Patents Examined by King M Chu
  • Patent number: 11887875
    Abstract: A substrate storing container includes: a container main body; a lid body that is attachable to and detachable from a container main body opening portion and can close the container main body opening portion; and a sealing member that closes the container main body opening portion together with the lid body, in which airtightness of the substrate storing space is enhanced so that 50% or more of a gas supplied to a substrate storing space can be discharged from an exhaust filter portion in a case in which a supply amount of a gas supplied from an outer space of the container main body to the substrate storing space through a gas supply filter portion is 22 liters per minute or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MIRAIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Narita, Tadatoshi Inoue
  • Patent number: 11882915
    Abstract: A refillable container for a stick type cosmetic product comprising a cap, a refill cartridge and a base assembly. The base assembly comprises an outer shell, a button member, and a limiting member. The refill cartridge is configured to be detachably received at least partially within a cavity of the outer shell of the base assembly such that the refill cartridge may be removed and replaced from said base assembly by pressing the button member provided in the base assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: APR BEAUTY GROUP INC.
    Inventors: Min-Yan Zheng, Feng-Ying Fu
  • Patent number: 11865468
    Abstract: An activity box includes two pairs of wheels having blind holes, two axles having two ends releasably insertable into the blind holes, and a box defining a space having a defined volume sufficiently large to fit the axles. The wheels include a first magnetically attractable component. The axles include a second magnetically attractable component secured at each end of each axle. The axles have a length spanning a width of the box, which has two pairs of through holes on two opposing sides to accommodate the axles, such that the axles are threaded through the through holes. The two pairs of wheels are rotatably attached to the box by magnetically coupling the first magnetically attractable component to the second magnetically attractable component, such that the activity box is configured to be used as a cart that can be rolled over a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Lovevery, Inc.
    Inventors: Israel David Catz, Jessica Thacher Crolick Rolph, Claire Way-June Liu, Thomas Creason Rigby, Philip Jacob Fouts
  • Patent number: 11857100
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a food elevating platform with adjustable elements to selectively engage the walls of a container. The food elevating platform includes a mesh screen to allow liquids from food to pass through and collect in the bottom of the container. The food elevating platform includes one or more engaging surfaces about the edge of the platform that also may engage the surface of the container. One or more logos and/or text may be incorporated into the food elevating platform and/or its components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Jeffery Baron Lesperance
  • Patent number: 11862957
    Abstract: A folding, flared utility vault or enclosure that may be used to protect public utility valves, electrical cables, switches, fiber optic cables, or the like is provided. The system generally comprises a base box having a front panel, back panel, and side panels. Alternative embodiments may further comprise an extension box having a front extension panel, back extension panel, and side extension panels. The various panels of the base box and extension box may have flared bottoms that prevent removal after installation. Additionally a user may attach extension boxes to the base box to increase the amount of storage area within the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventors: Andru Bramblett, Erick Crosby, Dustin Nolen, Raymond G. Thompson
  • Patent number: 11858675
    Abstract: A terminally sterilized medical procedure kit includes a recovered item and a new item packaged together as a single stock keeping unit. A method for processing at least a portion of a first medical procedure kit includes the steps of receiving a recoverable item of the first kit, performing a processing operation on the recoverable item, providing a new item, combining the recoverable item and the new item in a second kit, and terminally sterilizing the second kit. A method for recovering at least a portion of a terminally sterilized medical procedure kit includes the steps of purchasing a recoverable item of the first kit from an owner and receiving the recoverable item by the purchaser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Glen Coleman, Michael Chad Hollis, Vernon Raymond Hartdegen
  • Patent number: 11845600
    Abstract: An inflatable web includes two juxtaposed sheets, seals between the sheets that define chambers, and two longitudinal edges. The chambers extend in a transverse direction between the two longitudinal edges. The seals include side seals that extend between the two longitudinal edges. The side seals include a two intermittent side seals and a continuous side seal. Each of the intermittent side seals includes side seal portions and gaps between the side seal portions. The gaps permit gas to pass between chambers on either side of the intermittent side seals. The continuous side seal is located between the two intermittent side seals. The continuous side seal does not permit gas to pass between chambers on either side of the continuous side seal. The gaps in the two intermittent side seals are aligned a longitudinal direction to form a non-continuous longitudinal channel across the continuous side seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation (US)
    Inventors: William A. Snyder, Jessica L. Denson
  • Patent number: 11844373
    Abstract: Rigid pack for rod-shaped articles includes; a parallelepiped-shaped container, which houses the group of articles and has at least a lower wall, a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls; and a support system arranged in the container and has at least a first containing wall, which is parallel to the lower wall and is provided with a plurality of through holes, each engaged by a corresponding smoking article. The support system consists of a first articulated parallelogram having a frame glued to the rear wall of the container, two cranks and a connecting rod, which only rests against the front wall of the container, so that, while the rigid pack is being manufactured, the support system can be formed with the first articulated parallelogram in a flat condition and can subsequently be expanded by opening the first articulated parallelogram by rotation of both cranks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Luca Paradiso, Luca Lanzarini, Roberto Ghiotti, Giuliano Gamberini
  • Patent number: 11839317
    Abstract: A drinking vessel has a body with a plurality of chambers formed therein and an access channel opening to a compartment at a base of the body. Each of the plurality of chambers opens to the compartment at the bottom of the body. Each of the plurality of chambers opens at a top of the body. The access channel is adapted to receive a straw or a tube therein. The body is a plurality of walls formed therein. The plurality walls define the plurality of channels in the body. The plurality walls extend from an inner wall of the body to an exterior of the access channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventor: William Hardy Smith, III
  • Patent number: 11840376
    Abstract: A security container that can be easily and securely connected to a fixed structure such as, but not limited to, a rod, pole, handle, latch, etc. such that the security container can be securely and easily connected and disconnected from the fixed structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: PROCESS4, INC.
    Inventor: Curtis Taylor
  • Patent number: 11825875
    Abstract: A container for storing and transporting elongated objects, such as smoker's articles, or other small objects, which container has a container lid or closure and a container receptacle. The container lid is mounted on the receptacle for pivoting movement relative thereto and is openable to provide full access to the interior of the container and the object stored therein, and is closable to prevent access thereto. The container incorporates a child-resistant opening mechanism, and a seal which cooperates between the container lid and the receptacle in the closed position of the container lid to prevent odors from escaping the container interior, to preserve freshness of objects stored in the interior of the container and/or to seal the container interior from moisture or other contaminants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: GREEN WORLD PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Gene Lafler, Jr., Michael Richard Shane Vandenbosch, Matthew John Wheelright, Steve Allen Shoemaker, Kevin William Murphy
  • Patent number: 11820567
    Abstract: The invention of the present disclosure may be a pressure sensitive locking mechanism comprising a first tine, a second tine, and a third tine. The locking mechanism may further comprise a tab disposed on the second tine, where the tab may be orthogonal to the second tine. In an embodiment, the second tine is configurable in a locked state and an unlocked state, where the second tine comprises a second tine bell disposed on the lower portion of the second tine, and where the second tine bell is tapered from the tab to an upper portion of the second tine. The tab may be configured to receive a pressure, application of the pressure may be configured to convert the second tine from the locked state to the unlocked state, and withdrawal of the pressure may be configured to convert the second tine from the unlocked state to the locked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Edward Ubell, Harry Kubetz
  • Patent number: 11820591
    Abstract: A sanitary waste disposal device for portable use includes a shell, which defines an interior space and which is substantially impermeable to water. An opening is positioned in a front of the shell proximate to a top of the shell. A cover panel is hingedly engaged to the shell proximate to the opening. The cover panel is hingable from a first position, wherein the cover panel closes the opening, to a second position, wherein waste is insertable through the opening into the shell. A mounting element is engaged to the shell proximate to the top and is used to selectively mount the shell to a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Woodrow Berry, Stacy Berry
  • Patent number: 11820550
    Abstract: A rigid container that may be used to store items. The container includes a first bowl and a second bowl. The first and second bowls both include center portions and at least one sidewall. The sidewalls are disposed about the peripheries of their respective center portions and oriented perpendicular to it. The sidewall(s) of the first bowl define an exterior profile and the sidewall(s) of the second bowl define an interior profile. The exterior profile and the interior profile are identical in shape but the interior profile is slightly larger so that the second bowl can be received over the first bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Alexander Johnson
  • Patent number: 11812541
    Abstract: An electronic component package includes an electronic component storage container including a main body with recesses to store electronic components positioned along a longitudinal direction of the main body and including openings on one side in a height direction of the main body, a cover sheet to cover the openings of the recesses and removably attached to the main body, and a cover positioned such that the cover sheet is between the cover and the main body, and electronic components stored in the recesses of the electronic component storage container, the electronic component package has a volume filling rate of the electronic components in at least one of the recesses of about 50% or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shimizu, Kiyoyuki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11805887
    Abstract: A beverage container includes a transparent cylindrical acrylic body sized to fit into a cup-holder of a vehicle, a transparent skin sized to encase a portion of an outer surface of the body, a transparent handle, a transparent lid sized to seal a chamber defined by the body, a transparent latch, and a transparent rubber or plastic cover sized to be placed onto the lid. The container is scannable by an x-ray machine or a metal detector for inspecting the container and the a beverage in the chamber, and permits a visual inspection of the liquid through the container. The latch permits the beverage to exit the lid through an orifice for the beverage to be consumed when the latch is open configuration. The orifice is sized to permit a straw to be inserted through the orifice to consume the beverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Josefina Tatiana Wittig
  • Patent number: 11801988
    Abstract: An inflatable packaging web (3201) includes a continuous web of preformed pouches (3200) and an outer skin (612). The continuous web of preformed pouches is defined by two panels (18) connected together along first and second side edges (14) and either connected together or folded along a bottom edge (20). At least one of the panels is inflatable. The outer skin is disposed over at least one of the inflatable panels. The outer skin is attached to the at least one of the inflatable panels along at least a portion of the height of the first and second side edges. The preformed pouch includes at least one fold such that a folded portion (3215) of the two panels is folded over a first portion of the two panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation (US)
    Inventor: Rick Wehrmann
  • Patent number: 11801981
    Abstract: Packaging material is provided. The packaging material can include at least one web layer having a surface that includes first and second regions. When corresponding first regions are overlaid with each other and corresponding second regions are overlaid with each other, the overlaid first and second regions can cooperatively surround a cavity. The packaging material further can include a first sealing material disposed in the first region and configured to seal together the corresponding first regions upon application of first conditions to the first sealing material, and a second sealing material disposed in the second region and configured to seal together the corresponding second regions upon application of second conditions to the second sealing material. The second sealing material can be configured such that the first conditions applied to the second sealing material are insufficient to cause the second sealing material to seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC
    Inventor: Thomas D. Wetsch
  • Patent number: 11793336
    Abstract: A drinking device for the retronasal perception of an aroma substance comprises a storage container for drinking liquid, at least one aroma container, through which air can flow, and a transporting channel for drinking liquid. The transporting channel runs from the storage container to a mouth end of the drinking device. The drinking device also comprises an air channel for transporting aromatized air. The air channel running runs from at least one of the at least one aroma containers to the transporting channel for drinking liquid or to the mouth end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: air up group GmbH
    Inventors: Tim Jäger, Magdalena Jüngst, Jannis Koppitz, Fabian Schlang
  • Patent number: 11787606
    Abstract: A flip straw cup assembly haying a container body, a lid that may be detachable and a straw assembly. The lid includes a flip straw that is biased towards an extended position and retractable into a recess and securable by a flip lock. The straw assembly includes a straw body, a cap and a resealable seam extending the longitudinal length of the straw body that is adapted to open the straw body for cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MUNCHKIN, INC.
    Inventors: Agnes Yena Lee, Sung Yun Chan, Kevin Douglas Johnson, Dewey Yu