Patents Examined by Andrew T Kirsch
  • Patent number: 10427854
    Abstract: Provided is a synthetic resin container that effectively absorbs the reduced pressure generated inside the container as a result of hot filling and that also prevents deterioration in appearance of a label applied to an outer circumferential surface of a trunk portion of the container. A synthetic resin container according to the present disclosure includes a mouth portion, a trunk portion, and a bottom portion. The trunk portion is provided with a plurality of reduced pressure absorbing panels extending in the vertical direction while twisting in the circumferential direction and being arranged side by side in the circumferential direction. Each reduced pressure absorbing panel has a narrow-width portion located in a region between the panel upper end and the panel lower end. A width of each reduced pressure absorbing panel is reduced in the narrow-width portion than in the panel upper end and the panel lower end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Usami
  • Patent number: 10427868
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a modular secondary containment unit is adapted to surround an above-ground fluid storage tank and includes a plurality of corner assemblies. Two or more components of each of the corner assemblies are composed of one or more reinforced resin composite materials. In several exemplary embodiments, the modular secondary containment units and the above-ground fluid storage tanks are used in oil and gas exploration and production operations. In an exemplary embodiment, an assembly for a modular secondary containment unit includes a track segment including first and second channels, a wall segment mounted on the track segment and extending within the first channel of the track segment, and a brace engaged with the wall segment and extending within the second channel of the track segment. In an exemplary embodiment, a method of constructing a modular secondary containment unit is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: ASSET GUARD PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Larry L. Perkins, Mark Conner, Chad Cannan, Todd Roper, Jack Sheng
  • Patent number: 10427580
    Abstract: A cargo tank assembly can include a cargo tank, and a plurality of access ports for the cargo tank, including a manway. A cabinet can be arranged to provide ground-level access to the plurality of access ports. In some embodiments, the cabinet can provide a sole breakable seal for a set of equipment, or for the cargo tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Wabash National, L.P.
    Inventor: John F. Cannon
  • Patent number: 10427830
    Abstract: A height-extended bulk box that includes a base having four sides, four height-extending walls connected to respective sides of the base and four sidewalls pivotally mounted to respective ones of the height-extending walls and movable between a vertically erected use position and a collapsed configuration wherein the sidewalls are rotated inwardly into the area defined by a quadrilinear base. At least one sidewall stop is positioned on one of the height-extending walls and is movable between a non-use stowed position and a deployed position that extends into the volume of the bulk box and arrests movement of a first of the sidewalls to be moved into a collapsed position past a position substantially parallel to the top deck of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Schaefer Systems International, Inc.
    Inventor: Clinton Lawrence McDade
  • Patent number: 10413102
    Abstract: A beverage container including an outer cup having an integrally formed base plate, an inner cup disposed in the outer cup, a base including a lower portion configured to releasably engage the beverage container to an external surface, the lower portion including a suction cup defining a cavity and configured to sealingly engage the beverage container with an external surface by forming a seal between the suction cup and the external surface, and a valve operably connected to the integrally formed base plate and movable between a first position and a second position to control fluid communication between atmospheric pressure and the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Telebrands Corp.
    Inventors: Paul Dowd, Norman L Barrigas
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    Patent number: 10414545
    Abstract: A cup includes a body being hollowed. The body defines a receiving cavity therein. An opening of the receiving cavity is faced upward when the body is standing. A flange is defined around the opening and protruded inward. The body defines an annular groove formed around the same height of the body and recessed inward the body. The diameter of an upper portion above the annular groove is greater than the diameter of the opening, and the diameter of a lower portion below the annular groove is less than the diameter of the opening. When two cups are to be stacked with each other, the lower portion of the body of one cup is placed into the opening of the body of the other cup, and the flange of the body of the other cup is engaged with the annular groove of the body of one cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventor: Chang Hsien Liu
  • Patent number: 10408383
    Abstract: A pressure vessel including a boss, liner, and shell to create a vessel capable of storing high-pressure fluids with minimal weight. The boss includes a through aperture and at least one recess to receive at least one fastener. The liner includes an interior surface, an exterior surface, and an annular insert to receive the fastener(s). The interior surface defines an interior cavity of the pressure vessel. The liner is configured to secure the boss to its exterior surface using the fastener(s) and the annular insert. After securing the boss to the liner, the composite wrap is applied to the boss and liner so as to surround the liner and at least a portion of the boss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Carleton Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher L. Metzbower, Richard K. Pemberton
  • Patent number: 10405694
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a cooking vessel cover device may include a body with a perimeter, upper surface, and lower surface. The body may be made from a flexible material so that portions of the body may flex to allow the device to move between the closed position and the open position. The perimeter and/or portions of the body bounded by the perimeter may contact the upper terminus of a cooking vessel when the device is in a closed position so that the perimeter and the body may be in a generally flat planar orientation. An aperture, which may be configured to receive portions of a food preparation apparatus and which may be disposed within the body, may pass through the upper surface and lower surface, thereby allowing the food preparation apparatus to operate with the cooking vessel cover in the closed position and the open position. A positioning fastener may be coupled to the body which is configured to be removably coupled to one or more objects thereby securing the device in an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Simply Works, LLC
    Inventor: Robert D. Graham
  • Patent number: 10408382
    Abstract: The invention relates to an extrusion-blow-molded fuel tank (1) of thermoplastic material comprising a tank wall of a composite of various layers obtained in various production operations, at least one first layer comprising at least one shell-shaped supporting shell (8) and a second layer of a thermoplastic material forming an adhesive bond with the supporting shell (8), and the supporting shell (8) having a greater strength than the second layer. The supporting shell (8) forms an inner layer of the tank and the second layer forms an outer skin of the tank, two supporting shells within the tank forming a supporting cage or a supporting housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Hutzen, Ulrich Karsch, Christoph Mehren
  • Patent number: 10399741
    Abstract: A collapsible bulk container 10 comprising a bag 12 for holding a bulk load, a support base 14, four collapsible legs 16 and a rectangular upper frame member 18. The legs 16 are secured to the support base 14 by means of hinge assemblies 20 which permit hinged displacement of the legs between upright positions and folded positions wherein the legs are folded onto the support base 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Inventor: Gregory John De Villiers
  • Patent number: 10398242
    Abstract: An overwrap container includes a base container having a first side seam on a side wall that extends along a longitudinal axis to define an internal volume, and a bottom connected to the side wall. An overwrap is positioned over the side wall of the base container and has a second side seam aligned longitudinally with the first side seam. Connecting elements are positioned between the side wall of the base container and the overwrap, and join the side wall of the base container and the overwrap together except in an area along the aligned first and second seams to define an uniform spacing extending continuously between the side wall and the overwrap forming an air gap there between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Paper Machinery Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Jerome Bonney, Chris George Ubl, James Jerome Fritz
  • Patent number: 10398834
    Abstract: A device for transferring a fluid to and/or from a fluid container having a sealing member. The device includes a piercing member for penetrating the sealing member and an elongated body defining a longitudinal flow channel through which a fluid may flow into and/or out of the fluid container and at least one opening that communicates with the flow channel. The at least one opening is arranged to extend along at least 1% of the length (l) of the piercing member to ensure that at least part of the at least one opening (20) is located substantially adjacent to the innermost side of a sealing member when the device is in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Carmel Pharma AB
    Inventor: Hakan Tornqvist
  • Patent number: 10399730
    Abstract: A set of multicomponent cartridges is proposed having at least two multicomponent cartridges (2), with each multicomponent cartridge (2) including at least one first and one second reception chamber (3, 4) for components to be dispensed, with each reception chamber (3, 4) having a substantially cylindrical design and extending in a longitudinal direction (A), with the reception chambers (3, 4) being arranged parallel to one another and having the same extent (L) in the longitudinal direction (A), with each multicomponent cartridge (2) being manufactured in one piece so that their reception chambers (3, 4) are non-releasably connected to one another, and wherein the first reception chamber (3) of each multicomponent cartridge (2) of the set (2) has the same outer diameter (D1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AG
    Inventors: Sasan Habibi-Naini, Markus Scheuber
  • Patent number: 10399770
    Abstract: A trash can assembly and method of use. An inner can has a first space and includes a first inner seal circumscribing an outer surface of the inner can, an inner opening and an inner valve configured to close and expose the inner opening. A trash bag is positioned within the first space and coupled to the inner can to form a substantially air-tight seal between the trash bag and the inner can. An outer can having a second space includes an outer opening and an outer valve configured to close and expose the outer opening. The inner can is positioned within the second space. The first inner seal is configured to form a substantially air-tight seal between the first inner seal and the outer can. The inner valve is closed when the outer valve is opened, and the inner valve is opened when the outer valve is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Inventor: Zsombor Antal
  • Patent number: 10377544
    Abstract: A bottle-shaped resin container with a bottle body and a cap, the container being configured to determine whether the seal has been broken by: the container having a long, tall cylindrical section between a neck ring and a flange that connects the neck ring and the flange; and when the cap body is rotated in the unscrewing direction, bridges being broken and the cap ring separating from the cap body and falling by its own weight so that the lower surface thereof contacts the flange and remains above the flange, exposing the side surface of the long, tall cylindrical-section between the upper surface of the cap ring and the lower surface of the neck ring. As the side surface of the long, tall cylindrical section is a straight line when viewed from the front, it is possible to determine the taper angle definitively and the taper angle is 60-80 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: NISHIAKI KOUSAKUSHO CO., LTD
    Inventor: Norimichi Nishiaki
  • Patent number: 10370148
    Abstract: A food container is disclosed that is configured to attach to either (1) a beverage container lid, the lid comprising a lid wall with a lid coupling structure, or (2) a rim of a beverage can. The food container includes a food compartment comprising a side wall and a bottom and a food compartment coupling structure extending from the bottom outer wall coupling structure and an inner wall that further comprises an inner wall coupling structure. When the food container is mounted to the beverage container lid, the outer wall coupling structure mates with the lid coupling structure. When the food container is mounted to the beverage can, the inner wall coupling structure hooks underneath the rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Snacktops, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald Mark Buck
  • Patent number: 10370189
    Abstract: A trash collector, including a bucket 1 and a lid 4, which covers the bucket and is fastened pivotally in the area of an upper brim of the bucket, in order to pivot it upwards to open the trash collector. A pedal arrangement 3, 20 is arranged in the area of a base of the bucket, and a lever arrangement 8, 12 connects the pedal arrangement to the lid in order to pivot open the lid by a motion of the pedal arrangement. The lid is embodied in several parts and has at least two lid sections 5, which are each pivotable about as separate axis 30, 30?, and a frame element 6, which is provided detachably and/or pivotally in the area of the upper brim of the bucket and to which the lid sections 5 are fastened in a pivotal fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: ROTHO KUNSTSTOFF AG
    Inventors: Christian Thoma, Bruno Meier
  • Patent number: 10370163
    Abstract: A container, in particular a plastic vial produced in the blow-molding method and filled and closed in the mold, has a neck part (5) joined to a container body (1). The neck part receives a one-part or multi-part cap (2). A fixing part (29) is connected to the cap (2) by a breaking point (31), which can be detached by a relative rotational motion between the cap (2) and the container body (1). Each breaking point (31) can be detached by rotational motions in both rotational directions with approximately the same angle of rotation and approximately the same torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: KOCHER-PLASTIK MASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Spallek, Johannes Geser
  • Patent number: 10368665
    Abstract: A unique, versatile system of providing decorative dinnerware articles (plates, bowls, platters, and the like) with viewable designs on demand is provided. Such an article (as well as system) includes at least one transparent top component of a suitable polymer construction that nests with a lower component such that the two connect reliably in a manner that a user may place a decoration of his or her choosing between both component such that the design may be viewed through at least the top component (the lower component may be transparent, as well, if desired). In this way, a user has the capability of utilizing such a nested dinnerware configuration for the purpose of serving food or any other end-use available with such articles while simultaneously providing any desired design that can be displayed through at least the transparent top component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Inventor: Deborah Ellis Cameron
  • Patent number: 10364083
    Abstract: The break-off spout of the present invention includes: a spout main body (110) having a break-off section (150) formed via a weakened section (121) such that an annular section (152) having a through-hole formed therein protrudes to the tip side; and a pair of left and right cover members (160) integrally formed with the spout main body (110) via hinge sections provided below the weakened section (121). The pair of left and right cover members (160) are formed in a shape such that, when the cover members are engaged with each other, the cover members cover a portion of the spout main body (110) above the hinge sections including the break-off section (150). An insertion port (164) through which deformation means that deforms the annular section (152) and blocks the through-hole can be inserted is provided in the cover members (160).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Orihiro Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Akaogi, Masataka Tsuruta, Yuu Koyama