Patents Examined by James N Smalley
  • Patent number: 12150541
    Abstract: Provided are a bottle lid and a water bottle. The bottle lid includes a bottle lid body, a first spout, and a second spout. An opening is disposed on the bottle lid body. The first spout passes through the opening and is disposed on the bottle lid body, where the first spout is used for a user to drink water. The second spout is embedded in the first spout, where the second spout is in clearance fit with the first spout and the second spout is used for the user to suck water. The first spout and the second spout are disposed on one opening so that the bottle lid has two manners for drinking water, that is, water can be both drunk directly and sucked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Kean Silicone Product Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zelei Li
  • Patent number: 12151881
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a container, comprising a container body and a lid, the container body comprises a base and side plates, the lid is provided with a first hanging-against structure, the side plate is provided with a second hanging-against structure cooperating with the first hanging-against structure, the first hanging-against structure and the second hanging-against structure are separatable to achieve hanging-against and removal of the lid, the lid is slidable above the container body whereby the first hanging-against structure and the second hanging-against structure are brought close to or away from each other, wherein the first hanging-against structure is slidable along the lid for a certain distance so that the position of the center of gravity of the lid changes relative to the first hanging-against structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: HOREN CORTP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuanli Jian, Long Feng
  • Patent number: 12145782
    Abstract: A sealing structure may include a lid including a first lid face, a second lid face opposite to the first lid face, and a fragile area between the first lid face and the second lid face, a cover including a first cover face facing the second lid face and covering the fragile area and a second cover face opposite to the first cover face, wherein a first distance between the second lid face and the first cover face is substantially equal to or less than a second distance between the first cover face and the second cover face, and a connector configured to connect the lid and the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wooram Hong, Hyun Do Choi, Dal Heo, Youngchun Kwon, Hyukju Kwon, Gahee Kim, Bosung Kim, Jeonghun Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Min Sik Park, Youngjin Park, Hyungtae Seo, Won Seok Oh, Dongseon Lee, Sangyoon Lee, Jaejun Chang, Jun-Won Jang, Hyunjeong Jeon, Joon-Kee Cho, Byung-Kwon Choi, Won Je Choi, Younsuk Choi, Taesin Ha
  • Patent number: 12139305
    Abstract: A silicone extruded spring strap that has the possibility to be folded around an axis parallel to its own axis of extrusion, thus creating the compression and release as of a spring. The base has a reach-in hole on its body to allow the user to reach through. The lid is the base's capping object; it is designed to cover the reach-in hole of the base. It should be designed in a way to limit the area of the remaining gaps of the base's reach-in hole. The spring strap clip designed to allow the extension of the spring during the closing motion of the lid. The extruded spring strap can store and release energy in order to displace the lid. It can be of any material that provides the appropriate stiffness to activate the lid. The retention latch is the user interface on which he acts in order to have the lid popup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Global Dispensing North America Inc
    Inventors: Valentin Leung, John Violett
  • Patent number: 12129080
    Abstract: A child-resistant container including a container body, a lid, and at least one resilient tab is provided. The lid is pivotable about an axis through a hinge joining the lid to the container body to open and close the container. The resilient tab has a proximal portion fixed to the lid, a distal portion projecting from the lid, and at least one abutment on the distal portion. The abutment on the distal portion of the tab is normally biased into engagement with an abutment on the container body when the lid is in its closed position. The distal portion of the tab is displaceable against the bias to disengage the abutment of the tab from the abutment of the container. Displacement of the tab releases the lid so that it can be pivoted about the hinge to open the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Giraud, Michel Zbirka, Joseph W. Rogers
  • Patent number: 12122564
    Abstract: A closure assembly (10) for plastic containers comprises a neck insert (12) and a closure cap or plug (26). The closure assembly is configured to be fixed and sealed to the container either by insert-molding or by ultrasonic welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: GREIF INTERNATIONAL HOLDING BV
    Inventors: Alex Fernando Serviuc Pavezi, Marcos Schemly
  • Patent number: 12116174
    Abstract: An assembly consisting of a container (1) having a nozzle (17) for dispensing a substance contained in the container (1), and a cap (19) for covering the nozzle (17), the container having a first connection region (14) which can be connected to a corresponding second connection region (25) of the cap (19), the connection regions (14, 25) being selected such that the container (1) and the cap (19) are connected at least partially by a rotational movement of the container (1) and the cap (19) relative to one another, the cap (19) having an inner chamber (20) surrounded by a casing (22), which chamber is open at one end so as to receive the nozzle (17), the casing (22) having an end face (21) at its open end, and the container (1) having a cover face (12) which points toward the cap and has a cover edge (11), the connection regions (14, 25) being selected and the end face (21) being adapted to the cover face (12) and the cover edge (11) thereof such that, when the container (1) and the cap (19) are connected, th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Kai Ruthe-Steinsiek, Peter Rushe
  • Patent number: 12116188
    Abstract: A sealing cap for a container for holding a medical liquid comprises a cap body and a connection device having a sealing element arranged on the cap body. The sealing element is arranged at the opening and is retained in the cap body in a clamped manner by a, preferably annular, flanged rim. The connection device has a break-off piece, which is firmly connected to the cap body and covers an outer face of the sealing element in the outward direction. The break-off piece is integral with the cap body, is connected to the cap body by a predetermined breaking point where the break-off piece can be detached from the cap body. The sealing element outer face is substantially flat and is accessible for wiping to provide a sealing cap having a sealing element arranged that can be simply and reliably disinfected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Brandenburger, Christian Frensch, Andreas Pfeffer, Alexander Degen
  • Patent number: 12115133
    Abstract: A baby bottle system including a bottle assembly and a detachable unit. The baby bottle system is configured to enhance a baby's feeding routine, simulate a baby's cognitive and emotional development, and prevent nipple/bottle confusion. The detachable unit includes an opening to receive an end portion of a baby bottle and a compartment for receiving an accessory that stimulates one or more of the senses of the baby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Grio, Inc.
    Inventors: Oluwadara B Chike-Obi, Lydia M Contreras, Deepak Selvaraj, Anna D Cardinal
  • Patent number: 12116187
    Abstract: A child resistant closure for use with a container having a threaded portion and an axis extending therethrough about which said closure is rotatable may be manufactured from a recyclable material such as tin plate metal or aluminum. The closure includes coaxial and nested inner and outer caps that are axially movable with respect to each other. An axial force causes notches in the outer cap to engage with knurls in the inner cap to transmit torque from the outer cap to the inner cap. Abutment surfaces on the notches interact with the knurls to cause the outer cap and the inner cap to move away from each other in the axial direction when axial force is removed. The knurls may to angled or straight with respect to the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: VAN BLARCOM CLOSURES, INC.
    Inventor: George McGrath
  • Patent number: 12116074
    Abstract: A storage box seal structure includes a recess, a seal member provided in the recess, and a projection that comes into contact with the seal member for sealing, and has, at an opening, a centering structure for guiding opening and closing of a lid member. The centering structure includes a first rib and a second rib projecting from opposite edges of the recess, and a guide portion that guides at least one of the first rib and the second rib at opening and closing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Inoue, Tsuyoshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 12103748
    Abstract: A capping device intended to be fixed to a neck of a container includes a lower ring, a cap, an articulation device that connects the cap and the lower ring, and a locking device configured to lock the cap when it is in a tilted open position. The locking device includes a stop protruding radially outwards and a protruding portion protruding axially from the lower ring. The stop and the protruding portion are configured in such a way that, when the cap is in the tilted open position, the stop abuts against the protruding portion, the portion protrusion having a radial thickness ?1 greater than a radial thickness ?2 of a first section of the lower ring outside some engaging zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: BETAPACK, S.A.U.
    Inventor: Francisco Javier Berroa Garcia
  • Patent number: 12103742
    Abstract: A closure includes a hinged sealing element including a top wall and a first skirt. The first skirt has a sealing formation allowing engagement of a mating sealing formation of a bottle. A second skirt has an attachment formation engageable with a mating attachment formation of the bottle. A plurality of frangible members is attached to each of the skirts. A pair of hinge members is attached between the first and second skirts. A biasing member is attached to the first skirt between the hinge members and extending downwardly from the first skirt to interact with a neck portion of the bottle such that the sealing formation of the first skirt and the mating sealing formation of the bottle are biased toward each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Silgan White Cap LLC
    Inventors: Gary L. Berge, Thomas P. Hennessy
  • Patent number: 12097998
    Abstract: A closure for a container is provided. The closure comprises a cap and a retaining ring arranged under the cap for retaining the closure on the container in use. The cap and ring are joined by a pair of connecting arms. A first arm is non-frangibly connected to the cap at a cap tether end and circumferentially anticlockwise therefrom is non-frangibly connected to the ring at a ring root end. A second arm is non-frangibly connected to the cap at a cap tether end and circumferentially clockwise therefrom is non-frangibly connected to the ring at a ring root end. The cap can be tilted away from the ring with the arms providing a hinge-like function, and each of the arms twists between its cap tether end and its ring root end, whereby tension is generated in the arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Lino Dreyer, Graeme Hood, Alexandre Rouquette, Sebastien Widmer
  • Patent number: 12098003
    Abstract: Provided is a one-piece carton having a child-resistant function comprising a box body, which is a cuboid and comprises an accommodation cavity inside; wherein one side of the accommodation cavity is provided with an opening; the box body is provided with a locking piece and a closure panel; the locking piece comprises a pair of clamping pieces that expand outward and are foldably attached to the locking piece; the opening of the accommodation cavity is provided with a pair of engaged parts; and the box body is provided with pressing pieces corresponding to the clamping pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: KDELTA TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Shuanglang Wang
  • Patent number: 12091216
    Abstract: Disclosed is a packaging container comprising a container body having a bottom end and a top end. The container body comprises a tubular container wall. The packaging container is closed at the bottom end by a base disc which is attached to the inner surface of the container body at the bottom end of the container body. The packaging container comprises a top end closure including a lid. The container body comprises a laminate body sheet material comprising a carton layer and a thermoplastic welding layer being arranged on an inner surface of the container body. The base disc comprises a laminate base sheet material comprising a carton layer and an inner thermoplastic welding layer being arranged on a surface of the base disc which is facing towards the interior of the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: AR Packaging Systems AB
    Inventors: Maria Siöland, Lennart Larsson
  • Patent number: 12084234
    Abstract: A mechanism for opening and reclosing the outflow opening for emptying a container, incorporating a latch featuring the means to initiate movement of the latch, with the latch connected rotationally to the lid featuring the outflow opening for emptying the container, characterised in that formed on the bottom surface of the lid is at least one guide with an arched guiding surface going down in a screw-like manner with respect to the bottom surface of the lid, and the latch features at least one hatch with an arched surface shaped on the bottom surface of the latch, where the said arched surface goes down in a screw-like manner with respect to the top surface of the latch, and where the hatch is fitted slidingly on the said guide, so that the arched surface of the latch contacts the arched guiding surface of the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Reend Spolka z Ograniczona Odpowiedzialnoscia
    Inventors: Dariusz Lewandowski, Roman Sobecki
  • Patent number: 12084225
    Abstract: A metal easy open can end adapted for closing a metal can body is proposed. The can end has a score (27) defining a removable panel (26) and a tab (23), located at an edge region of the panel, for applying a force to the panel to allow the panel to be removed in a tear direction. The panel (26) has at least one embossed and/or debossed rib (25 a-c) extending substantially in said tear direction from a location or locations proximal to said tab to a location or locations proximal to an end of the panel opposite to said edge region. The rib(s) have a depth or height of at least 0.6 mm relative to surrounding panel regions along at least a part of the rib extent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine Roselaar, Elliann Amy Edwards, Blanca Pascual Oliver, Christopher Paul Ramsey
  • Patent number: 12084117
    Abstract: There is provided a hole plug including: a body portion including a cover flange portion that covers an opening, an insertion portion that is inserted into the opening, and at least one pair of engagement portions that is engaged with a back side peripheral edge of the opening; and a thermosoftening resin member that is fixed to a back side peripheral edge of the cover flange portion and that is configured to be heated and melted so as to fix the cover flange portion to a predetermined member. The thermosoftening resin member includes an extension portion extending obliquely outward toward the predetermined member, and the extension portion is elastically abutted against a front side of the predetermined member in a state where the engagement portion is engaged with the back side peripheral edge of the opening before melting of the thermosoftening resin member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: PIOLAX, INC., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hikaru Kiyota, Nobuyuki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 12077217
    Abstract: A closing plug for closing holes in objects, in particular for closing holes in vehicle bodies, wherein the closing plug has at least one first circumferential wall which encloses a cavity, wherein a transverse wall is present in the cavity between the circumferential side wall, which transverse wall has an outer shape which corresponds to the shape of the cavity and is attached to the side wall in a circumferential manner, wherein, for the purpose of reinforcing the circumferential wall against yielding outward or inward, at least one reinforcement rib extends transversely through the cavity and so as to connect opposite regions of the circumferential side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Christoph Leidig, Jan Müller