Patents Examined by Steven Reynolds
  • Patent number: 11986704
    Abstract: A sports ball easy loading and unloading apparatus assists a user loading, unloading, and sorting balls in a container by selectively elevating the container holding the balls, which minimizes stooping repeatedly to access the sports balls. The apparatus provides a first container configured to contain sports balls. The first container is disposed inside a second container having a larger diameter. The first container can elevate and lower in relation to second container. A spring-loaded elevator is disposed inside the second container, and beneath the floor wall of first container. The spring-loaded elevator comprises a spring that biases to expand, and turntables configured to lock the spring at desired positions. In this manner, the spring-loaded elevator enables selective elevation, lowering, and positional locking of the first container for easy loading/unloading of balls. A user can also sit on a lid atop the first container when fully compressed inside second container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventor: David Cales
  • Patent number: 11986381
    Abstract: A surgical instrument system includes a pair of side-specific orthopaedic surgical instrument assemblies. The right-limb side-specific instrument assembly is kitted so as to be devoid of left-limb side-specific instruments and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Dennis A. Stoller, Stephanie M. Wainscott, Jonathan C. Lee, Rebecca L. Chaney
  • Patent number: 11986946
    Abstract: A mating part in a locking path of a stop part so that the locking part is not automatically lockable and a first connection part is in a state of remaining unlocked from a second connection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Meridian International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongquan Zhang, Qiang Wang, Shujun Cai
  • Patent number: 11981495
    Abstract: An assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a container and a utensil. The container includes a bowl portion defined by a bottom wall and a side wall extending from the bottom wall. The side wall and the bottom wall are each defined by an inner surface that forms a cavity of the bowl portion. The utensil is disposed within the cavity and is removably-secured to the inner surface of the side wall that defines the bowl portion of the container. An assembly is also disclosed. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: KELLOGG COMPANY
    Inventor: Eric Patrick Lewandowski
  • Patent number: 11975559
    Abstract: The tray storage for easy storing and reading of documents according to the present invention comprises a storage box provided with an inner space of a rectangular prism having a closure on the top; and a tray slidingly received in the inner space of the storage box, wherein the tray comprises a plate-shaped tray body part slidingly assembled to the storage box while being arranged in parallel with the inner wall of the storage box; a knob part arranged in the center of the top edge of the tray body part, extending integrally from the tray body part, and being foldable along the top edge of the tray body part with respect to the tray body part; a bottom part of the cantilever type perpendicularly extending from the tray body part along the bottom edge of the tray body part; and a separation preventing barrier of the cantilever type being folded upward from the bottom part to be parallel with the tray body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: INFOCREATIVE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Do Cheon Jeong
  • Patent number: 11975914
    Abstract: Provided is an electric vehicle battery transportation container having a battery fixing hook, one or more foldable anti-slip parts installed on a seat base manufactured in a plate shape having a closed upper surface stand upright to prevent left- right slip and front-rear slip of an electric vehicle battery, a ratchet which tightens a belt to fix the electric vehicle battery to the seat base in a state in which a battery fixing hook connected to the ratchet accommodated in a ratchet accommodation recess part formed in the seat base by the belt is inserted into an assembly hole formed in a lower bracket of the electric vehicle battery loaded on the seat base, and a corner support shaft unevenly coupled to a support shaft insertion groove formed with an inclined structure having a decreasing inner diameter to load seat bases on a transportation vehicle in multiple stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI GLOVIS CO., LTD., NPC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Suck Nam, Oh Seong Kim, Jong Dai Park
  • Patent number: 11970317
    Abstract: A carton includes a tray having at least one locking tab; and a sleeve having an inner wall having indentations, in which the tray and the sleeve are shaped and sized to enable the tray to move within the sleeve. Then at least one locking tab is configured to engage at least one of the indentations to allow the tray to move in a first direction relative to the sleeve and provide a resistance to discourage the tray from moving in a second direction opposite the first direction relative to the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hub Folding Box Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Zane Peterson, David Kamyk
  • Patent number: 11970326
    Abstract: A paperboard protective corner and a method for manufacturing a paperboard protective corner, the paperboard protective corner comprising: a corner body made of a single paperboard sheet comprising first and second side edges, the single paperboard sheet being folded onto itself to form the paperboard protective corner, the single paperboard sheet including a plurality of folds, both the first and second side edges being received in a corresponding fold so as to be unexposed to an exterior of the paperboard protective corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ABZAC CANADA INC.
    Inventor: Pierre-Michel D'Anglade
  • Patent number: 11964796
    Abstract: A structure (4) for the packaging of containers for pharmaceutical use (8) comprising: a support plane (20) fitted with a plurality of seats (24,48) for housing containers for pharmaceutical use (8), the seats (24,48) having main extension axes (X-X), parallel to each other, the seats (24,48) being delimited by side walls (32) extending from a lower end (36) to an upper end (40), said upper end (40) facing and being configured to receive in abutment a collar (44) of an associable container (8) for pharmaceutical use. The perimeter seats (48), arranged externally along a perimeter edge (52) of the support plane (20), have, at the lower end (36), at least one guide or chamfer (56) diverging as it moves away from the lower end (36), opposite the upper end (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Nuova Ompi S.r.l.
    Inventors: Diego Mason, Gianpaolo Bertolin
  • Patent number: 11965541
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a latch mechanism configured to secure two bodies together by simply placing one body on top of the other and applying moderate downward pressure to the top body. The latch mechanism includes a housing and a latch partially disposed within the housing. The latch includes a main body, and a primary hook and an opposing secondary hook both extending from the main body. The latch is configured to be rotatable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the primary hook is not obscured by the housing. In the second position, the primary hook is substantially obscured by the housing. The latch mechanism also includes a bias configured to bias the latch toward its first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Stanley Works Israel Ltd.
    Inventors: Danny Baruch, Lev Adin
  • Patent number: 11952205
    Abstract: A panel transfer tray according to an embodiment includes an accommodation part which accommodates a target panel, a protrusion protruding upward direction from an upper edge of the accommodation part, and a first movement prevention member disposed at one side of the accommodation part and disposed adjacent to the protrusion, and the first movement prevention member has a stair shape of which a planar area gradually decreases along the upward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyongdo Choi, Sunghee Lee, Myung-Seok Kwon, Deok-Hwan Kim, Sung-Jun Kim, Yun-Tae Kim, Jinseok Kim, Hasook Kim
  • Patent number: 11950939
    Abstract: A sanitary medical surface device is provided having a first portion with a first outer surface and a first inner surface. The first inner surface may have a first work surface and the second inner surface may have a second work surface. The device may further utilize a first channel depression formed into the first inner surface such that the first channel depression may be disposed along first perimeter edges of the first work surface. The device may utilize a first raised lip disposed along third perimeter edges of the first inner surface along with one or more stabilization structures disposed upon the first outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: Lisa Lee-Gardner
  • Patent number: 11945645
    Abstract: A bicycle transport packaging which is in particular suitable for shipping bicycles includes a base body. The base body having four sides arranged all around. Two mutually opposite sides, i.e. an upper side and a lower side of the base body are open. For transport purposes, they are respectively closed by a separate cover element and a separate bottom element. According to the invention, in the area of the cover element a reinforcing element extending in particular over the overall length and width of the cover opening is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Canyon Bicycles GmbH
    Inventors: Yll Gashi, Chris Kurzer
  • Patent number: 11945629
    Abstract: A child-proof container including a storage having a lateral wall, a closure system of the storage, a first coupling portion carried by the closure system, a second coupling portion carried by the storage and configured for cooperating with said first coupling portion for locking the container in a closed condition. The second coupling portion includes a tab from the lateral wall of the storage. The container includes a spacer interposed between the tab of the second coupling portion and the lateral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: I.G.B. S.R.L.
    Inventors: Michel Bressan, Alberto Gandolla, Alessio Bressan
  • Patent number: 11940204
    Abstract: A modular box assembly includes a box defining a box cavity within the box, the box further defining a top end and a bottom end, the top end defining a box opening connected to the box cavity, the box including a side panel extending from the top end to the bottom end; a shoulder attached to the side panel, the shoulder extending inward from the side panel and into the box cavity, the shoulder including a first sub-shoulder and a second sub-shoulder, the first sub-shoulder, the second sub-shoulder, and the side panel defining a shoulder channel; and an inner box disposed in the box cavity, the inner box including a channel tab, the channel tab frictionally engaging the shoulder channel to secure and suspend the inner box within the box cavity between the top end and the bottom end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC
    Inventors: Jamie Waltermire, Paul Ott, Greg Sollie
  • Patent number: 11938669
    Abstract: A blow molded container is provided. The container includes a neck having a neck finish and a transverse rim that defines an opening. A closure is provided that is engageable with the neck such that the rim is movable relative to the neck to define one or more vents configured for passage of a gas. In some embodiments, methods of use and manufacturing containers are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Ring Container Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew James Danhof, Scott James Glassbrook
  • Patent number: 11937955
    Abstract: An intermittent catheter package including a plurality of components and a catheterization tray configured to facilitate a catheterization procedure. The plurality of components include a urinary catheter fluidly connected to a urine-drainage bag and a sampling-port access device configured to fluidly connect to a urine-sampling port of the urinary catheter or the urine-drainage bag for aseptic collection of one or more urine samples. The catheterization tray includes at least a first compartment, a second compartment, and a third compartment configured to hold the plurality of components. The first compartment is configured to hold the urinary catheter. The second compartment is connected to the first compartment by an intercompartment connection. The second compartment is configured to hold the urine-drainage bag. The third compartment is configured to hold the sampling-port access device. Step-by-step instructions are incorporated into the catheterization tray to facilitate the catheterization procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Tracey E. Knapp, Eric A. Rehm, Nick Austerman, Sarah Skelton, Caroline Bunn, Robert M. Hine, Brandt Davis
  • Patent number: 11938613
    Abstract: A modular magnetic strip holder 10 is assembled from a plurality of individual magnetic holder units 12 into an elongated strip holder configuration for securely holding various types of tools, utensils and other items. Various configurations of connectors may be utilized to assemble together in end-to-end relationship any number of individual magnetic holder units 12 so as to form an elongated strip holder of a desired length, while also enabling the magnetic strip holder 10 to be disassembled if desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: Jonathan Hurley
  • Patent number: 11939130
    Abstract: The present disclosure may provide a package assembly for packaging an object. The package assembly may include a bottom panel, at least one group of side panels, a left panel, a right panel, and at least one fastener. The at least one fastener may correspond to the at least one group of side panels respectively. For each of the at least one fastener, the fastener may be fixedly connected to a portion of a corresponding group of side panels. The portion of the group of side panels can be folded inwardly to make the fastener contact with an object placed on the bottom panel. The left side panel and the right side panel can be folded outwardly to fasten the fastener such that the object is fixed on the bottom panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiujia Fu, Yikun Liang
  • Patent number: 11932449
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a holding device for holding primary packaging containers. The holding device includes: a secondary packaging container which is designed and arranged for accommodating the primary packaging containers; holding elements of a first kind arranged in the secondary packaging container, each holding element of the first kind is designed and arranged to detachably hold a primary packaging container by contacting the primary packaging container at a first longitudinal position of the primary packaging container; and holding elements of a further kind arranged in the secondary packaging container. For each holding element of the first kind, a holding element of the further kind is designed and arranged to restrict a movement of the primary packaging container, which is held by the holding element of the first kind, in a lateral direction of the primary packaging container at a further longitudinal position of the primary packaging container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SCHOTT Pharma Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Mustafa Kücük