Patents Examined by King M Chu
  • Patent number: 12292258
    Abstract: A protective carrying case for medical supplies is disclosed, wherein the protective carrying case includes a top component, a bottom component, and semi-hexagonal ends, wherein the top component and the bottom component are constructed from carbon fiber. The protective carrying case additionally includes a retaining element with vacuum split functionality to retain elements within the case. The retaining element includes a flexible bag with an outer antimicrobial layer for safe and sanitary transport of the medical supplies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: GSTC LLC
    Inventors: Gideon P. Searle, Theodore Bobrick Root, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12286291
    Abstract: A trash receptacle comprising an independent frame assembly, wherein the independent frame assembly has at least two parallel bars, wherein the bars are structurally configured to receive and dispense bags; and a clip mechanism located at the free non-affixed end of each bar, wherein each clip mechanism is configured to receive a bag so that the bag is pinched by the clip mechanism and the clip functions to prevent the bag from sliding off the bars or from collapsing inward. The trash receptacle is configured to be enclosed by placing the receptacle within at least one environment comprising at least one cabinet. The trash receptacle further comprising additional space to carry supplies in a cart configuration. The trash receptacle wherein the additional space comprises one of a cabinet, one or more drawers, one or more shelves, or one or more compartments. A trash receptacle on a cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Inventor: Deja S. Castro
  • Patent number: 12287172
    Abstract: A protective carrying case for a firearm is disclosed, wherein the protective carrying case includes a top component, a bottom component, and semi-hexagonal ends, wherein the top component and the bottom component are constructed from carbon fiber. The protective carrying case additionally includes a retaining element with vacuum split functionality to retain elements within the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: GSTC LLC
    Inventors: Gideon P. Searle, Theodore Bobrick Root, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12280928
    Abstract: The invention of the present disclosure may be a pressure sensitive locking mechanism comprising a first tine, a second tine, and a third tine. The locking mechanism may further comprise a tab disposed on the second tine, where the tab may be orthogonal to the second tine. In an embodiment, the second tine is configurable in a locked state and an unlocked state, where the second tine comprises a second tine bell disposed on the lower portion of the second tine, and where the second tine bell is tapered from the tab to an upper portion of the second tine. The tab may be configured to receive a pressure, application of the pressure may be configured to convert the second tine from the locked state to the unlocked state, and withdrawal of the pressure may be configured to convert the second tine from the unlocked state to the locked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Sunshine Enclosures LLC
    Inventors: Edward Ubell, Harry Kubetz
  • Patent number: 12275574
    Abstract: An anchored beverage container assembly includes a canister that has a top end which is open to insertably receive a beverage container. A stem slot extends through the canister to accommodate a stem of a wine glass and the canister has a base slot extending through the canister to accommodate a base of the wine glass. The canister has a locking slot extending into the canister. A first anchor is insertable into the locking slot and a spike extends downwardly from the first anchor to penetrate a support surface for securing the canister to the support surface. A second anchor is insertable into the locking slot and a suction sup extends downwardly from the second anchor for securing the canister to a support surface. A third anchor is insertable into the locking slot and a buoyant float extends downwardly from the third anchor to float in a body of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Inventor: Bryan Pack
  • Patent number: 12274293
    Abstract: A cannabis storage assembly for storing objects related to cannabis consumption and playing music includes a box that has a pair of drawers each slidably integrated into the box and a lid hingedly coupled to the box for opening and closing the box. An audio unit is integrated into the lid and the audio unit emits audible sounds when the audio unit is turned on. A set of first light emitters is each integrated into the lid and each of the first light emitters is oriented to emit light upwardly from the lid. A set of second light emitters is each integrated into the lid and each of the second light emitters is oriented to emit light downwardly from the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Inventor: Tyrone Ratcliff
  • Patent number: 12274386
    Abstract: A foldable tray assembly for securely storing food and beverages in a vehicle or an article of luggage includes a tray which includes a first panel hingedly coupled to a second panel such that the tray is positionable between a flattened position and a folded position. A net is attached to the tray and the net surrounds the tray to inhibit the objects from sliding off of the tray. A cup holder unit is hingedly attached to the tray and the cup holder unit is positionable in a deployed position when the tray is in the flattened position to support a pair of beverage containers. A pair of grapples is each pivotally attached to the tray to engage a support object thereby mounting the tray to the support object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Inventor: Morgan Merkes
  • Patent number: 12268532
    Abstract: Clinical waste container (100) comprising a lower basket part (110) and an upper lid part (120), comprising a cylindrical part (121) having an upper lid opening (122); and a lid cap part (130), arranged to be fastened to said lid part so as to cover said lid opening, wherein the lid part and the lid cap part each comprise cooperating snap-lock means (123, 133), comprising several separated elongated protrusions (133a,133b), together defining a broken circle. The lid part comprises at a lower end (124) a bend (125) of at least 60°, with an inner radius (R1) of at the most 5 mm and an outer radius (R2) of at the most 5 mm, defining a local material thickness increase of at least 25%. The lid part and the lid cap part comprise at least 30% by volume wooden fibres. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: FrostPharma AB
    Inventor: Peter Wall
  • Patent number: 12269661
    Abstract: A carrier for holding a plurality of containers, the carrier includes a plurality of panels including an attachment panel, a first side panel foldably connected to the attachment panel, and a second side panel foldably connected to the attachment panel, container retention features including a plurality of container openings in the attachment panel for at least partially receiving a respective container of the plurality of containers, and locking features for maintaining a secure engagement of the carrier with the plurality of containers, the locking features including at least one locking tab foldably connected to one of the first side panel and the second side panel, and at least one locking cut at least partially receiving the at least one locking tab, the at least one locking cut positioned in the other of the first side panel and the second side panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventor: Colin P. Ford
  • Patent number: 12271110
    Abstract: Reticle pods include interfacing surfaces to secure segments of the reticle pod to one another. At least one of the interfacing surfaces is a ramped surface, such that when the reticle pods are secured to one another, the reticle is clamped between reticle contacts provided on the segments of the reticle pod. When the reticle pod is assembled and contains a reticle, a purge gas flow passage can be formed in the reticle pod. The height of the reticle contacts and the thickness of the reticle can be such that the reticle pod segments are spaced apart from one another by a gap, with the gap providing the purge gas flow passage. The reticle pod can be a stocker pod for the transportation and storage of reticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Russ V. Raschke, Caleb Elwell, Matthew Reber
  • Patent number: 12264001
    Abstract: A container with an opening for receiving items for later disposal is disclosed. The container includes a container body with a bottom and a sidewall extending upwards from the bottom, as well as a removable lid to close the container. The container also includes a lock to lock the lid to the container. An engagement structure is provided on a side opposite the lock to prevent separation of the lid from the container body. The container may be stackable by including complementary male and female structures on the bottom and the lid. The container may also include a handle adjacent the bottom that contacts the ground when the container rests on the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: BUSCH SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Craig Busch
  • Patent number: 12261068
    Abstract: There may be provided a wafer support member which may include a support column and a plurality of wafer-engagement-shelves extending substantially perpendicularly to the support column from a first side of the support column. Each wafer-engagement-shelf may define a plurality of through-holes extending between a base surface and an opposite wafer-engagement surface of the wafer-engagement shelf 130. The plurality of through-holes may serve as discharge ports for a plurality of loose particulates on the wafer-engagement-shelf to exit therefrom via the discharge ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Davison, Paul Gwin
  • Patent number: 12252306
    Abstract: Packaging article, made by means of a sheet of folding material, the article including a base wall, sidewalls connected with the edges of the base wall by folding lines. Two preferably opposite sidewalls include an extension flap, which protrudes from ends of the sidewalls and is connected thereto by a folding line. The extension flap folds, arranging itself in face-to-face relationship with a portion of the adjacent sidewalls. The packaging article includes connection means for fixing the extension flap on the portion of the adjacent sidewalls. The connection means include a male element and a female element configured in such a way that a portion of the male element, when inserted into the female element, protrudes towards the outside of the formed packaging article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: EMS GROUP S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giovanni Ronconi
  • Patent number: 12240654
    Abstract: Food holding system, liner thereof, and associated methods. A food tray receiver liner is configured to be installed in a food tray receiver. The liner is configured to collect food that may fall into the food tray receiver. Desirably, the liner obstructs food from passing between the liner and side walls of the food tray receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: DUKE MANUFACTURING CO.
    Inventor: Sai Ravi Krishna Subramani
  • Patent number: 12240669
    Abstract: A receptacle forming a chamber partially filled with an active substance, wherein the receptacle is a body and a cap which closes the body. The cap includes a top wall with a first main side facing an interior of the chamber and a skirt formed with the first main side of the top wall. The body includes a bottom wall and a sidewall. The skirt and the sidewall surround one another in contact with each other. The walls surrounding the chamber include the bottom wall, the top wall and either the skirt or the sidewall. At least one ventilation path is provided between the skirt and the sidewall, such that the ventilation path connects the chamber with the outside atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: AIRNOV, INC.
    Inventors: Jacquy Lebon, Valere Logel, Dominique Bois
  • Patent number: 12239247
    Abstract: A display assembly includes (a) a display stand having a base securable to a secure support surface and a platform detachably mounted to the base; (b) at least one display container supported atop and securely fastened to the platform, at least a portion of the container being generally transparent for viewing one or more articles containable therein for display; and (c) a locking mechanism mounted to the display stand. The locking mechanism is moveable between a locked position in which the platform is securely locked to the base to prevent detachment of the platform from the base, and an unlocked position in which the platform is unlocked from the base to permit detachment of the platform from the base for transporting the display container away from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: ALL PLASTIC, INC.
    Inventors: William Thomas Smith, Cheryl Ann Smith
  • Patent number: 12227346
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lid for closing a container, wherein connectors are arranged on the lid, which are movably mounted in relation to the lateral edge and are guided through a guide, and to a system comprising a lid and a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SSI SCHÄFER PLASTICS GMBH
    Inventor: Diethelm Hirz
  • Patent number: 12221252
    Abstract: The invention relates to a parcel for the transport of objects, comprising: a case having a bottom and a peripheral border formed of panels abutted to each other, digital display means, making it possible to display delivery information on the parcel, the digital display means comprising a damping system, characterized in that the damping system comprises an elastically deformable cover damping the movement of the digital display means from outside the parcel inwards, and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: PA.COTTE SA
    Inventors: Pascal Hugues, Nicolas Maffre, Pierre-Alain Cotte
  • Patent number: 12222189
    Abstract: A protective carrying case for a firearm is disclosed, wherein the protective carrying case includes a top component, a bottom component, and semi-hexagonal ends, wherein the top component and the bottom component are constructed from carbon fiber. The protective carrying case additionally includes a retaining element with vacuum split functionality to retain elements within the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: GSTC LLC
    Inventors: Gideon P. Searle, Theodore Bobrick Root, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12201229
    Abstract: A drinking vessel has a body with a plurality of chambers formed therein and an access channel opening to a compartment at a base of the body. Each of the plurality of chambers opens to the compartment at the bottom of the body. Each of the plurality of chambers opens at a top of the body. The access channel is adapted to receive a straw or a tube therein. The body is a plurality of walls formed therein. The plurality walls define the plurality of channels in the body. The plurality walls extend from an inner wall of the body to an exterior of the access channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventor: William Hardy Smith, III