Patents Examined by Jenine Pagan
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Patent number: 11712061Abstract: Aspects of the instant disclosure relate to carrying and dispensing electronic cigarettes, electronic cigarette components, and electronic cigarette accessories; and more particularly for dispensing an electronic cigarette while one or more electronic cigarettes and electronic cigarette components remain secured within a carrier.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Fontem Ventures B.V.Inventor: Ramon Alarcon
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Patent number: 11703754Abstract: A reticle pod is provided. The reticle pod includes a container and a fluid regulating module mounted to the container. The fluid regulating module includes a first cap, a second cap and a sealing film. The first cap and the second cap are connected to each other. A flowing path is formed between the first cap and the second cap for allowing a fluid passing through the fluid regulating module. The sealing film is positioned between the first cap and the second cap and configured for regulating a flow of the fluid passing through the flowing path.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Tzu Han Liu, Chih-Wei Wen, Chung-Hung Lin
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Patent number: 11691779Abstract: A single blank for forming a box, the blank comprising a first panel, a second panel, a third panel and a fourth panel. The first panel is foldably connected to a folding support structure that is foldable and insertable inside the box. The folding support structure comprises a first inner flap which is connected to the first panel along a first inner flap fold line, a second inner flap which is connected to the first inner flap along a first inner flap second fold line, a first integral holding panel which is connected to the second inner flap along a first edge fold line, and a second integral holding panel which is foldably connected to the first integral holding panel along a second integral holding panel fold line.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Inventor: David T. Hengami
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Patent number: 11685583Abstract: A tier sheet includes a deck having a support surface. A plurality of walls extend downward to define lower recesses for receiving the upper ends of containers therebelow. In one embodiment, the tier sheet is a single thermoformed sheet and includes a plurality of upper recesses formed in the deck, each upper recess defined between an outer wall and a column. In another embodiment, the tier sheet is injection molded.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Rehrig Pacific CompanyInventor: Suzanne Whitfield Clark
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Patent number: 11685595Abstract: A unit for transporting eggs includes a platform carrying superimposed horizontal layers of egg-holder trays and intermediate partitions interposed between the plurality of superimposed horizontal layers. Parallel to two opposite sides of the partition are stop elements projecting upwards suitable to cooperate with corresponding lower abutments of the egg-holder trays of the lowest layer of the corresponding plurality of superimposed horizontal layers. The stop elements are spaced by the two opposite sides of the partition, towards the inside thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: GIORDANO POULTRY PLAST S.P.A.Inventor: Oscar Giordano
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Patent number: 11667457Abstract: A packaging bag for packaging water-absorbent resin powder includes a resin sheet with gas barrier properties which is formed in a bag shape having a charge opening for charging the water-absorbent resin powder into the packaging bag. At least one resin sheet piece of the resin sheet is provided with an incision penetrating the resin sheet piece in a thickness direction thereof, the incision having a dimension not larger than a predetermined length according to a mass median particle size of the water-absorbent resin powder.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Kotake, Katsuya Fujishiro, Hiromichi Nishimori
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Patent number: 11661235Abstract: Various embodiments provide a bulk material shipping container top wall assembly, and a bulk material shipping container including the top wall assembly, that provides various advantages over previously known commercially available bulk shipping material container top wall assemblies and bulk shipping material containers.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: SANDBOX ENTERPRISES, LLCInventors: C. John Allegretti, Kevin Sylvester Corrigan, Daniel J. Falce
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Patent number: 11654231Abstract: A medical device packaging comprises a container having an opening. A medical device is disposed within the container. The medical device includes an adhesive contact face facing the opening. A first cover is disposed over the opening in the container to close the container. A second cover is disposed over the adhesive contact face of the medical device. The first and second covers are connected such that removal of the first cover from the container causes detachment of the second cover from the medical device.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: SanofiInventors: Stefan Verlaak, Ilario Melzi
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Patent number: 11596730Abstract: Packaging for medical containers, including a tub having a peripheral wall, a sealing cover sealable on an opening of the tub and a sealing envelope able to protect the sealing cover. The sealing envelope includes: a lower sealing part, having a frame able to be sealed to the peripheral wall of the tub, and a bonding surface that extends outwards from the frame, and an upper sealing part sealed on the bonding surface to enclose the opening of the tub and the sealing cover.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Becton Dickinson FranceInventor: Gregory Peruzzo
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Patent number: 11581209Abstract: Environmental control material holders can retain environmental control material within wafer carriers, allowing the environmental control material to protect wafers from moisture while also securing the environmental control material. The environmental control material holders may include a baseplate and tabs defining spaces to hold environmental control material, and can be configured to engage a handle of a wafer cassette. The environmental control material holders may retain one or more environmental control materials. Additionally, the environmental control material holders can be configured to also retain a humidity indicator.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.Inventors: Jason T. Steffens, Andrew Harris, Michael C. Zabka, B. Jorden Lundgren, Bryant L. Lymburn
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Patent number: 11572217Abstract: A shipping and display container includes a top box installable over a bottom box. The bottom box is configured to receive goods provided in the bottom box in an upright and folded orientation and includes a pair of opposed sidewalls and at least one elongate divider affixed to the bottom box and extending between the opposed sidewalls and configured so as to maintain the goods in the upright and folded orientation. The top box is installable upon the bottom box with the goods received therein in the upright and folded orientation for shipping of the goods and is removable from the bottom box after shipping. The bottom box and the divider cooperate to maintain the goods in the upright and folded orientation for display thereof after removal of the top box.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Dongguan Shichang Metals Factory Ltd.Inventor: Chen-Kang Lin
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Patent number: 11571019Abstract: A case for an electronic cigarette vaporiser, the case including an automatic lifting mechanism that lifts the vaporiser up a few mm from the case to enable a user to easily grasp the vaporiser and withdraw it from the case. The lifting mechanism can be spring-based. The case both re-fills the vaporiser with liquid and also re-charges a battery in the vaporiser.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: AYR LTD.Inventors: Ian Murison, Stephen Marsh
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Patent number: 11561066Abstract: A lockable firearm storage box is provided. The box includes a lid and a base forming a storage chamber for a firearm. The box is provided with a locking device that includes a plurality of latching members that will secure the lid and base of the box in a closed configuration. A tether is also provided for securing the box at a given location.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: HORNADY MANUFACTURING COMPANYInventors: Matthew Mack, Thomas Delattre
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Patent number: 11542063Abstract: A multi-compartment package for dispensing plural items is disclosed. The package includes plural individual sealed compartment units which are releasably secured to each other. Each compartment unit includes a flanged base from which a chamber depends. The chamber serves to hold an item to be dispensed and is surrounded by a flange. A closure member, in the form of a respective portion of a frangible cover sheet, is adhesively secured to the flange of each compartment unit. Each compartment unit includes at least one foldable tab in a corner of its flange, which can be folded down to enable the closure member to be removed from the compartment unit after the compartment unit is separated from other compartment units of the package.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Medi-Dose, Inc.Inventors: Robert Braverman, Donald A. Lawson
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Patent number: 11508592Abstract: The instant disclosure discloses a reticle retaining system comprising an inner pod and an outer pod. The inner pod is configured to receive a reticle that includes a first identification feature. The inner pod comprises an inner base having a reticle accommodating region generally at a geometric center thereof and surrounded by a periphery region, and an inner cover configured to establish sealing engagement with the inner base. The inner base has a first observable zone defined in the reticle accommodating region correspondingly arranged to allow observation of the first identification feature. The outer pod is configured to receive the inner base. The outer pod comprises an outer base having a second observable zone defined thereon observably aligned to the first observable zone of the inner pod upon receiving the inner pod, and an outer cover configured to engage the outer base and cover the inner pod.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: GUDENG PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTDInventors: Shu-Hung Lin, Chia-Ho Chuang, Ming-Chien Chiu, Hsin-Min Hsueh
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Patent number: 11505390Abstract: An impact-absorbing package includes an impact absorber and an outer package. An item can be attached to the impact absorber and the impact absorber can be positioned in the outer package. The impact absorber can be positioned to have a volume of air between the item and the bottom of the outer package. An impact force applied to the impact-absorbing package can cause movement between the item and the outer package that is reduced by the impact absorber.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Vasitha Nihal Obeyesekere, Deborah Jessica Mayfield
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Patent number: 11485571Abstract: Example aspects of bicycle packaging and a method of assembling bicycle packaging are disclosed. The method of assembling bicycle packaging can comprise providing a first packaging body, the first packaging body comprising a first side panel, a first top panel connected to the first side panel at a first bend line, and a primary tab extending from an outward edge of the first top panel distal to the first bend line; providing a second packaging body, the second packaging body comprising a second side panel, a second top panel connected to the second side panel at a second bend line, and a secondary tab connected to the second side panel; engaging the primary tab with a primary slot formed at the second bend line; and engaging the secondary tab with a secondary slot formed at the outward edge of the first top panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Larry Barker
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Patent number: 11457708Abstract: A contact lens case can include a lid and a base. The base can include a foundation and a well. The well can include a radially domed lip forming an oval-shaped ring when viewed from a top plan perspective. The well can define a contact lens-solution pool. The well can include a steep outer surface from which a collar radially projects.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Inventor: Lorelei Vivienne Gagnon
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Patent number: 11447328Abstract: Example aspects of bicycle packaging and a method of assembling bicycle packaging are disclosed. The method of assembling bicycle packaging can comprise providing a first packaging body, the first packaging body comprising a first side panel, a first top panel connected to the first side panel at a first bend line, and a primary tab extending from an outward edge of the first top panel distal to the first bend line; providing a second packaging body, the second packaging body comprising a second side panel, a second top panel connected to the second side panel at a second bend line, and a secondary tab connected to the second side panel; engaging the primary tab with a primary slot formed at the second bend line; and engaging the secondary tab with a secondary slot formed at the outward edge of the first top panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Larry Barker
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Patent number: 11440724Abstract: A liquid storage and dispensing device having at least two internal reservoirs to store two discrete liquids and to dispense the two liquids through a single opening without mixing the liquids until exiting the single opening, the device including a container to store a first liquid and a first reservoir mounted under the lid of the container that stores a second liquid, and an opening mechanism on the top that creates a pour opening in the top and removes a seal from the first reservoir to enable simultaneous dispensing of the first and second liquids through the pour opening while maintaining separation of the first and second liquids until they exit the pour opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: IN-CAN LLCInventor: Robert Lawrence Fidler