Patents Examined by Luan K. Bui
  • Patent number: 11963833
    Abstract: A tooth cleaning device has a handle portion. An imitation lipstick bullet is disposed on the handle portion. The imitation lipstick bullet has a tooth cleaning implement protruding from an outer surface of the imitation lipstick bullet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: G and E INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Margo Brilliant, Jo Anne Brilliant, Robert M. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11951322
    Abstract: Accessories of a medical device, such as a defibrillator, are described. The accessories reduce delays in treating or monitoring a patient by increasing the efficiency of using, and the ease of use of, the medical device. An adjustable kickstand is movable between a collapsed and extended position to recline the medical device. In the reclined position, a display of the medical device can be more easily viewed by the user. Storage bags can be coupled to the medical device to efficiently store accessories for use with the medical device. The stored accessories can be coupled to the medical device while the accessories are stored within the storage bags. A port guard can protect and shield a connection between a cable and a port of the medical device to prevent the cable (e.g., an ECG cable) from being disconnected from the port of the medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher G. Alviar, Jeremy Edward Brummett, Christopher William Egbert, Deniz Icingir, Sarah Mynhier, Jeremy Wong, Neal Stanley Clark, Barry D. Curtin, Suneethi Gudapati, Bethany J. Johnson, Marc Mckissack, Marie Pahlmeyer, Brigitta M. Suwandana
  • Patent number: 11952202
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of a pill dispenser. The pill dispenser with a pre-filled stackable cartridge comprises a top plate, fitted horizontally with an embedded machine device; a cartridge assembly, fitted horizontally and mounted vertically on top of each of the cartridge assembly, detachably supporting a set of the pre-filled stackable cartridge wherein each of the cartridge comprise a plurality of slots to place a pill and a pill dispensing slot for dispensing the pill; and a plurality of tabs attached externally to each of the cartridge wherein one of the tab remains intact and rest each of the tabs are broken to create at least one hole to denote a serial number of the cartridge to follow a sequence of mounting the cartridge, a base plate comprising a pill cup to be manually pulled by the consumer to extract the pill to be consumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: Satya Venkat Rao Tadimeti
  • Patent number: 11950992
    Abstract: A substantially cuboid reclosable flexible package (8) for transporting multiple personal hygiene absorbent articles “on-the-go” is disclosed. It has a front wall (81), a rear wall (82), two opposed side walls (83,83) and two opposed end walls (84,84?). It includes a stack of at least two personal hygiene absorbent articles (1,100) comprising a garment attachment adhesive covered by a removable release paper (2), and which are folded inwardly with the removable release paper (2) exposed. The folded absorbent articles are free of an individual wrapping pouch and comprise closure means (7) for securing said folding. The package (8) is made of a plastic or paper wrap sealed at one position on either the front (81), the rear (82), or one of the two side walls (83,83?), and on the two end walls (84,84?). It comprises, on at least one wall, a tear-open flap (86) limited by at least one tearing line (87).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: ONTEX BV, ONTEX GROUP NV
    Inventors: Annemie Houben, Herman Vandevelde, Eva Staelens
  • Patent number: 11932465
    Abstract: A carton with a housing including an outer layer and an inner layer and a sliding container enclosable within the inner layer of the housing. The sliding container can be moved from a closed configuration wherein the sliding container is enclosed within the inner layer to an open configuration wherein at least a portion of the sliding container is outside the housing. The sliding container comprises an engagement means engagable with an aperture in the housing inner layer when in register with the aperture to hold the sliding container in the closed configuration. The outer layer of the housing comprises means for applying pressure in register with the aperture such that pressure applied in register with the aperture is exerted on the engagement means to thereby disengage the engagement means from the aperture to allow the sliding container to move from the closed to the open configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MM NEWPORT LTD.
    Inventors: Mark David Joines, Steven Gerard Archambault
  • Patent number: 11919698
    Abstract: A packaging system included a support member and a packing component. The support member includes a base, a head portion, and a leg. The head portion extends from the base in a first direction. The leg extends from the base in a second direction opposite the first direction. The packing component includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion defines a first aperture configured to receive the leg. The second portion defines a second aperture configured to receive the head portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Packaging Concepts & Design, LLC
    Inventor: Terry L. Fielder
  • Patent number: 11912489
    Abstract: A plurality of heat dissipation substrates stacked on each other, intermediate sheets disposed under a lowermost heat dissipation substrate, on an uppermost heat dissipation substrate, and between heat dissipation substrates adjacent to each other, a drying agent disposed over or under the plurality of heat dissipation substrates, and a bag that seals the plurality of heat dissipation substrates, the plurality of intermediate sheets, and the drying agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ota, Yosuke Ishihara, Daisuke Goto
  • Patent number: 11889916
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to oral care systems and devices. An oral care system includes a container defining an interior portion and a moveable funnel configured to slide in the interior portion of the container. The moveable funnel includes a funnel portion having a base connected to a tube. The system further includes a toothbrush supported by the tube, the toothbrush having a handle extending out from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Sage Products, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Michael Fowler, Ronald Christopher Cagle, Theresa L. Sebastian, Daniel R. Ulreich, Jodi Marie Balbinot, Kristin Marie Sexton
  • Patent number: 11884462
    Abstract: A tray made of cardboard, paperboard or other lightweight foldable sheet material that comprises one or more pockets (8) for receiving product. The tray comprises a top sheet defining one or more top sheet openings for the one or more pockets and a bottom sheet attached to the top sheet that comprises one or more bottom sheet openings that are aligned with the top sheet openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Multi Packaging Solutions UK Limited
    Inventors: Nigel Davis, Kevin Topfer, David Yates
  • Patent number: 11883213
    Abstract: A system for containing and transporting a medical device may include a container including a bottom face and surrounding side faces as a closed first end and an open second end to form an inner portion for receiving and retaining the medical device. At least a portion of one or more of the side faces may have an indentation extending along a length of the respective side face. A liner and cover may be removably enclosable about the container. The liner may be extendable over the side faces to line the inner portion of the container to an outer surface of the bottom face of the container. The cover may enclose the medical device in the container between the liner and cover. The indentation may be formed into the inner portion of the container. The container may be compatibly receivable in a first transportation device in a first orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan T. Cummings, Jenny Dandin, Michele E. Dalena, Alyson Bolick, Ryan LaFlamme, Joshua Talsky, Mark Collins
  • Patent number: 11873153
    Abstract: An implant storage container according to an embodiment of present invention comprises an implant body, a holding block connected to the implant body, a cover storing the implant body and connected to the holding block and a sealing member configured to seal a boundary between the holding block and the cover to maintain a vacuum state inside the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youbong Lim, Seunghun Lee, Junyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11871822
    Abstract: A blister package for a contact lens is provided. A deformable slider supporting a lens is movable via pull-tab or hinge to lift the contact lens out of a lens well. The deformable slider can include a hinge connected to a flexible peel-away top of the blister package or connected to a pull tab that can be pulled to pull taut the deformable slider. A blister package is also provided that includes a hinged shell having a lateral opening opposite the hinge, and a deformable slider that is folded over onto itself and seals both a top chamber and a bottom chamber. By pulling a tongue of the deformable slider, which extends from the lateral opening, the deformable slider can be removed from the closed shell and the closed shell can be opened enabling access to the contact lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Sarah Almond, Carlos Ortiz, Gary Hunt, Mike Nelson, Russell Beard, Hayley Maynard, Thomas Harkin, Pauline Gavelle
  • Patent number: 11866227
    Abstract: A diamond-painting tray dimensioned and adapted to controllably store and selectively dispense diamond-painting gems. The tray provides a ridged working surface for storing a plurality of gems in an organized manner, wherein the ridged working surface facilitates both the selective presentation and accessibility of the gems for engagement with a diamond-painting applicator. The tray also provides a sluice gate and opening for controlled dispensing of the gems, wherein adjacent ridges act as rails along which gems controllable slide along when the tray is tilted. Also, a transparent lid encloses the compartment defined by the working surface of the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Stacy Ingram
  • Patent number: 11869787
    Abstract: A substrate container includes a container portion having an open side or bottom, and a door to sealingly close the open side or bottom, one of the door and the container portion defining access structure. The substrate container additionally includes a check-valve assembly, the check-valve assembly being retained with respect to the access structure to provide fluid communication with an interior of the substrate container. The check-valve assembly includes a grommet, the grommet being formed of an elastomeric material. A valve seat is disposed within the grommet, the valve seat being integrally formed with the grommet according to one aspect, and being formed of a separate piece according to another aspect. An elastomeric valve member, specifically an elastomeric umbrella valve member according to one aspect, is disposed within the grommet and held to engage the valve seat, thereby restricting fluid flow through the check-valve assembly with respect to the interior of the substrate container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew A Fuller, Mark V. Smith, Jeffery J. King, John Burns
  • Patent number: 11864674
    Abstract: This invention discloses four novel devices for holding the Stemware glasses, especially wine glasses firmly with a tray in an upward position to prevent the glass from falling and preventing spillage of wind during transportation of the wine tray with one or multiple wine glasses. These devices can hold all kinds of stemware of any stem height and base size. Two devices made of a single piece of metal wire including a pair of metal springs, which provides freedom to slide the glass base beneath where a hook-like metal loop of the device is used to make a tight grip with the side of the tray. One embodiment can be a plastic clip with a central rubber clasping washer. One embodiment modifies a tray to have a plurality of transverse springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Paul Speck
  • Patent number: 11858718
    Abstract: A device to store pills. The device includes different compartments each sized to hold one or more of the pills. The device is connected to a cap of a pill bottle. When the cap is attached to the pill bottle, the container is positioned in the interior space of the pill bottle. The cap may be safely secured to the pill bottle thus also safely securing the device within the interior of the pill bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Yali Design LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Warren Kimbrell, Michael Pangilinan DiGruccio
  • Patent number: 11858714
    Abstract: A vacuum bag is disclosed. The vacuum bag may include a body. The body may include a plastic layer and a fabric layer. The plastic layer and the fabric layer may be welded together on at least one portion of the body. The vacuum bag may further include a seal bar and a valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Lucid Presence, LLC
    Inventor: Gabrielle Kouchacji
  • Patent number: 11857057
    Abstract: A replacement type container includes a replacement type component, an accommodating cavity is provided in the replacement component, and a first clasp is provided at a bottom of the replacement component. A second clasp is provided on the base, so that the first clasp and the second clasp can be snapped or separated by a relative rotation of the replacement component and the base. The bottom cover has a first through hole and the bottom cover is snapped with the replacement component The rotating component includes a base and a screw. The screw is fixed on the base, and the base has a third clasp for snapping with an edge of the first through hole; and the screw passes through the first through hole and is connected with the base so that a rotation of the screw causes the base to move so as to lift the replacement component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Yuyao Caiyun Cosmetics Packaging Co. LTD.
    Inventor: Jiabin Chen
  • Patent number: 11858720
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a pack for tobacco articles comprises an inner sleeve, and an outer box comprising front and back covers that allow access to the inner sleeve when the outer box is opened. The inner sleeve can include a front connecting panel pivotally connecting a front wall of the inner sleeve to an inner surface of the front cover and a back connecting panel pivotally connecting a back wall of the inner sleeve to an inner surface of the back cover. A slot in the outer box is configured to allow opening of the outer box by applying pressure against a bottom wall of the inner sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Bellamah, Daniel Richter
  • Patent number: 11851257
    Abstract: A food package having a heat-sealed cover composed of a lower plastic film and an upper plastic film which is distinct and separate from the lower plastic film is disclosed. The upper and lower films are collapsible, i.e., they can be creased and crumpled into a ball without effort or folded as a tissue paper. The lower film and upper film are heat-sealed to each other at respective perimeter edges to define a closed, watertight internal housing filled with a modified atmosphere. A tray, configured to house the food product, is inserted in the closed internal housing but is not fixed to the upper or lower film. The food packaging described herein allows a substantial reduction of plastic compared to those currently on the market, while guaranteeing its mechanical rigidity, and the long-term quality of the product. A method for producing the packaging is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: GIUSEPPE CITTERIO SALUMIFICIO S.P.A.
    Inventor: Umberto Della Porta