Patents Examined by Luan K. Bui
  • Apparatus, arrangement and method for providing skin care ingredients
    Patent number: 10968027
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a cosmetic arrangement can be provided, which can include a first structure that can enclose a cosmetic active ingredient(s), a second structure that can enclose a solvent solution, a third structure(s) that can separate the solvent solution from the cosmetic active ingredient(s), a medium that can be configured to absorb a mixture of the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and solvent solution, and an indicator structure that can be configured to indicate whether the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and the solvent solution have come in contact with one another. Upon an application of a particular amount of pressure on a portion(s) of the arrangement, the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and the solvent solution can be caused to come into direct contact with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
    Inventor: Steven Wang
  • Tray, package, apparatus and process of making said tray and said package
    Patent number: 10968024
    Abstract: A tray for containing a product includes a base, a lateral wall emerging from the base to define a containing seat adapted to receive the product. The lateral wall comprises at least one movable portion configurable between a first stable position, wherein the movable portion is placed in continuity with respect to the lateral wall, and a second stable position, wherein the movable portion protrudes from the lateral wall and defines an access passing through the lateral wall itself. Moreover, the present invention refers to a process and an associated apparatus of making said tray. Further, the present invention refers to a vacuum package using the above described tray and to a plastic film sealingly applied on the tray and closing the access, and also to a process and a packaging apparatus for making said package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Cryovac, LLC
    Inventor: Riccardo Palumbo
  • Vacuum canister
    Patent number: 10968025
    Abstract: A vacuum canister includes a canister body and a cover body, wherein the cover body has a cover seat with an opening facing upwards, a through rod is disposed on a bottom wall of the cover seat, a valve seat is disposed at a lower opening end of the through rod, and a check valve is disposed on the valve seat. The cover seat is provided with an air extracting device including an inner barrel and an outer barrel. An opening end of the outer barrel is sleeved on the inner barrel. A through hole is axially opened in the inner barrel. The through rod passes through the through hole. The air extracting device includes a pressing handle sleeved on the outer barrel, wherein a lower end of the pressing handle abuts the push block. A limiting block is disposed on an outer circumferential wall of the pressing handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: THANKHOT BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Honghua Wei
  • Ice cream scoop packaging apparatus
    Patent number: 10961046
    Abstract: An ice cream scoop packaging apparatus for packaging individual ice cream scoops includes a bottom tray and a top tray that each has a plurality of hemispherical scoop depressions. The plurality of depressions of the bottom tray corresponds with the plurality of depressions of the top tray. A bottom lip of the bottom tray is selectively engageable with a top lip of the top tray to join the bottom tray and the top tray. The bottom scoop depressions and the top scoop extensions form a plurality of spherical scoop cavities, each configured to hold a scoop of ice cream, when the bottom tray and the top tray are joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventors: Randall Van Dinter, Charlene Van Dinter
  • Display packages, blanks for forming trap seal card and blank for forming display box
    Patent number: 10959461
    Abstract: Display packages include a packaging including a cavity for holding an item, and a trap seal card including a first opening. The trap seal card retains the packaging such that the item held within the cavity is visible to a consumer through the first opening, and a portion of the packaging protrudes through the first opening. The trap seal card includes a front panel integral with a back panel. The packaging is between the front panel and the back panel. Blanks for the trap seal card include the back panel or the front panel having a first length and a second length less than the first length. The first and second lengths extend in a perpendicular direction to a first fold line. Blanks for the display box include a tab detachable from a remaining portion of the back panel when the back panel is separated along a ninth fold line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Scott A. Fath, William J. Bogdziewicz, III, Robert T. Mitten, Ryan A. Bailey
  • Child resistant lockable container
    Patent number: 10954028
    Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus for container. The container comprises a sleeve element and a tray element. Both the sleeve element and tray element comprise holes through the sides of their respective walls. In a locked position the tray element is substantially housed within the sleeve element. The apparatus further comprises a foam insert disposed within an open area of the tray element. Located between the wall of the tray element and foam insert, a button extends through the hole of the tray element. In a locked position, the button further extends through the hole of the sleeve element. The button may be depressed upon the foam insert to unlock the tray element from the foam insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: JAM PACKAGING LLC
    Inventor: Michael Forenza
  • Viscous liquid vessel for gifting
    Patent number: 10954049
    Abstract: A viscous liquid vessel system for presenting a gift is described herein. In some embodiments, the viscous liquid vessel system comprises a vessel containing a viscous liquid in which a gift is disposed. The vessel comprises a lid for enclosing the viscous liquid and the gift. The viscous liquid vessel system may be presented to a gift recipient and the gift recipient may remove the gift from the vessel and the viscous liquid creating a heightened emotion upon receipt and extraction of the gift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Inventors: Nicole E. Glass, Brett R. Glass, Dominique Michelle Pierron O'Hara
  • Package for smoking articles
    Patent number: 10954062
    Abstract: A package for storing smoking articles includes a body having a plurality of walls defining a volume, including a front wall and a rear wall, and an opening; a lid for closing the opening and having a plurality of walls and being hinged on the rear wall, allowing the lid to be moved between closed and open positions; a locking tab; and an engagement recess for engaging the locking tab when the lid is in the closed position. The locking tab is connected to one of either the front wall of the body or an inner side of a front wall of the lid, and the engagement recess is located on the other one. The locking tab and the engagement recess each have a respective engagement edge for mutual engagement. The engagement edge of at least one of the locking tab and the engagement recess follows a curved line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Inventor: Tim Collins
  • Means for locking a cosmetic case
    Patent number: 10945512
    Abstract: A rotating cosmetic case including an outer metal jacket (1) fitted and mechanically retained to a sheath of synthetic material, at the same time by at least one rotational lock and at least one tensile lock. A rotational lock may include a cut-out (5) opening outwards at the lower end of the cylindrical wall of the metal jacket (1), this cut-out (5) being mounted in conjunction with a molded projection in the sheath, while the tensile lock may include at least one aperture (7) in the lower part of the cylindrical wall of the metal sheath (1) defining, with the lower end of the sheath (1), a wall portion (8) directed inwards with respect to a housing located in the sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventors: Frederic Vacheron, Michel Domy
  • Retention packaging assembly
    Patent number: 10947007
    Abstract: A retention packaging assembly includes a frame and two sheet assemblies. The frame includes a central panel, end panels, and two sets of wing panels. Each set of wing panels includes wing panels that are foldably coupled to the central panel and to one of the two end panels. The sheet assemblies include a sheet that is attached at its ends to slot panels. The slot panels of each of the sheet assemblies are selectively couplable to one of the set of wing panels. After an object is placed on a front of the central panel, the sheets of the sheet assemblies are located over the sides of the object. The sets of wing panels can then be folded to a back of the frame to cause the sheets to retain the sides of the object to the central panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation (US)
    Inventors: Chad Cline, Devin Ridgeway
  • Packaging for powdered explosive-detection training aids and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10947021
    Abstract: The present application is directed to a packaging for a powdered explosive-detection training aid which may include first and second opposing flexible sheets heat sealed together along less than a periphery thereof and defining a storage compartment therebetween, wherein an unsealed portion of the periphery defines an opening to the storage compartment, wherein at least a portion of the first opposing flexible sheet is a semipermeable material permeable to a vapor emitted from the powdered explosive-detection training aid, with the second opposing flexible sheet being impermeable to the powdered explosive-detection training aid vapor; and a sealing member, wherein the sealing member is secured to the first opposing flexible sheet and, in a closing position, covers the semipermeable portion of the first opposing flexible sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventor: Darren Jay Steed
  • Interface for fastening attachment parts to sterile containers
    Patent number: 10940224
    Abstract: A container system includes a container or a sterile container to which an attachment part can be fastened. For this purpose, the sterile container has a fastening portion which is formed integrally with or integrally in a closed container wall of the container, to which the attachment part can be fastened in a positive fit or locked in a spring-elastic manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: AESCULAP AG
    Inventors: Philipp Bohnenstengel, Matthias Henke, Gerold Zieris, Bozica Frech, Johann Maliglowka, Sabrina Steiner, Stephan Bauer, Corvin Motz, Joachim Amann, Michael Scheit, Martina Höfler
  • Display container having deformable removable panel
    Patent number: 10940975
    Abstract: A display ready container having an outer front wall panel and an inner front wall panel. The outer front wall panel has a display opening formed therein and a display edge defining at least a portion of the display opening. The inner front wall panel has a removable inner cover section disposed against the front wall panel to cover at least a portion of the display opening, and overlapping at least a portion of the display edge. An area of weakness is formed in the removable inner cover section that is configured to deform when pulled outwardly to decrease in at least one of the width and height dimensions in a desired manner to effect removal of the removable inner cover section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Royal Box Group, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew A. Nixon, Jonathan M. Genord, Carl Jeffrey Jolley
  • Packaging scheme for a plurality of consumer goods
    Patent number: 10940973
    Abstract: A packaging scheme for identifying consumer goods affiliated with, made and/or sold by a company and/or brand. The packaging scheme provides for a first product and a second product where the first product and the second product are different products, and a first package containing the first product and a second package containing both the first product and the second product. A first visual cue and/or a first packaging construction cue are associated with the first product. A second visual cue and/or a second packaging construction cue are associated with the second product, such that the first package has a first visual cue and/or a first packaging construction cue, while the second package has both a (i) first visual cue and/or a first packaging construction cue, and (ii) a second visual cue and/or a second packaging construction cue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE BRANDS, LLC
    Inventors: Ilona Bergquist, Sezen Buell, Ricardo de Oliveira, Anna Dietrich, Danielle Kay Gerlach, Adebimpe Ogunade, Richard Timmers, Pankaj Nigam, Kyle Hillegass, Robert F. Rosasco, III
  • Wafer storage container
    Patent number: 10937677
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wafer storage container capable of removing fumes on a wafer or removing moisture therefrom by supplying purge gas to the wafer stored in a storage chamber. More particularly, the present invention relates to a wafer storage container, in which uniform purge gas injection is achieved and thus formation of dead regions is minimized, formation of turbulence in a storage chamber is prevented and thus wafer purging efficiency is improved, and a size reduction of an injection member injecting purge gas into the storage chamber is achieved and thus a size reduction of the entire wafer storage container is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventor: Bum Je Woo
  • Reusable inflatable packaging device
    Patent number: 10926935
    Abstract: A reusable packaging device that in a use state is a rhomboid outer structure with an internal inflatable and reusable vessel that surrounds and protects a payload, that can be converted into a storage state by deflating the vessel and folding the outer structure flat in order that it may be stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Airbox Packaging LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Martin
  • Opening pack
    Patent number: 10926943
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a pack for tobacco articles comprises an inner sleeve, and an outer box comprising front and back covers that allow access to the inner sleeve when the outer box is opened. The inner sleeve can include a front connecting panel pivotally connecting a front wall of the inner sleeve to an inner surface of the front cover and a back connecting panel pivotally connecting a back wall of the inner sleeve to an inner surface of the back cover. A slot in the outer box is configured to allow opening of the outer box by applying pressure against a bottom wall of the inner sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Bellamah, Daniel Richter
  • Bulk material shipping container
    Patent number: 10926940
    Abstract: A bulk material shipping container including a pallet, a compartment configured to receive, hold, and release loose materials and connected to and supported by the pallet, a material unloading assembly positioned under a bottom portion of the compartment, configured to facilitate the release or unloading of loose materials from the compartment, and connected to and supported by the pallet, and a material loading assembly configured to facilitate the loading of loose materials into the compartment and connected to and partially supported by a top wall assembly of the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SANDBOX ENTERPRISES, LLC
    Inventors: C. John Allegretti, Kevin Sylvester Corrigan
  • Holding member and packaging structure of chemical container parts
    Patent number: 10918784
    Abstract: A holding member with a sheet-shaped substrate portion having first and second surface; and plural storage portions in a cylinder shape, each penetrating the first and second surfaces of the substrate portion, and each protruding on a first surface side, is provided. The storage portions each comprise a first opening end portion for loading and unloading a container part at a protruded tip of each storage portion; a bulging portion where an inner wall face on a first opening end portion side bulges continuously from the first opening end portion toward inside the cylinder-shaped portion, thereby forming an opening widened toward the first opening end portion; a second opening end portion at a base end formed by the second surface of the substrate portion; and a tapered-off portion where the inner wall face narrows on a second opening end portion side, an opening thereof toward its end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: DAIKYO SEIKO, LTD.
    Inventor: Takayuki Yoshida
  • Substrate storage container and gas replacement unit
    Patent number: 10923373
    Abstract: A substrate storage container and gas replacement units are provided in which variations in humidity or concentration in an internal space are small. This is achieved by providing a container body capable of housing substrates, at least one intake valve for supplying an external gas to the internal space of the container body, and gas replacement units for blowing the supplied gas into the internal space of the container body. The container body is formed in an open front box, the intake valve is attached at the back of the bottom surface of the container, the gas replacement units each include a housing member and a cover member, each housing member has a plurality of first blowout holes for blowing the stored gas in one direction, and each cover member has a plurality of second blowout holes for blowing in a direction substantially opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Osamu Ogawa