Patents Examined by David Fidei
  • Patent number: 8602236
    Abstract: A bottle including a hollow removable closure. The bottle can include a base portion enclosing a substantially hollow interior, the base portion including a mouth in fluid communication with the interior, a removable closure enclosing a substantially hollow reservoir, the removable closure including an opening in fluid communication with the reservoir and a stopper removably sealing the opening, wherein a portion of the closure is receivable within the mouth of the base portion such that the opening of the closure is received through the mouth and a liquid-tight seal is formed between the base portion and a portion of the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: RNR IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew F. Herbst
  • Patent number: 8602218
    Abstract: A childproof and senior friendly packaging container having a housing that defines a chamber for removably receiving a blister card or sheet. The blister sheet includes a flap on its end that is designed to engage a flap extending into the chamber of the housing to retain the blister card within the housing in an extended position. A node on the blister card flap is sized to fit within a slot or hole on the housing to retain the blister card in a stored position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Colbert Packaging Corporation
    Inventor: Glenn A. Grosskopf
  • Patent number: 8595877
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for custom fitting an article of footwear is disclosed. A container holding the article of footwear includes a steaming assembly that allows a customer to subject the article of footwear to steam. The method can include cooling the article of footwear on the customer's foot to custom fit the article of footwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian D. Baker, Alexandre Baudouin, William M. Dieter
  • Patent number: 8596458
    Abstract: A portable, sanitary, and self-closing carrier for having all hygienic supplies required by a traveler using a public toilet readily accessible to the traveler in one convenient place. The carrier includes a tote bag, a tray, and a handle. The tote bag is portable and sanitary. The tray is replaceably contained within the tote bag and has all of the hygienic supplies required by the traveler using the public toilet readily accessible to the traveler in the one convenient place. The handle extends from the tote bag and is so configured so as to allow the tote bag to close when the tote bag when the handle is lifted during carrying so as to allow the tote bag to be self-closing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Inventors: Robert F. Alcorn, Gary N. James
  • Patent number: 8596456
    Abstract: The present invention includes a display apparatus including an item retention wall defining a cavity, and a suspension member coupled to the item retention wall, wherein the item retention wall is configured to retain an item within the cavity by a retention seal between the item and the item retention wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Birgers, Michael Joseph Solomon
  • Patent number: 8599097
    Abstract: A collapsible portable stand comprises support legs and a mast that collapse into a small equipment enclosure or case, forming one single, integral unit that provides for storage, stable support for a device that is mounted onto the mast, and portability. The legs and mast are operatively connected to the case and preferably have extendable length. In an embodiment, the legs and mast are connected to the case via hinges that provide for the legs and mast to rotate with respect to the case. The case preferably has wheels and an extendable handle for ease of transport when the legs and mast are collapsed into the case. An embodiment includes an internal storage case that has a moveable cover that can include controls for and/or connections to a device stored in the internal storage case. An alternative embodiment includes a larger portable stand that has components that are external of the case and/or are independent of a case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Air Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence Shane Intravatola
  • Patent number: 8596487
    Abstract: A carrier unit for carrying boxes includes at least one carrier having multiple holes defined therethrough and two first engaging portions are provided on two insides of each of the holes. Multiple parts boxes are engaged with the holes and each box has a body and a cover which is pivotably connected to the body. The body has two second engaging portions which can be engaged with the first engaging portions when the body is installed in one of the holes. The cover has two protruded portions which contact the carrier when the cover is opened so that the second engaging portions can be disengaged from the first engaging portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Inventor: Chung-Shiu Su
  • Patent number: 8584836
    Abstract: The invention allows unwrapping without stress, including in the dark, and the assured taking of the condom in the right orientation, without risk of inversion, without risk of contaminating contact with the exterior of the condom, with no risk of the condom falling from the wrapping during opening, without risk of tearing the condom with the teeth or a cutting object during unwrapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Inventor: Xavier De Waleffe
  • Patent number: 8584849
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention includes a tray and a method for loading a medical device on a catheter assembly. The tray can include a tray body defining a first receptacle for seating the handle assembly of the catheter assembly, an elongate receptacle for seating a delivery shaft of the catheter assembly, and a reservoir for holding a fluid. A portion of the elongate receptacle slopes downward towards the reservoir. The reservoir has a bottom surface that is below a portion of the elongate receptacle that is contiguous with the reservoir. Accordingly, when the reservoir is filled with a fluid and the catheter assembly is seated in the first receptacle and the elongate receptacle, the distal tip of the catheter assembly is submerged in the fluid in the reservoir. The tray body is also configured to prevent movement of a catheter assembly seated therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Medtronic Ventor Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Gerry McCaffrey
  • Patent number: 8573264
    Abstract: A reticle pod for storing reticles, into the gas channel of partition of which gas is filled through a gas inlet, wherein strong gas flow is formed around the pellicle film and the pellicle film expands outward in accordance with the Bernoulli's principle; when no gas is filled in through the gas inlet, the pellicle film contracts inward. Therefore, by turning on and shutting off the gas inlet valve, the pellicle film will be set in a breathing motion for the gas inside the pellicle film to be exchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Gudeng Precision Industrial Co, Ltd
    Inventors: Ni-Shin Lee, Shao-Wei Lu
  • Patent number: 8573403
    Abstract: A blister sheet (1) has a generally rectangular blister (2) formed with one pair of longer side walls (7) having parallel steps (8) and a second pair of shorter side wall (9) devoid of steps. The side walls serve to space a front face (5) of the blister from the plane of a rupturable foil backing sheet (4) which retains medication doses (nor shown) inside the blister until they are to be taken. The medication doses are ejected from the cavity of the blister (2) by depressing its front face with finger pressure so that they are forced against the backing sheet (4) with sufficient force to rupture it. During the application of finger pressure to the front face (5) it bows downwardly in its central region as indicated by the broken outline. Simultaneously the end walls (9) tilt inwardly towards one another so that any medication doses lying against them are forced into the central region of the blister from which they can be ejected more easily by the descending front face (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Manrex Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Gerard Stevens, Ian Stevens
  • Patent number: 8561801
    Abstract: A packaging system and method for packaging a piece of machinery are provided. A first corner bracket is extended from a first exterior edge of the machinery. The first corner bracket comprises a first baseplate positioned along a bottom plane of the machinery, and a first plurality of side plates. Each of the first plurality of side plates is integrally attached to the first baseplate at a first angle. Each of the first plurality of side plates extends upwardly from the baseplate. Each of the first plurality of side plates is integrally attached to at least one other of the first plurality of side plates. The first plurality of side plates form a first interior edge that mates to the first exterior edge of the machinery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Edward J. Grenchus, Jr., Stephane G. Laforge
  • Patent number: 8556073
    Abstract: A carrier for use in fastener driving tools, i.e. tools for driving fasteners such as nails into concrete, steel or other materials. In use, a carrier which carries multiple fasteners is loaded into the fastener driving tool. The carrier disclosed in this disclosure can be used with fastener driving tools of many different brands and models. The carrier includes multiple sleeves connected together by connecting parts. Each sleeve has an upper breakable collar, a middle wall portion, and a lower collar. The outer cross section of the lower collar has a substantially circular shape; the outer cross section of the upper collar has a near-rectangular shape. The upper collar has a smaller thickness than the lower collar, which enables the carrier to fit into and be used with fastener driving tools of different brands and models. The carrier is made of a plastic material such as high density polyethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Jaaco Corporation
    Inventor: Chien-Chain Liang
  • Patent number: 8550250
    Abstract: A package is disclosed comprising a reclosable blister attached to a paperboard card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventor: Michael P. Wade
  • Patent number: 8550238
    Abstract: A contact lens storage case of limited life and predetermined usage to further the safe and effective use of contact lenses by ensuring patient compliance through both limiting case use over a set period of time and discouraging reuse and topping-off of the disinfecting and storage solution. Generally, the self-destruction consists of the case developing a leak in a pre-determined fashion as a result of the change in properties of a material in a limited area of the case following exposure of the case to the storage solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: The Compliance Case Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua Ellis Josephson, Raymond Myers, Heather Sheardown
  • Patent number: 8540072
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging for a detonation cord that is used especially for igniting shaped charged perforators in perforation guns utilized in the oil and natural gas industry. According to the invention, the detonation cord is wound on one plane as a flat coil. Also disclosed is a method for examining whether a detonation cord has faulty points. Said method is characterized in that the detonation cord is subjected to an x-ray examination in the packaging before being delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Dynaenergetics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rolf Rospek, Malte Veehmayer, Dimitri Riesen
  • Patent number: 8540075
    Abstract: Disclosed is a square cigar tube, comprising a first square tube part (1) and a second square tube part (2). The first square tube part and the second square tube part are connected; a through hole (11) is arranged in the first square tube part, and a through hole (21) is arranged in the second square tube part; a first magnet accommodating space (12) is arranged on an end surface of the first square tube part connected to the second square tube part, and a first tube lid (3) is arranged on the other end; a second magnet accommodating space (22) is arranged on an end surface of the second square tube part connected to the first square tube part, and a second tube lid (4) is arranged on the other end; a first magnet (8) is arranged in the first accommodating space, and a second magnet (9) is arranged in the second accommodating space. The square cigar tube makes it easy to take out or put in a cigar, is accurate in positioning, and is convenient to clean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Almaster Research & Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ngan Andrew Chau
  • Patent number: 8540104
    Abstract: An apparatus for receiving and protecting interchangeable camera lenses includes a cylindrical body shell having a rigid wall with a soft lined interior surface, a base end cap positioned at a bottom end to form a closed-end floor, and a mouth member disposed at a top end to form an opening sized to receive a camera lens. A lid cap is removably engageable in a two-stage rotational interference fit with the mouth member. In a first stage of the fit, the lid cap is translatable along the axis of the body shell, with respect to the mouth member, between a non fluid tight position and a fluid-tight position; and in a second stage, the lid cap is retained in a fluid-tight position. A kit for creating a customized ring includes a stabilizing disk of an outer dimension to frictionally engage the interior of the body shell, and a guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Inventor: Luis Elenes
  • Patent number: 8528739
    Abstract: Disclosed are packages including transparent containers such as bottles and jars comprising a coating that reduces transmission of light through the container. The containers further comprise a product viewing area or window through which the product is visible to a consumer or purchaser. The containers are disclosed as being useful for protecting photo-sensitive products while allowing the color of those products to be displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Inventor: Danny Lee Haile
  • Patent number: 8528731
    Abstract: A label is provided that includes a body portion having an area, a front surface, and a back surface. The label also includes a tab portion having an area and a back surface, and the tab portion is integrally coupled to the body portion and extending from an end of the body portion. A line of weakness divides the tab portion and the body portion, and the line of weakness is formed such that the tab portion is selectively separable from the body portion along the line of weakness. A layer of adhesive is provided on the back surface of the body portion of the label, and a majority of the back surface of the tab portion is free of adhesive. The area of the tab portion is less than the area of the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: CCL Label, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Bratter, Douglas Wilson, Debbie Caton, Tracey Glenn, Peggy Diaz