Patents Examined by Bryon P. Gehman
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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
  • 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