Patents Examined by Kareen K Thomas
  • Patent number: 11584572
    Abstract: A pickling device may include a housing having a first open end and a second closed end opposite the first open end. The housing may define a pickling cavity extending between the first open end and the second closed end, and the pickling cavity may be to receive food to be pickled. The pickling device may have a disc-shaped insert to be positioned in the pickling cavity and over the food to be pickled, a lid to be coupled to the first open end of the housing, and a positive pressure source to be removably coupled to the lid and configured to pressurize the pickling cavity during a pickling process without application of heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventor: Michael J. Deeb
  • Patent number: 11584573
    Abstract: The invention involves a device and system for securing a candle to a drink cup for celebrations. The system includes a cover that secures across the top surface of the drink cup. A center portion of the cover is provided with a depression sized and shaped to cooperate with a small candle base to secure the candle in an upright position with respect to the longitudinal centerline of the drink cup. Once the candle has been blown out by the recipient, the cover can be removed from the drink cup to allow the person to consume the beverage contained within the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Cakeless Candle, LLC
    Inventors: Lori Bernstein, Yara Bashoor
  • Patent number: 11583119
    Abstract: A drinking container that can be used for various applications such as toasting for producing a sound for enjoyment at table, dinning or banquet, a bell, or further, determination of a beverage poured into the drinking container is used for producing a sound for enjoyment and comprises: a container-type resonator; and a handle connected to the resonator at a position of a node of vibration during resonance of the resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Koizumi Factory
    Inventor: Toshihiro Koizumi
  • Patent number: 11566833
    Abstract: A container energy storage system is provided in this disclosure. The system includes a container and a plurality of functional assemblies. The container includes a container frame and a bottom plate. The container frame is formed a plurality of openings and a hollow main body. The bottom plate is disposed at the bottom of the container frame and is fixedly connected to the container frame. The functional assemblies are disposed in the hollow main body and located above the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Mu-Min Lin, Chin-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 11565861
    Abstract: Systems and methods for preserving oxidizable substances such as liquids or foodstuffs are disclosed. These systems incorporate a sealing device and an oxygen scavenging chemical or agent coupleable to the system. The oxygen scavenging agent can remove the oxygen from the headspace of a container such as a bottle of wine without reducing the pressure in the headspace to the extent that the flavor of the wine is adversely affected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas R. Lutz, Michelle Lutz
  • Patent number: 11565875
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for securing wheeled shipping carts within a shipping container. The apparatus, system and method for securing wheeled shipping carts within a shipping container secures the shipping racks across the width of the container and vertically, and then end-to-end inside the length of the container from the fixed end of the container to the doors as the container is loaded. In addition, the system and method secures wheeled shipping carts within a shipping container using a securing apparatus installed within the shipping container to constrain the wheeled shipping carts both vertically and horizontally in location during transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Globe Composite Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Charles Evans, David Shepard Farnsworth
  • Patent number: 11565876
    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: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Murray Services Inc
    Inventors: Steven Allen Murray, Caleb Crick
  • Patent number: 11560253
    Abstract: A roller assembly includes at least one roller, an L-shaped board and at least one L-shaped fixing member. The L-shaped fixing member is fixed on the L-shaped board; and the roller is fixed and connected on the L-shaped board through the L-shaped fixing member. A package includes a box and the roller assembly. The box contains at least one hole and the roller protrudes from the hole. Further, the package is used as follows. The box is opened and the matter to be packaged is put into the box. Then the roller assembly is placed into the box, and the roller assembly is sandwiched between the box and the matter. Next, the roller(s) is aligned with the hole(s). Subsequently, the box and the matter are compressed to make the roller(s) protrude from the hole(s). Finally, the box are sealed from the bottom surface to complete the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Inno-Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwan Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 11560269
    Abstract: A packaging system for packaging granular food items for shipment includes a plurality of granular food item bags, each granular food item bag having a side surface. A folder has at least one crease with a first half having a first inner surface on one side of the crease and a second half having a second inner surface on an opposing side of the at least one crease. The side surface of each granular food item bag is attached to the first inner surface of the first half of the folder and the granular food item bags are arranged in and N×M array on the first inner surface of the first half of the folder. The folder is then folded along the at least one crease so the second inner surface of the second half of the folder is folded over the granular food item bags attached to the first inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: THE SPICE HOUSE LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Yates, Charlie Mayer, David Grossman
  • Patent number: 11554902
    Abstract: Damper mechanisms are provided in conjunction with housings of various different appliances and are disposed at first positions at which the dampers effectively close off or seal the interior regions of the appliances within which various heated, refrigerated, or frozen environments have been established. Such damper mechanisms can be moved to second positions so as to permit food items to be inserted into, or extracted from, the various housings of the appliances, but will automatically return to their first positions so as to again close off or seal the interior regions of the appliances. In this manner, thermal energy is preserved whereby the appliances are enabled to operate at peak energy efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: A. J. ANTUNES & CO.
    Inventors: Bhupendra Patel, Ignacio Vega, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11554912
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a removable plug configured to preclude the release of gases through a thief hatch positioned on a hydrocarbon tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Chesapeake Energy Corporation
    Inventor: Landon K. Worth
  • Patent number: 11556939
    Abstract: Method for providing a container with food, the method comprising: providing a container for infant formula food, adding the food, sealing the container with a gas-tight membrane seal, adding an inner scannable code on the gas-tight membrane seal, closing the container with a tamper-proof closure means, so that the inner scannable code is not scannable without breaking a part of the tamper-proof closure means, and storing the inner scannable code in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: N.V. Nutricia
    Inventor: Elmar Martin Fischbach
  • Patent number: 11548703
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to beverage containers, including cannabinoid and/or alkaloid-infused beverage containers, and associated devices, systems, and methods. In at least some embodiments, a beverage container can include one or more container walls forming the sides and/or bottom of the container, a conditioning component configured to releasably contain an active ingredient and to release at least a portion of the active ingredient into the container, and a lid which may be sealably attached to the container wall to create a sealed container. When a liquid is inserted into the beverage container and the lid is sealed to the container wall, the active ingredient can be held separate from the liquid by the conditioning component unless or until the conditioning component is activated/actuated to cause the active ingredient to mix with the liquid and create a beverage infused with the active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Green Sky Creations LLC
    Inventors: Simon Robinson, Brad Douglass
  • Cup
    Patent number: 11547225
    Abstract: There is disclosed a cup comprising a cup body comprising an opening and provided to contain a beverage; and a handle part provided in an outer surface of the cup body and configured to be holdable by a user, wherein the handle part forms a preset angle with respect to an outer surface of the cup body so that the cup body supported by handle part is spaced from a table surface or floor when the handle part in contact with the table surface or floor, and wherein the length or width at which the handle part is formed is provided in a size such that when the handle part contacts with the table surface or floor, an imaginary normal extending from the table surface or floor to the center of gravity of the cup body to pass through the handle part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Daishin Securities Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bongchan Kim, Daejin Kim, Guntae Kim, Youngmi Park
  • Patent number: 11548723
    Abstract: A storage vessel includes a body, two or more internal chambers or sections which may hold fluids or debris, one or more bulkheads 108 within the body of the storage vessel to separate the sections, and a roll off attachment apparatus. The storage vessel also comprises a series of ports and hatches to provide access to the sections within the storage vessel. The storage vessel can be moved to and from excavation sites using the roll off attachment apparatus which allows the storage vessel to be attached to or lifted onto a truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventor: Jeremiah Johnson
  • Patent number: 11530082
    Abstract: Plate (10) for a metal cage (110) for a tank (130) containing a liquid, wherein said metal cage (110) comprises a base frame (120) on which a base of said tank (130) rests and a plurality of horizontal bars (111) and vertical bars (112), associated with each other and forming a grid, which contains said tank (130), said plate (10) being separably mounted with at least two bars (111, 112) of said plurality of horizontal (111) and vertical bars (112), characterised in that said plate (10) comprises a vertical wall (14) and at least two through openings (15) hollowed in said vertical wall (14), at least two C-shaped engagement elements (20), each C-shaped engagement element comprises a first portion (23) adapted to pass through a through opening (15) of said at least two through openings (15) and adapted to enclose at least a first portion (113) of a bar (111, 112) of said plurality of said bars (111, 112) and a second portion (24) adapted to enclose at least one end portion (11, 12) of said plate (10) and at le
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: MASCHIO N.S. S.R.L.
    Inventor: Pietro Maschio
  • Patent number: 11530073
    Abstract: A container including a container body adapted for containing a liquid for storage and dispensing through an opening in the container body. An exterior recess is formed a wall of the container body and defines a location for a pour spout in a stowed position. The pour spout is attached to the container body and is movable between the stowed position within the recess and a deployed use position in liquid dispensing communication with the opening in the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: STEEN PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Robby Wayne Steen
  • Patent number: 11530125
    Abstract: A container that includes a container body adapted for containing a flowable material for storage and dispensing through a dispensing opening in the container body. A funnel is positioned in a stowage location in the container body and is adapted to be removed from the stowage location and moved to a flowable material-receiving location physically-separate from and proximate to the dispensing opening in the container body. A wiping sheet is positioned with the funnel in the stowage location and adapted to be removed from the stowage location and used to wipe and absorb the flowable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: STEEN PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Robby Wayne Steen
  • Patent number: 11527177
    Abstract: Tamper-evident features for containers. A tamper-evident film is target printed onto a sheet material that is thermoformable. The sheet is thermoformed into a container base or lid having a desired shape, such that the tamper-evident film is positioned in a desired area. A container lid is disposed on the container base, and heat sealed to a rim or edge of the container base. The heat sealing activates an adhesive of the tamper-evident film, and when the container lid is removed or separated from the container base, a first portion of the tamper-evident film remains on the container lid and a second portion remains on the container base. The separation of the tamper-evident film provides an indication of tampering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: D&W Fine Pack
    Inventors: Roland R. Stephens, Scott Rhea, Masaya Kosaka, Hideki Yokotani, Reiichhi Konishi
  • Patent number: 11525545
    Abstract: A composite pressure vessel assembly includes a plurality of lobes, each of the lobes having at least one interior wall and at least one curved wall, the plurality of lobes being positioned in a side by side arrangement and extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end to a second end. Also included is a plurality of end caps disposed at the ends of the lobes, wherein the plurality of lobes and end caps are formed of at least one fiber-reinforced polymer. A method of manufacturing a composite pressure vessel assembly is provided. The method includes forming a plurality of lobes consisting of at least one fiber-reinforced polymer. The method also includes forming a main body with the plurality of lobes, the lobes disposed in a side by side arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wenping Zhao, Ellen Y. Sun, John P. Wesson, Paul F. Croteau, Andrzej Ernest Kuczek