Patents Examined by Rafael A Ortiz
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Patent number: 11446808Abstract: The trowel protector accessory is configured for use with a trowel. The trowel protector accessory is a guard that attaches to the trowel. The trowel protector accessory encloses a plurality of lateral faces of the trowel. The trowel protector accessory prevents the edges of the trowel from causing inadvertent damage. The trowel is stored within the trowel protector accessory. The trowel is removed from the trowel when the trowel is in use. The trowel protector accessory comprises the trowel and the edge guard. The edge guard encloses the plurality of lateral faces of the trowel when the trowel is stored.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Inventor: Samson Alemayehu
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Patent number: 11447311Abstract: The present disclosure relates to child-safe packaging. In accordance with aspects and embodiments, a child-safe packaging system is provided comprising a cardstock inner package having an internal cavity dimensioned to hold a product and a cardstock outer sleeve having an open end a closed end, wherein the inner package is sized to frictionally fit within the outer sleeve. To access the inner package, force must be applied to the inner package through an access hole in the outer sleeve. To further safeguard the contents of the inner package, the frictional fit may be enhanced by application of a coating to portions of the inner packaging and outer sleeve, and the inner package may be made shorter than the outer sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Superior Bindery Inc.Inventors: Thomas Skripps, Peter Carpinteri, Andrew Seifert
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Patent number: 11434089Abstract: An adapter plate assembly for stocking a variety of different modular boxes includes a first adapter plate that has a plurality of protrusions to engage structural features of a first modular box. The first adapter plate has a plurality of holes each extending to accommodate structural features of a second modular box. A pair of first blocks is each of the first blocks is pivotally coupled to the first adapter plate to abut an outer wall of the second modular box. A second adapter plate has a plurality of openings to accommodate structural features of the second modular box. A pair of second blocks is each removably coupled to the second adapter plate to abut an outer wall of the second modular box.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Inventor: Devin Nelson
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Patent number: 11432634Abstract: A container including: a first portion having an open end and a closed end, where the open end is disposed distal from the closed end; one or more first portion apertures disposed in the first portion to allow air flow into the container; a second portion having an open end and a closed end, where the open end is disposed distal from the closed end; one or more second portion apertures disposed in the second portion to allow air flow into the container; where an outer surface of the second portion is received by an inner surface of the first portion; and where the first portion is detachably attached to the second portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: REA.DEEMING BEAUTY, INC.Inventor: Rea Ann Silva
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Patent number: 11434066Abstract: A container for consumer goods includes a rigid outer box, an inner package, an inner frame and a pull tab. The outer box has a hinged lid configured to provide access to an inner volume of the outer box. The inner frame is paperboard having a pre-cut opening configured to provide access to an inner volume of the inner package. The pull tab covers the opening with a first adhesive that releasably adheres an edge portion of the pull tab to the inner frame and a second adhesive that permanently adheres the pull tab to the inner package and the outer box.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventor: Stephen Bellamah
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Patent number: 11435172Abstract: An ammunition organization system having a plurality of ammunition organization rows connected to each other through magnetic row couples to form an ammo stack, and a cover attached to the ammo stack row couples by magnetic cover couples. The ammunition organization system allows for ammunition to be stored neatly, while reducing the difficulty of extracting ammunition by allowing the rows to be selectively separated from or combined to each other. Each ammunition organization row has a known quantity of ammunition slots for holding ammunition, making it easy to determine the amount of ammunition held within. The ammunition slots also allow for easy identification of each round, allowing multiple types of ammo to be organized concisely within the same ammunition organization system. Alternative coupling methods including pins, clasps, or other coupling systems may also be used in connecting the ammunition organization rows to each other as well as the cover.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Inventor: Ryan Mansell
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Patent number: 11425977Abstract: An eyeglasses case has a case main body having an eyeglasses accommodating portion in which electronic eyeglasses are accommodated, and a charger accommodating portion that is provided so as to be sectioned off from the eyeglasses accommodating portion and in which a charger of the electronic eyeglasses is accommodated. Further, the eyeglasses case has a cover portion that, by being engaged with the case main body, forms a space in which the electronic eyeglasses and the charger are accommodated between the cover portion and the case main body, and the cover portion has a displacement restricting portion that restricts movement of the charger within the charger accommodating portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Mutsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Ryuki Kan, Masayoshi Hino, Akihiro Muramatsu
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Patent number: 11427397Abstract: A pack for smoking articles having: an inner container housing a group of smoking articles and provided with an extraction opening for the smoking articles; a closing tab coupled to the inner container in the area of the extraction opening to close the extraction opening, the closing tab being glued to the inner container in a releasable manner; a rigid outer container that houses the inner container; and a cup-shaped lid hinged to the outer container so as to rotate, relative to the outer container, between an opening position and a closing position. The closing tab has: a plastic layer arranged internally, a through opening arranged in the area of the extraction opening, and directly glued to an outer surface of the inner container using re-stick glue; and a paper layer arranged in contact with the plastic layer and more on the outside than the plastic layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONIInventors: Roberto Polloni, Luca Federici
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Patent number: 11413106Abstract: A catheter storage assembly includes a case that is positionable in an open position such that the case forms a table. The case has a first half that is hingedly coupled to a second half. A plurality of pockets is each coupled to the case and each of the pockets has an open end for receiving objects commonly employed for catheterization. A plurality of first legs and a plurality of second legs are each pivotally coupled to the case. Each of the first legs and the second legs is positionable in a deployed position to support the case above a support surface when the case is opened to form the table. A plurality of closures is each coupled to the first half of the case for retaining the case in a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Inventor: Gerald Purpura
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Patent number: 11414254Abstract: A holding receptacle for effectively storing contents in a reduced air environment to retard oxidation, drying, and other issues related to air exposure. The holding receptacle comprises a body with a flexible liner integrated to the body such that the flexible liner sits within an interior portion of the body to define an interior body to act as a conduit for a content of the holding receptacle. The holding receptable also comprises of an air valve which adjusts the air within the interior portion of the body by compressing the flexible liner toward an upper end of the body. This expels excess air from an interior portion before a lid is placed over the upper end of the body to allow the contents within to be stored in an air-free environment and improving the shelf life of the contents.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Inventor: Michael J. Latimer
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Patent number: 11413738Abstract: A toolbox is provided, including a first shell body, a second shell body and at least one locking assembly. The first shell body includes a first flange and a first frame disposed on the first flange. The second shell body is rotatably connected with the first shell body. The second shell body includes a second flange and a second frame disposed on the second flange. The at least one locking assembly includes a first locking unit, a second locking unit, first positioning members and second positioning members. The first locking unit is connected with the first frame through the first positioning members. The second locking unit is connected with the second frame through the second positioning members. Each of the first positioning members is disposed through the first frame. Each of the second positioning members is disposed through the second frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: MING SHIN TOOLS CO., LTD.Inventor: Yung-Shun Chen
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Patent number: 11413107Abstract: Device for folding an instrument tray into a packaging material, comprising a supporting surface for supporting the instrument tray during folding of the instrument tray into the packaging material, a first folding plate and a second folding plate, a movable folding aid for fixing the packaging material over a predefined line portion before and/or during the making of a fold, at least one movable clamp for gripping and moving the packaging material, a control unit for controlling the movement of the first folding plate between its respective first and second positions, the movement of the second folding plate between its respective first and second positions, the movement of the folding aid, and the movement and clamping and release of the at least one clamp.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Inventors: Mariska Sabine Van Der Vliet, Niels Paul Emerentiana Welling
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Patent number: 11412766Abstract: A humidity control system includes a two-way humidity control material, a plant extract, and a package housing the two-way humidity control material and the plant extract. A method of flavoring a product and controlling the humidity of an environment in a container includes inserting a humidity control system in the container and enclosing the product in the container. The humidity control system includes a two-way humidity control material, a plant extract, and a package housing the two-way humidity control material and the plant extract.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: DESICCARE, INC.Inventors: Sammie Joe Glorioso, Benjamin Edward Blankenhorn
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Patent number: 11407573Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a vibration-isolating system comprises a platform adapted to carry one or more loads and an adjustable load-positioning system. The platform is suspended within a support structure by a plurality of isolators. The isolators are tuned to impede vibrations in a pre-determined frequency range for a payload having a pre-determined mass. The adjustable load-positioning system is adapted to facilitate positioning the one or more loads such that the payload having the pre-determined mass is centered at the center of gravity of the platform.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: THE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION FOR THE GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUMInventors: Dale Paul Kronkright, Alex Padilla, Patricia Witt, Robert Chave, Gregory Bearman, Charles Lee Curtis
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Patent number: 11399606Abstract: A case for an electronic device includes a panel having a plurality of turned edges. Certain of the plurality of turned edges comprise different heights that may expose certain elements or portions of the corresponding electronic device. The panel may further comprise an opening for exposing a speaker, microphone, camera, audio jack, button, tab or other element of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Jefferson Street Holdings, LLCInventors: Elizabeth Joy Dining, Erin Joy Watt, Zachary Conrad, Cameron James Brown, Jeremy Kerbs
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Patent number: 11400581Abstract: A case for storing drivable components includes first and second half shells, a frame member included in the first or second half shell, a first rail having a first length and including a first plurality of receptacles configured to receive a first set of drivable components, and a second rail having a second length shorter than the first length and including a second plurality of receptacles configured to receive a second set of drivable components. The frame member includes rail holding slots. Both the first and second rail are removable from the rail holding slots and rotatable therein between a storage position and an in-use position. When in the storage position, the first rail is retained at a first bit storage layer within the case and the second rail is retained at a second bit storage layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: APEX BRANDS, INC.Inventors: James Chester Spaulding, Jr., Stephen M. Batsa
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Patent number: 11401093Abstract: A screw bunch includes a plurality of screws grouped together in a bunch with the enlarged head end of each screw toward a first end of the bunch and the pointed tip end of each screw toward a second end of the bunch. The screws are held together in the bunch by a band structure that extends around the bunch and that engages with the shanks of a multiplicity of the screws that are located along a perimeter of the bunch. The enlarged head ends of the screws are axially staggered. The band structure may be formed by a shrink wrap plastic band that can be separated from the bunch manually to enable individual retrieval of screws from the bunch for use. A method and machinery for production of the screw bunch is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC.Inventors: Michael J. Schmidt, Byron K. Grice, Brian D. Rosner, Jordan D. Shoenhair
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Patent number: 11396400Abstract: An integrally formed bucket and external organizer is provided. A bucket is provided having a tubular sidewall with an open upper end and a closed bottom end. An integrally formed brim connects to an outside surface of the tubular sidewall proximate to the open upper end. The brim extends radially outward from the tubular sidewall to an external or exterior edge. The brim includes a plurality of apertures that extend though its surface (e.g., between an interior edge attached to the tubular sidewall and the exterior edge). Such apertures may support various items (e.g., tools, fishing gear, etc.).Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Inventors: Ronald C. Shiflett, Jr., Grant H. Caldwell, Timothy J. Powell, Kenneth D. Robertson
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Patent number: 11390417Abstract: A synthetic resin container, the container including: a parting line; and a plurality of reduced pressure absorbing panels each formed as a groove extending in the vertical direction while twisting in the circumferential direction, the reduced pressure absorbing panels being disposed in the trunk, in which: when the parting line passes through an upper part of a first reduced pressure absorbing panel and through a lower part of a second reduced pressure absorbing panel, the first reduced pressure absorbing panel is shallower in depth at the upper part thereof than at a central part thereof in the vertical direction, and the second reduced pressure absorbing panel is shallower in depth at the lower part thereof than at a central part thereof in the vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2017Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventor: Tetsuro Usami
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Patent number: 11390445Abstract: A packaging cushion includes a first liner and a second liner opposite one another and each defining an inner surface. A transverse liner axis extends normal to the inner surfaces. The packaging cushion includes a mesh bonded to and disposed between the first and second liners. The mesh has a top mesh surface and an opposed bottom mesh surface. The mesh defines a plurality of nodes and a plurality of legs interconnecting the plurality of nodes. Each of the plurality of nodes defines 1) a top node surface defined by the top mesh surface, 2) a bottom node surface defined by the bottom mesh surface, and 3) a transverse node axis extending substantially normal to the top and bottom node surfaces. The transverse node axes of at least some of the plurality of nodes are each oriented at an oblique angle relative to the transverse liner axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brian Hoffman, Michael Ralph, Timothy Alan Talda