Patents Examined by Ernesto A Grano
  • Patent number: 11623781
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container with a side wall of plastic encloses a container volume. Horizontally oriented grooves spaced vertically apart from one another are formed in the side wall, and the grooves include first grooves for stiffening the side wall. The first grooves have a first groove depth and are configured such that a projection protruding into the enclosed container volume is formed in the inner surface of the side wall. The grooves also include second grooves having a second groove depth. The first groove depth is greater than the second groove depth. The first and second grooves are arranged such that at least one second groove is in each case arranged in the vertical direction between two first grooves. The subvolumes enclosed by two horizontal planes, which are defined by two adjacent grooves, and the side wall are in each case identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Peter Lischetzki, Tom Reinhardt, Harald Kroeger, Robert Huber
  • Patent number: 11618614
    Abstract: An airtight container including a container body having a neck with an opening at one end, a cap having inside a portion having a convex lower end side and attaches to the neck, and a packing. A vertical cross-section of a mouth of the opening forms an upwardly convex curve. The packing has a first concave portion formed on the outer rim of the upper surface, a second concave portion formed on the lower surface sharing a bottom with the first concave portion, and a bent portion radially outboard of the center of the packing and radially inboard of the first and second concave portions are formed, to generate stress that widens the first concave portion and narrows the second concave portion when the cap is attached and the inner surface of the second concave portion is contacted against the mouth of the opening of the neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: YOSHIDA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka Otsuka, Tsutomu Hidaka
  • Patent number: 11613405
    Abstract: A modular cube for a vinyl record is an apparatus that stores, organizes, and displays multiple vinyl records. The apparatus includes a plurality of box walls and an interlocking mechanism. In order to create a cube-shape, the plurality of box walls includes a base wall, a cover wall, and a plurality of lateral walls. Each of the plurality of box walls latches with each other and is easily dismantled because of the interlocking mechanism. While connected to one another, the plurality of box walls house multiple vinyl records. In order to display a record casing across a wall of the plurality of lateral walls, the apparatus further includes at least one dowel. In order to further display each record casing and easily access the multiple records housed within the apparatus from any direction, the apparatus further includes a table adapter and a turntable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Paul Stewart Worthington
  • Patent number: 11613063
    Abstract: First, a composite preform 70 including a preform 10a and a plastic member 40a in close contact with the outer surface of the preform 10a is made by preparing the preform 10a made of plastic material and arranging the plastic member 40a to surround the outer surface of the preform 10a. Subsequently, the composite preform 70 is heated and inserted in a blow molding die 50 and undergoes blow molding in the blow molding die 50, by which the preform 10a and the plastic member 40a of the composite preform 70 are inflated integrally and a composite container 10A is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Miyawaki, Yusuke Suga, Mariko Ichinose
  • Patent number: 11608215
    Abstract: A water bottle includes a body having a threaded portion on a first end and an end cap assembly. The end cap assembly includes an inner lid having 1) a threaded portion to engage the threaded portion on the first end of the body and 2) a circular flange or rim having a structure extending downwardly, thereby forming a plurality of grooves or notches; and an outer lid having a structure on a circumferential top surface forming a plurality of projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventor: Erica Giordano
  • Patent number: 11597555
    Abstract: A delaminated container has a main body portion and an opening portion. An accommodation space of the delaminated container is formed by a body inner surface of the main body portion and an opening inner surface of the opening portion. The delaminated container includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer includes a first tightly-attached section. At the main body portion, the first layer is located closer to the body inner surface than the second layer located thereto and is exposed on the body inner surface. The second layer includes a second tightly-attached section. The first tightly-attached section and the second tightly-attached section are tightly attached to each other. The first tightly-attached section and the second tightly-attached section are both located at the opening portion of the delaminated container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SR PACKAGING INC.
    Inventor: Chia-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 11591144
    Abstract: A closure capsule for closing a container, comprising: —a cap (2) that can be associated with a container and comprising a frangible mouth (20); —a cutter (3) comprising a cutting edge (30) designed to open said frangible mouth (20) which assumes a first configuration in which it is intact and a second configuration in which it is open; —a covering (4) of the cap (2) and the cutter (3); in the first configuration at least the cap (2) and the cutter (3) define a tank (8) for containing a product destined to be dropped into the container in said second configuration; —transmission means (5) for transmitting a rotary component from the covering (4) to the cutter (3); —moisture absorbing means (10) which surmount at least one portion of said cutter (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: BORMIOLI PHARMA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Valerio Paganuzzi, Roberto Valenti
  • Patent number: 11591136
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bottle with a detachable housing and corresponding storage compartment. Indeed, the disclosed bottle can include a receptacle formed within an exterior side surface (or sidewall) or as part of the bottle lid. Within the receptacle, the disclosed bottle can integrate a detachable housing with the bottle via one or more attachment mechanisms (e.g., magnets). For instance, the disclosed bottle attaches the detachable housing to a receptacle sidewall such that the disclosed bottle can maintain a generally uniform profile across the exterior side surface. The detachable housing can include a storage compartment for storing and/or securing one or more items, such as cutlery, medicine, personal hygiene items, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Fomas, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Douglas Burt, Thomas Craig Kline, Jonathan Kent Wilson
  • Patent number: 11577904
    Abstract: An airtight bag is provided for preserving a first substance and at least one second substance. A first opening device is provided for providing a first opening and an access by a user to the first substance in the bag, and at least one second opening device is provided for, subsequent to accessing the first substance via said first opening, providing at least one second opening and an access by the user to the at least one second substance in the bag. The first opening device is positioned such that first opening facilitates the access by the user to the first substance. The at least one second opening device is positioned such that the at least one second opening facilitates the access by the user to the at least one second substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: KARLSSONWILKER INC.
    Inventors: Jan Wilker, Hjalti Karlsson
  • Patent number: 11577906
    Abstract: A shippable bundled product including a plurality of paper product rolls each individually packaged by a first package material and arranged relative to one another so as to form a bundle. The bundle is packaged by a second package material. The second package material has a shrinkage factor relative to the bundle of less than zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: FIRST QUALITY TISSUE, LLC
    Inventors: Chris B. Anklam, Justin S. Pence, Byrd Tyler Miller, IV, Amiel Sam Sabbagh, James E. Sealey, II
  • Patent number: 11564765
    Abstract: A medical package containing a medical article, including: a support element comprising a hollow support tube and a support cap, wherein the support element includes a first chamber configured to enclose the medical article and wherein the support cap includes a support structure configured to hold the medical article captive; a stopper configured to be coupled to the hollow support tube in such a way that the support element has a grip part that protrudes from the stopper, the grip part of the support element configured to be held by a hand of a person; a hollow protective cover configured to be coupled to the stopper in such a way as to delimit, in cooperation with the stopper, a second chamber inside which there extends the grip part of the support element, the hollow protective cover configured to be separated from the stopper, wherein when the hollow protective cover is coupled to the stopper, a part of the stopper protrudes from the hollow protective cover, and is configured to form a grip end of the st
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Olivier Richart, Gregoire Larche, Jean-Pierre Podgorski
  • Patent number: 11553777
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cover intended to close a vial for dispensing a fluid product, the cover including a hollow body and an insert inserted in the hollow body. The insert includes a platform including an upper face delimited by a peripheral edge and featuring a central axis; a skirt extending along the central axis from the platform and featuring an outer surface; an empty volume defined by: a base corresponding to a surface of the upper face included between, on the one hand, the peripheral edge and, on the other, a joint between the platform and the outer surface of the skirt, and a height corresponding to the height of the skirt; The insert further includes the means for filling the empty volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Albea Services
    Inventors: Gael Thorez, Laurent Pesqueux, Philippe Paris
  • Patent number: 11548678
    Abstract: A container (1) made of plastic having a main axis (X) being provided with a body (5) and a bottom base (6) extending from a lower end of the body (5), the bottom base (6) comprising: ?—a peripheral seat (7) defining a laying plane (8); ?—a concave arch (10) which extends from the periphery of a central zone (11) of the bottom base (6) to the peripheral seat (7), said concave arch (10) having a rounded general shape with a concavity turned towards the outside of the container (1); ?—a series of principal reinforcing grooves (13) which extend radially from the central zone (11) to at least the peripheral seat (7). The concave arch (10) has two annularly tangentially continuous concentric regions, i.e. a central region (15) and a peripheral region (16), said annularly tangentially concentric regions being in continuity with each other and presenting two different radius of curvature, the peripheral region (16) having a radius of curvature smaller than the one of the central region (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Nicolas Dabrowski, Vincent Teniere
  • Patent number: 11535434
    Abstract: A closure capsule for closing a container, comprising: a cap (2) to be associated with the container and comprising a frangible mouth (20); a cutter (3) for opening said frangible mouth (20); a covering (4) protecting said cap (2) and said cutter (3) and comprising an intactness band (40); first toothed connection means (5) afforded on the covering (4) and on the cutter (3) and that make said cutter (3) and said covering (4) rotate integrally. The closure capsule is movable from a initial configuration to an operative configuration, wherein the intactness band is removed and the frangible mouth is broken. In the initial configuration, the cap, the cutter and the covering contribute to the definition of walls of a reservoir (8) for containing a product to be dropped into the container in the operative configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: BORMIOLI PHARMA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Valerio Paganuzzi
  • Patent number: 11529934
    Abstract: A system and method for repairing collision damage or servicing a motor vehicle that involves managing and organizing a plurality of parts that have been removed from the motor vehicle during the repair or service process. The system includes a base member having opposite facing top and bottom surfaces and a plurality of regions corresponding to different sections of the body of a motor vehicle displayed on the top surface of the base member. An overlay member having opposite facing top and bottom surfaces and a plurality of open regions corresponding to the base regions is configured to be superimposed over the base member to create a plurality of separate compartments for locating and holding parts that have been removed from specific sections of the motor vehicle for later assembly back onto the vehicle in a downstream collision repair or service process step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: DCR IP Company, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Giarrizzo, Jr., Martin Gerard Roberts
  • Patent number: 11524837
    Abstract: An array of toilet tissue products comprising first, second, and third packages, where first package conveys strength and a second package conveys softness. Lint, basis weight, total dry tensile, absorbency, and softness are common intensive properties of the first, second, and third toilet tissue products and one or more of these common intensive properties can be different between the first, second, and third toilet tissue products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thorsten Knobloch, Michael Ricardo Burns, Jennifer Lori Steeves-Kiss, Illya Torrance Thomas
  • Patent number: 11518576
    Abstract: A gripping attachment (10) is disclosed which facilitates the handling of a medication bottle (12). The medication bottle includes a container (14) having a cylindrical wall (16) extending parallel to a longitudinal axis. The container is closed at one end by a base wall (18) and has an opposed open end. The container receives a cap (20) on the open end to enclose the container. The gripping attachment comprises a sleeve portion (22) having a sleeve wall (24) defining an internal, cylindrical surface configured to removably attach to the container wall. The gripping attachment further comprises a leverage component connected to the sleeve portion to facilitate gripping the sleeve portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Tonya Lee Chalfant, Carrie Jannean Page, Tony Y. Zhang, Robert Louis Ternik, Matthew Scott Thomas, Jacob Luisi, Michael P. Squillace
  • Patent number: 11518581
    Abstract: A portable, personal apparatus for transporting liquid having a bottle configured to contain liquid. The bottle has a longitudinal axis. A first opening open in a direction generally parallel with the longitudinal axis in a pour position. A first cover coupled to the bottle and configured to close the first opening in a closed position. A second opening open in a direction generally orthogonal with the longitudinal axis in a fill position. A second cover coupled to the bottle and configured to close the second opening in a storage position. The second cover remaining coupled to the bottle when the second cover is in the fill position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HYDROS BOTTLE, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Kiran Parekh, Aakash Mathur, Joseph Jackson, Ian White, David Fowlkes, Ian McDermott
  • Patent number: 11505371
    Abstract: A closure may have a top wall and a side wall depending from the top wall. A plug seal device may depend from said top wall within the side wall. The plug seal device may have an upper section, a lower section, and a sealing section proximate the boundary between the upper section and the lower section. The sealing section is operable such that when the plug seal device is inserted in an opening to an inner cavity in a container, the sealing section engages with an inner container surface to provide a seal between an inner cavity of the container and the external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
    Inventor: Arnold Heinz Mai
  • Patent number: 11505375
    Abstract: A closure of a container comprising a capsule (10) in turn comprising: —a cap (2) that can be associated with a container and comprising a frangible mouth (20); —a cutter (3) comprising a cutting edge (30) designed to open said frangible mouth (20); —a covering (4) of the cutter (3); —transmission means (50) for transmitting a rotary component of a movement of the covering (4) to the cutter (3); —guide means (900) which enable a rotation-translation of the covering (4) which draws said cutter (3), determining the passage of the covering (4) and the cutter (3) from a resting configuration in which the frangible mouth (20) is intact to an operating configuration in which the cutter (3) is in a stroke-end position, the frangible mouth (20) is at least partially open and the covering (4) is rotatingly integral with the cap (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: BORMIOLI PHARMA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Valerio Paganuzzi