Patents Examined by Brijesh V Patel
  • Patent number: 11180289
    Abstract: Provided is a resin container lid in which a trouble such as a crack is prevented while maintaining easiness in opening even under a refrigerating or freezing environment, the resin container lid configured to be fitted to and detached from a resin container, the resin container lid including a flange part configured to be fitted to a container, the flange part being formed at a peripheral edge of the resin container lid, and an opening tab for detachment from the container, the opening tab projecting into an outer periphery from the flange part, with the tab having a flexural strength of 50 to 80 N under an environment of ?30° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisaaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11180294
    Abstract: A container with a security lock is provided. The container has a top unit and a bottom unit. The bottom unit may have a first side and a second side wherein the first side and the second side each have a compressible tab. The top unit may have a first opening and a second opening wherein the first opening and the second opening receive a portion of the compression tabs when the top unit is locked to the bottom unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LK TIN PACKAGING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jing Lei
  • Patent number: 11180311
    Abstract: A package for valuable products includes a support base having a supporting surface for a product to be supported; a hollow body that has an open portion for inserting the product. The hollow body is engageable to the support base along a relative movement direction perpendicular to the supporting surface. The package includes an opening mechanism between the support base and the hollow body and switchable between a closing condition, wherein the hollow body contacts the support base or is placed close to the latter, and an opening condition, wherein the hollow body is spaced from the support base to allow access to the product resting on the latter. The switching of the opening mechanism between the closing and opening conditions is operated by actuating a control element along a control direction transverse to the relative movement direction between the hollow body and the support base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: PUSTERLA 1880 S.P.A.
    Inventor: Roberto Marini
  • Patent number: 11179007
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vacuum compartment structure for a cup lid and a manufacturing method thereof. The vacuum compartment structure for a cup lid includes a stainless steel cylinder body and a compartment upper cover. The compartment upper cover is covered on the cylinder body and has an inwardly recessed shape, and the compartment upper cover and the cylinder body are fixedly connected and sealed by laser welding. The compartment upper cover and the cylinder body form a vacuum chamber, which has a getter therein. The compartment upper cover is arranged with a plastic upper cover layer, an outer surface of the cylinder body is wrapped with a plastic lower cover layer, and the plastic upper cover layer is combined with the plastic lower cover layer to fasten and wrap the compartment upper cover and the cylinder body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Shenzhen Zhongmin Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yitong Lin, Junwei Zhao
  • Patent number: 11155397
    Abstract: Embodiments of a multi-compartment beverage bottle system and methods of manufacturing the system are disclosed. First and second housing elements are in mutual engagement with one another to at least partially define a fluid vessel with a fluid cavity therein. The fluid cavity includes a first fluid compartment and a second fluid compartment. The first housing element is rotatable between a storage position and a mix position with respect to the second housing element. A shuttle element is disposed within the fluid cavity and axially actuatable along the main axis into and out of a seal position. Rotation of the first housing element toward the storage position actuates the shuttle element toward the seal position. Rotation of the first housing element toward the mix position actuates the shuttle element away from the seal position, thereby placing the first and second fluid compartments into fluid communication with one another for mixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: In Spirit Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifton Willis, Brandon Schwartz, Lawrence Cisneros, Feyats Lo
  • Patent number: 11123263
    Abstract: A pill box has a container having a compartment frame, multiple front covers pivotally mounted to the container and selectively covering a front side of the container, and a rear lid. The rear lid is detachably mounted on a rear side of the container and has a main covering panel having an outer peripheral frame and multiple inner annular frames, and two side locking panels. With the compartment frame of the container protruding in a groove formed between the outer peripheral frame and the inner peripheral frames of the main covering panel when the main covering panel covers the rear side of the container, the rear side of the container can be tightly sealed by the rear lid easily, so as to prevent dust and moisture from entering the pill box. Accordingly, pills can be properly reserved in the pill box of the present application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: E-LINK PLASTIC & METAL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheng-Hua Lee
  • Patent number: 11124061
    Abstract: A tank cap structure of an embodiment includes a cap body, a grip portion, a valve device, and a ratchet mechanism. The valve device includes a valve case which has a cylindrical shape about a screw axis and accommodates a float, and a valve body which has a tapered shape thinner than the valve case and extends toward an opening. The cap body includes a cylindrical receiving portion which has a cylindrical shape about the screw axis. A seal-receiving portion receiving a seal member held between the cap body and an oil filler port portion is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical receiving portion. A valve-receiving portion receiving the valve device inserted into an inner circumference of the cylindrical receiving portion is provided on an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Kamiyama
  • Patent number: 11111058
    Abstract: A self-destruct-upon-opening cap applicable to a small-diameter connector used for a gastrointestinal tract includes a top lid and a cap body. The top lid is arranged on the cap body and fixedly connected to the cap body, and a connecting structure is arranged at one end of the cap body which is not connected to the top lid. The cap body includes a first casing and a second casing. One side of the second casing which is not provided with the connecting structure extends into the first casing, and a top face of the second casing is provided with serrated protrusions in a circumferential direction. The side of the second casing which is not provided with the connecting structure is fixedly connected to the first casing through ribs or contact points. An inner side face of the top lid is provided with grooves matching with the serrated protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventor: Baodong Bai
  • Patent number: 11097891
    Abstract: A roll-off tub style container is disclosed with the container having a floor with a forward end, a rearward end, a first side, a second side, an upper side and a lower side. The container has a front wall, a first side wall, a second side wall and a tail gate. The upper side of the floor has a plurality of elongated and horizontally spaced-apart rail members which are welded to the upper side of the floor. The rail members extend between the forward and rearward ends of the floor. In the preferred embodiment, the rail members are angle members which have an inverted V-shaped configuration. Rail members having different cross-sectional configurations may possibly be utilized. The rail members prevent materials in the container from freezing to the floor of the container and also act as slide members when the material in the container is being dumped therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventor: Michael T. Patak
  • Patent number: 11097875
    Abstract: A dual ball valve straw lid assembly for a closed container is provided. The dual ball valve straw lid assembly includes one or more of a lid, a liquid ball, a vent ball, and a tube. The lid includes a top and a bottom, and the bottom is configured to attach to the closed container. Each of the liquid and vent balls are pivotably coupled to the lid top and each configured to rotate between open and closed positions. The vent ball is configured to rotate in response to the liquid ball rotates. The tube extends from the lid bottom to within the closed container, and allows liquid in the closed container to be accessed by suction force applied to the liquid ball in the open position. When open, the vent ball allows air to pass between outside and inside the closed container when in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventor: Alan Lee Starner
  • Patent number: 11091317
    Abstract: A vertical fluid storage tank includes an oval-shaped body having a first end, a second end, and a sidewall extending between the first and second ends. The body defines an interior fluid storage cavity and has a major axis and a minor axis along a horizontal cross section through the body. The fluid storage tank further includes a top wall at the first end of the body, a bottom wall at the second end of the body, and a frame member connected to the sidewall of the body. The frame member includes a first portion that extends longitudinally along the sidewall of the body and a second portion that extends along the bottom wall and is connected to the first portion. The fluid storage tank further includes a connection port on the sidewall of the body adapted for connection to the connection port on an adjacent fluid storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: JWF Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Polacek, Marc J. Speciale, Matthew J. Hughes
  • Patent number: 11084649
    Abstract: A container 10 for smoking articles 30 having an outer housing comprising a box 12 and a lid 14 hingedly attached to the box, an inner liner 20 disposed within the outer housing, the inner liner defining an interior volume for the smoking articles, the inner liner being sealed around the smoking articles and having an access opening 26 with a closure flap. An inner stiffener 50 having at least side walls 58 hingedly connected to a main panel for at least partially surrounding the smoking articles is provided within the inner liner, the main panel being hingedly connected to a bottom panel 54 that includes a stepped region 60 for receiving at least part of a smoking article provided in line with the access opening 26.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Lucas Chatelain, Luiz Andre Rodrigues
  • Patent number: 11077637
    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: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC
    Inventor: Thomas D. Wetsch
  • Patent number: 11067227
    Abstract: An aircraft water tank includes a conical surface of a skirt portion and a conical surface of an inner liner attached together using an adhesive, with an identical adhesive used in forming a fiber-reinforced resin layer on the inner liner via a filament winding method. When attaching with the adhesive, the adhesive is expelled at the outer circumferential edge of the skirt portion from between the conical surface of the skirt portion and the conical surface of the inner liner. Reinforcement fibers are applied on top of the protruding adhesive, and the adhesive impregnates into the reinforcement fibers. The protruding adhesive and the reinforcement fibers form a reinforcing member which connects a uniform stress surface of the skirt portion to a uniform stress surface of the inner liner located radially outward of the skirt portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: Hayato Kato, Takahiro Ozawa
  • Patent number: 11025042
    Abstract: A universal ring and plate assembly is disclosed for use with an electrical or utility box. The universal ring and plate design can achieve any finish wall thickness by stacking plates and securing them to the universal ring, even after the drywall, tile, stone and/or other wall materials have been installed. The universal ring and plate simplifies the current installation process, eliminates the need for the multiple different depth rings, and accommodates all changes to the finished wall thickness by the owner, architect or builder, without having to tear down portions of the finished wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Blue Product Industries, LLC
    Inventor: David Peterson
  • Patent number: 11008148
    Abstract: Disclosed is a container for transporting a biopharmaceutical fluid, the container including a leak-tight wall having an outer portion and an inner portion, the outer portion and the inner portion delimiting between them an intermediate space that may be inflated under pressure with an inflation gas, the container being adapted to be alternately in: a non-inflated state in which the container is empty of pressurized inflation gas; an inflated state in which the wall of the container is inflated and delimits an internal cavity adapted to contain the biopharmaceutical fluid. The wall includes a peripheral lateral wall around the internal cavity, the peripheral lateral wall being completely rigid or semi-rigid when the container is in the inflated state so as to ensure a protection of the biopharmaceutical fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SARTORIUS STEDIM FMT SAS
    Inventors: Stefan Schlack, Jean-Marc Cappia
  • Patent number: 10988302
    Abstract: A system for holding a plurality of vials of a fluid that consists of a biological substance for the purpose of maintaining a predetermined temperature of the biological substance over a predetermined period of time. The system includes a two piece carrier in combination with a one piece vial rack supported by the two piece carrier. The one piece vial rack has a plurality of vial passages each for accommodating an elongated vial that contains the biological substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Accutech Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Madigan, Connor Madigan
  • Patent number: 10982812
    Abstract: A design and construction method for a Collapsible Cryogenic Storage Vessel can be used for storing cryogenic liquids. The vessel provides the ability to be packed for transport in a compact state and erected at the point of use. The vessel can be used multiple times. The vessel's volume can also be adjusted during use to minimize or eliminate head space in the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: ILC Dover IP, Inc., Air Liquide Advanced Technologies U.S. LLC
    Inventors: David Phillip Cadogan, John Kun Hung Lin, Jonathan Michael Hinkle, Stephen Emerson Scarborough, Joanne M. Ware, Timothy Joseph Haggerty, Chester Lloyd Benham, Donald George Sticovy, Craig Lasseter
  • Patent number: 10967672
    Abstract: A paint palette system for holding and dispersing paint wherein a painter can pour paint into a low profile receptacle for later removal with a paintbrush or like tool is provided. A disposable and removable paint retaining fabric retains the paint in a drip-less and mess free fashion. The paint can be transported and stored in an improved manner allowing for a faster and more efficient painting effort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TULKO HARDWARE, LLC
    Inventor: Ben Michael Mayberry
  • Patent number: 10954063
    Abstract: A container, such as a roll-out cart, includes a body portion and a lid. The body portion includes an outer wall extending upward from a base wall to a mouth of the body portion. The lid is secured to the body portion and pivotable between a closed position over the mouth and an open position. The lid includes an upper lid portion and a lower lid portion. The upper lid portion extends downward to an outer lip. The lower lid portion extends downward to an inner lip. The inner lip is inward of the outer wall of the body portion when the lid is in the closed position. The outer lip is outward of the outer wall of the body when the lid is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Rehrig Pacific Company
    Inventor: Derick Foster