Patents Examined by Bryon P. Gehman
  • Patent number: 12084100
    Abstract: The application discloses a horizontal rod, a retractable pull rod assembly and a toolbox, the retractable pull rod assembly includes two opposing connecting rods, a horizontal rod snapped to the ends of the two connecting rods and a pull rod retractable in the connecting rods, the horizontal rod includes a horizontal rod body and a button member, a gear member, a drive member and an elastic member provided in the horizontal rod body. The button member, the gear member and the driving member are connected to each other by transmission, and the button member can be driven by the gear member to contract in the body of the horizontal rod, and the driving member can be automatically returned by the elastic member, so that the connecting rod and the pull rod can be unlocked and locked with each other. This application can be retractable pull rod assembly structure is simple, use more smoothly, enhance the using feel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Meridian International Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Qiang Wang, Shujun Cai
  • Patent number: 12084602
    Abstract: An adhesive tape includes an elongated substrate with a series of perforations forming a tear line extending along a length of the elongated substrate, an adhesive substantially covering a first surface of the elongated substrate, and a cord attached to the elongated substrate by the adhesive, the cord extending along the length of the elongated substrate adjacent to the series of perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventor: Donald Twedt
  • Patent number: 12077365
    Abstract: Provided is a measuring device including: a tablet measuring part that includes a plurality of housing parts that are each configured to house one tablet; a measuring-number selecting part that enables to select a measuring number of tablets by selecting a number of housing parts available for housing tablets out of the plurality of the housing parts; and a measuring-number fixing part that locks the measuring number selecting part to prevent the measuring number selected by the measuring-number selecting part from being changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: TAISEI KAKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamada, Yukihiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 12071290
    Abstract: A carrier for holding a plurality of containers includes a front portion having a front attachment panel for at least partially receiving a respective container of the plurality of containers, a back portion having a back attachment panel for at least partially receiving a respective container of the plurality of containers, and a central portion extending from the front portion to the back portion, the central portion having a central panel overlapping a respective portion of each of the front attachment panel and the back attachment panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Graphic Packagin g International, LLC
    Inventor: Jon Thompson
  • Patent number: 12070339
    Abstract: A storage tray provides storage for multiple types of wires, catheters, and other instruments used during surgical procedures. The storage tray includes a base and a set of walls forming a basin that holds liquid. A wire containment section within the basin holds multiple coiled guidewires in a channel filled with the liquid. The wire containment section includes an inner wall and one or more wall segments forming an outer boundary of the channel. A wire holder outside the channel holds end portions of the guidewires. Pulling an end portion of one of the coiled guidewires horizontally causes the guidewire to slide along the inner wall for separation and removal from the storage tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: AHN SURGICAL INNOVATION, LLC
    Inventors: Kimberly Ahn Hays, Sam S. Ahn
  • Patent number: 12065299
    Abstract: A single unit protective door package for packaging of a single prehung door assembly. The door assembly comprises a door frame and a door slab pivotally attached to the door frame. The door frame includes right and left side jambs and a head jamb connecting upper ends of the right and left side jambs. The single unit protective door package comprises the door assembly, upper protective side caps each mounted to the door assembly at one of opposite upper corners of the door frame, lower protective side caps each mounted to the door assembly at one of lowermost edges of the door frame, and two support spacers each mounted to one of the lowermost edges of the door frame for elevating a bottom edge of the door slab above the ground to a distance compatible with a forklift, pallet jack or hand truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: MASONITE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Farish, Tom Abbas, Garrett Burba, Randy Findley, Keith Dusharm, Rick Leo
  • Patent number: 12065300
    Abstract: Reconfigurable packaging for a cooking appliance includes a base including a base panel defining lower wing slots and opposing sidewalls extending from the base panel. The base defines a storage cavity. A cover is coupled to the base and configured to enclose the storage cavity. The cover includes a cover panel defining upper wing slots, a first side wing extending from a first side of the cover panel, and a second side wing extending from a second side of the cover panel. The first side wing and the second side wing are operable between a first folded position engaging the upper wing slots and a second folded position engaging the lower wing slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Sachin R. Gayakwad, Tushar A. Kalbande, Jessica Lea Kormanik, Renuka D. Niphadkar
  • Patent number: 12060218
    Abstract: The container may comprise a box, a lid, at least a first bundle and a second bundle of consumer goods, and an expandable spacer. The expandable spacer comprises at least one spacer weakening line. The at least one spacer weakening line is provided on the spacer bottom wall. The expandable spacer has an initial size that is defined by an initial distance between the first side wall and the second side wall of the expandable spacer for containing a predetermined number of consumer goods. The spacer weakening line is configured to break when more than the predetermined number of consumer goods are inserted between the expandable spacer walls so that the first and the second side walls of the expandable spacer are spaced further apart. Methods of using disclosed containers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Clement Besso, Digvijay Singh, Julie Polier
  • Patent number: 12062560
    Abstract: A reticle pod includes an outer pod, an inner pod cover and an inner base plate. A reticle is supported on the base and is contained within the environment created by the inner pod cover and the inner pod base. The inner pod cover can include a plurality of reticle retainers configured to contact a side wall of the reticle and limit movement of the reticle in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Russ V. Raschke, Shawn D. Eggum, Barry Lee Gregerson
  • Patent number: 12054321
    Abstract: A packaging assembly for housing an appliance comprises a top cap, a carton and a spacer affixed to the top cap and carton. The top cap and carton form a basiloid lifting flange. The spacer spaces the appliance from the carton sidewall on the basiloid lifting side and enhances the structural strength of the lifting flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan E. Senn
  • Patent number: 12054306
    Abstract: A corrugated alternate displacement cushion may be formed from a corrugated cardboard sheet having cutout rows of cutout sections that are spaced in the transverse direction across the corrugated cardboard sheet and separated by corresponding lands. The cutout sections of adjacent cutout rows do not overlap in the transverse direction. When the corrugated cardboard sheet is folded up around transverse creases, inner and outer sides of the cutout sections may be covered by lands of other cutout rows such that air pockets defined by the cutout sections are formed within the corrugated alternate displacement cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Clifton Thomas Moore
  • Patent number: 12049335
    Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for improving storage and/or transportation of food, flowers, plants, or the like by coating of the same with silk proteins or other substances including silk fibroin, chitin, acetylated monoglycerides, shellac, starch, high fructose corn syrup, mayauba wax, maydelilla wax, beeswax, vegetable oil, paraffin oil, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, cellulose, pectin, alginate, chitosan, gum Arabic, soy protein, zein, casein, and/or whey.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: CAMBRIDGE CROPS, INC.
    Inventors: Laith Abu-Taleb, Adam Behrens, Christina Belsito, Megan Biango-Daniels, Lester Cheuk-Yin Chong, Kelly Richmond, Sezin Yigit
  • Patent number: 12043449
    Abstract: A lid for a liquid container has a lid body having an outer perimeter in a horizontal plane. The lid body defines a liquid port within the outer perimeter. The lid body has a closure that selectively closes the liquid port. A rigid handle extends away from the lid body, the rigid handle defining a first aperture adjacent to the lid body. A pivoting handle is attached to the lid body by a pivot connection. The pivoting handle defines a second aperture and is pivotable from a stored position, in which the first aperture and the second aperture cooperate to define a common aperture, to a second position in which the first aperture is pivotally spaced from the second aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: 1535674 ALBERTA INC.
    Inventors: Mark Holowaychuk, Darren Thompson, Andrew Canham
  • Patent number: 12043461
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an article-engaging carrier for packaging one or more articles and a blank for forming the carrier. The carrier comprises a top panel (14) with at least one article-engaging feature (RT1, RT2). At least one shoulder panel (18, is hingedly connected to the top panel and is disposed obliquely with respect to the top panel. The at least one engaging feature comprises an article—receiving aperture (A1-A8) and an annular series of engaging tabs formed around the article-receiving aperture. The annular series of engaging tabs comprises at least one first tab (46B) and at least one second tab (46C). The at least one first tab is hingedly connected in part to the top panel and in part to the at least one shoulder panel. The at least one first tab has a first radial length (LT1). The at least one second tab is hingedly connected only to the top panel and has a second radial length (LT2). The first radial length is greater than the second radial length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Garnier
  • Patent number: 12030704
    Abstract: Packaging for tobacco industry products is disclosed. The packaging comprises a pack for holding tobacco industry products, and an outer wrapper enveloping the pack. The outer wrapper comprises a removable portion arranged to prevent opening of the pack until the removable portion has been removed. One of the pack and the removable portion comprises a tamper evident feature that remains attached to the other of the pack or the removable portion after the removable portion is removed from the pack. A method of packaging tobacco industry products is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Lewis, Paul Matthews, Mustafa Isaak Ghulam
  • Patent number: 12024336
    Abstract: Hardened reusable shipping containers with a reversible label holder and methods of using the same are disclosed herein. A hardened reusable shipping container may have a base enclosure having a payload area that is configured to receive a payload and maintain a temperature of an environment surrounding the payload. The base enclosure may further have an exterior surrounding the payload area. The exterior may include multiple walls. One of the multiple walls may define a recess. The hardened reusable shipping container may have a plate having a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface. The plate may be configured to be removably inserted into the recess and display one or more visuals on at least one of the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Cryoport, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Lee, Bret Bollinger, Bobby Onel, Mike Dybicz, James Wilbourn
  • Patent number: 12024351
    Abstract: A fragrance infusing dice container and a method of infusing dice with a fragrance are disclosed herein. In particular, the container includes an enclosure defining an interior area within which a fragrance diffuser is disposed. A dice holder is also disposed within the enclosure with a plurality of dice retention openings sized to receive dice therein. The dice holder, and in particular, the dice retained thereby are fluidically arranged with the fragrance diffuser such that application of a scented oil to at least a portion of the fragrance diffuser causes the scented oil to at least partially diffuse and permeate within the enclosure and impart upon the dice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Inventor: Arthur Brent Critchfield
  • Patent number: 12024959
    Abstract: A method of testing an electrical submersible pump (ESP) component may include placing an ESP component in a transport assembly at a first location for transport to a second location. The ESP component may be tested or maintained while the ESP component remains in the transport assembly, before being deployed at a wellsite. The ESP components can be prepared in the transport assembly to be lifted (including placement of lifting clamps) to run in hole. In various embodiment, the transport assembly may comprise the ESP component and a transport basket configured for stacking multiple transport assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Xunlez Alexis Nunez, Mengyu Zhou, Songjing Ren, Hans Sjerps
  • Patent number: 12017027
    Abstract: Disclosed is a functional drug injection module including: an injection unit including a body that is elongated, keeps a functional drug therein, has an outlet formed at a front end thereof, and is open at a rear end thereof, and a piston that is inserted in the body through the rear end of the body and discharges the functional drug by longitudinally sliding; a cover unit at least partially formed like a projection, inserted in the outlet, and adjust opening/closing of the outlet by selectively separating; and a sealing unit surrounding the injection unit and the cover unit, having a first crease formed in a longitudinal direction of the injection unit, and separating from the injection unit together with the cover unit by being divided along the first crease by external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: WeTTrust Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ji Hwan Pang
  • Patent number: 12012277
    Abstract: A packaging apparatus (10a; 10b), in particular a wiper blade packaging apparatus, for packaging at least one item (12a, 26a, 30a, 34a), in particular at least one wiper blade adapter (14a, 28a, 32a, 36a), with a packaging element (16a; 16b) for accommodating the at least one item (12a, 26a, 30a, 34a). It is proposed that the packaging element (16a; 16b) be configured as a user guide (18a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Oliver Seidensticker