Patents Examined by L E Kmet
  • Patent number: 10611018
    Abstract: A toolbox contains two covers which are rotatably connected with each other and are rotated away from or close to each other so as to open or close the toolbox. At least one of the two covers includes a shell, a frame, and a tool rack. The shell includes a bottom wall and an annular wall, and the annular wall extends upward from and surrounds the bottom wall so as to define a hollow receiving space with the bottom wall. The frame surrounds the annular wall and connect with the tool rack so that the shell is engaged between frame and tool rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Inventor: Ming-Hong Ko
  • Patent number: 10604319
    Abstract: A packaging system protects and retains all the components of a lighting unit with a resilient binding unit. The packaging system is used for a lighting unit with a first component having a first elongate member and a second component having a second elongate member. It also includes a carrier base with a first and second aperture used to receive and hold the first and second elongate member at a first longitudinal location. The second aperture is located proximate to the first aperture. The packaging also includes a resilient binding element for holding the first and second components with a first and second ring to receive and hold the first and second elongate member at a second longitudinal location, where the second longitudinal location being spaced a distance from the first longitudinal location. The binding element is used to inhibit the first and second components from being longitudinally moved relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventors: Linarso Alimuddin, Bentley Chelf
  • Patent number: 10562692
    Abstract: A multi-chamber bag portion can be used as a package for a curable multi-component compound. The multi-chamber bag portion has at least two chambers separated from one another in liquid-tight manner, where one of the chambers is filled with a reactive component and at least one other chamber with a hardener component for the reactive component. The multi-chamber bag portion also has at least one separating element, which in storage condition separates the chambers from one another in liquid-tight manner and in ready-to-use condition provides fluidic communication between the chambers for mixing of the reactive component and the hardener component. An opening portion, which can be opened to discharge the mixed multi-component compound, is also a component of the multi-chamber bag portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Foerg, Jekaterina Miller, Esther Rahel Kluj, Mario Paetow
  • Patent number: 10532654
    Abstract: A liquid container has a plurality of resilient liquid permeable bodies inserted via an aperture and attached to a mounting by a tether, so as to interrupt the free flow of liquid within the container and prevent noise and vibration resulting from the contained fluid sloshing. A method describes how the anti-slosh device can be installed into a liquid container and how the device can be retrofitted to any liquid container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventors: Glen Voice, Michael Powell, Doran Chesters
  • Patent number: 10499721
    Abstract: The proposed invention is uniquely configured to allow for the efficient organization, storage and use of hair extensions in a salon setting where it can easily fit into a typical salon work station or cart. The two-piece book design allows for ease of operation and transport as well as the stacking of multiple cases. The specialized cut-out sections in each end of invention facilitate direct access to the attachable end of a hair extension and allow for the storage of longer hair extensions when the invention is closed. The vertical pin arrangement on the interior of the invention prevents damage to the hair extensions and keeps them organized, lying flat and separated. These design elements help the stylist to stay organized and work quickly and efficiently. Because the invention can be easily cleaned and sanitized, it can be manufactured to meet most, if not all, state cosmetology sanitation codes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Inventor: Celeste Ruth Lucero
  • Patent number: 10493640
    Abstract: A portable food service assembly includes a support and a plate non-threadedly attached to, and detached from, the support. The assembly includes eating utensils and accessories, and can readily be carried by an individual from one place to another with one hand, and can be readily supported and held without tipping on a support surface, including in a compartment of a cupholder. All the components of the assembly are disposable, biodegradable, and, if desired, reusable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Inventor: Leonid Shendelman
  • Patent number: 10479565
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a barrel lid, such as a wood wine barrel lid, that inhibits and withstands warping and/or deformation. In one embodiment, the anti-warping wine barrel head comprises a plurality of adjacent slats, a plurality of staves where at least one stave disposed between each pair of adjacent slats, a plurality of grooves disposed on a top and/or bottom surface of the barrel head where each groove is oriented at an angle with respect to the plurality of slats, and a plurality of rods disposed in the plurality of top and/or bottom surface grooves where at least one rod is disposed in each of the plurality of top and/or bottom surface grooves. In some embodiments, staves are double flanged or rectangular, and rods have a half-round cross-section or triangular cross-section. In other embodiments, a gasket may span the periphery of the barrel lid, for example, along a lip thereof. In some embodiments, a locking ring is utilized to secure wine barrel lid to the container or drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: NORTH COAST CONTAINER
    Inventors: Andrew Deutsch, Donald P. Kish
  • Patent number: 10458598
    Abstract: A high pressure tank includes: a resin liner for containing a fluid; and a cap including a supply/discharge hole. A cylindrical portion formed with the liner in a protruding manner is inserted in the supply/discharge hole. In a seal groove formed in an inner circumferential surface of the supply/discharge hole, a seal member and a back-up member disposed on an upstream side of the seal member in the supply direction are provided. A tapered groove surface of the seal groove facing toward the back-up member is apart from the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion along the supply direction. A tapered member surface of the back-up member facing toward the tapered groove surface has a diameter expanding along the supply direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshihiko Kanezaki
  • Patent number: 10449464
    Abstract: The present invention provides an umbilical cord storage doll, including: a head part, a torso part, a lower body part, and a storage container, wherein the head part and the torso part are separably coupled to each other and the torso part and the lower body part are separably coupled to each other; wherein the storage container accommodates and stores the umbilical cord therein, and is closed with a stopper; wherein the head part is fabricated via a three-dimensional printer such that the head part looks identical or similar to the face of an actual baby; wherein an upper space is formed in the torso part, a lower space is formed in the lower body part, and the storage container is accommodated throughout the upper space and the lower space; and wherein the torso part and the lower body part are separably coupled to each other by magnetic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Inventor: Hyunkap Park
  • Patent number: 10441053
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cosmetic container comprising a refill container having a sealing ring and, more specifically, to a cosmetic container comprising a refill container having a sealing ring, the cosmetic container having a refill container holder embedded in an outer case, and having the refill container, which contains cosmetics, used by being coupled to the refill container holder, and improving refill convenience since after the cosmetics are completely used, a user easily separates the refill container from the refill container holder by pressing the refill container on the top thereof, and then can couple a new refill container to the refill container holder from the bottom of the outer case, thereby easily replacing the refill container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Soo Hong, Ju Ho Kim, You Seung Kim
  • Patent number: 10399731
    Abstract: A cluster pack comprises at least two containers connected by a glued joint. One of the containers has a thickened wall region in the region of the glued joint. This region acts as a well reinforcement to reduce the risk of tearing a container during detachment from the cluster pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Haesendonckx, Christian Rommel
  • Patent number: 10343830
    Abstract: The present teaching relates to a packaging unit for one or more individually removable products, in particular tablets, including a blister packaging and a bag-type outer packaging, in which the blister packaging is enclosed. The blister packaging is movably arranged in the outer packaging and can be brought into at least one removal position, in which the removal of at least one of the products is enabled. The blister packaging has at least one positioning element, and the outer packaging has at least one receiving element for the positioning element, wherein the positioning element arranged in the receiving element defines the removal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Constantia Pirk GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Frischmann, Florian Frischholz, Wolfgang Krauss
  • Patent number: 10327540
    Abstract: An effective assembly for a toothbrush holder is achieved by applying a biasing member's force to cause two portions of an enclosure, each receiving one of two rollers. In this way, the biasing action can be used both for the roller action as well as for keeping the enclosure closed around the toothbrush head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: ,AXOR INC.
    Inventors: Denis Lamothe, Jean Lamothe