Patents Examined by Byron P. Gehman
  • Patent number: 10793316
    Abstract: An assembly of stacked mattresses and a method for preparing such an assembly are provided. The assembly of stacked mattresses comprises a first pallet, a second pallet, a plurality of mattresses positioned between the first pallet and the second pallet and straps coupling the first pallet to the second pallet, the plurality of mattresses being in a compressed state between the first pallet and the second pallet and the straps restraining expansion of the plurality of mattresses. The second pallet is comprised of a supporting member and a plurality of elongated reinforcing members extending across the supporting member, at least some of the reinforcing members including respective strap guiding members extending longitudinally along the elongated reinforcing member. At least some of the straps engage respective ones of the strap guiding members of the plurality of elongated reinforcing member of the second pallet so that displacement of the straps is constrained by the strap guiding members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: PRIMO BEDDING INC.
    Inventors: Niaina Andria, George Itzkovitz
  • Patent number: 10737858
    Abstract: An antitheft display assembly includes a support member, at least one hanging member mounted on the support member, at least one press member mounted on the at least one hanging member, at least one hand tool mounted on the at least one hanging member and locked by the at least one press member, and a limit member mounted on the support member. Thus, the at least one press member is isolated by the limit member and cannot be operated by anyone, while the locking block of the at least one press member is locked in one retaining groove of the at least one hand tool, such that the at least one hand tool is not detached from the at least one hanging member by pulling, thereby achieving an antitheft function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Inventor: Huang-Tung Hsu
  • Patent number: 10682456
    Abstract: In the context of a package for sealing an infusion set therewithin, the present invention causes a plurality of illustrations in which elements and colors thereof which appear in a story, verse, or lyric of a song or nursery rhyme are depicted in images in order of appearance therein, the respective images being displayed on a surface of the package in order from frontmost to backmost in mutually offset and partially overlapping fashion, such that it is possible to extremely naturally and without difficulty grasp the colors and the order thereof, i.e., the order of administration, as a result of which it is possible to effectively prevent misidentification of administration procedure during use of the infusion set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: KOBAYASHI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Fukuoka, Go Kawaoi, Kazuyuki Osawa, Imari Endo
  • Patent number: 10665214
    Abstract: An instrument case with one or more rack instrument stands with or without an instrument maintenance station combined into a hard-shell instrument transport case. The one or more rack instrument stands are attached to the inner top lid of the instrument case and has a comb shaped structure which can be locked into place when in use. The one or more rack instrument stands can store one or more different types of instruments at the same time when the case is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Inventor: James Quinn Bedore
  • Patent number: 10638821
    Abstract: A jewellery case includes a base to which a jewellery mount is pivotally mounted, and a lid slidably coupled to the base. The jewellery mount is designed to temporarily hold a piece of jewellery such as an engagement or wedding ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Inventor: Han Hwang
  • Patent number: 10577146
    Abstract: An overbox packaging system for a high aspect ratio inner box includes an outer box, at least four modular packaging inserts, and tape to seal the outer box closed. Four modular packaging inserts are adapted to a width of the high aspect ratio inner box by selective removal of zero or more first tear-away pieces and are adapted to a difference in a second dimension of the outer box in the inner box by selective removal of zero or more second tear-away pieces of at least two of the four modular packaging inserts. A second module of additional modular packaging inserts is removed, leaving a first module which is adapted to the width of the high aspect ratio inner box by selective removal of zero or more first tear-away pieces and placed in the outer box with its slot holding a section of the inner box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Inventor: Casey Christopher McKewon
  • Patent number: 10486879
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blister pack (1) for a button battery, comprising a blister foil (4) designed to form at least one housing for receiving at least one button battery, and integral with a base (2). According to the invention, the blister pack comprises, between the base (2) and the blister foil (4), a reinforcing foil (6) which has inter alia a tensile strength of between 1,200 kg/cm2 and 3,100 kg/cm2according to the ASTM D 882 standard. Moreover, an orifice opening into the hosung is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Renata AG
    Inventors: Thomas Meier, Eric Weber, Urs Renggli
  • Patent number: 8292118
    Abstract: A plate that provides a handle area, a food-contact area, a transition area between the handle and food-contact areas, a cup hole, and first and second thumb holes adjacent to the cup hole. The cup hole of the plate, as well as the first and second thumb holes, are located within the handle area at different elevations from an elevation of the food-contact area of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Inventor: Duane Ebesu
  • Patent number: 7992879
    Abstract: A reusable packaging system includes a series of four bags, each designed to be reusable and capable of standing upright when in an open state. The bags are constructed so that they will fit in an open state within a shopping cart, and differ progressively in size so that they can be nested inside of each other for storage. The nested bags are then folded to form a compact, single package which can be easily transported by a user to a store for shopping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Inventors: Mikel Eisenberg, Kristen Brown
  • Patent number: 7950523
    Abstract: A retainer for a welding wire coil has a plurality of fingers (38) and a base element (32) with an upper surface (34) and a lower surface (36), the fingers (38) extending downwardly beyond the lower surface (36) of the retainer (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Sidergas SpA
    Inventor: Carlo Gelmetti
  • Patent number: 7866470
    Abstract: A carry case is provided for a portable analyte measuring device, the carry case having opposing sides delimiting an interior space that is closed at one end and provided with an opening at the other end. According to certain embodiments of the present invention, the carry case is provided with an interior flap that is fastened at a distance from the closed end at one of the opposing sides and that can be swung from a first position in which a first side of the flap faces one of the opposing sides to a second position, in which the flap divides the interior space of the carry case and faces with the first flap side the closed end of the interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffen Kroll, Kirsten Hoppert
  • Patent number: 7866479
    Abstract: A spring type paper cushion having a columnar body, at least four cushioning recesses, at least four projections and a receiving portion. The columnar body has a columnar wall and an axis. The cushioning recesses and the projections are formed on the columnar wall. The projections are respectively located between two of the cushioning recesses. The receiving portion is recessed into the columnar wall and is located at one of the cushioning recesses. The receiving portion has two receiving mountain-fold lines, two slits and a bottom. The slits are cut so that the two receiving mountain-fold lines can be folded allowing the bottom to sink into the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Inventor: Yu-Han Fan
  • Patent number: 7850005
    Abstract: A separation container is provided that includes a first container for storing a first substance, a second container for storing a second substance, and a frame structurally located at a periphery of the first cavity and the second cavity that supports an elastic membrane interdisposed between the first cavity and the second cavity to provide a tension seal. The elastic membrane can be completely retracted to allow the first substance to combine with the second substance responsive to a force applied to the separation container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignees: Interpharm Development
    Inventors: Michel Bras, Laurence Paris
  • Patent number: 7798322
    Abstract: A media storage container has a sleeve and a slide out tray wherein the sleeve includes a feature that helps to hold the disc in the tray in the event the disc holding hub breaks. In one configuration, the sleeve includes a tab that has been folded over at least once such that the tab is wedged between the inner surface of the upper wall of the sleeve and the top of the disc holding hub. In another configuration, the tab is folded over itself twice to create three layers of tab material between the inner surface of the upper wall of the sleeve and the disc holding hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Inventors: Robert M. Wynalda, Jr., Robert G. Rajter, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7748532
    Abstract: Various apparatus and methods are provided for positioning and handling hard memory disks. A disk carrier is provided with adjustably positionable side wall inserts. The inserts or panels may be moved between a plurality of positions to accommodate disks of different diameters. The inserts may also be substituted to accommodate disks of different thickness or different orientations, such as pairs of disks in gap merge orientation or contact merge orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Gerardo Buitron, Walter Crofton, David Newman
  • Patent number: 7731023
    Abstract: A portable storage and display case for valuable items such as military decorations and jewelry having a rigid front member, and a rigid rear member, a spine joining the front member with the rear member, and an interior surface having first and second interior pockets, capable of holding an insert capable of slidably connecting into the first and second interior pockets. A portfolio further comprising at least one sheet of a recoverable plastic portfolio sheet capable of receiving pins and folded into halves. A padded protector panel having at least one pocket therein, and disposed between the two halves of the recoverable plastic portfolio sheet so that the two halves do not come into contact with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Inventor: John R. Lesch
  • Patent number: 7661526
    Abstract: A toolbox includes a shell, a holder and a cover. The shell includes two grooves defined therein and two inclined faces formed thereon near the grooves. The holder is disposed in the shell and formed with a plurality of holes for receiving bits. The cover includes two lugs extended from a side thereof and two blocks each formed on a related one of the lugs and formed with an inclined face. The blocks are movably disposed in the grooves so that the cover can be moved relative to the shell. When the cover is moved away from the shell, the cover can be pivoted relative to the shell so that the inclined faces of the blocks are located against the inclined faces of the shell, thus limiting the pivoting of the cover relative to the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Yih Cheng Factory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jack Lin
  • Patent number: 7597196
    Abstract: A portable device for transporting or storing pharmaceuticals under refrigeration. The pharmaceuticals can be in a medication container or medical device, such as a syringe. A user chills the entire device or a cooling component within the device, and then places the pharmaceutical item inside the device and closes the device around it. The pharmaceutical device may then be transported while being kept at a reduced temperature by the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Inventor: Phyllis Langone
  • Patent number: 7578386
    Abstract: A cover coupled with a container that allows contents thereof to be mixed when the cover is opened, is provided. The cover includes a cover body and a packing member. The cover body consists of a cylinder-shaped shaped receiving wall integrally projected from the bottom to for a receiving space. The packing member has a blocking wall, the first support wall, the second support wall, and bridges. The first support wall extends from the blocking wall and is forcibly fitted in the inside of the receiving wall. The second support wall is forcibly fitted in the inside of the lateral wall of the container and the bridges are formed at a constant interval to connect the first support wall and the second support wall. Since the cover body and the packing member are coupled in the shape of an assembly, a coupling process with the container can be separately performed and thus assembling efficiency improves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Inventor: Hyo Bin Im
  • Patent number: 7556151
    Abstract: A reminder device can be attached to the bottom of a medicine container that has a cap. The reminder device has an indicator rotatably mounted on a base in order to rotate and indicate a scheduled event. The base adhesively or frictionally engages the bottom of the container opposite the cap. The base may have an opening for engaging the bottom of the medicine container. Along some transverse plane within the opening, the opening may be shaped to engage the container along most of its periphery. A user can adjust the indicator on the base to indicate a scheduled event when medicine is ingested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Inventor: James Seijas