Patents Examined by Rafael A Ortiz
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Patent number: 11384895Abstract: A case to protect and to support a device at various viewing angles is disclosed. The case comprises a recess on a backside to house a stand assembly, which transitions between a collapsed configuration and a plurality of deployed configurations. The base of the recess comprises a flexible island with a slit gap encircling a majority of its circumference. The stand assembly can be secured at a plurality of locations via tension between its sliding member and the island. A plurality of receiving slots can be configured onto the top surface of the island to further enhance stability. The stand assembly encompasses a range of operation between 0 to 175+ degrees from a completely collapsed to a fully extended configuration.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: iBenzer Inc.Inventor: Lina Zhang
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Patent number: 11383911Abstract: A liquid containing assembly includes a clamping device, a supplementary package and a positioning mechanism. The clamping device includes a first and second surrounding bodies rotatably connected to each other. A clamping space is formed when the first and second surrounding bodies are closed to each other. The supplementary package includes an accommodating body to accommodate liquid and an open tube connected to the accommodating body. The positioning mechanism includes a first positioning portion on a portion of the accommodating body adjacent to the open tube, a second positioning portion corresponding to the first positioning portion and is at least on one of the first and second surrounding bodies, a third positioning portion on the accommodating body, and a fourth positioning portion corresponding to the third positioning portion and at least on one of the first and second surrounding bodies.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Inventor: Wei-Sheng Chia
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Patent number: 11377288Abstract: A carrying case configured for a portable cordless fan is disclosed herein. Such a disclosed carrying case allows for storage and transport of the subject cordless fan with a provision of certain recess structures at specific locations therein for placement of the components of such a fan with facilitated storage, closure, and transport, as well as opening and access thereto. Such a carrying case is hinged for opening and closing with locking means leading from one top edge to the opposite top edge. Such a hinged mechanism and closing mechanisms allows for proper stowage of removable fan blades without potential for such blades escaping or falling out upon opening of the case itself after transport. A remote and power module are also provided with the subject fan with proper retaining recesses within the internal portion of the case, as well.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Meko Outdoors Inc.Inventor: Matthew J. Oppenheim
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Patent number: 11377274Abstract: A container is configured to house a consumer product. The container includes a base, a cap, and an over-cap. The base has a bottom wall and a side wall extending from the bottom wall. The cap is engaged with the base so as to define a first compartment. The first compartment is configured to house the consumer product. The over-cap is engaged with the base and at least partially defines a second compartment.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Christopher J. Hession, Christopher L. Simpson
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Patent number: 11365039Abstract: The invention relates to a carrying device for beverage cans which allows the manual carrying of beverage cans grouped together in the form of a “pack”, which device comprises a body devoid of side walls, having on its surface at least one opening defining a contour with proportions which allow the tight passage therethrough of a beverage can, the contour of said opening having a plurality of tabs that can be folded or bent in relation to the body itself and extending into the same opening, said tabs having a distribution according to at least one sequence, said sequence comprising two contiguous tabs followed by a gap followed by another tab followed by another gap.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Inventor: Josep Maria Berga Ferres
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Patent number: 11364618Abstract: A tool chest may include a base portion, two opposing sidewalls and a foldable lid. The sidewalls extend to define a tool repository therebetween. The lid has a closed position covering a top of the tool chest and at least a part of a front of the tool chest, and an open position in which both the top of the tool chest and the part of the front of the tool chest are open to provide access to the tool repository. The lid comprises a top section, an overhang portion and a front section. The top section extends perpendicular to the top section. The front section extends substantially parallel to the overhang portion in the closed position and substantially perpendicular to the overhang portion in the open position. A hanger space is formed between the front portion and the top portion when the lid is in the open position.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Apex Brands, Inc.Inventors: Richard A. Samsel, Matthew Poppe, Andrew Speciale
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Patent number: 11357700Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wireless medication blister pack assembly and to a blister pack attachment to be secured to a blister pack assembly. The attachment an electronic card housing for receiving an electronic card which includes electronic components such as card connectors, and a locking system which is configurable between a locked configuration and a releasing configuration. In the locked configuration, the blister pack assembly and the electronic card are connected, with sheet connectors provided on the blister pack assembly and the card connectors being in electronic communication. Such electronic communication allows the electronic components to detect whether a given blister has been detached from the blister pack assembly. In the releasing configuration, the electronic card and the blister pack assembly can be removed from the blister pack attachment, so as to allow the electronic card to be reused with a replacement blister pack assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: 9155-0020 Quebec Inc.Inventor: Etienne Bouthiette
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Patent number: 11358778Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a humidity control device having a capsule and a humidity control agent arranged within the capsule. The capsule may have a sidewall arranged between a pair of end portions, and at least one end portion may be an endcap coupled to the sidewall. Further, the capsule may have at least one vapor permeable and liquid impermeable surface. The humidity control device may be configured to control relative humidity within an enclosure to a particular level or to within a particular range. The humidity device may be sized and configured to control humidity within a relatively small and/or uniquely shaped enclosure, such as a container for a single cigar or rolled cannabis product, for example.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Boveda Inc.Inventors: Brian Rice, Robert L. Esse, David Egberg
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Patent number: 11353447Abstract: A test paper box and a smart toilet containing same are provided. The test paper box has a support and a housing arranged at the outside of the support. The support has a base and an elongated cavity arranged at the base for storing test paper. The base is provided with a through hole arranged at a location corresponding to a bottom surface of the elongated cavity. A paper-receiving slot is arranged below the through hole. The paper-receiving slot is fixed to the bottom of the base to receive the bottommost piece of test paper exposed from the elongated cavity, and the paper-receiving slot is provided with a paper outlet. The test paper box can be attached and detached conveniently, delivers test paper smoothly, can be replaced easily, has low costs, and is suitable for smart toilets.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: SHANGHAI KOHLER ELECTRONICS, LTD.Inventor: Zhiyu Qin
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Patent number: 11352188Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a protective packaging device for protecting a product during storage, shipping, and handling.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Signode Industrial Group LLCInventors: Robert Reynolds, Scott Daniel
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Patent number: 11350802Abstract: A package or pouch comprising one or more panel portions and a reclosure device. The reclosure device is provided to extend outward from a panel portion of the package to facilitate the use of the package to store and dispense wet wipes and like products.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Inventor: Mark Steele
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Patent number: 11344399Abstract: A “dry” packaging in which a prosthetic heart valve is packaged within a container with hydrogel that can be provided in many forms. Certain embodiments include hydrogel that is preloaded with glycerol or the like. The hydrogel regulates the humidity within the container through a diffusion-driven mechanism if a gradient of humidity between the inside and the outside of the hydrogel exists. Humidity regulation is important to prevent the tissue of the valve structure from drying out. When the partially-hydrated hydrogel is present within container, which is saturated with air of a predefined humidity, the water molecules from the air will be absorbed by the hydrogel if the air humidity is high (i.e. when the thermodynamics favor hydrogel hydration) or vice versa. Various embodiments are configured to also house at least a portion of a delivery device for delivering the prosthetic heart valve.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Raymond Ryan, David Clarke, Kshitija Garde, Ya Guo, Benjamin Wong, Yogesh Darekar, Luke Lehmann, Wei Wang, Laura McKinley, Paul Devereux, Joshua Dudney, Tracey Tien, Karl Olney
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Patent number: 11338974Abstract: Packaging configuration comprising: a pallet comprising a top surface, a bottom surface and a height HP; a first stack of bagged goods having a total height HL1, stacked on the pallet and comprising at least two layers; and a support structure comprising at least four walls situated over the first stack of bagged goods, one of the walls being a top wall and at least three of the walls being sidewalls. The support structure has a height HC that meets one of the following equations: HC>HL1, when the bottom end of at least one sidewall of the support structure is positioned on the top surface of the at least one pallet; or HC>HP+HL1, when the bottom end of at least one sidewall of the support structure and the bottom surface of the pallet are both positioned on the same surface. An air gap having a height HAG is situated between a top layer of the first stack of bagged goods and the top wall of the support structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Shrikant Dhodapkar, Rocklyn P. Gravouilla, William B. Bellefontaine, Fernanda Bortolane Bueno
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Patent number: 11338981Abstract: A padded mailer includes elongated air cells that provide stiffness, especially in the transverse direction. The increased stiffness helps prevent the mailer from flipping over during conveying, which would put a label on the underside of the mailer.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Vasitha Nihal Obeyesekere, Kimberly Sue Houchens, Alexandra Kay Hartford, Justine Mahler
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Patent number: 11332297Abstract: A system for delivery of fragile payloads involves a structure having an approximately spherical aspect composed of rigid struts and flexible tendons joining ends of struts, the flexible tendons in tension placing the struts in compression, the structure having a hollow interior, and one or more fragile items wrapped in a shock-absorbing bio-degradable material such that no fragile item contacts another, forming a payload bundle, the payload bundle joined by fibrous filaments suspending the payload within the structure. The structure carrying the payload bundle is carried to a destination by an aerial vehicle and dropped from a height to the ground, where the structure rebounds and rolls, dissipating kinetic energy gained in falling, preventing the payload bundle from striking ground surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventors: Madhumati Anand, Gayathri Manikutty, Sunitha Kanthimathi, Rao R. Bhavani
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Patent number: 11332296Abstract: Container with a membrane packaging for medical objects, consisting of at least one cover which is connectable to a lower part, wherein at least one clamping membrane is circumferentially and peripherally attached to at least one container part, and the object to be protected lies upon the at least one clamping membrane and is borne by it, wherein only one clamping membrane, is given, which lies opposite to a fixed holding slot for holding the object on the other container part and an additional pretensioning can be applied to the clamping membrane upon closing of the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventors: Peter Roesler, Thiemo Roesler
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Patent number: 11325771Abstract: A method for storing and preserving moisture sensitive products includes providing a moisture tight container (400) having an insert (300) made from a desiccant entrained polymer that is less than 3.25 g in mass, disposing a plurality of moisture sensitive products into the interior compartment when the container is in the open position, and moving the container into the closed position, thereby creating a moisture tight seal between the lid (420) and the container body (401). The container provides a shelf life to the moisture sensitive products of at least 12 months. The container, when in the closed position, has a moisture vapor transmission rate, at ambient conditions of 30° C. and 75% relative humidity (RH), of less than 500|ig/day.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: CSP Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan R. Freedman, Donald Lee Huber, Brian Tifft, Franklin Lee Lucas, Jr.
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Patent number: 11325768Abstract: A package having a flexible inner sheet having a first surface and a second surface. The package has an article reservoir for accepting an article to be shipped. The expansion chambers can be inflated or otherwise expanded to provide structure to the package and to protect the article in the article reservoir. The package also includes an external wrap surrounding at least a portion of the package to provide a relatively planar outwardly-facing surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Benjamin Jacob Clare, Joseph Craig Lester, Susana E Borrero, Kenneth Stephen McGuire
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Patent number: 11319123Abstract: A drinking vessel with a hidden utensil compartment includes a cup with a recessed side extending from the top to a transition above the bottom. The cup is received in and contained in a cover. The cover and recessed side define a utensil compartment. A drawer holding utensils fits into the utensil compartment. A drawer stop attached to the recessed side includes a spring to facilitate removal of the drawer. A removable lid with movable panels selectively covers or exposes the drinking compartment and the utensil compartment. An optional removable handle may plug into the cover.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Inventor: Ryan Wolfe
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Patent number: 11319136Abstract: A combination of primary and secondary packages wherein the primary package contains a sprayable, alcohol-based perfume product, and the secondary package contains the primary package, and comprises at least one surface that is printed with a hydrochromic ink, and that is able to quickly absorb, but slowly release, the alcohol-based perfume product.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: ELC Management LLCInventors: Herve Georges Buzot, Lemis Tarajano Noya