Patents Examined by Gideon Weinerth
  • Patent number: 9814330
    Abstract: A pizza slice container includes an upper member having an upper surface; a lower member having a bottom surface and at least one sidewall, the lower member attached to the upper member by at least one hinge, wherein the upper surface and the bottom surface are opposed. The upper member includes at least one retention spike extending from the upper surface of the upper member toward the bottom surface of the lower member. The lower member includes at least one retaining tab extending substantially perpendicular from a sidewall of the lower member; and at least one rib extending from the bottom surface of the lower member toward the upper surface of the upper member. The upper and lower members are movable with respect to one another between an open position and a closed position. Other embodiments of the pizza slice container, and methods for its use, are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: PIZZA ON “DA” GO, LLC
    Inventor: Michele N. DiMeo
  • Patent number: 9809346
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a folding carton designed to accept a retractable panel. The retractable panel may contain written information that should stay with or otherwise connected to the packaging, rather than on a folded leaflet inserted inside the carton that may be displaced. The panel may be pulled from its fully inserted/retracted position (within the carton) out to an extended position, where the panel displays the information. Even in the extended position, however, the panel stays secured with the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: WestRock Shared Services, LLC
    Inventor: John Valencia
  • Patent number: 9809357
    Abstract: A combination container and latch is provided. The container comprises a body, a lid hingedly attached to the body and a pivoting latch that minimizes the possibility of the latch becoming entangled in the lid or damaged. The latch is moveable between a locked position in which the latch is distended and extends vertically upward within a body recess and a lid recess to engage a locking post, and an open position in which the latch is relaxed and extends horizontally within the body recess. The container and latch are designed so that the latch never extends beyond the container footprint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: David Alan Arnold, Gary Hase
  • Patent number: 9805535
    Abstract: A coin holder device 12 that includes a transparent front sheet 20 that contains receptacles 18 and first and second major surfaces 28 and 30. The receptacles 18 are recessed into the sheet 20 to project out from the second major surface 30. A backer sheet 22 has first and second major surfaces 32 and 34 and openings 36 that extend through the sheet 22. The openings 36 correspond in location to the receptacles 18 in the front sheet 20. The backer sheet 22 is removeably positioned over the receptacles 18, enabling the second major surface 30 to be juxtapositioned against the first major surface 32. The first major surface 32 has coin indicia 38 proximate the openings 36 indicative of the coin to be placed in the respective receptacle 18. The coin holding device is beneficial in that it allows custom-tailored coin holders to be supplied easily over the internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Inventor: Craig M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9757306
    Abstract: Vial containers including a collar which is attached to a vial or incorporated into a vial cap, a cap designed to receive a portion of the collar while covering the vial, and a container designed to receive a portion of the collar and encase the body of the vial are described herein. The collar, generally, includes a means for reversibly attaching to the cap and container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Bruno Fazi, Jason L. Bazala, Arthur E. Uber, III
  • Patent number: 9745128
    Abstract: An improved trash container having a base, a rear partition wall, and a front partition wall hingedly attached to the base to enable the front partition wall to pivot and rotate forward away from the rear partition wall. The trash container further incorporates a bracket member that connects the front partition wall and the rear partition wall, enabling the front partition wall to transition amongst a closed position, an extended position and a releasing position. In a closed position, the base, front partition wall and rear partition wall are connectively aligned and together define an internal cavity for holding a trash bag. In an extended position, the front partition wall is pivoted forward of said base and separated from direct contact with the rear partition wall to enable efficient and hassle-free removal of a filled trash bag from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Romano, Robert J. Guarino
  • Patent number: 9738104
    Abstract: The invention is directed toward a protective sleeve for a comic book comprising a substantially rectangular pocket comprising a front cover panel and a back cover panel, a substantially rectangular flap portion extending from the back cover panel comprising a first crease, an inner panel portion, a second crease, and an outer panel portion. The outer front panel portion has an adhesion area. The pocket has an adhesive strip disposed on the back cover panel. The front cover panel has an opening through which the cover of a comic book can be disposed. The front cover panel is folded over from the back cover panel. The flap portion may be wrapped around the pocket such that the inner front panel portion covers the front cover panel, the outer front panel portion covers the back cover panel, and the back cover panel is secured to the adhesive strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Ultra Pro International, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph Ralph Garcia, III
  • Patent number: 9731858
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a mouth piece for a bottle with a twist-off crown cap closure, wherein the mouth piece comprises a mouth piece body with a dispensing opening at the end; a closure thread for interaction with a twist-off crown cap in order to close off the dispensing opening so that it is liquid-tight, which closure thread comprises a plurality of thread protrusions arranged over regions of the circumference of the mouth piece body at a predeterminable thread pitch, protruding from the exterior side of the mouth piece body; a discontinuity running circumferentially around the mouth piece body, arranged between the dispensing opening and the closure thread and formed as a result of a tool during manufacture of the mouth piece in a transition region between two orifice jaws on the one hand, and a guide disc on the other hand; wherein an exterior end of the discontinuity is offset inwards relative to an exterior surface of the mouth piece body situated between axially adjacent threa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Vetropack Austria GmbH
    Inventor: Engelbert Mayer
  • Patent number: 9731882
    Abstract: An oral care kit (1000) including a package (100), a toothbrush (200) positioned within the package and a backer card (300) comprising a window aperture (30). The oral care kit provides the user with the ability to view a portion of the toothbrush, such as the head (210), from both the front and rear of the package while maintaining the package in an enclosed state. In one embodiment of the invention, the package comprises a front cover (101) comprising a substantially transparent window portion (130) and a rear cover (102) comprising a substantially transparent window portion (120), the rear cover coupled to the front cover to form a receiving cavity (115). The backer card is positioned within the receiving cavity between the toothbrush and the rear cover so that the window portion of the rear cover, the window aperture (301) of the backer card, a portion of the toothbrush, and the window portion of the front cover are transversely aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventors: David K. Lee, Quang Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9730539
    Abstract: A double-barreled beverage container is described. The container includes two mugs, glasses, or similar-shaped drinking containers joined together alongside one-another, with at least one hole at or near the bottom of the glasses passing between the two drinking containers at the junction. In this way, as a person drinking from one of glass of the beverage container tips the container upward, a beverage flows from the uppermost glass through the hole into the lower glass from which the person drinks. The double-barreled beverage container employs a whimsical but functional device for party or other use reminiscent of a “two-fisted drinking” activity, wherein a person holds a glass or mug in each hand and alternates drinking from each container. The double-barreled beverage container enables one who wishes to drink from two glasses at once to drink from a single device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Two Fisted Drinker, LLC
    Inventor: Michael J. Bolland
  • Patent number: 9718594
    Abstract: A toothbrush having a handle and a head in a display package is described. The head is attached to a neck which is attached to the handle. An indication element is between the head and the handle and is in electrical communication with a power source. A switch connects the indication element to the power source and has a first position where the indication element is not energized and a second position where the indication element is energized. An adequate force applied to the head and an at least partially translucent package body moves the switch to the second position. The package body has a first face and a second face. The first face and/or the second face have a rugose area configured to facilitate application of a force to the head and/or neck through the package body to place the switch in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: THE GILLETTE COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Uwe Jungnickel, Niclas Altmann, Hansjoerg Reick, John Joseph Mertz, Bertholt Schroeder
  • Patent number: 9714113
    Abstract: The reusable packaging box includes a bottom unit that has a receiving space in which a product may be received, a lower body and an upper body that are provided to each have a box shape with open top and bottom to be coupled to a top of the bottom unit, and a lid that has a receiving space in which the product may be received and is coupled to the top of the upper body. Each of the bottom unit, the upper body and the lower body, and the lid is formed of a material that may absorb an impact and thus may perform both a function of absorbing an impact and a function of packaging an outside of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Min Jung, Hyeung Wook Park, Jong Deok Lim, Yong Seok Choi, Ah-Young Kim, Choul Jun Hwang
  • Patent number: 9691668
    Abstract: A wafer carrier comprises a supporting body having an opening therein, wherein said opening in said supporting body has a concave sidewall and a bottom surface in said supporting body which is curved in cross section; a plurality of vertical supporting rods configured to support and contact a wafer received in said opening and to displace said wafer from the bottom surface of the opening in said supporting body; wherein one of said supporting rods has an end for contacting and supporting said wafer; and wherein when viewing from a top view of the wafer carrier, one of said supporting rods has a base lining on the concave sidewall of said opening in said supporting body, a first concave side opposite to the base and two second concave sides connecting the base and the first concave side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chung-Ying Chang, Yun-Ming Lo, Chi Shen, Ying-Chan Tseng
  • Patent number: 9676313
    Abstract: Storage compartment for a vehicle comprising: a receptacle having an interior volume; a movable partition member that can be moved in a sliding direction and partitions said interior volume, and; a locking device for locking the partition member in the sliding direction, comprising a first locking member provided on the receptacle and suitable for engaging with a second locking member provided on the partition member; the partition member being movable in an unlocking direction perpendicular to the sliding direction between a locked position in which the first and second locking members engage and a sliding position in which the first and second locking members are disengaged from each other, and the compartment comprising an elastic member biasing the partition member towards the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Morel, David Pereira
  • Patent number: 9669985
    Abstract: The disclosure describes various stackable corner protector configurations. The corner protectors can have curved lateral surfaces that allow the corner protectors to be decoupled from a photovoltaic module to which they are coupled to by rotating one end of the corner protectors away from the object. This removal process works even more efficiently with multiple stacked corner protectors as the stacked corner protectors can be concurrently removed from the object by rotating the stacked corner protectors away from the object together. The corner protector can also include one or more attachment features for securing the corner protector to the object. For example, when the corner protector is installed on a photovoltaic module, the attachment feature can engage a lip defined by a recess or channel of the photovoltaic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SolarCity Corporation
    Inventors: Tyrus Hudson, Kyle Tripp, William Buchanan
  • Patent number: 9669963
    Abstract: A cap for a receptacle such as a bottle, the cap comprising: a sealing portion for forming a substantially fluid-tight seal with an open end of the receptacle; a bracket formed on or with the cap, the bracket having an aperture therethrough; and at least one tab element received in or through said aperture, at least one of said tab element or elements forming a handle to be grasped by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan E. Shirley, Hector J. Barea, Monica Vasquez, Christopher T. Reeves
  • Patent number: 9650179
    Abstract: An ice bag is described having a bladder formed with an opening, a threaded receiver coupled to the bladder at the opening, a threaded cap having a first portion formed of a rigid material and a second portion formed of an overmold material, the second portion providing a seal between the receiver and cap with the cap threaded into the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: PROSERIES LLC
    Inventor: Shahid Sheikh
  • Patent number: 9643761
    Abstract: A child-resistant container includes a lid and a base. The lid includes a peripheral flange that defines a lifting tab. The base includes an upper peripheral rim. A skirt extends downwardly from the upper peripheral rim to a lower edge thereof. A bend line extends between two adjacent sides of the base to define a corner portion of the base that accommodates the lifting tab when the container is closed forming a child-resistant opening mechanism. The bend line facilitates bending of the corner portion of the base to gain access to the lifting tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Inline Plastics Corp.
    Inventors: Sameh Guirguis, Victor Ivenitsky
  • Patent number: 9630769
    Abstract: A stringed seasonal light storage device allows stringed seasonal lights to be maintained on a structure and alternatively positioned to be displayed extending from a housing or obscured by positioning within the housing. The device includes a base having a rear face, a pair of sidewalls and an open bottom. Each of a pair of laterally aligned slots extends the sidewalls to receive a light string therein positioning a light between the sidewalls and pivotable between a display position and a storage position. A cover coupled to the base is pivotable between an open position and a closed position to permit moving of the light between the display position and the storage position and inhibit movement of the light between the storage position and the display position when the cover is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Larry Schultz
  • Patent number: 9630828
    Abstract: A large bottle has a lower region, an upper region, and an intermediate region with a cap removably positioned on the upper region. A small bottle has a lower region, an upper region, and an intermediate region with a cap removably positioned on the upper region. A coupling tube has an upper end and a lower end. The upper end is operatively coupled to the small bottle at the upper region. The lower end is operatively coupled to the large bottle at the lower region. A long web attaches the coupling tube to the large bottle. A short web attaches the coupling tube to the small bottle. A display panel removably receives and supports a plurality of large and small bottles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Michael A. Gardner