Patents Examined by Andrew T Kirsch
  • Thermally insulated container
    Patent number: 11192708
    Abstract: A thermally insulated container includes a container main body having a storage section and an opening, a lid body that covers the opening of the container main body, and an inner box stored in the storage section. The lid body has a convex portion arranged along a periphery of the opening of the container main body and protruding toward an inside of the storage section when the lid body covers the opening. The convex portion faces the inner box, with a gap between the convex portion and the inner box when the lid body covers the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kitano, Masahiro Kagimoto, Toshiaki Hirano, Hideji Kawarazaki, Shinya Kojima
  • Lidded container
    Patent number: 11186419
    Abstract: A lidded container, which enables contents to be poured from a specific part, is provided. A closing seal portion joining a lid to a flange portion of a container comprises: a main seal portion having a first end and a second end; and a projecting seal portion having one end and the other end connected to the first end and the second end of the main seal portion and projecting toward the opening of the container. A width of a leading end portion which is a portion of the projecting seal portion, which is closest to a center point of the opening of the container, is smaller than a width of an opposing portion which is a portion of the main seal portion, which intersects with a center line passing through the leading end portion of the projecting seal portion and the center point of the opening of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masako Tsuchida, Takashi Kado, Katsumi Yano
  • Thermoformed plastic container
    Patent number: 11186411
    Abstract: A thermoformed plastic container (1) is disclosed, comprising a secondary recess (4) extending along the full circumference of the container externally to a sealing flange (3) at the top of a side wall (2) of the container, wherein the container is designed in such a way that, when two such containers are stacked on top of each other, the secondary recess of the uppermost of the two containers rests on the lowermost of the two containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: FAERCH A/S
    Inventor: Jørn Galsgaard
  • Modular stackable merchandise trays
    Patent number: 11161644
    Abstract: A stackable merchandise tray is formed in a modular fashion with a rectangular base casing having a selected width and two identical insert units are mounted within the left and right sides of the base casing. The tray has two horizontal U-shaped upstanding mounting tabs located at the top edge of each of its two side panels and four complementary rectangular mounting openings formed adjacent to the lower lateral edges of its bottom panel. A reinforcing tab extend juxtapose to a side of each of the U-shaped upstanding mounting tabs to provide additional strength in resisting external lateral force exert on a plurality of the trays stacked together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Geoffrey Alan Moss
  • Portable storage container
    Patent number: 11161678
    Abstract: A portable storage container includes a body and a lid. The body has a bottom and sides that define an interior storage volume. The lid is attachable to the body for closing the interior storage volume and includes a lid base, a first lid member, and a second lid member. The first lid member is hingeably attached to the lid base on a first side and the second lid member is hingeably attached on a second side. Each of the lid members includes a handle recess and an attached handle. The handle of the first lid member is positioned at least partially in the handle recess of the second lid member and the handle of the second lid member is positioned at least partially in the handle recess of the first lid member when the first lid member opened and the second lid member is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Otter Products, LLC
    Inventors: Grady E. Barfoot, W. Travis Smith, Michael A. Meuse, Todd Eichinger, Joshua R. Cornish
  • Portable cooler
    Patent number: 11161534
    Abstract: A portable cooler includes a first semicylindrical member defining a first aperture in a first side and a second aperture in a second side thereof. A second semicylindrical member is hingedly coupled with the first semicylindrical member. A cradle is removably positioned in the first semicylindrical member. The cradle can rotate with respect to the first semicylindrical member within the space defined by the first semicylindrical member. First and second wheels are rotatably coupled with the first semicylindrical member. First and second axles extend through the wheels and first semicylindrical member and into the cradle. The axles allow independent rotation of the cradle, the first semicylindrical member and the wheels to maintain a substantially horizontal rotational orientation of the cradle with respect to the first semicylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Julius Trnovec
  • Combined capture and fire containment apparatus for portable electronic devices
    Patent number: 11141616
    Abstract: A combined capture and fire containment apparatus. The apparatus includes a telescoping rectangular prism-shaped hollow structure including a rectangular prism-shaped containment box and a rectangular prism-shaped lid portion. The lid portion is attached on opposing sides by telescoping drawer slides to the containment box. A sealing gasket is disposed on a peripheral edge of the prism-shaped lid portion to seal between the lid portion and the containment box. A latch is on an outside side portion of the lid and containment box to latch the lid portion and containment box in the closed position. A gas and fume collection filter in communication with an interior of the containment box is disposed in the lid portion. The lid portion contains a first handle disposed on an end portion of the lid portion. A second handle is disposed on a side portion of the containment box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: HIGHWATER INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Michael E. Gilchrist, George H. Brilmyer, Anthony Chappell, Donald Anthony Coffman, James W. Richardson, Jr.
  • System for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11142061
    Abstract: A system for a motor vehicle, the system including a container having a side made of a plastic material, and a component sealingly attached to the container side. The component has at least one portion provided with microgrooves that form a sealing area between the component and the container side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research
    Inventor: Bjorn Criel
  • Container lid with button release and lock
    Patent number: 11136170
    Abstract: A container lid includes a container top, a lid opening, a closure, a push button, and a lock. The container top may be sized and configured to be attached to a container body. The lid opening may be formed in the container top. The closure may be movably coupled to the container top and may be movable between first and second positions in which the lid opening is, respectively, covered or uncovered. The push button may be configured to selectively retain the closure in the first position, and may be movable between latched and unlatched positions. The lock may be movable between locked and unlocked positions and in the locked position may be configured to inhibit movement of the push button from the latched to the unlatched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Runway Blue, LLC
    Inventors: Paul James Faerber, Jim Allen Colby, John R. Omdahl, II, David O. Meyers, Joseph O. Jacobsen, Steven M Sorensen
  • Thermally insulated shipping container with layered articulating vacuum insulated panels
    Patent number: 11130622
    Abstract: A kit from which a thermally insulated shipping container may be assembled and a thermally insulated shipping container assembled from such a kit. The kit includes an outer shell and four flat stock vacuum insulated panels, each with three articulating sections foldable to form 3-dimensional C-shaped units. The panels are nestable pairs effective for lining a lower portion of the outer shell with a first nested pair and lining an upper portion of the outer shell with a second nested pair so as to form a fully enclosed insulated payload chamber within the outer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Pelican BioThermal, LLC
    Inventor: Kai Goellner
  • Fuel tank made of thermoplastic material
    Patent number: 11130400
    Abstract: Fuel tank made of thermoplastic material comprising baffle components provided therein in the form of at least one baffle element (2) comprising at least one wall portion (4) which is clamped approximately centrally and/or at the end, so that said wall portion may perform relative movements in relation to the tank, caused by splashing movements of the fuel, at least one fastening foot being provided for the clamping, the base thereof being provided with at least one through-hole, through which the fastening foot is riveted and/or welded to the tank wall (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Klaus Esser
  • Pressure vessel having an outlet for fuel collected between a liner and a fiber-reinforced layer
    Patent number: 11124060
    Abstract: A pressure vessel stores fuel. The pressure vessel includes a liner, a fiber-reinforced layer, at least one end piece, and at least one outlet. The fiber-reinforced layer surrounds the liner, at least in some regions. The end piece is covered by the fiber-reinforced layer, at least in some regions. The at least one outlet is used to carry fuel that has collected in a boundary layer between the liner and the fiber-reinforced layer and is to be drained. The outlet surrounds the end piece, at least in some sections. The outlet is arranged and formed in such a way that the fuel to be drained escapes from the boundary layer into the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Pelger, Hans-Ulrich Stahl, Klaus Szoucsek
  • Vacuum release seal for a closure and container package
    Patent number: 11117715
    Abstract: A glass container includes a base, a body extending axially from the base, and a neck finish extending from the body, the neck finish having an axial sealing surface, wherein at least a portion of the axial sealing surface extends both axially downwardly and radially outwardly. Also disclosed is a package including a glass container and a closure assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. Brozell, Brian J. Chisholm, Edward A. Grant
  • Tamper evident container
    Patent number: 11117716
    Abstract: A tamper evident closure includes a first snap, a cover, a tear strip connected to the cover, and a second snap connected to the tear strip. In a closed position, a cavity of the cover is configured to be placed over the first snap, and the second snap is configured to be placed in and engaged with a cavity in the first snap. In a closed position, there is a gap between the first snap and the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Lindar Corp.
    Inventor: Daniel K. Fosse
  • Crate with collapsible wall
    Patent number: 11084625
    Abstract: A crate, such as for transporting egg cartons or other items, includes a base, opposed side walls and a rear wall extending upward from the base. A front wall opposite the rear wall is selectably moveable between a closed position and a retracted, open position. In the retracted position, access to the interior of the crate is provided. In one embodiment, the front wall includes a plurality of pivotably connected sections, such that the front wall can be retracted to provide access to the interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Rehrig Pacific Company
    Inventors: Ryan C. Meers, Justin M. Smyers
  • Thermally insulated transport box and an arrangement in a thermally insulated transport box
    Patent number: 11072482
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermally insulated transport box and an arrangement in a thermally insulated transport box, wherein the box comprises a cover and a box body. The box body side walls, end walls, an opening and a bottom wall. The inner surfaces of the side walls comprise half columns projecting from the side wall, wherein the inner surfaces of the end walls further comprise half columns projecting from the end wall, and the half columns run vertically along the side walls and along the end walls. The box further comprises at least one partition wall comprising notches in its opposing edges, and as the partition wall is positioned to cover at least part of the opening the partition wall is supported by the half columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: 2COOL FINLAND OY
    Inventors: Mikko Aminoff, Janne Naukkarinen, Erkki Lindeberg, Jukka Puustinen
  • Device, sealing member and fluid container
    Patent number: 11071818
    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 is located substantially adjacent to the innermost side of a sealing member when the device is in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Carmel Pharma AB
    Inventor: Hakan Tornqvist
  • Flip-top tube with tamper-evident seal
    Patent number: 11072473
    Abstract: A flip-top tube (1), for example for cream, includes a tubular body (2) having a mouth (22), a cap (18) having a tab (70), and a label film (4) which at least partially wraps the tubular body and covers the tab (70) of the cap (18) to form a tamper-evident seal suitable for indicating the first opening of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: GFL S.A.
    Inventor: Luigi Rossi
  • Modular container assembly
    Patent number: 11072463
    Abstract: A modular container assembly includes a housing having a bottom wall and a perimeter wall attached thereto and extending upwardly therefrom. The perimeter wall includes an open top end and a break therein positioned between the top end and the bottom wall to define an upper section and a lower section of the housing that are removably coupled together along the break. The lower section includes an upper edge defining an access. A lid is removably couplable to the bottom wall such that the lid is positioned exterior of the housing. The lid is engageable with the lower section to close the access. The perimeter wall can also include two breaks therein positioned near the open top end and bottom wall to define a top, middle, and bottom section of the housing. The middle section is removable, and the top section is engageable with the bottom section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Agata Labedzki, Arkadiusz Labedzki
  • Suitable container for children and adults at lying and sitting positions
    Patent number: 11071692
    Abstract: A container comprises a nipple, a cap, a ball, a slide connecting a short tube and a long tube. The ball travels inside the slide. The short tube has a short tube bottom and is used for the lying position. The long tube has a long tube bottom and is used for the sitting position. The slide has a slide bottom. The slide bottom and the short tube bottom are interchangeable. When the ball seals the upper portion of the long tube, opening the short tube for fluid flow at the lying position. When the ball seals the short tube bottom, the short tube is closed opening the long tube for the fluid flow through the long tube at the sitting position. The nipple draws in the fluid from either the short or long tube depending upon the position a user is taking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventor: Khoa Tho Le