Patents Examined by Andrew T Kirsch
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Patent number: 11931319Abstract: An indicator system is provided for a milk container comprising a time display element with a time scale for indicating a freshness of milk. In one aspect, there are first and second indicator elements for indicating first and second selected portions of the time scale to signify when the milk container was filled and when the milk has reached a freshness threshold i.e. a particular storage time. In another aspect, there are first and second time scales on respective portions of the time display element, e.g. for fridge storage and for freezer storage, and an indicator element. A selected one of the first and second portions is in-use and the indicator element indicates a selected portion of the in-use first or second time scale.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Coen Petrus Martinus Claassen, Camiel Gubbels
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Patent number: 11912470Abstract: Aspects disclosed herein generally relate to beverage systems. Particularly, beverage systems comprising a lid structure having a pivoting cap with a magnetic spring mechanism are provided. The beverage systems in accordance with aspects herein can further comprise shaker structures for mixing contents and/or infusing a liquid medium with fruits, vegetables, herbs, ice, and the like contained within the beverage systems in accordance with aspects herein.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Brumate, Inc.Inventors: Dylan M. Jacob, Jordan Westerberg
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Patent number: 11904628Abstract: A paint package lid (14, 114) includes a base wall (54) having a lid base wall upper surface (56) and a lid base wall lower surface (58), a container coupling rim (60) disposed radially outwardly with respect to the base wall and having a rim upper surface (62), and a closure well (64, 164) disposed radially inwardly with respect to the base wall. The closure well includes a radially outer wall (82) extending downwardly with respect to the base wall, a lower wall (84) extending radially inwardly with respect to the radially outer wall and establishing a lowermost surface (85) of the lid, and a neck (86, 186) disposed radially inwardly with respect to the radially outer wall and extending upwardly from the lower wall and having a closure coupling (95). Also disclosed is a lid and closure assembly and a paint package (10, 110, 210) including the lid.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: BEHR PROCESS CORPORATIONInventors: Bruce Boos, Gregory James Warren
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Patent number: 11908709Abstract: A container for containing a raw material of a chemical liquid and a method of preparing a container are provided. The container at least includes an inner wall and solvent-treated surface of the inner wall. The method of preparing a container includes treating a surface of the inner wall with water and treating the surface the inner wall with an organic solvent.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Marcia Cole-Yocom, Bryan Hinzie
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Patent number: 11897668Abstract: A beverage container topper is disclosed. The beverage container topper has an interior hollow passage for beverage to flow, and comprises a cup section, a channel section and a fastening section, wherein the inner surface of the fastening section is formed to have two or more fastening structures for fastening two or more types of top portions, respectively, of beverage containers. A user may fasten the top portion of a beverage container to one of the two or more fastening structures, and tilt the combination of the beverage container and topper to flow out the beverage from the beverage container through the beverage container topper to his/her mouth.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Pivotal Brand Group, LLCInventors: Mark Kuryak, Chris Kuryak
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Patent number: 11891229Abstract: A temperature-controlled container that includes an outer box structure that defines an inner cavity; an inner box structure that is constructed and arranged for engagement into the cavity that is formed in the outer box structure; said inner box structure having an open passage for accommodating an item the temperature of which is to be controlled, and a wheat straw material that is disposed in the outer box structure between respective sidewalls of the outer box structure and the inner box structure, and that is disposed in the open space between a bottom of the inner box structure and a bottom of the outer box structure. The inner box structure has a height that is less than a height of the outer box structure so as to define an open space between a bottom of the inner box structure and a bottom of the outer box structure. An insert that is constructed and arranged for insertion into the open passage and over the item the temperature of which is to be controlled.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Accutech Packaging, Inc.Inventor: Richard J. Madigan, Jr.
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Patent number: 11873132Abstract: A double container has an outer layer body and an inner layer body mainly made of a polyester resin and is formed by biaxial stretch blow molding, and includes: a mouth portion; a shoulder portion, gradually increasing in diameter in a downward direction, and having an outward protruding curved shape over a length in a vertical direction in a longitudinal section; a barrel portion; and a bottom portion, wherein the mouth portion has an outside air introduction port for introducing outside air between the outer layer body and the inner layer body, and the double container includes a shoulder rib that is concave or convex as seen from outside and at least extends from an upper end of the shoulder portion to the lower end of the shoulder portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventor: Masaaki Sasaki
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Patent number: 11864541Abstract: A portable pet canteen having a flexible bladder with peripheral edges and defining a footprint, an upper wall of the bladder defining an upper mouth, and a cavity being formed within the bladder. A rigid inner scaffold is secured to the upper mouth of the bladder and extends into the cavity. The inner scaffold has a height defined by side walls, the side walls having apertures for passage of water. An upper lid secures to an upper edge of the rigid inner scaffold such as with mating threads to form a closure such that the portable pet canteen is watertight. Water may be retained within the bladder until such time as the upper lid is removed and the canteen placed on the ground for the pet to drink from within the inner scaffold which provides a relatively wide opening. The canteen may be placed within a flexible outer cover for protection, which can also have various handles or straps for ease of transportation.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: DENNIS A. DOMINGOS FAMILY TRUSTInventor: Dennis Domingos
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Patent number: 11866230Abstract: A container lid for use to drink liquid from a drinking container using a hydration tube. The container lid has a cap member that attaches to the container, a coupling aperture through the cap member, a female coupling positioned in the coupling aperture, a male insert that is removably received in the female coupling and a check valve in the cap member. The hydration tube attaches to an upwardly extending barb of the male insert and an internal straw attaches to a downwardly extending barb of the female coupling to extend into the interior of the container. The male insert has a sealing section with a sealing device that is sealably received in a receptacle of the female coupling. The container lid allows the user to easily, quickly and without leaking remove the hydration tube from the lid to replace an empty drinking container with a full drinking container.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventor: Russell M. Wilcox
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Patent number: 11858704Abstract: The embodiments provide a container of the type to hold fresh food or produce. Container has a base and a lid moveable with respect to the base between an open position and a closed position. The lid has a planar area. The base has a second planar area. In the closed position, the first planar and the second planar area include a substantially flat area suitable for receipt of an adhesive membrane, such as a self-adhesive label. The substantially flat area includes an edge of the first planar area and at least part of the second planar area.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Inventor: Maurice Joseph Paul Tabone
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Patent number: 11851251Abstract: A mechanism for opening and reclosing the outflow opening for emptying a container, especially a beverage container, incorporating a latch to open and reclose the said outflow opening in the container lid, where the latch is fitted with hatching elements connected slidingly to the container lid, and where the lid features technical means suitable for moving the lid, characterised in that it contains at least one pair of sliding surfaces (3, 103), each of them incorporating at least one section in the shape of a convex arch, where moving on the said pair of sliding surfaces (3, 103) when shifting the latch (6, 106) is at least one pair of hatching elements (7, 107), and where ends (3a, 3b, 103a, 103b) of the sliding surfaces (3, 103) are positioned at different heights with respect to the bottom surface of the lid (1, 101) around the opening (2, 102).Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: REEND SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIAInventors: Dariusz Lewandowski, Roman Sobecki
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Patent number: 11851234Abstract: The present invention provides a plastic container with excellent slipping property for contents. According to the present invention, provided is a plastic container for storing contents, wherein the plastic container is a blow molded body, an innermost layer in contact with the contents is formed of a resin composition containing a base resin and filler particles, and an inner surface of the innermost layer is provided with concave and convex shapes due to presence of the filler particles.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignees: KYORAKU CO., LTD., TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuro Aoki, Takayoshi Hosoya, Taro Ikeda, Hiroaki Awata
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Patent number: 11814209Abstract: A can body has a curl portion to which a skirt portion of a cap is mounted. In the curl portion, an outer periphery upper-side bent portion that forms an outer peripheral portion of a folded-back top portion, an outer periphery-side tubular portion that extends downward in a can axis direction, an outer periphery lower-side bent portion that is bent inward in a radial direction, and a curl end portion that extends from an inner peripheral edge of the outer periphery lower-side bent portion are continuously formed. When a radius of curvature of an outer surface of the outer periphery upper-side bent portion is R5 (mm), a radius of curvature of an outer surface of the outer periphery lower-side bent portion is R6 (mm), and a radius of curvature of an outer surface of the inflection portion is R7 (mm), which is 0.05 to 0.2 mm, R7<R6<R5 is established.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Universal Can CorporationInventors: Takashi Hasegawa, Tomoaki Iimura
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Patent number: 11814222Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compartment system for storing and organizing various items and objects. The compartment system includes an exemplary divider which fits within pre-existing boxes and separates the same into various storage compartments. The divider is generally made of one or more sidewalls, one or more transverse divider walls, and optionally one or more axial divider walls. Methods of forming the exemplary dividers are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: IDEASTREAM CONSUMER PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Youfang Xu, Jensen Tuen, Daniel Perella, Benjamin Hietanen, Ashlee Hietanen, Zhenghong Li, Ziyu Duan
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Patent number: 11807840Abstract: This ultrasonic-wave vibration imparting device is configured so as to be attachable to a container that retains a beverage and that has a spout on an upper part thereof. The ultrasonic-wave vibration imparting device includes: an annular engagement part configured so as to engage with the upper part of the container; and an ultrasonic wave generating unit configured so as to be disposed at a position at which the unit comes into contact with a side surface of the container below the spout, as a result of the engagement between the container and the engagement part.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Kano, Kotaro Kawano, Masaaki Murakami
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Patent number: 11801972Abstract: A console for storing personal items has a tub defining an inner volume onto which tub a windowed spacer guide frame defining at least a first window and a second window is removably installed. A tray is removably held within the first window, and defines at least one slot to hold an electronic device. A self-centering cup holder is removably held within the second window. Optionally, a snack cup is held within the second window, spaced apart from the self-centering cup holder by a spacer guide. The spacer guide has flaps that splay open to cover a greater portion of the second window as desired. Optionally, a cover for the tub forms a tray table surface, with portions of the cover tray slidably extendable away from one another to enlarge the tray table surface when the cover is separated from the tub.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Ebite, Inc.Inventors: Bogdan Balaban, Andrei Alexandru Amarasteanu
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Patent number: 11780633Abstract: A synthetic resin-made container has an outer layer body and an inner layer body separably laminated on an inner surface of the outer layer body and is formed by stretch blow molding, and has: a tubular mouth portion; a shoulder portion located below the mouth portion and increasing in diameter downward; a barrel portion connected to and located below the shoulder portion; and a bottom portion closing a lower end of the barrel portion, wherein the mouth portion has an outside air introduction hole for introducing outside air into a space between the outer layer body and the inner layer body, and the inner layer body is made of a crystalline resin, and has, in at least a part of the mouth portion in the inner layer body, a crystallized region having a higher degree of crystallinity than other regions.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Hosokoshiyama, Yuichi Okuyama, Junichi Chiba
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Patent number: 11772847Abstract: The present invention includes a kit that includes a container with a removable lid that is operable to create a seal around the container, and an internal release mechanism that is operable to sever the bond between the food and the surrounding container so that food items can be easily removed from the container. The release mechanism comprises a bottom member and two opposing side members extending therefrom that are configured to conform to the contours of the container and is operable to dislodge food from the interior surface of the container in a sweeping fashion by rotating the release mechanism within the container. The release mechanism may be fastened to the bottom of the container and optionally may include a lip to aid in scraping food from the container.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Inventor: Darby Jo Matthews
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Patent number: 11730680Abstract: According to a first embodiment, a feeding bottle comprises a vessel, collar, and nipple. The nipple comprises a base portion, a teat portion, an areola portion allowing movement of the teat portion towards and away from the base portion. According to a second embodiment, a feeding bottle comprises a vessel, collar, nipple and handle portion removeably secured to the vessel by the collar. The invention includes a flexible region or regions to provide a more natural feeding by closely mimicking the human breast.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Mayborn (UK) LimitedInventors: Arnold Rees, Ian Webb, Mark Armstrong, Tom Cotton
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Patent number: 11718455Abstract: An example lid assembly can include a lid and a slider. The lid can include a wall defining a recess. The slider can be configured to slide in the recess and can be configured to move between a closed position where the slider covers the opening to aid in preventing spilling of contents of the container, and an opened position where the slider uncovers the opening such that the contents may be poured from the container. The slider can be configured to be removable from the lid and can be replaced back on the lid. Additionally, the slider can be formed from upper and lower sled elements that are magnetically coupled to one another.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLCInventors: Cody Jinkins, Andy Bondhus, Mark Carlson Rane, Dustin Bullock, John Fritz