Patents Examined by John K. Fristoe, Jr.
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Patent number: 12064783Abstract: A connector system for a liquid container system for a spray gun includes a lid that includes a liquid outlet and an adapter. The adapter includes a spray gun end and a lid end. The ends are connected with a liquid-tight passageway. Further, the spray gun end is adapted for releasable engagement with a liquid inlet port of the spray gun and the lid end is adapted for releasable engagement with the liquid outlet. The connector system also includes a plurality of interlocking tab assemblies for releasably attaching the adapter to the lid. Each assembly includes a first tab and a second tab, wherein an end of the first tab is adapted to secure the adapter to the lid when the first tab and the second tab are interlocked.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2023Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFSInventors: Ronald L. Gerson, Pierre LaPointe, Robert A. Brunell
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Patent number: 12054325Abstract: A container adapter includes a first chamber. The first chamber is adapted to attach to a container. The container further includes a second chamber. The second chamber includes a sealing surface and a resealable interface disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber. The second chamber is exposed to an ambient environment.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: C&AIP Holdings, LLCInventors: David Andrew Koretz, David Henry Caldwell Karl, Travis Ronald Coleman, Raul Eugene Chinda
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Patent number: 12054320Abstract: A lid apparatus for a multi-chambered container. The lid apparatus has a top-lid that is hingedly attached to a bottom-cap. The top-lid includes one or more openings for fluid filling multiple passages that extend from the bottom-cap. A lower bottom-cap includes welding features for welding to the multi-chambered container. The bottom-cap further includes one or more auxiliary ports for injecting a reagent when the lid apparatus is in a closed configuration sealingly attached to the multi-chambered sample container.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: CepheidInventors: Paul Jordan, Rohan Kurse
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Patent number: 12055268Abstract: A high-pressure container includes a liner and a fiber layer formed of reinforcing fibers wound around an outer periphery of the liner. The fiber layer has a plurality of hoop layers in which reinforcing fibers are wound in the circumferential direction of the liner to reinforce the body portion. The reinforcing fibers used for a first hoop layer from an inner peripheral side of the fiber layer or the first hoop layer and one or more hoop layers subsequent to the first hoop layer, among the plurality of hoop layers, have a structure in which a plurality of filaments are twisted so as to be inclined with respect to a fiber bundle direction, and have a property of more easily elongating than the reinforcing fibers used for the hoop layer that is located on an outer peripheral side of the fiber layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yuta Urushiyama
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Patent number: 12043475Abstract: A collapsible intermodal shipping container is provided. The container includes door frame posts and sidewalls that are each segmented into long and short portions that enable the door frames and sidewalls to articulate. When collapsed, the long portions of the door frame posts lie folded at right angles to the short portions of the door frame posts and the long portions of the sidewalls lie folded at right angles to the short portions of the sidewalls.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2020Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Inventor: Jan Paul Schouten
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Patent number: 12036181Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to fluid transfer fitments or devices, fluid dispensing devices including such fitments or devices, and methods for their construction and use. In one embodiment, the invention provides a fluid transfer fitment comprising: a tubular body having a sealed first end and a second end; a flanged member extending from the second end of the tubular body to form a flanged opening having a width greater than a width of the tubular body; a void formed between the flanged opening and the sealed first end; and a membrane within the void.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignees: Hovina Inc.Inventors: Jeffery Bruce Hover, Sergio Medina Servin
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Patent number: 12029353Abstract: A mixing bowl assembly includes a bowl that has handles extending outwardly from the bowl. A lid is selectively coupled to the bowl. The lid includes an outer circumferential frame and grasping portions that extend outwardly from the outer circumferential frame. A planar wooden trivet is selectively coupled with the lid, wherein the planar wooden trivet defines at least a servicing position of the lid. A glass dome is selectively coupled to the planar wooden trivet and includes a handgrip that is selectively disposed within the bowl.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Brandon Tyler Mock, John Jay Myers, Katie Remaly
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Patent number: 12030693Abstract: A protective bottle enclosure for removably enclosing a bottle having a bottleneck ending in an open mouth. The enclosure includes a base section, a body, and a removable cap. The base section includes a cylindrical base sidewall secured to a perimeter of a base bottom wall and an open top. The body can removably engage the base section to cover the open top thereof. The removable cap includes a cap sidewall and a stopper that can removably engage the open mouth of the bottle. The stopper includes a stopper body and an annular ring extending radially outward from the stopper body. In use, the protective bottle enclosure can surround the bottle and seal the open mouth of the bottle when the base section is engaged with the body and the removable cap is engaged with the neck section.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2023Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: BottleKeeper, LLCInventor: Matthew T. Campbell
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Patent number: 12025369Abstract: A hard-sided cooler box may include a channel or cylindrical-shaped hole that extends from the outside of the cooler box to the inside of the cooler box. This cylindrical-shaped hole or channel may be covered/sealed by one or more latches of the cooler box when the cooler box is closed, and the latches are secured. However, when the latches of the cooler box are released, the cylindrical-shaped hole or channel may be unblocked, and the air from the interior of the cooler box can escape to the outside of the cooler box before the lid is lifted from the body. This allows the lid to be opened with no struggle.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Academy, Ltd.Inventor: Michael Middleton
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Patent number: 12024335Abstract: The application relates to a container assembly and a container. The container assembly comprises a first and a second container that are assembled to each other in a detachable manner. The first container has a first surface and the second container has a second surface. When the first container is assembled with the second container, the first surface is associated with the second surface. The first container comprises a first container body and a connection element mounted to the first container body. The connection element has an arm suspended on the first surface. The second container comprises a latch element arranged on the second surface, wherein the latch element is configured to be associated with the arm for assembling the first and the second container.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: SUZHOU DAKE INVESTMENT CONSULATION CO., LTD.Inventors: Huamin Zheng, Wenjie Li
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Patent number: 12011120Abstract: A single button allows a pot handle to be used as a pot stand, and thus there is no need for a separate additional component or handle. Even when a pot handle is used, a portion used in a folded state is protected by a holding projection and a protruding cover. In addition, a portion connected to a pot is spaced a certain distance from the pot, thus minimizing the amount of heat conducted when cooking food. A lateral movement prevention member is provided at the outer diameter of the bottom surface of a fixing piece and minimizes the lateral movement of the pot handle when the pot handle is used as the stand, and thus the pot handle can be safely used as the stand.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Inventor: Young Soo Kim
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Patent number: 12013084Abstract: A high-pressure tank unit capable of securing the sealing property of a sealing member in the neck of the high-pressure tank. The tank unit includes a high-pressure tank and a connecting member connected to the high-pressure tank. The connecting member has an annular sealing member disposed between a liner and an insert portion and adapted to seal a housing space. The high-pressure tank has a tubular body disposed between the liner and reinforcing layer in a position facing the sealing member so as to surround the outer peripheral surface of the liner, the tubular body adapted to restrict radial deformation of the inner peripheral surface of the neck. The longitudinal modulus of the material along the circumferential direction of the tubular body is higher than each of the longitudinal moduli of the materials along the circumferential direction of the liner and reinforcing layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Kai, Osamu Sawai
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Patent number: 12006127Abstract: Present embodiments relate to an insulating device. More specifically, but without limitation, present embodiments relate to an insulating device that accommodates bottles of differing size and shape by comprising an expandable boot that accommodates bottles of differing size and shape.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Rail Holdings, LLCInventors: Casey Davidson, Nicholas W. Adler
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Patent number: 12006120Abstract: A closure assembly (1) comprising an article (10) with a tubular neck (11) and a cap (30) including an integrated tamper-evident ring member (50) and an integrated strap (70). The tamper-evident ring member is integrally formed to the lower edge (32c) of the skirt (32) of the cap and comprises an annular base portion (51) which is connected via one or more breakable bridges (53) to the skirt. The cap is a snap-on type cap and comprises a pair of wing-shaped handles (33) that each have, seen in side view thereon, an outer periphery (34) with a bottom side (34a), a top side (34b), and a tip (34c) remote from the skirt. The strap is integral at a first end (71) thereof to the annular base portion and at a second end (72) thereof to one of the wing-shaped handles and is adapted to remain connected to both the annular portion of the tamper-evident ring member and the respective wing-shaped handle upon removal of the cap from the neck of the article by the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: SIG SERVICES AGInventors: Frederik Adriaan Van Spronsen, Jeroen Pieter Fiere, Dhandutt Shah, Nicolaas Adrianus Petrus Groenendaal
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Patent number: 12006095Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are presented for nesting lid containers. An apparatus includes a first container that includes a bottom, at least one container side wall located perpendicular to a first surface of the bottom and extending from the first surface of the bottom to an open top to form a container, at least one divider side wall configured to partition the container into a plurality of sections, and a suction-type element located on a second surface of the bottom opposite the first surface, the suction-type element configured to selectively adhere the first container to a surface. An apparatus includes a second container that is configured to receive the at least one container side wall of the first container and selectively be secured to the first container such that the second container acts as a lid for the first container.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Inventor: Michael J. Perry
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Patent number: 11993499Abstract: The present invention relates to a beverage apparatus. The beverage apparatus includes a beverage holder. The beverage apparatus includes a beverage opener coupled to the beverage holder. The beverage opener includes a central portion and an annular member that extends about the central portion. The beverage opener is shaped to receive in part a bottle cap between the central portion and the annular member. The beverage opener is shaped to wedge a bottle cap between the central portion and the annular member. There is additionally provided a beverage apparatus that includes a beverage holder and a beverage retaining assembly coupled thereto. The beverage retaining assembly includes an outer flange having one or more flange passageways. The one or more flange passageways are shaped to enable air from the interior of the beverage holder to exit therefrom as a beverage is inserted into the beverage holder.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Inventor: Michael Anthony Macdonnell
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Patent number: 11988335Abstract: Disclosed is a tank foot ring comprising: a body for supporting a pressurized tank made of polymeric material; and the body having an open end enclosing a hollow space or spaces on which a bottom portion of the pressurized tank rests and wherein the open end is in air flow communication with such hollow space or spaces, and an opposing surface for contacting a ground surface on which the foot ring rests. The opposing surface has a series of openings for drainage of water from the hollow space or spaces. Further provided is a collar for mounting on a top portion of a pressurized tank. The collar comprises: a body, a fastening system and a rotatable lid disposed on the collar. Further provided is a collar with a window cut-out for viewing tank data and a regulator mounting clip for securing a regulator of the tank in place during use.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: DiTech Manufacturing Ltd.Inventor: Daniel LeBlanc
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Patent number: 11982404Abstract: A pressure vessel includes an outer shell and pressurized elements disposed within the outer shell that contains a pressurized gas. The pressure vessel includes a bearing system disposed between the pressurized elements and the outer shell, and the bearing system allows controlled movement of the pressurized elements in respect to the outer shell.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Noble Gas Systems, Inc.Inventor: Christopher T. Kondogiani
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Patent number: 11971139Abstract: This high-pressure tank includes a resin liner constituting a hollow fluid filling part, a ferrule including a supply/discharge port which communicates with an internal space of the liner and a flange part which protrudes outward in a radial direction from a circumferential region of the supply/discharge port and abuts on the liner, and a reinforcing layer made of a fiber reinforced resin attached to cover across the liner and an outer circumferential surface of the flange part, in which a discharge hole allowing a gap between abutting surfaces of the flange part and the liner to communicate with an inside of the supply/discharge port and discharging a fluid accumulated between the liner and the reinforcing layer to the supply/discharge port is provided in the ferrule, and a trap groove surrounding a circumferential region of the discharge hole is provided on at least any one of the abutting surface on the flange part side and the abutting surface on the liner side.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Yusuke Ishikawa
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Patent number: 11970324Abstract: A plastic container has a base portion adapted for vacuum absorption, the container including a base and a body extending up from the base along a central axis to a finish portion defining a mouth. The base includes an outside wall, a chime connecting the outside wall to an annular contact ring, an inside wall extending upward from the contact ring to a hinge, and a diaphragm connected to the hinge. The diaphragm can move between first and second positions in response to pressure change within the container. The diaphragm includes a central region and a flexible wall having a curved profile in cross section. The flexible wall curves downward from the hinge to the central region. In some embodiments, the flexible wall is asymmetric and includes a first portion having a curved profile and a second portion having a linear profile. A container wall structure is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Envases USA, Inc.Inventors: Matt Dauzvardis, Andrea Delgado Hernandez