Patents Examined by Brijesh V Patel
  • Patent number: 11542088
    Abstract: A storage container system for storing items includes a tote, an insulated shell with a lid. The insulated shell is configured for receiving the tote. The insulated shell includes a base and a plurality of side walls and is foldable between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration such that the tote fits inside the insulated shell when the insulated shell is in the expanded configuration. The lid is configured for closing the tote inside the insulated shell when the insulated shell is in the expanded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Otter Products, LLC
    Inventors: Grady E. Barfoot, Joshua R. Cornish, W. Travis Smith, Alan V. Morine
  • Patent number: 11542091
    Abstract: The invention is a shipping container for high watt-hour lithium-ion batteries, the container comprising an interior metal container and an exterior container within which the interior metal container is disposed, the interior metal container containing a free flowing expanded glass granulate having fire extinguishing properties, the interior metal container including a vent member for releasing gas from the interior container in a controlled manner, the vent having a cooperating heat shield in contact therewith to prevent ignition of gas exiting the vent and also suppress the heat associated with the exiting gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: CELLBLOCK FCS, LLC
    Inventors: Dylan Francis Vandemark, Matthew Lloyd Vandemark
  • Patent number: 11535441
    Abstract: A consumer product packaging kit comprising a closure (1), an outer container (2) and an inner container (3) capable of releasably engaging with and inside of the outer container (2), wherein; C) the outer container (2) comprises: a) an open mouth (21) at the top of the outer container (2), b) a shoulder (22), c) a body (23), d) an open base (24) at the bottom of the outer container (2), e) an annular extension (26) longitudinally offset from the open mouth (21), and f) an engagement structure (27); and D) the inner container (3) for containing consumer product comprises: (v) an open top end (31) releasably engaging with the annular extension (26), (vi) a side wall (32), (vii) a closed bottom end (33), and (viii) an engagement coupler (34) cooperating with the engagement structure (27).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Weiqing Chen, Marc Y Phu
  • Patent number: 11535436
    Abstract: A combination of a closing cap (1?) for a container (2) and a neck (201) of the container (2), wherein the cap (1?) comprises a lateral wall (3) extending about an axis (Z) and a transversal wall (4) positioned at an end of the lateral wall (3), a separation line (5?) of the lateral wall (3) defining a retaining ring (301?), configured to remain anchored to the neck (201) and a closing element (302) to open or close the container (2). The retaining ring (301?) comprises a retaining portion (303), configured to engage internally with a locking ring (202) of the neck (201). The retaining ring (301?) comprises a joining portion (305) which allows the retaining ring (301?) to be joined to the closing element (302), a first connecting band and a second connecting band, and a tab positioned between the first connecting band and the second connecting band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA
    Inventors: Vittorio Bassi, Alessandro Falzoni
  • Patent number: 11511509
    Abstract: A connective protective packaging element is provided. The connective protective packaging element may include a protective body in a high-density supply configuration. The protective body may be configurable into a low-density configuration for cushioning packaged products. The body may include an exposed surface in the low-density configuration. The connective protective packaging element may also include a bonding element attached to the exposed surface that operably bonds the exposed surface to an abutting surface by contact with the bonding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC
    Inventor: Thomas D. Wetsch
  • Patent number: 11498724
    Abstract: A system and method for easily operated self-releasing stopper/cork for bottles of compressed liquids. The corks have a gas bladder that is designed to be inserted in a bottle and inflated, the bladder having a ribbed or smooth exterior to complete the sealing of the bottle whereby a gas release mechanism can be activated by depressing a button on a cap or via an on-board micro controller and/or electro-mechanical release solution in the cap. Once the gas is released from the bladder the pressure inside the vessel will collapse the bladder's bottom and eject the cork assembly from the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventor: Michael B. Christian, Sr.
  • Patent number: 11498727
    Abstract: A storage container includes a base having an interior storage volume, a lid, and a latch configured to move between an unsecured position in which the lid is movable from the closed position and a secured position in which the lid is retained in the closed position. The latch is configured to extend through an aperture defined by the lid and the base. The latch includes an extended edge to prevent the latch from passing entirely through the aperture. The latch is captured by the lid and floats within the lid portion of the aperture. The latch also includes a resilient portion configured to engage an opening in the base portion of the aperture to selectively retain the lid and the body in the closed position when the latch is in the secured position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Otter Products, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan H. Guerdrum, Marina Okada, Joseph A. Prizzi, Jason Sagen, Joshua R. Cornish, Peter Goldsmith
  • Patent number: 11485549
    Abstract: A cap includes a cap body including a top plate portion and a skirt portion; a sealing member that is a separate member from the cap body and is provided in the cap body, the sealing member having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the skirt portion; a plurality of locking portions provided in a circumferential direction of the skirt portion, and configured to regulate a movement of the sealing member in a direction away from the top plate portion and support the sealing member; and a plurality of regulating portions provided in the circumferential direction of the skirt portion, protruding inward in a radial direction than an inner peripheral surface of the skirt portion, and configured to regulate a radial movement of the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: DAIWA CAN COMPANY
    Inventors: Eiji Fujishige, Junji Matsumura, Eiji Araki, Kenji Takagi, Takashi Kawada
  • Patent number: 11440710
    Abstract: A self-venting closure assembly includes a closure body having a deck with a peripheral mounting skirt and an annular seal on an underside of the deck adjacent to the peripheral mounting skirt. The closure body further includes a circular valve seat within the center portion of the deck, and a plurality of vent openings circumferentially spaced within the valve seat. An elastomeric umbrella valve is centrally mounted to the deck and has a frustoconical valve flap arranged on an underside of the valve seat. The valve flap cooperates with the vent openings to normally seal the vent openings but permits air to flow into an interior of the closure body when a vacuum is applied to an interior of the container on which the closure is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Slatersville, LLC
    Inventors: James E. Scotton, Patrick J. Brannon
  • Patent number: 11440714
    Abstract: A lockable and moisture-proof pill box has a storing base having at least one compartment for holding pills, at least one lid pivotally mounted on the storing base, and at least one sealing and pushing member. Each of the at least one lid has a sealing ring and a pushing bar integrally formed as a single part. With the at least one sealing and pushing member mounted between the storing base and the at least one lid, the at least one compartment in the storing base can be airtightly sealed by the sealing ring when being closed, so as to prevent the pills in the at least one compartment from being spilt. Moreover, each of the at least one lid can be automatically opened by push of the pushing bar. Thus, a user can take the pills held in the compartment easily and conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: E-Link Plastic & Metal Industrial Co., LTD.
    Inventor: You Lin Wang
  • Patent number: 11434044
    Abstract: A collapsible container, which can be used as a household storage container, a temperature containment vessel (i.e., “ice chest”), or other type of container. The collapsible container is shiftable between a collapsed configuration and an assembled configuration. The container base comprises opposed grooves, each comprising a pivot, wherein one pivot is farther from the interior surface of the base than the opposed pivot. A pair of side panels preferably comprise at least one arm member having an elongated guide formed therein that is rotationally and slidably engaged with respective base pivots to allow the panels to shift between an upright position a horizontal position, in a stacked configuration. The lid preferably comprises at least one passage formed horizontally in the top panel to allow air to flow therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventor: Aaron S. Downie
  • Patent number: 11414247
    Abstract: A container can include a container portion, a cover coupled to the container portion and configured to pivot between a closed position and an open position, and a product platform configured to receive a product. The product platform can be coupled to the container portion and configured to pivot between a first position in which the product platform is received within the container portion and a second position in which the product platform is inclined at least partially out of the container portion. The cover is configured to engage the product platform such that when the cover is pivoted from the closed position to the open position in a first direction, motion of the cover pivots the product platform in a second direction from the first position to the second position such that the product platform is inclined at least partially out of the container portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Philips, James D. Southwell
  • Patent number: 11383901
    Abstract: A pressure relief cap includes a body engageable with a container and rotatable about an axis to couple or decouple the body from the container, a handle is coupled to the body and rotatable about the axis in a loosening direction and an opposite, tightening direction and, a ring member coupled for co-rotation with the handle in the loosening direction. The cap includes relief valve assembly coupled to the body. The ring member and the body include a lost motion region in which the ring member is rotatable relative to the body in the loosening direction. Rotation of the ring member relative to the body in the loosening direction in the lost motion region opens the relief valve assembly. Rotation of the ring member in the loosening direction beyond the lost motion region causes the body to co-rotate with the ring member in the loosening direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Michael Andrew Niver
  • Patent number: 11376359
    Abstract: Packages of sterile needles are described herein. Such packages may include a container, a tray having a plurality of receiving apertures that are sized and shaped to receive a needle hub or a needle shield, a plurality of needles disposed within the plurality of receiving apertures; and a lid being supported by the container. The lid and container form an enclosure for the plurality of needles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Thomas Fraites, Adam Kristopher Brakoniecki
  • Patent number: 11370592
    Abstract: A vacuum freshness preservation container that can be pressed on two sides provided in this application includes a container body and container cove. The container cover has chambers disposed symmetrically, a piston is slidably disposed in each chamber, and each chamber has an air outlet which communicates with an interior of the container body and where a first check valve is disposed. The piston is provided with an air discharge structure that communicates the chamber with an outside when the piston moves toward the first check valve, and the container cover is provided with a linkage mechanism such that the two pistons move in opposite directions. By alternately pressing pistons in two chambers, the chambers always keep in a vacuumizing state, thereby achieving a higher efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Jingding Packaging Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tao Wang, Amy Lee, Guangzhi Luo
  • Patent number: 11370210
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a box for loading a film and a method for loading a film. The box includes: a base provided with a level adjuster and a lower buffer member supported by the level adjuster. The method includes: adjusting the level adjuster such that a levelness of the lower buffer member is within an allowable range; and loading the film on the lower buffer member after adjusting the level adjuster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bin He, Xiangnan Wang, Haitao Yi, Haoyun Luo
  • Patent number: 11370296
    Abstract: A reinforcing element for a liquid container for a motor vehicle, having at least one connecting section for connecting the reinforcing element to the liquid container, the connecting section having at least a first and a second web which are made from a first material and are enclosed at least in sections by a second material, the second material penetrating through openings of the webs, and the first web being at a smaller spacing from a longitudinal axis of the reinforcing element than the second web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Gebert, Frank Quant, Daniel Marx, Harald Lorenz, Andre Van Megern
  • Patent number: 11352191
    Abstract: A packaging for an object and a method of packaging the object are disclosed The packaging comprises a sealable outer box and at least one padded part for insertion into the interior of the outer box. The padded part comprises shaped cushioning parts on its periphery for supporting the padded part on the inside against the side walls of the outer box so as to be secured against displacement. The padded part also includes a recess for the precisely fitting accommodation of the packaged object. Finally, the packaging in accordance with the invention comprises a support insert that, together with the padded part, defines a packaging space for the packaged object within the outer box, wherein the support insert extends at a distance from the side walls of the outer box and forms at least part of a side wall of the packaging space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: Buhl-PaperForm GmbH, Schock GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Buhl, Gerrit Benjamin Schneeweiss
  • Patent number: 11344161
    Abstract: A handle for a container, the container including a peripheral wall that defines an internal area. The handle includes a mount having a locking recess and a body including a pivot arm and a locking arm. The pivot arm is pivotally connected to the mount. When positioned in an operating position, the locking arm is biased toward the locking recess so as to secure the locking arm in place relative to the mount. When positioned in a storage position, the body is rotated about the pivot arm to a location above or in the internal area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Sea to Summit Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Paramjeet Singh
  • Patent number: 11333262
    Abstract: A container (5) comprising a valve (10) with a valve member (12) and a valve seat (14). The container (5) has a retainer for retaining the valve member (12). The valve (10) defines a flowpath between the valve member (12) and the valve seat (14), the flowpath being selectively openable by movement of at least a portion of the valve member (12) away from the valve seat (14) in response to suction. The flowpath does not pass through any aperture within the valve member (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Product4 Limited
    Inventor: Douglas Begg