Patents Examined by James M Van Buskirk
  • Patent number: 9428303
    Abstract: A bottle that include adaptive measuring equipment. The bottle having a container, a securing device, and a measuring receptacle. The securing device is received and secured by the container, while the measuring receptacle includes a securing mechanism that removably secures to the measuring receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Inventor: Samuel Foster
  • Patent number: 9420860
    Abstract: A receptacle for storing and organizing hair accessories and jewelry items has a main body with rotatable base. The main body is formed from a plurality of contiguous columns. The columns are radially symmetrical about a vertical central axis, and one or more of the columns may include one or more compartments. The tops of the contiguous columns define the top of the main body and have a petal shape. The petal shaped tops define a central compartment between them. The central compartment includes a hinged lid connected proximate to its peripheral edge. The compartments may house various means of storing and organizing hair accessory and jewelry items. In a preferred embodiment, the top of the main body is shaped like a flower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Inventor: Julianne R. Jaffe
  • Patent number: 9406325
    Abstract: A tray for retaining sliders, such as during washing and/or transporting process steps. The tray has a planar body comprising a top surface having a plurality of cavities therein, an opposite bottom surface having a plurality of recesses therein, and a perimeter. Each cavity is oppositely aligned with a respective recess, with each cavity and its respective recess connected by a passage through the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Glenn Charles Johnson, Binh Dinh Tran, Gary Singer
  • Patent number: 9403621
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plastic storage and transport container. The container includes a bottom part and four sidewalls fixedly disposed on the container bottom, or hinged tiltably and latchable to one another. The storage and transport container includes a removal opening (2) in at least one sidewall (1) which is closeable by way of a lid (3). Preferably, the lid (3) is of two-part construction made up of two lid elements (3a, 3b), wherein the two lid elements (3a, 3b) are swingably connected together by way of a hinge-like connection. This lid (3) can only be opened from the inside of the container. When the container is transported, the lid (3) is closed and cannot be opened or manipulated from the outside. For storage, the containers are stacked in such a way that a removal opening (2) of each container is accessible from the front. Prior to stacking the containers, the lids (3) are partially or entirely opened so that the goods located in the container can be removed from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: GEORG UTZ HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Yves Hug
  • Patent number: 9399545
    Abstract: A modular package having a container encompassing two or more modules, one of which includes a personal article visible from the outside of the modular package. The container includes a window making the personal article visible to a consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: BRAUN GMBH
    Inventors: Thinh Nguyen Ha, Martin Jay Marotti, Hauke Schormair, Manfred Bruno Kobbe
  • Patent number: 9382062
    Abstract: A pack for consumer goods includes an outer packaging container and an inner packaging container. The outer packaging container includes a lower box portion with an upper lid portion hingedly connected thereto. The inner packaging container includes a dispensing opening with a resealable closure, a front panel, a back panel, a top panel, a bottom panel, and opposing side panels; each side panel having an inner panel and an outer panel, the inner panel having a first width defining a width of the inner packaging container, and the outer panel including at least a portion having a second width defining flanges having a width greater than the first width. The inner packaging container is insertable within the outer packaging container, the flanges on the back panel of the inner packaging container exert biasing forces on the hinged lid of the outer packaging container to assure lid closure is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Robert T. Mitten, Christopher J. Hession
  • Patent number: 9371180
    Abstract: An apparatus including a liner ring, configured with a wall, to fit within the container so that the liner ring remains in place at a defined distance within the container based on a dimension of the container and a dimension of the liner ring, and a sealant attached to an outer surface of the liner ring configured to contact an inner surface of the container and form a seal is disclosed. Arrangement of a liner with an opening having ends being placed around the liner ring provides for the ends to the opening of the liner being located between the ring liner and container within the container. A system and method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Inventor: Lee Wayne Corbitt
  • Patent number: 9365327
    Abstract: A packaging for a bouquet of flowers is disclosed. The packaging includes a packaging foil impermeable to water, designed to constitute a water reservoir, onto which is glued a reinforcing element designed to shape said packaging, said reinforcing element including a base around which are distributed, at an angle, arms directed in directions, specifically radial, around the base and articulated at said base. The arms are provided with loops in their upper part, said packaging including two independent drawstrings, called the first and second drawstring. In one embodiment, the two drawstrings pass successively through a number of the loops, and each drawstring exhibits an area for grasping. The two drawstrings pass respectively through two orifices of two diametrically opposed arms, such that the grasping areas are diametrically opposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: CLAYRTON'S
    Inventor: Alban-Josse Lepoutre
  • Patent number: 9353571
    Abstract: A paint can support box adapted to surround and selectively seal a paint can. A hinged top with a seal is affixed to the box and is movable between an open and a closed position. A mounting system attaches the box to rungs of a ladder. A retaining pin prevents the mounting system from inadvertently becoming detached from the ladder rungs. The box is swivelably attached to the mounting system so that the box remains level regardless of the lean angle of the ladder. The box and its contents may be left on the ladder when the ladder is moved to a new location without risk of paint spilling or the apparatus becoming detached from the ladder. Caulk tubes may also be stored and retained within the box. Multiple size paint cans (e.g. gallon, quart, etc.) may be securely accommodated and sealed with appropriate can adapters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Inventor: James Coe
  • Patent number: 9346592
    Abstract: A container includes a sealing system coupled to an interior surface of the container's lid or cover. The sealing system includes a rotatable latch that, when rotated, cooperates with a number of gears to and a cam assembly formed in the lid to actuate a number of arms or links. In one embodiment, some of the arms extend approximately radially from a driven gear and operate to move an engagement member of the sealing assembly into contact with a complementary engagement member coupled to a base portion of the container. This engagement, in turn, compresses a seal or gasket located between the lid portion and the base portion of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Becklin Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis M. Becklin
  • Patent number: 9346614
    Abstract: An internal floating roof for use in large volatile or hazardous liquid storage tanks constructed of a plurality of open-top panel systems including C-shaped beams each having a vertical sidewall and flanges extending inward along the top and bottom of the beams with a bottom flange extending the vertical wall downward beyond the bottom. The panel systems are secured together using top and bottom brackets to construct a rigid, non-flexing roof structure to contain the hazardous gases and vapors beneath the floating roof without creating alternative escape pathways along the respective joints or seams between the panel systems. An additional seal in the form of a weld or resilient sealing member may be used along the joint between adjacent beams to further secure against leaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Inventor: David Jon Rosenkrantz
  • Patent number: 9346608
    Abstract: A chain retaining device to retain a chain may include a chain mounting section to mount the chain and a handle section being connected to the chain mounting section to carry the chain retaining device. The chain mounting section may include a detachably connected chain holding device to adjust to different sizes chains. The chain holding device may be adapted form a friction connection to the chain mounting section. The chain holding device may include a handle to form the friction connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Inventor: E. L. Sublett
  • Patent number: 9327596
    Abstract: A fuel tank for a hybrid vehicle is disclosed. In one example approach, a fuel tank for a vehicle comprises a wave catcher extending through an interior of the fuel tank and coupled to a front wall and a first side wall of the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Russell Randall Pearce
  • Patent number: 9322754
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a holding apparatus (10) for receiving specimen slides (1), having a holder (3, 4, 5) for handling the holding apparatus (10) and having at least two identification units (2a, 2b) that make available different information items to enable characterization of the orientation of the holding apparatus (10) in a stainer or coverslipper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Berberich, Christian Wilke, Jürgen Tenhaef
  • Patent number: 9314122
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bowl for mixing food. At least one group of at least three knobs (12; 12?; 12?) is attached to the outside of the base (10) of said bowl. All the knobs of a group protrude outwards to a common plane so that the bowl can be placed onto an even surface (70) in an orientation that is inclined with respect to the direction of gravity in such a manner that said bowl lies on the even surface (70) with all the knobs (12; 12?; 12?) of said group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: PI-DESIGN AG
    Inventor: Jorgen Bodum
  • Patent number: 9296467
    Abstract: An apparatus operable to seal an opening in an aircraft fuel tank during a pressure test of the fuel tank is described. The apparatus includes a substantially dome shaped body having a perimeter. The body further includes a rim extending in an orthogonal direction about the perimeter and a flange extending in a normal direction from the rim and about the perimeter. The flange is sized to engage the fuel tank about the opening. The apparatus further includes a sealing gasket proximate an intersection of the rim and the flange, extending completely around the perimeter. The seal is oriented to provide a sealing function between the fuel tank and the body as pressure is increased within the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Justin D. Hollibaugh, William F. Williams, Melissa M. Linscott, Howard J. Tu, Martin D. Reynoldson, James Martin
  • Patent number: 9296530
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a venting hatch having a base configured to couple to a storage container, wherein the base comprises a central opening configured to be exposed to an opening of the storage container, a cap coupled to the base, a seal disposed between the base and the cap, and an actuating mechanism configured to exert a biasing force on the seal to bias the seal against an annular lip of the base, wherein the actuating mechanism is disposed on an exterior surface of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Regulator Technologies Tulsa LLC
    Inventors: John David Cockerham, George Donald Jones, Johnny Marvin Bowyer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9296536
    Abstract: Multiple blister pack (1) for button batteries comprising a blister foil (10) designed to provide individual storage cups (12) of center (C) and diameter (D) for receiving a button battery, and individual closure regions (13) for each said individual storage cup (12). Each closure region (13) receives a closure element (4), and the individual storage cups (12) are arranged on the blister foil (10) according to a matrix pattern with at least two columns. Each closure region (13) surrounding each individual storage cup (12) are mutually separated by column and row tearing lines (2,2?). The closure element (4) and/or the closure region (13) is provided with tracking information concerning the battery stored in said individual storage cup (12) and the centers (C) of the individual storage cups (12) are spaced apart of a distance equal to twice the diameter (2*D) of the individual storage cup (12) from each other along each column of said matrix, within a tolerance of 1 millimeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Renata AG
    Inventors: Pascal Haering, Eric Weber
  • Patent number: 9290301
    Abstract: Devices and methods for packaging food cups is provided. The devices include unitary blanks with a front panel, bottom panel, rear panel, top panel, and side closures (in various forms) configured for assembly into a hollow substantially polyhedral package enclosure for 2 cups, 4 cups, or other even number of cups. Package enclosures with different side closures are designed for assembly with no glue joints, one glue joint, 3 glue joints (two cup enclosure), or 5 glue joints. Package enclosures provide visual displays that permit viewing of contents of cups secured in the enclosures. Package enclosures are structurally stable for packaging, transport, and storage. And the visual displays provide aesthetic appeal for consumers. Material and manufacturing costs and product waste are minimized with the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Del Monte Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Dominski, Brian J. Olson, Roy Greengrass, James E. McCay, Jonathan Lee, Thomas Lebeau
  • Patent number: 9287916
    Abstract: A protective case can include a removable screen protector that is reusable and easily interchangeable by hand. In one example, the protective case can be part of a kit that includes a plurality of removable screen protectors, and the removable screen protectors can each have special attributes that allow a user to quickly and easily modify the attributes of the protective case by simply exchanging a first removable screen protector with a second removable screen protector. In this way, the user can quickly and easily modify the attributes of the protective case to better align with practical considerations of the user's environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: OTTER PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Wicks, Carlton R. Lay, William L. DeMarco, James M. Hendrix, Jamie L. Johnson