Patents Examined by Nathan J. Newhouse
  • Patent number: 11974653
    Abstract: A modular backpack system includes a personal floatation harness having an automatic inflator mechanism and pack attachment features; and a plurality of pack modules selectively attachable to the pack attachment features to form a floatation-enhanced backpack. Each one of the plurality of pack modules may further include a different arrangement for accommodating accessories. For example, the different arrangements may include arrangements having different compartments. Other arrangements may have different attachment features. The different attachment features may include different lash points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventor: Jack Barron
  • Patent number: 11957233
    Abstract: Embodiments of bag having a self-adjustable carrying strap system and methods to manufacture such a bag are generally described herein. Other embodiments that may be described and claimed include a golf bag having a self-adjustable carrying strap system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher E. Kalck, John A. Loudenslager
  • Patent number: 11958573
    Abstract: A kayak rack or structure that is reversibly attachable to a kayak and used to help carry, stow, or attach articles to the kayak. Kayak rack includes two support arms or support beams that are flexibly attached together with a special flexible support coupling that allows the two support arms or support beams to pivot relative to each other but still keeps the two support arms or support beams permanently attached together, along with an angled stanchion rigidly attached to each support arm or support beam, wherein each angled stanchion is angled at the precise angle required to mate with and reversibly rigidly attach to an existing, original equipment manufacturer's fishing rod holder that is built into the kayak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventor: Theodore George Rodehorst
  • Patent number: 11950686
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to food holders and in particular to a food holder for holding food and/or food containers. The food holder may include a receptacle. The receptacle may include an insulated inner surface for keeping contents at a desired temperature. Food holder may further include an expanded form or a collapsed form for positioning within an internal compartment of a garment. In addition, food holder may include a strap attached to said receptacle. Advantageously, the food holder may be constructed to hang from a user's neck for hands free use and ease of access to contents within the food container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: Montrell Irons
  • Patent number: 11952175
    Abstract: Cup made of paper material having a fillable interior space formed by a shell and a base. The base via a skirt at the lower end of the interior space is fastened in a substantially liquid-tight manner to the shell, and a lower periphery of the skirt forms a footprint for the cup. The cup has an external shell composed of a planar blank of paper or paper-like material. Longitudinal edges of the blank are connected to one another in an overlap region so that the external shell forms a sleeve. The external shell has a frustoconical shape having a first cone angle and, except for the overlap region, from the predefined spacing to the lower end is configured in a single ply. The shell, from the predefined spacing to the lower end, at least in portions tapers more heavily than in the region above the predefined spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MICHAEL HÖRAUF MASCHINENFABRIK GmbH Co. KG
    Inventor: Uwe Messerschmid
  • Patent number: 11937686
    Abstract: A carrying case comprises a housing having a top, a bottom, a front, and a rear. There are sides extending between the front and the rear of the housing. There is a guide member extending along the bottom of the housing. The carrying case further comprises a carrying strap having a first end and a second end. The first end of the carrying strap is connected near the top of the housing and the second end of the carrying strap is coupled to the guide member. The second end of the carrying strap is movable along the guide member to allow the carrying case to be moved between different configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: Matthew Bevis
  • Patent number: 11937685
    Abstract: A backpack that has a front pocket with an outer shell with an opening that is sealed by a closure mechanism. The closure mechanism can include magnetic strips that are configured to partially or wholly seal the opening, and have hinged couplings of the magnetic strips to internal surfaces of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Kyle Edward Rogers, Jeffrey Charles Munie
  • Patent number: 11939119
    Abstract: A blank for forming a tamper evident container includes a plurality of panels connected together at fold lines configured for extending at least partially around an interior space, including a first side panel, a top panel, a second side panel and a bottom panel. A bottom flap is foldably connected to an edge of the bottom panel on the first end of the blank. A top flap is foldably connected to an edge of the top panel on the first end of the blank. The bottom flap includes a major flap and a minor flap, the major flap connecting between the bottom panel and the minor flap. The top flap includes a catch point feature and wherein the minor flap includes a trap aperture configured to catch the catch point feature of the top flap when opening a container constructed from the blank to provide a tamper evident access feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLC
    Inventor: Rodney D. Dixon
  • Patent number: 11932463
    Abstract: Blanks for forming two-compartment containers and the resulting containers are described herein. The container includes a tray and four closure flaps hingedly connected thereto. The closure flaps can be closed to enclose food or other substances therein, or opened to provide access to and removal of the tray contents. The tray is separated into two compartments by an interior partition. Generally, each compartment is liquid tight. Each compartment includes a bottom, three sidewalls, one partition wall, and four corners; each corner is adjacent to a folded gusset. Two opposing sidewalls are located on a first set of opposing sides of the bottom and a third sidewall and the partition wall are located on a second set of opposing dies of the bottom. Each folded gusset generally adheres to an adjacent sidewall. In at least one compartment, each opposing sidewall contains an extension portion that adheres to its adjacent opposing sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: KARI-OUT LLC, HEFEI YUANCHUAN PACKAGE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Paul Epstein, Zhen Zheng
  • Patent number: 11932462
    Abstract: A container and a corresponding blank for the container are disclosed. The container may have a lower part and an upper part for receiving food. The lower and the upper part may each have six or eight side walls and a substantially flat bottom wall or top wall connected to the side walls. A pivoting connection may be formed between a connection side wall of the lower part and a connection side wall of the upper part and free ends of the side walls end in an end plane extending obliquely to the horizontal plane. Such as configuration may make facilitate on the one hand safely storing food when the container is closed and on the other hand making the food more accessible when the container is open. In addition to the improved accessibility, the food may be largely visible on the side facing the front side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Seda International Packaging Group SPA
    Inventor: Gianfranco D'Amato
  • Patent number: 11925274
    Abstract: An infant carrier includes a waist-worn member having a circumferential length capable of wrapping at least a part of a waist of a user, and a tightening unit configured to selectively bring the waist-worn member into close contact with the waist of the user, wherein the tightening unit includes a cable member, a hooking part configured to movably support the cable member, and an adjustment part configured to adjust the circumferential length of the waist-worn member by winding or unwinding the cable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: I-ANGEL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin-Seob Lee
  • Patent number: 11919686
    Abstract: A container for housing a liquid-filled bag has at least four walls including first and second side walls, a front wall, and a back wall. The front wall has a front wall panel, and the back wall has a back wall panel interconnected with first and second side wall panels. A first inner shield flap is coupled to the front wall panel, a second inner shield flap is coupled to the back wall panel, and a first top flap is coupled to the first side wall panel. The first top flap defines a first handhold opening. A second top flap is coupled to the second side wall panel and defines a second handhold opening. The first and second handhold openings overlap to define a handhold when the second top flap is folded over the first top flap. The handhold is offset from free ends of the first and second inner shield flaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventors: Keith A. Jackson, Nicholas A. Philips
  • Patent number: 11905101
    Abstract: The document relates to a method of making a disposable double walled structure comprising an inner wall portion (51) surrounding a product space presenting a cross section and extending along an axial direction, perpendicular to the cross section, between first and second axially spaced apart portions, and an outer wall portion (52) at least partially surrounding the inner wall portion (51), wherein an insulating space is formed between the inner and outer wall portions. The method comprises forming the inner and outer walls (51, 52) in one piece, such that the inner and outer walls are connected at the first axial portion and at least partially overlap as seen in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction, and bending at least one of the inner (51) and outer (52) wall portions in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction towards the other one of the inner (51) and outer (52) wall portions at the second axial portion, so as to form the insulating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Celwise AB
    Inventor: David Pierce
  • Patent number: 11897568
    Abstract: An accessory mounting system for mounting an accessory on a vehicle is provided. The accessory mounting system includes a mounting assembly which has an elongated rail removably connectable to the vehicle. The elongated rail is provided with a slot extending therealong and which opens on a top surface of the elongated rail. The mounting assembly also includes a connector having a head portion slidably mounted within the slot, and a shank portion extending from the head and vertically above the top surface of the elongated rail. The mounting assembly also has a mounting fixture connectable to the connector and adapted to selectively have a portion of the accessory be connected thereto, the mounting fixture is connected to the connector in a manner such that moving the connector along the slot correspondingly displaces the mounting fixture along the elongated rail to adjust the position of the accessory on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: KIMPEX INC.
    Inventors: Louis-Frédéric Marchildon, Patrick L'Hérault, Nicolas Bouchard-Fortin
  • Patent number: 11897672
    Abstract: A blank of sheet material for forming a sleeve container, the blank of sheet material including two side panels each including a bottom edge and a top edge, and two elongated side panels arranged alternatingly with the side panels. A plurality of fold lines are defined between the side panels and the elongated side panels, and the elongated side panels include a side panel portion and a guide flap extending beyond the top edge of the side panels. The side panels and the side panel portions are configured to define an interior cavity of the sleeve container, and the guide flaps are configured to define an insertion guide channel that is in communication with the interior cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ABBVIE INC.
    Inventors: Guy C. Upchurch, James J. Hughes, Jovo Dragicevic
  • Patent number: 11889906
    Abstract: A case for a portable hand-held devices, such as binoculars. The case assembly includes a main case portion having an opening defined by a periphery and a cover. A reconfigurable member is attached to at least a portion of the cover and can be configured to correspond to an outer profile of the hand-held device being stored within the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: KUIU, LLC
    Inventor: Brendan V. Burns
  • Patent number: 11889931
    Abstract: A carrying device has a receptacle member for receiving a baby or infant and a holding harness system with a hip strap for fastening the receptacle member to a person. The receptacle member has a central part for support and which is connected to the hip strap at a first connection point. The central part from an upper region narrows in the direction toward the hip strap, and, in the upper region, a first and second widening elements are connected to the central part. The first widening element extends to a second connection point to the hip strap, the second connection point being able to be adapted by displacing the first widening element along the hip strap. The second widening element extends to a third connection point to the hip strap, the third connection point being able to be adapted by displacing the second widening element along the hip strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Schachtner Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Petra Schachtner
  • Patent number: 11891148
    Abstract: A bicycle-mountable carrier assembly includes a mounting assembly attachable to a rail of the bicycle's saddle. At least one payload support is joined, e.g., pivotably, to the mounting assembly. The payload support defines a structure for mounting at least one payload carrier attachment in a secure but removable fashion. One or more payload supports may be provided, and one or more mounting structures may be provided on each payload support. The mounting structures may be provided in a rear-and side-facing positions and in different angular orientations, for carrying of payloads in a variety of different positions and orientations. The carrier further includes at least one payload carrier attachment defining a mounting structure complementary to the payload support's mounting structure. The payload carrier may be adapted to function as a fishing rod holder, a fishing rod case holder, a water bottle, a fishing tackle box, or another payload as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: MEDTECH ANALYTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Silfen, Matt Garfield, Matthew Bell, Christopher Kolb
  • Patent number: 11878840
    Abstract: A method of forming a paperboard packaging container from a rectangular body blank is disclosed, the method including the following steps: a) providing a rectangular body blank made from a laminate sheet material; b) forming a tubular container body from the rectangular body blank, the container body having a first end with a first body opening and a second end with a second body opening; c) sealing together the first and the second side edge in a but-to-but seal using a sealing strip having a sealing strip width; d) presenting the tubular container body to a crease line forming station; e) closing the second body opening by pressing a paperboard disc into the second body opening; f) forming a curled second edge by folding or rolling the second end of the container body wall inwardly; g) filling the packaging container with bulk solids; and h) closing the first body opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: GPI Systems AB
    Inventor: Rickard Andersson
  • Patent number: 11878846
    Abstract: Packaging may include a front box having a cavity to receive a product, a rear box coupled to the front box in a closed position, and a floating band to be slid around the front box and the rear box, thereby maintaining the front and rear box in a closed configuration. The band may be positioned with features such as folded protrusions with corresponding folded protrusions provided on the front box or the rear box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Heather W. Cox, Fernie A. Apodaca, Vincenzo O. Giuliani, Laura Moffitt