Patents Examined by Rafael Ortiz
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Patent number: 11919691Abstract: A thermoplastic flexible package includes a first non-shrinkable panel, an opposing second non-shrinkable panel, a first shrinkable panel and an opposing a second shrinkable panel. The panels are connected longitudinally with panel seals. The first non-shrinkable panel and the second non-shrinkable panel each forms a gusset. A first seal connects the first shrinkable panel and the second shrinkable panel in the transverse direction at or near the upper edges. A second seal that opposes the first seal connects the first and second non-shrinkable panels and the first and shrinkable panels in the transverse direction at or near the lower edges.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: AMCOR FLEXIBLES NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Jamie L. Schuberth, Jay D. Hodson, Jeffrey J. Smits
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Patent number: 11912463Abstract: In one or more embodiments, the exemplary containers described herein include a corner structure that can facilitate stacking while limiting reliance on satellite rings. For example, in certain embodiments, a container includes a step-like corner structure with a series of stackable portions. Thus, in these embodiments, more containers can be stacked together in a smaller space, such that shipping and manufacturing processes are more efficient and less costly than with traditional containers.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: BWAY CorporationInventor: Frano Luburic
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Patent number: 11910892Abstract: A protective case for a mobile electronic device includes a sound port including a sound guiding surface that slopes as the sound guiding surface extends away from the left case side and the right case side such that a rear portion of the sound guiding surface adjacent the plane is closer to the left case side and the right case side than a front portion of the sound guiding surface disposed away from the plane.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Inventor: Christopher Postle
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Patent number: 11905066Abstract: A pallet structure includes a positioning mechanism is provided. The positioning mechanism includes an engaging element disposed on a sloping edge and adapted to be engaged with slits formed on the inclined surface of a vehicle. A coil spring is connected between the engaging element and the sloping edge and biasing the engaging element to protrude outward from an outer surface of the sloping edge. A retaining element is disposed between an inner surface of the sloping edge and a bottom deck board of the pallet and configured to retain the engaging element to move between an engaging position and a disengaging position. The protruding end of the engaging element is protruded outward from the outer surface of the sloping edge in the engaging position, and the protruding end of the engaging element is not protruded from the outer surface of the sloping edge in the disengaging position.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Andrii Pydin
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Patent number: 11896170Abstract: A package or pouch comprising one or more panel portions and a reclosure device. The reclosure device is provided to extend outward from a panel portion of the package to facilitate the use of the package to store and dispense wet wipes and like products.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Inventor: Mark Steele
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Patent number: 11897676Abstract: A portable, resealable storage container and a method for manufacture are provided. The container includes a body having a bottom opposite an opening, and sidewalls attached to the bottom, wherein the body defines a storage cavity. A top having an attachment band and a flap operable to connect to and disconnect from the attachment band covers the opening of the body when connected to the body. A ridge is disposed along an outer surface of the sidewalls and is configured to provide a seat for the attachment band of the top. A mating surface disposed at an upper end of the sidewalls above the ridge and is operable to contact the attachment band of the top. When the top is positioned to sit atop the ridge, the attachment band is in substantially continuous contact with the mating surface. The top is securely fastened to the body.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Edge-Works Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Scott V. Evans, Nicholas R. Tomczak
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Patent number: 11897117Abstract: A drill bit cooling system is provided. After drilling use, the drill tip of a drill bit reaches higher temperatures than a shank or flute of the drill bit. Compartments are provided that are sized in length and width (diameter) to accommodate the drill bit and a cover or back plate with an increased melting temperature facilitates the storage of hot drill tip. By using different components to construct the drill bit holder, a lightweight and versatile cooling system permits the drill bit to be rapidly interchanged on a power tool or drill, without melting through the storage device. This helps the operator interchange drill bits while working on a workpiece without waiting for each drill bit to cool prior to storing and replacing the drill bit.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Zachary W. Richman, Grant T. Squiers, Scott D. Eisenhardt
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Patent number: 11891233Abstract: A pack of smoking articles having: a container; an inner wrap enclosing a group of smoking articles housed in the container; a hinged lid movable between open and closed positions; a collar glued on the inside of the container so as to partially project out of an open top end and engage a corresponding inner surface of the lid when the lid is in a closed position; a slider firmly connected to the lid and coupled in a sliding manner to the container so as to slide relative to the container; and a locking system interposed between the container and the slider and, in the closed position of the lid, prevents the slider from sliding relative to the container. The hindering of the slider can be deactivated by external action of the user who elastically deforms at least part of the front wall of the container.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONIInventors: Giuseppe Marchitto, Roberto Polloni, Giuliano Gamberini
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Patent number: 11891228Abstract: Provided is an automatic air-extracting sealing box cover, comprising a bottom cover and a top cover that are mutually detachably connected, wherein the bottom cover and the bottom cover are connected to form a device chamber, and an automatic air extracting apparatus is mounted in the device chamber; the automatic air-extracting apparatus comprises a power source, a pressure sensor, an air pump, and a controller; the power source is connected to power source input ends of the pressure sensor, the air pump and the controller; an air extracting opening of the air pump and a probe of the pressure sensor project out of a lower surface of the bottom cover; an output end of the pressure sensor is connected to a collection circuit, and an output end of the collection circuit is connected to an input end of the controller; a control signal output end of the controller is connected an on/off control end of the air pump.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: CHANGZHOU BESTFULL MOULD & PLASTICS CO., LTDInventors: Tianyi Zhou, Jiancai Yang, Pingping Lv, Caixia Chen
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Patent number: 11891232Abstract: A container for consumer goods including elongated articles is provided, including: a lid and a box for housing consumer goods, the box including a box front wall with a box front lower section and a box front upper section and a first box side wall and a second box side wall, the upper first longitudinal edge in the box front upper section being tilted with respect to the lower first longitudinal edge in the box front lower section so that the upper first longitudinal edge is at an angle to the lower first longitudinal edge. The titled upper first longitudinal edge may advantageously assist in a smooth lid closure by reducing the risk that the lid catches the upper edges of the box when the lid rotates to its close position.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Fernando Bermudez, Alexander Androsenko, Jacques Roethlisberger
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Patent number: 11884456Abstract: A storage container system includes rolling toolbox, a storage container, a storage bin, and a storage container assembly. Various aspects relate to a storage container including at least one sidewall extending from a base, the sidewall at least partially defining an outer wall of an interior compartment. A lid is coupled to the sidewall and movable between an open position and a closed position. The interior compartment is accessible while the lid is in the open position, and the interior compartment is covered while the lid is in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GPInventors: J. Porter Whitmire, J. Luke Jenkins, Stephen A. Hughett, Brianna E. Williams, Tyler H. Knight, Jeffrey Groves, Austin Clark
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Patent number: 11883607Abstract: A filament platform insert for insertion into a bowl includes a plurality protruding stages and a plurality of recesses that are each formed in arcuate shapes to form a plurality of arcuate filament channels. An access channel extending along the platform insert, between a top and bottom, and between a rear and front, provides access for insertion of a finger or tool for manipulating an endovascular filament stored in the filament channel. The platform insert is dimensioned such that alignment of multiple such platforms will form filament raceways within a bowl for the coiled reception and storage of multiple endovascular filaments, with each filament reliably isolated from one another. In an alternative configuration, an endovascular filament bowl may be made to have the filament platform as a monolithic component thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignees: AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SERVICE FOUNDATION, INC.Inventors: Mahmoud Baniasadi, Cargill H Alleyne, Jr.
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Patent number: 11884447Abstract: A polymeric container including a finish defining an opening of the container. A shoulder of the container is between the finish and a body of the container. A base of the container is at an end of the body opposite to the shoulder. The base is configured to support the container upright. A plurality of body ribs are at the body. A shoulder rib is between the shoulder and the body. The shoulder rib has a maximum height that is about 5 times greater than a maximum depth of the shoulder rib.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: AMCOR RIGID PACKAGING USA, LLCInventors: Tyler M. Nunnold, James Stelzer, Jairaj Chetas Desai
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Patent number: 11877876Abstract: An imaging system gantry patient channel drape includes a gantry first outer sidewall covering portion including an outer rim biased into a deployed (e.g., circular) shape and collapsible, and a gantry inner (e.g., circular) wall covering portion extending inward of the gantry first outer sidewall covering portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: InSurgery, LLCInventors: Edward J. Daley, II, Russell Stanton
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Patent number: 11878856Abstract: A packet for cigarette industry products, having a casing which at least partially surrounds a group of cigarette industry products as the packet content, wherein the casing is formed from a packaging material, and wherein folding tabs of the packaging material are connected to one another by seams, in which the casing is formed from a paper-based packaging material, and a corresponding method.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventors: Jan Schnakenberg, Johann Köster
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Patent number: 11877634Abstract: A support having a magnetically assisted deployment and retraction mechanism which is designed for use with protective covers for personal electronic devices such as smartphones and tablet computing devices featuring a segmented support structure that deploys from a first channel when a shuttle located in a second channel disposed under the first channel is moved from a first position to a second position. The shuttle contains a first magnet and a second magnet, and the segmented support contains magnets which generate either attractive or repulsive forces depending on the position of the shuttle, which forces cause deployment of the support.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Speculative Product Design, LLCInventor: Bryan Hynecek
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Patent number: 11871821Abstract: A universal case for an electronic tablet device is disclosed comprising a rectangular sectioning panel having a front surface and an unobstructed center portion, the sectioning panel divided into four quadrants by projections at intervals along the center lines of the sectioning panel, and a tablet holding assembly comprising four separate quadrant pieces having tablet gripping members, the pieces configured to fit within the sectioning panel quadrants where quadrant pieces diagonally opposite each other are joined by elastic members which permit the quadrant pieces to elastically separate to accommodate a particular tablet device while urging the pieces toward the center thereby providing a secure fit for the device.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: UNITED STATES LUGGAGE COMPANY LLCInventors: Adam Courter, Hayley Lawson
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Patent number: 11873156Abstract: A flexible pouch for packaging contents has a pair of leg portions having gussets. A bridge connect the leg portions. At least one arm extends upwardly. The pouch can be formed to represent various objects such as letters. The pouches can be formed with compartments for holding different components. The compartments may be separated by frangible seals to permit components to be mixed within the pouch.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Pouch Pac Innovations, LLCInventor: R Charles Murray
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Patent number: 11873134Abstract: A knock-down container readily assembled from a pallet, side support members, and a top frame pivotably changeable from a symmetric first configuration square for capping the container to a second collapsed configuration for component shipping, for containing durable goods for storage and shipping. The top frame has corner supports pivotally connected to a pair of opposing end members and connected to a pair of opposing side members, being movable from the first configuration for capping the knock-down container and the second configuration pivoted for collapsing the opposing side members together for shipping as a component.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: UFP Industries, Inc.Inventor: John M. Grigsby, III
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Patent number: 11864931Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are provided for stabilizing, organizing, and supporting medical components for various medical procedures (e.g., such as surgical accessories such as medical drapery, medical instruments, cords, surgical tubes, etc.). An apparatus may include a platform and a channel component comprising a plurality of channels and channel locks. According to some embodiments, a sterile channel component may secure medical drapery between the channel component and the platform. Sterilized tools, cords, tubes, and other medical equipment may then be secured by the channel component providing an organized, secured, and sterilized surgical environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventors: Michael Ryan Ballard, Aaron Treat, Maxavier Guss