Patents Examined by Bryon P. Gehman
  • Patent number: 12011820
    Abstract: A tool bit holding system for a power tool includes a snap-on bit holder including a curved plate contoured similar to a contour of a top surface of a power tool housing and configured to removably rest on the top of the power tool housing. A plurality of legs extend from lateral ends of the curved plate, each leg including a hook portion configured to be removably received in recesses in lateral sides of the power tool housing to removably retain the curved plate on the top surface of the power tool housing. A bit holding portion includes at least one of a magnetic plate, a box, and one or more bit receiving slots coupled to a top face of the curved plate. The at least one of the magnetic plate, the box, and the one or more bit receiving slots is configured to removably retain at least one of a tool bit, a fastener, and a supplemental tool bit holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Darren Moss, Aland Santamarina
  • Patent number: 12006106
    Abstract: A packaging system for a hot water heater includes an outer box, a top insert, an offset filler, a base insert, and one or more side panels. The top insert contacts a top surface of the hot water heater and a top inside surface of outer box. The offset filler is coupled to the top insert and is sandwiched between the hot water heater and the outer box. The base insert contacts the bottom surface of the hot water heater and a bottom inside surface of the outer box. The base insert includes raised perimeter structures that form a shape that matches a shape of the bottom surface of the hot water heater. The raised perimeter structures and the offset filler position the hot water heater off-center with respect to a center axis of the outer box. Each side panel includes a raised pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SMURFIT KAPPA NORTH AMERICA LLC
    Inventor: Marcus De'shune Paley
  • Patent number: 11999535
    Abstract: A material loading device includes a main body defining a receiving cavity and an opening. The receiving cavity receives materials. The main body defines a buckle groove at the opening. A buckle rod movably coupled to the main body at the opening buckles into the buckle groove. A foolproof mechanism is arranged on the main body. A thimble of the foolproof mechanism is slidably coupled to the main body. One end of the thimble is located in the buckle groove. When the buckle rod is buckled into the buckle groove, the buckle rod drives the thimble to slide relative to the main body. A display member of the foolproof mechanism is coupled to the thimble. The main body defines a plurality of recesses corresponding to the display member. The thimble drives the display member to slide relative to the recesses to switch the display member displayed through the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: TRIPLE WIN TECHNOLOGY(SHENZHEN) CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Cong Zhu
  • Patent number: 11992106
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a device that may extend the lifetime of a razor blade. The device may include a housing having a first opening at a first end of the housing and a second opening opposite of the first end; a desiccant to absorb moisture within the housing; a cartridge to hold the desiccant, wherein one side of the desiccant is exposed to the air inside the interior; a base body connected to the second opening of the housing, having a cavity to receive and hold the cartridge; a handle having a hollowed inside portion configured to hold an inserted razor blade handle; at least one one-way valve connected to the handle that, when the handle is inserted into the housing, allows allow air to be evacuated from the interior of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: BladeLife LLC
    Inventors: Socrates David Valdez, Peter Gladstone
  • Patent number: 11993429
    Abstract: Disclosed is a packaging for storing goods, in particular rod-shaped goods like cigarettes, smoking products with filter inserts, smoking products with tobacco sticks and the like, including an internal box with at least one container-like first receiving area for storing goods and an envelope for receiving the internal box, wherein the envelope includes at least one opening or recess for receiving further items in at least one second receiving area formed by the envelope and separated from the first receiving area by a bottom wall of the internal box. Furthermore, disclosed is an envelope, and a blank therefore, for a box for storing such goods, the envelope including at least one bottom wall, a front wall and a rear wall as well as sidewalls connecting the front and rear walls, wherein the walls form a container-like receiving area for receiving the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: MAYR-MELNHOF KARTON AG
    Inventors: Harman Vorenkamp, Uwe Theis
  • Patent number: 11993439
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a carton for packaging one or more article and a blank for forming the carton. The carton comprises a plurality of panels forming walls of a tubular structure including a top wall, a first side wall, a base wall, and a second side wall. The carton comprises a carrying handle having at least one handle panel hingedly connected at a proximal end thereof to one of the plurality of panels. The hinged connection is interrupted by at least one cut line defining a tab. The tab is struck from one of a portion of the one of the plurality of panels. The tab is integral with the at least one handle panel and extends from the hinged connection internally of the carton when in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Nathaniel B. Ball
  • Patent number: 11987420
    Abstract: A packaging assembly for a home appliance includes a base frame including a first plank and a second plank provided parallel to the first plank, and a pair of spring clips attached to the base frame. The pair of spring clips includes a right spring clip attached to a top surface of the first plank, and a left spring clip attached to a top surface of the second plank, wherein an axial extension direction of the right spring clip is parallel to an axial extension direction of the left spring clip, and wherein the pair of springs are configured to selectively accept a base rail of the home appliance therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Klump, Eric Matthew Lewis, Elizabeth Ann Sherzer, David Osbourne
  • Patent number: 11987434
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an article carrier for packaging one or more articles and a blank for forming the carrier. The article carrier (90; 290) comprises a plurality of top-engaging openings or engaging structures RT1, RT2, RTS each having an annular series of engaging teeth or tabs (16; 216) along the perimeter of that opening. The annular series of engaging tabs (16; 216) of each opening is interrupted by at most two gaps (26, 26A, 26B). A notional diametrical line z-z? passes through the center of each of the at most two gaps (26, 26A, 26B) and extends substantially perpendicular to the grain direction GR of paper material from which the article carrier (90; 290) is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Garnier, Matthew E. Zacherle
  • Patent number: 11987419
    Abstract: The invention relates to a collapsible pallet casing assembly (1), comprising a pallet (2) with a frame structure enclosing a loading surface thereof, a rear casing wall, a front casing wall (32) a top casing wall (15), as well as first (17) and second lateral casing walls. The assembly (1) is transferable between an erected state, in which it is used as a shipping crate for bulky objects, and a collapsed state in which it may be stored or transported as a unit claiming little space. The assembly (1) is transferable from the erected state to the collapsed state by folding all said casing walls (15, 17, 32) on top of each other onto the pallet (2). The invention also relates to use of such a pallet casing assembly (1) for shipping bulky objects, especially server racks or power cabinets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: NEFAB AB
    Inventor: Maarten Boerman
  • Patent number: 11987440
    Abstract: A storage container for shipping fan blades includes blade compartments each housing one or more fan blades, where each compartment includes an upper foam retention holder that maintains a fan blade tip end in place and a lower foam retention holder that maintains a blade root in place, both holders configured and positioned to prevent twisting or lateral movement of the blades when in the compartment. The compartments form container rows, such that a housing of the storage container has one or more retainer walls that are movable between an access position allowing user access to insert and remove fan blades from compartments and retaining position blocking user access to insert and remove fan blades from compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
    Inventor: William J. Rushin
  • Patent number: 11987433
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an article carrier for packaging a plurality of articles, a blank for forming the article carrier. The article carrier comprises a plurality of primary panels for forming a tubular structure and defining an interior thereof. The plurality of primary panels includes a first panel and a second panel opposing the first panel. The article carrier further comprises a partition structure for dividing the interior into two or more article-receiving cells. The partition structure is formed from the first panel and comprises a lateral partition panel. The lateral partition panel is hingedly connected at a proximal end to the first panel by a proximal end fold line and is hingedly connected at a distal end to a glue panel by a distal end joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew E. Zacherle, Julien D. Merzeau
  • Patent number: 11981019
    Abstract: A tool container system includes a first tool container and a second tool container. The first tool container has a first base, a first cover pivotably attached to the first base by a first hinge portion, a first base locking member coupled to the base, a first cover locking member coupled to the first cover, and a first latch coupled to the first base and moveable between a first unlocked position in which the first cover is movable relative to the first base between a closed position and an open position, and a first locked position in which the first latch engages the first cover locking member and the first cover is locked to the first base in the closed position. The second tool container is stackable on the first cover of the first tool container and having a second locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Brocket, Alfred Yan Leung But, Leo Xiao, Weigang Hao, Marco Lourenco, Lauren M. Austin, Yosi Sabbag
  • Patent number: 11981502
    Abstract: A skid assembly including a skid having a stacking surface and four gum rolls is provided. The gum rolls include a first gum roll positioned on the stacking surface and a second gum roll positioned on the stacking surface and abutting the first gum roll. The first and second gum rolls cooperate to define a first skid layer. The gum rolls further include third and fourth gum rolls each positioned on one of the first or second gum rolls. The fourth gum roll abuts the third gum roll, and the third and fourth gum rolls both cooperate to form a second skid layer. The gum rolls are formed of a strip stock wound onto a core fixture. The strip stock is coated to prevent the strip stock from adhering to itself while being wound into the gum roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Bridgestone Bandag, LLC
    Inventors: Milton B. Audas, Jerod E. Schurr, Merle R. Schlapkohl, Timothy T. Foss, Chad M. Zeck, Alexander G. Tomtschik
  • Patent number: 11975900
    Abstract: An emergency medicine storage and dispensing device includes a housing with a front section and a back section, a front panel with at least one pinhole, a lip extending from the sidewall, a cover securing the front panel, at least one cutout in the sidewall, a tray sliding into the housing through the at least one cutout, and a pin securing the tray in the housing. The front panel may be partially transparent and made from materials such as glass or plastic. The pin may be a breakaway pin with a thin breakaway section and a capturing section. The tray may have at least one slot holding at least one rapid chemical deployment system, such as an opioid overdose reversal medicine. The front section, back section, cover, and front panel may be substantially the same shape, such as triangular with chamfered ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventor: Carey Davidson
  • Patent number: 11975902
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, an article carrier, and a blank (810) for forming the article carrier. An aspect of the invention provides an article carrier comprising a plurality of primary panels (812,814,816) at least partially extending around an interior of the article carrier. The plurality of primary panels comprises a first side panel (812), a top panel (814), a second side pane (816)1 and at least one bottom panel joined together to form a tubular structure having first and second opposed open ends. The article carrier comprises a carrying handle (H) including a handle feature defined in at least the top panel and a foldable handle structure (HS) having opposed connecting panels and a handle strap. The handle strap extends (882) between the connecting panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Fahrner, Julien D. Merzeau
  • Patent number: 11970308
    Abstract: A container (10) and a method facilitating measuring a member, for example measuring the length or perimeter of a user's lower leg e.g. the calf and/or ankle. The method comprises aligning and locating a first datum (24) of the container (10) against a second datum on the member followed by rolling the container's perimeter relative to a section of the member to be measured. Measurement is complete when the container (10) has rolled from the first datum (24) along the minor surfaces until a point of the container (10) reaches an extremity of the member/dimension being measured; the extremity may be the second datum, where a circumference of a member is being measured. When rolling the perimeter of the container (10) is complete a point of the container face (12) will be aligned with a point representing the extremity of the dimension being measured or the second datum. Alignment of two points at the extremity of the measured member is indicative of the dimension of the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Coolside Limited
    Inventors: Ryder Magnus Iain Meggitt, Eilidh Alexandra Earle-Mitchell, Jonathan Ian Campbell
  • Patent number: 11969065
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to a case for storing two pairs of glasses. The case can include an inner wall including opposing first and second edges, a first endcap positioned adjacent to the first edge of the inner wall, and a second endcap positioned adjacent to the second edge of the inner wall. The case can include a first outer wall extending from the first endcap to the second endcap, and a second outer wall extending from the first endcap to the second endcap. The first and second endcaps, and the first and second outer walls define an enclosure. The inner wall separates the enclosure into two independent compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: THE SUN AND STAR COLLECTIVE LLC
    Inventors: Emily Ann Madara, Caroline Elise O'Keefe
  • Patent number: 11958673
    Abstract: A carrier for holding a plurality of containers includes a plurality of panels forming a front portion, a back portion, and a central portion extending from the front portion to the back portion, the front portion having a front attachment panel for at least partially receiving a respective container of the plurality of containers, the back portion having a back attachment panel for at least partially receiving a respective container of the plurality of containers, the central portion having a central panel, and locking features for maintaining an erected configuration of the carrier, the locking features including at least one male locking feature extending from a respective panel of the plurality of panels and being at least partially received in a respective at least one female locking feature at least partially defined in a respective panel of the plurality of panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Thompson, Colin P. Ford
  • Patent number: 11952193
    Abstract: A logistics transport box is provided, and it relates to the technical field of packaging boxes. The logistics transport box includes a box body, a placement assembly, and an installation assembly. The installation assembly includes support components and sliding vibration-damping components. The support components include sliding rails vertically disposed at four inner corners of the box body. The sliding vibration-damping components include upper sliding blocks, lower sliding blocks, upper fixing blocks, and lower fixing blocks. A spring piece is disposed between each of the sliding blocks and a corresponding one of the fixing blocks. The placement assembly includes covering components and connecting components, the covering components include an upper film and a lower film which are oppositely disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Yao, Xiao Xiao, LingDan Cui, Jun Lai, BingQuan Zhou
  • Patent number: 11952189
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an article carrier for packaging a plurality of articles. The article carrier (90) comprises a plurality of primary panels (16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26) which form a tubular structure having an interior chamber. The plurality of primary panels includes: a first panel (14, 28); and a second panel (18, 24) opposing the first panel (14, 28). The carrier (90) further comprises a partition structure (P1, P2) dividing the interior chamber into two or more article-receiving cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Elina Blehm, Gregory P. Hayter