Patents Examined by Blaine G Neway
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Patent number: 7874421Abstract: A container comprises two or more connected packs at least one for housing a bundle of smoking articles. The container comprises a first pack having a first wall and a second, hinge-lid pack comprising a box part and a lid connected to the box part along a hinge line extending across a back wall of the second pack, wherein a wall of the lid is affixed to the first wall of the first pack.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventor: Pierre-Alain Bardet
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Patent number: 7798330Abstract: A lockable pill container includes a holder defining at least one compartment having an access opening providing access to a pill holder interior volume. At least one lid is moveable between a covering position and an open position. The lid includes a first locking member that is sized to project into the holder when the respective lid is in the covering position. A second locking member is moveable between a locking position and a release position. The locking position includes a position in which the second locking member engages a first locking member of the at least one lid in the covering position. The release position includes a position in which the second locking member is disengaged from all of the first locking members. The second locking member includes opposite first and second ends. The second locking member is moveable from the locking position to the release position by application of a force against the second end.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2008Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Apothecary Products, Inc.Inventors: Terrance O. Noble, Robert N. Priebe
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Patent number: 7775350Abstract: A bathroom tissue including a tissue roll core substantially cylindrical in shape. The tissue roll core includes a void for receiving a rod of the standard sized bathroom tissue roll dispenser. The tissue roll core may be substantially impermeable to moisture and include an aperture. A dry tissue roll is wound about the tissue roll core. An opening in the wound dry tissue roll extends to the aperture. A wet tissue roll is housed within the tissue roll core, and may be accessed through the opening and aperture. The wet tissue roll may rotate independently of the dry tissue roll. The wet tissue roll may be pre-moistened with any suitable solution including at least one of a saline solution, alcohol, amphoteric surfactants, humectants, thickeners and preservatives. The bathroom tissue roll includes a weight, or the void is off-center, for orientating the bathroom tissue roll such that the opening is accessible.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2008Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Inventor: Matthew Ross Palamountain
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Patent number: 7757854Abstract: A unitary, reusable, deformable protective normally flat body spatially conformable to an object to define a protective carrier including a hollow case or body member defining a continuous, uninterrupted cavity, the cavity being filled with a preferably unitary preformed open-celled bat extending throughout the cavity, the body defining a central portion and opposed side portions contiguous thereto and a pair of opposed end portions defining cavities coextensive with the other cavities, unitary operative valve means for introducing air into and withdrawing air from all cavities, the central and opposed side portions being deformable to wrap around an article and the respective end portions being deformable to fold over the engaged side portions when enclosing an article, the valve means being accessible when the article is fully wrapped with the body member.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2008Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Blueskylab, LLCInventors: James K. Morris, Ricardo Salinas, Mourad Chaouch
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Patent number: 7753200Abstract: In a disk containing body including a containing section (1) for containing a disk (D) formed by mounting a disk main body in a cabinet and a lid section (2) for closing a disk receiving aperture of the containing section (1), the containing section (1) has a rising wall (11) that surrounds at least part of the outer periphery of the disk (D) and rises from the bottom surface of the containing section (1), a pair of anchoring claws (12) projecting from the lateral surface of the rising wall (11) toward each other with the disk (D) interposed between them so as to press the contained disk (D) from the aperture side of the containing section (1) toward the bottom surface thereof and a plurality of supporting projections (13) formed at the opposite sides of the line (A) connecting the pair of anchoring claws (12) and adapted to support the disk (D) at the bottom surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2005Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Teiyu Goto, Takamasa Araki, Nobutoshi Hamada, Hajime Ishihara, Mitsuyuki Tokusashi
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Patent number: 7726482Abstract: The present invention is directed generally to container for reconfigurable products and, in particular, to a display package operable to display a product in multiple configurations. The display package may include product housing portions adapted to slide from a first, adjacent position, where one product portion is positioned adjacent to another product portion, to a second, separated position, where one product portion is spaced from the other product portion. The display package may include a plurality of product housings adapted to rotate with respect to each other along a common axis such that product portions within the product housings may be selectively aligned to form desired configurations of a completed, displayed product.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventor: Brian M. Rice
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Patent number: 7681724Abstract: A multi-compartment housing with a plurality of cavities forms the main part of the housing. The multi-compartment housing has a side portion that has a smooth, continuous surface and a plurality of individual cavities that are perpendicular to a central axis of the multi-compartment housing. The individual cavities have a plurality of plugs capable of being placed in communication with a corresponding individual cavity. The multi-compartment housing also has a sealing bottom that is capable of being secured onto the multi-compartment housing after the plug array has been placed in position and separated from adjacent plugs from the array so as to close off the of the multi-compartment housing and to isolate each plug from adjacent cavities.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2007Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: CSP Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jean-Pierre Giraud, Jacques Michel Marcel Pichot, Mathieu Paul Meugnier
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Patent number: 7673748Abstract: A package for containing and displaying elongate articles includes an elongate receptacle with an open end and a closed end. The receptacle has a sleeve disposed and sized for slidable movement over a portion of the elongate receptacle. The sleeve has an open end portion and a closed end portion that are connected by a hinge.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2007Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Norell, Inc.Inventor: Gregory B. Norell
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Patent number: 7658284Abstract: A socket retaining assembly includes a retaining assembly having a seat, and a retaining post; the retaining post being installed at an upper end of the stopper; an outer periphery of the retaining post being installed with a confining projection and a plurality of trenches; a combination unit including a rotating assembly and a push unit; the stopper serving to confine the rotation range of the combination unit; the rotating assembly has a C ring at a lower end thereof two ends of an opening of the C ring being concaved inwards so as to form with inward projections; an upper side of the C ring being installed with a rectangular protruding block; an interior of the protruding block being formed with a rectangular receiving groove; and the push unit being installed in the receiving groove of the protruding block.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2007Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Inventor: Tsung-Da Lin
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Patent number: 7637371Abstract: Disclosed is a lipstick case used for makeup. According to the lipstick case of the present design, when a user rotates a rotary body (20) or an outer body (10) forming a main body, a guide projection (61) a of a lipstick holder (60) and a guide projection (51) of a lid opening tube (50) are guided respectively to a lipstick holder guide spiral groove (31) and lid opening tube guide spiral groove (32) of a rotary tube (30) pressed in the outer body (10) and at the same time, make a linear motion by a lipstick holder guide hole (41) and a lid opening tube guide hole (42) formed at a guide tube (40), whereby the lid opening tube (50) opens a lid (70).Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2006Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Inventor: Sungil Kang
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Patent number: 7624868Abstract: A holder for a micro-sized medical device, such as a pipette, includes a main body portion having an interior space sized for housing at least one pipette. A reducing insert comprising a sleeve has an open end and a substantially closed end. The sleeve is sized such that the open end is receivable in the main body portion through an open axial end of the main body, and the substantially closed end has an aperture extending therethrough having a diameter sufficient for passage of a pipette therethrough. An end cap is engageable with the open axial end of the main body portion, and is selectively movable between an open position wherein the interior space of the main body communicates via the aperture with an environment exterior of the holder, and a closed position wherein the seal covers the aperture. The components of the holder may be formed integrally or separately.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2006Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: Cook Vascular IncorporatedInventors: Robert Booker, Dustin John Arabia, Benjamin T. Ewing, Christopher Nick Magalich
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Patent number: 7503464Abstract: An integrally formed food plate such as used for picnics or the like and includes integrally attached utensils therewith in combination. The utensils when manually manipulated are easily detached for use. However, the utensils each further include novel pinholes that allow for re-attachment onto the food plate when not in use. Furthermore, the utensils may be standard such as in the form of a spoon, a knife and a fork, or as an alternative the utensils may be in the form of chopsticks. Another option is to include a toothpick that is integrally formed with the food plate yet is also detachable as well.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2005Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Inventor: Paul R. McCain