Patents Examined by Kareen K Thomas
  • Patent number: 11180316
    Abstract: A waste container that is configured to be expandable and collapsible so as to provide at least two alternate interior volume capacities. The waste container includes a body having a base member wherein the base member is configured with opposing wheels and a recess for an axle. The body further includes two first ring members and a second ring member wherein the second ring member is intermediate the two first ring members. The second ring member has a diameter that is slightly larger than the first ring members. The two first ring members and a second ring member are configured to be slidably and frictionally engaged so as to provide a first and second position of the waste container. The body further includes a top assembly that is operably coupled to the first ring member above the second ring member. A lid is releasably secure to the top assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventor: Andre Harris
  • Patent number: 11180296
    Abstract: A doser cap for liquid containers can include a cap having a storage chamber enclosing powder material or active substance that can be dispensed into the liquid container by rupturing an associated seal. The doser cap can include a bottom cap, top cap, cutting unit, spiral cam slot, pushing rib, and entry groove on top cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: STEERLIFE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: Subba Bangera, Babu Padmanabhan, Ravi Bangera, Rohit Jagtap, Kaustubh Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 11180288
    Abstract: A container lid (2) can be removed from a mouth-neck section (106) of a container without the need for a tool. Following the breakage of a breakable thin-walled line (70) in a transition region (52), the breakage of a breakable thin-walled connection wall (68) in a side wall separation region (54) can be started sufficiently smoothly in the container lid (2). For this purpose, the breakable thin-walled line (70) formed in a side wall (10) in the transition region (52) is brought into a form in which at least a part thereof extends obliquely downwardly in a counterclockwise direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Shimada, Hiroaki Hayashi, Takashi Sugiyama, Jun Wakishima, Go Oota, Yusuke Tani
  • Patent number: 11180276
    Abstract: The Utility Model discloses a barrel with reinforced barrel rim, comprising a barrel body, and a barrel rim upwards extending along the barrel body, wherein a clamping strip extruded from the barrel rim is set around the barrel rim on four sides, the four sides of the barrel rim above the clamping strip are inclined towards the center of the barrel rim, and when the angle between the clamping strip and the four sides of the barrel rim is defined to be A, A is greater than 90° and less than or equal to 135°. The barrel rim in this patent application is reinforced, the inclination design provides the barrel rim the guiding function that when the barrel cover is hung at the barrel rim on the production line, the barrel cover can fall towards the barrel rim along the inclination in a correct way so as to be convenient for the following press; besides, the inclination of the barrel rim can separate the stress of the barrel rim so that the barrel rim can bear more pressure and hardly be deformed when being pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOP GREEN WORLD PACKAGING CO, LTD.
    Inventor: Ling-da Wang
  • Patent number: 11174079
    Abstract: A canister includes a closure configured to mount on a container to close an open mouth into a product storage region formed in the container. The closure includes a lid and a lid retainer coupled to the lid. The lid retainer is configured to mate with an external thread on the container to retain the closure in a mounted position on the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventor: Carl R. Smith
  • Patent number: 11174062
    Abstract: An interchangeable, vacuum-sealed beverage bottle includes a body having a cap housing, a plug assembly disposed at the cap housing, a handle engaged to the cap housing, an inner flask in fluid communication with the plug assembly, and an outer flask sealed to the inner flask such that a sealed vacuum cavity is defined between an outer surface of the inner flask and an inner surface of the outer flask (single liquid-containing chamber is double-walled and a vacuum is created between the walls). An exterior cover is positioned about the inner flask and the outer flask, and an end cap mated to the exterior cover and the outer flask. Downward and upward axial displacement of a portion of the plug assembly permits and prohibits fluid to freely flow outwardly from the inner flask to an exterior of the plug assembly, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventor: Irina Boulgakova
  • Patent number: 11167895
    Abstract: A closure device for use with a beverage container comprises a spout cap member having a top wall with a spout aperture covered by a spout cover, a side wall for securing to a neck of the container, and a plug support structure. A fluid chamber containing an additive liquid and a pressurised propellant is movably held within the spout cap member. A plug member is fixed to the plug support structure and sealingly engages a bottom aperture of the fluid chamber. The spout cover includes a strut extending through the spout aperture to an abutment surface on the fluid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Gizmo Packaging Limited
    Inventors: Jordan Maguire, Bernard Derek Frutin
  • Patent number: 11167903
    Abstract: In combination a spouted pouch to be filled with a flowable product by a filling machine, a plug, and a cap. The interference fit plug is releasably mounted over the top end of the neck of the spout body and hermetically seals the product passage of the spout body. The plug is adapted to be removed by the filling machine and to be replaced by pressing the plug onto the neck after filling of the pouch. The plug removal, filling, and replacing of the plug are preferably performed in an aseptic environment. The cap is after the filling of the pouch and the replacing of the plug onto the neck. The capping is preferably performed by a capping machine in a non-aseptic environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SCHOLLE IPN IP BV
    Inventors: Christopher John Murray, Jeroen Pieter Fiere, Chad Mueller, David Bellmore
  • Patent number: 11167893
    Abstract: A spout cap is a spout cap for closing a mouth portion of a spout main body, and includes a cylindrical body portion made of resin, and a sealing film joined to the body portion, in which the sealing film has a thermal bonding layer which is configured to join to a distal end surface of the mouth portion when the mouth portion is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryosuke Miyawaki
  • Patent number: 11125387
    Abstract: A high-pressure tank comprises a liner, a strengthening layer including a first helical layer and a first hoop layer each including a carbon fiber, and a protective layer including a second helical layer and a second hoop layer each including a glass fiber, in this order. The high-pressure tank is provided with a stress-generating portion, a reinforcement layer includes a first area ? overlapping the stress-generating portion in a stacking direction and a second area ? that is an area except for the first area, and a one-round portion including a final crossing portion at an end of winding of the glass fiber constituting the second hoop layer overlaps the second area in the stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Katano, Masayoshi Takami, Motohiro Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11124359
    Abstract: A receptacle comprising a container and a lid is disclosed. The container includes one or more walls and a plurality of gussets extending from the container. The gussets include a first gusset having a cavity facing away from a second gusset. The lid includes a plurality of hinge components, namely a first hinge component including a first pin. The lid is pivotally coupled to the container by inserting the first pin of the first hinge component into the cavity of the first gusset and using a second pin to rotationally couple the second hinge component to the second gusset. A first protrusion, extending from the first hinge component, is configured to contact the first gusset and restrict opening of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joshua Gensicke, Jesus J. Pena, Rishi Saran, Patricia Nelson
  • Patent number: 11117721
    Abstract: A container system includes a container for holding a fluid. The container may be positioned within a box that provides structural support to the container while allowing the container system to be stacked. The container may include chamfered corners and a glug mitigation mechanism. The box may include corresponding chamfered corners and one or more access apertures for providing access to the container handle and container opening that are positioned within and below the top surface of the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Altium Packaging LP
    Inventors: Grover John Manderfield, Jr., Joey Arlin Palmer
  • Patent number: 11104556
    Abstract: A wireline assembly enclosure. The wireline assembly enclosure has a first half and a second half which define an interior compartment. The first and second halves are attached via a hinge and move from an open configuration to a closed configuration. The enclosure also has a plurality of apertures. In various embodiments a stuffing box, lubrication tubing, and other materials pass through the apertures into the interior compartment. A sealing material is disposed partially about a perimeter of the first and second halves such that a seal is formed when the two halves are together in the closed configuration. The sealing material is also disposed about a perimeter of the plurality of apertures. An adjustable bar clamp inside the interior compartment of the enclosure clamps hardware in place. The enclosure is secured around a stuffing box and sheave in order to contain overspray from a wireline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventors: Milton Lee Sellman, Erik J. Prejean
  • Patent number: 11104511
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a surface mount secondary containment system comprising prefabricated pieces that may be assembled to form a wall and adjoining corner with overlapping sections to capture leaks, spillage or the like from a primary liquid container member that may be constructed so that no ground damage and or penetration is done during construction and use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Murray Services Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Allen Murray, Caleb Crick
  • Patent number: 11097873
    Abstract: Method, system, apparatus, and/or device to secure the vapor plug within the dewar. The vapor plug retention strap includes a first connector, a second connector and a main body. The second connector is configured to couple with the first connector. The main body is coupled in between the first connector and the second connector. The main body has a receptacle formed within that is configured to receive a neck of a vapor plug of a dewar and retain the neck of the vapor plug to secure the vapor plug within the dewar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Cryoport, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank Obrad
  • Patent number: 11084631
    Abstract: A canister includes a closure configured to mount on a container to close an open mouth into a product storage region formed in the container. The closure includes a lid and a lid retainer coupled to the lid. The lid retainer is configured to mate with an external thread on the container to retain the closure in a mounted position on the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventor: Carl R. Smith
  • Patent number: 11084634
    Abstract: A multifunctional dispensing water bottle, which provides a versatile water bottle for sucking or drinking with the mouth and dispensing contained drinking liquid. A fill end closure is joined to a bottle main body and is provided with a dispensing cavity, a bottom portion of which affords passage to a dispense opening. A sucking device can movable flip open and close on another side of the dispensing cavity, a penetrating tube affords passage to a sucking passage, and the dispensing cavity is provided with a mouth opening that connects to the dispense opening. Accordingly, the above-described structure provides a water bottle for use in sucking or drinking using the mouth, or dispensing contained drinking liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventor: Chun-Ming Yu
  • Patent number: 11077994
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to caps, closures, seals, and containers, and control of flow of fluids. Certain embodiments can be used with fluids related to machinery, for instance, engine oil, brake fluid, coolant, transmission fluid, and power steering fluid. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure effectively hold and transfer a fluid or a fluid substance, further being able to open, close, and regulate fluid flow. Embodiments include a single piece tubular component that includes a cap interiorly attached to such tubular component with ribs, and a container having a tapered end. In certain embodiments, a tube is attached to the cap. In certain embodiments, a nozzle collar having a tapered end is adapted to attach to a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: VECTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Mathew Meyer, Yuta Okkotsu
  • Patent number: 11059651
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermally insulated shipping container comprising a thermally insulating layer defining a first void, a main layer containing phase change material (main PCM layer) within the first void and defining a second void within the first void, a barrier layer containing phase change material (barrier PCM layer) within the second void and distinct from the main PCM layer, the barrier PCM layer defining a third void within the second void, the container being arranged to receive a product for transportation inside of the third void, wherein the main PCM layer has an average thickness greater than the average thickness of the barrier PCM layer, the barrier PCM layer comprises of an envelope in which the phase change material of the barrier PCM layer is contained and the barrier PCM layer is configured to maintain the phase change material with a relatively even distribution within the envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: LAMINAR MEDICA LIMITED
    Inventor: Philip Knight
  • Patent number: 11059667
    Abstract: A cassette for packing waste material into an elongated tube of flexible material is provided. The cassette includes a ring-shaped receptacle defining a central opening and a storage area for receiving the elongated tube of flexible material. The cassette also includes a cover at a top portion of the storage area and a plurality of projecting elements extending from a periphery of the cassette and being configured to support the cassette in a waste storage container. Also provided is a cassette which includes a lip having a variable projection width. A waste storage container is also provided including a cassette holder having a hollow area for removably receiving a cassette, the cassette being configured to matingly fit into the hollow area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL REFILLS COMPANY LTD.
    Inventor: Michel Morand