Patents Examined by James M Van Buskirk
  • Patent number: 9603778
    Abstract: An infant feeding system. An infant feeding system comprising a bottle with a closed first end and an second end comprising an aperture that is configured to receive a liquid or semi-liquid substance into the bottle, a nipple comprising a vent system, a ring configured to enable the nipple to couple to the second end of the bottle, and a cap configured to couple to the second end of the ring and configured to couple to the first end of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Inventor: Bijal Ajmera
  • Patent number: 9597790
    Abstract: A utility box with a primary latch and secondary latch for preventing accidental upset of a utility box is disclosed. The secondary latch may be a flexible type latch that automatically catches when the lid is closed. The secondary latch requires that a person disengage on the latch before opening the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventors: Marcello Alfredo Moschella, Daniela Buccilli
  • Patent number: 9592946
    Abstract: A packaged product which comprises a solid object and a packaging that seals and holds the solid object, wherein a replacement gas is contained in a space sealed by the packaging when the packaging is sealed and wherein the solid object has absorbed a part of or all of the replacement gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Sekiba, Yasuhiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9585719
    Abstract: A container for disposing of waste includes a receptacle, a first pivoting member having a first disposal surface and a first pair of opposing sides, and a second pivoting member having a second disposal surface and a second pair of opposing sides. The second pair of opposing sides are operatively coupled to the first pair of opposing sides such that waste deposited on either the first disposal surface or the second disposal surface causes concurrent counter rotation of both the first pivoting member and the second pivoting member. The first pivoting member includes a pair of opposing projections secured in a stationary position to the first pair of opposing sides and the second pivoting member includes a pair of opposing apertures formed in a stationary position in the second pair of opposing sides. The opposing projections translate within the opposing apertures during the concurrent counter rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: STERICYCLE, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel E. Goldstein, Kevin A. Pollack, John C. Japuntich, Scott I. Biba, Mark S. Dirr
  • Patent number: 9586741
    Abstract: A safe package of micro battery with used battery recycling function, which can prevent the children from taking the micro battery easily and swallowed by mistake, comprising a lower cover plate, a folding portion, and an upper cover plate, the same side edge of said lower cover plate and said upper cover plate respectively connected with corresponding side of folding portion; said folding portion configure to fold the upper cover plate in the lower cover plate for fixing integrally and matched mutually; the lower cover plate including a concave part, a insertion slot, an exit slot, and two projecting parts; the upper cover plate including a insertion slit, two sides slits, and an exit slit thereby taking the new micro battery and recycled the used battery via double hands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: PONI GREENTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng-Yi Kuo, Wang Ting Hung, Shu Min Lin
  • Patent number: 9583150
    Abstract: A protective cover includes a base plate, and a cover unit cooperating with the base plate to define an accommodating space and including an opening communicating with the accommodating space for entry of a first or second storage device into the accommodating space. At least one pad member is connected foldably to the base plate and is operable to move between unfolded and folded positions. The pad member is folded over the base plate when in the folded position. The accommodating space is adapted to accommodate the first storage device when the pad member is in the unfolded position and the second storage device when the pad member is in the folded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Chun-Chi Tsai
  • Patent number: 9566214
    Abstract: A reusable, portable attachment for coupling in between a baby bottle top and a baby bottle container that comprises a container compartment for storing powdered formula separately from water prior to feeding, a hollow compartment, a removable seal therebetween, and a release actuator for releasing the seal to mix the powdered formula and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Formulawise, Inc.
    Inventors: John K. Eitrheim, Tracy W. Escobar
  • Patent number: 9546016
    Abstract: Mattress packaging displays and the display containers for displaying one or more mattresses in a retail environment generally include a bottom panel, a top panel, sidewalls extending from the bottom panel to the top panel, a front facing panel, and a rear facing panel; wherein the container is seated on the bottom panel during display and comprises at least one opening exposing at least a portion of the mattress, and wherein the container is configured to contain the mattress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: DREAMWELL, LTD.
    Inventor: Matthew Anderson
  • Patent number: 9533794
    Abstract: An article that can be formed into a sleeve or a coaster for a beverage container. The article includes: (a) a first sheet that is at least sufficiently flexible to be wrapped around the cylindrical body of the beverage container to position an inner surface of an end portion of the first sheet adjacent an outer surface of a tab portion of the first sheet to form an overlapping area between the end portion and the tab portion; (b) a first adhesive on a first portion of an inner surface of the first sheet, wherein the first portion is at least partially within the overlapping area; and (c) a second adhesive on a second portion of the inner surface of the first sheet, wherein the second portion is at least partially outside the overlapping area, and wherein the first adhesive and the second adhesive can be the same or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Inventor: James E. Vara
  • Patent number: 9533824
    Abstract: A packaging box for liquid crystal display (LCD) panel components includes a body. A sidewall of the body is configured with a neck. The packaging box further includes clamping pieces. Each of the clamping pieces comprises a first arm, a second arm, and a connecting structure that connects the first area to the second arm. The first arm is inserted into the neck. The second arm is inserted into a gap formed by separation of the LCD panel and the circuit board by a flexible circuit board. The LCD panel is in a completely fixed position in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhilin Zhao, Shihhsiang Chen
  • Patent number: 9522769
    Abstract: Push-pull closure for a drink container comprising a body element which comprises a through-opening and a fastening device, with which it may be sealingly and releasably connected to an opening of the drink container, a mouthpiece which may be axially displaceably inserted into the through-opening of the body element and which comprises at least one locking portion which may engage behind the through-opening of the body element, and a locking element which may be releasably attached to the inner face of the body element facing the drink container, the locking element being arranged so that the locking portion of the mouthpiece may not adopt a position in which it does not engage behind the through-opening of the body element, when the mouthpiece is inserted into the through-opening and the locking element is attached to the inner face of the body element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: MAPA GMBH
    Inventors: Eckhard Itzek, Bjoern Frederik Seidler, Ralf Holschumacher
  • Patent number: 9504342
    Abstract: A closure assembly for a drinking cup includes an annular body, with a rim for drinking, mountable to a cup. A closure member, having apertures, is disposed within the body and extends across the cup. A sealing element, on an inner side of the closure member, and an actuator, on the opposite side of the closure member, are coupled to each other with the sealing element biased into a rest position in which it is urged against the inner side of the closure member to block the apertures and prevent liquid flow therethrough. The sealing element moves out of the rest position to allow liquid flow through the apertures when pressure sufficient to overcome the bias is applied to the actuator. The closure member includes a diaphragm that is integrally formed with a biasing member to bias the sealing element into the rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Young Ming Chan, Wai Ho Li
  • Patent number: 9487352
    Abstract: A container is provided with a frame including one or more support structures each having a stacking post with a thin cross-sectional shape. Multiple support structures having such stacking posts can be provided along the length of the container to enable the container to be used in a stacked configuration. The container can provide an expanded interior loadable width for increased loading flexibility and capacity, and can have recessed upper and lower handling fitting joints in order to provide stronger and space-saving connections between a header and an upper handling fitting, between the upper handling fitting and a stacking post, between the stacking post and a lower handling fitting, and/or between the lower handling fitting and a floor component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: STI Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary L. Fenton
  • Patent number: 9464401
    Abstract: A system for preventing liquid infiltration into a sump having an opening defined by a sump collar includes a ring member adapted to be disposed about the sump collar, at least a portion of the ring member adapted to be in contact with a drainable material disposed below. The system also includes a lid member in engagement with the ring member. The ring member including a number of apertures disposed therein, each aperture of the number of apertures being adapted to allow liquid to pass from a top surface of the ring member to the drainable material below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Inventor: Sergei Gorlov
  • Patent number: 9457948
    Abstract: An insert assembly is outfitted upon a lidded beverage container for enabling the user to transfer heat from a relatively hot assembly-contained beverage so as to prevent scalding prior to consumption. The insert assembly preferably comprises a damming structure. The damming structure is formed from a semi-rigid material and is sized and shaped for receipt adjacent the upper rim perimeter of a container structure for defining beverage-containing and beverage-cooling compartments. The insert structure comprises first and second apertures for outletting beverage and inletting air intermediate the beverage-containing and beverage-cooling compartments. The beverage-cooling compartment receives heat from the beverage received therewithin and thereby enables the beverage to cool before being outlet via a primary outlet of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Inventor: Pavel Savenok
  • Patent number: 9446891
    Abstract: A carrier that is at least partially holding a plurality of containers. The carrier can include a plurality of panels comprising a bottom panel, a first side panel foldably connected to the bottom panel, a second side panel foldably connected to the bottom panel, a first top panel foldably connected to the first side panel, and a second top panel foldably connected to the second side panel. At least one container-receiving feature extends in at least the bottom panel. The at least one container-receiving feature can at least partially receive at least one container of the plurality of containers. At least one retention flap is foldably connected to the first top panel or the second top panel. The at least one retention flap engages at least a portion of a flange of at least one container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward W. Jones, Ana Gonzalez, Emili Requena, Jean-Manuel Gomes, Kevin T. May, Colin Ford, Matthew Sundquist
  • Patent number: 9440766
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing disc for a container closure used for a container having a mouth delimited by a circumferential edge. The sealing disc is composed of a plurality of layers with an edge. Before the container is opened for the first time, at least one group of layers tightly closes the mouth of said container. One of the layers is a metallic layer that can be heated by induction. The other layers are non-metallic and unable to be directly heated by induction. The group of layers can be sealed, using a sealing layer, on the circumferential edge of the mouth. One of the layers is composed of a thermally insulating material. The sealing disc has at least one grip tab. The grip tab is formed from just one or more of the layers of the layer group. The surfaces of the layers that form said grip tab project beyond the edge of the metallic, induction-heatable layer of the group for the length of the surface of the grip tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: ALFELDER KUNSTSTOFFWERKE HERM, MEYER GMBH
    Inventor: Heinz-Rudolf Wiening
  • Patent number: 9434518
    Abstract: A cap for a container closure or closure plug is disclosed. The cap includes a cap top having a top surface and a bottom surface, and an attachment ring extending axially downward from the bottom surface of the cap top under a central portion of the cap top. The attachment ring is securingly engageable with a container closure or closure plug. The attachment ring includes a cam surface extending radially outward from the attachment ring, where the cam surface is configured to deflect the attachment ring radially inward upon engagement of the attachment ring with the container closure or closure plug. The cap top and the attachment ring are connected by at least one frangible connection and at least one permanent connection, where the at least one permanent connection is configured to retain the cap top and the attachment ring upon breaking of the at least one frangible connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: GREIF INTERNATIONAL HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Sebastien Yves Aldolphe Ledemeney
  • Patent number: 9434526
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a mixing container for different contents, when not being used, prevents a content stored in a storage compartment from being mixed with a content stored in a receiver member. When the mixing container is used, a button part is simply manipulated to open a lower portion of the receiver member, thereby mixing the two contents. Thus, the mixing container can mix different contents in a simple structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: YONWOO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Su-jin Son
  • Patent number: 9433311
    Abstract: Twist-fold containers include wires that are pivotally connected to channels formed in the containers. Using a twisting motion, the containers including the wires are collapsed. The collapsing, twisting motion is produced though the use of wires that are displaced in a plurality of locations along the circumference of the container. The wires include horizontal sections that are configured to be retained in the base or rim of the container in a manner that permits them to rotate to transition the container between expanded and collapsed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: MANDARIN ASSOCIATES LTD.
    Inventor: Barro de Gast