Patents Examined by King M Chu
  • Patent number: 11312560
    Abstract: A system for a storage container for light sensitive medications including a container assembly and a cover assembly is disclosed. The container assembly includes a container in which the medications are held and stored within. The container includes dividers secured within the container with divider holders and divider guides located on the sidewalls and floor, respectively, of the container. The dividers help organize the medications stored within each storage container. The cover assembly includes a cover that is hidgedly mounted to the container. Importantly, the cover is tinted an amber color to provide protection from light damage to the medications while still permitting visibility of the medications within the container with the cover closed. The cover includes a lifting handle at a front portion for achieving the open and closed configuration of the storage container. Additionally, the storage containers can be stacked atop of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventor: Pamela Johnson
  • Cup
    Patent number: 11304549
    Abstract: This application discloses a cup. The cup includes a cup body and a handle, a fixing block is fixedly connected to an outer peripheral wall of the cup body, and a top end of the handle is provided with a fixing connector configured to be detachably connected to the fixing block. Specifically, the fixing connector includes an accommodating slot configured to accommodate the fixing block and a rotary switch passing through the accommodating slot, and an end, facing the accommodating slot, of the fixing block is provided with a position-limiting retaining groove. When a portion, located in the accommodating slot is engaged in the position-limiting retaining groove, the handle is fixed to the cup body, and when the portion located in the accommodating slot is rotated to be able to disengage from the position-limiting retaining groove, the handle is removed from the cup body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Misaine Innovation Taiwan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Benjamin Cheng
  • Patent number: 11299319
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a top lid for beverage cans, with an opener built into a hygienic cover. The hygienic cover is designed to cover the area around the opening part defined in the top lid, thereby protecting the contact portion of the lip of the top lid from atmospheric impurities and keeping the can clean during storage. The hygienic cover also has an opening system that presses on the opening part of the lid and breaks the part along the recessed seam when the cover is levered. The opening system has a reinforcement notch that improves the rigidity of the opening system, such that the opening system reliably breaks the opening part of the lid without failure, even if a high pressure is acting on the inner surface of the opening part. The configuration and arrangement of the notch in the opening system can be changed freely according to the design conditions of the can, or the internal pressure acting on the opening part and the size of the can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: INVNOBELS.A.S.
    Inventors: Victor Martin Bayona Salazar, Rafael Ricardo Molano Camacho
  • Patent number: 11299336
    Abstract: An inflation bag with protective base is provided. Two outer films and two inner films are stacked with each other, and the stacked structure is heat sealed and inflated to form the inflation bag. The inflation bag includes two side surface walls and a bottom surface wall between the side surface walls and connected to bottoms of the side surface walls. The bottom surface wall includes bottom columns. Each bottom column has a first bottom column portion, a protection column portion, and a second column portion. A first heat-seal node is provided for attaching the outer films with the inner films, and the first bottom column portion is connected to the second bottom column portion. One or more second heat-seal nodes are provided on the protection column portion for attaching the outer films with the inner films, and the protection column portions are folded to form a protective base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: KUNSHAN AIRBAG PACKING CORP
    Inventors: Kao-Hsiung Liao, Ping-Yuan Liao
  • Patent number: 11303315
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for attaching and positioning a personal computing device case to a folio. The folio includes magnetic connections, and the personal computing device case includes magnetic connections for attaching the case to the folio in any one of a plurality of positions. The magnetic connections of the folio include an upper magnet array and a lower magnet array for attachment of the magnetic case. The folio includes a hinge mechanism at a top edge of each of two sides of the folio. The case is attached to the folio using guided magnetic seating, and the case is repositionable by slidingly or rotationally changing the position of the case relative to the folio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew King, Matthew Malone
  • Patent number: 11267616
    Abstract: An insulating holder for beverage containers is provided that can be manufactured inexpensively. The holder includes a main panel formed from a rectangular sheet of a flexible material and a handle formed from a rectangular sheet of a flexible material. A length of the rectangular sheet of the handle is longer than a width of the rectangular sheet of the main panel. A first binding with a length equal to a length of the rectangular sheet of the main panel and a second binding with a length equal to a length of the rectangular sheet of the main panel are attached along the long edges of the main panel. The handle is formed by attaching the top edge of the handle to the top edge of the main panel and the bottom edge of the handle to the bottom edge of the main panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hemetic Trading Co. LLC
    Inventor: Matthew McGinnis
  • Patent number: 11267613
    Abstract: A foldable, waterproof case includes a first wall and a second wall coupled to the first wall. The first and second walls at least partially define a cavity within the case. A lid is coupled to the second wall and is configured to selectively cover the cavity. A hinge is disposed between the first wall and the second wall. The first wall is rotatable relative to the second wall between a first, expanded position of the case and a second, collapsed position of the case. In the first position, the cavity includes a first volume and in the second position, the cavity includes a second volume that is less than the first volume. The hinge provides a waterproof connection between the first and second walls in the first position and in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hanqing Jiang, Zirui Zhai
  • Patent number: 11266478
    Abstract: A surgical bowl set features a first rectilinear bowl having an internal length (1l) and an internal width (1w), and a second rectilinear bowl having an external length (2l) and an external width (2w), in which the external length (2l) is close to but less than internal length (1l) in order to permit the second bowl to fit lengthwise within the first bowl while allowing easy extraction of the second bowl from the first bowl, and the external width (2w) is about half or less of internal width (1w).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Multigate Medical Products Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Ben Chen
  • Patent number: 11267605
    Abstract: A condiment container comprises a body having a side wall, a bottom, and an open top, the side wall and the bottom defining a reservoir that can contain a condiment. The side wall includes a steep portion and a ramp portion, the ramp portion having an angle relative to the bottom that is greater than the angle of the steep portion relative to the bottom. A food item, such as a chicken wing, can be inserted into reservoir and applied with condiment, and the food item can be dragged across the ramp portion to distribute the condiment in a desirable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Solomon, Kyle Kruger
  • Patent number: 11266257
    Abstract: The straw cover is configured for use with a straw. The straw cover encloses the straw such that the straw is protected from the environment when the straw is not in use. The straw cover comprises a base tube, a lid, a hinge, and a plurality of decorative elements. The hinge attaches the lid to the base tube such that the lid rotates from an open position to a closed position. The straw inserts through the base tube. The end of the straw is enclosed by the lid. Each of the plurality of decorative elements attaches to a structure selected from the group consisting of the base tube and the lid. The plurality of decorative elements are used to uniquely identify the straw cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventor: Cathy Reid
  • Patent number: 11261012
    Abstract: A secured storage apparatus includes a sleeve that receives a container/cap assembly therein. The sleeve includes a lock that selectively secures the container/cap assembly and the cap cannot be removed from the container when the assembly is locked in the sleeve. In one arrangement, the cap and sleeve include ribs that prevent rotation of the cap relative to the sleeve. In another arrangement, the container and cap of the assembly freely rotate together in assembled relation within the sleeve, but the cap cannot be rotated relative to the container and/or pushed axially relative to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: Kenneth Anthony Loritz
  • Patent number: 11254481
    Abstract: Various enhancements of tabbed seals are provided herein with enhanced tab functionality. Such enhancements include a lacquer coating, such as one-part and two-part coatings, which can help minimize tab sticking to the lower laminate. Further, the lacquer can help decrease air bubbles under the tab and also provide visual enhancements to the tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Selig Sealing Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Rafael Zamora, Miteshkumar B. Patel
  • Patent number: 11229234
    Abstract: A case attachment for an electronic cigarette includes an outer housing, a detent housing slidably disposed within the outer housing and movable between a compressed position and an extended position, and a pin. A first portion of the pin is rotatably and partially supported within the outer housing and a second portion translatably and partially supported within the detent housing. The pin is movable from a first position to a second position. The biasing member is interposed between the outer housing and an end surface of the detent housing and is configured to bias the detent housing in a direction away from the end surface. The pin is configured to selectively retain the detent housing in the compressed position when in the first position and selectively retain the detent housing in the extended position when in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Inventors: Sragvi Tirumala, Anthony Graffia, Vincent Cordero
  • Patent number: 11229305
    Abstract: A cup or glass is able to retain currency, either folded or unfolded, or a flat planar object, such as a standard-sized credit card or business card, in a slit located in the side of the cup or glass. Alternatively, two slits can be located in opposite sides of the upper rim of the cup or glass for permitting the two slits to jointly retain the credit card, business card or currency, or similar object, in the upper rim of the cup or glass. The cup or glass may have multiple slits for simultaneously retaining more than one credit card, more than one business card or several currency bills or, simultaneously, a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Inventor: Peter Allen
  • Patent number: 11220399
    Abstract: A packaged article is composed of a bulk bag having a top end and a bottom end. Further included is a pallet having a first side and a second side. Also included are an outer bag having a first closed end and a first open end and a heatshrink bag having a second closed end and a second open end. The first closed end of the outer bag is between the bottom end of the bulk bag and the first side of the pallet. The first open end of the outer bag is gathered over the top end of the bulk bag to enclose the bulk bag within the outer bag. The second closed end of the heatshrink bag is proximate to the top end of the bulk bag and the second open end contacts the second side of the pallet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Crown Products & Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Arthur B. Brown
  • Patent number: 11220380
    Abstract: The child-resistant container includes a receptacle having an inner cavity, a lid that selectively couples with the receptacle to enclose the inner cavity when in a locked position, and a lock movable between the locked position securing the lid to the receptacle to substantially prevent access to the inner cavity and an unlocked position permitting the lid to move relative to the receptacle to expose access to the inner cavity. The receptacle and lid combination may include a lid that pivots relative to a container about a hinge and locks thereto by locking catches in the container sidewalls; or may include an outer housing enclosing an inner storage container in slide-in relation, wherein a pair of safety tabs extend from the inner storage container and through the outer housing into a respective pair of locking channels formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Raymond Christopher Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Ruben Kachian, Mike Toroyan
  • Patent number: 11213941
    Abstract: Provided is a toolbox with a base container, at least two covers displaceable over the top opening of the base container and at least two locking arrangements extending at an upper portion of the base container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Keter Plastic Ltd.
    Inventor: Yaron Brunner
  • Patent number: 11216031
    Abstract: An accessory device for a portable electronic device is described. The accessory device includes a front cover connected to a back cover. The front cover includes multiple segments rotatable with respect to each other. The segments include magnets that allow the segments, through magnetic coupling, to couple with another segment or with the portable electronic device. When the front cover engages the back cover, a user may remove, or pull away, a segment from the back cover, causing the remaining segments to sequentially fall away from the back cover. In some instances, when the front cover at least partially engages the back cover, one of the segments includes magnets designed to couple with magnets in the back cover, but not with magnets in another segment. The accessory device may further include an opening that receives a camera assembly of the portable electronic device and forms a mechanical interlock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Stryker, Caitlin M. Mclain, Travis C. Pedley, Nicholas A. Treadwell, Hao Zhu, Yang Zhou
  • Patent number: 11208235
    Abstract: A pot or pan lid is configured for stacking with identical or differently sized lids that have an identical handle or knob with a dimple on the upper surface. The side of the lid opposite the handle has a complimentary protrusion configured to stably engage the dimple. The edge of the knob may extend laterally to correspond with the lid curvature to also support a similar lid on the knob perimeter that is distal from the dimple. The engaged central dimple and more distal perimeter of the knob provide for stable stacking of a plurality of lids in a level arrangement that avoids one or more lids tipping over.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventors: Jacquelyn Maitram Truong, Hin Hang Homer Cheung, Kwong Wah Lee
  • Patent number: 11203464
    Abstract: A storage tube assembly, with a cap having a top surface and a sealing member connected to the top surface, the sealing member has a generally cylindrical upper wall and a generally cylindrical lower wall, the sealing member also has a recessed portion between the upper wall and lower wall and a flange cut into the lower wall; a sealing ring, the sealing ring is sized to cooperate with and be received in the recessed portion of the sealing member of the cap; and a tube, the tube has a generally circular inner wall with a cut therein, the cut in the inner wall is positioned to receive the sealing ring when the sealing ring is positioned within the recessed portion of the cap and the cap is placed into an open end of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: GE PLASTICS, L.L.C.
    Inventor: John E. Gregorian