Patents Assigned to AFJ Industries LLC
  • Patent number: 11312546
    Abstract: A drinking container includes an automatically opening and closing magnetic lid. The drinking container includes a container portion, a sleeve, and a lid. The sleeve is moveable between a closed position and an open position with respect to the container portion, the sleeve including a sleeve magnet. The lid is moveable from a closed configuration to an open configuration, the lid including a lid magnet, the closed configuration of the lid sealing an access pathway to an interior of the container portion, the open configuration of the lid opening the access pathway to the interior of the container portion. In the closed position of the sleeve, a biased force holds the lid in the closed configuration. In the open position of the sleeve, the sleeve magnet and the lid magnet have a magnetic force greater than the biased force to place the lid in the open configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: AFJ Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Al Smaldone, Daniel Gatto, James Smaldone
  • Patent number: 10839726
    Abstract: A tag for a consumer product is securely placed on the consumer product. The system including the tag and consumer product includes a container having a bottom surface, a handle, and a spout. The system also includes a tag including a first part and a second part, the first part configured to be attached to the bottom surface, the second part including a first end coupled to the first part and a second free end, the second free end of the second part including a handle hole configured to receive the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: AFJ Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Gatto
  • Patent number: 10674846
    Abstract: A non-skid container having a base portion including a flat portion and a plurality of studs, an outer bowl including a sidewall, a plurality of posts, a top opening, a bottom opening and a recess, wherein the posts are configured to be coupled to the studs, thereby coupling the outer bowl to the base portion and an inner bowl configured to be coupled to the outer bowl by inserting the inner bowl into the recess of the outer bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: AFJ Industries, LLC
    Inventors: James Smaldone, Al Smaldone
  • Patent number: 10602864
    Abstract: A drinking container having a stainless steel inner wall having an inner surface and an outer surface and a stainless steel outer wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein a gap is formed between the outer surface of the inner wall and the inner surface of the outer wall and wherein a vacuum is pulled in the gap, wherein the outer surface of the outer wall is coated with a ceramic-like sol-gel coating as an outer coating. The drinking container may also include a lower bushing placed along a top side of the bottom surface of the inner wall, a ceramic insert placed over the lower bushing, an upper bushing placed over a top edge of the ceramic insert and a collar locked on one of the inner wall, the outer wall, or a combination thereof, the collar positioned over the upper bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: AFJ Industries, LLC
    Inventors: James Smaldone, Daniel Gatto, Al Smaldone
  • Patent number: 10058200
    Abstract: A non-skid container having a base portion including a flat portion and a plurality of studs, an outer bowl including a sidewall, a plurality of posts, a top opening, a bottom opening and a recess, wherein the posts are configured to be coupled to the studs, thereby coupling the outer bowl to the base portion and an inner bowl configured to be coupled to the outer bowl by inserting the inner bowl into the recess of the outer bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: AFJ INDUSTRIES LLC
    Inventors: James Smaldone, Al Smaldone
  • Patent number: 9844205
    Abstract: A non-skid container having a base portion including a flat portion and a plurality of studs, an outer bowl including a sidewall, a plurality of posts, a top opening, a bottom opening and a recess, wherein the posts are configured to be coupled to the studs, thereby coupling the outer bowl to the base portion and an inner bowl configured to be coupled to the outer bowl by inserting the inner bowl into the recess of the outer bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: AFJ INDUSTRIES LLC
    Inventors: James Smaldone, Al Smaldone
  • Patent number: D677986
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: AFJ Industries LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Gatto
  • Patent number: D677990
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: AFJ Industries LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Gatto
  • Patent number: D686876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: AFJ Industries LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Gatto
  • Mug
    Patent number: D686880
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: AFJ Industries LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Gatto
  • Patent number: D686881
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: AFJ Industries LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Gatto
  • Mug
    Patent number: D746633
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: AFJ INDUSTRIES LLC
    Inventor: Dan Gatto