Patents Examined by David Fidei
  • Patent number: 8844722
    Abstract: A medication container with a Fresnel lens formed on its surface is described. The Fresnel lens provides a magnified view of the medication content of the container so that a user such as a pharmacist or a patient can accurately determine the medication content without opening the container. In one embodiment, the medication container is generally cylindrical in shape and a Fresnel lens is formed on the bottom of the container. In other embodiments, the Fresnel lens is formed on the cap of a middle component located between the cap and the body of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Inventors: Tom Y. Wang, Richard A. Young, David Truong
  • Patent number: 8839951
    Abstract: An a card holder for holding a transaction card, such as a gift card, upon a card holding panel that pivots or flips to reveal the gift card in response to operation of a pull element. The holder may include multiple pages in addition to the card holding panel. The pull element is linked to a cover panel that, when opened, also causes the card holding panel to open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Gift Card Impressions, LLC
    Inventors: Brett R. Glass, Nicole E. Glass
  • Patent number: 8833551
    Abstract: A hinged-lid pack (1) for smoking articles is disclosed. The pack (1) comprises a body (2) and a lid (9) hingedly connected to the body along a rear wall of the pack so as to define a line of closure between the lid (9) and the body (2) that extends from the rear wall across opposing side walls and a front wall of the pack. The line of closure (8) has a first portion (30) that extends away from the rear wall across each side wall at a first angle (‘A’, ‘C’) relative to the rear wall. The line of closure (8) also has a second portion (31) that extends from the first portion towards the front wall of the pack, the second portion (31) is at a second angle (‘B’,‘D’) relative to the rear wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: Steven Holford
  • Patent number: 8833806
    Abstract: A Front Opening Unified Pod (FOUP) has a pair of latch structures, and the latch structures install in a door of the FOUP. The latch structures use a circular rotary turntable to drive a pair of sliding devices, let the latch structures can lock or unlock more stabilized, and use sliding rollers respectively disposed on the sliding devices to prevent the generation of dusts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Gudeng Precision Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Feng Wang, Ming-Long Chiu, Shao-Wei Lu, Tzu-Jeng Hsu
  • Patent number: 8827102
    Abstract: A device for holding bath toys is provided that includes a flexible receptacle having a back panel and a front panel adjoined by opposing sides and a bottom of the receptacle. At least a portion of the bottom of the receptacle is formed of a mesh material. The top portion of the back panel and an upper edge of the front panel define an open end of the receptacle. The device can be attached to a bathroom wall, for example by using at least two posts which extend through a respective opening in the receptacle and at least two caps, each cap defining a bore for receiving the post and for secure attachment to the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Skip Hop, Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Zack, Rany Joo, Janet Villano, Ellen Diamant
  • Patent number: 8827078
    Abstract: A container or box formed from an inner carton and an outer carton. The cartons can be formed from paperboard or a corrugated material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Inventors: Jana Doemel, Brad Schultz, Bevon Dormer
  • Patent number: 8827077
    Abstract: A caddy device having a walled enclosure with an opening therein, an interior space and a floor, there being a plurality of holding compartments disposed about the interior of the walled enclosure, with one holding compartment preferably having a wall with apertures therein for facilitating drainage of liquid from the holding compartment into the container space, another compartment being separated from the enclosure interior space for storing items therein; and a plunger compartment provided for storing a plunger separate from the other items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Inventor: Wallace L. Cummins
  • Patent number: 8813952
    Abstract: A container for holding an item having un-dried, oil-based paint thereon. A box has a removable lid with an outlet hole. The lid extends horizontally across and then upwardly on the container defining a first area to hold the item and a second area to hold a container of material when activated by a liquid to give off a gas heavier than oxygen. The oxygen is forced through the outlet hole limiting drying of paint on the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Inventor: Wayne E. Campbell
  • Patent number: 8813986
    Abstract: A closure for a waste receptacle is provided. The closure comprises a moveable component mounted to the closure for movement between a closed position, wherein the moveable component prohibits waste from entering the waste receptacle and an open position wherein the moveable component facilitates the entry of waste into the waste receptacle. A motor is coupled to the moveable component and configured to move the moveable component between the open position and the closed position. A sensor is adapted to transmit a signal when waste is proximal or contacting the closure, wherein the sensor communicates with the motor to move the moveable component between the open position and the closed position to deposit the waste into the waste receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Michael Liscio, Donna Moats, Mark Brian Finnestad, Anthony Trupiano, Charyn Miller, Derek Ottaviano
  • Patent number: 8818464
    Abstract: A case for a device includes a plurality of walls defining a cavity and an opening to the cavity. A first one of the walls is opposite the opening and is configured as a support surface to support a portion of a first housing of the device and also has a first recess therein configured to receive a portion of at least a first end of a band of the device. A second one of the walls defines an edge of the opening that is configured to extend along a center support of the band with the optical element of the device being positioned between the second one of the walls and the support surface when the device is received in the cavity. The case also includes a lid configured to cover the opening and to selectively enclose the interior cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Maj Isabelle Olsson, Matthew Wyatt Martin, Joseph John Hebenstreit, Peter Michael Cazalet
  • Patent number: 8807338
    Abstract: A package for mailing of a light-weight product includes a compressible body and a sheet that is less compressible than the body. A front face of the body has a cutout shaped to receive the product. The sheet has a planar first panel and a planar second panel. An inside face of the first panel is secured to a back face of the compressible body. The second panel is foldably connected to a first edge of the first panel and movable between a folded configuration in which the second panel covers the front face of the compressible body and an unfolded configuration in which the front face of the compressible body is uncovered and an inside face of the second panel is exposed. The sheet does not cover the top face and the bottom face of the compressible body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin Moring, Eric Manago
  • Patent number: 8807335
    Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-theft safer for a cassette comprising a cassette receiving case and a locking device being adapted to releasably secure the cassette in the case, wherein the cassette receiving case is a two-part case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: MW Security AB
    Inventor: Thomas Nilsson
  • Patent number: 8800770
    Abstract: A packaging system, for opening and unloading a plurality of articles onto a display, includes a plurality of articles arranged to define a unit. The unit includes a front side, a back side, a pair of lateral sides extending between the front and back sides, a bottom, and a top. The unit may include a tray. A tubular film that extends between first and second ends, encircles the unit to secure the plurality of articles defining the unit. A series of first perforations are defined in the film and arranged in two bottom lines that are spaced from each other and extend along the bottom of the unit from the first end to the second end of the film. The bottom lines are spaced on the bottom to define the film into a lower portion that extends between the two bottom lines and a remaining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Kellogg Company
    Inventors: Stuart Percival, Charles Brooke
  • Patent number: 8794439
    Abstract: Described herein are systems relating to packaging boxes. In some implementations, the packaging boxes include one or more trays used to support product cups, such as k-cups. The product cups, for example, can be used to hold tea, coffee, or flavoring. Some examples of flavoring include honey or other liquid flavoring a user can add to tea or coffee to adjust the flavor of the tea or coffee (e.g., honey comb and lemon grass, creamer, orange marmalade, mint peach, etc.). The packaging boxes can include a longitudinal axis parallel to the top and a long side of the box. The trays placed in the packaging boxes, for example, can have a similar longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal axes of the packaging box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventor: Lawrence Charles
  • Patent number: 8794438
    Abstract: A container/package of filamentary material wound in a coil and encased in heat shrinkable film with a payout tube extending through a payout hole in the container/package, the heat shrinkable film is formed as a pouch having an open end into which the coil is inserted; one end of the shrink wrap material is folded back on itself to form a hand-held cutout; the open end of the pouch is sealed and the shrunk wrap material is heated to seal the coil in the shrunk wrap material while isolating the hand-hold cutout; and the container/package is thus formed with a heat shrunk pouch tightly containing the coil of filamentary material and an attached portion not exposed to heat and not shrunk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Reelex Packaging Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy M. Copp, G. Taylor Richey
  • Patent number: 8789691
    Abstract: A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers within a plurality of corresponding container receiving apertures that includes at least two rows of container receiving apertures wherein each container receiving aperture is wider than an adjacent container receiving aperture from a center to outer edges of the carrier wherein a handle extends outwardly from one row of the at least two rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Robert C. Olsen
  • Patent number: 8783485
    Abstract: Container (100) for loosely stored products comprising a container body (10), a cover (20), and a hinge (22) placed between the container body (10) and the cover (20) wherein the cover (20) has a cylindrical inner wall (30) and a cylindrical outer wall (32), and the inner wall (30) is provided with a sealing portion (34) at the outer edge of the inner wall (30), wherein the vertical position. (A) of an apex (36) of the sealing portion (34) is smaller than the vertical height (B) of the outer wall (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Clariant Production (France) S.A.S.
    Inventors: Valere Logel, Dominique Bois
  • Patent number: 8777095
    Abstract: A package (10) for packaging a food product is made from a sheet (12) of foldable material. The sheet (12) defines a base area on which a food product (14) may be positioned and three or more side wall regions (20) about the base area that are folded upwardly and inwardly to form a parcel for surrounding and containing a product positioned on the base area. The side wall regions (20) converge towards a point located substantially centrally above the base area and an external fin seal (24) is provided between each adjacent pair of side wall regions. The fin seals (24) may be formed by bonding at least part of the opposing inner surfaces of the material forming each fin seal together using a peelable adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Cadbury Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Parbinder Cheema
  • Patent number: 8777007
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of packaging, and more particularly to a packaging box for liquid crystal glass. The packaging box for liquid crystal glass includes a box body; the box body is internally provided with buffer blocks which are made of material different from that of the box body and have buffer performance superior to that of the box body. The packaging box for liquid crystal glass of the invention is of a separated structure, the box body and the buffer blocks are respectively made of different materials, the buffer blocks are made of material with good buffer performance, and the box body is mainly used for fixing the buffer blocks and ensuring the strength of the whole box body; thus, the box body is made of ordinary plastic material and injection molded without being made of expanded buffer material with buffer effect and high cost, thereby reducing the cost of the packaging box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shihhsiang Chen, Yicheng Kuo, Jiahe Cheng
  • Patent number: 8770400
    Abstract: A pill tray is provided for assisting in sorting and counting of pills and capsules comprising a generally flat transparent tray surrounded by walls on three sides, a pill receiver on a fourth side, and featuring at least one return funnel on a corner distal the pill receiver. The pill tray features at least one side handle, a pill receiver that extends rearward to the same extent as the return funnel, an advertising sleeve on the underside of the tray, efficient legs, a downwardly sloping return funnel with a ridge across the access to same, and a gradually sloped ridge between the tray and the pill receiver that has no flat surfaces. The pill tray is preferably formed as a single piece by injection molding. The pill tray may be part of a kit including a multi-function spatula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventors: James A. Connellan, William D. Moyer, Ryan Bruce