Patents Examined by Anthony D. Stashick
  • Child-resistant container assembly
    Patent number: 11365022
    Abstract: A container assembly includes an outer sleeve, a slide-out tray and a pop-up carton. The first and second sides of the outer sleeve have at least a double thickness adjacent to first and second outer sleeve apertures formed therein. The slide-out tray includes a first side with a minor first side flap folded thereon and a second side with a minor second side flap folded thereon. The slide-out tray is received in the outer sleeve. The pop-up carton is attached to the slide-out tray and located within the slide-out tray in a first position. The slide-out tray initially moves with respect to the outer sleeve by contacting the first and second side flaps via respective first and second outer sleeve apertures and the slide-out tray via a third outer sleeve aperture. The pop-up carton is moved within the slide-out tray to a position extending from the slide-out tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: RIPA, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Altman, Hector Lemos
  • Valve arrangement for pressurised tank in a closure device
    Patent number: 11365036
    Abstract: A closure assembly for a container comprising a pressurised tank and a plug member, the pressurised tank has an interior volume and a cylindrical wall including an annular boss member at its open end. The plug member has an annular channel arranged at a first side of the plug member adapted to sealingly engage with the boss member. The channel has at least one orifice extending from the floor or outer side wall of the channel to a nozzle at the second side of the plug member. The orifice is sealed from the interior volume of the tank when the channel is sealingly engaged with the boss member in a first position, but is in fluid communication with the interior volume of the tank when at least part of the channel is no longer engaged with the boss member in a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Gizmo Packaging Limited
    Inventor: Jordan Maguire
  • Integrated fuel tank assembly
    Patent number: 11364793
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated fuel tank assembly, and a process of manufacturing the same, for use in commercial vehicles, and more particularly, to an integrated fuel tank assembly that allows multiple components to be manufactured as a single integral structure, such as a single extruded device including a draw tube, a return tube, a fuel sender device, and a vent, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventor: Daniel Ray Enyeart
  • Surgical instrument delivery systems and related methods
    Patent number: 11357591
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a sterilization mat is provided that is configured to receive non-sterile surgical instruments, rolled to a rolled configuration, and sterilized while in the rolled configuration. In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, a specialized surgical supply kit includes a package that retains surgical supplies having at least one surgical supply identified as a preferred surgical supply by the hospital or surgeon that is to perform the surgery. The surgical supplies are further arranged in a spatial arrangement based on the surgeon who is to perform the surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Woodward Brown, Rene Haag, Mary Schafer
  • Resealable can lid
    Patent number: 11358750
    Abstract: The invention relates to a can lid of a conventional design, in particular intended for beverage cans, whose special feature comprises the fact that a substantially ring-shaped molded plastic part is fastened to the lower side of the lid surface surrounding the opening region to form an opening that is sealingly reclosable, in that a plastic stopper part is fixedly connected to the lower side of the tongue tab that is upwardly pivotable during the opening procedure and sealingly engages into the molded part, and in that the peripheral contour of the tongue tab is preferably disposed in the region of the molded part at a predefinable spacing from the stopper part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: Gregor Anton Piech
  • Contact lens blister pack label and method for adjoining blister packs
    Patent number: 11358770
    Abstract: Contact lens packaging (2) includes two or more individual, sealed blister packs (1) coupled together by a connecting label (5), which includes a uni-axial shear polymer film (6). The connecting label (5) is arranged and oriented such that the tear direction of the polymer film (6) is parallel to a line (A) bisecting adjacent blister packs (1). Methods of binding together two or more blister packs (1) are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Robert Davis
  • Composite package
    Patent number: 11358769
    Abstract: A composite package (100) comprises a plurality of primary packages (102) which are gathered into at least one secondary package (106) that comprises an envelope (104) about at least some of said primary packages (102), and a handle (108), and is characterized in that the handle (108) is mobile between a retracted first position substantially enclosed within said composite package (100), and an extracted second position projecting at least partially from said composite package (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Cerveny, Ben Xie
  • Assisted eating aid
    Patent number: 11350777
    Abstract: An assisted eating aid for use with an eating utensil constructed to carry food portions is disclosed as a serving vessel body having a bottom surface and an opposing upper surface with a centrally disposed food receiving region, an outermost perimeter, and a plurality of flanges projecting upwardly from the upper surface of the serving vessel body to divide the centrally disposed food receiving region from an outermost food receiving region where at least two of the flanges are spaced apart with each flange having an interior facing scoop surface and exterior facing scoop surface constructed to shove food portions pushed thereagainst onto the eating utensil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventor: Kurt Reichel
  • Vial with lid attachment mechanism
    Patent number: 11352177
    Abstract: A re-sealable container is disclosed having a lid, a body, an attachment mechanism, and a seal. The seal may extend from, or be attached to, the lid and engage at least a portion of the body, such as the side wall, including the body sealing surface and/or the lip. The engagement of the seal and body creates a seal that prevents the ingress of moisture and ambient conditions into an interior space of the body. The attachment mechanism may retain the lid in a seated, closed position on the body. The configuration of the seal and attachment mechanism accommodate a degree of error in the joining and placement of the lid and body while allowing for both the formation of a seal between the lid and body and the locking of the lid when the lid is in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: John Belfance, Ronald Supranowicz
  • Multi-layer multi-compartment cosmetic and personal items container for holding both flat and tall items
    Patent number: 11344090
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-compartment cosmetic and personal item container with multiple layers which are stacked on top of each other, with the ability to hold vertical tall items and horizontal flat items at the same time. Vertical tall cosmetic and personal items like lipstick, eye-shadow, eye-liner, makeup brush, perfume, nail polish, nail file, nail cutter, deodorant, lotion, etc. are contained in multiple vertical sub-compartments that form one compartment layer, with each sub-compartment holding one vertical tall item. This layer with multiple vertical sub-compartments can be stacked onto single container layers each holding one horizontal flat cosmetic or personal item like powder, rouge, foundation, sponge, cream, etc. One or more horizontal flat compartments can be stuck or screwed onto the top or the bottom of the compartment layer with plurality of vertical tall sub-compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventor: Hassan Sobhi Hamze
  • Transport container
    Patent number: 11345539
    Abstract: Container adapted for cargo or personnel transport, the container being substantially prismatic, cylindrical or cubic in shape, wherein the container comprises: an internal surface and an external surface, a rigid frame, which defines a plurality of container faces, wherein the confluence of two or more of said container faces define edge portions being substantially chamfered, and one or more shock absorbing corner protectors adapted for being mounted on the edge portions, characterized in that the edge portions of the rigid frame comprise one or more beams arranged substantially in parallel to the direction of the confluence of two container faces, and the inner face of the corner protectors comprise at least a flange adapted for fitting in the one or more beams of the edge portions, such that the corner protectors substantially protrude from the external surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: REFLEX MARINE LTD
    Inventor: Philip Anton Strong
  • Jar device
    Patent number: 11337455
    Abstract: A jar device convertible into various configurations utilizing a container having a pair of threaded surfaces. A hollow body includes a wall that is capable of overlying the container and also includes a pair of threaded surfaces. The container threaded surfaces and hollow body threaded surfaces are capable of threadingly engaging one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventor: Jonathan Heiniemi
  • Liner for beverage and food vessels
    Patent number: 11332304
    Abstract: A liner for use with a fluid dispensing vessel. The liner includes a flexible pouch defining an interior region and configured to be placed in a fluid dispensing vessel. The pouch includes a top end that is partially sealed and that includes a first opening. The pouch includes a fluid passageway defined by at least two sealed boundaries and that leads from the opening to the interior region. The pouch includes a bottom end that includes a second opening. The liner includes a fluid dispensing fitment connected to the pouch and configured to be in fluid communication with interior region via the second opening. When fluid is poured into the interior region of the pouch through the opening, it can be dispensed from the pouch through the fitment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: CORPLEX PLASTICS UK LTD
    Inventors: Paul N. Georgelos, Kosmas Kasimatis
  • Resealable moisture tight container assembly for strips and the like having a lip snap seal
    Patent number: 11332298
    Abstract: A substantially moisture tight container and lid assembly for storing and packaging moisture-sensitive items comprising an assembly with a container and a lid, the lid is attached by a hinge to an upper housing portion of the container, the lid includes a lip seal member that depends downwardly from the lid, the lip seal member is configured to abut at least a portion of the interior side of the container when the lid is in the closed position resulting in a substantially moisture tight seal between the lid and the lid, and the container assembly further comprising a base portion and an upper housing portion, the upper housing portion is capable of being snap-fit into the base portion by employing a lip seal mechanism to form a substantially moisture-tight seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: CSP Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Giraud
  • Apparatus and method for separation of air from fluids
    Patent number: 11332277
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for separation of air from fluids, whereby a contractable partition, a throat seal, and air vents are provided, which allow an inside portion behind the contractable partition to expand into or contract from an outside portion, increasing or decreasing the side of the inside portion to accommodate changing volumes of beverage, thereby preventing the entry of contaminating air and slowing the loss of carbonation of the remaining beverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventor: Gameel Gabriel
  • Device for aerating a beverage
    Patent number: 11319117
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for aerating a beverage, such a wine, whilst being poured from a bottle. The present invention also relates to a bottle including a device and a method of bottling a beverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: ORORA PACKAGING AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
    Inventors: Mike Spyropoulos, Niall Dudman, Michael Draper, Matthew Weichard, Andrew Bousejean
  • Liquid dispensing nozzle and device comprising a cap
    Patent number: 11319121
    Abstract: The invention concerns a liquid dispensing nozzle (10) comprising: a liquid dispensing opening (22), a removable cap (16) intended to cover the opening (22) when it is mounted on the nozzle (10), the cap (16) comprising an outer casing (42) and an inner casing (44) that are coaxial, mounted so as to be able to move relative to each other in an axial direction (A) of the nozzle (10) between: a configuration prior to first use, referred to as the storage configuration; an unscrewing configuration of the cap (16); a safety configuration when a pressing force applied to the cap (16) is weaker than the predetermined threshold or when no force is applied to the cap (16). The invention also concerns a liquid dispensing device (100) comprising such a nozzle (10) mounted on a container (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventor: Gaëtan Painchaud
  • Closure
    Patent number: 11312543
    Abstract: A snap-on/twist off closure (22), a package comprising the closure, e.g., a bottle in combination with the closure is disclosed. The closure includes an upper wall defining an opening and a cylindrical snap on pipe (30) depending from the upper wall. The pipe includes threads designed to mate with external threads on a neck of the bottle. The threads on the pipe and threads on the neck of the bottle pass over each other when the closure is snapped onto the bottle during manufacture. The pipe includes a resistance recess (42) and a guidance recess (70). A bottom rim of the pipe, the resistance recess and the guidance recess are in contact with a forcing element (50) on a shoulder of the bottle and guide the closure into positions permitting unscrewing of the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Slavica Cesare, Gregory Lalier
  • False eyelash packaging
    Patent number: 11312556
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a packaging for at least one false eyelash. In one embodiment, the packaging for the at least one false eyelash comprises a tray comprising one or more openings and at least one adhesive tab comprising an adhesive side coupled to a bottom side of the tray, wherein the adhesive side sticks to the at least one false eyelash via the one or more openings in the tray, wherein the at least one adhesive tab comprises a non-adhesive member that is used to pull the adhesive side away from the bottom side of the tray to release the at least one false eyelash from the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Kiss Nail Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyu Sang Han, Siyong Sung
  • Drink protector
    Patent number: 11311124
    Abstract: Within the scope of the present invention is a drink protector that prevents adulteration of the contents within a beverage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventor: Vicky M. Rayfield