Patents Examined by David Fidei
  • Patent number: 8317017
    Abstract: An article of packaging in the form of a carton having an information-bearing insert enclosed within a substantially closed chamber defined by at least one side wall portion of the carton and a further panel facing an inner face of said at least one side wall portion, said side wall portion having a plurality of pre-cut tear lines or perforations defining an openable tab or flap for gaining access to said chamber and to the insert located therein, wherein said chamber is not accessible from a loading opening of the carton such that the chamber does not interfere with the loading of a product into the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: MSO Cleland Limited
    Inventors: Ian Edwards, Donna Jackson
  • Patent number: 8308014
    Abstract: A fuel cap of an internal combustion device includes a fuel cap body, a restraining element, a resilient element, and a positioning element. The slide block of the restraining element is normally resiliently pressed by the resilient element and therefore protrudes from the outer periphery of the main body portion of the fuel cap body. The fuel cap body can be inserted into a fuel tank when the engaging blocks of the fuel cap body are aligned with the gaps of the fuel tank, and the fuel cap body is subsequently secured when the slide block is engaged in a positioning notch formed on the outer projecting wall of the fuel tank. By pushing the pushing plate of the restraining element inward, the slide block is retracted into the slide groove of the fuel cap body to allow removal of the fuel cap body from the fuel tank opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Inventor: Chun-Li Chen
  • Patent number: 8297436
    Abstract: A protection sleeve for a drug blister, includes a horizontal drawer holding the blister, a sheath inside which the drawer is mounted so as to be capable of sliding between a closed position and an open position, and first locking elements for locking the drawer in a closed position, that include at least a first transverse face for blocking the drawer and to be arranged against a second transverse face for blocking the sheath when the drawer is in the closed position, the first blocking face being provided on a segment of the drawer mounted so as to pivot about a longitudinal axis between a locking angular position and a release angular position, characterized in that at least one of the blocking face is supported by an elastically deformable locking tab so that the locking can be achieved by the elastic engagement of the tab behind the other blocking face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Herve Gattefosse, Patrick Sivera
  • Patent number: 8292138
    Abstract: A multi-function backpack for musical instrument cases. The multi-function backpack for musical instrument cases is constructed with fabric panels, transverse straps, and is secured by releasable buckles and hook and loop fabric to ensure the instrument case is secure even if a releasable buckle is broken. The multi-function backpack for carrying musical instrument cases is designed to fit a variety of instrument cases and to serve as a platform for the addition of pockets, gear loops, and other accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Inventor: John King Lucey
  • Patent number: 8292067
    Abstract: Various embodiments of suture packages are disclosed to provide a surgical needle, having an associated length of suture material, to a surgical suturing instrument. The disclosed suture packages generally include a body portion having a needle supplying loading unit mounted thereon. Various methods of affixing the loading unit to the body portion are disclosed. The body portion defines a suture tray and a cover is provided to secure a suture within the suture tray. A securing ring is provided to secure the cover to the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LP
    Inventors: Matthew Chowaniec, David Kirsch
  • Patent number: 8286824
    Abstract: An insulating container includes a container main body and an exterior sleeve to be fit onto the container main body. The exterior sleeve includes a slit forming section including a group of slits formed on the exterior sleeve. An inside wall surface of the exterior sleeve is provided with a shrink-deformable film, an upper portion of the shrink-deformable film is bonded to an upper portion of the exterior sleeve beyond the slit forming section, whereas a middle section covering the slit forming section is free from bonding, a lower portion is bonded to a lower portion of the exterior sleeve beyond the slit forming section, and the shrink-deformable film is shrunk to have the slit forming section project outwardly from the exterior sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Tokan Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Ikeda, Yuji Nagase
  • Patent number: 8281948
    Abstract: An overpack salvage drum including a drum body for holding a package to be overpacked, a lid adapted to be rotatably threaded onto the drum body to seal the package held in the drum body therein, and a clip adapted to be operatively associated with the lid before the lid is rotatably threaded onto the drum body. The clip is adapted to break in preference to the lid and the drum body in the event that the initial integrity of the seal between the lid and the drum body is compromised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: ENPAC, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Larry Stanek, Timothy D. Reed, Scott R. Janda
  • Patent number: 8281923
    Abstract: An apparatus for receiving and protecting interchangeable camera lenses which includes a cylindrical body shell, having an outer rigid casing with inner and outer diameters, and having an inner soft-lined receptacle within the inner diameter of the body shell for receiving the camera lens; a base end cap; a ringed shaped mouth member having inner and outer diameters; a lid cap assembly; a first visco-elastic material bonded to the lid cap assembly; a second visco-elastic material bonded to the base end cap; and, the first and second visco-elastic materials conform to the shape of the lens when the lid cap assembly is engaged with the mouth member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Inventor: Luis Elenes
  • Patent number: 8281927
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a shipping and display tray for holding a plurality of articles contained therein in an upright position at a point of sale. The shipping and display tray is made of paperboard and defined by a one-piece shallow tray having a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, and opposite side walls foldably joined with one another. A plurality of parallel spaced apart bumpers are foldably joined to the respective opposite side walls and forming two rows, an aisle, and a plurality of channels when positioned on the bottom wall. The plurality of the channels engages with bottom edges of the plurality of articles to hold the article in standing upright position and prevent the articles from falling over when one of the articles is removed from the display tray. The front wall of the tray includes a flap panel foldably joined thereto and has a pair of openings used to engage with the bumpers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: International Paper Co.
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Smith
  • Patent number: 8281925
    Abstract: A safety spanner suspension structure is provided for suspending a slender box-end ratchet spanner in an easy and safe insertion-retained suspended form for exhibition. The suspension structure includes an upper portion suspension board and a lower portion suspension seat. The suspension seat forms a seating hole that receives and is for engagement with a retention seat that forms alternately arranged projection tabs. The body of the retention seat forms an open slot for easy insertion into the seating hole for positioning purposes. A ring hole of the spanner is set on the outer side of the retention seat and a retention member is fit from the outside through the ring hole of the spanner to fit into the retention seat to have a post of the retention seat fit into the open slot of the retention member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Inventor: Chi-Tsai Chang
  • Patent number: 8281921
    Abstract: A plural chambered container for storing separately a plurality of substances for mixing prior to opening the container. The container comprises a closed outer container having a side wall, bottom and top. It further comprises an inner chamber with a designated opening area, wherein the inner chamber is operatively attached to the bottom of the outer container. In addition the outer container is filled with a first substance and the inner chamber is filled with a second substance. The outer container is filled with a one substance and the inner chamber is filled with another substance. Upon pressing the side walls of said outer container, the designated opening area is opened thereby causing the substance in the inner chamber to mix with the substance in the outer container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Inventor: Ofer Moshe Cohen
  • Patent number: 8272510
    Abstract: An inflatable structure generally includes a valve formed between a pair of edge portions and an internal edge portion formed of a flexible film such that an enclosed chamber of the inflatable structure substantially envelops the internal edge portion. The valve and remainder of the inflatable structure can be formed from a single piece of flexible film using a method of manufacturing an inflatable structure from a continuous web of flexible film. A corresponding inflation device fills the inflatable structure with air and may do so without requiring heat sealing or contact between the inflatable structure and outlet of the inflation device. The inflation device may include a mechanical registration device which can engage an optional locator aperture in the inflatable structure such as to assist in temporarily locating the outlet of the source of pressurized air proximate to the valve in the inflatable structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation (US)
    Inventors: Shawn Michael Frayne, Paul Chudy
  • Patent number: 8272509
    Abstract: A caddy for storing diamond polishing pads used by grinding machines holds multiple containers in a rack in a case. Each container is independently removable from the rack and case and stores a complete set of stacked pads so that sets of used pads are always sorted and accessible according to both their grit and wear characteristics. The case, rack and containers are configured with respect to the sets of pads and to each other so as to minimize their relative three dimensional motion during transport of the caddy. The case, rack and body of the containers are preferably made of cardboard so that many sets of pads can be stored and transported in one or more lightweight and inexpensive caddies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Inventor: David L. McCutchen
  • Patent number: 8261922
    Abstract: A dustbin relates to a composite dustbin that can be easily assembled by and disassembled into parts. It is also characterized by pretty appearance, small coverage of warehouse area, low transport fee and good market prospects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Zhejiang Jiaxing Zhongda Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiaming Jin, Xiaofeng Lu, Zhongjun Zhou
  • Patent number: 8261907
    Abstract: A kit for storing and applying an adhesive removing device comprising an enclosure which includes a base portion and a removable top layer releasably secured to the base portion; an adhesive removing device including at least one wiping mechanism which includes at least one absorbent portion; and a biocompatible composition including a solvent and a moisturizing agent embedded in the absorbent portion of the wiping mechanism. A method for storing and applying an adhesive removing device comprises a series of steps for using the adhesive removing device to remove an adhesive from a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LP
    Inventors: Danyel J. Tarinelli, Ahmad R. Hadba, Nadya Belcheva
  • Patent number: 8261910
    Abstract: Package housing for an elongate object (8), including a base element (2) having a housing wall (6) defining a receptacle (4) for the object (8), wherein the receptacle (4) has a longitudinal axis (L) which runs substantially coaxially to the longitudinal axis of the object (8) in the packed state. The base element (2) comprises a head part (10) and a holding part (12) arranged in the direction of the longitudinal axis (L) next to the head part (10), which holding part is connected to the head part (10) by a weakening zone (30) and including at least one holding portion (34), which is intended to hold the object (8) in the holding part (12). According to the invention, the weakening zone (30) is a predetermined breaking point (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Straumann Holding AG
    Inventors: Daniel Guenter, Gideon Brunner
  • Patent number: 8261909
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a display package that, in one embodiment, comprises a plurality of packs containing one or more products and a sleeve. The primary packs are arranged in a bundle and disposed within the sleeve. A separator panel can be included in certain embodiments of the bundle between the packs. Portions of the packs may protrude through apertures in the front and rear panels of the sleeve and apertures within the separator panel to assist with maintaining the bundle within the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Alan Sorrentino, Andreas Haefliger
  • Patent number: 8256619
    Abstract: A container for an electronic device has pivotally coupled first and second portions. The first portion is configured to house the electronic device and has an opening for receiving the electronic device and for displaying the electronic device when the container is configured in a first configuration. The second portion is configured to act as a mount for mounting the container on a surface when the container is configured in the first configuration and the first portion is displaying the electronic device. The second portion is further configured to cover the opening in the first portion, and thus the electronic device, when the container is configured in a second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Inventors: Ian F Lebauer, Nick Larson, Bruce J Gibis, Gerardo DeCuffa, Mark Mandel
  • Patent number: 8256613
    Abstract: The preset disclosure describes packaging for sutures having barbs. The packaging includes a base, a cover configured to be placed adjacent to the base to form the suture package and a plurality of protrusions which are configured for selectively maintaining and slideably releasing surgical barbed sutures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LP
    Inventors: David Kirsch, Michael Prescott
  • Patent number: RE43735
    Abstract: A quiver is disclosed which includes a generally cylindrical body having an open upper end and an open lower end. The quiver has a stand with a closed position telescopically received within the body and an open position extending from the open lower end. The stand having three or more legs which provide support for the body in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Inventor: Glenn Fickett