Patents Examined by A. Pal
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Patent number: 11759942Abstract: A block for receiving tool elements is provided. The block has an elongated base body and at least one tool element recess which is formed at the base body for user-definedly receiving at least one tool element. The base body further includes coupling structures for detachably coupling the block with a tool management device.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Würth International AGInventors: Wolfgang Hohl, Johannes Starke, Marcel Hopf, Olaf Ritter
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Patent number: 11745913Abstract: A multi-compartment liquid beverage container assembly includes an outer container body housing multiple interior liquid beverage storage vessels. A one-piece liquid transfer rod contained within the outer container body releasably attaches to the interior beverage storage vessels in a manner enabling stored liquid beverage to be transferred from the interior beverage storage vessels, through the liquid transfer rod, to outer container body openings.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Inventor: Peter Spence
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Patent number: 11723447Abstract: A portable eating utensil includes first and second shells, which is docked to accommodate an eating utensil. The first shell includes a first slot and a first protrusion on a side facing the second shell. The second shell includes a movable buckle. The buckle includes a second slot and a second protrusion on a side facing the first shell. When the first and second shells are docked, the buckle is moved to an unlocked position, such that the first protrusion leaves the second slot, the second protrusion leaves the first slot, and the first protrusion leaves the second protrusion to unlock the first and second shells. The buckle is moved to a locked position, such that the first protrusion is embedded into the second slot, the second protrusion is embedded into the first slot, and the first and second protrusions prop against to fix the first and second shells.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Shang Quan Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sheng-Chuan Yang
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Patent number: 11718450Abstract: The invention refers to a capping device intended to be fixed on a neck (2) of a container including an orifice (3), including the capping device: a cap (1) which has a helical thread (7) intended to cooperate with a helical thread (6) formed in the neck (2); a lower ring (9) fixed axially to the neck (2); a hinge device that connects the cap (1) to the lower ring (9), including the capping device in addition a cap locking device (1) configured to lock the cap (1) in an open tilted position, including such a locking device a bead (22) which is formed, between the two blades (11, 12), and which is configured to rest against the neck (2) of the container when the cap (1) is in the open tilted position, the heel (22) has an internal face where at least one of the ribs of the helical thread series (7) is formed.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: BETAPACK, S.A.U.Inventor: Francisco Javier Berroa García
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Patent number: 11717954Abstract: A container includes a base, first recesses, a lid, and an insert. The base includes a lower surface. Base walls extend from the lower surface. The lower surface and the base walls define a cavity. The first recesses are positioned adjacent to the lower surface. The lid is movably coupled to the base to selectively enclose the cavity. The lid includes an upper surface and lid walls extend from the upper surface. The insert is positioned within the cavity and removably coupled to the lower surface of the base. The insert includes a projection received within one of the first recesses. The insert is engaged by the lid when the lid is closed.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Peter R. Heath, Steven W. Hyma, Benjamin T. Jones
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Patent number: 11717068Abstract: A sheet of material has a left panel secured to the left edge and a right panel secured to a right edge such that a pouch is formed at one end of the sheet of material with a roll panel portion of the sheet extending outwardly form the pouch. Storage structures, such as pouches and tool rolls may secure to the roll panel removably or non-removably. The storage structures and roll panel which may be rolled up and placed within the pouch. A perimeter of the pouch may include a closure mechanism, such as a cord and cord lock for constricting the opening of the pouch. A suspension portion may secure to the roll panel for hanging the roll panel and pouch during use.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: A Wood Products LLCInventors: Adam Wood, Kevin Klemmt
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Patent number: 11707832Abstract: A modular tool holder 20 includes upright bodies 22 composed of a generally U-shaped riser 24 extending upwardly from base sections 26. Horizontally extending tongues 28 project from one side of each base 26, and complementary horizontally extending grooves 30 are formed in the opposite side of each base. One or more spacers 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, and 40 is/are positioned between the base sections 26 of the bodies 22. The spacers can be of various configurations to receive and hold various tools such as screw drivers, wrenches and plyers. The bodies 22 and spacers can be assembled in innumerable configurations to accommodate different tools sets in drawers and toolboxes, on work benches and in other locations.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Inventor: Jonathan Hurley
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Patent number: 11685038Abstract: A tool box includes a first housing and a second housing that can be opened and closed relative to the first housing. A first receiving seat and a second receiving seat are rotatably connected in the second housing for receiving a plurality of screwdriver bits. When the tool box is closed, the first receiving seat and the second receiving seat are turned in opposite directions to be accommodated in the second housing, and the bits received in the first receiving seat and the bits received in the second receiving seat are partially overlapped.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: KING TONY TOOLS CO., LTD.Inventor: Ching-Hua Lai
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Patent number: 11667029Abstract: A three-axis end-limiting tool placement structure includes a basic face, a first-end three-axis limiting portion, a second-end X-axis limiting portion, and a sliding Z-axis limiting piece at the second end. The first end of the three-axis limiting part includes one end abutting wall, two lateral limiting walls and a pressing edge, so that the first end of the tool placement bar reaches the X, Y, Z axial limiting state. The X-axis limiting portion is used to limit at least the X-axis of the second end of the tool placement bar. The sliding Z-axis limiting piece at the second end includes a track set and a sliding cover, and the sliding cover has a release and locking positions. When the sliding cover is in locked position, the cover is blocked on the top surface of the second end of the tool placement bar, thereby forming the Z-axis in limiting state.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Inventor: Chih-Chien Hsieh
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Patent number: 11649087Abstract: Disclosed are rigid multi-compartment recloseable packages. A package may comprise a rigid tray comprising a product surface to hold food products. The tray may comprise a raised lip along a perimeter of the product surface to laterally secure the food products thereon. The tray may have a tray skirt horizontally extending outward from a top edge of the lip, and dividing features upwardly extending from the product surface to form distinct compartments on the product surface for receiving the food products therein. Furthermore, such an exemplary package also comprises a recloseable rigid lid having an upper surface substantially coextensive with the product surface, and at least one sidewall downwardly extending from the upper surface. The lid may also comprise a lid skirt horizontally extending outward from a bottom edge of the at least one sidewall, where the lid skirt is coextensive and complimentary in shape with the tray skirt.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: The Quaker Oats CompanyInventors: Paola Appendini, David Block, Paulette Bluhm-Sauriol, Ryan Boudreaux, Peter Brian Clarke, Rebecca Eley, Geoffrey Gibbins, Eric Thomas Henderson, James J. Maki, Jorge W. Maldonado, Donald E. McCumber, Megan Sklanka, James Troy Starkey
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Patent number: 11642778Abstract: A container includes a base, first recesses, a lid, and an insert. The base includes a lower surface. Base walls extend from the lower surface. The lower surface and the base walls define a cavity. The first recesses are positioned adjacent to the lower surface. The lid is movably coupled to the base to selectively enclose the cavity. The lid includes an upper surface and lid walls extend from the upper surface. The insert is positioned within the cavity and removably coupled to the lower surface of the base. The insert includes a projection received within one of the first recesses. The insert is engaged by the lid when the lid is closed.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Peter R. Heath, Steven W. Hyma, Benjamin T. Jones
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Patent number: 11642777Abstract: A latch mechanism is configured to secure two containers together and includes a housing, a latch, a main body and a primary hook. The latch is rotatably engaged to the housing and movable between a first position, wherein it can secure a second container to the housing, and a second position, wherein it cannot secure a second container to the housing. A stopper is slidably engaged to the latch and includes a locking surface and holding surface. A stopper bias biases the stopper toward an upper position such that when the latch is in its first position, the locking surface and primary hook create a negative space which receives and secures the second container to the housing, and when the latch is in its second position, the holding surface is configured to engage a second container and prevent the latch from rotating back to its first position.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: The Stanley Works Israel Ltd.Inventors: Danny Baruch, Lev Adin
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Patent number: 11628966Abstract: A freezable reusable bottle having a body and a cap engaged with the body. The body includes a container portion and a neck portion extending from the container portion. The container portion includes a plurality of ribs extending along a longitudinal axis of the reusable bottle. The cap removably engages with the neck portion of the body. The body includes a polymer composition of about 85 to 90 percent of polypropylene (PP) and about 10 to 15 percent of an SEBS additive. The bottle may be frozen when filled with a liquid, with the ribs accommodating expansion of the contents during freezing, and the additive providing impact resistance accommodating the rigid frozen contents.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.Inventors: Norma Angelica Avalos, Keith Haggerty
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Patent number: 11613409Abstract: 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: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Inventors: Michael R. Drummond, James L. Einstein, Sandra R. Perkins
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Patent number: 11596250Abstract: A modular storage system includes a number of receptacles and lids with different sizes and features that are interchangeably coupleable to each other in a stacking arrangement. A first lid has slits to provide access to a receptacle and a second lid has a suction cup and is structured to be interchangeably coupleable to the receptacle and the first lid. A user can remove the second lid from the top of the first lid and secure the second lid to the bottom of the receptacle with the suction cup secured to an external surface. A third lid includes an opening covered by a deflectable membrane. The membrane prevents liquid from spilling from the opening if the receptacle is knocked over. A straw can be inserted through the membrane and opening to provide further functionality.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: MorePeas LLCInventors: Allison Jane Fadden, Jessica Lyne Severt, Adam Abraham Jossem
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Patent number: 11591147Abstract: Screw capping devices are configured to remain tethered to a container after opening of the container. The screw capping devices include a cylindrical wall having a section having an end closed by a bottom and a section having an open end, the section being connected to the section by a circumferential junction having a non-breakable connection and a breakable connection, the section further having a breakable connection extending parallel to the circumferential junction, the breakable connection and the breakable connection being configured to be broken during a first unscrewing of the section. The breaking of the breakable connections creates two arms retaining the section to the container.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: SOCIÉTÉ LORRAINE DE CAPSULES MÉTALLIQUES-MANUFACTURE DE BOUCHAGEInventor: Mathias Melan-Moutet
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Patent number: 11591145Abstract: Device (10) for packaging two products (A, B) separately and dispensing a resulting mixture (M) on a first use, comprising a lower container (12) delimiting a first product cavity (22) containing a first product (A) and an upper container (14) delimiting a second product cavity (24c) containing a second product (B), and being capable of rotating relative to the lower container (12) without moving axially, and a temporary closing member (30) configured to close an opened end (24b) of the upper container (14) before the first use, and comprising a cylindrical skirt (32) surrounding said opened end (24b) and a plug (34) connected to said cylindrical skirt (32), said cylindrical skirt (32) being designed to cooperate by thread engagement with the upper container (14) and being prevented from rotating relative to the lower container (12).Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Jin Seok Kim, Vincent Jacquart, Stéphane Leroux
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Patent number: 11584579Abstract: Disclosed are display packages allowing consumers to quickly and easily determine whether a given mounting article should be used to hang or otherwise retain a desired object. The display packages include a projection designed to tear or otherwise separate from a backing once an object exceeding a recommended weight is mounted on the projection. If the projection remains attached to the backing, the mounting article is appropriate for the object. If the projection separates, another mounting article should be used.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Julio M. Souza, Felipe S. R. Bizarria
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Patent number: 11552459Abstract: There is provided a method of improving an electrical link box. The method includes steps of opening the electrical link box to provide access to a space within the electrical link box; inserting an electrical link box safety improving container into the space in the electrical link box; and closing the electrical link box; wherein the electrical link box safety improving container contains a filling material for mitigating blasts in the electrical link box. A safer electrical link box may be provided using the method.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Electricity North West Property LimitedInventor: Steve Cox
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Patent number: 11542067Abstract: A container has an improved releasable cap, the container including a neck having external threads. The cap includes: a circular top piece for sealing the container; two sidewall sections connected to the top piece each having an internal threaded portion for engaging the neck of the container. Each sidewall section has two circumferential ends each spaced from an adjacent circumferential end of the other sidewall section such that two diametrically opposed expandable gaps are defined between the spaced circumferential ends. Two tabs each span a respective one of the two gaps, the tabs bulging outward from the sidewall section. The tabs are configured to be pressed inward thereby causing the sidewall sections to flex outward to disengage the internal threaded portions thereof from the external threads of the neck of the container permitting the cap to be removed therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Inventor: Paul Bradley Forrest