Patents Examined by Ernesto A Grano
  • Patent number: 11891226
    Abstract: The invention provide a package system comprising: at least one secondary packaging container (95) holding at least one primary container (‘B’); and a tertiary packaging carton (57; 157) holding the at least one secondary packaging container (95). The at least one secondary packaging container (95) is of the basket carrier style having an open-topped structure and comprises a base wall (78/80); opposed first and second side walls (14, 18); opposed first and second end walls (12, 16); and a medial handle structure (20/22) connected to the first and second end walls (12, 16) and disposed between the first and second side walls (14, 18). Additionally, at least one corner structure (14a) is disposed between the first side wall (14) and the first end wall (12) of the secondary packaging container (95). At least one corner structure (43a) is also disposed between the first side wall and the first end wall of the tertiary packaging carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. James, Matthew E. Zacherle
  • Patent number: 11891208
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a container that may be sealed and reclosed with a threaded closure. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods of manufacturing a metallic container having an opening with inwardly facing threads that are formed after a threaded closure is inserted at least partially into the opening. The container opening may be selectively sealed and reclosed with the threaded closure which releasably engages the container threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: BALL CORPORATION
    Inventors: John R. Ross, Anthony J. Scott, Howard C. Chasteen, Linda A. Hines
  • Patent number: 11891235
    Abstract: A container for food includes an enclosure, a lid, and pulling structures. The enclosure includes an interior and an opening. The pulling structures pull food layers from each other. A last pulling structure may pull a bottom food layer from the interior. An opening partition member may separate the lid from a top food layer. Separating portions may seal against the interior of the enclosure. At least one of the pulling structures may extend from at least one of the separating portions to a grip. The grip may be positioned outside of the interior of the enclosure, at least when the container is in a storage configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventor: Lindsay Bell Breidenbach
  • Patent number: 11891234
    Abstract: A storage box includes a compartment having a base and opposed sidewalls extending from the base. Each sidewall of the opposed sidewalls includes two first retaining surfaces extend away from the base and along the sidewall where the first retaining surfaces are a first distance away from each other. Each sidewall includes two parallel second retaining surfaces extending away from the first retaining surfaces and along the sidewall. The second retaining surfaces are a second distance away from each other and the second distance is greater than the first distance. The storage box includes a rod, and support surfaces associated with each sidewall of the first pair of opposed sidewalls are configured to support the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Pearson, Daniel Flores, Robert Rivera
  • Patent number: 11878832
    Abstract: A bottle-shaped can includes a cap having an excellent sealing ability but easy to be opened. A top section includes a leading end section as an upper end of a neck portion, a diametrically-largest section formed beneath the leading end section, a diametrically-shrunk section extending downwardly from the diametrically-largest section, and an outer circumferential wall section extending downwardly from the diametrically-shrunk section. The leading end section, the diametrically-largest section, and diametrically-shrunk section form a smooth curved surface. A curvature of the diametrically-largest section in a cross-section is zero or negative value, given that a curvature of the diametrically-shrunk section is positive value. A flexion section is formed between the diametrically-shrunk section and the outer circumferential wall section. The outer diameter of the outer circumferential wall section in which the curvature is zero or negative value is larger than an outer diameter of the flexion section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Daiwa Can Company
    Inventors: Keiji Kuroiwa, Shigeru Noto, Tomohiko Oyanagi
  • Patent number: 11873144
    Abstract: A package for carrying at least one bottle, comprises at least one container suitable for housing a support in turn configured to hold at least one bottle, wherein the support comprises a base portion, a top portion and a central portion wherein the base portion and the top portion are each configured as a box-like body to accommodate and retain respective portions of the at least one bottle and wherein the central portion comprises one or more inclined planes configured to house and hold a central portion of the at least one bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: 3.7 S.R.L.
    Inventors: Antonio Centofanti, Marco Di Ghionno
  • Patent number: 11867359
    Abstract: Canisters are provided that include a cylindrical body and a cap welded to the body to define a cavity filled with carbon dioxide or other fluid. The canisters may be loaded into a medical device, e.g., to provide an energy source for operating the device. Methods for making such canisters are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PICOCYL, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew McCawley, Matthew Flowers, Peter L. Bliss, Jack R. Auld
  • Patent number: 11866229
    Abstract: A cap for a fluid container includes a main body, an actuator ring slidable along the main body and having an annular groove, and a plurality of latches having secure and release states and that may be placed in the release state by contact with the actuator ring. A closure system for a fluid container includes the cap, and a lip attached to a fluid container that is engaged by the latches of the cap. The lip may be integral with a fluid container or part of an adapter that is connected to the fluid container. A method of automated handling of a container includes engaging an annular groove of an actuator ring of a cap using a robotic arm, driving the actuator ring, and removing the cap from the container. The method may further include transporting the container via engagement of the robotic arm with the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventor: Gregory Bores
  • Patent number: 11858114
    Abstract: A carrying case for a power tool and a power tool kit are provided. A carrying case for a power tool includes an interior volume defined by a top, a bottom, a front, a back, a first side, and a second side. The carrying case further includes a plurality of distinct compartments within the interior volume. The distinct compartments are configured to receive a battery-powered power tool, a battery configured to power the battery-powered power tool, and a battery charger for the battery, respectively. The carrying case further includes a battery receiver configured for locking engagement with the battery, wherein the battery receiver is formed on an interior surface of at least one of the front, back, first side, or second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Berkley Wilcox, Joseph Smolin, Nicholas Proby, Todd Gillespie
  • Patent number: 11858711
    Abstract: An at-home hair dyeing system, and associated method, configured to supply a user with a customized product for a hair dyeing process, the system including an outer package and a plurality of subpackages reversibly disposed in the outer packaging, each subpackage of the plurality of subpackages being directed to a distinct step in the hair dyeing process and including one or more components associated with the distinct step, where each subpackage includes a connection mechanism for reversibly connecting to one or more adjacent subpackages, preferably by a tab and slot connection, where only one of said subpackages can be held by a unique another subpackage in order, and where a primary subpackage of the plurality of subpackages includes a developer and a colorant or a dye, the developer and the colorant or the dye being selected by or based on the preference of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: BICA Beauty LLC
    Inventor: Carlos Alberto Barreto Ibanez
  • Patent number: 11858687
    Abstract: A storage device which has a plurality of storage containers, which include at least one first storage container and at least one second storage container. The container housings have, on the outer faces thereof, an identical, uniform housing fastening interface, to which a first handle is attached in order to form a first storage container, and to which a second handle is attached in order to form a second storage container. The first handle is a pivotable carrying handle, around which a hand can grip. The second handle is designed as a pull handle which cannot be gripped, which has a grip strip behind which the fingers of a hand can grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TANOS GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Barabeisch, Patrick Schmittmann, Edwin Bunnik
  • Patent number: 11858680
    Abstract: A container may comprise a tubular body having a longitudinal axis and a rounded sidewall; a base portion; a rim portion; a vertical portion defined, in part, by the rounded sidewall, aligned along the longitudinal axis, and extending between the base portion and the rim portion; a plurality of grooves defined within the vertical portion, each of the grooves comprising a width defining opposing sides of each of the plurality of grooves, wherein: each of the plurality of grooves is aligned parallel with the longitudinal axis; the valley of each of the plurality of grooves is radially inset a distance from the vertical portion perimeter; and opposing sides of adjacently positioned ones of the plurality of grooves define a peak that is radially aligned with the vertical portion perimeter. The container may also comprise a set of base transition grooves extending between the base portion and the vertical portion and aligned parallel with the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ALTIUM PACKAGING LP
    Inventors: Joe Palmer, Dena Wade
  • Patent number: 11844747
    Abstract: A save-and-draw capping system may be snapped or otherwise attached/connected to the top of a liquid medicine bottle having a rubber surface that may be punctured using a syringe to draw medicine. Using the save-and-draw capping system, the rubber surface may be sealed after it has been punctured. A secondary seal may be used to apply pressure to the cap of the liquid medicine bottle. A draw attachment, such as a draw needle, may be attached to the save-and-draw cap so that a hose may be connected to the liquid medicine bottle when multiple injections are needed. The save-and-draw capping system may be removed from one liquid medicine bottle to be used on another liquid medicine bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventor: Jason Eicke
  • Patent number: 11834263
    Abstract: Described is a system for controlling the operation of a trash can lid that includes a shell for receiving trash, a lid assembly that covers a portion of the shell, and an actuator assembly that independently controls the rate in which the lid assembly moves with respect to the shell. Also provided is a system for improving the operation of a trash can that includes a lid assembly for covering a portion of a shell, an actuator assembly, a base assembly, and a hydraulic component. The hydraulic component controls the rate in which a portion of the lid assembly moves with respect to the shell. The system further includes an adjustable volume of space that is formed between the base assembly and the removable liner when the removable liner is coupled to the base assembly. The adjustable volume of space can be used to store deodorizers, insecticides, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TRAMONTINA USA, INC.
    Inventors: Mars Mashburn, Tim Tobola, Trent Veazey
  • Patent number: 11834256
    Abstract: An array of toilet tissue products comprising first and second packages, where first package conveys one of strength and softness, and where the second package conveys something different than the first package. Lint, basis weight, total dry tensile, absorbency, and softness are common intensive properties of the first and second toilet tissue products and one or more of these common intensive properties can be different between the first and second toilet tissue products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thorsten Knobloch, Michael Ricardo Burns, Jennifer Lori Steeves-Kiss, Illya Torrance Thomas
  • Patent number: 11827414
    Abstract: Provided is a utility connectivity system. More specifically the presently claimed subject matter is directed to connectivity systems associated with containers and utility units connectable to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: KETER PLASTIC LTD.
    Inventors: Yaron Brunner, Omer Menashri
  • Patent number: 11827431
    Abstract: Packaging may include a base box comprising cardboard, e.g., cardboard corrugate. Disposed within the base box may be a tray for receiving a product, which also may comprise cardboard. By constructing a base box and tray that both fold flat without destructive means, this type of configuration retains a high-end reception of the end product and product packaging, while encouraging proper recycling once the customer decides to dispose of the packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Mark T. Uyeda
  • Patent number: 11825924
    Abstract: A smoker's hygiene assembly for performing smoker's hygiene includes a case that has a plurality of storage wells integrated therein. A bottle of body spray is provided and the bottle of body spray is stored in a respective one of the storage slots. A bottle of hand cream is provided and the hand cream is stored in a respective one of the storage slots. A bottle of hand sanitizer is provided and the bottle of hand sanitizer is stored in a respective one of the storage slots. A tin of breath mints is provided and the tin of breath mints is stored in a respective one of the storage wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Constance Johnson
  • Patent number: 11819395
    Abstract: A strip having a weakened region that defines first and second segments on either side thereof. The first and second segments include corresponding first and second sanitary napkins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Egal Pads Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas E. Devlin
  • Patent number: 11813731
    Abstract: A portable organizer includes a structural member, including a base and a plurality of walls extending up from the base, wherein upper edges of the plurality of walls define an upper opening so that the structural member is open-topped; a sleeve including a sleeve outer layer and a sleeve inner layer joined along a transition edge, wherein the sleeve inner layer includes a sleeve inner wall and a sleeve base, and the sleeve outer layer includes a sleeve outer wall, and the sleeve fits over the plurality of walls; and a frame that fits over the upper edges and the transition edge to secure the sleeve to the structural member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: GROWN-UP LICENSES LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthew Williams, Ricky Lam