Patents Examined by Andrew D Perreault
  • Patent number: 12030691
    Abstract: A container system utilizing interlocking structural elements and magnetic attachment to facilitate modular assembly of one or more internal container sections for enhanced customizability and ease of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: CHILOMA, LLC
    Inventor: John Toben
  • Patent number: 12030708
    Abstract: A frame package including a back panel, an inside panel tab, a front panel, and an inside panel is provided. The inside panel tab extends from the back panel. The front panel extends from the back panel and defines a region to rest upon a corner portion of a frame. The inside panel extends from the front panel and includes an inside panel tab slot. The back panel, the front panel, and the inside panel are arranged with one another to fold about the corner portion of the frame and for the inside panel to extend through a frame opening such that the corner portion of the frame is covered by at least one of the back panel and the front panel. The inside panel tab is received within the inside panel tab slot to secure the back panel to the inside panel without an additional fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Ryan Martin, Earl David Forrest
  • Patent number: 12030699
    Abstract: A cross-brace assembly for a package for a household appliance and method of assembling are provided. The cross-brace assembly can include a holder having a body having opposing first and second sides. The body includes first and second inner tabs that include first and second apertures, respectively. A first outer tab projects from the first side of the body, adjacent to the first inner tab, and a second outer tab projects from the second side of the body, adjacent to the second inner tab. A brace having opposing first and second ends can be received within the first and second apertures such that the first end of the brace is disposed adjacent the first outer tab and the second end of the brace is disposed adjacent the second outer tab to retain the brace relative to the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Homprakash Hariharan, Jayakumar Jayabal, Sadasivam Narayanan
  • Patent number: 12029335
    Abstract: An eating utensil doubling as a plate and a bowl. A plate has a center, four quadrants, an outer plate edge and an underside. A perforation is formed through the plate extending from the center to the outer edge. Adhesive tape is secured to the underside, the tape including a receiving portion and spanning portion, the spanning portion being of a length substantially equal to the perforation and traveling adjacent to the perforation; and, the receiving portion disposed substantially perpendicular to the spanning portion, wherein upon one of the four quadrants being partially separated from the plate at the perforation to thereby form a quarter piece, the quarter piece can be folded and adhered to the receiving portion such that a cone-like bowl is formed from the plate. An accompanying generally rectangular strip forms the base of the bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Volpe-Bonomo, Robert Volpe-Bonomo, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12018472
    Abstract: A kit, and an assembly formed with components of the kit, comprises a fitting for the top of a septic tank or water tank, one or more frusto-conical rings shaped to interconnect with an identical ring to form an undulating wall riser that extends upwardly from the tank top fitting, and a lid. The lid is shaped for multi-purpose use: closing off the opening of either the large end or the small end of a ring/riser—whichever is uppermost, or closing off the fitting when there is no riser. Joints between the rings of the riser, and between a ring/riser and the fitting of a tank, are held together by latching tabs and/or screws. A fitting may be integral with a tank top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Infiltrator Water Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Paul R Holbrook
  • Patent number: 12004560
    Abstract: A smoking storage device has an elongate housing with a top end and a bottom end, the top end having openings into a lighter receiving chamber, a pipe receiving chamber, and a smoking product receiving chamber, and wherein the bottom end is closed. The lighter receiving chamber is sized and shaped to receive a lighter, the pipe receiving chamber is adapted to receive and store an elongate smoking pipe, and the smoking product receiving chamber is adapted to receive and store a smoking product. An overcap is pivotally mounted adjacent the top end of the elongate rigid housing pivots between a closed position and an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Dan Beal
  • Patent number: 11993417
    Abstract: A multi-piece plastic tank is provided and includes a tank top section, wherein the tank top section defines a tank top opening surrounded by a top flange that extends along the length of the top flange, a tank bottom section having, wherein the tank bottom section defines a tank bottom opening surrounded by a bottom flange that extends along the length of the bottom flange, wherein the top flange and bottom flange are configured to be connected to form the multi-piece plastic tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul R. Holbrook
  • Patent number: 11970327
    Abstract: Disclosed is a packaging assembly that may include a blank for forming a corner lock. The blank for forming the corner lock may include a first body panel foldably connected to a side panel, a second body panel foldably connected to the side panel, where the first and second body panels may be foldable about the side panel to form a slot within the corner lock in an assembled position. The blank may further include a first and second locking panel foldably connected to the first body panel, and a third and fourth locking panel which may be foldably connected to the second body panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Veritiv Operating Company
    Inventor: Mark Rockers
  • Patent number: 11919673
    Abstract: A lift van crate formed as a rectilinear shaped compartment formed by a base; a first long wall having tabbed edges and a second long wall having tabbed edges, mounted to said base; a first short wall having tabbed edges and a second short wall having tabbed edges, mounted to said base, said first short wall and said second short wall having short wall receivers configured to receive at least one long wall interior tab of each of said respective adjacent first long wall and second long wall; a lid having an interior face and an exterior face, at least one lid receiver formed in said lid interior face, said lid configured to mount to each of said first long wall, second long wall, first short wall and said second short wall respectively by insertion of said tabbed edges into said at least one lid receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew James Austin, Chad Colin Cash
  • Patent number: 11912464
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a container with an increased movable range of an upper wall with respect to a side wall. According to the present disclosure provided is a container including a side wall, an upper hinge member, and an upper wall, wherein the upper hinge member and the side wall are connected rotatably around a first rotation axis, the upper hinge member and the upper wall are connected rotatably around a second rotation axis, and the first and second rotation axes are parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: KYORAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichiro Yoshida, Yoshitaka Matsubara, Teruhisa Hanafusa
  • Patent number: 11891210
    Abstract: A basket assembly having a main basket (1) and an extension part (2) and connecting posts (3). The main basket (1) has a basket base (4) and side walls (5) and socket recesses (6, 7) for the connecting posts (3) are formed in each case in the side walls (5) and in the extension part (2). The extension part (2) is fastened or is fastenable on the main basket (1), at a distance from the main basket (1), by the connecting posts (3) locked releasably in the socket recesses (6, 7), and the connecting posts (3) are each releasably locked or lockable in one of the socket recesses (6) of the side walls (5) of the main basket (1) by a twist lock (8), and are each releasably locked or lockable in one of the socket recesses (7) of the extension part (2) by a twist lock (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: FRIES Planungs—und Marketinggesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Markus Grabher, Tobias Watzenegger
  • Patent number: 11877675
    Abstract: A support element (100, 200) for a timepiece (10) or a piece of jewellery including a receiving surface (111) configured to be at least partly in direct contact with the timepiece (10), or piece of jewellery, the support element (100, 200) including a peripheral portion (110) carrying the receiving surface (111), and a central portion (120, 220) formed by a block of material, the support element (100, 200) including an internal cavity (130, 230) forming a recess of the central portion (120, 220); the internal cavity defining a volume configured to receive and hold in position an object (140) inside the support element (100, 200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: OMEGA SA
    Inventor: Gregory Kissling
  • Patent number: 11873150
    Abstract: An exemplary storage and transport container as provided can be easily produced, transported and mounted. The storage and transport containers can be designed and configured in such a way that electrostatic charging of the plastic receptacles that are stored therein is prevented as much as possible. The storage and transport container can also be reusable multiple times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ALPLA WERKE ALWIN LEHNER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Jürgen Riedmann
  • Patent number: 11871823
    Abstract: A novel thermally insulated enclosure includes an insulated wall and a magnet assembly coupled thereto for mounting the insulated enclosure to ferromagnetic structures. In a particular embodiment, the magnet assembly includes a plurality of magnets coupled to the insulated wall. In another particular embodiment, the magnet assembly is a removable magnetic device that can be connected and disconnected from the insulated enclosure. In another particular embodiment, the magnet assembly is a removable magnet carrier that can be incorporated into the structure of the insulated enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Lewis William James, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11858727
    Abstract: A cargo container has a tubular shell, an annular mounting ring mounted thereto, and a nose cone clamped to the annular mounting ring by an annular clamping collar. The mounting ring has a coupling slot and an annular flange. The nose cone has an annular flange. The clamping collar has an inwardly facing annular groove, and a constriction device. The mounting ring is mounted to the tubular shell wherein an annular edge of the tubular shell is rigidly held in the coupling slot. The nose cone and mounting ring annular flanges together form a mounting wedge. The clamping collar clamps the nose cone to the annular mounting ring wherein the mounting wedge is rigidly held in the annular groove by constriction of the clamping collar by the constriction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Kloepfer, James Bult
  • Patent number: 11858686
    Abstract: An apparatus for displaying palleted items includes a generally flat main panel under the palleted items, having flaps with the palleted items positioned along fold lines, and with separable side panels configured to engage the flaps at the fold lines. When folded away from the palleted items and engaged together, the side panels securely hide a stack of multiple pallets under the palleted items, and present printed sides for advertising.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: John R. Brendlinger
  • Patent number: 11845585
    Abstract: A storage holder for receiving a plurality of condiment bottles includes a base seat defining a receiving space having an upper opening, and a plurality of carrying units removably engaged with the base seat and mounted in the receiving space to partition the receiving space into a plurality of receiving compartments which are arranged in a front-rear direction. Each carrying unit is configured for a plurality of the condiment bottles to be mountable thereon and arranged in a left-right direction so as to conveniently store and get access to the condiment bottles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Freshlink Product Development, LLC
    Inventors: Dean Chapman, Benjamin Broerman
  • Patent number: 11840375
    Abstract: A modular pastry packaging carousel is disclosed which provides the ability to individually store wedge-shaped pastry slices in a respective wedge-shaped pastry module. In a version of the application, the modular pasty packaging carousel generally comprises a bottom plate, a top plate, a spacer positioned between the bottom plate and the top plate providing a radial gab therebetween; and a plurality of wedge-shaped pastry modules, each comprising a sector-shaped removable base. The sector-shaped removable base includes a means for engaging the pastry module with the base tray radial connection channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventor: Alicia N. Ivory
  • Patent number: 11841185
    Abstract: A storage box for a refrigerator at an entrance according to an embodiment of the present invention, may comprise: a base; first side walls erected at the top front end and the top rear end of the base, respectively; and second side walls erected at the top left end and the top right end of the base, respectively, wherein the first side wall may include a plurality of first blocks stacked in the vertical direction and arranged in the horizontal direction, and a plurality of connectors movably connecting the adjacent first blocks in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seojin Lee, Insun Yeo, Minseok Kim, Eugene Myung, Deukwon Lee, Miyoung Seo, Wonjin Lee, Kyukwan Choi, Minkyu Oh, Yezo Yun
  • Patent number: 11827413
    Abstract: The present application discloses a new method of making, using, and constructing packing boxes that can be used for shipping or storage. In one embodiment, a packing box is constructed from a set of assembly pieces. Each assembly piece comprises a square body with four sides. On each side of the square body, there is either a key or a lock. Two assembly pieces can be connected or locked through insertion of a key of one assembly piece into a lock of another assembly piece. Two locked pieces can be unlocked by pushing on the key via the indentation above the lock of one locked assembly piece that receives the key of another locked pieces. Assembly pieces of different shapes required for constructing a box are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Arnaud Z Ajamian