Handle Patents (Class 215/396)
  • Patent number: 11828470
    Abstract: A handle for lifting a firepit having an opening to a cavity defined between a first surface and a second surface with the first surface having a securement feature comprises a frame configured to span a cavity of the firepit, the frame having a grasp region shaped to be substantially horizontal when the handle is used to lift the firepit, a first support brace on the frame having a projection tab configured to selectively engage the securement feature of the first surface of the firepit, the first support brace being spaced a first distance from the grasp region, and a second support brace on the frame configured to selectively abut against the second surface of the firepit, the second support brace being devoid of a projection tab, the second support brace being spaced a second distance from the grasp region, the second distance being greater than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Solo Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Weilert, Alexander K. Maghsadi
  • Patent number: 11807570
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a glass article may include a glass body having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first surface of the glass body may be etched to a depth less than or equal to about 25% of the maximum initial flaw depth Ai of a flaw population present in the first surface. The flaw population of the first surface is etched to selectively remove material adjacent to each flaw of the flaw population along the maximum initial flaw depth Ai. When the glass article is under uniaxial compressive loading, at least a portion of the first surface is in tension and a uniaxial compressive strength of the glass article is greater than or equal to 90% of a uniaxial compressive strength of a flaw-free glass article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Steven Edward DeMartino, Adam James Ellison, Kyle Christopher Hoff
  • Patent number: 11801968
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a container including a reseal-able closure mechanism having a rocker arm and a pull tab or actuator button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Cool Gear International, LLC
    Inventor: Fadi Sanbar
  • Patent number: 11707146
    Abstract: A handle attachable to a cored-out pineapple is disclosed herein, resulting in a unique drinking vessel, particularly, as preparation of a tropical style drink. The solution provides for secure affixation as well as easy attachment and removal. Additionally, an efficient method for attaching a handle to a pineapple or other hollowed out fruit is also introduced herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventors: James M. Henderson, Kristine M. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 11639253
    Abstract: A hydration bottle includes a fluid container and a lid assembly configured to be releasably engaged to the fluid container, the lid assembly having a first mouthpiece and a second mouthpiece independently accessible with respect to each other. The lid assembly includes a pivotal mount having two legs extending from a support member to form a generally U-shaped configuration, the support member defining a passage. The passage of the support member of the pivotal mount is configured to receive the first mouthpiece and has a cap fixedly disposed thereof. The second mouthpiece includes a pair of lateral projections on opposed ends thereof, the pair of lateral projections adapted to engage a pair of tapered flaps disposed on a base portion of the lid assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: LIFETIME BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: John Roscoe Swartz, Alex Geller
  • Patent number: 11590059
    Abstract: A feeding bottle has a first layer and optionally a second layer. The feeding bottle offers an improved user experience by mitigating against spills, leaks, improving feeding comfort, or offering information to the user about the feeding environment. The feeding bottle has a reusable liner that is compatible with breast pumps. The liner stores fluid such as breast milk in the freezer. The liner is adaptable to feeding bottle holders, collars, and/or nipples and thus facilitates feeding infants. The liner is adaptable to breast pumps, a liner cap, and one or more of a bottle holder, collar and nipple, such that the liner offers a pump, store, feed solution that is reusable and simplifies the number of parts required for any/all of pumping, storing and feeding activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: JMBH HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Chenvainu, Charles Renz, Patrick Thrailkill
  • Patent number: 11576843
    Abstract: A vessel intended to contain a fluid including a container delimiting an inner volume made of a flexible material and topped with a tubular sleeve whose proximal end delimits a housing. The sleeve includes an upper shoulder projecting radially outwards of the sleeve. The vessel also comprises a removable closure device made of a flexible material including a lower shoulder adapted to interact with the upper shoulder of the sleeve so that tightness is ensured when the lower shoulder and the upper shoulder are compressed against one another. The vessel also includes a coupling system enabling holding and mutual compression of the lower shoulder of the removable closure device and of the upper shoulder of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: K INVESTISSEMENTS INDUSTRIELS
    Inventors: Vincent Piraud, Allison Piraud
  • Patent number: 11447296
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus for holding and pouring wine from a wine bottle. The apparatus comprises a body strap with a ring at one end of the body strap. The other end of the body strap passes through the ring forming a loop. The apparatus further comprises a base strap configured to fit around the body of the bottle. The base strap coupled to a thumb ring through a hook. The other open end of the body strap coupled to the thumb ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Tom DiCarlo
  • Patent number: 11345424
    Abstract: A device for attaching a bottle to prevent accidental release during use. A base of the device includes a spine support connecting a lower collar and an upper collar. A plurality of pins protrude from an inner surface of the lower collar. The pins can be positioned equidistant from one another. A bottle includes a plurality of channels extending from a bottom portion of the bottle. The channels can have a greater angled lower portion extending into a lesser angled end portion. During use, the bottle is rotated, if needed, up to a quarter of a turn to receive the pins extending from the lower collar into the lower portion of respective channels of the bottle. Once pins meet channels, a slight clockwise turn pulls the bottle to a bottom of the base and secures the bottle to the base as the pins meet the ends of the respective channels. The bottle can be released from the pins with a slight counter-clockwise turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: Steven G. Weiss, Janine Weiss
  • Patent number: 10954038
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a container (1), comprising: providing a body (100) defining a chamber for storing a product and defining an opening through which the product is dispensable from the chamber; selecting a first structure (200) from a plurality of structures, each of the plurality of structures having a feature for forming part of an exterior surface of the container (1) when the respective structure is affixed to the body (100), the feature of the first structure (200) differing from the feature of another structure of the plurality of structures; and affixing to the body (100) the first structure (200) with the feature of the first structure forming part of the exterior surface of the container (1). Also disclosed are a container and a bundle or package of containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Kiat-Cheong Toh, Kenneth Reed, III, Brian Worthington, Francis Tatu, Willie Werner
  • Patent number: 10845258
    Abstract: A method of reading and quantifying pressure points or bumps or a product outline to extract a pattern that, when decoded, uniquely defines a product or class of products by defining the theoretical centers of applied pressure, determining the spatial relationship between more than one center or a product outline to define which pattern belongs to which product, and correlating each pattern with templates of stored patterns to determine what product is represented by each respective pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Touchcode Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Martin Cohen, Wayne L. Nemeth, Michael A. Brody, Lev M. Barsky
  • Patent number: 10815031
    Abstract: A container may include a neck including an external surface and at least one handle retention feature with axially lower and upper handle retention surfaces. A handle for a container may include a collar including spaced apart container retention features having axially lower and upper container retention surfaces to cooperate with the corresponding handle retention feature of the container to prevent axial movement of the collar with respect to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Laib, Karl A. Reisig, Sorcha Sayers
  • Patent number: 10669705
    Abstract: A toilet bowl treatment apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a hanger having a detent, and a blister-type cartridge having a tray, a treatment material disposed in the tray, and a cover removably coupled to the tray over the treatment material. The cartridge also has a detent that releasably engages the detent of the hanger for detachably coupling the cartridge to the hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Willert Home Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan Bruce Willert
  • Patent number: 10531753
    Abstract: A beverage can holding apparatus for holding a beverage can includes a cam lever having a hook end engaging a pull tab and a clamping end defining a bore. A pin is positioned in the bore for pivotal movement of the cam lever thereabout. A cam handle member includes an actuator end coupled to the pin and an opposing finger ring, the actuator end having an irregular shape having narrow and expanded portions acting as a cam. A clamp is coupled to the cam handle member for engaging an outer surface of the lip of the beverage can. The cam handle member is a cam that selectively locks the cam lever onto the beverage can. A cover assembly is removably coupled to the cam lever, the cover base having a lip portion operable for engaging the lip of the beverage can and covering the drink opening of the beverage can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin Cleveland, Sarah Cleveland
  • Patent number: 10427838
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a bowl. The bowl comprises a container and at least two flanges provided at opposite ends of the container. The at least two flanges are designed such that a user of the bowl can lift the bowl by grasping one of the flanges with minimum wrist movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Inventor: Gerald Haessig
  • Patent number: 10280065
    Abstract: A fluid container having a body, a handle arranged in a top section of the body, a flow trigger in the handle, and a safety trigger that interacts with the flow trigger and prevents activation of the flow trigger. A vent assembly is arranged in the body and is configured to b activated by the safety trigger to vent the body. A spout assembly is movably coupled to the body and rotates between a use position and a storage position. A first valve opens as the spout assembly is moved from the storage position to the use position and a second valve is arranged upstream of the first valve to control fluid flow into the spout assembly. A linkage mechanism is arranged between th flow trigger and the second valve and configured to open the second valve when the flow trigger is activated and the safety trigger is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: FUELHOSS, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy James Shaw
  • Patent number: 10232991
    Abstract: A beverage holder container cap that protects the top of a beverage protected by a beverage container holder. The beverage holder container cap includes a planar hinged cap adapted to cover a top portion of a beverage container holder, a first planar vertical stem extending downward at a 90-degree angle from the planar hinged cap and a hinge attached to an end off the first planar vertical stem to allow the planar hinged cap to be adapted to cover a top portion of a beverage container holder. The beverage holder container cap also includes a second vertical stem extending downward and adapted to align vertically with the first planar vertical stem and a planar attachment lip extending horizontally from a top end of the second vertical stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventor: Ben Gemmill
  • Patent number: 10150242
    Abstract: A container with a handle, in which a handle is engaged with a portion of the container, is manufactured by arranging the handle in a handle arrangement part, inserting a bottomed tubular preform into a cavity of a mold and performing blow molding. The mold includes an inner wall surface that forms an external shape of the container and a pressurizing member that forms a handle engaging part engaging with the handle to a portion of the container, and the pressurizing member is capable of moving between a first position which is a position at an outer side of the inner wall surface and a second position at which a portion of the inner wall surface is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Ogihara, Kazuyuki Yokobayashi, Masayuki Usami
  • Patent number: 10118328
    Abstract: A forming mold (311) is configured to include: a pair of split mold bodies (312) in which an intermediate molded product (61) is accommodated; a pair of handle holding split molds (312) provided in the split mold bodies (315) so as to be slidable in a direction orthogonal to the opening and closing direction of the split mold bodies, and sandwiching a handle (30) therebetween; and driving means (313) connected to the handle holding split molds (312) for sliding the handle holding split molds individually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: NISSI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Yuji Sakabe
  • Patent number: 10051950
    Abstract: Disclosed discrete handle articles comprise a load bearing element and a base element. The load bearing element of the discrete handle has a unity construction to distribute engagement forces along a broad area of the handle and the associated container and to prevent the handle from zippering the container. The base element of the discrete handle provides a support and can also provide sift proof surface to the load bearing element of the discrete handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: H.B. Fuller Company
    Inventors: Jorge A. Nash, Orion A. Cavins, Dennis A. Bradshaw
  • Patent number: 10004348
    Abstract: A lid may include first and second openings disposed within a spout. The first opening may provide a first fluid pathway to a fluid disposed in an attached container and the second opening may provide a second fluid pathway to a fluid disposed in the container. The lid may also include a spout at least partially defined by an outer wall. First and second openings may be disposed within the spout and the openings may be at least partially defined by the outer wall of the spout. A conduit, such as a straw, may be coupled to an opening. If desired, a closure may be connected to the lid and the closure may selectively close one or more of the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Runway Blue, LLC
    Inventors: Steven M. Sorensen, David O. Meyers
  • Patent number: 9737464
    Abstract: A support system for a baby bottle has a support body having a generally cylindrical portion. A channel is defined within the support body. A slot is defined between slot edges of the support body extending between a first end portion and a second end portion. First and second handle portions are coupled to the support body. The first and second handle portions are coupled to the support body at an angle less than about 120 degrees apart from each other about a surface of the support body. The support body is sized and configured to support a baby bottle positioned within the channel defined within the support body. In some embodiments, the first and second handle portions have handle grip portions that are coupled to the support body at an angle between about 5 degrees and about 30 degrees relative to a surface of the support body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Harley Hausman
  • Patent number: 9010558
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bottle container with a handle. A mounting projecting portion is provided on the bottle body, and a handle member is provided with a mounting hole which allows the mounting projecting portion to be inserted thereinto, and a handle portion which extends from the mounting portion, and is mounted on the bottle body by inserting the mounting projecting portion into the mounting hole, and then rotating the mounting projecting portion relative to the bottle body. The bottle body is provided with a rotation preventing member which accommodates the handle portion to prevent the relative rotation of the bottle body and the handle member in a state where the handle member has been mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Sasaki, Yoshiyuki Kakuta, Takao Ilzuka
  • Publication number: 20150041427
    Abstract: A bottle holder snaps onto the neck of a bottle in order to function as a holder for the bottle. The bottle is inserted into a bottle insertion hole on a bottle attachment portion and pressed into a smaller bottle locking hole in order to position a bottle neck flange of the bottle within a bottle neck flange groove of the bottle attachment portion. A first tapered edge and a second tapered edge traversing from the bottle insertion hole to the bottle locking hole are separated by a distance smaller than the bottle locking hole, providing additional support for the bottle within the bottle locking hole. A bottle opening portion adjacent to the bottle attachment portion allows the user to open a capped glass bottle, and a handle portion provides an area for the user to easily hold, handle and manipulate the bottle while in the locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Khun Nyan Taw
  • Patent number: 8919588
    Abstract: An apparatus for fastening and carrying bottles includes a cap ring and a connecting device. The cap ring has at least an opening. The cap ring is received in a cavity of the bottle. The cap ring is initially connected to the cap, and the cap ring is separated from the cap while the cap is turned to open. The connecting device engages the opening of the cap ring to allow people to carry the bottle by holding the connecting device or by engaging the connecting device with an object. The apparatus has many advantages, including never loss, low cost for manufacture, and recycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Inventor: Hsueh-Lee Tai
  • Patent number: 8919603
    Abstract: A detachable handle for a child's sippy cup. The sippy cup includes a cup portion and a lid portion coupled to the cup portion. The lid portion includes a drinking spout having apertures. The detachable handle includes a ring portion that engages the lid and/or the cup portion, and a pair of grasping portions that extend axially and radially away from the ring portion. Hook portions are radially aligned with, and extend axially opposite the grasping portions, and are engageable with an upper surface of the lid portion. Moving the grasping portions radially inwardly causes the hook portions to move radially outwardly for disengagement from the upper surface and removal of the handle from the sippy cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Learning Curve Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian M. Greene
  • Patent number: 8910810
    Abstract: According to a first embodiment, a feeding bottle comprises a vessel, collar, and nipple. The nipple comprises a base portion, a teat portion, an areola portion allowing movement of the teat portion towards and away from the base portion. According to a second embodiment, a feeding bottle comprises a vessel, collar, nipple and handle portion removeably secured to the vessel by the collar. The invention includes a flexible region or regions to provide a more natural feeding by closely mimicking the human breast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Jackel International Limited
    Inventors: Arnold Rees, Ian Webb, Mark Armstrong, Tom Cotton
  • Patent number: 8899644
    Abstract: A holder for a beverage container includes first and second loops that are each coupled to opposing ends of a handle. The first and second loops are sized to be smaller than a target beverage container. The holder is attached to a the target beverage container by stretching the first loop and placing the first loop around one end of the beverage container, then stretching the second loop and placing the second loop around the opposite end of the beverage container. The holder can then be used to easily transport the beverage container, or to attach the beverage container to something, such as a bicycle or backpack. The holder is made of a rugged and durable material that allows repeated use of the handle over many years.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Inventor: Nicholas S. Hancey
  • Patent number: 8887959
    Abstract: Systems for storing beverages are disclosed, which include a container for storing, transporting and dispensing a beverage, e.g. beer. In some implementations the container includes a pressure-tight lid closure system including wire bails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Inventors: Nicholas Hill, John Herrick
  • Patent number: 8870007
    Abstract: A cup holder sidewall having a sidewall including a pair of recesses situated on opposite sides of a vertical midline, each of the recesses including at least one socket portion. A pair of handle elements adapted to be received wholly within the pair of recesses in the sidewall, each of the handle elements including at least one socket engaging portion received in the at least one socket portion of one of the recesses. The socket engaging portions being pivotable within the socket portions so as to permit the handle elements to be displaced from within the sidewall recesses to a position projecting outward from the sidewall sufficiently to permit the pair of handle elements to be grasped in one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Edward S. Robbins, III
    Inventor: Edward S. Robbins, III
  • Patent number: 8851312
    Abstract: Pinhole detection is achieved when pinholes happen to develop near stoppers used to fit a handle. A biaxially drawn synthetic resin bottle has a recessed portion, and a synthetic resin handle, fitted in an undercut engagement to the recessed portion by insert molding. The handle comprises upper and lower fitting arms disposed at a grip in a vertically long plate shape. Both arms extend forward from the grip. A stopper extends upward from a front end of the upper fitting arm, and a stopper extends upward and/or downward from a front end of the lower fitting arm. A ridge or groove is formed extending rearward of a stopper of either arm, along a top surface of the upper fitting arm or along a top surface and/or an underside surface of the lower fitting arm. A connecting passage for air release is formed along the ridge/groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Itokawa, Yoshinori Matsuo, Takao Iizuka
  • Patent number: 8833586
    Abstract: Closures having an integrated flip top handle for use with liquid containers and for carrying the liquid containers include an end wall, a skirt wall depending from the end wall, an outlet opening associated with the end wall, and a pivot hinge mount for pivotally mounting a flip top to the closure. The closure also includes the flip top pivotally supported by the pivot hinge mount. The flip top includes a closing member that closes the outlet opening when the flip top is in a first position, a pivot support member extending from the closing member to the pivot hinge mount and pivotally attached to the pivot hinge mount, and a carrying member extending from the closing member on a same side of the closing member as the pivot support member with a distal end that extends at least as far as the pivot hinge mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Runway Blue, LLC
    Inventors: David O. Meyers, Steven M. Sorensen
  • Publication number: 20140209561
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bottle container with a handle. A mounting projecting portion is provided on the bottle body, and a handle member is provided with a mounting hole which allows the mounting projecting portion to be inserted thereinto, and a handle portion which extends from the mounting portion, and is mounted on the bottle body by inserting the mounting projecting portion into the mounting hole, and then rotating the mounting projecting portion relative to the bottle body. The bottle body is provided with a rotation preventing member which accommodates the handle portion to prevent the relative rotation of the bottle body and the handle member in a state where the handle member has been mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki SASAKI, Yoshiyuki KAKUTA, Takao IIZUKA
  • Publication number: 20140209560
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bottle container with a handle. A mounting projecting portion projects from the bottle body, and the handle member has a handle portion connected to a mounting hole that allows the mounting projecting portion to be inserted thereinto. The handle member is mounted on the bottle body by inserting the mounting projecting portion into the mounting hole, and then rotating the mounting projecting portion around a central axis of the mounting projecting portion relative to the bottle body. The inner peripheral surface of the mounting hole has an abutting portion that abuts with an engaging recessed groove in the outer surface of the mounting projecting portion. The mounting portion has a guide portion that slides on a sliding surface of the outer surface of the mounting projecting portion with the relative rotation of the handle member and the bottle body, and guides the relative rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki SASAKI, Yoshiyuki KAKUTA, Takao IIZUKA
  • Patent number: 8783487
    Abstract: A container made of silicone resin is sufficiently compactable in a collapsed state. The container includes a tubular barrel portion, a bottom portion having a flat surface, a mouth portion having an opening, and a lid portion sealing the opening of the mouth portion, with at least the barrel portion and the bottom portion formed by molding. One end of a binder is attached to the mouth portion and can hold the rolled-up barrel portion and the bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Inventor: Masaru Hojo
  • Publication number: 20140163463
    Abstract: “Medicup,” a medicine dispensing device is disclosed comprising an interior cavity defining drinking cup for containing liquid beverages, removable screw-on lid designed with adapters for closure and retaining of a valve assembly, a medicine cup located therein for holding liquid medicine and detachable drinking device defining a soft drinking spout comprising one or multiple valves with slits to dispense mixture of medicine and liquid beverage to children. Medicup, with all its embodiments is designed for administration of a single premeasured dose of medicine simultaneously with a beverage to children. Strawcup, a drinking device is disclosed outwardly similar to the above mentioned cup. Soft drinking devices are disclosed: two soft drinking spouts and two soft drinking straws are interchangeable between cups and lids of the Medicup and the Strawcup. Soft removable handles assembly is disclosed: designed and formed for easy grip of the Medicup and the Strawcup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventor: Galina A. Agbo
  • Patent number: 8746475
    Abstract: A bottle including a body portion having a dividing wall extending from a base portion to a connection region; a first chamber for holding first content; and a second chamber for holding second content; wherein a height of the dividing wall is greater than an overall height of the body portion, wherein the first chamber is configured to cooperate with a first orifice via a first surface and the second chamber is configured to cooperate with a second orifice via a second surface; and wherein one end of the first surface and one end of the second surface are configured to be adjacent to the connection region of the dividing wall to separate the first content from the second content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Inventor: Theodosios Kountotsis
  • Patent number: 8714386
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bottle body and a handle member mounted on the bottle body. A mounting projecting portion forming a polygonal cross-sectional shape projects from the bottle body, and the handle member is provided with a mounting hole forming a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape into which the mounting projecting portion is inserted. The handle member is mounted on the bottle body such that four side portions of the mounting hole are brought into pressure contact with a pair of lateral pressure-contacting portions and a pair of axial pressure-contacting portions on the outer peripheral edge of the polygonal cross-sectional shape by inserting the mounting projecting portion into the mounting hole, and then relatively rotating the bottle body and the handle member. Accordingly, a bottle container with a handle having simple structure and capable of firmly fixing the bottle body and the handle member to each other can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Sasaki, Yoshiyuki Kakuta, Takao Iizuka
  • Patent number: 8709518
    Abstract: A system for managing the fluid intake of a person is disclosed. The system consists of multiple containers of various volumes, a common lid configured to incorporate a flow control valve, multiple flow control valves having varying flow rates, a date indicator ring incorporated circumferentially on said containers, a content indicator disposed on said lid, a chiller insert, and an optional slip on handle. The user selects a container based on the fluid needs of a person and a flow control valve based on the drinking ability of the person. The user fills the container with a drinkable fluid, and indicates the nature of the contents with the content indicator and the date of filling with the date indicator ring. The chiller insert allows the user to cool the contents without the possibility of dilution as with standard ice cubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Inventor: Diane Young Jones
  • Publication number: 20140110369
    Abstract: A container may include a neck including an external surface and at least one handle retention feature with axially lower and upper handle retention surfaces. A handle for a container may include a collar including spaced apart container retention features having axially lower and upper handle retention surfaces to cooperate with the corresponding handle retention feature of the container to prevent axial movement of the collar with respect to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventors: Douglas Laib, Karl A. Reisig, Sorcha Sayers
  • Patent number: 8662332
    Abstract: A blow molded plastic container for hot fill and pasteurization uses includes a main body portion that is shaped so as to be substantially round in horizontal cross-section and a base portion. The base portion is shaped to define a generally circular standing ring and an elevated push-up portion that is positioned radially inward of the standing ring. The push-up portion includes a central region, an annular, substantially straight and substantially vertical rise portion that is positioned immediately radially inward of the standing ring and a plurality of radially oriented waves. Each of the waves extends radially outwardly from the central region to the vertical rise portion and is preferably shaped so as to subtend a substantially constant angle along its length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael P. Wurster, Justin A. Howell, Michael T. Kelly, Robert Waltemyer, Benton A. Lewis
  • Patent number: 8622239
    Abstract: Improvement in a can of the type which comprises: a body portion; a neck portion of reduced contour and having an upper end edge provided with an outer peripheral projection and defining the contour of an upper opening; a transition portion joining the body portion and the neck portion; and a lid having a peripheral tubular portion to be fitted in the interior of the upper opening of the neck portion and having a free upper edge carrying an outer circumferential rib under which is applied an annular gasket to be seated onto the upper outer edge of the neck portion upon the fitting of the lid in the upper opening. The transition portion may externally incorporate, in a single piece, a plurality of spaced apart longitudinal ribs joining the transition portion to an adjacent lower region of the neck portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Brasilata S.A. Embalagens Metálicas
    Inventors: Antonio Carlos Teixeira Alvares, Pedro Bruni Labate, Manoel Jose Guarda
  • Patent number: 8556116
    Abstract: A hand-held vessel has a bottom wall, a sidewall and a supportive strap attached to the bottom wall and the sidewall. The bottom wall and sidewall have an inner and outer surface. The sidewall extends from the bottom wall, whereby the inner surfaces of the bottom wall and sidewall define a cavity for holding fluids or loose materials therein. The strap has a first end and a second end, whereby the first end is fixedly attached to the sidewall and the second end is selectively secured to the bottom wall. The strap is adaptable to accept a user's hand disposed between the strap and the outer surface of the sidewall. The strap urges the hand against the outer surface of the sidewall to secure the vessel to the hand and stabilize the vessel with respect to movement relative to the hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Bercom International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark W. Bergman, Matthew V. Leyden, Jeffrey B. Waffensmith
  • Patent number: 8550272
    Abstract: An extrusion blowmolded PET container having superior top load strength characteristics includes a sidewall having an outer surface, and an inner surface that defines an interior space. The sidewall is fabricated from a material that includes extrudable PET. The sidewall is shaped to define a bottom portion, a finish portion and a main body portion. The finish portion has an opening defined therein that is in communication with the interior space. The main body portion has a neck surface, a shoulder surface and a fillet that is defined between the neck surface and the shoulder surface. The neck surface forms a first angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the container that is substantially within a range of about 2° to about 20°, and the fillet has an average radius of curvature that is substantially within a range of about 15 mm to about 55 mm. The container is preferably fabricated using an extrusion blowmolding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, LP
    Inventor: Sheldon E. Yourist
  • Patent number: 8544668
    Abstract: This bottle with a handle in which the body portion is formed with a concave portion, the bottle includes a support projection portion projected outward in the radial direction on a bottom surface of the concave portion, and protrusion portions which are provided at both side portions of the support projection portion with a gap between the bottom surface and the protrusion portions laterally projecting, the handle includes a pair of mounting beams, a handle plate, and an engagement projection piece, and the pair of mounting beams are integrally provided in a bridged beam configured to connect each of the mounting beams in a state of being separated inward from the handle plate in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadayori Nakayama
  • Patent number: 8540096
    Abstract: A container has a bottle enclosing a prescribed volume having a sidewall including a pair of recesses situated on opposite sides of a vertical midline, with at least one passage extending between the pair of recesses. A handle has first and second portions adapted to be received wholly within the pair of recesses in the sidewall. Connecting portions extend through the passage in a portion of the sidewall to connect the first and second handle portions to each other. The connecting portions include a hinge permitting the first and second portions to be displaced from within the sidewall recesses to a position projecting outward from the sidewall sufficiently to permit the first and second portions to be grasped in one hand by a user of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Inventor: Edward S. Robbins, III
  • Patent number: 8540097
    Abstract: A container enclosing a prescribed volume having a sidewall including at least one of recess, each recess including at least one socket portion. A handle element adapted to be received in each recess, each of the handle element including at least one ball portion received in the socket portion of the recess, the ball portion being pivotable within the socket portion so as to permit the handle element to be displaced from within the sidewall recesses to a position projecting outward from the sidewall sufficiently to permit the a middle portion of the handle element to be grasped in one hand by a user of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Inventors: Edward S. Robbins, III, Brian T. William
  • Publication number: 20130240549
    Abstract: An insulating holder for holding a beverage in a bottle or a can having a lower cylindrical enclosure which receives an upper cylindrical enclosure having a dome-shaped upper end. The upper cylindrical enclosure is adapted to cover the top portion of a bottle inserted into the lower cylindrical enclosure and to snuggly receive a can when inverted and inserted into the lower cylindrical enclosure. At least a portion of the lower cylindrical enclosure or upper cylindrical enclosure is made of a polyolefin elastomer foam. The insulating holder may be structured to retain various sizes of wine bottles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas M. Beggins, Jeffrey J. Beggins
  • Patent number: 8499951
    Abstract: The bottle holder is formed of a synthetic fiber rope, allowing various portions of the rope to be fused together by heat or solvent. The ends of the rope are melted and pressed together to form a relatively large endless loop. The facing portions of this loop are then partially melted and pressed together to form a single fused handgrip portion having loops extending from opposite ends thereof. One loop is preferably larger than the other, the larger loop being adapted to fit around the base of a beverage bottle and the smaller loop being adapted to fit about the bottleneck. The fused central or handgrip portion of this structure is then helically wound with a smaller diameter cord to form a handgrip, the ends of the cord being captured by the juncture of one of the rope loops and by a bight in the cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventors: John McDonald, Katie M. Supples
  • Publication number: 20130186849
    Abstract: A handle may be provided with a neck supporting part that mates with the neck of the bottle, a bottom supporting part that receives the bottom of a bottle and supports the bottom of the bottle, and a gripping part that connects the bottom supporting part and the neck supporting part. The neck supporting part may have a first engagement part and a second engagement part with which the neck may engage and disengage. The gripping part extends in a substantially vertical direction along the body of the bottle when the neck is engaged with the first engagement part and extends in a substantially slanted direction relative to the substantially vertical direction so as to draw apart from the bottle when the neck is engaged with the second engagement part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventor: The Coca-Cola Company