Including Ancillary Article Contacting Medium Patents (Class 206/205)
  • Patent number: 11851262
    Abstract: A moisture-retaining vegetation container is provided. The container may include an outer layer of a non-porous material that is impermeable to moisture. The outer layer may further be configured to enclose an interior space. The container may further includes one or more inner layers configured to fit within the interior space enclosed by the outer layer. The inner layers may include at least one absorbent material capable of absorbing a liquid and releasing the absorbed liquid within the interior space. At least part of the vegetation may be enclosed within the interior space, thereby allowing for continued moistening of the enclosed vegetation part during transport or other usage periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Nicole I. Parsons
  • Patent number: 11806229
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container system (200) for storing an intraocular lens (90). The container system (200) comprises a container (210) for storing a lens (90) and a heating device (220) for heating the lens (90) in the container (210). A heated lens (90) is more supple and can be rolled up better and smaller, such that a cut opening in an eye can be further reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: IOLUTION GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Maroscheck, Helmut Binder
  • Patent number: 11801989
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to a container (100, 300) for storing medical and/or pharmaceutical products. The container includes a plastic container body (102) comprising a side wall (202), a base (204) and an opening (206) defining a storage volume (108), a flange (104) formed on the container body (102) and configured to receive a connecting element (312) of a cap (310) provided with a tamper-evident mechanism (414), and an active insert (106) placed within the container body (102). This container is an improved container for the storage of products. The disclosure also pertains to a sealed package comprising this container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventors: Bernardo Romeo, Valere Logel, Jacquy Lebon
  • Patent number: 11724866
    Abstract: A package and a method for producing the packages are provided. The packages may comprise an enclosure configured to receive at least one product, the enclosure being sealed from the surrounding environment by two tab areas, one tab area formed at one side of the enclosure and the other tab area formed at the opposite side of the enclosure. The two tab areas are formed by selectively sealing two opposing films, each of the two tab areas comprising at least one breachable bubble configured to be breached upon application of pressure by a user, separating a sealed portion of the two films that form the surrounding tab area, allowing access to the enclosure from either or both sides of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: PopPack LLC
    Inventor: William S. Perell
  • Patent number: 11505373
    Abstract: A produce and foodstuff receptacle is disclosed containing a tamper evident locking mechanism to lock a separate lid and container. The receptacle has a fitted corner for allowing lid and container attachment in only one position. Lid and container matching connectors allow secure and reusable attachment. After locking, only a container tab is fully detached after the receptacle is initially opened to indicate use. The lid remains fully intact after opening and hides the detached container portion underneath a locking tab platform for protection against any perforated edges. Matching connectors allow re-sealing after initial opening of the locking mechanism. The lid also contains a lid lock ledge that matches with a container lock ledge that submerges the lid into the container. The locking tab platform allows re-opening of the lid and container after use and contains a hinge for flexibility of the platform during closing and opening of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Greener Shapes Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas C. Jackson
  • Patent number: 11485557
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a contact lens package with a heat sealable multilayer packaging lidstock formed from: a support layer and a peelable seal layer made from a polymer blend, such polymer blend formed from a material: from 40 to 85% by weight of one or more first amorphous cyclic olefin polymer(s) characterized by a glass transition temperature of at least 120° C. from 10 to 55% by weight of one or more second amorphous cyclic olefin polymer(s) characterized by a glass transition temperature of less than 120° C., and from 0.5 to 15% by weight, preferably 0.5 to 10% by weight of at least one elastomeric copolymer comprising at least one polymerized monovinylarene and at least one polymerized acyclic olefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventor: Jay Swamy
  • Patent number: 11466239
    Abstract: A biological material manufacturing device according to an embodiment of the inventive concept includes a main body and a head unit that is rotatable on the main body. The main body includes a main groove and a first container groove connected to the main groove. The head unit includes a pillar provided in the main groove and a protruding part that protrudes from the pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: VIEA Logis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul-Hong Choi, Dong-Wook Shin, In-Sang Yoon, Jung-Min Kim
  • Patent number: 11441498
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for controlling flow through a recirculation tube of an evaporative emissions system. The methods and systems may adjust flow through the recirculation tube by controlling an amount of time an evaporative emissions system valve is held open and held closed during refilling of a fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Aed Dudar
  • Patent number: 11377289
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to a container for storing medical and/or pharmaceutical products. The container includes a plastic container body comprising a side wall, a base and an opening defining a storage volume, a flange formed on the container body and configured to receive a connecting element of a cap provided with a tamper-evident mechanism, and an active insert placed within the container body. This container is an improved container for the storage of products. The disclosure also pertains to a sealed package comprising this container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: AIRNOV, INC.
    Inventors: Bernardo Romeo, Valere Logel, Jacquy Lebon
  • Patent number: 11358770
    Abstract: Contact lens packaging (2) includes two or more individual, sealed blister packs (1) coupled together by a connecting label (5), which includes a uni-axial shear polymer film (6). The connecting label (5) is arranged and oriented such that the tear direction of the polymer film (6) is parallel to a line (A) bisecting adjacent blister packs (1). Methods of binding together two or more blister packs (1) are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Robert Davis
  • Patent number: 11299333
    Abstract: Flexible packages with reinforcing lines and flat panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hugh Joseph O'Donnell, Edward Daniel Theiss, III
  • Patent number: 11278395
    Abstract: A shuttle, vial and injector are provided for storing and presenting an IOL to a patient. The shuttle includes operably engaged shuttle plates having a set of confronting surfaces that flex about a flexure interface between a storage configuration, with at least an optic of an IOL in a nominal state and a loading configuration, with at least an optic of an IOL in a deformed state. The vial engages the shuttle and maintains the shuttle in the storage configuration. The injector receives the shuttle from the vial and includes surfaces for flexing the portions of the shuttle plates to the loading configuration upon engagement with the injector, wherein the shuttle plates impart a predetermined curvature to at least a portion of the IOL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Moises A. Valle, Madhu S. Ayyagari, Sushant P. Muchhala, Sanjeev Bakshi
  • Patent number: 11247797
    Abstract: Provided is a means which makes it possible to prevent quality deterioration of a facilitated transport membrane for a long period of time. A method for packing the facilitated transport membrane selectively allowing a specific gas to permeate therethrough, includes the steps of: putting the facilitated transport membrane in a packaging body having a transmission rate of not more than 10,000 cm3/(m2·24 h·atm) for the specific gas; preventing a contact between the facilitated transport membrane and the specific gas; and lastly sealing the packaging body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Inamoto
  • Patent number: 11231428
    Abstract: A kit and method are used to detect the presence of occult blood in feces. The kit has a closed and sealed package containing a sheet of absorbent material impregnated with a guaiac material and a friable packet holding a hydrogen peroxide solution. The packet is sealed to prevent the solution from escaping the packet until it is manually fracture. With the sheet and the packet both within the closed package and in contact with each other, a user manually compresses the packet to break the packet and release the solution, which is absorbed by the sheet material. The package remains closed for a sufficient time for the solution to be absorbed by the sheet. The user then opens the packaging and removes the sheet that is now wetted with the solution, using the sheet in the conventional manner to collect a feces sample. A blue color appearing on the sheet indicates the presence of occult blood in the feces sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Inventor: Ottfried Waldenburg
  • Patent number: 11215429
    Abstract: An example safety device includes a storage member, a membrane disposed within the chamber, a material disposed within the membrane, and an actuator moveably attached to the membrane. The storage member has a main body that defines a first opening, a chamber, and a windowed portion. Each of the first opening and the windowed portion provides access between the chamber and an environment exterior to the chamber. The membrane has a first configuration and a second configuration. The material is contained within the membrane when the membrane is in the first configuration and is in fluid communication with the environment exterior to the membrane when the membrane is in the second configuration. The actuator is moveable between a first position and a second position such that movement of the actuator results in movement of the membrane from the first configuration to the second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Victoris LLC
    Inventor: David Krueger
  • Patent number: 11161672
    Abstract: A packaging device incorporating a breathable peel/reseal film and enabling a preservation process for allowing for the distribution, storage and multiple servings of a food product, particularly perishable food product(s), and initiating and controlling the transmission rates, respiration rates or deterioration of the perishable food product(s) and thereby, maintaining good internal and external food quality and normal development of flavor and aroma characteristics. The packaging device includes a plurality of atmospheric control attributes that modulates or controls the atmosphere within the packaging device as the food product(s) respire in order to promote the extended shelf-life of the food product and the maintenance of the quality and desirable marketable characteristics of the food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Nazir Mir
  • Patent number: 11051985
    Abstract: [Problem] The present invention provides a preparation jig for a tympanic membrane regenerating agent and a preparation vessel for a tympanic membrane regenerating agent enabling simple preparation of a tympanic membrane regenerating agent. [Solution] A preparation jig for a tympanic membrane regenerating agent (1a) and a preparation vessel for a tympanic membrane regenerating agent (1A) each include: a vessel (3A) including housing walls (6, 7) forming an interior space (S1) housing a medicinal solution support (2), and including an opening (6h) opening in one direction and formed in the housing walls (6, 7); and a holding portion (4A) disposed in the interior space (S1). The deep side of the interior space (S1) is a housing portion (S3) housing the medicinal solution support (2) holding a medicinal solution. The opening (6h) side of the interior space (S1) is an installation space (S2) in which the holding portion (4A) is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Nobelpharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takako Aburada, Shinobu Yamada
  • Patent number: 11044355
    Abstract: A protective bag into which a mobile device can be placed to limit exposure of the device to unsanitary conditions or conversely to limit exposure of other surfaces to an unsanitary mobile device. The protective bags are distributed to users using a dispenser. The system improves overall hygiene associated with use of mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Mobile Guard RX, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Magner, Siddharth Chhokar, Derek King
  • Patent number: 11007052
    Abstract: A prosthesis for implantation at a native semilunar valve site of a subject can include a support structure configured such that in a first rotational disposition of the prosthesis with respect to the native semilunar valve, a tactile feedback sensation is provided to a user implanting the prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: JENAVALVE TECHNOLOGY, INC., MEDTRONIC VASCULAR GALWAY LIMITED
    Inventors: Philipp Bonhoeffer, Younes Boudjemline
  • Patent number: 10994914
    Abstract: A device and method for the provision of antimicrobial activity and/or moisture protection for goods and other items prone to damage caused by microbes and/or water, such as, for example, foodstuffs and other putrescible items, pharmaceuticals and other medical/veterinary products, paper and paper/fibre-board products, timber and wood products, electrical/electronic devices, clothes and fabrics, is disclosed. The device and method is particularly suitable for use with such goods and other items when contained within storage spaces (eg a package, refrigerator, wardrobe or shipping container). The device comprises a vapour-permeable container housing a moisture-removing material and an antimicrobial vapour-generating material in an arrangement such that water added to the device or absorption and/or adsorption of water vapour by the moisture-removing material causes the antimicrobial vapour-generating material to generate an antimicrobial vapour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Coolsan Hygiene Solutions PTY LTD
    Inventor: Gary R. Erickson
  • Patent number: 10969725
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sheet processing device includes a stapler, a process tray, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a control unit. The stapler performs stapling on the sheet. The process tray places the sheet to be stapled on the upper surface. The first sensor is disposed on the upper side of the process tray. The first sensor outputs a first signal corresponding to a first distance to an object which is disposed at a first position of the process tray. The second sensor is disposed on the upper side of the process tray. The second sensor outputs a second signal corresponding to a second distance to the object which is disposed at a second position on the downstream side in a sheet discharge direction from the first position of the process tray. The control unit controls the stapling using the first signal and the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuichi Saito
  • Patent number: 10926933
    Abstract: A packaging material (material) of the present invention is used to cover and wrap the metal parts during transportation and storing and in order to prevent rusting and corrosion. The material includes an inner layer and a pair of outer layers sandwiching the inner layer. The inner layer is formed from extruded rigid PET material wherein the outer layers are fabricated from VCI (vapor corrosion inhibitor) embedded into extruded sheets of rigid PET. The material is used for packaging for all ferrous metals for anti-rust. Thermoforming embed corrosion inhibitors directly into rigid plastic material of the outer layers it improves quality by ensuring corrosion inhibitors are incorporated into all packaging while providing superior part protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventors: George S Helms, Kevin Heires
  • Patent number: 10901236
    Abstract: A packaging container (1) for a contact lens comprises a shell (2). The shell (2) comprises a cavity (10) having a drop-shaped perimeter (12), and a flange (20) having a flat upper surface (22) extending around the drop-shaped perimeter (12) of the cavity (10) in an upper surface plane (24). The cavity (10) comprises a bowl portion (30) including an at least partially spherical section (32) for accommodating the contact lens, and a chamfer portion (40) surrounding the bowl portion (30). The chamfer portion (40) is arranged between the bowl portion (30) and the drop-shaped perimeter (12) of the cavity (10) and includes a tapered outlet section (42) forming a tip towards the flange (20) to facilitate removal of the contact lens from the cavity (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Nils Schweizer, Kai Breburda, Felix Brinckmann, Gabriela Cocora, Lukas Lomb
  • Patent number: 10899521
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a contact lens package with a heat sealable multilayer packaging lidstock formed from: a support layer and a peelable seal layer made from a polymer blend, such polymer blend formed from a material: from 40 to 85% by weight of one or more first amorphous cyclic olefin polymer(s) characterized by a glass transition temperature of at least 120° C. from 10 to 55% by weight of one or more second amorphous cyclic olefin polymer(s) characterized by a glass transition temperature of less than 120° C., and from 0.5 to 15% by weight, preferably 0.5 to 10% by weight of at least one elastomeric copolymer comprising at least one polymerized monovinylarene and at least one polymerized acyclic olefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventor: Jay Swamy
  • Patent number: 10842485
    Abstract: A system for loading a surgical buttress with a radioactive material includes a surgical buttress, a radioactive material delivery instrument, and a radioactive material. The surgical buttress includes a body portion defining a first width when in a pre-loaded configuration and a second width when in a loaded configuration. The radioactive material delivery instrument includes an elongate body extending from a handle assembly. The elongate body defines a lumen therethrough and has an open distal end. The radioactive material is disposed within the lumen of the elongate body of the radioactive material delivery instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Gerald Hodgkinson, David Racenet, Michael Soltz, Joseph Taylor
  • Patent number: 10835087
    Abstract: In one example, a wipe dispensing system includes a housing that defines an internal wipe storage area, a lid connected to the housing, a fluid reservoir disposed within the housing, a pump in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir, a fluid discharge manifold in fluid communication with the pump and located proximate a wipe dispensing path. The lid is operably disposed with respect to the pump such that depression of the lid causes the pump to discharge fluid from the fluid discharge manifold, and also causes dispensation of a portion of a wipe from the housing, and a return of the lid from a depressed position to a ‘ready’ position causes the pump to discharge fluid from the fluid discharge manifold, and also causes dispensation of portion of a wipe from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Aidee Duarte, Ryan Christian, Ashby Shaw, Brian Crane
  • Patent number: 10813892
    Abstract: An antiseptic solution comprising a pH-dependent antimicrobial agent, the pH-dependent antimicrobial agent having an operative pH range, wherein the solution has a pH on storage that is lower than the operative pH range. Applicators for applying the antiseptic solution and methods of using the antiseptic solution and applicators are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: CAREFUSION 2200, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher McGinley, Brandon Borowski, Brandon Dellaringa
  • Patent number: 10816256
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermally insulated container comprising an expanded foam layer, a further layer, internal of the expanded foam layer, formed of a plurality of cool packs or insulation panels, and a locking lid. The cool packs consist of a combination of cool packs with stepped edges and individual side wall cool packs side wall cool packs formed with a living hinge, wherein the cool packs consist of a protruding fill point on one edge and blanking protrusions on the remaining three edges, and the cool packs comprise recesses on the top and bottom edges to accommodate either the fill point or the blanking protrusion of each adjacent cool pack. The insulation panels are pre-assembled on a sheet ready for insertion into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: LAMINAR MEDICA LIMITED
    Inventors: Philip Knight, Scott Talbot, Geraint Thomas
  • Patent number: 10810611
    Abstract: A system and associated method for encouraging individual employees of a business, or members of a team, to practice proper washroom activities is provided. The employees or team members are enrolled a washroom rewards program, and certain washroom facilities are designated as available to the individuals for use in the rewards program. The washroom facilities are configured with an identification (ID) system that automatically identifies enrolled employees or team members that enter the facility. Point values are assigned in the washroom rewards program for defined washroom activities performed by the individuals in the designated washroom facilities, and upon performance of such activities, the individual is identified via the ID system and a personal account assigned to the individual is automatically credited with the point value. The points are redeemable by the individuals for an award value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Becker, Charlene Dunbar, Jason Kirkland, Warren Moede, Thomas H Schulz, Chrissy Sheehan, Peter W. Shipp, Jr., Paul F. Tramontina, Matthew T Zielinski
  • Patent number: 10800595
    Abstract: An insulated box assembly includes a box, the box including a pair of opposing main box panels, a pair of opposing side box panels, each side box panel of the pair of side box panels attached to both main box panels of the pair of main box panels, and a bottom box panel; and an insulated liner, the insulated liner including a pair of opposing main liner panels, a pair of opposing side liner panels, and a liner bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC
    Inventors: Jamie Waltermire, Paul Ott
  • Patent number: 10766667
    Abstract: A woven laminated plastic bag having an easy open feature is provided. The easy open feature is generally defined by a weakened portion in the bag. In various aspects the bag can be fabricated from a woven polyethylene layer which can be laminated with a polyethylene film layer, can form a pinch bottom bag, and can have one or both sides include graphics and/or printing. The bag can also provide a top end and/or a bottom end either or both of which provide a discrete area which may contain discrete graphics and/or printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Polytex Fibers Corporation
    Inventor: Jacobo Bazbaz
  • Patent number: 10752506
    Abstract: A technique of suppressing a decrease in dispersibility of nanostructures in a nanostructure dispersion liquid that is stored or transported after production is provided. A nanostructure dispersion liquid-containing container is formed by filling an airtight container with a nanostructure dispersion liquid containing nanostructures and a dispersion medium. The nanostructures include at least one selected from the group consisting of nanocarbons, nanofibers, and nanowires, and a filling rate of the nanostructure dispersion liquid is 97 vol % or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Shigeta
  • Patent number: 10744088
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an ophthalmic preparation comprising thymosin ?4. According to the inventive method, the manufacture of an ophthalmic preparation comprising thymosin ?4 is carried out in the presence of an inert gas, thus the contact of thymosin ?4 with oxygen is blocked and the oxidation of thymosin ?4 can be prevented and the pharmacological activity of thymosin ?4 maintains for long-term period. Therefore, the ophthalmic preparation prepared by the inventive method can maintain the pharmacological activity of thymosin ?4 in a stable state for a long time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: G-TREEBNT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Si Young Lee, Sin Wook Kang, Ji Hye Sung, Tae Heum Um
  • Patent number: 10736732
    Abstract: An intraocular lens for insertion into a capsular bag of an eye comprises: an optic; and at least one plate haptic coupled to the optic by one or more flexible connecting members. The plate haptic with projections which are designed to engage the periphery of the capsular bag to center and fixate the intraocular lens within. The haptic includes a longitudinally rigid frame to resist deformation of the haptic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Inventor: James Stuart Cumming
  • Patent number: 10730683
    Abstract: An insulated box assembly includes a box, the box including a pair of opposing main box panels, a pair of opposing side box panels, each side box panel of the pair of side box panels attached to both main box panels of the pair of main box panels, and a bottom box panel; and an insulated liner, the insulated liner including a pair of opposing main liner panels, a pair of opposing side liner panels, and a liner bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC
    Inventors: Jamie Waltermire, Paul Ott
  • Patent number: 10661964
    Abstract: A packaging for an ophthalmic lens containing a pharmaceutical agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Tokarski, Shivkumar Mahadevan, Scott Ansell, Vincent Barre
  • Patent number: 10646907
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical waste disposal assembly (10) for disposing of raw pharmaceutical waste includes a first receiver body and a second receiver body. The assembly further includes a first reaction agent and a second reaction agent. The first reaction agent and the second reaction agent renders the pharmaceutical waste unrecoverable. The first reaction agent can include at least one of a denaturant and a deterrent. Additionally, the first reaction agent can include activated charcoal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventor: David A. Maness
  • Patent number: 10638892
    Abstract: A dispensing package and method of using a dispensing package, the dispensing package including interior region defined by a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface, a back surface, a first side and a second side; the top surface including an aperture for access to the interior region, the top surface being releasably sealed by a top cover; the bottom surface having a coating of an adhesive area on at least a portion of the bottom surface, where the adhesive area is releasably covered by a leaflet, where the leaflet has an area at least as large as the adhesive area, and where the leaflet is secured to the bottom surface of the package at a leaflet securement area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
    Inventors: Dimitri Bois, Simon Duronsoy, Florent Laffin
  • Patent number: 10618011
    Abstract: A package comprises an airtight container having an oxygen permeability of less than or equal to 15 ml/m2dMPa and water vapor permeability of less than or equal to 2 g/m2d, and a sub-nano membrane structure accommodated in the airtight container. The sub-nano membrane structure having a porous support and a sub-nano membrane. The sub-nano membrane formed on the porous support and having an average pore diameter of less than or equal to 1 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Miyahara, Makiko Ichikawa, Kenji Yajima, Katsuhiro Tokura
  • Patent number: 10589917
    Abstract: A packaging device incorporating a breathable peel/reseal film and enabling a preservation process for allowing for the distribution, storage and multiple servings of a food product, particularly perishable food product(s), and initiating and controlling the transmission rates, respiration rates or deterioration of the perishable food product(s) and thereby, maintaining good internal and external food quality and normal development of flavor and aroma characteristics. The packaging device includes a plurality of atmospheric control attributes that modulates or controls the atmosphere within the packaging device as the food product(s) respire in order to promote the extended shelf-life of the food product and the maintenance of the quality and desirable marketable characteristics of the food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventor: Nazir Mir
  • Patent number: 10589906
    Abstract: A tray for displaying a product for sale, where the tray includes a re-closeable lid. The tray includes a base having a peripheral side wall with a rim bounding an opening to a cavity which retains the product. A portion of the lid is permanently engaged with a section of the base. The rest of the lid is selectively engageable with the rest of the base and is movable between open and closed positions. When closed, a part of the lid is positioned laterally adjacent the rim and is located in a common plane therewith. The edges of the rim and lid frictionally engage each other to secure the base and lid together. The movable part of the lid, which includes a frame member and flexible film, rotate about a living hinge in the frame member. A latching mechanism is engaged to keep the lid and base engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Biery Cheese Co.
    Inventor: Benjamin H. Biery
  • Patent number: 10532883
    Abstract: Described is a system for controlling the operation of a trash can lid that includes a shell for receiving trash, a lid assembly that covers a portion of the shell, and an actuator assembly that independently controls the rate in which the lid assembly moves with respect to the shell. Also provided is a system for improving the operation of a trash can that includes a lid assembly for covering a portion of a shell, an actuator assembly, a base assembly, and a hydraulic component. The hydraulic component controls the rate in which a portion of the lid assembly moves with respect to the shell. The system further includes an adjustable volume of space that is formed between the base assembly and the removable liner when the removable liner is coupled to the base assembly. The adjustable volume of space can be used to store deodorizers, insecticides, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Tramontina USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Mars Mashburn, Tim Tobola, Trent Veazey
  • Patent number: 10362976
    Abstract: Various technologies presented herein relate to sterile transport, storage and operation of fluid collection tubes. A plurality of sterile sample tube packages are presented, wherein each package comprises a tray (having a recessed cavity formed therein), one or more fluid collection tubes and a cover. Each cavity includes at least one compartment, wherein a collection tube can be respectively stored in each compartment. The tray and cover can be formed from medically sterile materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Boca Dental Supply, LLC
    Inventors: Alvaro Betancur, Paula Betancur
  • Patent number: 10351324
    Abstract: An improvement is made in a package including a protective film enclosing an article and a tack label coupled to an outer surface of the protective film such that a step of forming a slit in the protective film can be omitted and the need to form a dent at a specific area in the article is eliminated. A protective film includes an overlapping portion in which a first edge portion directly opposing the article and a second edge portion opposing the article via the first edge portion are overlapped with each other, and in a coupling surface between a tack label coupled so as to cover the overlapping portion and a protective film, a non-uniform coupling force distribution is provided in which a second region continuously connected to the second edge portion has a higher coupling force than a first region continuously connected to the first edge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Yokoyama, Masayuki Kitamasu
  • Patent number: 10334998
    Abstract: An assembly offering to consumers a choice between two types of closure systems for a wipes flexible container is provided. The assembly comprises at least one flexible container and a reusable closure element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brigitte Rubo, Heiner Wilhelm Maria Bouten, Oliver Heilmann
  • Patent number: 10329069
    Abstract: A sheet-mask package, in order for a sheet mask to be removed from a bag to be used in a unfolded state, allows the unfolding operation of the folded sheet mask, thereby enabling the removed sheet mask to be quickly and reliably attached on the face while preventing fingers from being excessively wet. In an embodiment, the sheet-mask package 2 is obtained by storing in a package box a holed tray (T1) on which Z-folded sheet masks (1) moistened with a chemical solution are stacked and which has a hole (4) formed in the bottom of the holed tray (T1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: TAIKI CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshio Ishihara
  • Patent number: 10301047
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for vacuum packaging a product. According to one embodiment a film tube is generated, and, in the film tube a product (P) is introduced and at least one cut is made. In the method, a vacuum may also applied inside the film tube, and a transverse seal is formed therein, a film tube closed at one end being obtained upstream of the cut and a package closed at both ends being obtained downstream. Furthermore, the film tube is transversely pinched, a portion the inside of the film tube which is isolated from the inside of the rest of the film tube being obtained, and a chamber is demarcated around at least part of said portion, the vacuum being applied and the transverse sealing operation being performed inside said chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: ULMA PACKAGING TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER, S.COOP.
    Inventors: Alberto Otxoa-Aizpurua Calvo, Gerardo Mendizabal Altuna, Eneko Izquierdo Ereño
  • Patent number: 10258082
    Abstract: A tobacco pouch with a front panel and a back panel, which are connected with one another via a first folding line at a first lateral edge, via a first connecting means at a second lateral edge, and via a second connecting means at a lower edge, a strip-shaped, openable first closure running along an upper edge from the first folding line to the first connecting means, sealing an opening, and at least one strip-shaped, openable second closure located in between the first closure and the second connecting means and miming from the first folding line up to the first connecting means, dividing the inside of the tobacco pouch into at least two chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: REEMTSMA CIGARETTENFABRIKEN GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Süss, Carmen Bühr
  • Patent number: 10207374
    Abstract: A package structure for welding powder has a casing and a casing cover. The casing cover is deposited on the cover. The casing and the casing cover are made of metallic copper. The casing cover has a protruding segment being cylindrical and formed on a bottom surface of the casing cover, and a mounting recess being round and formed in a top surface of the casing cover corresponding to the protruding segment for storing fine welding powder. The package structure has a fire strip deposited on the top surface of the casing cover and extending into the mounting recess via a top opening of the mounting recess, and a sealing sheet deposited on the top surface of the casing cover to hold the fire strip securely with the casing cover and seal the top opening of the mounting recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Inventor: Ying Chun He
  • Patent number: 10194724
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a contact lens package containing a contact lens in a compressed state. In one exemplary embodiment, the overall internal depth of the package is less than the natural sagittal depth of the contact lens. Different single-use contact lens package shapes and configurations may be used. In some embodiments, a spring disc is included in the packages to help present the contact lens to the user when the package is opened. The contact lens packages may be adhered or clipped to a card or other carrier sheet, and may be housed in a number of different secondary packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Menicon Singapore Pte Ltd
    Inventor: Stephen D. Newman