Patents Examined by Nathan J. Newhouse
  • Patent number: 11667428
    Abstract: A sheet packaging material for producing a sealed package comprises two first boundary edges parallel to a longitudinal direction and two second boundary edges parallel to a transversal direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction. The sheet packaging material includes at least a bottom transversal crease line including a bottom central portion, a bottom end portion and a bottom side portion. The sheet packaging material includes a pair of slanted crease lines inclined relative to both the longitudinal and transverse directions. The slanted crease lines have first ends pointing to one of the second boundary edges and second ends pointing to a continuous line parallel to the transversal direction and including the bottom central portion and the bottom end portion. The slanted crease lines delimit, with the bottom side portion, a flap area of the sheet packaging material designed to form at least part of a lateral flap of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Marcello Barbieri, Andrea Giampieri, Omar Succi, Carlo Forcellini, Luca Ronchetti, Lorenzo Zagnoli, Davide Morciano
  • Patent number: 11660995
    Abstract: A cupholder adapter configured for use with an existing cupholder on a vehicle is provided. The cupholder adapter includes a cylindrical cupholder having a hollow internal volume, a collar attached to a top portion of the cylindrical cupholder, wherein the collar includes a plurality of tabs extending perpendicularly into the hollow internal volume, and an adapter base coupled to the cylindrical cupholder, wherein the adapter base includes a plurality of legs configured to expand and retract such that the diameter of the adapter base is configured to expand from a minimum diameter to a maximum diameter. The plurality of tabs includes tabs of different lengths and widths which enables and accommodates wide, tall, and narrow beverage containers during vehicle use. The adapter base is configured to install into the recessed cupholder near the console of most vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventor: Benjamin Cook
  • Patent number: 11641931
    Abstract: An extendable and retractable coupling system is configured with a retractable coupler that is tethered to a coupler body to retain valuable item to a person or other item. An extendable coupling system has a dual coupler having a fixed coupler that is stationary, or configured on the coupler body and a retractable coupler that is coupled to the coupler body by a tether. The retractable coupler may be coupled to a valuable item, such as a mobile phone and the fixed coupler may be coupled to a person clothing, such as to a belt loop, for example. The user may then extend the tether to use their mobile phone and place the phone back into a pocket when not in use. The tether may prevent the valuable item, such as the mobile phone, from dropping to the ground and being damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MEA Ventures LLC
    Inventors: Michele Amoroso, John H. Phares, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11623782
    Abstract: A retail-ready container includes internal corner supports. The container is erected from a preassembly formed from a combination including a primary blank and a secondary blank. The primary blank includes a side panel, a bottom panel, and a top panel. The secondary blank is selectively adhered to the side panel of the primary substrate. Each of the side panel and the secondary blank include a plurality of sections connected by respective fold lines. Fold lines of the side panel are laterally offset from fold lines of the secondary blank so that unfolding of the preassembly yields the container with internal corner supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: YORK CONTAINER COMPANY
    Inventors: Troy M. Little, Thomas E. DeCello
  • Patent number: 11618607
    Abstract: A leak resistant bliss-type container comprising a first blank defining a bottom wall, opposed first side walls hingedly connected to longitudinal edges of the bottom wall and extending upwardly from the bottom wall, a vertical side flange hingedly connected to each of a pair of opposing lateral edges of the first side walls, and opposing bottom flanges hingedly connected to lateral edges of the bottom wall and extending upwardly in overlapping relation to the vertical side flanges. Second and third identical end blanks are provided, each end blank defining at least an end wall secured in overlapping relation to the vertical side flanges. A corner piece is defined by a web of material, each corner piece extending between a longitudinal edge of one of the vertical side flanges and a longitudinal edge of the bottom flange to define a leak resistant corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
    Inventor: James William Sloan, II
  • Patent number: 11613322
    Abstract: An attachment apparatus and/or system for securely attaching objects to a bicycle frame having a transport platform that is attachable to the top of a bicycle rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventors: John Zappa, Marta Guerrero Merino, David Lopez Alonso, Alejandro Herrera Perdomo, Thomas Chiang, David Filicicchia, David Zappa, Mary Lubben
  • Patent number: 11603229
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a box having two chamfered corners. The box has a front and a back panel, two side panels and two corner panels. The box also has a top panel and a bottom panel. The top panel has two major flaps and two minor flaps with unique configuration which enables easy folding, closing and opening of the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Hodgetts, Carsten F. Neumann, Volker Quaas, Timo Teubert, Jutta Scherban
  • Patent number: 11597329
    Abstract: To my surprise Jeep-type door storage is not as versatile and accommodating as you would think. For as long as there have been Jeep-type vehicles with detachable doors, you'd think every storage problem would be solved, but it has not been-until now. The nature of my invention is to provide multiple ways of door storage for detachable Jeep-type doors through one storage system. It is made as simple as possible with all components concentrated to accommodate every thinkable way of storing detachable Jeep-type doors, using one single storage frame per door, that can accommodate multiple storage needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: John W. Stump, II
  • Patent number: 11596143
    Abstract: A long-term outdoor storage container is provided to store items at a wildlife or game observation or hunting location, optionally adjacent a treestand or other elevated platform. The storage container can include a closure panel hingedly secured to a housing having integral legs that stabilize and/or space the container relative to a tree or other support, latches to securely close the panel relative to the housing, optionally in a waterproof sealed manner, an insert in an internal compartment of the container to stow items therein, and retention strap flanges to retain a retention strap that secures the container to a tree. The container can include flanges or loops to accommodate a lock and cable, thereby securing the container against theft. The container can include a display to display time, temperature, barometric pressure and other information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Xtaris LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin R. Spencer
  • Patent number: 11584307
    Abstract: A hitch-mount bicycle carrier including a stinger, a support member coupled to the stinger by a variably configurable hub, a foot having a distal end disposed distally from the support member, and a manual actuator disposed at a distal end of the support member. The stinger is configured to be inserted into a hitch receiver of a vehicle. The support member is configured to be disposed in a plurality of orientations relative to the stinger. The support member supports one or more bicycles. The manual actuator includes a trigger coupled to the variably configurable hub to dispose the support member in the plurality of orientations. A portion of the foot is disposed below the trigger when the support member is in a bicycle carrying position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Thule Sweden AB
    Inventors: Keith L. Prescott, Jeffrey R. Edgerly
  • Patent number: 11585484
    Abstract: This disclosure pertains to a unique, versatile article for providing both storage and display of clothing, headwear, and other items within the internal area of an automated vehicle. Such an article is symmetrical in shape with a three-dimensional configuration having two opposing ends with curved edges and a bottom portion extending outward and below a top ovate portion with four corner regions having leg components that incline upward. Such an article allows for placement of headwear, clothing, and other types of items over the ovate top portion with the inclined legs of the bottom extended portion present for retention thereof. Clips may be attached for facilitating such retention as well, particularly on the bottom portion legs. Such an article may be placed anywhere on and attached to internal vehicle portions, including a dashboard, windows, seat backs, and the like, utilizing adhesives, suction cups, and other means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventor: William Wooten
  • Patent number: 11578462
    Abstract: A paperboard structure including a paperboard substrate having a first major side and a second major side, a barrier coating layer on the first major side of the paperboard substrate, a top coat on the first major side of the paperboard substrate, wherein the barrier coating layer is positioned between the paperboard substrate and the top coat, and the paperboard structure providing a blocking rate of less than 2 at 50° C. and at 60 psi in a 24-hour period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLC
    Inventors: Jiebin Pang, Natasha G. Melton, Steven Parker, Teresa Krug
  • Patent number: 11564477
    Abstract: A portable cup holder contains: multiple placing sheets, a connection shaft, and a first carry strap. A respective placing sheet includes a receiving orifice defined on a first side thereof, and the respective placing sheet includes a rotating orifice formed on a second side thereof. The connection shaft is inserted through the rotating orifice of the respective placing sheet to rotate the respective placing sheet along the connection shaft, and the connection shaft includes a hollow orifice and a partition post horizontally extending in the hollow orifice. The first carry strap is formed in a ring shape and includes an accommodation space defined inside the first carry strap, the partition post of the connection shaft is received in the accommodation space of the first carry strap so that the first carry strap is connected with the connection shaft and is pulled to the partition post upward or downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventors: Yi-Chun Chao, Chueh-Ying Huang
  • Patent number: 11565630
    Abstract: A long gun carrier rests on a vehicle seat, and is secured to the seat by a seat belt. A slated top of the long gun carrier slopes generally downward and forward. One or more gun-holding channels formed in slanted top, each configured to hold a long gun pointed generally forward and downward, toward the vehicle floor. The long guns may be secured in the gun-holding channels by strap assemblies. Long guns are conveniently placed into and extracted from the long gun carrier, held securely during transportation, and pointed in a safe direction during transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: NIVEL PARTS & MANUFACTURING CO., LLC
    Inventors: Robert Neal Page, Charles Dunn Kim, Jihoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11560251
    Abstract: A foldable container blank includes at four side walls, a top panel foldably connected to one of the side walls, a bottom panel foldably connected to one of the side walls, and at least one internal support structure that is connected to one of the side walls. Each internal support structure includes a first portion that is in adjacent relation with the top panel when the container is in a closed condition, and a second portion that is in adjacent relation with the first portion when the container is in a closed condition. In some embodiments, the foldable container blank is integrally formed. A method of forming the foldable container blank and a method of folding a container blank are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: New-Indy TriPAQ LLC
    Inventor: Michael Kiyoshi Darby
  • Patent number: 11554892
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a box of one or more absorbent articles, the box comprising pairs of opposed side walls, pairs of opposed top flaps foldably connected to corresponding side walls, pairs of opposed bottom flaps foldably connected to corresponding side walls, and a weakened area defined by an external weakened line at one of first opposed side walls. The weakened area comprises a first section and a second section divided by an internal weakened line, and an adhesive tape having a tape width and a tape end, and covering adjacent edges of the second opposed top flaps to seal top of the box. The adhesive tape extends along a portion of the one of first opposed side walls in such a way that the adhesive tape covers part of the second section so as not to cover the internal weakened line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yuen Sin Cheong, Dongpo Huang, Gautam Bhattacharjee, Zenghui Wang, Astrid Annette Sheehan
  • Patent number: 11547200
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a backpack system including a frame-less waterproof bag and a backpack frame. In one example, a frame-less waterproof bag may include a frame-cap coupled to an outer surface of the frame-less waterproof bag. The frame-cap may be adapted to couple the frame-less waterproof bag with the backpack frame while maintaining a waterproof quality of the frame-less waterproof bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Watershed, LLC
    Inventor: Eric Revels
  • Patent number: 11547199
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a strap assembly has a chest compression strap having a loop at one end, a connection fitting having an anchoring strip at one end proximate a connection fitting connector and configured to attach to a pack at another end opposite the anchoring strip, and a shoulder strap having a channel proximate a shoulder strap connector and configured to retain the anchoring strip when the connection fitting connector is attached to the shoulder strap connector, the shoulder strap being configured to attach to a pack at another end opposite the shoulder strap connector, the shoulder strap having a guideway through the channel configured to receive the chest compression strap loop, wherein the anchoring strip engages the loop when the anchoring strip is retained in the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventor: Leo Croteau
  • Patent number: 11541948
    Abstract: A truck rack, including rack components and rack accessories, to support cargo over a bed of a truck, and methods of constructing, assembling, mounting, adjusting, and using the truck rack. An illustrative truck rack comprises a tower and a base. The tower may have a foot and an upper end portion. The upper end portion may be configured to support a crossbar. The base may be configured to mount the tower on an upper wall region of a truck bed. The base may include a deck on which to support the foot and at least one securing device to secure the foot on the deck. In some examples, the at least one securing device may include a clamp configured to engage opposite edge regions of the foot. In some examples, the clamp may be configured to urge the opposite edge regions downward toward the deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Yakima Products, Inc.
    Inventors: David Condon, Ashley Hoch, Warren E. Stoneburner
  • Patent number: 11529508
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to wearable accessory carriers for mechanical circulatory support systems, and more specifically relates to belts for carrying peripheral components of a VAD. Such wearable accessory carriers may be suitable for carrying and retaining peripheral components of the VAD in a safe, comfortable, and convenient manner. In certain aspects, the invention provides a wearable accessory carrier configured as an elastic belt with several pockets for holding peripheral components. In other aspects, a wearable accessory carrier may be configured as a belt with a magnetic strip configured to carry one or more modular compartments or pockets for holding peripheral components via magnetic attachment. The wearable accessory carriers disclosed herein may be sized to fit around or configured to be worn on a patient's waist, lower or upper torso, thigh, calf, arm, or other limb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: Brendan Jablonski, Alison Lepordo, Kaitlyn Spink