Patents Examined by Jenine Pagan
  • Ring spacer
    Patent number: 10658212
    Abstract: A ring spacer interposed between plate-shaped objects above and below in a container for storing and transporting the plate-shaped objects when a plurality of plate-shaped objects is stored in an up-and-down direction includes a ring-shaped abutment portion and a control portion. An upper face and a lower face in the abutment portion have an approximately flat shape and the upper face in the abutment portion abuts against a lower face of a peripheral edge portion of the plate-shaped object. The lower face in the abutment portion abuts against an upper face of the peripheral edge portion of the plate-shaped object. The control portion includes a control portion upper face positioned to protrude further upward than the support face of the abutment portion and a control portion lower face positioned at an appropriate location in a thickness direction of the abutment portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: ACHILLES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Nishijima, Takayuki Tachikawa
  • Shipping and display container
    Patent number: 10640256
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Dongguan Shichang Metals Factory Ltd.
    Inventor: Chen-Kang Lin
  • Container for storing a pellicle for lithography
    Patent number: 10634991
    Abstract: There is provided a pellicle container for storing a pellicle used in lithography, having a tray and a cover between which the pellicle is stored, and the tray has a pellicle mount section on which the pellicle is used to be mounted, but the tray of this container further has a plane plate, preferably a quartz plane plate, having a flatness of 10 micrometers or smaller provided on top of the pellicle mount so as to stabilize the flatness of the pellicle, especially its agglutinant layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toru Shirasaki
  • Hot pour cosmetic mixing and kit
    Patent number: 10631614
    Abstract: A kit and method for providing the consumer with supplies and instructions that can be used to blend their own custom color or predefined hot pour cosmetic color shades. The hot pour cosmetics involved include but are not limited to lipstick, lip gloss, foundation, cream blush and cream eyeshadow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Haloulos, Voula Lily Haloulos
  • Universal platform for stacking an object on top of a bulk bin
    Patent number: 10611519
    Abstract: A platform enables a bulk bin to have an object stacked thereupon, such as a pallet or another bulk bin. The platform includes first and second pairs of legs extending downwardly from a top wall. An upper planar surface of the top wall is devoid of any protrusions which extend thereabove. An outer leg of each pair is spaced from an inner leg of each pair, the outer and inner legs in each pair are parallel to each other, and each of the outer and inner legs extend at a 45-degree angle, or about a 45-degree angle, relative to a centerline of the platform. The platform is placed on an upper rim of the bulk bin such that the side wall(s) of the bulk bin are between the respective legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: STAY-RITE SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventor: Clayton Anthony Frazier
  • Child-resistant dosing cap
    Patent number: 10610456
    Abstract: The current disclosure is directed to a container with a dispensing schedule and, in various described implementations, to a container and a complementary cap that includes a dispensing schedule. During each dispensing cycle, which includes removing the cap from the container to allow access to the contents of the container and re-securing the cap to the container, the display schedule is automatically advanced to a next indication. In one implementation, the container is a bottle with a threaded neck and the cap is complementarily threaded and has a cylindrical rim and a schedule display. An indication on or within the schedule display is displayed through an aperture in the cap rim. Features included in the cap and the schedule display interoperate to ensure that the displayed indication is advanced to a next indication when the cap is unscrewed from, and subsequently threaded onto, the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Recap LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Albert Gosselin, Alfred Richard Balakier
  • Case for accommodating tools or small parts
    Patent number: 10603784
    Abstract: A case for accommodating tools or small parts includes a main body, having a lid, which is articulated in a pivotable manner on the main body, and a holder for documents and/or small parts, which is fastened on an inner side of the lid. The case is configured such that an inner side of the lid is provided with a plurality of first fastening devices, which are designed to match second fastening devices on the holder, wherein the first and second fastening devices are designed, and arranged, such that the holder can be secured in at least two different positions on the inner side of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Würth International AG.
    Inventors: Felix Timm, Johannes Starke, Daniel Kraus, Simon Koch, Wolfgang Hohl
  • Container and method for adding a mixture component
    Patent number: 10562691
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container and to the use thereof. The container has a chamber with a base for receiving a mixture component and an adapter for fixing the chamber to a second container. The adapter is connected to the chamber via a first connector and has a second connector to connect to the second container. Additionally, the adapter forms a flow channel for the mixture component extending between the first and the second connector. The adapter also has a blade element in the flow channel comprising a blade facing the base of the chamber in order to open the base. The first connector allows the chamber to rotate relative to the adapter and to the blade, said blade designed to cut through the base of the chamber along the edge of the base while the chamber rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: ALPLA WERKE ALWIN LEHNER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Christian Krammer
  • Tumbler having additive storage space
    Patent number: 10549898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tumbler for enabling an additive stored in a storage space to be added, in a fixed amount, to drinking water by a pumping means such that a user can drink the drinking water, and the present invention comprises: a drinking water tray of which an upper part is opened, and a lower end is shielded so as to form, on the inner side thereof, a storage space for storing drinking water or a beverage; an additive storage tray of which an upper part is opened, and a lower end is shielded so as to form a storage space in which an additive, to be drunk by being added to water, is stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Inventor: Moon Sik Park
  • Therapeutic treatment kit for allergies based on DNA profiles
    Patent number: 10548974
    Abstract: A therapeutic treatment kit includes a container for holding a plurality of compartmentalized therapeutic dispensers. Each of the therapeutic dispensers includes a plurality of vials of antigens, and a plurality of containers of supplements disposed in compartments, each of the compartments labeled with the name of the supplement. A compartment is also provided for containing applicators or the antigens, such that an individual can extract the antigen from the vial in a single dose; and para instructions associated with a therapeutic program for utilizing the vials of antigens and the supplements in accordance with a therapeutic program that is predefined. The construction of the kit, including the dosages of the antigen, the types of antigens and the supplements all associated with a particular therapeutic program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: ROCA Medical Ltd.
    Inventors: James Strader, Jovan Hutton Pulitzer
  • Packaging with outer sleeve and slider
    Patent number: 10543950
    Abstract: A package includes an outer sleeve and a slider for holding a blister pack slidably mounted within the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve includes a wall having an outer panel and an inner panel. The inner panel has a locking edge formed at a terminal end thereof spaced from and facing a closed end of the sleeve. A locking flap is formed at a terminal end of the slider extending in a direction away from a closed end of the outer sleeve for engagement with the said wall of the outer sleeve. The flap has a free edge for engagement with the locking edge of the inner panel to prevent the slider from being removed from the outer sleeve when the slider is fully received within the outer sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Multi Packaging Solutions UK Limited
    Inventors: Carol Lynn Hammond, Nigel Davis
  • Packaging for form-stable coiled collagen carrier
    Patent number: 10485715
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a packaging for storing a form-stable coiled collagen carrier. The form-stable coiled collagen carrier comprises a collagen layer and a coating layer comprising thrombin and fibrinogen and having the shape of an elongated element with a number of windings of the collagen carrier about the longitudinal axis of the elongated element with at least one outer winding(s) being orientated so that the coating layer constitutes the outer surface of each of said outer winding(s). The packaging preferably comprises a container part having a compartment in which at least a part of the coiled collagen carrier is contained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TAKEDA AS
    Inventors: Poul Bertelsen, Wolfgang Schonhofer, Pernille Dybendal Pedersen, Henrik Braender, Ingrid Blanka, Henrik Neuschafer Larsen, Siegfried Kirchmayr, Meinolf Vogt
  • Bag dispensing system
    Patent number: 10486846
    Abstract: A dispensing system for mailing and other bags comprises a plurality of bags (10) arranged as a stack, each bag being frangibly connected along their upper side edge at (15) to a header (16), and a fastener (18) extending through the header (16) of each bag for securing the bags (10) together into an assembly, the system further comprising hanger (24) for supporting the bag assembly, the hanger (24) comprising a formation (26) arranged to engage a complimentary formation (20) on the rear of the fastener (18). The hanger (24) can be permanently fixed to a support structure and the assembly of bag (10) is then fitted to the hanger by engaging the formation (20) on the fastener with the complimentary formation (26) on the hanger (24). The bags (10) then hang from the hanger (24) in such a way that they can easily and singlehandedly be opened and detached by pulling them away from their header (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: CARLTON PACKAGING LLP
    Inventor: Marcus James Magee
  • Chip accommodation tray
    Patent number: 10475681
    Abstract: A chip accommodation tray for accommodating a plurality of chips includes a holding sheet for holding the chips on a face side thereof, the holding sheet having a tack force and a plurality of first pores formed therethrough, and a frame including a bottom wall supporting a reverse side of the holding sheet, the bottom wall having a plurality of second pores formed therethrough, and side walls erected from the bottom wall in surrounding relation to the holding sheet. Air is supplied from below the bottom wall of the frame through the second pores and the first pores and ejected toward lower surfaces of the chips held on the holding sheet, thereby peeling the chips off the holding sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuma Sekiya
  • Cushioning pack for articles of different size
    Patent number: 10450122
    Abstract: A cushioning pack of unitary construction has a resilient base defining an article-receiving region for accommodating a shock-sensitive article. The article-receiving region has a platform on which the article can be placed. A cushioning structure bounds the article-receiving region. One or more arrays of upstanding article-retaining studs are formed in the base and bound a portion of the article-receiving region on the platform. The article-retaining studs have a cut partially surrounding the article-retaining studs so as to leave a hinge portion permitting the article-retaining studs to be depressed into the base so that the article-retaining studs are resistant to lateral forces but submissive to vertical forces. The pack can thus accommodate articles of different sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Reflex Packaging Inc.
    Inventor: Edward Tansingco
  • Display packages, blanks for forming the display package and methods of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 10435221
    Abstract: A display package according to example embodiments includes an outer structure defining a back panel, side panels, a top panel and a bottom panel of the display package, an inner structure defining a front panel of the display package, the inner structure being interlocked with the outer structure, and a tray between the interlocked inner and outer structures. The tray is configured to hold at least one item. The inner structure is inwardly bent against the tray. A top panel flap of the inner structure is between the top panel of the display package and the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Bailey, Scott A. Fath, Robert T. Mitten, William J. Bogdziewicz, III
  • Light bulb storage container and display
    Patent number: 10435270
    Abstract: An apparatus that may be used for the display and storage of decorative lights is disclosed. The apparatus may include a housing that includes a hollow body portion defining an interior and a substantially cylindrical neck portion that defines an axis that extends into the body portion, the neck portion further defining an opening for accessing the interior. The apparatus may further include a lid assembly configured to be removably coupled with the housing. The lid assembly may include a fixed portion configured to be removably coupled with the housing, and a movable portion movably coupled with the fixed portion. The movable portion may move from an open configuration to a closed configuration to alter the size of an opening provided through the lid assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SLIS, Inc.
    Inventor: Jiadong Ma
  • Earring security display hanger
    Patent number: 10413095
    Abstract: An earring security display hanger includes a generally flat body member, first and second arms, and first and second closure members. The body member has a first end, a second end, first and second sides extending from the first and second ends, a first edge, and a second edge. The first and second arms extend longitudinally from the first and second edges of the body member, respectively. The first and second closure members, having a plurality of closure apertures, are connected to the body member by the first and second arms, respectively. A plurality of first closure hooks and a plurality of second closure hooks are formed integrally from the first side of the body member and are configured to engage with the plurality of closure apertures to provide a locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Strassburger, Alex Tetiyevsky, Daniel V. Cunneen
  • Contact lens case and related methods and kits
    Patent number: 10383417
    Abstract: A case is provided for holding one or more contact lenses. The case is configured to receive an inner pod, and the case includes an upper part and a lower part. The upper part is structured to move relative to the lower part from an open configuration wherein the upper and lower parts are at least partially separated to a closed configuration wherein the upper and lower parts are together. The upper part is also structured to move relative to the lower part from a disengaged position to an engaged position wherein, in the disengaged position, the case is movable between the open and closed configurations and in the engaged position, the case is locked in the closed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: CooperVision International Holding Company, LP
    Inventors: Lisa Fawcett, Aldo Zucaro, James Lonnen, Glenn Harrison, Melanie George, Andrew Luk, Kevin Barrett, Gary Hunt, Matthew Sultan Yan, Roya Borazjani
  • Halloween bag with pop-up surprise
    Patent number: 10364068
    Abstract: A pop-up mechanism for use with a bag so that when operated by a user, a decorative object pops up from a hidden position within the bag to a position clearly in view. A twistable circular band is held within a sleeve at the top of the bag. The band has attached thereto at least one finger tab, and a pivotal post having an end to which the decorative object is attached. When the finger tab is operated, the band twists and thereby pivots the post and the decorative object from the hidden position to the viewable position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Inventor: Jeffery J. Kacines