Patents Examined by Bryon P. Gehman
  • Patent number: 12145792
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to bicycle transport bags with a cover. The bicycle transport bag is adjustable between a transport configuration and a collapsed configuration. The cover has a bottom portion and a side portion extending upwardly away from the bottom portion. The side portion includes a first rigid plate and a second rigid plate connected together by a hinge. The side member is collapsible along the film hinge for adjustment from the transport configuration to the collapsed configuration. In addition, this disclosure relates to bicycle transport bags including a wrapping device. The wrapping device is configured to at least partially wrap a frame received in the interior space. The wrapping device is fixedly connected to the cover for the wrapping. In addition, the disclosure relates to a headset protection device having a fastening device for retaining a bicycle fork in a head tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Thule Sweden AB
    Inventor: Parke Pleasants
  • Patent number: 12144935
    Abstract: A package for a medical device such as an intermittent catheter has a case with open and closed ends. A hinge connects a cap to the case to permit movement of the cap between open and closed positions. A seal connected to one of the cap and case is engageable with the other to maintain a sterile environment inside the package. The seal can be repeatedly made and broken whenever the user closes or opens the cap. The case includes a pair of slots at the open end. A pair of latches is formed in the cap. The latches fit into the slots to prevent lateral forces from distorting the cap when the cap is closed. A first use indication label spans a depression in the outer contour of a closed cap and case, assuring visual confirmation of breach of the label upon first opening of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Hollister Incorporated
    Inventors: Martin McMenamin, Vincent Naughton, Daniel E. O'Brien, Scott J. Pupino, Martin P. Creaven, Joseph N. Hanley, Kieran J. McFadden, Claire O'Grady
  • Patent number: 12134489
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, an article carrier for packaging a plurality of articles, and a blank (10) for forming the article carrier. The article carrier comprises a plurality of panels (12,14,16,18,20,22,24) forming a tubular structure for surrounding at least one article. The article carrier comprises an article retention device for engaging a recess of at least one article to prevent or inhibit dislodgement or unintentional egress of the article from at least one of opposite open ends of the tubular structure. The article retention device comprises an engaging tab (40,42) hingedly connected to one of the plurality of panels, which may be a base panel. The point of contact between the engaging tab and an inside surface of a recess in the bottom of the article is farthermost from the adjacent end edge of a respective one of a pair of bottom lap panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Julien D. Merzeau, Jean-Christophe Bonnain, Emmanuel Davaillon
  • Patent number: 12133600
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to packing and presenting confectionaries. In an illustrative example, a cupcake bouquet frame may be assembled by (releasably) coupling an upper cover and a lower base. The cupcake bouquet frame, for example, may include spatially distributed cupcake holders on a continuous surface of the upper cover. The cupcake holders may be formed by following cutlines disposed on the upper cover. In a stowage mode, the cupcake holders may be substantially continuous with the continuous surface. In a display mode, when a cupcake is inserted into a cupcake holder, a portion of the continuous surface is displaced to support a bottom of the cupcake while remaining in physical connection to the continuous surface. Various embodiments may advantageously provide an easy to assemble, aesthetically pleasing, and/or cost-effective frame for creating a cupcake bouquet that resembles a flower bouquet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Inventor: Heather Karina Loyo
  • Patent number: 12127693
    Abstract: Disclosed are freestanding displays of packaged consumer products, particularly consumer paper products. The packaged consumer goods generally comprise one or more goods disposed in a container, such as a folded paperboard box or film overwrap, having a plurality of graphic elements on the various container panels. The graphic elements are preferably disposed such that at least two panels are visually similar and two panels are visually distinct. The containers may be stacked in arrays to form a display having two faces that are visually similar and end faces that are visual mirror images of one another. The present freestanding display helps consumers recognize the packaged products from a distance even when displayed amongst other packaged goods in a crowded supermarket or club store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason R. Boon, Jaime Prafke
  • Patent number: 12127720
    Abstract: A protective enclosure for a bar of soap that is designed to securedly fix a bar of soap to a base, itself exhibiting receiving and securing mechanism, a centralized ventilation port and drain (or drains), and an occlusive top enclosure, wherein, once the soap is fixed to the securing mechanisms, through the application of force, and subsequent to first use, the soap and base of the protective enclosure form an adhesive seal facilitated by said securing mechanisms and drain or drains. The top enclosure and base themselves are reversibly adherable to one another through magnetic, mechanical means or a combination of both. The soap can be used either attached to the base of the protective enclosure or detached from the base of the protective enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Inventor: Cameron Ellis
  • Patent number: 12128005
    Abstract: A packaging body 141 for containing a thin tablet 100, including an accommodation member 142, wherein the accommodation member 142 includes an inlet 147 and an accommodation portion 146 recessed from the inlet 147, and the accommodation member 142 has a structure in which at least a portion of the thin tablet 100 accommodated in the accommodation portion 146 moves toward the inlet 147 upon application of a force, by an object inserted from the inlet 147, to a portion of the thin tablet 100 accommodated in the accommodation portion 146.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohito Okabayashi, Takahiro Hiramura, Naohiro Hashikawa
  • Patent number: 12116200
    Abstract: A system for a greeting card. The greeting card has a planar greeting card portion and a greeting card cover moveably coupled to the planar greeting card portion. The greeting card cover can move from an open position whereby the planar greeting card portion is readable to a closed position adjacent to said planar greeting card portion whereby the planar greeting card portion is not readable. The greeting card portion is coupled to a gift storage compartment which has a volume and a depth for storing an item. The greeting card cover can open and close without moving the gift storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Cruickshank LLC
    Inventors: Bobbie Lopez, James Cruickshank, Jack Cruickshank
  • Patent number: 12116195
    Abstract: A dispenser transport pallet assembly for transporting a dispenser having a given configuration. The assembly includes a base member having a body with a lower surface and an upper surface. A plurality of rail members extend upward from the upper surface to define a plurality of lower cavities. A top cap has a cover surface with a plurality of rail members extending downward from an inner surface thereof to define a plurality of upper cavities. Each of the upper cavities is aligned with a respective lower cavity and each pair of upper and lower cavities is configured to receive and retain a respective dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Polymer Solutions International, Inc.
    Inventors: John Spadavecchia, Steve Kurth, Jeffery Jacobs
  • Patent number: 12115035
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of braces cleaning, and specifically discloses a disposable cleaning box for invisible braces. The disposable cleaning box for invisible braces includes a box body and a cover film. The box body is configured to place the braces. The box body is filled with a cleaning fluid. An adhesive plate is connected around an outer edge of an opening of the box body. The cover film covers the opening of the box body. The cover film is connected to a top surface of the adhesive plate. The present disclosure has an effect of improving the convenience for cleaning the braces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Dalian Haluo Zhuoai E-commerce Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukun Feng
  • Patent number: 12110166
    Abstract: A container has an ophthalmic injector holding an intraocular lens and a first vessel at least partially filled with a fluid. The intraocular lens is surrounded by the fluid and the first vessel is provided with a lid which closes the first vessel in a fluid-tight manner and which is releasably connected to the first vessel. A second vessel is coupled to the first vessel. A fluid-tight closure is provided between the first vessel and the second vessel, wherein the lid is coupled to the closure by a coupler, and, when the lid is released from the first vessel, the closure is configured, via the coupler, to pass from a closed position to an open position, such that the fluid can flow from the first vessel into the second vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Marco Müller, Andre Wolfstein
  • Patent number: 12110160
    Abstract: A kit includes a plurality of textile items arranged in a stack and a dissolvable package enclosing the plurality of textile items. The textile items can be washcloths, bath blankets, flat sheets, or other types of textile items. For larger textile items, a wash enabled self-unfolding fold can be applied to each textile item so that it automatically unfolds into wash water when the dissolvable package dissolves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Medline Industries LP
    Inventors: John Piazzi, Hannah Parey, Rachel Sinde, Andrew Pajak
  • Patent number: 12109797
    Abstract: A liquid-absorbing, liquid barrier bag comprising a liquid-permeable envelope within which a super-absorbent material in powder or granular form is disposed, the absorbent material being characterized in that it greatly increases in volume upon liquid absorption. The super-absorbent material is adhered to one or more of the inner surfaces of the liquid-permeable envelope such that the desired distribution and pattern is maintained during handling, shipping and activation of the liquid-absorbing. Upon contact with liquid, such as by soaking the bag in water, the super-absorbent material releases from the inner surfaces and swells to create a three-dimensional body suitable for stacking to form a liquid-impermeable barrier wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: ULTRATECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Mark D. Shaw, Paul Sander
  • Patent number: 12106987
    Abstract: A safeguarding device includes one or more positive-fit units that safeguard a wafer-transport-container opening element of a wafer transport container, which is held in its closure position by a closing mechanism. The closing mechanism includes one or more chambers, which includes a pressure connection channel that allows a variation of an inner pressure in the chamber relative to a reference pressure. A differential pressure is calculated from the inner pressure of the chamber and the reference pressure and influences a safeguarding status of the positive-fit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: VAT Holding AG
    Inventors: Florian Ehrne, Martin Netzer, Andreas Hofer
  • Patent number: 12103751
    Abstract: A carrier for holding a plurality of containers includes a top retainer formed from a top container retention blank including a top attachment panel for at least partially receiving the plurality of containers, and a bottom retainer formed from a bottom container retention blank including a bottom attachment panel for being attached to the plurality of containers and having a plurality of bottom container retention tabs foldably connected to the bottom attachment panel and at least partially separable from the bottom attachment panel for being attached to a respective container of the plurality of containers, the top attachment panel is free from attachment to the bottom attachment panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas R. Hicks, Kevin T. May, Raymond R. Spivey, Sr.
  • Patent number: 12098008
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an article top engaging device, a carrier (90) for packaging one or more articles (B) and a blank (10) for forming the carrier. The article carrier comprises a sleeve structure (12/18) defining at least in part an interior of the article carrier for receiving at least one article, the sleeve structure including at least one substantially planar portion. An end closure structure (14/16) is hingedly connected to a first end of the sleeve structure to at least partially close the first end. At least one glue flap (20, 22) is hingedly connected to the planar portion of the sleeve structure for pivotal movement with respect to the planar portion. The at least one glue flap is disposed generally in the plane of the planar portion of the sleeve structure when the at least one article is received in the interior of the article carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Nathaniel B. Ball, Lauren N. Chesnet
  • Patent number: 12097997
    Abstract: Provided is a container including a container body, and an image on the container body. The image includes a plurality of dented portions and non-dented portions. Each of the dented portions is formed of a plurality of processed portions. The plurality of processed portions are disposed linearly, contacting or overlapping each other along a first scanning direction. A width of each of the dented portions in a second scanning direction orthogonal to the first scanning direction changes cyclically along the first scanning direction. Each of the dented portions has bossed portions along the first scanning direction between adjoining ones of the processed portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Serizawa, Kazuhiro Fujita, Masako Yoshii, Makoto Hino, Kazuhiro Akatsu
  • Patent number: 12091218
    Abstract: The present invention provides a snap-on cap that is useful with containers, and in particular, collection containers useful for dental amalgam recycling systems. The snap-on cap is useful for shipping and recycling of particles from a dental liquid effluent drawn, for example, from a suctioning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Inventors: Robin Schofield, Richard Goulston
  • Patent number: 12084264
    Abstract: A packaging system for a bicycle, the packaging system including a base tray having a first tab, a second tab located opposite the first tab, a first side extending between the first tab and the second tab, and a second side extending between the first tab and the second tab and located opposite the first side. The packaging system further includes a first vertical tower having a first aperture configured to receive the first tab of the base tray to interlock the first vertical tower to the base tray at the first end, a second vertical tower having a second aperture configured to receive the second tab of the base tray to interlock the second vertical tower to the base tray at the second end, and an outer carton configured to surround and interlock with the base tray, the first vertical tower, and the second vertical tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas S. Cooper
  • Patent number: 12084252
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge bag may include a bottom portion, and a front portion integrally connected to the bottom portion and including a first inside-out creased edge. The electrostatic bag may include a first side portion integrally connected to the bottom portion and the front portion and including a second inside-out creased edge and a first pair of outside-in creased edges, and a second side portion integrally connected to the bottom portion and the front portion and including a third inside-out creased edge and a second pair of outside-in creased edges. The first and second pairs of outside-in creased edges may enable the electrostatic discharge bag to collapse inward and downward toward the bottom portion. The electrostatic discharge bag may include a rear portion integrally connected to the bottom portion, the first side portion, and the second side portion and including a fourth inside-out creased edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Jimmy Chun-Chuen Leung