Patents Examined by A. Pal
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Patent number: 12280921Abstract: Hinged closures for containers are provided. The hinged closures allow for a closure that can be held in the open position with a large opening angle. The hinged closures include a lid portion and a skirt portion interconnected by a hinge portion. The hinge portion can be formed from two connecting columns and a central tongue, or two tongues and a central connecting column.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Inventors: Sanjeev Khattar, Stephane Graux
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Patent number: 12275577Abstract: A wig storage assembly includes a plurality of boxes that is each structured to define an interior storage area to contain a wig. The plurality of boxes is stackable on top of each other having each of the plurality of boxes being removably attached together to facilitate a plurality of the wigs to be simultaneously transported. A plurality of screens is each releasably attachable to a respective one of the plurality of boxes to retain the wig in the interior storage area of the respective box. A plurality of dividers is each insertable into the interior storage area defined in a respective one of the plurality of boxes for dividing the interior storage area of the respective box. A lid is removably attachable to a topmost one of the plurality of boxes when the plurality of boxes is stacked for carrying the stack of plurality of boxes.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Inventor: Kim Joseph
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Patent number: 12269659Abstract: Various forms of tabbed sealing members are described along with the laminates from which the sealing members are formed. In some forms, the tabbed sealing members may generally be formed from materials that may be processed using a single recycling stream. In one form, the tabbed seals do not include any metal foils, such as would traditionally be included in induction heated seals. Instead, the seals may be applied in other manners, such as using ultrasonic sealing, conduction heating, high frequency sealing/welding, pressure sensitive adhesives, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Selig Sealing Products, Inc.Inventors: Victor Sachs, Rafael Zamora
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Patent number: 12257693Abstract: A storage case includes a base including a lower surface, walls extending from the lower surface, and a plurality of recesses arranged in a grid adjacent the lower surface. The lower surface and the walls define a cavity, and each recess has a double bayonet shape defining a partially circular shape with a pair of bayonet channels. The storage case further includes a peg positioned within the cavity and having an elongated body configured to support a tool accessory. The elongated body has a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and the first end includes a bayonet projection. The bayonet projection is alternately receivable in each of plurality of recesses by a bayonet style coupling, and the peg is orthogonal to the lower surface of the base when coupled to each of the plurality of recesses.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Peter R. Heath, Steven W. Hyma, Benjamin T. Jones
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Patent number: 12246898Abstract: The disclosure relates to a transportation unit for transporting a plurality of coils. This transportation unit provides an easy transportation and an easy to handle system wherein the respective load of coils which can be shipped can be increased. The transportation unit comprises a palette, and a plurality of bags stacked in layers on the palette, wherein each of the bags contains a plurality of coils arranged in a first layer such that centers of the coils in the first layer are arranged parallel with respect to each other such that an axial direction of the center of each coil in the first layer is approximately perpendicular to an extension direction of the palette. Further the disclosure relates to an assembly comprising a plurality of transport units.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: SANKO TEKSTIL ISLETMELERI SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETIInventors: Hakan Konukoglu, Goekhan Aydin
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Patent number: 12246894Abstract: A container having sidewalls that define an interior area for receiving items inside the container and a container lid to close the items inside the interior area of the container. The container lid has a recessed area in its upper surface. The container has a display panel with a display surface on which identifying information describing the items in the container is displayed. The display panel is received in the recessed area when not in use and is moved to a raised position to display the identifying information to prevent persons from unnecessarily opening the lid when seeking an item that is not in the container. A support assembly supports the display panel in the raised position. A writing instrument for writing the identifying information can be attached to the display panel with a clip or other securing mechanism. In one configuration, the container is an ice chest.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Inventor: Raul Rodriguez, Jr.
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Patent number: 12234056Abstract: A rack for storing and/or transporting elements, in particular glazing elements, of the type including a receiving structure for these elements, the top part of the structure including a receiving device and a securing device for an additional top rack that is to be stacked thereon, and the bottom part of this structure including a complementary device that can allow it to cooperate with the receiving device and the securing device of an additional bottom rack on which it is to be stacked. The securing device includes at least two members separated from one another in the transverse direction by a value of a pitch corresponding to a difference in dimensions, in the transverse direction, of the racks that are to be stacked.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Francisco José Benito Huertas, Alberto Martinez De Pablo
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Patent number: 12227337Abstract: A closure cap for closing the pouring opening of a container, has a cylindrical threaded part with an open edge and an inner thread to interact with an outer thread of a container neck of the container, a security ring held on a protrusion on the container neck, a plurality of security webs releasably connecting the security ring to the open edge, a first holding strip with a first end rigidly connected to an open edge of the threaded part and a second end rigidly connected to the security ring, and a second holding strip with a third end rigidly connected to an open edge of the threaded part and a fourth end rigidly connected to the security ring. The second end on the circular path of the security ring is in a substantially diametrically opposed manner to the fourth end before the threaded part is opened for the first time.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: ALPLA WERKE ALWIN LEHNER GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Franz-Michael Lässer, Werner Steurer, Erwin Mayer, Peter Winghart
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Patent number: 12221266Abstract: A shaker for housing and dispensing food or drink items. The shaker has a top can sitting atop a bottom can. Each can contains a separate component. The top can is removed and its contents are added to the second can. This allows the user to control how much of the contents from the top can are added to the bottom can. A single multi-compartment vessel houses two separate ingredients and prevents their mixing.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Inventors: John Dallager, Steven Mccarthy
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Patent number: 12214944Abstract: A closure device for a container with a container opening has a lid element for closing the container opening, a chamber assigned to the lid element and an inner housing. The chamber and the inner housing have closing and opening elements that correspond to one another. The chamber locks with the inner housing, the lock with the inner housing being offset radially inwards in respect of a vertical of the closure device over a greatest width of the chamber in the offset direction. In order to specify a closure device which allows emptying of the chamber as the lid element is removed in an easy-to-handle fashion, with further preferred favorable manufacturability of the closure device, the lock in the vertical direction is designed separately from a shoulder section of the inner housing formed on the base side under the lock.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: RPC Bramlage GmbHInventor: Martin Presche
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Patent number: 12208505Abstract: An tool identification and organization device includes a tool rack and a first tool. The tool rack is provided with a insertion portion and a front panel space from the insertion portion. The front panel is provided with a first identification hole penetrating therethrough. The first tool is configured to insert into the insertion portion in a height direction. The first tool is provided with a first color marking arranged on an outer periphery thereof and configured to align with the first identification hole to cause the first color marking being visible passing through the front panel via the first identification hole.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: HONG ANN TOOL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Cheng-Wei Su
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Patent number: 12201145Abstract: A smoking articles storage box includes an outer container having a base portion and a lid portion; a first storage layer element, arranged within the base portion at a lower level; and at least one higher-level element removably arranged within the base portion at a higher level; wherein the first storage layer element includes a first contact edge at one side and a second contact edge at the opposite side thereof, and wherein the first and second contact edges form support elements for the at least one higher-level element within the storage box 1.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: JT International S.A.Inventors: Dominik Latuszek, Gabriela Greco Da Fonseca De Carvalho, Jamie Buckley
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Patent number: 12195251Abstract: A straw gripper and tab separator for disposable cup or lid having a tab extending from the perimeter of the drink lid/cup, the tab having an exterior edge with a straw capture and alignment port to align the straw with said exterior edge, the straw capture and alignment port having a slit dividing the planar tab into a first tab section and second tab section, the first tab section having a first straw contact finger configured therein and the second tab section having a second straw contact finger configured therein, each straw contact finger separated by said slit, the straw contact fingers cutout endpoints converge on a second slit end, and the straw contact fingers are hingeably configured to removably secure the straw against a straw contact rim formed in the planar tab by a cutout of said first straw contact finger and said second straw contact finger.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Inventors: David Andrews, Paul DeMoss, Henry Wischusen, III
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Patent number: 12168562Abstract: A container assembly and method for constructing a container assembly is provided. The container assembly includes a base assembly, a tray assembly, and a cooling passage cover wall. The base assembly includes a base wall and a base sidewall, the base wall and the base sidewall together forming a base interior volume at which the tray assembly is positionable. The tray assembly includes a tray base wall and a tray sidewall, the tray base wall and the tray sidewall together forming a tray interior volume. A cooling passage is formed between the tray sidewall and the base sidewall. The cooling passage cover wall is removably positionable to extend between the tray sidewall and the base sidewall over the cooling passage. An opening extends through the tray sidewall, the opening providing fluid communication between the cooling passage and the tray interior volume.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2023Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Abel1950 Inc.Inventor: Nancy Rosales
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Patent number: 12168552Abstract: A package for a computer peripheral device includes a box having a bottom surface and sidewalls that define a cavity. A peripheral insert is positionable within the cavity. The insert includes a back portion coupled with a rear sidewall of the box. A base portion extends at an angle from a bottom edge of the back surface. A rear section and a front section of the base portion are pivotally coupled. The back portion and rear section define a tab. The insert is movable between stowed and access configurations by applying a force on the tab. In the stowed configuration, the base portion is seated against the bottom surface and the back portion is substantially parallel to the rear sidewall. In the access configuration, the rear and front sections are tented and the back portion of the insert is pulled away from and angled relative to the rear sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.Inventors: Ka Sin Hui, Andrew Chuang, Shaoquan Li, Yen Ning Chu, Ching Man Lam
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Patent number: 12162202Abstract: A molded container of plastic material. The molded container including a neck finish defining an opening into the molded container, a body extending from the neck finish and including a shoulder adjacent the neck finish, a base defining a closed end of the container, and a sidewall extending between the shoulder and the base. Formed on a surface of the container and being defined by the plastic material forming the container are a series of raised dots defining a tactile writing feature.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Discma AGInventors: Jessica Brown, Bradley Krzyzaniak, Gregory Carpenter, Mark Blystone
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Patent number: 12151848Abstract: A glass hollow container including a finish intended to cooperate with a cap with notches to close the container, wherein the finish has a locking ring whose cross section has a profile substantially in the shape of an ogive.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: VERALLIA PACKAGINGInventor: Eric Martin
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Patent number: 12151035Abstract: A multi-chamber package is described including a first and second chamber, the first chamber having a bottom wall and sidewalls defining a cavity, the second chamber having a partially open bottom wall and sidewalls defining a cavity. A first removable seal is positioned over a top surface of the package, fully covering the first chamber and second chamber, and a second seal is positioned over a bottom surface of the partially open floor of the second chamber, fully sealing the second chamber. A method of packaging medical devices is also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Kevin M. Ryan, Marco Antonio Ortiz Shields
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Patent number: 12151859Abstract: A screw-top closure cap having a collapsible spout nesting within a cap and with a portion of the spout seated coaxially within the container neck itself is disclosed. Both the spout and the cap incorporate child-resistant features to prevent unwanted removal of the closure and/or use of the spout.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: RIEKE LLCInventors: Anthony Angelozzi, Dale W. Taylor
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Patent number: 12145770Abstract: A foldable blank for forming a carton for shipping and displaying a plurality of products in an integrated tray is provided. The blank includes a rear panel, a first and second side panels both foldably connected to the rear panel, an exterior floor panel foldably connected to the rear panel, and a front panel foldably connected to the floor panel that is less than half the vertical height of the rear, first side, and second side panels and defines at least one retaining tab, wherein when the blank is folded to form the carton, each of the rear panel, first and second side panels, and front panel are at least partially double-walled.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Inventors: Michael R. Drummond, James L. Einstein, Sandra R. Perkins