Patents Examined by Jacob K. Ackun
  • Patent number: 11858678
    Abstract: The invention discloses a container, comprising a base and a side panel, the base or the side panel is provided with a discharging port, the discharging port is provided with a covering door, and the covering door is connected to the base or the side panel through a connecting device, wherein the connection device includes a transmission member and an elastic member. During the opening or closing process of the covering door, the transmission member can be driven to move outwardly, so that the elastic member is compressed. When the covering door is completely opened or closed, the elastic member springs back and drives the transmission member to move inwardly, the covering door automatically keeps open or closed. The overall structure of the invention is novel and reliable, and the operation is simple, and it is not necessary to confirm whether the covering door is attracted in place during the opening or closing process of the covering door, which can effectively avoid human operation errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HOREN CORTP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuanli Jian, Long Feng
  • Patent number: 11858707
    Abstract: A contact lens package kit is described that includes a contact lens packages, wherein each contact lens package includes a base member having a cavity and a sealing member coupled to the base member. An unworn contact lens is provided in a packaging solution within the sealed cavity. The base member is a thermoplastic material (or other recyclable material) and includes a substantially planar surface surrounding the cavity to provide a sealing surface for the sealing member. The kit also includes at least one fastener configured to retain a plurality of base members from each of the contact lens packages after the contact lens is removed from the cavity. A recyclable thermoplastic contact lens assembly is also described, that includes empty contact lens packages attached to a fastener. A method to recycle used contact lens packages, such as curbside recycling, is further described that uses the fastener, and the fastener itself is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Javier E. Alayon Rivera, Cataldo Zucaro, Brittany Whitenack, Lucas Sievens Figueroa, Jesus Javier Rivera Velez
  • Patent number: 11850371
    Abstract: Trays and packaging systems for a prosthesis delivery device that permit conversion from a packaged, storage/or shipping configuration to a loading configuration for the loading of a prosthesis. The prosthesis may be a prosthetic heart valve. In the packaged configuration, the delivery device can be supported within the tray, which includes a recess and at least one clip maintaining the delivery device within the recess. In the loading configuration, the delivery device can be arranged for loading of the prosthesis within a bath area of the tray. Optionally, the delivery device can be stored in the packaged configuration in a U-shape. Some embodiments include an additional recess for positioning an indeflator fluid line or tubing. Methods of use are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry C. Colgan, John M. Gallagher
  • Patent number: 11850080
    Abstract: Packaging systems and surgical kits for a tool that has a working portion and a shaft. A casing includes a distal section defining a cavity to receive the working portion of the tool. A proximal section is coupled to the distal section and receives the shaft of the tool. The proximal section is detachable from the distal section. In one implementation, at least a portion of the distal section comprises a colored indicator to provide a visual indication of a location of the working portion of the tool. In another implementation, instructions are provided on the proximal section and the instructions illustrate one or more steps for installing the tool to a surgical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker European Operations Limited
    Inventors: Michael Moloney, Conor O'Donovan
  • Patent number: 11850136
    Abstract: Packaging for a medical implant such as a hernia repair prosthetic material includes a carrier and a stiffener. The hernia repair prosthetic material is placed adjacent to the stiffener within the carrier. The carrier assembly is sealed within an outer pouch, such as a foil pouch, and sterilized. When the carrier is being removed from the pouch in preparation for surgery, the stiffener helps prevent the carrier assembly from contacting non-sterile portions of the pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: James McAdam, Pam Fotopoulos, Timothy Early
  • Patent number: 11844407
    Abstract: A protective case for an electronic device that includes a case member, the case member including slots and ports formed therein for allowing interaction with a device positioned within the case member. The case member includes inner and outer surfaces. Separate button features are assembled to the case member sealing the case member and providing actuation of the device. The case member and lid are removably joined to define an air and water tight volume receiving the device. The button features are assembled from outside the case member and include a membrane attached to an inside of the case member. The plug core transmits force directly to the underlying device and displaces the flexible membrane so that it undergoes elastic deformation but is still secured to the case member to toggle the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: CATALYST LIFESTYLE LIMITED
    Inventors: Joshua Wright, June Lai
  • Patent number: 11846982
    Abstract: A laptop case and shade component system. The clamshell style laptop case provides a lid and a base connected via a case hinge which joins the lid and the base along their corresponding rear edges. The lid and base, respectively, each have a front edge portion and left and right side edge portions. Two gussets interconnect the lid to the base along their respective two side edge portions. A shade component can be attached to a portion of the front edge and left and right side edge portions of the lid to shield a laptop device placed within the opened laptop case from direct sunlight. The shade component can be moved to its collapsed position via a hinge at its bottommost point, detached from the lid, and retained along the interior surface of the case's lid for storage purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventor: Ryan John Chase
  • Patent number: 11834245
    Abstract: Contact lens packages are provided and each includes a base member having a cavity and a sealing member coupled to the base member. An unworn contact lens is provided in a packaging solution within the sealed cavity. The base member is a thermoplastic or other recyclable material. The base member includes at least one latch and at least one slot. The latch and slot are configured to connect to the slot and latch, respectively, of another base member, after the contact lenses are removed from the cavities. A recyclable thermoplastic contact lens assembly is also provided that includes empty contact lens package base members stacked and connected together. A method to recycle used contact lens package base members, such as by curbside recycling, is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Javier E. Alayon Rivera, Jose A. Burgos Cruz, Jesus Javier Rivera Velez, Lucas Sievens Figueroa
  • Patent number: 11826500
    Abstract: An arrangement includes: a holding device including holding elements; and containers, each of the containers including a container wall which at least partially surrounds a container interior. The container wall has an exterior surface which faces away from the container interior. Each of the containers is detachably held by at least one of the holding elements by contact of the at least one holding element to the exterior surface of the container wall of the respective container. Directly after the arrangement has been subjected to a transport simulation, a number of particles of a particle size of at least 5 ?m on the exterior surfaces of the containers does not exceed 2.7 particles per cm2 of a sum of surface areas of the exterior surfaces of all the containers, the transport simulation consisting of a rotational flat drop test and a random vibration test which are conducted in that order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SCHOTT Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Christian Komann, Nina Krautwurst
  • Patent number: 11819450
    Abstract: A tray for securing an implantable device to a carrier member includes a slot configured to retain the carrier member and a receptacle adjacent the slot. The carrier member surrounds a shaft of the implantable device. The receptacle has a first width at a proximal end of the receptacle to receive first and second arms of the implantable device in an initial state in which the first and second arms extend substantially perpendicularly from the shaft. The receptacle has a second width at a distal end of the receptacle for receiving the first and second arms of the implantable device in a collapsed state in which the first and second arms are folded against the shaft such that the carrier member can be slid over the first and second arms to retain the first and second arms. The second width is less than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: CooperSurgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashley Holbrooks, Fabio Pinto, Patrick N. Gutelius, Derek R. Kulakowski, Gary Helstern, Richard I. Farrington, John Triunfo
  • Patent number: 11820570
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a conductive sheet and an embossed carrier tape that can reduce detachment of carbon black and prevents deterioration of buckling strength. A conductive sheet for an embossed carrier tape for mounting an electronic component, in which the conductive sheet has a configuration in which a surface layer having conductivity is laminated on at least one surface of a core layer; the core layer and the surface layer each contain a common material constituted of only a combination of three types of polystyrene-based resins of styrene-butadiene copolymer resin, general purpose polystyrene resin, and high impact polystyrene resin; a common material constituting the core layer and a common material constituting the surface layer have the same compounding ratio; and the surface layer is formed by kneading carbon black in the common material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: GOLD INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Hazama, Taisei Murata
  • Patent number: 11819399
    Abstract: A packaging system includes a packaging container and a packaging element. The packaging container include a first half having a base surface and an outer wall defining an inset receiving area, a second half sized and configured to couple to the first half in a locking relationship, and a coupling element extending from the base surface of the first half. The packaging element includes a central coupling body defining an opening sized and configured to receive the coupling element of the packaging container therethrough and a plurality of secondary coupling elements each coupled to an outer perimeter of the central coupling body. A plurality of surgical elements are each coupled to one of the plurality of secondary coupling elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Lewis Pearce Branthover, Blake O'Briant, Zach Christensen
  • Patent number: 11820572
    Abstract: A packaging unit adapted to contain at least two button cells includes: for each of the button cells, a separate individual compartment that encloses the button cells; the individual compartments are each formed from a separate thermoformed plastics hood and a back plastics film fixed thereto; the individual compartments are configured such that they cannot be opened without tools; a carrier on which the individual compartments are attached; and the individual compartments are spaced apart from one another on the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: VARTA Microbattery GmbH, VARTA Consumer Batteries GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Georg Felber, Werner Regner
  • Patent number: 11814229
    Abstract: A transparent film includes a first portion configured to form at least a portion of a first compartment of a multi-component package. The film also includes & second portion, con figured to form at least a portion of a second compartment of the multi-component package. The film further includes a barrier coating disposed on the first portion to reduce permeation of a migratory species through the first portion relative to the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: AMCOR FLEXIBLES NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan A. Michaud, Daniel C. Vennerberg, John D. Ceranski, Corey A. Wollaeger
  • Patent number: 11811444
    Abstract: Devices, buoys, kits, systems and methods for preventing small objects, such as but not limited to portable phones, money and keys from sinking in the water. A foam block buoy molded about a t-shaped plastic insert with an eyelet in a stem extending therefrom for attaching to a tether line. A phone foldable ring stand can be included with a peel and stick backing for being attached to a portable phone, that is attachable to the end of the tether line, wherein the float prevents the portable phone from sinking and becoming lost in water. A dry bag can be included to also be attachable to the tether line for keeping items from becoming wet and damaged. Additionally, a battery powered fishing lure, can be attached to the float or the line to allow the float buoy to be found in the dark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Rebecca Kimbel
  • Patent number: 11806173
    Abstract: A stackable sieve tray for receiving medical products, preferably for sterilization, has a sieve tray bottom and upward-extending sieve tray sidewalls arranged at the sieve tray bottom. The sieve tray bottom, on its underside, has an indentation in edge regions that holds at least two sieve trays in position with respect to each other in a length and width direction of the sieve trays when the sieve trays are stacked, the indentation of a first sieve tray engaging the sieve tray sidewalls of a second sieve tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Dennis Goerz, Bianca Rosin, Eva Streit, Timo Knittel
  • Patent number: 11793717
    Abstract: Approaches for use in making a lid for a blister package include forming a continuous pattern of electrically conductive wire on an adhesive surface of a substrate. The continuous pattern has a plurality of detector segments, and each detector segment has an outer connector portion and an inner connector portion. The outer connector portion and the inner connector portion of each detector segment are adjacent to one another, and pairs of successive first and second detector segments of the plurality of detector segments are connected by the inner connector portion of the first detector segment and the outer connector portion of the second detector segment. The forming includes forming an arced segment between the inner connector portion of the first detector segment and the outer connector portion of the second detector segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY CORPORATION
    Inventor: David Neuman
  • Patent number: 11794979
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for forming an odor control item and providing packaging for an odor control item. A method for forming at least one odor control item includes providing a resealable package comprising a first blister and a second blister, wherein the first blister comprises at least one cavity, performing a hot mold process whereby a liquid substance is poured into the at least one cavity, and curing the liquid substance while the liquid substance is in the at least one cavity to form the at least one odor control item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: BEAUMONT PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Picken, Joseph P. Perushek, Scott A. Behner
  • Patent number: 11794976
    Abstract: A package of one or more absorbent articles is disclosed. The package has a package material including natural fibers. The package has a plurality of panels, including a consumer-facing panel, and wherein the package is sealed such that the one or more absorbent articles are completely enclosed therein. The package material has a basis weight of between 50 gsm to 120 gsm, between 60 gsm to 105 gsm or between 70 gsm to 90 gsm, as determined via ISO 536 as modified herein. The package material is recyclable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Remus, Edward Daniel Theiss, III, Michael Wayne Taylor, Michaela Monika Czupik, Emily Charlotte Boswell, Benjamin Jacob Clare, Patti Jean Kellett, Peter Kramkowski, Ilana Jessica Krause, Lee Matthew Arent
  • Patent number: 11787735
    Abstract: A glass container comprises a glass body comprising a first region under a compressive stress extending from a surface of the glass body to a depth of compression and a second region extending from the depth of compression into a thickness of the glass body, the second region being under a tensile stress. The glass container also includes a localized compressive stress region having a localized compressive stress extending from the surface to a localized depth of compression within the body. The localized depth of compression is greater than the depth of compression of the first region. The glass container also includes a crack re-direction region extending in a predetermined propagation direction, wherein the crack re-direction region possesses a higher tensile stress than the tensile stress in the second region in a sub-region of the crack re-direction region, the sub-region extending substantially perpendicular to the predetermined propagation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Steven Edward DeMartino, Jeffrey John Domey, Christopher Lee Timmons