Patents Examined by Abigail Elizabeth Guidry
  • Patent number: 12139301
    Abstract: A segmented shortwise container volume apparatus that includes a primary base, a primary surrounding sidewall with an interior, a primary cap with an aperture and a sealing plug, a secondary base, a secondary surrounding sidewall with an interior, a secondary cap with an aperture and a sealing plug, and a sleeve element having a first end portion and an opposing second end portion, the sleeve element having a sleeve outer surface and an opposing sleeve inner surface, wherein the sleeve inner surface is slid over the primary and secondary surrounding sidewalls to hold the primary and secondary bases adjacent to one another, creating a single container with two separate interiors, being the primary and secondary interiors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventors: Jaclyn Nicole Andberg, Dorian Jay Simon
  • Patent number: 12108873
    Abstract: The systems described in this disclosure can be used with a storage system to provide a platform for items and/or papers such as blueprints. A container includes a top panel that is pivotal relative to the container. The container may include additional panels that are pivotal with respect to the top panel and that rotate away from the top panel to extend the platform provided by the top panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventor: Caleb C. Adams
  • Patent number: 12065288
    Abstract: A lid for a container. The lid can comprise a central wall and a dispensing feature comprising a dispenser flap foldably connected to the central wall, a projection extending from the dispenser flap, and a ledge. The dispenser flap can be movable to a dispensing position in which the dispenser flap is spaced from the ledge to at least partially form a dispensing opening. The projection can be in locking engagement with the ledge when the dispenser flap is in the dispensing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventor: Kyle Baird
  • Patent number: 12059799
    Abstract: A tool arrangement includes a tool management device with a body and a lid, wherein the lid, by a hinge connection, is configured pivotably for selectively covering or releasing a receiving space of the body relatively to the body, and a receiving device for receiving tool elements which is mounted or mountable in the receiving space of the body. By the hinge connection, the receiving device is co-pivoted when the lid is pivoted. The hinge connection includes at least one pin and the lid has at least one slide guide for guiding the at least one pin along a pregiven trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Würth International AG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Hohl
  • Patent number: 12054324
    Abstract: A container that is configured to have an open state and a closed state, in which the container includes an outer cell having a plurality of side panels including a first side panel and a second side panel. The outer cell defines a chamber having a first opening. An inner locking member is attached to an inner wall of the first side panel. An extension panel is coupled to the second side panel. The extension panel includes a first cover panel and a tuck flap, in which the tuck flap includes an extension member and a tuck flap locking member. In the closed state of the container, the first cover panel covers the first opening, and the extension member and the tuck flap locking member are tucked inside the chamber. A bias member biases the tuck flap locking member toward a first position to cause the tuck flap locking member to engage the inner locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Hub Folding Box Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Zane Peterson, David Kamyk
  • Patent number: 12054322
    Abstract: A display system includes a tray portion configured to hold and display product and a display header which is movably coupled to the tray portion. The display header includes a header board connected to a header mount via a rigid stem. The display header is movable from a retracted shipping position to an extended display position. An actuator movably couples the header mount and the stem to a wall of the tray portion by applying a biasing force which automatically pivots the header mount and stem to an upright position thereby placing the display header into the extended display position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: WESTROCK CONTAINER, LLC
    Inventor: Wayne H. Kuhn
  • Patent number: 12042095
    Abstract: A product preparation system and method wherein a single-use product container assembly, including a cup body and a cup closure, the cup closure including a rotatable blade, and a container processor including a container support and an electric motor including a drive shaft are employed to process contents of the container assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: BLIX LTD.
    Inventors: Shalom Ozana, Ariel Sterngold, Marcel Hendrikus Simon Weijers, Andreas Jacobus Louis Nijsen, Johannes Gabriel Kuster, Joris Bronkhorst, Hans Constant Dikhoff, Sybren Yme Leijenaar, Krijn Maltha
  • Patent number: 12023796
    Abstract: A tool box assembly includes at least one case, at least one tool holder mounted in and rotated relative to the at least one case, and multiple hand tools mounted in the at least one tool holder. The at least one case has a first pivot portion and multiple locking elements. Each of the locking elements has a second pivot portion, a connecting portion, and a press portion. The at least one tool holder has a third pivot portion. When the press portion is pressed, each of the locking elements is rotated about the connecting portion, so that the third pivot portion is detached from the second pivot portion, and the at least one tool holder is detached from the at least one case. Thus, the at least one tool holder and the hand tools are used individually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: NINGBO KING MOUNT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kuan-Ting Liu
  • Patent number: 11986944
    Abstract: A socket holding frame assembly has a track base and multiple socket positioning holders. The track base has a base panel and a connection hole formed through the base panel. The socket positioning holders are slidably and rotatably connected with the track base. Each socket positioning holder comprises a holder body, an inserted part being metallic and combined in a bottom of the holder body, and a bolt inserted through the connection hole from a bottom of the base panel and connected with the inserted part via a threaded engagement to tightly fasten the holder body on the track base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventor: Jui Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 11975904
    Abstract: Pressure relief blow out plugs for a container are disclosed as well as methods of using the same. One disclosed method involves providing a glass container that comprises a base and a body extending away from the base. The base includes a wall that defines a pressure relief passage. The method also involves inserting a pressure relief blow out into the pressure relief passage to seal the passage. The plug comprises a first inboard flange extending radially outwardly from the plug body, a stem, and a second inboard flange extending radially outwardly from the plug body and being spaced apart from the first inboard flange by a stem. The first inboard flange includes a first outboard sealing surface that provides an axial seal against the wall of the base of the glass container, and the second inboard flange including a circumferentially interrupted outboard facing retention portion the defines vent gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: David Hoadley, Trent Jones
  • Patent number: 11958684
    Abstract: Disclosed is a baby hamper with divider system that provides a convenient storing of soiled diapers and soiled clothes for a convenient storing of multiple items together in the same unit. The baby hamper with divider system comprises: a hamper; a liner or insert; two separate closing covers with a Velcro attachment for the hamper; a securing means including hooks for hamper; a fastening means including clips or tabs for interior of the insert, a holding means including a spring for hamper, and a seal gasket cover to mask odor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventor: Andrea Tassinari
  • Patent number: 11912478
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide for a dosage reminder indicator for containers, allowing a user to align a dosage reminder (e.g., “last” or “next”) with timing indicators (e.g., days, times). In one embodiment, an inner dial has first engaging members and an outer ring has second engaging members mating with the first engaging members, where a dosage reminder indicator and a plurality of dosage timing indicators are opposingly located on either the inner dial or outer ring. The inner dial and the outer ring are rotatably engaged with respect to each other such that the dosage reminder indicator points to any selected one of the plurality of dosage timing indicators in a secured position (when the first and second engaging members are mated), where rotation is permitted based on user-applied force to disengage mating of the first and second engaging members, while the inner dial and the outer ring remain rotatably engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TWISTWISE LLC
    Inventors: Catherine Mary LaBrecque, James M. Behmke, Brian J. Hickey
  • Patent number: 11873147
    Abstract: A container (2) with child resistant means, which container (2) comprises: (i) a body portion (4) for receiving a product; (ii) a top (6) for opening and closing the body portion (4); (iii) locking means (10) for locking the top (6) to the body portion (4); (iv) opening means for unlocking the locking means (10) and enabling the top (6) to be moved to open the body portion (4), and the container (2) being such that: (v) the locking means (10) is a push-operated locking means (10) which operates by pushing the top (6) onto the body portion (4); (vi) the opening means (19) is a squeeze-operated opening means (19) which operates by simultaneously squeezing of the top (6) at two opposed locations (19) only; and (vii) the push-operated locking means (10) and the squeeze-operated opening means (19) enable the body portion (4) to be closable and openable using only one hand on the top (6) and without having to rotate the top (6) relative to the body portion (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Compgen Ltd
    Inventor: Mark Sheahan
  • Patent number: 11744338
    Abstract: A jewelry storage case comprises a first portion having a first surface and a wall extending from a periphery of the first surface; a base having a generally planar surface and positioned on the first surface of the first portion; and a plurality of projections extending upward from the planar surface of the base, the projections spaced apart from one another to receive a portion of jewelry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Blingo Bags Ltd.
    Inventor: Julia Catherine Dawe
  • Patent number: 11667437
    Abstract: The container of the present invention is designed to allow for easy extraction of contents that would normally adhere to the interior walls of current containers by providing a semi rigid cylindrical container having a single continuous side defining cylindrical shape, a top portion wherein at least one flexible liner is attached to the top portion of the container. The container further possesses a bottom portion wherein such bottom portion has at least one aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventors: Kysten Altenburg, Kyle Altenburg
  • Patent number: 11647853
    Abstract: A ring for holding a handheld spreader of a container for holding spreadable food is shaped to be press fit into a top mouth opening of an inside surface of the container. A holder is formed on an inner surface of the right and having at least a top slit opening sized to receive the handheld spreader of a substantially flat shape. The handheld spreader has a bent handle area bent approximately ninety degrees on an end and a spreading surface on an opposing end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventor: Ryan P Newland
  • Patent number: 11643246
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided having an open configuration and a closed configuration. The apparatus includes, while in the closed configuration, a first panel, a second panel, a third panel, a fourth panel, a fifth panel, and a sixth panel that together create a box partially enclosing a void space. The first panel is rotatably coupled to the fifth panel and the sixth panel, the second panel is rotatably coupled to the fourth panel and the sixth panel, and the third panel is rotatably coupled to the fourth panel and the fifth panel. The apparatus opens from the closed configuration to present the contents therein through a single degree-of-freedom mechanism where the first, second, and third panels become perpendicular to the fourth, fifth, and sixth panels while the fourth, fifth, and sixth panels become aligned in a same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: DEGREES OF FREEDOM LLC
    Inventor: Brian Ignaut
  • Patent number: 11634251
    Abstract: A method for packaging and displaying knockdown crates for sale at a retail location is disclosed. The method of packaging and displaying knockdown crates generally includes: (a) providing one or more unassembled knockdown crates having two end panels, a bottom panel, and two side panels; (b) uniformly stacking and packing each unassembled knockdown crate into a rectangular tray; and (c) each rectangular tray containing an unassembled knockdown crate stacked into a display box, wherein the exterior of the display box advertises the contents therein for display at a retail location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Adeptus IP, LLC
    Inventor: William C. White
  • Patent number: 11618619
    Abstract: Child resistant closures are typically two-piece assemblies or squeeze and turn closures with an inside wall and an outside wall. The current squeeze and turn child resistant closures are expensive and difficult for seniors to operate. The preferred design is a child-resistant single wall cap and container assembly that is preferably easy for seniors to open and difficult for children to open or is substantially child-resistant. In addition, due to the single wall of the cap and relatively low cap height, the preferred assembly is light, requires less material and relatively less expensive to manufacture than prior art container assemblies. Like many child resistant closure systems, the preferred container assembly design includes a container with specifically designed neck finish to lock the closure on the container. However, the preferred design includes two small lugs, which generally do not add significantly to the bottle complexity or bottle cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: DRUG PLASTICS & GLASS COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Frederick N. Biesecker, II, Nathaniel Koller, Bruce T. Cleevely, Douglas S. Camomile, Lissa Biesecker Longacre, Joshua T. Koehler
  • Patent number: 11591151
    Abstract: A pressure relief blow-out plug includes a body including an inboard end and an outboard end, and an inboard flange extending radially outwardly from the inboard end of the body. A package includes a container including a wall having interior and exterior surfaces, and a pressure relief passage extending along a longitudinal passage axis and having a circumferential passage surface extending through the wall between the interior and exterior surfaces, wherein the pressure relief blow-out plug is carried in the pressure relief passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: David Hoadley, Trent Jones