Patents Examined by Luan K. Bui
  • 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: 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: 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
  • Patent number: 11845601
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method of storing food including a storage container having a base; a resilient liner nesting in the base, and a lid that interlockingly engages with the liner and/or base to close off access to foodstuffs retained in a compartment defined by the liner. A valve assembly in the lid is actuated by a pump to evacuate air from the liner's compartment and create a vacuum or near-vacuum condition therein. Apertures defined in the wall of the base allow air to flow into a compartment of the base as the resilient liner shrinks around the food. The closed storage container may be placed in a freezer to freeze the food therein. For defrosting, the base of the closed storage container is placed in a volume of water, some of which flows through the apertures in the base's wall and comes into direct contact with the liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventor: Lara Clair
  • Patent number: 11840381
    Abstract: A lockable container comprising a sleeve having at least three sidewalls, the sidewalls defining a pocket, the pocket having at least one entrance, and the pocket adapted for receiving and housing a hinged shell, a least one sidewall of the sleeve having a slit; a hinged shell having a lid, a tray hingedly connected to the shell, storage space defined by the tray, and a locking tab disposed on one of the lid or the tray, the hinged shell comprised of a flexible and resilient material; wherein the locking tab is substantially aligned with the slit when the hinged shell is housed within the sleeve, causing the locking tab to protrude through the slit; and wherein the hinged shell is prevented from sliding out of the sleeve unless the locking tab is flexed to disengage the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: JAM PACKAGING LLC
    Inventor: Michael Forenza
  • Patent number: 11832709
    Abstract: A multifunctional makeup tool includes a cap, a first portion that includes a first body, a second portion including a second body and a second cap, and a third portion including a third body. The first body includes a lower first surface, the second cap includes a second upper surface, and the second body includes a lower second surface. The third body includes an upper third surface. The lower first surface of the first body engages with the second upper surface of the second cap, and the lower second surface of the second body engages with the upper surface of the third body. Each of the first product, the second product, and the third product comprises a first cosmetic material, a second cosmetic material, and a third cosmetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Dominique Pritchett-El
  • Patent number: 11833660
    Abstract: A tool holder having a bib shaped plate mounted on a U-shaped collar configured to nest inside a rim of a utility bucket. The plate has a cutout with a web that overhangs the inside of the bucket and a skirt around the periphery of the plate. The skirt terminates at ends of the cutout with insert tab extensions, each of which has a foot with an outwardly sloped arch, an inwardly projection heel and a horizontal toe. The web provides an edge to scrape off materials from a tool into the bucket while the heel secures the holder to the rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Eric J. Ross
  • Patent number: 11834234
    Abstract: A packaging arrangement for a bundle of cable includes a planar packaging blank extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end to a second end. The blank includes a middle region extending from the first end to the second end between a first fold line and a second fold line, a first side extending from the first end to the second end and including a plurality of first flaps extending from the first fold line in a direction away from the second side in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and a second side extending from the first end to the second end and including a plurality of second flaps extending from the second fold line in a direction away from the first side in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The blank is configured to be rolled into a cylindrical shape such that the first end overlaps the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Andriy Lozhko, Noah P. Montena, Jay A. Kisselstein, Brian K. Hanson
  • Patent number: 11834246
    Abstract: A sachet (10) for containing solid tablets (30) having a cavity (11) with an outlet tunnel (20) a long which a tablet (30) can be moved in an outward direction, the outlet tunnel (20) comprising sequential sections (20A, 20B) in the outward direction aligned at a non-180° angle to each other, and the cavity (20) contains at least one solid tablet (30) which can be urged into the inlet opening (21), along the outlet tunnel and out through the outlet opening (22). The angled sections of the outlet tunnel impart child-resistance to the sachet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GSK Consumer Healthcare SARL
    Inventors: Martin Bunce, Dan Chen, Gabriella Silvestri
  • Patent number: 11820577
    Abstract: A static mixer suitable for mixing liquids, pastes, creams, gels or other fluids. Fluids introduced into a static mixing cavity of the static mixer are mechanically mixed by the static mixing cavity, and then dispensed from an outlet as a mixed fluid. The static mixer may be formed by two housing halves that are hingedly connected so that the static mixer can be easily opened for cleaning the static mixing cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: William Robert Bickford
  • Patent number: 11820574
    Abstract: A shipping assembly is described. The assembly includes a shipping container, a bottom structure, and a top structure. The bottom and top structures retain objects in a spaced-apart arrangement within the shipping container. A paperboard sheet is folded into three horizontal layers to form the bottom structure. A first layer has apertures to retain the objects. A second layer is below and spaced apart from the first layer with a substantially flat surface below the first apertures. A third layer is below and spaced apart from the second layer. Another paperboard sheet is folded into two horizontal layers to form the top structure. A fourth layer has another set of apertures to retain the objects. A fifth layer is above and spaced apart from the fourth layer. The apertures are align to position the objects in the shipping container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Federal Express Corporation
    Inventor: Yongquan Zhou
  • Patent number: 11807431
    Abstract: The invention relates to a package comprising a crate having a bottom, the package further comprising retaining means comprising an elastically deformable skin for holding at least one object (O) against the bottom of the crate, characterized in that the elastically deformable skin has a central elastic area and a peripheral elastic area around the central elastic area, the central elastic area having a lower elasticity than the peripheral elastic area, and in that the elastically deformable skin also comprises at least one elastic tertiary area extending the central elastic area in the direction of an edge of the elastically deformable skin while being bordered by the peripheral elastic area, said elastic tertiary area having an elasticity lower than or equal to the elasticity of the central elastic area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: PA. COTTE SA
    Inventors: Pierre-Alain Cotte, Damien Limousin, Denis Mourrain, Charles Colas, Ronan Affre De Saint Rome
  • Patent number: 11793926
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the disclosure, packaging for a sterile syringe having a nominal size of less than 1 mL may include a flexible tray having a cavity for containing the syringe. The cavity may include an opening, one or more sidewalls, and a base. A lip may surround the opening, may extend radially outward from the cavity, and may define a periphery of the tray. A removable cover may have a periphery that is adhered to the lip, and the removable cover may be permeable to a gaseous sterilant, including one or more of vaporized hydrogen peroxide or ethylene oxide. A projection may be associated with the base of the cavity and may extend away from the base of the cavity in a direction opposite to the opening of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Cook, Victor Bradford
  • Patent number: 11794948
    Abstract: A shelf-ready shipper display system having a tray portion, a hood portion, and one or more zones of weakness that enable the hood portion to be separated from the tray portion so that the shipper display system can be converted from a shipping configuration to a display configuration. In certain embodiments, the shipper display system is made from a single blank. In some embodiments, the shipper display system includes a reinforcement panel that is also capable of being separated from the tray portion as the shipper display system is converted from the shipping configuration and to the display configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: WestRock Shared Services, LLC
    Inventors: David G. Couture, Harry H. Roberts
  • Patent number: 11794458
    Abstract: A packaging structure and methods of manufacturing a packaging structure. The packaging structure, for example, an edge protector, a corner board, etc., may generally include a first ply having a first width, a second ply having a second width, and a third ply having a third width wider than the first width and the second width. The second ply may be wrapped around at least one end of the first ply, and the third ply may be wrapped around the first ply and the second ply. The third ply may overlap at a portion (e.g., an intermediate portion, an apex, etc.) of the packaging structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Great Northern Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon L. Begrow, Daniel J. Rivers
  • Patent number: 11794977
    Abstract: The present application is directed to a packaging for a powdered explosive-detection training aid which may include first and second opposing flexible sheets heat sealed together along less than a periphery thereof and defining a storage compartment therebetween, wherein an unsealed portion of the periphery defines an opening to the storage compartment, wherein at least a portion of the first opposing flexible sheet is a semipermeable material permeable to a vapor emitted from the powdered explosive-detection training aid, with the second opposing flexible sheet being impermeable to the powdered explosive-detection training aid vapor; and a sealing member, wherein the sealing member is secured to the first opposing flexible sheet and, in a closing position, covers the semipermeable portion of the first opposing flexible sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Darren Jay Steed
  • Patent number: 11794975
    Abstract: An eyewear case and packaging system is disclosed which includes an improved hang tab which permits the system to by displayed in a number of orientations and is easily removable in a tool-less manner to permit the packaging to be converted into a case. The improved hang tab includes at least one fastener which is dimensioned to be inserted through any one of a plurality of apertures in the case. The fastener is secured to the case via the interior by a retention member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: FGX INTERNATIONAL INC
    Inventor: Matthew Henri Coon
  • Patent number: 11787229
    Abstract: A paint storage assembly for temporarily storing a wet paint brush includes a cup for containing liquid paint. A clip is attached to the cup and the clip releasably engages a paint brush for storing the paint brush. A cover is hingedly disposed on the cup and the cover is positionable in a closed position to enclose the paint brush thereby inhibiting the paint brush from drying out. The cover is positionable in an open position to facilitate the paint brush to be removed from the clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventor: Wuttikai Injun
  • Patent number: 11779424
    Abstract: An instrument cassette (100, 200, 300) for handling instruments comprises a body section (101, 201, 301) for holding the instruments and a radio frequency identifier (102, 202, 302) readable from a distance away from the instrument cassette (100, 200, 300). The radio frequency identifier (102, 202, 302) of the instrument cassette (100, 200, 300) facilitates tracing operations, such as for example disinfection, sterilization, reparation, and clinical use, directed to or carried out with a set of instruments handled with the aid of the instrument cassette (100, 200, 300). The instruments can be for example medical and/or dental hand instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: LM-INSTRUMENTS OY
    Inventor: Gaius Voltti