Patents Examined by Rafael A Ortiz
  • Patent number: 11897676
    Abstract: A portable, resealable storage container and a method for manufacture are provided. The container includes a body having a bottom opposite an opening, and sidewalls attached to the bottom, wherein the body defines a storage cavity. A top having an attachment band and a flap operable to connect to and disconnect from the attachment band covers the opening of the body when connected to the body. A ridge is disposed along an outer surface of the sidewalls and is configured to provide a seat for the attachment band of the top. A mating surface disposed at an upper end of the sidewalls above the ridge and is operable to contact the attachment band of the top. When the top is positioned to sit atop the ridge, the attachment band is in substantially continuous contact with the mating surface. The top is securely fastened to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Edge-Works Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Scott V. Evans, Nicholas R. Tomczak
  • Patent number: 11897117
    Abstract: A drill bit cooling system is provided. After drilling use, the drill tip of a drill bit reaches higher temperatures than a shank or flute of the drill bit. Compartments are provided that are sized in length and width (diameter) to accommodate the drill bit and a cover or back plate with an increased melting temperature facilitates the storage of hot drill tip. By using different components to construct the drill bit holder, a lightweight and versatile cooling system permits the drill bit to be rapidly interchanged on a power tool or drill, without melting through the storage device. This helps the operator interchange drill bits while working on a workpiece without waiting for each drill bit to cool prior to storing and replacing the drill bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary W. Richman, Grant T. Squiers, Scott D. Eisenhardt
  • Patent number: 11891233
    Abstract: A pack of smoking articles having: a container; an inner wrap enclosing a group of smoking articles housed in the container; a hinged lid movable between open and closed positions; a collar glued on the inside of the container so as to partially project out of an open top end and engage a corresponding inner surface of the lid when the lid is in a closed position; a slider firmly connected to the lid and coupled in a sliding manner to the container so as to slide relative to the container; and a locking system interposed between the container and the slider and, in the closed position of the lid, prevents the slider from sliding relative to the container. The hindering of the slider can be deactivated by external action of the user who elastically deforms at least part of the front wall of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Giuseppe Marchitto, Roberto Polloni, Giuliano Gamberini
  • Patent number: 11891228
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic air-extracting sealing box cover, comprising a bottom cover and a top cover that are mutually detachably connected, wherein the bottom cover and the bottom cover are connected to form a device chamber, and an automatic air extracting apparatus is mounted in the device chamber; the automatic air-extracting apparatus comprises a power source, a pressure sensor, an air pump, and a controller; the power source is connected to power source input ends of the pressure sensor, the air pump and the controller; an air extracting opening of the air pump and a probe of the pressure sensor project out of a lower surface of the bottom cover; an output end of the pressure sensor is connected to a collection circuit, and an output end of the collection circuit is connected to an input end of the controller; a control signal output end of the controller is connected an on/off control end of the air pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGZHOU BESTFULL MOULD & PLASTICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tianyi Zhou, Jiancai Yang, Pingping Lv, Caixia Chen
  • Patent number: 11891232
    Abstract: A container for consumer goods including elongated articles is provided, including: a lid and a box for housing consumer goods, the box including a box front wall with a box front lower section and a box front upper section and a first box side wall and a second box side wall, the upper first longitudinal edge in the box front upper section being tilted with respect to the lower first longitudinal edge in the box front lower section so that the upper first longitudinal edge is at an angle to the lower first longitudinal edge. The titled upper first longitudinal edge may advantageously assist in a smooth lid closure by reducing the risk that the lid catches the upper edges of the box when the lid rotates to its close position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Fernando Bermudez, Alexander Androsenko, Jacques Roethlisberger
  • Patent number: 11884456
    Abstract: A storage container system includes rolling toolbox, a storage container, a storage bin, and a storage container assembly. Various aspects relate to a storage container including at least one sidewall extending from a base, the sidewall at least partially defining an outer wall of an interior compartment. A lid is coupled to the sidewall and movable between an open position and a closed position. The interior compartment is accessible while the lid is in the open position, and the interior compartment is covered while the lid is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: J. Porter Whitmire, J. Luke Jenkins, Stephen A. Hughett, Brianna E. Williams, Tyler H. Knight, Jeffrey Groves, Austin Clark
  • Patent number: 11883607
    Abstract: A filament platform insert for insertion into a bowl includes a plurality protruding stages and a plurality of recesses that are each formed in arcuate shapes to form a plurality of arcuate filament channels. An access channel extending along the platform insert, between a top and bottom, and between a rear and front, provides access for insertion of a finger or tool for manipulating an endovascular filament stored in the filament channel. The platform insert is dimensioned such that alignment of multiple such platforms will form filament raceways within a bowl for the coiled reception and storage of multiple endovascular filaments, with each filament reliably isolated from one another. In an alternative configuration, an endovascular filament bowl may be made to have the filament platform as a monolithic component thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SERVICE FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Baniasadi, Cargill H Alleyne, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11884447
    Abstract: A polymeric container including a finish defining an opening of the container. A shoulder of the container is between the finish and a body of the container. A base of the container is at an end of the body opposite to the shoulder. The base is configured to support the container upright. A plurality of body ribs are at the body. A shoulder rib is between the shoulder and the body. The shoulder rib has a maximum height that is about 5 times greater than a maximum depth of the shoulder rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: AMCOR RIGID PACKAGING USA, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler M. Nunnold, James Stelzer, Jairaj Chetas Desai
  • Patent number: 11877876
    Abstract: An imaging system gantry patient channel drape includes a gantry first outer sidewall covering portion including an outer rim biased into a deployed (e.g., circular) shape and collapsible, and a gantry inner (e.g., circular) wall covering portion extending inward of the gantry first outer sidewall covering portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: InSurgery, LLC
    Inventors: Edward J. Daley, II, Russell Stanton
  • Patent number: 11877634
    Abstract: A support having a magnetically assisted deployment and retraction mechanism which is designed for use with protective covers for personal electronic devices such as smartphones and tablet computing devices featuring a segmented support structure that deploys from a first channel when a shuttle located in a second channel disposed under the first channel is moved from a first position to a second position. The shuttle contains a first magnet and a second magnet, and the segmented support contains magnets which generate either attractive or repulsive forces depending on the position of the shuttle, which forces cause deployment of the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Speculative Product Design, LLC
    Inventor: Bryan Hynecek
  • Patent number: 11878856
    Abstract: A packet for cigarette industry products, having a casing which at least partially surrounds a group of cigarette industry products as the packet content, wherein the casing is formed from a packaging material, and wherein folding tabs of the packaging material are connected to one another by seams, in which the casing is formed from a paper-based packaging material, and a corresponding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan Schnakenberg, Johann Köster
  • Patent number: 11873156
    Abstract: A flexible pouch for packaging contents has a pair of leg portions having gussets. A bridge connect the leg portions. At least one arm extends upwardly. The pouch can be formed to represent various objects such as letters. The pouches can be formed with compartments for holding different components. The compartments may be separated by frangible seals to permit components to be mixed within the pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Pouch Pac Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: R Charles Murray
  • Patent number: 11871821
    Abstract: A universal case for an electronic tablet device is disclosed comprising a rectangular sectioning panel having a front surface and an unobstructed center portion, the sectioning panel divided into four quadrants by projections at intervals along the center lines of the sectioning panel, and a tablet holding assembly comprising four separate quadrant pieces having tablet gripping members, the pieces configured to fit within the sectioning panel quadrants where quadrant pieces diagonally opposite each other are joined by elastic members which permit the quadrant pieces to elastically separate to accommodate a particular tablet device while urging the pieces toward the center thereby providing a secure fit for the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED STATES LUGGAGE COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Adam Courter, Hayley Lawson
  • Patent number: 11873134
    Abstract: A knock-down container readily assembled from a pallet, side support members, and a top frame pivotably changeable from a symmetric first configuration square for capping the container to a second collapsed configuration for component shipping, for containing durable goods for storage and shipping. The top frame has corner supports pivotally connected to a pair of opposing end members and connected to a pair of opposing side members, being movable from the first configuration for capping the knock-down container and the second configuration pivoted for collapsing the opposing side members together for shipping as a component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: UFP Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: John M. Grigsby, III
  • Patent number: 11864931
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are provided for stabilizing, organizing, and supporting medical components for various medical procedures (e.g., such as surgical accessories such as medical drapery, medical instruments, cords, surgical tubes, etc.). An apparatus may include a platform and a channel component comprising a plurality of channels and channel locks. According to some embodiments, a sterile channel component may secure medical drapery between the channel component and the platform. Sterilized tools, cords, tubes, and other medical equipment may then be secured by the channel component providing an organized, secured, and sterilized surgical environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Ryan Ballard, Aaron Treat, Maxavier Guss
  • Patent number: 11858246
    Abstract: Protective sleeves for portable electronic devices or thermally sensitive pharmaceuticals are provided. More particularly, embodiments relate to a protective sleeve that is capable of protecting a portable electronic device or a thermally sensitive pharmaceutical enclosed within from multiple environmental effects, including heat, cold, water, impact forces from being dropped, and germs and bacteria. In embodiments, provided is a protective sleeve comprising: an outer layer of material with a reflective surface; and an inner layer of material with a protective surface that can include an antimicrobial agent; wherein the outer layer of material and the inner layer of material are layered together and configured to receive a portable electronic device or thermally sensitive pharmaceutical. The protective sleeve can comprise a transparent window capable of communicating a human touch to an electronic device. The protective sleeve can comprise a temperature influencing bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: eXclaim IP, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Conway
  • Patent number: 11858709
    Abstract: A closure assembly comprises an article (10, 10?, 10?, 10) and a cap (40, 40?, 40?, 40??, 440) provided with an integrated tamper-evident ring member (50, 50?, 50?, 450). The article further comprises a circumferential flange structure (20) with an annular flange portion and a peripheral protective rim portion (25) so that the top face (21a) of the flange portion and the protective rim define an annular recess (30) around the neck (14). The tamper-evident ring member is integrally formed to the lower edge of the skirt (42) of the cap via one or more breakable bridges (70). The ring member comprises an annular ring member flange portion (51) that has a top face (51a) and a bottom face (51b). Multiple hook members (53) are integrally formed to the bottom of the ring member flange portion, and the annular flange portion on the neck is provided with multiple hook member passages (1S).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Scholle IPN IP BV
    Inventors: Jeroen Pieter Fiere, Johannes Wilhelmus Van Tuil, Willem Jan Adriaan Oosterling, Frederik Adriaan Van Spronsen
  • Patent number: 11851265
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a packaging unit (2) from a moulded pulp material, the packaging unit comprising a bottom part (4) with product receiving compartments for holding respective products, and a number of cones that are provided between the compartments, and having at least one bottom display surface, and a cover part (6) that is hingedly connected to the bottom part with a hinge-element (26), and having at least one cover display surface, wherein the packaging unit comprises a lock (28) for locking the bottom and cover parts in a closed position, wherein the bottom front surface and cover display surface comprise a number of display openings (42, 44, 46) that are positioned to display the product in the respective compartment, wherein the display openings in the bottom front surface and cover display surface are aligned, wherein the lock comprises a lock opening (32) and a cam element (30), and wherein the cam element is provided on a flapless front surface of the bottom part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HUHTAMAKI MOLDED FIBER TECHNOLOGY B.V.
    Inventors: Sandor Klaas Veenje, Jelmer Gerhard Jan Van Der Meij
  • Patent number: 11840366
    Abstract: A container, in particular in ampoule form, and consists entirely or predominantly of plastic materials and has a container body (10) for receiving a filling product (12). The filling product can be removed via a releasable container opening (22) after a closure part (18) has been removed, which closure part is detachably connected to the neck part (14) of the container body (10) along a separation line (20) in an unopened position. In the unopened position, a conically extending wall (36) on the neck part (14) on the container body (10) and a conically (38) or cylindrically extending wall (38a) on the closure part (18) adjoin the separation line (20). These walls (36, 38, 38a) delimit at least part of an annular space (40, 40a), one end of which opens out into the environment and the other end of which opens out into the separation line (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: KOCHER-PLASTIK MASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Hammer, Daniel Bojbic, Oliver Kengeter
  • Patent number: 11833659
    Abstract: A lifting storage device comprises multiple box bodies movably stacked up and down, X-shaped hinges are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the box body, a support frame slideway limiting plate is arranged below the box body, a bottom end of the X-shaped hinge is movably connected with the support frame slideway limiting plate, a box body front rotating shaft and a box body rear rotating shaft are arranged in front of and behind each box body, the front rotating shaft and the rear rotating shaft of each box body are connected with the X-shaped hinges in a staggered manner, each box body is obliquely lifted along with the X-shaped hinges after connection, a locking mechanism is arranged on the support frame slideway limiting plate corresponding to the X-shaped hinge and the locking mechanism is arranged in a final position of a slideway on the support frame slideway limiting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Yantai Greenery Tools Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changlei Fan, Bo Yu, Hongquan Yin