Patents Examined by Anthony Stashick
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Patent number: 10159627Abstract: The possibility that a child inadvertently unlocks a child-resistant vial by triggering the latch with his teeth is avoided by preventing access to the latch from under the cap. This is achieved by covering all sides of the latch with the exception of the front face thereof intended to be used to trigger the latch while the cap is lifted. Improvement of the humidity barrier in such a vial is achieved by closing the vial container with a cap including a recess that defines inner and outer peripheral walls in the cap. The inner and outer walls together define an annular gap that is configured to complementary receive the peripheral flange of the container. Both the edge of the inner wall of the cap and the inner peripheral wall of the container are provided with sealing rings that are axially distanced when the cap closes the vial container.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: ÉCOLOPHARM INC.Inventor: Sandrine Milante
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Patent number: 10149562Abstract: Stackable drinkware includes a mouth having a mouth diameter and a maximum cavity diameter, wherein the mouth diameter is less than the maximum cavity diameter. The drinkware includes a vessel having a closed bottom and open top, and a chute including an open bottom and open top, wherein the open bottom of the chute is coupled to the open top of the vessel. A sealed vessel or chute pre-filled with fluid may be provided, which may be opened and coupled to a mateable chute or vessel, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: CATA, LLCInventors: Jessica L. Bell, Garet K. Galster
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Patent number: 10150610Abstract: A capsule includes a deformable and/or compressible casing provided with a base wall and a side wall defining a cavity suitable for containing an initial product to be combined with a fluid to make a final product. The deformable base wall is provided with an outlet passage for the outflow and dispensing of the final product, and when the casing is compressed and/or crushed, it changes from an initial configuration to a final configuration. The capsule further includes a closing device inside the cavity, substantially facing and adjacent to the base wall and provided with a closing portion arranged inside the cavity for engaging and closing the outlet passage in the initial configuration of the base wall, and for disengaging and opening the outlet passage, so as to dispense the final product through the outlet passage in the final configuration of the base wall.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2013Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Sarong Societa' per AzioniInventors: Andrea Bartoli, Flavio Traldi, Alberto Bartoli
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Patent number: 10131473Abstract: A dispensing system that includes a bottle, a valve cap, a dosing cap. The bottle includes a side wall having at least a portion that is flexible. The valve cap regulates the dispensing of a flowable product from bottle into the dosing cap. In particular, flowable product may be dispensed from the bottle into the dosing cap when the dispensing system is in an inverted position and while the dosing cap is attached to valve cap. The valve cap and the dosing cap may support the dispensing system in the inverted position.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbHInventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Anne E. Nixon, Whitney Talbot, Glenn William Kaye, Keith Colacioppo, Christopher Crosby Turek, Carson E. Ahlman, Shannon A. Murphy, Adam Warren, Michael Daoust
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Patent number: 10131472Abstract: Provided is a vial rubber stopper using multiple types of rubber to prevent the vial rubber stopper from being scraped and from sticking to a presser plate. The vial rubber stopper includes: a cap portion having a flange; a piercing area formed to have a recess at a top surface of the cap portion and configured to traverse longitudinally the cap portion in an axial direction from the recess to a bottom surface of the cap portion; and a leg portion formed on the bottom surface of the cap portion in a way of extending downward and located outside the piercing area with respect to an axial center of the cap portion. The piercing area is formed of rubber having rubber hardness from 20 to 35, and the top surface other than the recess of the cap portion is formed of rubber having rubber hardness from 58 to 90.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: NIPRO CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Asai, Tadatoshi Uchida, Masanobu Iwasa, Ryouji Komatsu
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Patent number: 10131428Abstract: An inflatable package enclosure for use on an aerial vehicle including an inflatable exterior chamber, a first inner cavity positioned within the inflatable exterior chamber, an inflation valve positioned on the inflatable exterior chamber, and a handle on the inflatable exterior chamber for securing the inflatable package enclosure to the aerial vehicle, wherein when the inflatable exterior chamber is inflated and when a package is positioned in the first inner cavity, inner surfaces of the inflatable exterior chamber conform to outer surfaces of the package to secure the package within the inflatable exterior chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Wing Aviation LLCInventors: Clark Sopper, Adam Woodworth
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Patent number: 10124926Abstract: Methods and systems for shipping original design manufacturer (ODM) boxes. The system includes: a plurality of corner sets, each comprising at least two fiber cushions; a plurality of end cap sets, each comprising two opposing corrugated sleeves; and a graphical guide comprising and end cap selector and a corner selector. The graphical guide is configured to allow a user to: compare an ODM box to the end cap selector to thereby select one of the plurality of end cap sets; and compare the ODM box to the corner selector to thereby select one of the plurality of end corner sets. Each sleeve comprises a plurality of height score lines, a plurality of width score lines, and a support feature to stabilize the sleeve during folding.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Footprint International, LLCInventors: Yoke Dou Chung, Brandon Michael Moore, Yiyun Zhang
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Patent number: 10117487Abstract: A protective encasement for an electronic device includes members that clasp together and a dispensed seal disposed on an inside surface of one of the members to form a watertight barrier between the member and a surface of the installed electronic device. The dispensed seal may comprise an elastomeric material dispensed on and adhered to the inside surface of the encasement. A first overlap region of the dispensed seal may overlap a second overlap region of the dispensed seal at an overlap point to form a closed loop. The closed loop may have a substantially uniform thickness to form the watertight barrier. The first and second overlap regions may each have reduced thicknesses that are less than the uniform thickness, but a combined thickness of the overlap regions at the overlap point substantially equals the uniform thickness to complete the closed loop of the seal.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Otter Products, LLCInventors: Tofigh J. Khodapanah, Minna L. Ranjeva
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Patent number: 10111444Abstract: A meat grinding reclamation system is disclosed herein. The system uses a first meat grinder coaxially coupled to a second meat grinder. The first meat grinder separates meat from undesired material such as gristle, hard fat, connective tissue, sinew, and bone. Most of the meat is ground, while the undesired material is remixed into a small portion of the meat and is moved from the first grinder into the second grinder. The second grinder separates remaining meat and carrier meat from the undesired material, grinding the reclaimed meat and moving it into a bin with the originally separated meat. The waste material is moved to a waste bin. Pressurized air may be used to prevent the waste material from becoming clogged in the system.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2013Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: ROME, LTDInventors: Philip Charles Alexander Metcalf, Charles Arthur William Metcalf
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Patent number: 10112758Abstract: A product packaging may include a solid product block for a dispenser system comprises a solid product block having a top, sides, and a bottom, a handle attached to the top of the solid product block, and a water-soluble foil enclosing the solid product block or the handle. Thus, a safe handling of the solid product block when loading or unloading the substance from a dispenser is enhanced without the risk of a person handling the substance getting into direct contact with the substance.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventor: Sarah Beyer
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Patent number: 10104991Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Inventor: Kurt Reichel
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Patent number: 10106301Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flexible container. In an embodiment, the flexible container includes (A) four panels adjoined along a common peripheral seal. The common peripheral seal is composed of a first side seal, an opposing second side seal, a top seal, and an opposing bottom seal. The four seals form a chamber. (B) Each panel includes a bottom face, and the four bottom faces are sealed together to define a bottom section. The flexible container includes (C) an upper spout seal extending from the first side seal to the second side seal. The flexible container also includes (D) a lower spout seal. (E) The upper spout seal and the lower spout seal each include a respective spout seal segment and a respective chamber seal segment. (F) The chamber seal segments define a sealed chamber top. (G) The lower spout seal segment is reciprocally aligned with the upper spout seal segment to form a spout. The spout extends from the sealed chamber top to the second side seal.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Peter J. Schulz, Lamy J. Chopin, III, Michelle L. Boven, Jeffrey E. Bonekamp
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Patent number: 10104910Abstract: The present invention relates to a package for smoking articles comprising a container portion (2) and a lid (3) hingedly connected to the container portion (2) about a hinge line (5). The container portion (2) has an inner frame (19) and an outer frame (18). The lid (3) includes an end portion (15) and a lid wall (12) extending from the end portion (15) that overlaps a container wall (6) of the container portion (2) when closed, the container wall (6) having a locking element (27) that locates over a corresponding locking part (35) on the lid wall (12) and a recess (24) formed in the inner frame (19) extending from an upper edge (20) of the inner frame (19). In one embodiment, a lower edge (25) of the recess (24) is spaced further from the upper edge (20) of the container wall (6) than the locking element (27). In another embodiment, the recess (24) extends into the second container wall (8).Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2012Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITEDInventor: Steven Holford
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Patent number: 10099224Abstract: A material reducing machine includes a rotor assembly having a plurality of short cutting tools and a plurality of long cutting tools. The short cutting tools are arranged in rows which extend across the length of the rotor assembly, which rows are spaced around the periphery of the rotor assembly. Each of the short cutting tools has a cutting bit with a leading edge that is spaced outwardly from the periphery of the rotor assembly by a short cutter distance. The long cutting tools are also arranged in rows which extend across the length of the rotor assembly, which rows are spaced around the periphery of the rotor assembly. Each of the long cutting tools has a cutting bit with a leading edge that is spaced outwardly from the periphery of the rotor assembly by a long cutter distance that is greater than the short cutter distance of each of the short cutting tools. A breaker assembly includes a plurality of shear blocks, each of which is spaced so as to be aligned with a short cutting tool.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Astec Industries, Inc.Inventors: Arnold Neil Peterson, Glenn Ford Bittrolf, Bradly Michael Deuerling
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Patent number: 10099831Abstract: What is disclosed is a storage and transport system for storage and transport objects such as jewelry or any other objects to be stored or carried. In a preferred embodiment, the carrier is a roll having a series of interchangeable attachments. In a further preferred embodiment, the interchangeable attachments are capable of being layered. The system further discloses a system in which attachments are interchangeable between various items or articles.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2012Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Inventor: LaRece Egli
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Patent number: 10103768Abstract: A casing comprising a flip cover, configured to encase at least a part of a mobile device having a camera, the flip cover comprising an optical filter located to enable image capturing by the camera through the optical filter.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jussi Virolainen, Juha Ollikainen, Erkki Mikkonen
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Patent number: 10098480Abstract: A non-slip jewelry holder having a first and second layer of a non-slip material located adjacent to each other, wherein the first layer includes a plurality of slits located along the first layer; at least one set of adjustable prongs located between the first and second layers, wherein the set of adjustable prongs includes two prongs located a distance from each other, wherein each of the two prongs include a prong retainer, a prong edge operatively connected to the prong retainer, a prong extension having a first end and a second end such that the first end of the prong extension is operatively connected to the prong edge and a prong slot such that the second end of the prong extension is operatively connected to the prong slot; and a jeweler holder fastener to retain the non-slip jewelry holder in a rolled-up form.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Inventor: Michela N. DeLuca
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Patent number: 10099845Abstract: The invention relates to a hinged lid package (1) for elongate articles (21), a blank and a method for manufacturing the package (1). The package (1) comprises a body (2) having a rear wall (8), a bottom wall and two side walls (6, 15), the package (1) further comprising a lid (3) which is hinged to the body (2) by a first hinge (10), the lid (3) and the body (2) being coupled such that the body (2) can rest on the lid (3) in the open end position of the lid (3) and the lid (3) remains open, wherein the package (1) further comprises a second hinge (11) inside the rear wall (8) of the body (2).Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: REEMTSMA CIGARETTENFABRIKEN GMBHInventor: Jörg Knudsen
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Patent number: 10093444Abstract: Provided is a blow molded container including a bottom, four sidewalls extending upward from the bottom to a shoulder region, a neck disposed on the shoulder region and defining an opening at the top of the container, and vertical ribs extending from the shoulder region to the bottom along the sidewalls. The shoulder region includes shoulder ribs and a shoulder base portion, the shoulder ribs formed of should rib walls extending upward from the shoulder base portion and a shoulder rib top portion extending between shoulder rib walls to form an upper part of the shoulder ribs. Each shoulder rib extends from the neck to an upper part of a corresponding vertical rib to provide improved top load resistance at the top and neck of the container.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Ring Container Technologies, LLCInventors: Carl Ring, Brian Smith, Dan Futral, Doug Dygert
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Patent number: 10093377Abstract: A protective case for a handheld electronic device is provided. The protective case can include a removable mounting system comprised of an interlocking member and a plurality of mounting bases. The protective case may further include a non-slip member to prevent the device from slipping on a surface and a magnet for attaching the device to a magnetic surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: ROKFORM IP LLCInventors: Jeff Whitten, Bernhard Leitner, Craig Erion