Patents Examined by James M Van Buskirk
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Patent number: 10183767Abstract: Improved packaging materials for packaging multiple mattress spring cores together in a compressed stack, wherein the two ends of the stack are covered by end panels comprising a laminated paper stack panel that includes one or more layers of a stretchable paper called extensible kraft paper laminated together with a water soluble glue. The mattress spring cores are separated by an interleaving sheet comprising one layer of extensible kraft paper.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: WOLVERINE AUTOMOTIVE BOARD SALES, INC.Inventor: Matthew Edward Zerial
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Patent number: 10179692Abstract: The present invention relates to a bottle shipment assembly that can withstand shock and impact during shipping. The assembly can accommodate a wide variety of bottles, uses very little material such as HDPE and PVC, and is easily recyclable. There are three parts to the assembly: a neck portion that locks around the bottle's neck, a base portion that snugly fits around the bottle's bottom, and an exterior box that securely and immovably houses the bottle fitted with the neck portion and base portion. The neck portion has a center portion and two wings that move from inoperable to operable position. The center portion has with a head-engagement recess that slips over the bottle's neck. In operable position, the neck portion has a square configuration, and fits snugly inside the exterior box. The base portion also has a square configuration that fits snugly inside the exterior box.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2014Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: SOLUTIONS ZENPAC INC.Inventor: Benoit Tremblay
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Patent number: 10173831Abstract: A blank for forming an inner packaging container of a pack for consumer goods including an outer packaging container and the inner packaging container. 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 such that the flanges extending from the back panel of the inner packaging container exert a biasing force on the hinged lid of the outer packaging container to assure lid closure is maintained.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Robert T. Mitten, Christopher J. Hession
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Patent number: 10150610Abstract: A capsule includes a deformable and/or compressible casing provided with a base wall and a side wall defining a cavity suitable for containing an initial product to be combined with a fluid to make a final product. The deformable base wall is provided with an outlet passage for the outflow and dispensing of the final product, and when the casing is compressed and/or crushed, it changes from an initial configuration to a final configuration. The capsule further includes a closing device inside the cavity, substantially facing and adjacent to the base wall and provided with a closing portion arranged inside the cavity for engaging and closing the outlet passage in the initial configuration of the base wall, and for disengaging and opening the outlet passage, so as to dispense the final product through the outlet passage in the final configuration of the base wall.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2013Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Sarong Societa' per AzioniInventors: Andrea Bartoli, Flavio Traldi, Alberto Bartoli
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Patent number: 10106301Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flexible container. In an embodiment, the flexible container includes (A) four panels adjoined along a common peripheral seal. The common peripheral seal is composed of a first side seal, an opposing second side seal, a top seal, and an opposing bottom seal. The four seals form a chamber. (B) Each panel includes a bottom face, and the four bottom faces are sealed together to define a bottom section. The flexible container includes (C) an upper spout seal extending from the first side seal to the second side seal. The flexible container also includes (D) a lower spout seal. (E) The upper spout seal and the lower spout seal each include a respective spout seal segment and a respective chamber seal segment. (F) The chamber seal segments define a sealed chamber top. (G) The lower spout seal segment is reciprocally aligned with the upper spout seal segment to form a spout. The spout extends from the sealed chamber top to the second side seal.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Peter J. Schulz, Lamy J. Chopin, III, Michelle L. Boven, Jeffrey E. Bonekamp
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Patent number: 10104991Abstract: An assisted eating aid for use with an eating utensil constructed to carry food portions is disclosed as a serving vessel body having a bottom surface and an opposing upper surface with a centrally disposed food receiving region, an outermost perimeter, and a plurality of flanges projecting upwardly from the upper surface of the serving vessel body to divide the centrally disposed food receiving region from an outermost food receiving region where at least two of the flanges are spaced apart with each flange having an interior facing scoop surface and exterior facing scoop surface constructed to shove food portions pushed thereagainst onto the eating utensil.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Inventor: Kurt Reichel
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Patent number: 10099831Abstract: What is disclosed is a storage and transport system for storage and transport objects such as jewelry or any other objects to be stored or carried. In a preferred embodiment, the carrier is a roll having a series of interchangeable attachments. In a further preferred embodiment, the interchangeable attachments are capable of being layered. The system further discloses a system in which attachments are interchangeable between various items or articles.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2012Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Inventor: LaRece Egli
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Patent number: 10081480Abstract: An oxygen-absorbing container includes a container body having a multilayer structure constituted by an innermost layer, an outermost layer and an intermediate layer therebetween, the container body having an opening part on an upper part thereof; and a sealing member bonded to an upper end surface of the opening part of the container body to seal an opening of the opening part. The innermost layer and the intermediate layer are bent outward at an upper end of the opening part and form a flat part and a surface of the flat part forms the upper end surface of the opening part. When the sealing member is unsealed, part of the innermost layer on the upper end surface of the opening part is configured to be peeled off so as to leave an unsealed mark.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2015Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Kenichi Niimi, Kiyonori Michiba, Takashi Kubo, Kazuyuki Minato, Yoshiki Itou, Takayoshi Itoh, Jungo Taguchi, Akihiro Masuda, Tatsuo Iwai
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Patent number: 10080417Abstract: A container (10) comprising a body (11) having an internal container space (18) and an opening (14), the opening (14) being biased to a substantially closed configuration, at least opposing sections (12, 13) of the container (10) being resiliently biased towards each other to minimize the volume of the internal container space (18), wherein a user can insert at least one item into the container space (18) through the opening (14) in use by temporary deformation of at least a portion of the container (10), and the resilient bias of the at least opposing sections (12, 13) of the container (10) can apply a compressive force in use to the at least one item received in the container space (18).Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2012Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Inventor: Louise Wallwork
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Patent number: 10059506Abstract: A blank for forming an inner packaging container of a pack for consumer goods including an outer packaging container and the inner packaging container. 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 such that the flanges extending from the back panel of the inner packaging container exert a biasing force on the hinged lid of the outer packaging container to assure lid closure is maintained.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Robert T. Mitten, Christopher J. Hession
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Patent number: 10046898Abstract: A packaging material is formed from a shock-absorbing plate material and stored in a packaging box with a packaged article. The packaging material includes a base portion and a shock absorbing portion. The shock absorbing portion surrounds three sides of a space along a main surface of the base portion. First and second vertical plate portions of the shock absorbing portion face each other and continue to the base portion. In the shock absorbing portion, a third vertical plate portion continues to the second vertical plate portion, and a fourth vertical plate portion continues to the third vertical plate portion. The fourth vertical plate portion is overlaped on the first vertical plate portion. A hook portion of the shock absorbing portion continues to the fourth vertical plate portion, and has a second cut in which a bottom portion of the first cut of the first vertical plate portion is inserted.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Atsushi Itano
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Patent number: 10045597Abstract: Disclosed is a medication carrying case having a modular interior and a deployable tray work surface. The case structure is provided in several different sizes and designs, whereby medication and other articles are supported by removably attached organizational leaflets attached along the interior surfaces of the case. Each leaflet comprises a number of different pouches or organizational elements for supporting medication and accessory items. The deployable tray attaches along the exterior of the case and provides a clean work surface for organizing and preparing medication prior to use. For temperature sensitive medication, a cooling chamber is provided within the leaflet and behind a pouch to cool the pouch contents. Furthermore, an internal temperature sensing means and a timer element is provided to monitor the interior environment of the case and provide a means of notification for the user for administration of medication, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Inventor: Debbie Joanne Caruth
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Patent number: 10039897Abstract: In various examples, an apparatus includes a tray including a channel configured to hold a therapy delivery element at least partially within the channel. A retention clip is sized and shaped to fit within a portion of the channel. The retention clip is configured to releasably retain the therapy delivery element within the retention clip.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Nuvectra CorporationInventors: Carole L. Norris, Elliot Bridgeman
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Patent number: 10039383Abstract: A mounting assembly having a mounting wall and at least first and second mounting members mounted on the mounting wall, the members extending in opposite directions from each other and away from the mounting wall. The mounting members have front edges spaced from the mounting wall. The first mounting member is slidably mounted through a first channel member on the mounting wall, the first mounting member movable relative to the second mounting member to be able to vary the distance between their front edges.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Inventor: Robert Winikoff
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Patent number: 10035633Abstract: An object to be packaged is positioned and secured on a set rack, and the set rack is placed on a buffer material provided on a bottom plate of an inner packaging cover. Right/left cover portions of the inner packaging cover are folded up at folding lines so that the inner packaging cover covers the set rack, and the set rack is placed on a bottom panel of the outer packaging case with the inner packaging cover therebetween. Thereafter, an open/close panel is slid along a guide groove formed on a side opening of the outer packaging case so as to close the side opening by the open/close panel, and an upper opening is covered by a top plate panel to thereby store the object to be packaged in the outer packaging case using the inner packaging cover and the set rack.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2013Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: HITACHI SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Jiro Takahashi, Hirohide Aoyama, Yasuhiro Ito, Hirofumi Akiyama
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Patent number: 10023358Abstract: This packaging is for containers having each a cylindrical body and an upper surface located at or near an extremity of the body, said packaging comprising a nest, a tub and a sealing cover; the nest having a nesting structure to receive the containers and comprising at least one first supporting surface, to be received on at least one corresponding supporting surface of the tub, the tub having a bottom wall, lateral walls forming an upper opening, and a peripheral flange leveled with said upper opening, for the sealing of said sealing cover thereon; said nest includes at least one second supporting surface rigidly connected to said at least one first supporting surface and so positioned with respect to this at least one first supporting surface that this second supporting surface is located, when the nest is placed in the tub, at the level of said peripheral flange.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2012Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Becton Dickinson France S.A.S.Inventor: Franck Carrel
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Patent number: 10023347Abstract: Disclosed is a synthetic resin container provided with an inverting, foldback bottom wall that can maintain a stable, self-supporting position while being able to minimize the amount of residual contents, and that can be formed by blow-molding, etc., and maintain the favorable producibility or low cost of the past. The synthetic resin container is provided with a bottom wall that forms the bottom of the container, and a drum section that is united to the perimeter of the bottom wall and forms a filling space M for contents on the inside, and is a synthetic resin container wherein a raised bottom is formed by inverting and folding back said bottom wall toward said drum section. Said drum section has a lower peripheral wall that touches or approaches the outer wall part of said bottom wall and forms a self-supporting base by the inversion and folding back of said bottom wall.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeru Hayakawa, Yoshiharu Kitamura, Kazuo Suzuki
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Patent number: 10016178Abstract: Various embodiments of an eye imaging apparatus are disclosed. In some embodiments, the eye imaging apparatus may comprise a light source, an image sensor, a hand-held computing device, and an adaptation module. The adaptation module comprises a microcontroller and a signal processing unit configured to adapt the hand-held computing device to control the light source and the image sensor. In some embodiments, the imaging apparatus may comprise an exterior imaging module to image an anterior segment of the eye and/or a front imaging module to image a posterior segment of the eye. The eye imaging apparatus may be used in an eye imaging medical system. The images of the eye may be captured by the eye imaging apparatus, transferred to an image computing module, stored in an image storage module, and displayed in an image review module.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: VISUNEX MEDICAL SYSTEMS CO. LTD.Inventors: Wei Su, Li Xu
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Patent number: 10017289Abstract: A packaging box (1) includes a storage part (2), an inner flap (21) and an outer flap (22). The inner flap (21) is provided with a slit (31) along an edge (11a) and the outer flap (12) is provided with an insertion piece (41) connected to a tip edge (22a) via a bending line (42). The insertion piece (41) is inserted into the slit (31) by being bent along the bending line (42). The insertion piece (41) has an engaging piece (45) configured to be foldable along a folding line (44) extending in a direction crossing the tip edge (22a) and to have an engaging edge (45a) facing the tip edge (22a). When the engaging piece (45) is folded along the folding line (44), the engaging edge (45a) is inclined downward toward its distal end.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Kazuyoshi Yamamura
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Patent number: 10011388Abstract: According to the present invention, the device comprises: a flange having an at least approximately trapezoidal tapered section; a counter-flange having a shape complementary to that of said flange (1); and clamping means for clamping said flange and said counter-flange one in the direction of the other, interposing the edges of said elements shaped at least partially in the shape of said counter-flange.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: MBDA FRANCEInventors: François Durand, Xavier Bertrand, Javier Sistac-Meler, Benoit Leclercq