Tool Or Implement Holder Or Attachment Patents (Class 215/390)
  • Patent number: 11653777
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for enhancing the experience of chilled beverages are provided. In some embodiments, a set of holding structures, weights and/or magnets associated with a drinking vessel applies holding force(s) to ice within a drinking vessel. In some embodiments, a beverage is then poured over the ice, at least partially submerging it and chilling the beverage. In some method embodiments, suction-molds with customized shapes and designs are used as the water is frozen within the drinking vessel, creating ice sculptures affixed to the inside of the drinking vessel. In other aspects, holding pressure is maintained even if the frozen water partially melts. In some embodiments, a control system within weights or the drinking vessel implements lighting effects, cooling effects, and gas or other infusions, into the beverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher V. Beckman
  • Patent number: 11628975
    Abstract: A package includes a container and a closure cap for mounting on the container. The closure cap is coupled to a neck of the container to block selectively removal of product stored within the container at the selection of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: William D. Sprick, Todd D. Faubion, Mark A. Deutsch, Jason A. Bragg, Karla S. Koring
  • Patent number: 11530125
    Abstract: A container that includes a container body adapted for containing a flowable material for storage and dispensing through a dispensing opening in the container body. A funnel is positioned in a stowage location in the container body and is adapted to be removed from the stowage location and moved to a flowable material-receiving location physically-separate from and proximate to the dispensing opening in the container body. A wiping sheet is positioned with the funnel in the stowage location and adapted to be removed from the stowage location and used to wipe and absorb the flowable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: STEEN PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Robby Wayne Steen
  • Patent number: 11530073
    Abstract: A container including a container body adapted for containing a liquid for storage and dispensing through an opening in the container body. An exterior recess is formed a wall of the container body and defines a location for a pour spout in a stowed position. The pour spout is attached to the container body and is movable between the stowed position within the recess and a deployed use position in liquid dispensing communication with the opening in the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: STEEN PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Robby Wayne Steen
  • Patent number: 11286085
    Abstract: A packaging for food includes a container to accommodate a food substance. An identifying element is disposed around the container that identifies the food substance. A functional element is associated with the container to remove the food substance from the container. The identifying element is indirectly and detachably connected to the container via the functional element. Upon removal of the functional element from the container, the identifying element is also removed from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: CARDBOX PACKAGING HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Roland Schoeberl, Klaus Hockl
  • Patent number: 11040819
    Abstract: An insulated holder for a beverage container has a thermally insulating main body with a base and an upwardly extending side wall that extends upwardly to a top perimeter opening, wherein the top perimeter opening allows access to an interior chamber formed by the main body. The interior chamber is adapted to receive the beverage container, and an opening is formed in a bottom surface of the base, wherein a bottle opener prong extends laterally into the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventor: Rose Dorothy Frankcomb
  • Patent number: 10871362
    Abstract: A grenade pouch lid has a rim engagement feature, and the rim engagement feature is operable to secure the planar body to an object having a disc-shaped rim when the rim engagement feature is urged against the rim. The rim engagement feature may include at least two spaced apart elements defining a space therebetween for receiving the rim. The planar body may include a slot, the slot being operable to receive one end of a strap. The planar body may include a wedge shaped portion, the wedge-shaped portion being opposed to the rim engagement feature. The rim engagement feature and the rim may have the same radius. The planar body may cover the center of the rim when the planar body is secured to the object. The object having a disc-shaped rim may be a 40 mm grenade. A grenade pouch is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: BLUE FORCE GEAR, INC.
    Inventors: Ashley A. Burnsed, Jr., Stephen G. Hilliard
  • Patent number: 10640353
    Abstract: A dual bottle opener and stabilizer is provided comprising a single manufactured unit that forms three individual sections, wherein the first section comprises a handle, the second section configured to engage a bottle cap of a bottle for removing and holding the bottle cap, and a third section for placing over a bottle neck and engaging a bottle neck of the bottle for lifting and pouring from the bottle by the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Inventor: John W. Kole
  • Patent number: 10500589
    Abstract: A fluid container includes a container body configured to hold one or more fluids. The container body has a first side wall and an opposing second side wall. The fluid container also includes one or more container alignment features disposed on an outer surface of the first side wall and configured to self-align the container body with a datum. The fluid container also includes one or more anti-evaporation tube alignment mechanisms disposed on one or more inner surfaces of the container body and configured to self-align an anti-evaporation tube within the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Brennan, James Kegelman, William Hudson, Peter Gebrian
  • Patent number: 10151058
    Abstract: A fabric treating appliance having an agitator assembly comprising a base including at least one vane, and a tower extending upwardly from the base and terminating in an upper end having a recess. The agitator includes a cap having a top and a bottom that is removably mounted to the tower. A scrub brush is carried by the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Scott E. Carpenter, Orrin P. Lorenz, Joel A. Luckman
  • Patent number: 10112738
    Abstract: A pourer device for mounting to a mouth portion of bottles includes a mount portion and a guide chute. The guide chute includes a generally channel shaped body having a wider proximal entry portion adjacent the bottle neck and a main portion which converges to a narrower distal portion. The mount portion includes two generally half ring portions which allows the device to be mounted to the neck of any bottle and be removable therefrom and mounted to another bottle as needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Inventor: Paul John McCarthy
  • Patent number: 9821284
    Abstract: A mixing assembly includes a bag of appropriate size, configuration, shape and material and a closable spout that may have extensions of various lengths, shapes and configurations to provide enhanced mixing of a component contained in the bag upon the addition of a second component. Once the closure of the spout is removed, the second component, typically a liquid such as water, milk, juice, chemical, oil substrate, or the like, can be added to the container for mixing. After the closure is refitted, the two components are mixed then consumed or dispensed, either by removing the closure or from a separate spout or nozzle fitted to the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: JPRO DAIRY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Garry Patrick Johns
  • Patent number: 9808579
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to systems and methods for protecting needleless injector units from one or more contaminants. In an embodiment, a needleless injector system includes a needleless injector unit and an auxiliary unit. The needleless injector unit has a nozzle portion and a supply of one or more substances for injection. The needleless injector unit is configured to inject the one or more substances from the nozzle portion through a skin surface of a subject. The auxiliary unit is coupleable to the needleless injector unit. The auxiliary unit includes a source of one or more protectants and is configured to emit the one or more protectants in a region between the nozzle portion of the needleless injector unit and the skin surface of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: ELWHA LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Eric C. Leuthardt, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Victoria Y. H. Wood
  • Patent number: 9528807
    Abstract: A grenade pouch lid has a rim engagement feature, and the rim engagement feature is operable to secure the planar body to an object having a disc-shaped rim when the rim engagement feature is urged against the rim. The rim engagement feature may include at least two spaced apart elements defining a space therebetween for receiving the rim. The planar body may include a slot, the slot being operable to receive one end of a strap. The planar body may include a wedge shaped portion, the wedge-shaped portion being opposed to the rim engagement feature. The rim engagement feature and the rim may have the same radius. The planar body may cover the center of the rim when the planar body is secured to the object. The object having a disc-shaped rim may be a 40 mm grenade. A grenade pouch is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: BLUE FORCE GEAR, INC.
    Inventors: Ashley A. Burnsed, Jr., Stephen G. Hilliard
  • Patent number: 9016500
    Abstract: A universal cap to be placed on standard containers for lip balm and lipstick that contains one or more modules that house therein functional items to assist the user for personal health and safety applications. The cap includes modules that contain space for the inclusion of identifying information, interior space for a flashlight and battery, interior space for an audio alarm, an interior space to house medication, a place for a nail file and a place for a glass breaker along with a flange to allow attachment to a lanyard or similar item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Inventor: Thomas Ralph Rossi
  • Patent number: 8833584
    Abstract: The disclosed aspects relate to a dispensing closure that comprises a utensil retention mechanism. The utensil retention mechanism can comprise at least two outward extending tabs that can be located on a lid portion of the dispensing closure. The at least two outward extending tabs can be positioned on the lid portion such that a section of a utensil can be securely engaged and retained by the at least two outward extending tabs. The dispensing closure can comprise a stay open mechanism, in an aspect. In another aspect, the dispensing closure can comprise a sift-resistance feature. In a further aspect, the dispensing closure can comprise a flex-lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Weatherchem Corporation
    Inventor: Brian David Groubert
  • Patent number: 8746497
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a kitchen device, namely a cooking vessel to be used with a cooking utensil. The cooking vessel is adapted to hold the utensil by the stem in order to suspend the cooking implement of the utensil above the container of the cooking vessel. More particularly, the cooking vessel comprises a container having a bottom surface, and a handle extending from the container. The handle has an opening for receiving the stem of the utensil, the opening having a predetermined shape for cooperating with the stem to temporarily hold the stem so that the cooking implement of the utensil hangs above the bottom surface of the container. There is also provided a cooking assembly comprising the cooking vessel and the utensil. There is also provided a handle to be joined to a cooking vessel, as well as a utensil to be used with the cooking vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Atlantic Promotions Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Bourbeau, Thao Nguyen
  • Patent number: 8727153
    Abstract: An improved bottle, retaining device and associated elements for carrying items is disclosed. The retaining device is adapted for holding a container (or containers) or other items; the retaining device being adapted to affix the container by way of the retaining device to a person or a personal item so ready access is provided for the held container/item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Amphipod, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith S. Willows, June A. Angus, Antonio Del Rosario
  • Patent number: 8684614
    Abstract: A detergent dispensing cap for pre-treating a stained fabric. The cap can have a pour volume sized and dimensioned to provide for a unit dose of the detergent composition. A portion of the cap can be provided with surface irregularities for scrubbing a stain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nalini Chawla, Karla Mishell Sanchez, Lauren Eisenmenger, Tom Collins, John Charles Wilkins
  • Publication number: 20130340230
    Abstract: An accessory holder, a system and a method holds and/or stores an accessory, such as, a doser for medicine, with a bottle. The accessory holder is attachable to a bottle, such as, for example, a medicine bottle. The accessory holder has a container segment to receive the accessory. The container segment holds and/or stores the accessory with the bottle such that the accessory is prevented from being separated, lost and/or contaminated while not in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventor: Nancy J. Salman
  • Patent number: 8613369
    Abstract: The retainer includes a coupling pair with a lid portion and a bottle portion. The lid portion is anchored to a lid. The bottle portion is anchored to a bottle. The lid and bottle are removably attachable in a manner opening and closing access into an interior of the bottle. With the lid portion affixed to the lid and the bottle portion affixed to the bottle, the coupling pair can be utilized to secure the lid to the bottle in a position leaving the opening of the bottle clear. In one form the lid portion and bottle portion exhibit magnetic attraction thereto, such as by having one part of the coupling pair in the form of a magnet and the other part in the form of a ferromagnetic material. In one embodiment the entire outer surface of the bottle is formed of ferromagnetic material with the lid portion being a magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Inventor: Stephen M. Kitto
  • Patent number: 8562233
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to packaging. In one embodiment the invention concerns a container having a tool retainer incorporated therein. In another embodiment the invention relates to a container of the type having a hollow envelope defining internally a chamber suitable for a product such as a cosmetic product, the hollow envelope defining externally a receiving housing for an accessory such as a cosmetic accessory; and an accessory, such as a cosmetic accessory, designed to be received removably in the receiving housing, the accessory having at least a part that is more flexible than the hollow envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Cynthia Castellani, Jim Jegou, Anthony Drouin
  • Patent number: 8302805
    Abstract: A closure has a body and a lid is molded with the body. A utensil, such as a scoop or spear, is integrally formed with the closure body, and connected to the closure body via frangible connections. The lid includes a utensil-receiving structure for releasably holding the utensil, once it is initially broken away from the closure body, such that the utensil can be attached to the closure lid for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: AptarGroup, Inc.
    Inventors: Corinne M. Blomdahl, Timothy M. Mazurkiewicz, John M. Wisniewski
  • Patent number: 8157121
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a disposable container of liquid food products or a cap thereof, having two independent round straw holes to be inserted by two ends of one bent drinking tube, wherein one of the straw holes is provided on a raised block which is on the top surface of the container or cap. The diameters of the straw holes tightly match the diameters of the drinking tube at its two ends, so that the drinking tube can be inserted into the container and pulled out repeatedly. The drinking tube used in the present invention is both for the purpose of drinking and closing the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Inventor: Pakman Hau
  • Patent number: 8152011
    Abstract: An improved bottle, retaining device and associated elements for carrying items is disclosed. The retaining device is adapted for holding a container (or containers) or other items; the retaining device being adapted to affix the container by way of the retaining device to a person or a personal item so ready access is provided for the held container/item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Amphipod, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith S. Willows, June A. Angus, Antonio Del Rosario
  • Patent number: 8151983
    Abstract: A touch-and-feel product display container for holding a plurality of products within the container and at least one product external to the container wherein the product external to the container is retained on the outside of the container in a position where a perspective purchaser can touch-and-feel the product without having to remove either the product from an external product holder or one of the products from the compartment within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Patent Store LLC
    Inventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., Steven Rhea
  • Patent number: 8136684
    Abstract: A vessel adapted to hold a liquid and having a top portion and bottom portion, the top portion having an opening adapted for the injection of and the removal of the liquid, the bottom portion having an opening including threads. A whistle member capable of producing a whistling sound, the whistle member including threads adapted to be removably attached to the opening of the bottom portion of the vessel by interacting with the threads of the opening, such that after the liquid is removed from the vessel the whistle can be removed from the bottom portion and used to produce whistling sounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Inventor: Antoine Becotte
  • Patent number: 8109399
    Abstract: A drink bottle funnel for attaching securely to a drink bottle to facilitate pouring flavoring into the drink bottle includes a main portion formed by a circumferential wall having a top opening and a bottom opening. A tubular connection portion extends from the main portion around the bottom opening. An interior surface of the connection portion has interior surface threads. Thus, the connection portion is designed for threadably engaging the threaded neck of a drink bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Inventors: William R. Sheffield, Laura K. McBrayer-Sheffield
  • Patent number: 7870968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a beverage bottle with a container cap. In particular the beverage bottle has a reversible means for holding the container cap on the outside of the container during use of the bottle which prevents loss of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Inventor: Scott Ray Hanson
  • Patent number: 7845506
    Abstract: An improved bottle, retaining device and associated elements for carrying items is disclosed. The retaining device is adapted for holding a container (or containers) or other items; the retaining device being adapted to affix the container by way of the retaining device to a person or a personal item so ready access is provided for the held container/item. The improved foundation/retaining device portion has means of retaining a bottle, container or other item and means of attaching the foundation/retaining device portion onto a user's body or other article or being. The bottle, container or fluid carrying portion is adapted for mating engagement with the retaining device. There are also disclosed a number of desirable optional features of the novel invention which can be used in combination with the disclosed retaining device and associated container or the like, or alone—the features in combinations together, alone, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Inventors: Keith Stratton Willows, Antonio Carlos Del Rosario, June Angus
  • Patent number: 7770745
    Abstract: A one-piece plastic container includes a body defining a longitudinal axis. The body includes an upper portion, a sidewall portion and a base portion. The upper portion defines an opening into the container. The sidewall portion may be integrally formed with and extend from the upper portion to the base portion. The base portion closes off an end of the container. The opening defines a radial sidewall and a generally linear sidewall. The generally linear sidewall may be defined by an inset portion formed on the upper portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Amcor Limited
    Inventors: Dan Weissmann, Michael E Penny
  • Patent number: 7766191
    Abstract: A dispensing system for simultaneously dispensing a plurality of reactive materials. The system includes a multiple-barreled syringe having at least two barrels joined by a flange and containing respective different reactive materials. Parallel plungers joined by a flange force sealing members through the barrels to discharge the materials. A static mixer element having an applicator attaches to the syringe, and a means for re-sealing the syringe for subsequent use is provided. A sliding clip engaging a complementary shape removably fixes a loose static mixer element to the syringe, reducing the risk of misplacement and loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Jackson, Rhonda Williams
  • Publication number: 20100155361
    Abstract: A container compression device and a method for associating a beverage container with the container compression device is provided, wherein the container compression device is configurable between an extended configuration and a compressed configuration, container compression device including a first handle portion, wherein the first handle portion includes a plurality of first handle portion linking members pivotably associated with the first handle portion. The container compression device also includes a second handle portion, wherein the second handle portion includes a plurality of second handle portion linking members pivotably associated with the second handle portion. Additionally, the plurality of second handle portion linking members are rotatably connected to the plurality of first handle portion linking members via at least one releasable locking device, wherein the at least one releasable locking device is configurable between an engaged configuration and a disengaged configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Phil Atiyeh, Ty Hagler
  • Publication number: 20100126957
    Abstract: A portable, re-usable mixing device adapted to be removably attachable and re-attachable to a material entry site of a container of a liquid to be blended with another material. The mixing device has a housing encompassing a mixing chamber having, relative to the vertical plane, an upper end and a lower end. The upper end has a re-openable and re-closeable cover such as a screw cap, or any other closure device for the mixing chamber, although under some circumstances, the upper end itself maybe closed and not be re-openable and re-closeable. The lower end is adaptable for removable attachment to the container containing the liquid or other material to be blended whereby said mixing chamber is in substantially liquid sealable communication with the inner volume of said container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Paul DiGaetano, JR.
  • Patent number: 7665634
    Abstract: A combination dispenser and implement holder is disclosed. The combination comprises a plurality of containers, each for retaining a liquid. Each container includes a bottom wall, at least one side wall, and a top wall. The top wall of each container preferably includes a dispensing nozzle. Each container is fluidly isolated from each other container by at least one of the side walls so that mixing of the liquids does not occur. A towel rack projects from at least one side wall of at least one container, and preferably a sponge holder projects from the same wall below the towel rack. Drain holes are included in a bottom wall of the sponge holder. In one embodiment of the invention having three containers, the width of the third container is preferably larger than the width of the sponge holder and the towel rack. As such, when viewing the combination from the front, neither the towel rack or the sponge holder are visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Inventor: Shula Pressler
  • Publication number: 20090203287
    Abstract: The invention was made with a dual purpose, 1) a child's musical toy, and 2) a hands free baby bottle holder for feeding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventor: James D. Kelly
  • Publication number: 20090166312
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention comprises a bottle-shaped container comprising at least three components, wherein the first component is injection molded, composed of a desired shape and comprises at least side walls, an opening at a top and a neck portion that connects the side walls to the top; the ratio of a diameter of the opening to a largest length of the inside wall of the bottle is no greater than 0.75; wherein the second component is a sleeve that abuts at least a portion of the inside side walls of the bottle, the sleeve comprises side walls and a bottom section, an outside portion of the sleeve is fixed to at least a portion of inside side walls of the bottle by a notch or lip located at an inside portion of the neck; and wherein the third component is a bottom that abuts an outside portion of the bottom section of the sleeve, a portion of each end of bottom is fixed to a portion of an undercut of a bottom of the bottle side walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Giraud
  • Publication number: 20090065469
    Abstract: A bottle handling device comprises a cup, a base, a support wall, a handle support member, and a clip. The base extends from the bottom of the cup and the support wall extends upward from the cup. The handle is integral with the support wall at a lower end and is integral with the clip at an upper end. An alternate embodiment comprises a cup, a handle and a clip. A fixed portion of the handle is integral with the cup, while a free portion of the handle is integral with the clip that extends over the cup. Another embodiment comprises a cup, a clip, and a handle and transitions from a first configuration toward a second configuration. The handle is connected to the clip and cup with hinges. The clip and cup comprise at least one locking member configured to lock the device into the second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Troy L. McClellan, Anthony J. Honerkamp, Richard M. Harrington
  • Patent number: 7343834
    Abstract: A combination beverage holder and container opener having a tubular body that includes an open upper end sized for receipt of a beverage container, a lower end, and a wall that defines an inner receptacle and a lower inner surface for receiving the beverage container. The lower end includes an orifice designed to receive and remove a twist open bottle cap. A bottom surface of the lower end includes first and second sections. The first section includes a cavity member designed to engage and remove a conventional bottle cap from a beverage bottle. The second section includes a tab member designed to slip between the pull tab and top surface of a beverage container and releasably open the container's pull tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Inventors: Marc K. Howlett, Todd S. Avery
  • Patent number: 7300171
    Abstract: A multifunction hydration container accessory system having a hydration container of generally cylindrical shape having a planar bottom surface with bottom edges and having a top for filling and dispensing hydration liquids and comprising an accessory system having a plurality molded cavities for holding a plurality of accessories such as a compass, safety signal reflective material, thermometer, barometer and a container storage module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Inventor: Brian Sutton
  • Patent number: 7249906
    Abstract: Container for receiving an element forming spatula having one end provided with a part in relief, the container including: a stopper having a peripheral skirt having a screwing surface and a lower end; a bottom wall; a side wall having a first end opposite the bottom wall, an outer face, and having a slot for housing in a removable manner the element forming spatula; a neck located at the first end of the side wall, including a screwing surface in relief for cooperating with the screwing surface of the skirt for closing the neck by screwing, the part in relief of the element forming spatula cooperating with the screwing surface in relief of the neck for closing the stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Augros Cosmetic Packaging
    Inventors: Richard D Kessler, Paul Abbatepaolo
  • Patent number: 7175147
    Abstract: A stopper holder for a beverage bottle is comprised of a first helical gripping member for positioning on the neck of the bottle, and a second helical member connected to the first gripping member for holding a stopper therein. The first and second helical gripping members are comprised of a continuous rod wherein the upper end of the first helical gripping member is connected to a lower end of the second helical gripping member by an integral connecting portion. Resilient cushions are positioned along the first helical gripping member for a snug fit on bottles of different sizes. The second helical gripping member is positioned above and to a side of the first helical gripping member for positioning the stopper away from the mouth of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Inventors: Matthew Marks, Cris Alegria
  • Patent number: 6964398
    Abstract: A container holding device for use with a vehicle fuel filler cap used on a fuel tank. The device includes a spacer interposed the fuel filler cap and the fuel tank. A container support is connected to the spacer by an arm which extends outwardly from the fuel filler of the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Inventor: Stephen M. Faulkner
  • Patent number: 6739465
    Abstract: An oral feeding bottle includes a feed container with an open end and surfaces adapted to come into contact with a liquid feed in the container, a teat releasably connected to the open end and adapted to contact both the liquid feed and a person or animal feeding from the bottle, and a cap with two modes of operation, where in the first mode, the teat is connected to the container and the cap is adapted to fit over, enclose the teat, and be releaseably connected to the feed container, and where in the second mode, the cap includes a means for stowing the teat in a non-dispensing position spaced from the container, where the teat and the surfaces that contact the liquid feed are in fluid communication so that the teat and the feed container are sterilized with a fluid sterilizing medium disposed in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Inventors: John Richard Calvert, Martyn Omar Rowlands, Michael Anthony Hobbs
  • Publication number: 20040031771
    Abstract: A beverage bottle is provided, with a sidewall detail representing a gemstone, in which the gemstone representation is carried by and secured to the sidewall of the bottle, either directly on the surface thereof, or in a recess thereof, with or without a setting, with the gemstone representation preferably having a plurality of facets for reflecting light outwardly of the gemstone and thereby suggesting a quality product in the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventor: John A. Cooper
  • Patent number: 6656438
    Abstract: Since the disinfectant solution bottle has a detachable section and a sealing section, the disinfectant solution bottle can be connected to the inlet of the disinfectant solution tank of the cleaning and disinfecting unit in a watertight manner; the mouth section of the bottle is closed with the sealing section before the disinfectant solution bottle is attached to the inlet of the disinfectant solution tank; and while the disinfectant solution is being connected to the inlet of the disinfectant solution tank, the disinfectant solution or concentrated disinfectant solution in the disinfectant solution bottle can flow into the disinfectant solution tank via the inlet because the inside of the disinfectant solution bottle and the inside of the disinfectant solution tank can communicate with each other in a watertight manner cut off from the outside, for example, due to automatic rupture of the sealing section when the disinfectant bottle is attached to the inlet of the disinfectant solution tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiharu Kinoshita, Mikihiko Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6497334
    Abstract: The nozzle for a pressurized container is mounted to the container for shipment and sale by a hook member. The hook member has a hook portion that mounts to the valve cup rim or container rim. An attachment leg connects the hook portion to the nozzle. The hook portion has a slip-fit relationship to the rim on which it is placed. The wall of the hook portion that rests along the outside of the rim is thinner than is the wall that rests along the inside of the rim. This arrangement accommodates the over-cap without displacement or flaring of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Inventor: Christian T. Scheindel
  • Publication number: 20020104815
    Abstract: A feeding bottle (10) includes a teat assembly (14) and an air inlet (18) at its base. A stopper assembly (21) seals the aperture (18) and is manually operable to allow air flow through the aperture providing pressure equalisation within the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventor: David Charles Richards
  • Patent number: 6318573
    Abstract: A beverage bottle with a twist of cap that includes a cap twisting structure molded into a bottom bottle surface thereof that is sized and shaped to gripping hold the twist off cap of another identical bottle. A peel off cover member is positioned over the cap twisting structure to protect it from contamination until it is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Inventor: Roberto L. Montero
  • Patent number: 6315152
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for storing an extension tube with a spray can. With the can having an exterior surface and the exterior surface of the can having a cross-section, an embodiment of the invention comprises a sleeve having a cavity adapted to receive the tube. The sleeve is coupled to the can through two resilient wings on the sleeve where the interior surface formed by these wings has a cross-section that conforms to, and is smaller than the cross-section of the exterior surface of the spray can. Through a slot formed by the free ends of the wings, the can engages the interior surface of the wings by causing the slot to deform apart then return towards the original width of the slot as the can passes between the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Bardwell & MCalister, Inc.
    Inventor: Jim Kalisz