Patents Examined by Jennifer Castriotta
  • Patent number: 11472615
    Abstract: An easily detachable airtight container includes a container body, a first upper cover, a second upper cover and a handle. The second upper cover is disposed between the container body and the first upper cover. The first upper cover has an opening, while the second upper cover has a convex block which passes through the opening. The handle includes a body. The body has a first coupling portion, while the convex block has a second coupling portion. The first coupling portion and the second coupling portion may are detachably connected. When the first coupling portion is coupled with the second coupling portion, the first upper cover is sandwiched between the second upper cover and the handle. In the present disclosure, the handle forms a detachable connection with the convex block by means of the coupling portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Ningbo Halson Import & Export Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jiehua Lu
  • Patent number: 11465797
    Abstract: A collapsible travel bottle comprising a flexible main body comprising an inner space for receiving a liquid therein, the main body including an upper portion, a middle portion, and a lower portion, an opening in the upper portion in communication with the inner space to allow receiving and discharging of the liquid within the flexible main body, a rigid collar coupled to the upper portion proximate the opening, a rigid cap coupled to the rigid collar to restrict receiving and discharging of the liquid within the flexible main body through the opening, the middle portion configured to enable both the top portion and the middle portion to collapse fully into the bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Stojo Products Inc.
    Inventors: Jurrien Swarts, Richard Smiedt
  • Patent number: 11458074
    Abstract: A vessel includes an inner container, an outer container, a connector, a cap, and a lid. The outer container includes a first coupler and an outer chamber. The inner container includes a second coupler and an inner chamber to hold a liquid. The inner container is receivable at least partially within the outer chamber. The connector includes a third coupler that is complementary to the first coupler, and a fourth coupler that is complementary to the second coupler. When both the first coupler is engaged with the third coupler and the second coupler is engaged with the fourth coupler, the outer chamber is entirely enclosed within a liquid-proof barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Ceres Chill, Inc.
    Inventor: Elizabeth Joy Myers
  • Patent number: 11447312
    Abstract: A container includes a bottom box and a top lid. The bottom box includes a containing space adapted to contain the contents. The bottom box has a tilted shape wherein the bottom box has one side height greater than another side height. The top lid includes an integrally formed lens and formed with a plurality of air holes on a top surface thereof. The top lid is removably assembled with the bottom box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: CHU'S CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Han-Hsuan Chu
  • Patent number: 11440695
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metal bottle having a mouthpiece in an upper part of a bottomed cylindrical bottle body, including forming a screw part on the mouthpiece and then forming a curl at a tip of the mouthpiece. During formation of the screw part, a height of the first-stage screw thread from a tip side in a complete screw part and a height of the second-stage screw thread from the tip side are substantially equal and a distance between an apex part of the first-stage screw thread and a bottle axis is smaller than a distance between the apex part of the second-stage screw thread and the bottle axis. After formation of the curl, a distance between the apex part of the first-stage screw thread and the bottle axis and a distance between the apex part of the second-stage screw thread and the bottle axis are substantially equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Aihara, Masaomi Tamura, Toshiyuki Hasegawa, Takeshi Murase, Tomohiko Nakamura, Naoya Matsumoto, Nobuhiro Sasajima
  • Patent number: 11440713
    Abstract: Package of a food product comprising a container and a sealing foil connected to the mouth edge of the container and a tool for picking the product, fixed to the surface of the sealing foil, wherein the sealing foil has a surface of thermoplastic plastic material, the tool is a flattened body of cellulosic or wood-cellulosic material, shaped like a spatula, and is fixed to said surface of the sealing foil by ultrasound welding, in the absence of an added adhesive material, along a section of a creasing line generated on the surface of the tool by the sonotrode during the welding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SOREMARTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Diego Canavesio, Roberta Riva Dogliat
  • Patent number: 11435034
    Abstract: A storage tank system features a tank made of rigid material and an insulation assembly. The insulation assembly includes an inner membrane and an outer membrane wherein the inner membrane is located within the outer membrane and at least one of the inner membrane and outer membrane is made of a flexible material. An insulation medium is located in a space between the inner membrane and the outer membrane and a vacuum is applied to the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Chart Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Drube, Lyle Holsinger
  • Patent number: 11434050
    Abstract: A stopper for a container and an assembly of a stopper and a container wherein the stopper has an insertion section configured for insertion into the container. The insertion section has a sealing section for closing the container in a sealing position of the stopper and a contact section for holding the stopper in a drying position of the stopper. The contact section has at least one passage opening for a gas exchange between an interior of the container and the surroundings of the container. The stopper has a sealing body and a main body connected together, wherein the main body has a higher degree of hardness than the sealing body. Regions of a lateral surface of the insertion section in contact with an inner surface of a container wall are formed by outer surfaces of the sealing body in the region of the contact section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: KISICO KIRCHNER, SIMON & CO. GMBH
    Inventor: Jan Kirchner
  • Patent number: 11396414
    Abstract: A closure member for a food container including a multilayer laminate having a first layer of material at least partly light-permeable, a second layer of plastic material, a third layer of repositionable adhesive material interposed between the first and the second layer, at least one inner weakening line obtained on the second layer and extending according to a predetermined geometry defining, in use, an access gap to the container, at least one outer weakening line, obtained on the second layer, proximal to the peripheral edge with respect to the inner weakening line at least at the hand gripping portion, wherein the second layer has a predetermined graphic pattern printed or realised on at least one of its faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SMILESYS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Claudio Ernestino Zanarella
  • Patent number: 11383898
    Abstract: A beverage container closure or lid that is adapted for closing an open end of a beverage container. The lid is selectively couplable to the beverage container and includes a selectively openable stopper that when closed, creates a fluid-tight seal between the beverage container and the environment. The stopper may be selectively opened by a user by the user pressing a button disposed on a side of the beverage container closure. The stopper is subsequently automatically closed when the user releases the button. Thus, a user may open and close the beverage container closure using a single hand without the need to remove the beverage container closure from the beverage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Pacific Market International, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Sean Gilbert, Randy Sims
  • Patent number: 11377270
    Abstract: A container lid may include a container top, a closure, and a push button. The closure may be coupled to the container top and movable between a closed closure position in which a lid opening of the container top is closed and an open closure position in which the lid opening is open. The push button may be movably coupled to the closure. The push button may include a latch configured to selectively engage the container top when the closure is in the closed closure position. The push button may be movable between a first push button position in which the latch is engageable with the container top and a second push button position in which the latch is disengaged from the container top. The closure defines a push button recess and the push button is disposed substantially within the push button recess and substantially enclosed by the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Runway Blue, LLC
    Inventors: David O. Meyers, Jim Allen Colby, Paul James Faerber
  • Patent number: 11358761
    Abstract: A convenient lid includes a housing, a lid opening, a press plate, a button, an insertion plate, a guide plate and a threaded body, the lid opening and the threaded body are provided on the lower part of the housing, the side of the lid is provided with a first concave cavity, a fixing body and a guide column are provided in the first concave cavity, a switch device and a security device are provided on the fixing body and the guide column, a guide plate, an insertion plate and a press plate are provided inside the lid, a concave ring and a guide strip are provided on the outside of the lid opening, a convex ring, a guide slot and a latch are provided on the inner side of the threaded body, ribs and threads are provided on the outer side of the threaded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: Liming Huang
  • Patent number: 11338972
    Abstract: A drinking vessel storage container combination is provided herein. The combination comprises: a first body; a first cap demountably coupled to the first body; and a storage container demountably coupled to the first body opposite the first cap. The first cap comprises a lid, a port, and a strainer. The storage container comprises a second body, a second cap, a panel, and an insert. The first body is hollow, open-faced, and substantially cylindrical in shape. The bottom face is configured to allow the storage container to be demountable affixed thereto. The strainer is positioned adjacent to the port and within the chamber when the first cap is demountably affixed to the first body. The insert is selectively positioned within the second body. The panel is selectively positioned on top of the insert. The second cap is demountably affixed to the second body and the bottom face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventor: Darren Crampton
  • Patent number: 11317745
    Abstract: A securable plate for infants having a sidewall projecting a length of a perimeter edge engages removably with a support surface using a suction cup. An opening in the sidewall provides a passage to lift the edge of the suction cup to disengage the suctioned engagement of the suction cup by lifting the edge of the suction cup or a release flap extending from it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventor: Karen Braveheart
  • Patent number: 11313613
    Abstract: There is disclosed a refrigerator including an inner case that defines an exterior appearance of a storage space, with a communication hole formed therein, an outer case spaced apart a predetermined distance from the inner case, with a communication formed at a position corresponding to the communication hole of the inner case, a vacuum space provided between the inner case and the outer case, with being maintained vacuum, to insulate the inner case from the outer case, and a connection pipe passing through the vacuum space, to connect the communication hole of the inner case and the communication hole of the outer case with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Deokhyun Youn
  • Patent number: 11312523
    Abstract: A synthetic resin-made multilayer bottle includes: an outer shell bottle having a shoulder section continuing from an outer opening section, and a body section continuing from the shoulder section; a synthetic resin-made inner container body having a cylindrical inner opening section provided inside the outer opening section of the outer shell bottle, and an inner container main body continuing from the inner opening section, shaped along an inner surface shape of the outer shell bottle, which deforms by an external pressure; and an air passage formed between the outer opening section and the inner opening section and which introduces outside air between the outer shell bottle and the inner container body. The inner circumferential surface of the inner opening section is provided with a small-diameter section having a diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the open end of the inner opening section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: Hokkai Can Co., Ltd., Kikkoman Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Yamaguchi, Natsuyuki Mannen, Denmi Kuwagaki
  • Patent number: 11312547
    Abstract: A closure for a drinking bottle, including a securing element for releasably arranging the closure on a lid of the drinking bottle, a pretensioned pivot element which is arranged on the securing element so as to be pivotable away from said clamping element about a pivot axis, and a seal which is arranged on a pivot element that pivots out. The securing element includes a first clamping element, a second clamping element and a spring. The two clamping elements are arranged on one another so as to be linearly displaceable in one direction and the spring is arranged between the two clamping elements in the direction of displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SIGG SWITZERLAND BOTTLES AG
    Inventor: Simon Siegenthaler
  • Patent number: 11304550
    Abstract: A beverage containment apparatus includes a cylindrical body, a lid, and a splash guard. The body has one or more walls, a sloping lip at an opening on one end, an interior portion of the body, and a base. In some embodiments, the sloped lip forms a circular arc or a parabolic arc. The lid has a closed end and an open end on an opposite side of the closed end. The open end is configured to detachably couple to the body. The splash guard is configured to detachably couple to the interior portion of the body proximate to the sloping lip. The splash guard includes a plurality of apertures spaced around an outer circumference of the splash guard. In some embodiments, the splash guard includes a center aperture sized to fit a user's finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Fellow Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Cosgarea, Yulian Bagirov
  • Patent number: 11304486
    Abstract: This securing device (22, 24), designed to be mounted on a wall (8) of a suitcase (2, 4, 102) with wheels (12), comprises a main hooking element suitable for being fastened to an auxiliary hooking element (26) incorporated into another suitcase (2, 4), and a detaching actuator capable of releasing the main hooking element from the auxiliary hooking element (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventor: Servet Ayhan
  • Patent number: 11287776
    Abstract: A thermal compensation system is provided for a liquid-filled inflexible chamber of a device. The chamber has at least one exposed, at least partially transparent surface allowing an outside observer to observe at least one liquid and comprises a mechanism accommodating thermal expansion and/or contraction of the liquids. The mechanism is disposed so as to be substantially invisible to the observer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventors: Lucien Vouillamoz, Yves Ruffieux