Patents Examined by Jacob K. Ackun
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Patent number: 11540974Abstract: A device for organizing and tracking medication. The device includes compartments to contain medication, and each compartment includes an access door. A sensor element can detect if the device is moved, if the access door is opened and/or closed, and/or if medications have been placed into or removed from a compartment. A processor and/or external computing system provides alarms if medications is not properly taken, a filling service for stuffing the compartments and an administration service to verify the medications are properly taken.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2022Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: VIVA LIFE, INC.Inventors: Harry L. Wingate, III, William H. Wingate, Joshua D. Wingate
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Patent number: 11542079Abstract: A packaging card for a tool comprising a fixed member and a movable member that is selectively movable relative to the fixed member includes a tool engaging region coupling the packaging card to the movable member such that movement of the movable member relative to the fixed member moves the card relative to the fixed member. The card also includes a deformation region that tears or deforms upon application of a separation force sufficient to remove the packaging card from the tool. Another packaging card for a tool having a housing with front and side apertures includes a front flange receivable in the front aperture of the tool, a side flange insertable into the side aperture, and a hook catchable on an interior of the housing to deter removal of the packaging card from the tool until sufficient force is applied to overcome a holding power of the hook.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Bates, Jonathan Miller
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Patent number: 11528973Abstract: A case for an electronic device. The case includes a lower housing having a cavity to receive the electronic device, and an electrical connector configured to couple to the electronic device. A lid is attached to the lower housing with a pivotable joint allowing the lid to rotate between a closed position where the lid is aligned over the cavity and an open position where the lid is angularly displaced allowing the electronic device to be removed from the cavity. The case also includes a hinge that provides the pivotable joint. The hinge is configured such that, when the lid is in the closed position, it is biased to remain closed via a detent, and, such that the lid has one or more stable positions between the fully open and fully closed positions.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Dallas Robert Tharrett, Donna Marie Sullivan, Mark James Joseph McCauley, Christopher Glenn Donaldson
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Patent number: 11528974Abstract: An apparatus for storing collectibles is disclosed. The apparatus is particularly useful for storing collectible packs of cards that are commonly sold as “booster packs” for larger decks. The apparatus has multiple rails which support the booster pack without crimping or damaging the flaps at the top and bottom of the pack. As the pack is supported by the flaps and not by friction of the body of the pack itself, the apparatus can have a larger internal space to accommodate a variety of sizes of packs having similar flaps.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Inventors: Christopher Ryan Myers, Steven Michael Myers
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Patent number: 11524827Abstract: A blank for forming a carrier for holding at least one article includes a plurality of panels that includes a first main panel foldably connected to a second main panel. The first main panel includes a top panel portion foldably connected to at least one top side panel portion, and the second main panel comprises a bottom panel portion foldably connected to at least one bottom side panel portion. The blank further includes at least one handle feature for forming a handle.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLCInventor: Greg Gungner
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Patent number: 11524813Abstract: A transport container, featuring a bottom plate with at least two holes for accommodating means of attachment for affixing fixed, track, or swiveling casters, a plate (1) affixed from the inside to the bottom plate for affixing fixed, track, or swiveling casters on the bottom plate of the transport container. The mounting plate (1) features a base plate (2) with a contact surface (1a), which faces the inside of the transport container in its assembled state, for placement onto the transport container. At least two means of insertion (3) are evenly distributed along the perimeter of the base plate (2), which protrude with an insertion area (7) from the contact surface (1a) of the base plate (2) and which each respectively feature an internal thread (5) and/or an external thread for affixing of the fixed, track, and swiveling casters in or on the insertion area (7), wherein the means of insertion (3) are disposed in the holes of the bottom plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: PENN ELCOM LTD.Inventor: James Hatton
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Patent number: 11524829Abstract: A blank for making a tub support that fits inside the top opening of a washing machine to prevent the wash tub from moving relative to the cabinet during shipping and handling. The tub support may comprise a rear folded portion having a plurality of rear tub contact points that contact the wash tub, and a sidewall configured to contact the top edge of the wash tub along a plurality of tub contact points and to contact the rim of the washing machine cabinet along a plurality of cabinet contact points.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2022Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.Inventor: Clifton Moore
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Patent number: 11517387Abstract: A multifunctional enclosure is described having an elongated sleeve configured with an enlarged opening for the insertion of an elongated member of a medical probe. The multifunctional enclosure is configured to prevent the elongated member of the medical probe from swinging and becoming damaged during transport. The multifunctional enclosure may further comprise an attachment component for securing the medical probe to the multifunctional enclosure. Furthermore, at least one vent may be configured onto the multifunctional enclosure, such as on a first end closure portion. The vent may allow for adequate flow for sterilization and/or drying.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Inventor: John R Seitz, IV
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Patent number: 11517661Abstract: A syringe nest assembly includes a base having a first surface and an opposing second surface and a first plate movably coupled to the base. The base includes a plurality of nesting units extending upwardly away from the first surface of the base. Each nesting unit includes a hollow body having a first open end distal from the first surface of the base and an opposing second open end. The first plate has a first surface and an opposing second surface. The first plate includes a plurality of apertures extending from the first surface to the second surface of the first plate. Each aperture of the first plate is generally aligned with a respective nesting unit of the base.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Evans, Brian Costello, Raymond Protasiewicz, Christopher Gieda
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Patent number: 11518600Abstract: A sterilizable pouch includes at least one sheet, wherein outer peripheral edges of the at least one sheet are sealed together to define a pouch having an interior space for receiving an article therein. A first releasable seam spans between a first peripheral edge of the at least one sheet to a second, opposite, peripheral edge of the at least one sheet, the first releasable seam dividing the at least one sheet into a first sheet part and a second sheet part. A second releasable seam and a third releasable seam each substantially span from a third peripheral edge of the at least one sheet to a fourth, opposite, peripheral edge of the at least one sheet and along the first peripheral edge and the second peripheral edge, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: American Sterilizer CompanyInventors: Nancy A. Robinson, Janet E. Meszaros
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Patent number: 11505389Abstract: A separating layer for the transport of pharmaceutical secondary packagings and to a transport system for transporting pharmaceutical secondary packagings which comprises the separating layer are provided. The separating layer is a polymer layer having a planar section extending in an axial direction along a longitudinal axis and an elevation extending normal to the longitudinal axis. The separating layer has in the axial direction a normal spring force that is 0.2 to 5 N.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: SCHOTT SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Patrick Wolf, Elisa Wiesner, Arne Kloke
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Patent number: 11505401Abstract: A stackable cargo container apparatus has a frame assembly formed by interconnected structural members, a substantially planar base, interconnecting side walls and at least one personnel access door. At least one lifting harness member of unitary or singular construction is operationally attached to the frame assembly, and permits lifting of the cargo container apparatus from its bottom and away from welds or other possible weak points. An integrated cargo weight measurement assembly permits quick and efficient determination of cargo weight placed on the planar base, and includes a digital display or other output device.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Inventor: Mickey Paul Broussard
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Patent number: 11505382Abstract: A multi-unit packing system includes a packaging tray assembly supporting a medical device or product. The packaging tray assembly includes a tray that holds the medical product within a spring-loaded card. The spring-loaded card being disposed within the inner container of the tray. The spring-loaded card including a one or more openings that are positioned to maintain the medical product in a defined orientation while preventing the inadvertent movement of the medical product. The spring-loaded card comprises elastic properties to allow it to be elastically compressed when the barrier is sealed to the tray, and uncompressed when the barrier is peeled away from the tray, allowing a portion of the spring-loaded card to extend beyond a surface of the tray to provide easier access, removal and transfer of the sterile medical product within the sterile field.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Prospect Life Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Randall Allard, Jason Morton, Polly Allard, Tom McLeer
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Patent number: 11505393Abstract: A packaging assembly, including corrugated corner elements, each having a first corner post element leg and a second corner post element leg, each corner post element leg having one or more alternating ridges and grooves; endcap elements, each having a support layer portion and a tray layer portion, wherein the tray layer portion includes a corner recess formed proximate each corner of the support layer portion, wherein each corner recess is formed to allow at least a portion of one of the corrugated corner elements at least partially therein; and a multi-slit support insert having slits formed along at least a portion of the multi-slit support insert body, leaving a remaining portion of the multi-slit support insert body defining a web, wherein at least a portion of the multi-slit support insert body is bent to be fitted within a portion of the packaging assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Rational Packaging LLCInventor: Shawn M. Parella
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Patent number: 11504467Abstract: A liquid injection device includes: a syringe that comprises a barrel part configured to be filled with a liquid, and a needle attached to a distal portion of the barrel part and configured to discharge the liquid, a cap that covers the needle; a housing that covers at least a base end part of the syringe; and a step part that is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the cap or between the housing and the cap, the step part protruding farther outward than a side surface of the barrel part. The step part is configured to engage with a lower surface of a notch part that extends laterally inward from an outer edge of a flange part of a container such that the cap is removable from the housing by the notch part.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kiyoaki Hasumi, Eiji Suzuki
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Patent number: 11505381Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems and methods for resealable packaging, to improve the accessibility of medications. Embodiments relate to systems and methods for resealable packaging with a bottom element with one or more storage areas, and a top element of a corresponding size to the bottom element. The top element couples to the bottom element and has apertures to expose the storage areas of the bottom element. The top element has a sliding middle section movable between a sealed closed position to cover the apertures and an open position to uncover to expose the one or more storage areas.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: 3D Bridge Solutions Inc.Inventors: Gary Mousseau, Samuel Thomas MacKenzie, Karima Bawa
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Patent number: 11498748Abstract: A load unit (700) of material for forming a structural component made from layers of a fiber reinforced material, the load unit (700) comprising a pallet (704) and a single layer of rolls of fiber reinforced material (702).Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLCInventors: Tom W. DeMint, Jeff R. Randall
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Patent number: 11497243Abstract: A storage device for storing perishable plant matter and a system for monitoring and accessing the device and plant matter. A storage device for storing a plant product includes a housing. The housing has a sidewall that defines an opening and a lid coupled to the sidewall and movable to a closed position in which the opening is closed off. The lid, in cooperation with the sidewall, defines a storage space in the housing wherein at least one container that receives the plant product and may be removably received. A storage and monitoring system includes a locking mechanism, at least one scale, and a relative humidity sensor, and an app operable on a mobile device and configured to operate and monitor the storage device. The app is configured to operate the locking mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Uniti Smart Ltd.Inventors: Omer Ackerman, Daniel Narunsky
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Patent number: 11498749Abstract: A packing unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes an outdoor unit with heavy objects that are provided on a bottom plate of a housing of the outdoor unit. On the packing unit, the outdoor unit is placed. The packing unit includes: a support base that has a cuboid framework structure made by combining a plurality of wood pieces, and supports the outdoor unit; a long wood piece that has a long plate shape, and that forms part of an upper surface portion of the support base and faces the bottom plate, the long wood piece having end portions, one of the end portions being fixed to the support base, the other being a free end that is movable in a vertical direction; and a support wood piece that is provided on an upper surface portion of the end portion on a free end side of the long wood piece.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroki Tsuchiya, Koji Sachimoto, Yohei Kawaguchi, Yusuke Mukai
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Patent number: 11485563Abstract: A packaging bag with a body for storing a plurality of articles to be packaged, wherein the body has a top surface part, a bottom surface part that opposes the top surface part in the vertical direction, and a plurality of lateral surface parts that are arranged between the top surface part and the bottom surface part; a slash part for opening is provided to at least one of the plurality of lateral surface parts; and the slash part has a first slit that extends from near the top surface part to near the bottom surface part in the vertical direction, and a second slit that is contiguous to one end of the first slit on the top surface part side and that extends in the traverse direction intersecting the vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: DAIO PAPER CORPORATIONInventor: Hirohiko Kato