Patents Examined by L Kmet
  • Patent number: 11052021
    Abstract: A child-resistant medication container assembly that includes a blister card including a plurality of compartments each configured to support a dosage of medication, and a puck including a body portion, a recess that defines a partition wall in the body portion, and a plurality of openings defined in the partition wall. Each opening corresponds to one of the plurality of compartments in the blister card. The assembly further includes a carton including a first wall opposite a second wall. An access opening is defined in the first wall and a plurality of perforations are defined in the second wall. The access opening is sized to provide access to the plurality of compartments, and each perforation corresponds to one of the plurality of compartments in the blister card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ABBVIE INC.
    Inventors: Todd Marshall, Bhimaprasad Medhal, John G. Finch, Joy Elizabeth Borgardt
  • Patent number: 11052358
    Abstract: A container includes a receptacle to hold nutrients and other food contents for a smoothie. The container is used with a larger vessel such as a blender into which the capsule is inserted and into which water or other fluid is poured. When the blender is closed, the container opens to release its contents for blending with the fluid into a delicious, healthful smoothie. The container may have a cover with opening flaps and relatively movable elements that pivot the flaps open when opposite forces are applied to the container by the larger vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: VEJO IP AG
    Inventors: Christoph Bertsch, Werner Balkau
  • Patent number: 10988282
    Abstract: A container includes a base, a folding sleeve and a lid. The sleeve includes several panels configured to be folded and laid out on the base such that the panels extend approximately parallel to the base, and to be unfolded and placed on the base such that the panels extend approximately perpendicular to the base, bearing through lower edges of the panels on the base, the lid being capable of bearing on top edges of the panels when the sleeve is unfolded and placed on the base. The container includes at least one band of flexible material that is fixed to the lid at at least two distant points, and that passes through an orifice in at least one of the panels, the lid configured to be guided by the at least one band when the container is opened, by sliding of the band in the orifice over at least part of the length of the band between said two points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: DS SMITH DUCAPLAST
    Inventor: Benjamin Vandecasteele
  • Patent number: 10962340
    Abstract: A mobile fireproof and detonation-proof chamber for storage of flammable and detonable objects includes at least one detachable fireproof and detonation-proof container which is swing out from an inner detonation-proof position for storage of flammable- and detonable objects in the mobile chamber to an outer detonation-proof position outside the mobile chamber for loading and unloading fire- and detonation-proof objects, wherein the at least one fire- and detonation-proof container includes a fire-mitigating and detonation-mitigating insert arranged in a detachable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: OLCON ENGINEERING AB
    Inventor: Johnny Ohlson
  • Patent number: 10894626
    Abstract: The side wall, extending below a shoulder of the thermoplastic bottle, has a gripping portion formed substantially in the middle of the bottle body and includes a first line and a second line each defined in a vertical symmetry plane. The second line has a second point at minimal distance ds2 between the side wall and the central axis, while the first line has a first point at minimal distance dsl between the first line and the central axis. For these particular points in the gripping portion: ·ds2<ds1·hs1<hs2 A thick portion is provided at and above the second point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GERVAIS DANONE, SOCIETE ANONYME DES EAUX MINERALES D'EVIAN ET EN ABRÉGÉ “S.A.E.M.E”
    Inventors: Frédéric Chivrac, Alex James Orchard, Jean-Paul Besson
  • Patent number: 10889420
    Abstract: A packaging system protects and retains all the components of a lighting unit with a resilient binding unit. The packaging system is used for a lighting unit with a first component having a first elongate member and a second component having a second elongate member. It also includes a carrier base with a first and second aperture used to receive and hold the first and second elongate member at a first longitudinal location. The second aperture is located proximate to the first aperture. The packaging also includes a resilient binding element for holding the first and second components with a first and second ring to receive and hold the first and second elongate member at a second longitudinal location, where the second longitudinal location being spaced a distance from the first longitudinal location. The binding element is used to inhibit the first and second components from being longitudinally moved relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventors: Linarso Alimuddin, Bentley Chelf
  • Patent number: 10842324
    Abstract: According to one example, a system includes a hollow container and a ladle. The hollow container has a first opening at a proximal end, a second opening at an opposing distal end, and a sidewall that extends from the proximal end to the distal end. The first opening is wider than the second opening. The ladle comprises a handle having a proximal end and a distal end, and further comprises a cup coupled to the distal end of the handle. The cup has an inner surface configured to hold a food item. The cup further has an outer surface configured to substantially seal the second opening of the hollow container from within the hollow container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: Stanley Kin Sui Cheng
  • Patent number: 10808426
    Abstract: A ligature-resistant thermostat cover provides restriction of access to a thermostat and prevention of ligature formation around or atop the thermostat. The thermostat cover includes a wall plate for securing to a wall with a central aperture for accommodating a thermostat, a cover portion and a locking mechanism. The cover portion is curved both toward the top and toward the bottom of the cover from an apex line to provide a continuously curving front surface of the cover portion. The rear profile of the cover portion matches a mating surface of a front profile of the wall plate in width and height and the wall plate has an incline or curvature at the top face to provide a continuously sloping surface that prevents formation of a ligature point above the top face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: BEHAVIORAL SAFETY PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Lee deLoache, III, David Cory deLoache, Mark Mendes
  • Patent number: 10760847
    Abstract: A liquid cooler device. The liquid cooler device having an interior cavity with a ledge, the ledge segregating the interior cavity into a lower portion for the placement of liquid and an upper portion for the receipt of an upper tray portion. The upper tray portion including a gasket for engagement with the ledge and designed for the dry storage of bulk items within the interior cavity. In use, the device acts as a combination cooler for both liquids and dry items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: David R Goodloe
  • Patent number: 10730671
    Abstract: Child resistant packaging for storing medicine or medicinal compositions that frustrates or prevents a child's attempts to access the contents while permitting an adult to easily open the packaging through a series of movements or steps in coordination or combination to readily access the contents. The child resistant packaging includes a housing component and an insert component that is configured to slideably interact with an interior space of the housing component between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: JohnsByrne Company
    Inventors: Michael Drosos, John Cunningham
  • Patent number: 10717570
    Abstract: A cap for bottles that allows a user to select additives. A base has an axis with a coaxial cavity, typically threaded, for attachment to the bottle. A housing rotates and reciprocates on the axis between a selecting position where the housing and base are pulled apart and an operative position where the housing and base are pushed together. Compartments with additives and one or more vacant locations are arranged in a circle around the axis inside the housing. An opening in the compartment bottom is covered by a frangible seal. As the housing rotates, the compartment openings or vacant location align with an aperture in the base that extends into the cavity. Spikes extending from the aperture puncture the compartment opening seal when the housing is pushed to the operative position, allowing the additive to flow into the bottle. The vacant locations provide positions for storage and transportation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: ZM2 Design, LLC
    Inventor: Wojciech Zalewski
  • Patent number: 10710750
    Abstract: A refueling hose tool kit for repairing or replacing air refueling hose end fittings may include a collapsible work stand configured to secure the hose end fitting when in a deployed extended orientation; a removal adapter ring; a hydraulically powered assembly clamp fixture; a hydraulically powered insert removal tool fixture; a wrench; a hydraulic pump; and a ruggedized case configured to receive the work stand, removal adapter ring, clamp fixture, insert removal tool fixture, wrench and hydraulic pump for storage and transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Cobham Mission Systems Davenport LSS Inc.
    Inventors: Don Dowd, Joe Beitelspacher, Brent Meeker, Lee Brandt, Max Gehl
  • Patent number: 10683128
    Abstract: A bottle has a storage compartment to store an item. The bottle includes a top opening, a bag inside the bottle defining the storage compartment, a bottom opening formed by an opening of the bag, and a bottom cap that includes at least one hole. The bottom cap is removably connected over the bottom opening to provide access to the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Inventors: Lawrence Michael Lau, Charlene Lyu, Alexander Christopher Lau
  • Patent number: 10669094
    Abstract: A shield assembly forms a loop for guiding heated gases from a heat source along a peripheral wall of the container and may include a plurality of guide panels collectively in an array of connected guide panels. The guide panels may be pivotally connected to adjacent guide panels to pivot with respect to each other to pivot with respect to each other. The guide panels may have a base plate with an inner surface for orienting toward the container, and may also have at least one vane extending inwardly from the base plate to a free end of the vane positionable adjacent to the peripheral wall of the container. The vane may be positioned at an oblique angle to the pivot axis. The shield assembly may also include a linking structure configured to link endmost guide panels of the array of connected guide panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventor: Joshua Mulder
  • Patent number: 10639782
    Abstract: A socket storage apparatus for organizing a plurality of different-sized sockets by size is provided. The storage apparatus includes a rollable sheet, a plurality of rods having first ends coupled to a portion proximate the bottom edge of the sheet and second ends positioned proximate the top edge of the sheet, each rod designed to receive any number of the plurality of sockets for storage, each rod able to permit any one of the received plurality of sockets to slidably adjust along the rod for an attachment or detachment from the rod. The rollable sheet is able to roll to a storage position to secure the plurality of sockets present on any one of the plurality of rods. The rollable sheet is able to unroll to expose the plurality of sockets present on any one of the plurality of rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Inventor: Mathew Michuta
  • Patent number: 10640259
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a barrel lid, such as a wood wine barrel lid, that inhibits and withstands warping and/or deformation. In one embodiment, the anti-warping wine barrel head comprises a plurality of adjacent slats, a plurality of staves where at least one stave disposed between each pair of adjacent slats, a plurality of grooves disposed on a top and/or bottom surface of the barrel head where each groove is oriented at an angle with respect to the plurality of slats, and a plurality of rods disposed in the plurality of top and/or bottom surface grooves where at least one rod is disposed in each of the plurality of top and/or bottom surface grooves. In some embodiments, staves are double flanged or rectangular, and rods have a half-round cross-section or triangular cross-section. In other embodiments, a gasket may span the periphery of the barrel lid, for example, along a lip thereof. In some embodiments, a locking ring is utilized to secure wine barrel lid to the container or drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: North Coast Container
    Inventors: Andrew Deutsch, Donald P. Kish
  • Patent number: 10618707
    Abstract: A snuff container (101), comprising a base part (102) and a closure part (103) and being provided with a locking arrangement (120) for locking the closure part on the base part (102). The base part (102) comprises a bottom wall (105), a base side wall (107) and a compartment wall (117) arranged inward of the base side wall (107) with a space (114) between the base side wall (107) and the compartment wall (117). A portion of the base side wall (107) is formed by a resiliently flexible tongue (133), with an upper part of the tongue (133) being inwardly deflectable in a direction towards the compartment wall (117). The locking arrangement (120) comprising a first locking member (122) is arranged on an upper part (135) of the resiliently flexible tongue (133) and a second locking member (123) is arranged on the closure part (103) at a closure side wall end edge (113).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Swedish Match North Europe AB
    Inventor: Simon Straughan
  • Patent number: 10611534
    Abstract: Generally described, aspects of the disclosed subject matter are directed to a cork wiring device for closure of a stopper of a bottle of champagne or other effervescent drink. The cork wiring device generally includes an assembly made of metal wire and provided with two parts, namely on the one hand a cage having three legs, and on the other hand a band joined to a free end of each of said legs. The cork wiring device may also include a plate associated with the cage to constitute an interface, the three legs meeting at their end opposite to their free end, forming a loop, and the plate may include three exclusively lateral grooves, each of said lateral grooves being associated with one of said legs and intended to receive a portion of the associated leg located between the free end and the loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SOCIÉTÉ LORRAINE DE CAPSULES MÉTALLIQUES—MANUFACTURE DE BOUCHAGE
    Inventor: Mathias Melan-Moutet