Patents Examined by Anthony D. Stashick
  • Patent number: 11649087
    Abstract: Disclosed are rigid multi-compartment recloseable packages. A package may comprise a rigid tray comprising a product surface to hold food products. The tray may comprise a raised lip along a perimeter of the product surface to laterally secure the food products thereon. The tray may have a tray skirt horizontally extending outward from a top edge of the lip, and dividing features upwardly extending from the product surface to form distinct compartments on the product surface for receiving the food products therein. Furthermore, such an exemplary package also comprises a recloseable rigid lid having an upper surface substantially coextensive with the product surface, and at least one sidewall downwardly extending from the upper surface. The lid may also comprise a lid skirt horizontally extending outward from a bottom edge of the at least one sidewall, where the lid skirt is coextensive and complimentary in shape with the tray skirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: The Quaker Oats Company
    Inventors: Paola Appendini, David Block, Paulette Bluhm-Sauriol, Ryan Boudreaux, Peter Brian Clarke, Rebecca Eley, Geoffrey Gibbins, Eric Thomas Henderson, James J. Maki, Jorge W. Maldonado, Donald E. McCumber, Megan Sklanka, James Troy Starkey
  • Patent number: 11649093
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tamper-evident closure, comprising the steps of: forming a body having a base and a lid; and inserting a dispensing member and a tamper-evident member into the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Claude Benoit-Gonin, Jean-Yves Rognard
  • Patent number: 11643263
    Abstract: A packaged product unit including a package with an inner cavity having a pocket portion containing a product and communicating with an elongated portion in which a straw is housed. The straw has a proximal end which leads into the pocket portion and a distal end which is closed by a cap portion of the package. An outer wall of the straw is welded perimetrically to the package in a proximal sealing area at the proximal end of the straw to prevent leakage of the product from the pocket portion along an outer surface of the straw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: UNIFILL S.R.L.
    Inventor: Moreno Monti
  • Patent number: 11634247
    Abstract: A bottle includes a bottom portion which includes a bottom wall portion with a grounding portion located at an outer circumferential edge thereof, and a tubular heel portion extending upward from an outer circumferential edge of the grounding portion, in which the bottom wall portion includes an inner circumferential wall portion extending upward from an inner circumferential edge of the grounding portion, and a recessed wall portion extending inward in a radial direction from an upper end of the inner circumferential wall portion, a plurality of concave portions or a plurality of convex portions are formed on the inner circumferential wall portion over the entire circumference, and the plurality of concave portions or the plurality of convex portions are located at a portion in the inner circumferential wall portion including at least a lower end edge of the inner circumferential wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadayori Nakayama, Takanori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11618603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass bottle neck suitable for the automatic production of bottles by means of a molding process for molding part of the neck of the bottle and subsequent blowing of the rest of the bottle, provided with an annular collar (20) for removing the bottle from the mold, wherein the neck consists of a collar segment (A) provided with an annular collar (20), a transition segment (B) provided with an annular outer recess (30), and a wide segment (C) with an outer wall face (11) flush with the outer collar face (21) and with an internal conduit (12) having a diameter that is larger than the internal conduit (12) of the collar segment (A), with the annular outer recess (30) being recessed with respect to the outer collar face (21) and with respect to the outer wall face (11) of the wide segment (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventor: Jokin Arregui Letamendi
  • Patent number: 11613401
    Abstract: An apparatus for housing botanicals during transport is disclosed. The apparatus may be configured to convert to a display assembly for the botanicals. The apparatus may include: a covering component having a primary opening on one end and a permeable structure on a second end; a sleeve component having a support structure on one end and a receiving opening on a second end, the sleeve component being configured to be partially inserted into the covering component; a holding component having a secondary opening at one end and a water-tight chamber wall at the other end, the holding component being configured to be partially inserted into the sleeve component, such that the secondary opening is positioned within the sleeve component; in order facilitate converting the apparatus into a display assembly, the covering component is removed from the sleeve component and the holding component is inserted into the covering component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Monica Llorente
  • Patent number: 11613397
    Abstract: A glass container includes a sidewall circumscribing a central longitudinal axis, and including a neck finish, which includes a wall having a radially inner surface and a radially outer surface and a rim extending from the wall. The rim has a sealing lip, an outward lip, and a retention lip extending between the outward lip and the radially outer surface of the wall. A ratio of a radial thickness of the rim at a major outer diameter of the outward lip of the rim to a radial thickness of the neck finish wall below the rim and between the radially inner and outer surfaces is between 1.9:1 and 2.2:1. A package includes the glass container and a ring pull cap closure coupled to the rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Donald P Delagrange, Raul M. Paredes
  • Patent number: 11597558
    Abstract: A container may have a base, a sidewall connected to the base, a bell connected to the sidewall, and a finish connected to the bell. The base may have strap ribs to resist deformation of the base. The sidewall may have recessed columns to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, and/or stretching. The strap ribs and recessed columns may vertically line up along a central axis of the container to communicate forces on the container vertically along the container to continuously resist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Niagara Bottling, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Clarke Hanan, Jochen Frosthövel, Alexander Schau
  • Patent number: 11596250
    Abstract: A modular storage system includes a number of receptacles and lids with different sizes and features that are interchangeably coupleable to each other in a stacking arrangement. A first lid has slits to provide access to a receptacle and a second lid has a suction cup and is structured to be interchangeably coupleable to the receptacle and the first lid. A user can remove the second lid from the top of the first lid and secure the second lid to the bottom of the receptacle with the suction cup secured to an external surface. A third lid includes an opening covered by a deflectable membrane. The membrane prevents liquid from spilling from the opening if the receptacle is knocked over. A straw can be inserted through the membrane and opening to provide further functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MorePeas LLC
    Inventors: Allison Jane Fadden, Jessica Lyne Severt, Adam Abraham Jossem
  • Patent number: 11590838
    Abstract: A fuel cap for a vehicle has a locking structure configured to generate a sound interval, including a head portion having a handle formed at a first side and one or more striking portions installed at a second side, and a body portion integrally assembled with the head portion and having a plurality of sound generators installed at the body portion and disposed in a state of being struck by the one or more striking portions installed at the second side of the head portion according to a rotation of the head portion by a locking torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seung-Hoon Choi, June-Young Park, Tae-Yoon Lee, Jun-Sik Lim, Sung-Won Lee, Raghavendar Peddi
  • Patent number: 11584565
    Abstract: The collapsible container is constructed from semi-rigid to rigid wall panels, such as eight panels, that are held together by fasteners that allow the wall panels to be folded in multiple manners while remaining attached. When in use, the eight panels form side walls, a front wall, a rear wall, and a bottom floor of a basket or container that are attached and rigid. The rigid walls and floor of the container secures, holds, and supports items within the container. When fully opened and ready for use, the bottom panels of the floor are connected to the side wall panels by at least one rigid hook shaped fastener, including two fasteners. When fully collapsed, the eight rigid panels fold so that all eight panels are stacked immediately upon one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventor: Hugh Mills Jarratt
  • Patent number: 11577907
    Abstract: Protective covers for rotors are disclosed. The protective covers may include a first liner portion contacting and covering a first portion of the rotor, and a second liner portion positioned adjacent and at least partially aligned circumferentially with the first liner portion. The second liner portion may contact and cover a second portion of the rotor. The protective covers may also include an outer casing covering the first liner portion and the second liner portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brian Patrick Senkiw, Michael Ericson Friedman, Bryan Edward Williams
  • Patent number: 11572221
    Abstract: A lid of molded plastic construction, includes a lid body and a cap attached to the lid body by a tether. The tether is substantially continuous with an adjacent peripheral edge of the lid body, with a tear zone between the tether and the adjacent peripheral edge of the lid body formed during molding of the lid. The tear zone is disruptable by application of a tearing pressure to free the tether from the peripheral edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: DEROYAL INDUSTRIES, INC
    Inventors: Walter C. Cowart, Randall Harris
  • Patent number: 11572228
    Abstract: A foldable container comprises a base and two pairs of side plates. The side plates are mounted on the base by means of a hinge mechanism in manner of being foldable relative to the base. The hinge mechanism is provided with an elastic reset structure, thereby the hinge structure on the side plates moves downwards synchronously in the courses that the side plates overturn from a folding state to an upright state. The hinge structure solves the problem of delay in the falling of a hinge in the prior art, is well adapted to the operation habits of various users, and is simple in structure and skillful in the concept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI HONGYAN RETURNABLE TRANSIT PACKAGINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuanli Jian, Kai Gong
  • Patent number: 11565857
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing nozzle includes a liquid dispensing opening and a removable cap configured to cover the liquid dispensing opening. The removable cap includes an outer casing and an inner casing that are coaxial and configured to move relative to each other in an axial direction of the nozzle between an unscrewing configuration wherein a pressing force applied to the removable cap is greater than a predetermined threshold, and a safety configuration wherein a pressing force applied to the cap is lower than the predetermined threshold, wherein the outer casing is configured to freewheel relative the inner casing in the first direction. A rotation of the outer casing in a first direction drives by friction a rotation of the inner casing in the same first direction to unscrew the cap, wherein the pressing force is different from a force required to rotate the cap in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventor: Gaëtan Painchaud
  • Patent number: 11548720
    Abstract: A package comprising a plurality of disposable absorbent articles contained in an outer wrap is disclosed. The outer wrap is formed of a film having a thickness and has a path of scoring that partially but not completely penetrates the thickness, and defines a path of weakness in the film along which tear propagation is facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Laveeta Joseph, William Winfield Cheeseman
  • Patent number: 11547519
    Abstract: An instrument tray is configured for use with surgical and/or other invasive or non-invasive medical procedures, such as in operating rooms or ICU rooms within a hospital, for example. The tray facilitates a safe transfer of instruments between a procedural team and performing the procedure. In an embodiment the surgical tray may be attached directly to the patient and/or patient's drapes so that the tray may rest upon the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Connected Rock, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Baradarian, Stephen Anthony Tunnell
  • Patent number: 11535445
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention are directed toward a folded carton (90) for holding a roll (R) of film web (F) such as catering foil and the like, having an integral feature (S1. S2) to assist with retention of the roll (R) of film web (F), to mitigate against the roll undesirably, inadvertently, falling out of the folding carton (90) during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: WestRock Shared Services, LLC
    Inventor: Jesus A. Padilla
  • Patent number: 11535432
    Abstract: Child resistant packaging for storing medicine or medicinal compositions that frustrates or prevents a child's attempts to access the contents while permitting an adult to easily open the packaging through a series of movements or steps in coordination or combination to readily access the contents. The child resistant packaging includes a housing component and an insert component that is configured to slideably interact with an interior space of the housing component between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: JohnsByrne Company
    Inventors: Michael Drosos, John Cunningham
  • Patent number: 11535425
    Abstract: A cooler is provided which has various improvements. The cooler may be a passive cooler or may be actively cooled for providing desirable cooling effects. The cooler may include an accessory system, for example, with bottle or can holders or a post holder which utilizes the weight of the cooler to support a sunshade. The accessory system may be positioned in various locations of the cooler, one location being in a recess which is utilized to open the cooler lid. The smart cooler may also comprise a cushion assembly which may be placed on an upper surface of the lid and may have straps to retain the cushion on the lid. The lid may be formed to accept and retain a cushion retaining feature so that the cushion does not excessively move from the top surface of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Dometic Sweden AB
    Inventors: Joakim Ahlström, Samuele Meda