis, whereby the object (150) can move freely out of the main hollow body (100) when the closure element (101) is open. The invention also relates to a corresponding extraction method.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: SELENIUM MEDICALInventor: Olivier Richart
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Patent number: 11806312Abstract: A medication adherence system and corresponding medication box for improving medication adherence. The system includes the medication box, which is transparent and has a machine-readable marker, such as a QR code, on or beneath the floor thereof. The marker is capable of being scanned and read through the transparent bottoms of individual chambers. Data embedded in the marker includes, but is not limited to, the user's medication plan, the date and time when the medication is to be ingested, and instructions for recording the date and time when the marker is scanned and read. The underlying software program/application processes this information and provides an indication as to the user's compliance with the medication plan.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRSInventors: William Diehl Kearns, Kimberly Ann Crosland, Jeffrey D. Craighead, James Leonard Fozard
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Patent number: 11811204Abstract: A wall installation connection box unit, including a box housing body having a rear-side base portion and a sleeve portion projecting forward from the base portion, which sleeve portion peripherally surrounds an installation component mounting space, which space is accessible via an open front end face of the sleeve portion, an extension sleeve which is configured for coaxial arrangement on the sleeve portion and axial pushing back relative to the sleeve portion, and a retaining structure which allows axial pushing back of the extension sleeve on the sleeve portion from a mounting position to an end use position on variable axial level and retains the extension sleeve in the end use position on the sleeve portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Hansgrohe SEInventors: Günther Lehmann, Jürgen Schorer, Thomas Doll
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Patent number: 11805929Abstract: A receptacle having a wrap is configured to define a chamber for receiving a container. A pair of slots are formed in the wrap. A first connector is exposed through a first one of the slots and coupled to a surface of the wrap and a second connector exposed through a second one of the slots and coupled to the surface of the wrap.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: SCRIBE OPCO, INC.Inventors: Chris Nelson, Rachel Rosario
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Patent number: 11807434Abstract: A 2-piece closure includes a cap having a first skirt perpendicular to, and extending downwardly from, a first circular top wall. The first skirt includes a groove and a first anti-rotation formation. A tamper band attaches to the first skirt by frangible members. A cap cover includes a second skirt extending downwardly from a second circular top wall. The second circular top wall and the second skirt define an interior having a groove engagement formation and a second anti-rotation formation. The cap cover encloses a portion of the cap, with the groove engagement formation and the groove engaged. The first and second anti-rotation formations interact to restrict rotation of the cap cover relative to the cap.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Silgan White Cap LLCInventor: Gary L. Berge
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Patent number: 11801984Abstract: A blank for forming a tray, wherein the blank includes a first panel extending along a lateral axis configured to form an outer side of an erected tray and a second panel extending along the lateral axis coupled to the first panel by a fold line, the second panel being configured to form an inner side of the erected tray. Each of the first and second panels includes a base section, a first lateral section foldably coupled to the base section, a first end section foldably coupled to the first lateral section, a second lateral section foldably coupled to the base section, and a second end section foldably coupled to the second lateral section.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: WestRock Shared Services, LLCInventor: John Valencia