Patents Examined by Fenn Mathew
  • Aircraft fuel tank system
    Patent number: 9487082
    Abstract: An aircraft fuel tank system is disclosed in which a vent tank is provided with an ullage vent for use in combination with an eternal flamer barrier means during a refuelling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Lynas, Peter William James, Keith Macgregor
  • Wallet composed of steel fabric
    Patent number: 9486045
    Abstract: A wallet has a back layer and at least one front layer stitched to the back layer around part of a perimeter thereof to define at least one pocket in the wallet dimensioned to hold and completely surround the smart card. Both of the layers are composed of a stainless steel fabric capable of blocking RF radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: COCKROACH DESIGN LLC
    Inventor: Theo Stewart-Stand
  • Selectable locking flip cover
    Patent number: 9490615
    Abstract: A cover assembly has a plurality of covers that are movable between an open and closed position to cover access openings in a base. The assembly includes a locking assembly for locking one or more of the covers in the closed position. The locking assembly includes a locking tab on the base that has two locking apertures. One locking aperture receives a lock to overlie a front face of each of the covers to prevent the covers from opening. A second locking aperture is oriented to mate with an aperture in a locking tab on one of the covers to lock the cover in a closed position while allowing the other cover to open independently of the other. In another embodiment, one cover has a flange that overlies at least a portion of the other cover so that locking one of covers prevents both covers from being opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Jason P. Thomas, Jonathan Falls, Jeff Hlade
  • Bicycle bag
    Patent number: 9487346
    Abstract: A bicycle bag protects a bicycle while the bicycle is secured to a rack, such as a vehicle bicycle rack. The bicycle bag includes resealable openings configured to allow the bicycle (and bag) to be securely attached to a wide variety of different rack types. Additionally, because there is risk of obscuring the tail lights of a vehicle for rear-mount racks when a bicycle bag is on the bike and the bike on the rack, the bicycle bag includes pockets designed to support a tail-light system that can be connected to the vehicle to provide additional lighting and safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Inventor: Gabriel S. Waters
  • Aircraft fuel tank system
    Patent number: 9487081
    Abstract: An aircraft fuel tank system is disclosed in which a vent tank is provided with an ullage vent for use in combination with an eternal flamer barrier means during a refuelling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Lynas, Peter William James, Keith Macgregor
  • Trash cans with features to aid in actuation
    Patent number: 9481515
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of a trash can include a cap with a lid and an actuator. The actuator can extend outwardly from the cap at a downward angle. The actuator can be configured to maintain the lid in a closed position when a locking portion of the actuator is engaged with a securement portion of the lid. The lid can be rotationally biased toward an open position and the actuator can be configured to release the lid from the closed position upon an input of force on the actuator. The range of effective angles for the input force can enable a user of the trash can to easily open the lid by contacting the actuator with from a wide variety of angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: simplehuman, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Joseph Sandor
  • Fastener for a golf bag
    Patent number: 9480892
    Abstract: A golf bag including a body defining a housing adapted to receive one or more golf clubs, and extending between a bottom portion and a top portion. The golf bag includes a fastener coupled to the body. The fastener includes a first end coupled to the body, a second end opposite the first end, and a locking member. The golf bag also includes a first gripping member coupled to the body and a second gripping member coupled to the fastener. The first gripping member and the second gripping member are configured to receive a cart strap therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
    Inventors: John H. Loudenslager, David A. Higdon, Ryan J. Bruce
  • Convertible purse with interchangeable covers
    Patent number: 9480315
    Abstract: A convertible purse can be interconverted between a handbag, shoulder bag, drawstring bag, messenger bag, and backpack. The convertible purse also has interchangeable covers that allow the user to change the appearance of the convertible purse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Inventor: Natalie Jane Goodale
  • Aircraft fuel tank system
    Patent number: 9475383
    Abstract: An aircraft fuel tank system is disclosed in which a vent tank is provided with an additional ullage vent for use, in combination with an eternal flamer barrier means, when refueling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Lynas, Peter William James
  • Beach/pool bag and backpack with hidden compartment
    Patent number: 9474354
    Abstract: The beach/pool bag with hidden compartment has a hidden compartment positioned at the bottom of the bag that is equipped with a zipper-closable access. A flap is provided to cover and conceal the zipper, thereby presenting a false bottom and disguising the existence of the compartment underneath. The backpack with hidden compartment is similar to the beach/pool bag, but has shoulder straps instead of handles. A cable and lock are provided to secure the backpack to a stationary object if the backpack is to be laid aside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: David A. Ponx
  • Vacuum system and seal
    Patent number: 9475627
    Abstract: A vacuum chamber system is provided which includes a vacuum chamber body, a lid, and an elastomeric sealing element. The elastomeric sealing may be positioned about the lid. The elastomeric sealing element includes a body having a base portion positioned between a first arm and a second arm. Each of the first and second arms have inner lid contacting surfaces and outer surfaces. The elastomeric sealing element has a generally U-shaped transverse cross-section defined by the base portion and the first and second arms, and is generally reversible between first and second configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Marosi Designs LLC
    Inventors: Jason Russell Marosi, Adam Mark Marosi
  • Plastic beer keg
    Patent number: 9475607
    Abstract: A plastic beer keg includes an outer container and an inner liner. A removable lid is secured over an opening to the container to enclose the liner. In use, the lid can be removed and ice placed in the container directly on the liner, ice flows into gaps between the liner and the container to provide rapid cooling of the content of the liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Rehrig Pacific Company
    Inventor: William P. Apps
  • Stackable low depth tray
    Patent number: 9475602
    Abstract: A tray for storing and transporting bottles includes a plurality of base walls each for supporting a bottle thereon. A plurality of interior columns extend upwardly between the base walls. Longitudinal dividers connect the interior columns. Lateral dividers connect the interior columns to side columns along side edges of the tray. At least one band extends along the side edges of the tray connecting the side columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Rehrig Pacific Company
    Inventor: William P. Apps
  • Integrally blow-moulded bag-in-container having interface vents opening to the atmosphere at location adjacent to bag's mouth, preform for making it; and processes for producing the preform and bag-in-container
    Patent number: 9475611
    Abstract: The invention is an integrally blow-moulded bag-in-container and preform for making it. The bag-in-container has an inner layer forming the bag and an outer layer forming the container, and a mouth fluidly connecting the volume defined by the bag to the atmosphere. The container further has at least one interface vent fluidly connecting the interface between inner and outer layers to the atmosphere, wherein the at least one vent runs parallel to the interface between inner and outer layers and opens to the atmosphere at a location adjacent to, and oriented coaxially with the bag-in-container's mouth. Processes for manufacturing a preform and a bag-in-container as defined above are defined too.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A.
    Inventors: Sarah Van Hove, Daniel Peirsman, Rudi Verpoorten
  • Clamshell raspberry container
    Patent number: 9469458
    Abstract: A container that includes a tray having a base bottom portion and one or more sidewalls having a volume for holding a product; a lid that is attachable to the tray to protect the product in the tray when attached thereto; and a divider for providing a plurality of compartments with a predetermined volume in the tray, the divider configured, dimensioned and positioned to provide support to the lid, air flow between the compartments and torsional rigidity to the tray. The most preferred container of the invention is a rectangular clamshell container as described herein that includes a spine which is pivotally hinged to the base bottom portion via the lid. This preferred container also includes a plurality of snap locking members for attaching the lid to the tray for retaining contents therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Malkeet Singh Padda, Craig R. Snedden, Gandhi B. Sifuentes, Cesar Ramirez
  • Beverage mixing container
    Patent number: 9468341
    Abstract: The invention concerns a finger supported, openable, manually shakable container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Inventor: Alexander Goode
  • Tasting glass
    Patent number: 9468320
    Abstract: The tasting glass (1), of the type including a parison (2) generally being rotationally symmetrical around a vertical axis, includes within the parison (2) a set of at least two internal ribs (7) evenly distributed on the periphery of the parison (2), extending in a substantially vertical plane, almost from the bottom of the glass, up to a height of the parison (2) lower than the normal filling level of the glass, different for each of the ribs (7). The tasting glass also includes a dome (8), called “nose-cap”, located on the axis of the glass at the bottom of the parison (2). The ribs (7) each have the shape of a propeller blade surface. A method for producing the glass is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: ARNAUD BARATTE CORPORATE INTERNATIONAL
    Inventor: Arnaud Baratte
  • Garment carrier system
    Patent number: 9462861
    Abstract: A garment carrier which provides a flexible material having a fastener with mateable parts capable of engagement when a garment is rolled within the flexible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Coat Carriers By Karol Ann, LLC
    Inventor: Karol Ann Krakauer
  • Surface contact self-sealing integrated tablewear and dining mat
    Patent number: 9462903
    Abstract: A self-sealing integrated tableware and dining mat including a rubberlike planar portion having a raised perimeter delimiting at least one concavity above an upper surface and a suffuse undersurface disposed for sealable contact with an underlying surface upon which said mat is disposed, said sealable contact preventative of lateral displacement of the planar portion across the underlying surface, wherein said sealable contact creates a partial vacuum when attempts to separate the undersurface from the underlying surface are made except at an outer edge of the planar portion, whereby removal of the planar portion from the underlying surface is effective only by peeling the undersurface from the underlying surface starting first at the outer edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Inventor: Lindsey Laurain
  • Container closure device and container having such a closure device
    Patent number: 9463910
    Abstract: A container closure device (20) for a container (10), in particular for a beverage can (10), comprises a lid (30) having an upper face (31), a lower face (32), and an opening (33). The container closure device (20) further comprises a closure (50) having a closure part (51) for opening and closing the opening (33) and an operating device (40) for actuating the closure part (51). The closure part (51) is arranged on the lower face (32) so as to be pivotable about a first axis (A) which extends substantially parallel to the lower face (32). The operating device (40) is arranged on the closure part (51) so as to be rotatable about a second axis (B) and be rotatable from a first position (S1) into a second position (S2). The opening (33) can be closed by rotating the operating device (40) into the first position (S1) and can be opened by rotating the operating device (40) into the second position (S2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: c2c Beteiligungs—GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Schandl