Patents Examined by Christopher Demeree
  • Patent number: 9783336
    Abstract: The present invention provides a carton structure, comprising: a confined body portion having four side wall portions formed by four rectangular boards, and bending portions formed between the side wall portions; a top cover at top of the confined body portion and configured to match therewith; a bottom cover at bottom of the confined body portion and configured to match therewith; wherein at least two supporting members attached onto surfaces of the bending portions; two upper and lower areas at outer surfaces of the side wall portions adjacent to the bending portions are formed of at least two openings and two folding portions correspondingly; the openings and the folding portions are connected to each other; and the folding portions can be pushed and bent toward outer surface of the supporting members in order to reach inner surface of the supporting members to be further secured onto the supporting members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Normandy Inc.
    Inventor: Gary Liaou
  • Patent number: 9776759
    Abstract: Dual-compartment food container is provided having an base portion including a base panel having first and second compartments defined therein and a cover portion including a cover panel joined by a common hinge portion. The cover portion is movable relative the base portion about the hinge portion from a substantially 180-degree open position to a closed position, wherein in the closed position, the cover portion is disposed over the first compartment with the second compartment extending beyond the cover portion. Each of the base portion and cover portion include at least one interlocking tab to releasably latch the base portion and cover portion. An engagement feature of the interlocking tabs can also provide a tactile indication to a user that the cover portion is secured in the closed position. A unitary blank for forming the dual-compartment food container from a sheet of blank material is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: PACTIV LLC
    Inventor: Angela E. Learn
  • Patent number: 9776781
    Abstract: A storage bag includes first and second sidewalls each having a top edge, a top portion, and a bottom portion. The bottom portion of the first sidewall includes at least one shift region about which the bag is capable of shifting. The shift region includes a score line, an indentation, or a crimp formed into the first sidewall. The top portions of the sidewalls include a cuff line about which the bag is capable of shifting. The bag shifts between (i) a flat configuration with the sidewalls positioned adjacent to each other, and (ii) a stand-up configuration with the sidewalls separated from each other. In the stand-up configuration, the bag has a substantially flat base. The bag also can be shifted to a cuffed position with the bag being folded over the cuff line of each of the sidewalls such that the cuff region forms an opening to the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Porchia, Keegan E. Burggren, Brian C. Dais
  • Patent number: 9771869
    Abstract: A fuel nozzle system for enabling a gas turbine to start and operate on low-Btu fuel includes a primary tip having primary fuel orifices and a primary fuel passage in fluid communication with the primary fuel orifices, and a fuel circuit capable of controlling flow rates of a first and second low-Btu fuel gases flowing into the fuel nozzle. The system is capable of operating at an ignition status, in which at least the first low-Btu fuel gas is fed to the primary fuel orifices and ignited to start the gas turbine, and a baseload status, in which at least the second low-Btu fuel gas is fired at baseload. The low-Btu fuel gas ignited at the ignition status has a content of the first low-Btu fuel gas higher than that of the low-Btu fuel gas fired at the baseload status. Methods for using the system are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Suhui Li, Joel Meier Haynes, Ping Yu, Wei Chen, David Leach, John Joseph Lipinski, Manuel Moises Cardenas, Jr., Wenjie Wu, Qingguo Zhang
  • Patent number: 9771176
    Abstract: A reinforced package comprising a carton comprising a plurality of panels that can comprise a front panel, a first side panel foldably connected to the front panel, a second side panel foldably connected to the front panel, and at least one back panel foldably connected to at least one of the first side panel and the second side panel. A bag can be attached to the carton and can have an at least partially open end, an at least partially closed end, and an interior space for holding a product. The carton can be positionable in a non-erect position wherein the interior space of the bag is at least partially collapsed and in an erect position wherein the interior space of the bag is increased. The carton can support the bag in the erect position and can have retention features for retaining the carton in the erect position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond S. Kastanek, Kelly R. Fitzwater
  • Patent number: 9758275
    Abstract: A reinforced package for holding a product. The reinforced package comprises a carton comprising a plurality of panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels can comprise a front panel, a first side panel foldably connected to the front panel, a second side panel foldably connected to the front panel, at least one back panel foldably connected to at least one of the first side panel and the second side panel, and at least one bottom panel foldably connected to at least one of the front panel and the back panel. A bag can comprise an at least partially open end, an at least partially closed end, and an interior space for holding a product. The bag can be at least partially received in the interior of the carton. The carton is positionable in a non-erect position and in an erect position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly R. Fitzwater, Scott Thomas Strand
  • Patent number: 9758285
    Abstract: The bag in box packaging comprising an inner bag, an outer carton and an inner spout retaining member. The inner bag defines a cavity with a spout coupled thereto. The outer carton includes a front wall and a first sidewall positioned adjacent the front wall, both extending from a bottom wall to a top wall. The inner spout retaining member including a first panel spanning diagonally from the first sidewall to the front wall obliquely relative to each wall and spaced apart from a side edge joining the front wall to the first sidewall, to define a triangular cross-sectional configuration. The first panel includes a spout retaining slot extending thereinto. The spout extends into the spout receiving slot so as to capture the spout within the cross-sectional configuration and directed toward the side edge. The inner bag is positioned on the opposite side of the first panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Scholle IPN Corporation
    Inventor: John Brooks
  • Patent number: 9745096
    Abstract: A carton for holding a plurality of articles. The carton comprises a first side panel, a bottom panel, a second side panel, a first top panel, and a second top panel. The bottom panel comprises a first portion and a second portion. The carton comprises a first proximal side end flap, a first distal side end flap, a second proximal side end flap, a second distal side end flap, a first bottom end flap foldably connected to the first portion of the bottom panel, and second bottom end flap foldably connected to the second portion of the bottom panel. The first distal side end flap is in face-to-face contact with the second distal side end flap, the first bottom end flap is in face-to-face contact with the first proximal side end flap, and the second bottom end flap is in face-to-face contact with the second proximal side end flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Coltri-Johnson, Jean-Manuel Gomes, Edward W. Jones
  • Patent number: 9745900
    Abstract: Methods of determining a desired sensor probe location in a closed loop emissions control (CLEC) system of a gas turbine engine are provided. One method includes determining, at different locations, a plurality of temperature contour profiles for exhaust flowing through an exhaust duct, selecting an emissions component entrained in the exhaust to be measured, and determining a desired sensor probe installation location based on the emissions component to be measured and based on the plurality of temperature contour profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Siddharth Aphale, Scott Alan Kopcho, Daniel Robert Tegel, Aarron Dell Johansen
  • Patent number: 9744794
    Abstract: A file folder includes a rotatable cover and a closure mechanism. The closure mechanism secures the rotatable cover against a front of the file folder to maintain the file folder in a closed position. The closure mechanism further secures the rotatable cover against a back of the file folder to maintain the file folder in an opened position. The closed position protects contents of the file folder, while the opened position allows access to the contents of the file folder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Kuehn, Katherine E. Larson
  • Patent number: 9737161
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a paper cup comprising: a base; a sidewall; said base and said sidewall together defining a space for receiving liquid or food; an upper end portion of the cup comprising a first and second pair of opposing closure panels, whereby each panel is attached to an upper edge of the sidewall via a respective first folding line and to adjacent panels via respective second folding lines. Said panels are foldable into a closed position to form a lid of the cup. Each panel of said first pair contains two additional folding lines to enable folding inwards. Upon folding to the closed position, a first panel of said second pair is partly inserted below a second panel of said second pair, and the panels of said second pair close the upper end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Metsä Board Oyj
    Inventor: Alan Li
  • Patent number: 9738049
    Abstract: A blank configured to form a package is provided. The blank may include a bottom panel, a top panel, and an overlapping panel having an edge region and an adjoining region positioned between the edge region and the top panel. The adjoining region of the overlapping panel overlaps and attaches to the bottom panel to form a compartment when formed into a package. The compartment may be employed to store a consumable product, such as cartridges for an aerosol delivery device. A related method for forming the blank into the package is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Wesley Steven Jones
  • Patent number: 9738420
    Abstract: A mailer has an outer, longitudinally extending, biodegradable film with lateral edges folded on itself to form a pocket having an opening and sealable by a flap. An assembly is composed of an inner, longitudinally extending, biodegradable film having lateral edges and a longitudinal extending pad composed of textile cuttings and microbial and superabsorbent powders. The inner film extends longitudinally around the pad and is attached to the pad. The assembly is positioned in the pocket with the inner film being sealed to the outer film adjacent the opening to the pocket trapping the pad between the outer and inner films. Sealing tape is mounted on the inner film adjacent to the pocket to seal the pocket closed. The lateral edges of both the outer and inner films, which extend laterally beyond the pad, are heat sealed together. A container has an outer box an inner insulative layer. The insulative layer is made from flocked textiles and is mixable with absorbatives and antimicrobials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Drayton Granville Miller
  • Patent number: 9738412
    Abstract: A matchbox-type container wherein the sleeve has a proximal end wall with an aperture defined therein, and the bottom has a slot or channel defined lengthwise therein in direct and longitudinally continuous communication with the proximal end wall aperture. The longitudinally continuous aperture and channel permit a user to pass a finger into the aperture and unimpededly lengthwise through the channel to cause the tray to be pushed and extended distally, thereby permitting the tray contents to be exposed through the open distal end of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: POCKET TEA, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Victor
  • Patent number: 9731663
    Abstract: An electrical harness assembly is provided that comprises a flexible printed circuit electrically connected to one end of an electrical connector. The other end of the electrical connector is presented for connection to another electrical component. Electrical tracks or conductors in the flexible printed circuit terminate in receiving holes. The electrical connector comprises terminals, each of which has a first end that is received in one of the receiving holes to form a connection formation, and a second end which is present for connection to the other electrical device. The connection formation is encapsulated so as to be sealed, thereby providing a reliable and robust connection between the connector and the flexible printed circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Paul Broughton, Jonathan Wilson
  • Patent number: 9731888
    Abstract: A blank made of a polymeric material is provided and used to form at least a portion of a container. The blank is folded to establish a base and a side wall included in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: John B Euler, Jason J Paladino, Chris K Leser
  • Patent number: 9731414
    Abstract: A storage sheet having a plurality of pockets which includes a flexible sheet, a plurality of pocket strips, and a fastener. The plurality of pocket strips allow for the storage of personal or professional items. The plurality of pocket strips are shingled to save space as well as to display the contents of the pockets. The storage sheet is flexible to able to be rolled and secured or bundled together through use of the fastener. A roll-up storage sheet provides increased storage space as well as reduces the total volume the storage space occupies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Inventor: Tyler Lee Ktytor
  • Patent number: 9731859
    Abstract: A container blank for forming container comprising: a) a first end wall panel having a top, a bottom, a left side and a right side; b) a first side wall panel having a top, a bottom, a left side and a right side; c) a second side wall panel having a top, a bottom, a left side and a right side; d) a second end wall panel having a top, a bottom, a left side and a right side; e) a first top flap; f) a second top flap; g) a third top flap; h) a fourth top flap; i) a first bottom flap having a middle fold line; j) a first pair of minor bottom flaps; k) a second bottom flap having a middle fold line; and l) a second pair of minor bottom flaps and a container derived from the container blank disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Inventor: Wolfgang Volkmann
  • Patent number: 9725204
    Abstract: A bottle package is disclosed for providing consumer packaging for liquid products. The package includes a paper-based cylindrical main body section providing a circular footprint for the package. In one embodiment, the package includes a paper conical section attached to the main body section. In one embodiment, the package includes a plastic bottle top comprising a screw on cap fitted to and adhered to an inside of the paper conical section to provide a screw on bottle top section on a top of the package. In one embodiment, the main body section includes annular creases configured to enable a collapsed state wherein the main body section includes accordion-style folds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Inventor: David T. George
  • Patent number: 9725207
    Abstract: An easy open carton includes a paperboard having an inner face and an outer face. The paperboard includes a plurality of folding flaps permitting the paperboard to be folded to form a three dimensional carton. At least one cut line is provided on the inner face of the paperboard. The paperboard further includes a force application portion having a plurality of cuts disposed intermittently or continuously. Each cut extends from the inner face through the outer face of the paperboard. The force application portion is connected to the at least one cut line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Magic Packing Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ya-Chen Lu