Patents Examined by Madison L Poos
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Patent number: 11034512Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ergonomic trash collection system and methods of a container with a floor. One or more flexure bearing region, hinge or living hinge, being formed in the container and or floor. In some instances one or more gaps or partial formed in the container wall(s) configured to support an asymmetrical separation of the walls along the gap.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Inventor: Mark H. Krietzman
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Patent number: 11034490Abstract: A child-resistant packaging is provided for storing and securing pharmaceuticals, drugs, nutraceutical products, medications, cannabis products and other hazardous materials which are vulnerable to access by the children. The packaging comprises a container, a cap and a depressor to lock the cap with the container or unlock the cap from the container. The container comprises a fixed circumferential ring along an elongated hollow neck having relief cut-outs and hinges to provide depression for a plurality of container lugs. The cap comprises an elongated hollow neck having a plurality of cap lugs towards its open end. The depressor is forced the container lugs inwards in the body of the container and the cap lugs are locked with the container lugs.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: IV THOUGHT PRODUCTS & DESIGN, CORP.Inventors: Samuel L. Morris, III, Scott Freyn
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Patent number: 11027884Abstract: A container may comprise a tubular body having a rounded sidewall extending between a closed end defining a base portion and an opposite open end surrounded by a rim portion, and one or more sets of grooves defined within the vertical portion of the rounded sidewall. The base portion is configured to support the container in an upright orientation relative to a support surface and wherein the base portion defines a support ring having an at least substantially rounded perimeter. The rounded sidewall comprises a curved base transition region and a vertical portion extending between the perimeter of the base portion and the rim portion along a central axis. Each of the grooves comprises a length and a width, wherein the length is longer than the width. The grooves extend between the base portion and the rim portion along the length.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Altium Packaging LPInventors: Grover Manderfield, Joe Palmer, David Hernandez, Dena Wade, Daniel Applegate, Aaron Bollinger
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Patent number: 11014707Abstract: The disclosure provides a container including a resealable closure mechanism having a rocker arm and a pull tab or actuator button.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: COOL GEAR INTERNATIONAL, LLCInventor: Fadi Sanbar
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Patent number: 11006732Abstract: A makeup mixing plate and cover product is configured to open and close over a makeup plate to protect and maintain makeup items used intermittently over a duration of time. The makeup mixing plate and cover product includes a makeup plate base and a makeup plate lid that is configured to cover a makeup mixing plate that a makeup artist uses as a workspace while applying makeup to a makeup recipient. The makeup mixing plate and cover product includes several magnets that are attached to the makeup plate base and the makeup plate lid to magnetically connect the makeup plate lid to the makeup plate base in a closed configuration of the makeup mixing plate and cover product, the magnets being disconnected to an open configuration of the makeup mixing plate and cover product.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Inventor: Ashley Jessica Solano
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Patent number: 10954037Abstract: A container with an internally incorporated hook assembly, having a container assembly with an upper sidewall, and an upper interior face having a hook. A scoop has a handle that is removably secured onto the hook. The scoop extends into a cavity defined within the container assembly. The scoop is secured to the upper interior face by the hook to prevent the scoop from falling within or sinking into a granulated or powdered product in the container assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Inventor: Antonio Valdes Ibarra
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Patent number: 10945546Abstract: A drinking attachment (10) for drinking vessels (12), comprising a funnel-like circumferential drinking rim (14), which is open towards the drinking vessel (12), having a fastening section (16) for fastening the drinking attachment (10) to an edge region of the drinking vessel surrounding an opening of the drinking vessel (12), and a bowl-shaped elastic sealing disc (20), which can be inserted into the drinking rim (14) for sealing the drinking rim (14), the sealing disc (20) abutting circumferentially against the drinking rim (14) in the region of the end of the drinking rim (19, which is free in the intended mounting state of the drinking attachment (10) on a drinking vessel (12), while forming an interstice (22), which is open towards the drinking vessel (12), and being designed in such a way that it can be partially lifted from the drinking rim (14) by a suction action of a user of the drinking attachment (10), in order to open a passage to the interstice (22), the sealing disc (20) having in the region oType: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: MAPA GMBHInventors: Ralf Holschumacher, Eckhard Itzek, Jürgen Löhn
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Patent number: 10926948Abstract: A liner (10) includes a liner base (11) and a cradle (12) which is used in conjunction with a conventional intermediate bulk container (13). The liner base has a bottom wall (15), a top wall (16) opposite the bottom wall, and four side walls (17) extending between the bottom wall and top wall. The four side walls include a front wall (18), a rear wall (19), and two oppositely disposed end walls (20). The top wall includes a top opening fitment (22). The front wall includes a dispensing opening fitment (23). The liner lifting cradle includes a bottom panel (26), two oppositely disposed end panels (27), and a rear panel (28). The end panels have an elongated terminal end (30) which includes a reinforced mounting hole (32). The rear panel has an elongated terminal end (34) which includes a grommet (35) defining a reinforced mounting hole (36).Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: ILC Dover IP, Inc.Inventors: Tony R. McKee, Mitch A. Mankosa, Adam M Sadkowski
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Patent number: 10926913Abstract: A vented tri-fold container includes a base, a lid, a divider, two hinges, and at least one vent. The tri-fold container may be configured to be vertically stackable in the open configuration and also when closed. When closed, heat and/or moisture may be vented from the containers even when multiple containers are stacked together. The lid and the divider of the vented tri-fold container may cooperate to form a moisture capture area within the container when the tri-fold container is closed.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Genpak, LLCInventor: Brian S. Allers
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Patent number: 10928009Abstract: This invention relates to a boss assembly that seals a pressure vessel and more particularly to sealing a pressure vessel having a composite outer shell for use with a source of compressed gas having a boss and boss cover in sealing engagement. The composite outer shell is wound about the boss and locked into at least one notch and/or a reverse draft cut. The boss cover is removably fastened to the boss utilizing at least one fastener. The principle use is for storage and usage of compressed gas in mobile applications that typically benefit from light weight pressure vessels however other applications will benefit from this invention. For example, applications that routinely fill and/or un-fill containers made of woven, composite, and etc. materials will benefit from this invention.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: eZcomply, LLCInventors: Aron Bowman, Robert G Green, Jason Petermeier, Rick Willardson
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Patent number: 10906706Abstract: A plastic container comprising a box and a lid. The box has a bottom portion and first and second pairs of opposing walls rising from the bottom portion to define an internal space of the container, and the upper edges of the walls are adapted to support the lid and comprise a flanges that extend outwards from the inner space. The lid is adapted to leave an outer portion of said flanges free along the entire length of the walls of the first pair when the lid is applied to the box. The lid can optionally be removed, even if the box is inserted in a rack where the flanges are supported by a guide.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Elfa International ABInventors: Peter Nilsson, Lars Ryden
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Patent number: 10899507Abstract: A cap and container reduce carbonation loss in filling containers with carbonated beverages. The cap has a splashguard with a circular bottom connected by a conical transition to a smaller diameter, cylindrical ring portion. A circular dispersing disk is above the transition and connected to the cap, with a small radial gap between the disk's periphery and the splashguard. A fluid seal is interposed between the ring portion and an open top of the container. The dispersing disk directs a fluid stream outward against the splashguard where the fluid passes through the radial gap around the disk and flows downward in a laminar flow over the conical transition and ring portions. A lip on the bottom of the ring portion extends outward and downward to conduct the laminar flow onto the container sidewall, which is inclined at less than five degrees to maintain laminar flow along the sidewall when filling.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignees: PepsiCo, Inc., DrinkStation, Inc.Inventor: Diego Macrellino
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Patent number: 10897981Abstract: A collapsible, reusable drinking container is provided having a first opening suitable for pouring and filling, a second opening for accessing the interior of the container for cleaning, and a flexible straw for drinking the contents while the container is held in an upright position. The first opening is reversibly sealed with a cap, the second opening with an interlocking ridge and groove fastener, and the straw is reversibly sealed using a plug, a cap, a push-pull cap, a reversibly discontinuous portion of the straw, or an element for reversibly kinking the straw. The straw is attached to the container wall, to the cap for sealing the first opening, or to the fastener for sealing the second opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Inventor: Arianna Chen
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Patent number: 10889402Abstract: A refillable container including a base having a standing surface surrounding a push-up portion. The push-up portion includes a central portion at a center of the base that is recessed inward from a plane extending across the standing surface. A longitudinal axis of the container extends from a first end of the container to a second end through the central portion. A linear portion of the base extends radially outward from the central portion towards the standing surface of the base. The base is configured to reduce stress crack failures.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: AMCOR RIGID PACKAGING USA, LLCInventors: Daniel Florez-Bedoya, Michael Wurster
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Patent number: 10856680Abstract: The invention relates to a glass vessel which accommodates a metal element in its base, wherein the glass vessel comprises a lower recess in the base which accommodates the metal element, wherein the metal element is bonded to the base by means of a transparent adhesive at the bottom of the recess and is embedded by a transparent plastic which fills up a remaining area of the recess. The invention further relates to a method for producing a glass vessel.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: MAGLASSX GMBHInventor: Christoph Fritz
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Patent number: 10857874Abstract: The present disclosure provides a tank, in particular a plastic fuel tank, having a stiffening device, which penetrates the interior of the tank between opposite first and second wall parts of the tank and couples the wall parts to each other, whereby the tank can be subjected to increased interior pressure without damage. According to the present disclosure, the stiffening device comprises a first stiffening element, arranged on the first wall part, and a second stiffening element, arranged on the second wall part, wherein the first and second stiffening element have interacting coupling parts and wherein the first and second stiffening element can be connected to the first stiffening element with high tensile strength and, in the connected states, seals an opening in the second wall part by means of a flange cover.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: TI Automotive Technology Center GmbHInventors: Alex Ehler, Albert J. Boecker, Patrick Gmünd, Peter Grauer, Gerrit Michaelis, Matthias B. Olbrich, Ahmad Chehade, Moez Haouala
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Patent number: 10845174Abstract: An ammunition tray is provided for containing a plurality of bullet cartridges within an ammunition box container having a stowage volume. The tray includes a substantially rectangular template having a horizontal surface bounded by first and second opposing longitudinal edges and opposing lateral edges joined at four corners. Each longitudinal edge includes a first tab bent substantially perpendicular to the surface in a vertical direction to form a rib. Each lateral edge includes a second tab bent substantially perpendicular to the surface to form a wall. The surface includes a first row of interior pockets that point towards the first longitudinal edge as a proximal orientation. The surface further includes a second row of interior pockets that point towards the second longitudinal edge as a distal orientation. The template has longitudinal and lateral edges bent to form the respective ribs and walls fits within the stowage volume as a vertical stack of plural templates.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Gregory D. Little, John-Paul Shebalin, James S. Fetsko, Joseph A. Silber, Christopher N. Davidson, John E. Brough
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Patent number: 10815031Abstract: A container may include a neck including an external surface and at least one handle retention feature with axially lower and upper handle retention surfaces. A handle for a container may include a collar including spaced apart container retention features having axially lower and upper container retention surfaces to cooperate with the corresponding handle retention feature of the container to prevent axial movement of the collar with respect to the container.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Douglas Laib, Karl A. Reisig, Sorcha Sayers
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Patent number: 10815037Abstract: A lid for a container is described. The lid has a basin that is designed to enhance the user's olfactory experience when drinking a beverage from the container and lid. As the user tilts the container and lid to take a drink, the beverage pours through an opening on the basin valley and flows across a sipping surface area to the user's mouth, thus allowing the beverage to aerate, evaporate, and cool. The basin is sized and dimensioned to channel and concentrate the vapor rising from the beverage towards the user's nose as the user sips the beverage. The basin and the opening are sized and dimensioned to provide a comfortable and secure feeling when drinking hot beverages. In this manner, the lid enhances the drinker's olfactory experience and provides better controllability of the flow of a hot beverage to prevent burn injuries.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Harl-Bella Holdings, LLCInventor: Samuel Lincoln Brannock
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Patent number: 10815036Abstract: A sliding lid construction includes an upper-side lid member and lower-side lid member sliding relatively to one another, thereby changing their relative positional relationships at the open position and close position. At the open position, the upper-side lid member and lower-side lid member overlap one another in the up/down direction; at the close position, they cancel the overlap. The lower-side lid member includes a lower-side comb-shaped portion provided with protrusions and depressions on the top face in the width direction crossing the sliding direction perpendicularly, and a placement portion enabling a user to place an article thereon. The upper-side lid member includes an upper-side comb-shaped portion provided with protrusions and depressions on the bottom face in the width direction, and an inclined-face portion formed at the leading-side end in the sliding direction, and directed upward at an acute angle obliquely to the sliding direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Nomoto, Hiroshi Zushi, Naoto Nishimura