Patents Examined by Luan K. Bui
  • Patent number: 11542057
    Abstract: A retail ready packaging system includes a convertible carton with a first plurality of slots are defined in a bottom wall adjacent a first side wall, and a second plurality of slots defined in the bottom wall adjacent a second side wall. A plurality of cards are included, wherein each card is seated in one of the slots of the first plurality of slots and in an opposed one of the slots of the second plurality of slots. Each card has a respective foot panel foldably attached to a main panel of the card, wherein the foot panel sits adjacent the bottom wall, and wherein the main panel of the card extends upward from the foot panel toward a top wall of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: WestRock Shared Services, LLC
    Inventors: David G. Couture, Jesus A. Padilla
  • Patent number: 11542081
    Abstract: A carrier (2) made of cardboard, paperboard or other lightweight foldable sheet material, comprises a top sheet (4) defining one or more pockets (20) for receiving one or more products and a bottom sheet (6) attached to the top sheet (4). The top sheet (4) comprises one or more respective sets (30) of flaps (32) for forming the respective pockets (20), each flap (32) being hingedly connected at a proximal end (36) to a top surface (38) of the top sheet (4) about a respective flap hinge line (40) defined around an upper edge (42) of the respective pocket (20) and folded about the respective flap hinge line (40) to define a pocket side wall. The top sheet (4) further comprises respective tabs (50) hingedly connected to distal ends (46) of the respective flaps (32) about respective tab fold lines (52) and folded about a respective tab fold line (52) so as to lie along a base of the pocket (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Multi Packaging Solutions UK Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Topfer, Nigel Davis, David Yates
  • Patent number: 11542090
    Abstract: A system for mixing two cosmetic products includes a tubular bottle defining a first reservoir containing a first product to be mixed, a tubular cartridge defining a second reservoir containing a second product to be mixed, a retaining device suitable for retaining the cartridge on the bottle in an injection position in which the first reservoir communicates with the second reservoir via the inlet orifice of the base and the injection orifice of the cartridge, a perforator having an upper edge designed to perforate the cap that seals the inlet orifice when the cartridge occupies the injection position, and a piston that seals the lower end of the cartridge and that is axially slidably mounted between an initial bottom position and a final top position in order to push the second product through the injection orifice from the second reservoir to the first reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: COSMOGEN SAS
    Inventor: Lucie Pidoux
  • Patent number: 11534767
    Abstract: Provided herein is a pipette tip tray that includes a base and a connected pipette tip receptacle plate, where the base includes a plurality of axially-disposed base ribs disposed on two or more internal wall surfaces, the pipette receptacle plate includes a plurality of plate ribs disposed on the distal surface of the plate, and a portion of at least a subset of the plate ribs is in contact with at least a portion of an end of at least a subset of the base ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: BIOTIX, INC.
    Inventors: Arta Motadel, Peter Paul Blaszcak, Kyle Richard Briggs
  • Patent number: 11529269
    Abstract: A package containing a stack of folded disposable absorbent articles, the package being formed of flexible polymeric film, and having a path of perforations or scoring defining a hood opening structure, is disclosed. The hood opening structure may be configured to open proximate the fold noses of the articles for easy tactile identification, grasping and withdrawal of individual ones thereof, and may be configured so as to serve as an effective package reclosure device whereby the package may be used to store the unused supply of articles following opening. The package, and printed commercial artwork and product information on the package surfaces, may be configured such that the fold noses are disposed at the apparent bottom of the package, for improved standing stability when the package is shelved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Astrid Annette Sheehan, Oliver Edwin Clarke Mason
  • Patent number: 11529290
    Abstract: Mobile systems and methods are adapted to control and document prehospital patient care reports and communication of patient status to a receiving medical treatment facility. The systems and methods relate to systems and methods for managing, recording, and administering drugs such as narcotics in an ambulatory and/or emergency environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Sierra Nevada Corporation
    Inventors: Karl Schulz, Richard Campbell, Emily Huang, Sarah Koh, Kurnhee Ma
  • Patent number: 11525576
    Abstract: A device comprises a main body having a first, lighter portion and a second portion. The lighter portion is configured to house a lighter mechanism capable of igniting a flame. The second portion contains a pocket accessible from outside the main body and is configured to receive an accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Surface Fabrication and Designs, Corp.
    Inventors: Daniel S. Basdeo, Sanjay Mahadeo
  • Patent number: 11523669
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a composition includes a holding device for holding first and second capsules including first and second deformable compartments, respectively, which contain a first formulation and a second formulation, respectively; a first compression element including a first compression surface designed to apply a pressure to the first deformable compartment of the first capsule; and a second compression element including a second compression surface designed to apply a pressure to the second deformable compartment of the second capsule. The first compression surface is designed to conduct and guide the contents of the first capsule to a first passage in the first capsule that can be fluidically connected to the first deformable compartment and the second compression surface is designed to conduct and guide the contents of the second capsule to a second passage in the second capsule that can be fluidically connected to the second deformable compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Paul Bachellier, Olivier Le Grand
  • Patent number: 11523948
    Abstract: A casting tape package system is provided comprising an outer package defining a first interior portion enclosing a casting tape substrate including curable casting formulation and a second interior portion enclosing a curing agent. In certain embodiments, the curing agent is separated from the casting tape substrate by a barrier which is breakable to release the curing agent to activate the curable casting formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Thomas S. Murphy, Khaled El-Tahlawy, Julie K. Gatto, James T. Boyle
  • Patent number: 11517389
    Abstract: A sharps container includes a container portion and a closeable lid. The sharps container includes any suitable cross-sectional shape having at least one wall. The container portion is fabricated from a light translucent or transparent material, such that any suitable light may be shined through the at least one wall thereof. An upper perimeter of the container portion is treated, such that light will not shine through an upper twenty five percent of the container by volume. An opaque tape, an opaque paint, an opaque printing ink or any other suitable treatment is applied to an upper perimeter of the container portion to prevent light from passing through the container portion. At least one wall of the container is treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventor: Elizabeth Kemp
  • Patent number: 11511931
    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: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Bellamah, Daniel Richter
  • Patent number: 11510485
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to oral care systems and devices. An oral care system includes a container defining an interior portion. The container includes a repository provided within the interior portion and configured to hold a fluid, and a barrier configured to maintain the fluid separate from the interior portion. The barrier is configured to be breached to expose the interior portion to the fluid. The system further includes a tube configured to slide in the interior portion of the container. The tube includes a distal end configured to breach the barrier when the tube is moved in a direction of the fluid in the repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Sage Products, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Michael Fowler, Ronald Christopher Cagle, Theresa L. Sebastian, Daniel R. Ulreich, Jodi Marie Balbinot, Kristin Marie Sexton
  • Patent number: 11505359
    Abstract: A package includes a housing assembly and a drawer assembly. The housing assembly is provided with an open cavity, and the housing assembly has an unlocking member and a blocking surface. The drawer assembly is configured to carry an article and is engaged with the open cavity to receive the article in the open cavity. The drawer assembly includes an elastic member. When the elastic member abuts against the blocking surface, the blocking surface prevents the drawer assembly from sliding out of the open cavity. When a force is applied to the unlocking member to deform the elastic member, the elastic member is misaligned with the blocking surface so that the drawer assembly can slide out of the open cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: shenzhen smoore technology limited
    Inventors: Jianbo Ling, Siguang Qi
  • Patent number: 11498742
    Abstract: In some examples, a package includes a package body enclosing a medical supply. The package body defines a window. The package includes a breathable membrane adjacent the package body and extending across the window. The package includes a moisture oxygen scavenger adjacent the package body and extending across the breathable membrane. The package includes an adhesive layer configured to hold the moisture oxygen scavenger adjacent the breathable membrane. In some examples, a technique includes sterilizing a package precursor including the package body and the breathable membrane, and after the sterilizing, adhering the moisture oxygen scavenger to the package body to form the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: David Clarke, Joshua Hillas
  • Patent number: 11490982
    Abstract: A modularly structured lid for a sterile container includes a lid component, which has at least one gas exchange portion, on which, on the inner side of a lid, at least one filter device can be arranged, and at least one filter covering by which the at least one gas exchange portion can be completely covered on an outside of the lid. The lid component has at least one standardized clip receiving portion and the filter covering has at least one standardized clip portion, by which the filter covering and the lid component can be interlockingly fixed to each other, and can be mounted and removed without tools. A sterile container can include such a lid and a filter covering for such a lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Matthias Henke, Andreas Elisch, Matthias Schweizer, Stefan Thomas, John Gray-Dreizler, Philipp Bohnenstengel, Thomas Sterk, Betina Bernauer
  • Patent number: 11485558
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes blister package assemblies that include a reusable blister pouch. The blister package assembly can have an enclosure housing having a first card and a second card. The second card can be opposed to a separably joinable to the first card. The blister package assembly can have a reusable blister pouch that can enclose an object and have a fastener that transition the reusable blister pouch between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The reusable blister pouch can be secured between the opposing first and second cards when the first and second cards are joined and a portion of the reusable blister pouch can displayed through an opening of the first card and/or the second card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: American Accessories International LLC
    Inventor: David Zeanah
  • Patent number: 11479394
    Abstract: A carrier for packaging one or more articles, includes outer walls (12, 16, 18, 22a, 22b, 24a, 24b) which define an interior of the carrier. An intermediate wall (30a, 30b) at least partially segregates the interior of the carrier in a first direction. A partition structure (50a, 52a) divides the interior of the carrier in a second transverse direction. The partition structure is struck, at least in part, from one (16) of the outer walls. The partition structure is configured and arranged to be automatically erected in the interior of the carrier in response to unfolding a flat collapsed folded blank when the carrier is erected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: WESTROCK PACKAGING SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew E. Zacherle, Bradford J. Walling
  • Patent number: 11479385
    Abstract: A packaging fastener includes a base member and a key member. The base member includes a first cylindrical part inserted through overlapped through holes of packaging materials. The key member includes a second cylindrical part inserted into the first cylindrical part of the base member. By inserting the first cylindrical part of the base member through the through holes and then inserting the second cylindrical part into the first cylindrical part, the packaging materials are coupled together. The key member has an engaging part. The base member has an engaged part. The engagement part has an elastically deformable supporting part and a lock claw. In a state where the lock claw is engaged with the engaged part, by elastically deforming the supporting part, the lock claw is displaced to a direction separate away from the engaged part to release an engagement of the lock claw with the engaged part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Atsuhiro Wakimoto
  • Patent number: 11472603
    Abstract: An enclosure is disclosed for transporting articles upon a satellite. The enclosure is composed of a plurality of interconnected walls coupled via elongated edge connecting members to define an internal space shaped and dimensioned for receiving an article to be transported upon a satellite. The walls are honeycombed aluminum sheets or solid aluminum panels and the edge connecting members are lightweight high strength members shaped and dimensioned for secure attachment to the walls without the use of mechanical coupling members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: GENESIS ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert A. Rashford, Paul W. Richards, Christopher Tolman, Dylan E. Bell, Christian T. Pirnot, Hristo Atanasoff, Mark F. Klappenberger, Michael J. Barciniak, Thomas Flatley, Rachel A. Edison, Bunty N. Bhatia, David A. Harvey, Chad Y. Sheng, Miriam Dixon, Daniel Dassoulas, John Harro
  • Patent number: 11471236
    Abstract: A wheeled intraoperative neuromonitoring transport device capable of portability and overhead airplane storage that comprises a lower frame that includes two outer legs and an inner support frame, an equipment holder secured about the lower frame, a back frame secured the lower frame, a frame coupled in sliding relation with the back frame between an opened and closed position, and an articulating computer tray carried by the frame via at least one pivoting joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Robert Lampman