Patents Examined by Niki M. Eloshway
  • Patent number: 11787611
    Abstract: A storage apparatus which allows the secure storage of items within a cavity defined by a base, side walls and a top. Access can be gained to the cavity to allow the removal of introduction of said items by moving a portion of the apparatus between open and closed positions. Locking means are provided to allow the said portion to be retained in a closed position and at least one part of the apparatus is or is provided with at least one sacrificial element such that if a force is applied thereto in an attempt to break the locking means and gain unauthorised access to the cavity, the sacrificial element will break before a sufficient level of force can be applied to break the locking means and hence prevent the said at least one part being used as a means to exert force to break the locking means and gain unauthorised access and theft of items from the said cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Power Box AG
    Inventor: Tim Trollope
  • Patent number: 11780655
    Abstract: A structure for one-touch opening/closing of a cap and a container, which simplifies one-touch opening/closing structure, prevents the cap from being self-opened due to internal or external pressure of the container, and facilitates smooth opening of the cap, is provided. The structure includes: a container including an the inlet and an engaging ledge formed on an outer surface; and a cap including a sealing portion and a cover portion, the sealing portion including a hook formed thereon corresponding to the engaging ledge, and opening the inlet of the container while ascending and closing the inlet of the container while descending as the hook is put on the engaging ledge, the cover portion being formed as a barrel-shaped body for the sealing portion, whereby productivity and assemblability of a product are improved, convenience of use is improved, and product quality and market competitiveness are maximized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventor: Dong Seuk Chae
  • Patent number: 11780650
    Abstract: A cap for sealing a cartridge includes a cap body, a plug, and a biasing member. The cap body includes a cap wall and an annular wall extending from the cap wall. The annular wall defines a channel within and includes a retention member having a barb, a stop spaced apart from the barb, and a base extending circumferentially about a portion of the annular wall from the barb to the stop. The barb, the stop, and the base define a retention channel. The plug is positioned within the channel of the cap body. The plug includes a plug wall and a plug member extending from the plug wall. The biasing member is positioned within the channel of the cap body between the plug wall and the cap wall. The biasing member is configured to provide a biasing force to bias the cap wall away from the plug wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Brent A. Giansanti, Matthew E. Pappalardo
  • Patent number: 11780324
    Abstract: A fuel tank for a vehicle includes a main tank comprising a first tank volume defined by an outside wall and an auxiliary tank extending from an aperture provided in the outside wall. The auxiliary tank is formed as a pocket-shaped continuation of the outside wall into the first tank volume bounded by the outside wall. The auxiliary tank forms a second tank volume which is separated from the first tank volume and opens into a filler neck which runs inside the first tank volume and emerges on the outside wall of the main tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Ralf Ziegler
  • Patent number: 11772858
    Abstract: An airtight device includes a container and an airtight cover on the container, and the airtight cover includes a fixing bracket, a door, and a pressuring handle. The fixing bracket has a through hole and a guiding slot, and the through hole communicates with internal space of the container. The guiding slot has adjacent first and second top surfaces, and the second top surface is higher than the first top surface. The door selectively covers the through hole. The pressuring handle pivoted on the door has a first section, a second section, and a rotating axis between the first and second sections, and the first section rotates relative to the second section. The second section receives a force to drive the first section to move from below the second top surface to below the first top surface such that the rotating axis pressures the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Hsing Chen, Chiu-Chin Chang, Yan-Hui Jian, Chih-Jui Chen, Chen-Hsiu Lee, Hsuan-Ting Liu, Chin-Lung Liu, Kuan-Lung Wu, Li-Hsiu Chen, Wen-Yin Tsai
  • Patent number: 11753215
    Abstract: A container closure of synthetic resin is for a container having a mouth-and-neck portion with an external thread on an outer periphery thereof and an engaging jaw portion positioned below the external thread. The container closure includes a body and a tamper evident skirt portion, and is configured to not be entirely separated from the mouth-and-neck portion of the container even after unsealing the container at the mouth-and-neck portion. At least in an angle region in which a protruding piece on a skirt wall of the body is present, an extending portion is defined at an engaging piece on the tamper evident skirt portion. When the container closure is mounted on the mouth-and-neck portion of the container, the extending portion of the container closure is positioned between the engaging jaw portion of the mouth-and-neck portion of the container and the tamper evident skirt portion of the container closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Oomori, Takashi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11753219
    Abstract: Provided is a cap of a container. The cap has an image formed thereon and includes a first part and a second part. When the cap is opened, the first part is separated from a container body of the container, and the second part remains on the container body of the container. The image is formed on a region straddling both a side surface of the first part and a side surface of the second part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuki Funahashi
  • Patent number: 11757269
    Abstract: A junction box, comprising a housing having an open top and a closed bottom, a cover, arranged to secure to the open top of the housing, a flexible casing having four side members arranged to sealably surround the housing, an outwardly extending shelf fixedly secured to an outside surface of the four side members of the flexible casing, and, a flexible rim fixedly secured to a top surface of the shelf forming a pair of oppositely arranged V-shaped channels on a bottom surface of the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Tyler Uebelhoer
  • Patent number: 11753241
    Abstract: An intelligent garbage can includes an end cover rack of which the interior is hollow and the middle portion is horizontally provided with a support; a first member of which the middle portion is hollow and which is provided above the support; and a second member of which the middle portion is hollow and which is provided below the support; wherein one side of the second member is provided with an arc-shaped connecting portion extending outwards in a radial direction, and the arc-shaped connecting portion is bent upwards to form an arc-shaped surface. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the arc-shaped connecting portion is provided on the bottom surface of the end cover, so that the sealing of the connection position of a garbage can containing box and the end cover is enhanced, and user experience is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: DREAME TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hao Yu
  • Patent number: 11745920
    Abstract: An application container includes a main body that holds an application material, a cap, and a weakened portion that connects the cap to an outer peripheral surface of the main body. The main body has a tubular shape that extends in an axial direction and forms an opening to expose the application material. The cap overlaps the opening of the main body in the axial direction. The weakened portion is oriented substantially in a circumferential direction of the main body, at a position that is located away from the opening in the axial direction of the main body, and is configured to be split in response to an external force, so as to separate the cap from the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Patent number: 11745922
    Abstract: A closure for a container, and more specifically a closure that is selectively openable and/or lockable providing, for example, one or more child resistant opening features is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Robert French, Seth A. Tempel, John A. Vassallo, Steven Daniel Gift
  • Patent number: 11738382
    Abstract: The principles of the present invention further provide both a shaped metal container and its preforms that exhibit a rounded grain structure characteristic created by an annealing process and a method for making a shaped metal container. The process of making said metal container results in a quicker process time and uses less metals (at least 10% metal weight savings), thus allowing for a decrease in the costs of making such shaped metal containers. A shaped metal container may include work hardened rolled sheet-metal defining a sidewall, an opening, and a base, where at least one section along the sidewall has grains with an average aspect ratio less than about 4 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: The Coca-Cola Company, Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Philippe Niec, Marc Lemiale, John Adams, Yuping Lin
  • Patent number: 11730313
    Abstract: A slow cooker liner system with integrated dividers is provided. The system includes an annular support that secures to an upper support opening edge of a slow cooker or similar cooking vessel. A stabilizing member divider extends across the opening of the slow cooker for additional stability. The system further includes a plurality of individual liners. Each individual liner has a closed lower end and an open upper end. The open upper end further includes a locking device. In operation, the user can removably secure liners to the annular support in a desired configuration. The liners can have different shapes and sizes, such that the user can divide the interior of the slow cooker into distinct cooking chambers. After cooking, the liners can be removed from the annular support via the locking device for disposal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventor: Kirsten Wilkins
  • Patent number: 11731449
    Abstract: A modular assembly that is configured to be magnetically coupled to another object, such as a white board or glass board, is provided. The magnetic strength of the modular assembly can be adjusted. The modular assembly includes an article, such as a tray or other type of holder for receiving materials like markers and papers, and a module that houses magnets. The article can include a magnet housing portion with a magnet housing retention feature. The module can include a magnet housing with one or more magnets held therein. The magnet housing can include an article coupling feature. The module can slide into the magnet housing portion of the article and be secured in place by the engagement of the magnet housing retention feature and the article coupling feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Amazing Magnets, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Paul Boettcher, Luke T. Bilisoly
  • Patent number: 11724862
    Abstract: A cap configured to be detachably attached to a mouth portion of a container body having a containment space for contents and close the mouth portion, includes: a transparent or semitransparent topped tubular outer lid portion; and a topped tubular inner lid portion located in close contact with an inner side of the outer lid portion so as to be relatively non-rotatable. A retaining protrusion having an inclined surface that is inclined inward in a downward direction and extends to a lower end of the outer lid portion is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the outer lid portion. The retaining protrusion engages with a retaining depression provided on an outer peripheral surface of the inner lid portion, to suppress separation between the outer lid portion and the inner lid portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumi Azuma, Tetsuo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11725438
    Abstract: A telecommunication device includes a main body to which a compartment is attached for receiving one or more components. A door is rotatable relative to the compartment between a closed position and a plurality of open positions. The door covers the compartment in the closed position. A connecting assembly attaches the door to the compartment, and includes a locking mechanism for preventing rotation of the door in a fixed position. The fixed position corresponds to an open position of the plurality of open positions. The locking mechanism self-locks in the fixed position when the door rotation reaches the fixed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Ming-Lung Wang, Kai-Hsiang Chang
  • Patent number: 11702282
    Abstract: A trash can includes an induction actuated cover being actuated to move between a closed position and an opened position in response to an object, an actuation module being activated at one of an operation mode and a setting mode, and an adjustable detection distance arrangement. At the operation mode, the induction actuated cover is moved from the closes position to the opened position when the object is detected above an induction window within a detection range at a preset detection distance. The adjustable detection distance arrangement is arranged to store a desired detection distance at the setting mode. The desired detection distance is selectively adjusted from the induction window and is defined as a distance of the object placed above the induction window. The desired detection distance is stored to replace the preset detection distance for actuating the induction actuated cover at the operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: Nine Stars Group (U.S.A.) Inc., Fujian Nashida Electronic Incorporated Company
    Inventors: Xin Wang, Jiangqun Chen, Zhou Lin
  • Patent number: 11702250
    Abstract: A metal closure for containers comprising a capsule designed to be applied to an opening of a container and including a circular part from which extends a perimeter edge. The perimeter of the edge has a rounding or folding obtained by curling and has a series of deformations made in a radial direction towards the centre of the capsule for forming the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: PELLICONI & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Antonino Lo Piccolo, Doriano Naldi
  • Patent number: 11697532
    Abstract: A container lid is provided, which includes a lid body, a sealing member, a resetting member and a slidable member. The lid body is provided with a water outlet. The sealing member is rotatably connected to the lid body, and configured to seal the water outlet. The resetting member is disposed on at least one of the lid body and the sealing member, wherein the resetting member is capable of driving the sealing member to seal the water outlet; and. The slidable member is slidably disposed on the lid body, and is disposed at a first position and a second position relative to the lid body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG HAODA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Haojun Cheng
  • Patent number: 11697527
    Abstract: A closure assembly for a medical container having a sleeve with a tip cap disposed therein in an accessible position relative to an access opening. A cover is fixedly secured to one end of said sleeve, opposite to said access opening and a retainer is fixedly secured within the sleeve, adjacent the cover and in a removably retaining engagement with the tip cap. The removably retaining engagement includes the retainer having one or more segments disposed in retaining engagement with an exterior of the tip cap. Upon detachment of the tip cap from the retainer and the removal thereof from the sleeve, the one or more segments are separable from one another and/or a remainder of the retainer, while being maintained in a captured position within the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventors: Logan Hendren, Jonathan Vitello, Peter Lehel