Patents Examined by Rafael Ortiz
  • Patent number: 11565860
    Abstract: A closure device for closing a container opening of a container, in particular a beverage bottle, has a cover element, a chamber arranged on the cover element and an inner housing. The chamber and the inner housing have closing and opening devices which correspond to one another and interact with one another in such a way that a medium contained in the chamber can move into the container as a result of a movement of the cover element relative to the inner housing. In order to further improve the closure device in particular with regard to a favorable producibility, the chamber, which is designed to be closed except for an opening on the container side, is retained in the cover element in a latching manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: RPC Bramlage GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Presche
  • Patent number: 11560264
    Abstract: A disposable package is configured to promote recycling of its component parts. A thermoformed thermoplastic blister has a product bubble which extends from a peripheral flange to extend through an opening in a front card. The front card is affixed to a back card to close the product bubble and so as not to adhere to the blister flange. An extraction tab extends from the peripheral flange and is accessible on two opposed sides for gripping by a user to engage and remove the blister from the front card and the back card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Placon Corporation
    Inventors: Scott A. Behner, Donald E. McCumber
  • Patent number: 11554081
    Abstract: A medication dispensing device comprising a rotating platform configured for receiving a plurality of medication dispensing containments housing a plurality of pills comprising medication or supplements, and a scanner or user input for identifying the one or more medication containments and receiving data specific to the medication or supplements provided therein, wherein the medication containment has a lower surface with a dispensing opening and pill capture head sized according to at least one dimension of the plurality of pills contained therein, and a medication sweeper disposed above the pill capture head and between the plurality of pills so as to selectively direct is single pill out the dispensing opening while blocking a remainder of the plurality of pills in the containment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Gellman, Brandon Woolsey, Ignacio Garcia Perez
  • Patent number: 11548314
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of toys for children, and in particular to a novel toy for painting eggs. The novel toy includes a shell, a battery box, an electric motor, a transmission rod, a rotary transmission rod, a transmission rod fixing device, a transmission cap and a toy egg, where the battery box is fixedly arranged on the shell, the battery box corresponds to the electric motor, the electric motor is fixedly connected to the transmission rod, and the transmission rod is movably connected to the rotary transmission rod; the electric motor drives the rotary transmission rod to operate by means of the transmission rod; the toy egg is arranged above the shell; and the transmission rod fixing device fixes the rotary transmission rod to the shell by means of the transmission cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventor: Wenxi Cai
  • Patent number: 11547401
    Abstract: A suture package includes a suture housing having a tray with a suture channel, and at least one suture disposed on the suture housing, whereby the suture includes a suture thread disposed within the suture channel of the tray. The package includes a suture straightening assembly including a suture dispensing path for removing the suture thread from the suture housing. The suture straightening assembly includes a first suture thread straightening section configured to apply a first flexing force within a first plane upon the suture thread as the suture thread is drawn along the suture dispensing path, and a second suture thread straightening section configured to apply a second flexing force within a second plane upon the suture thread as the suture thread is drawn along the suture dispensing path. The first and second planes extend along axes that define an angle relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Tannhauser
  • Patent number: 11548714
    Abstract: An enclosure is provided for encapsulating an article of footware, the enclosure assembled from a first molded form to cover a portion of the article and a second molded form to cover the rest of the article the forms including interfacing edges assembled together over a vacuum seal to produce an air tight body, the body having a vacuum port enabling a vacuum draw on the air tight body, the vacuum pressure sustained within the air tight body after vacuum disconnect and releasable by a release mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventor: James Herard
  • Patent number: 11548682
    Abstract: A base is provided with a plate-shaped body and two pairs of opposite protrusion edges surrounding the periphery of the plate-shaped body. The two pairs of opposite side plates are hinged to the protrusion edges of the base and are foldable relative to the base. Connecting parts are arranged at the bottom of the side plate, and corresponding base hinging parts are arranged on the protrusion edge of the base, where the connecting parts are hinged to the base hinging parts respectively, thus hinging the side plate to the base. At least one pair of the two pairs of opposite protrusion edges are provided with first closed cavities extending along the length direction of the protrusion edges, and/or the plate-shaped body is provided with second closed cavities, where the second closed cavities protrude from the main surface of the plate-shaped body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI HONGYAN RETURNABLE TRANSIT PACKAGINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yongping Su
  • Patent number: 11542061
    Abstract: A passive locking system is used to attach molded plastic bottom and cover members to the bottom and top edges of a four-sided sleeve to create a container that can be handled by a forklift and knocked down for storage and/or return shipment. The locks comprise molded tabs and receiver slots and allow for easy attachment and removal of the sleeve to the bottom and top members without the need for tools or manipulation of slide latches. In the preferred embodiment, foldable clips are attached to the sleeve edges to provide tabs on the sleeve. The clip tabs enter into apertures in the outside rim of the pallet and cover only when the sleeve edges are fully inserted into the pallet and cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Shuert Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew C. Shuert, Jeffrey C. Jurcak
  • Patent number: 11534038
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel and advantageous cases for holding multiple items. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to novel and advantageous cases for holding one or more dispensers, wherein product may be dispensed from the dispensers while the items are in the case. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to novel and advantageous cases for holding multiple items and dispensers, at least one of the items or dispensers being pet or child related, wherein product may be dispensed from the dispenser(s) while the dispenser(s) are in the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: JC Innovations
    Inventor: Jane Chovanec
  • Patent number: 11530089
    Abstract: A transport container for transporting a hub and vanes of a fan prior to assembly of the fan includes a body having a floor and defining an interior having a top opening. The transport container also includes a lid that removably covers the top opening. A divider wall is positioned within the interior so that the interior is divided into first and second internal compartments that hold the vanes of the fan. A hub post is positioned within the interior of the body. The hub post has a bottom end portion attached to the floor and a top end portion that is inserted into a central opening of the hub of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Hudson Products Corporation
    Inventors: Indian Martin, Chad Martin, Ron Kuegler, Scott Jarvis
  • Patent number: 11517087
    Abstract: A personal care collection kit is described. The kit may include a sanitizer and an absorbent material. The components are housed in a lined enclosure. A personal care article can be withdrawn from the collection kit, used, and discarded back into an interior region of the enclosure of the collection kit. A sanitizer can be expelled from within the enclosure and can easily be dispensed by a one hand function. The sanitizer is spread on a user's hand discreetly inside the liner and enclosure. The hand can be dried with the absorbent material again by a one hand function. The lining keeps the wet, dry, powder, or similar type sanitizer substances from contacting the inside of a user's pocket or adjacent body part, substrate or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventor: Tamara Soria
  • Patent number: 11521877
    Abstract: A carrier tray includes a housing, an ingot accommodating recess that accommodates a semiconductor ingot, and a wafer accommodating recess that accommodates a wafer. The housing has an upper wall, a lower wall, a pair of side walls connecting the upper wall and the lower wall to each other, and a tunnel defined by the upper wall, the lower wall, and the pair of side walls. A plurality of levers each of which has a point of application projecting from a bottom surface of the ingot accommodating recess, a point of action projecting from a side surface of the ingot accommodating recess, and a fulcrum formed between the point of application and the point of action are each attached to the housing so as to be rotatable around the fulcrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kentaro Iizuka
  • Patent number: 11518588
    Abstract: A utensil protection device, including a main body to store a head of a utensil therein, a plurality of sealing members removably disposed on a first end of the main body within at least a portion of the main body to prevent the head of the utensil from contamination, and a hinge disposed on a second end of the main body to facilitate movement of the main body from closed in a first position to at least partially opened in a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventor: Shawn Taylor
  • Patent number: 11511920
    Abstract: The invention discloses a reticle storage device including a top lid, a bottom lid and a soft contact member. The top lid has a ceiling and a cover surrounding the ceiling. The bottom lid has a carrier and a peripheral structure surrounding the carrier. The soft contact member is configured to laterally extend in between the cover and the peripheral structure when the top lid and the bottom lid engage with each other, and to extend from an inside to an outside of the device in order to buffer the contact among the two lids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: GUDENG PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Ho Chuang, Hsin-Min Hsueh, Yi-Hsuan Lee, Hsing-Min Wen, Ming-Chien Chiu
  • Patent number: 11511908
    Abstract: A packing box includes a separation line in a shipping configuration, the separation line allowing separating a separation part from the packing box to leave a display part in a display configuration. First to last panels are sequentially interconnected, and flaps are connected to the panels. The flaps cooperatively define further sides of the packing box in the shipping configuration, and adjacent flaps connected to adjacent mutually connected panels are attached to one another. The separation line extends through a single panel from a first end associated with a position between adjacent first separation and display flaps to a second end associated with a position between adjacent second separation and display flaps, the separation flaps being associated with the separation part and the display flaps being associated with the display part. The separation flaps, and the adjacent display flaps are attached to one another, respectively, in a releasable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: BLUEPRINT HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Nicolaas Martin Prakken, Wilhelmus Maria Nijssen, Hendrik Frederik Mets
  • Patent number: 11505366
    Abstract: A bin assembly including: a container having a base and sidewalls extending upwardly and outwardly from the base; at least one locking portion disposed on the base; a pallet; and at least one locking mechanism disposed on the pallet, complementary to the at least one locking portion, wherein relative rotation between the container and the pallet engages or disengages the at least one locking portion and at least one locking mechanism to respectively lock or unlock the pallet and the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Kenneth R Moras Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Jason Holm, John Rafferty
  • Patent number: 11505398
    Abstract: A packet of smoking articles and method for manufacturing the same, wherein the packet comprises: a group of smoking articles; a wrapping, which encloses the group of smoking articles and that comprises an extraction opening, defined by an edge, for extracting the smoking articles from the wrapping; a closing label, which is fixed to the wrapping and that is mobile between a closing position, in which it closes the extraction opening, and an opening position, in which the access to the group of smoking articles is allowed; a covering element, which is fixed to the closing label and that faces and covers the extraction opening when the closing label is in the closing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Massimo Fortini, Luca Federici
  • Patent number: 11498723
    Abstract: An envelope may include an envelope body having a first pair of substantially parallel edges that extend in a transverse direction and a second pair of substantially parallel edges that extend in a longitudinal direction, a face, and a back defining a pouch. The envelope may include a first region of the envelope body that is partially detachable from the envelope body along a line of separation to form a base support member. The envelope may further include a second region of the envelope body that is partially detachable from the envelope body along a line of separation to form a connector support member. The connector support member engages the base support member when the base support member is partially separated from the envelope body to form an easel feature in a display position. The envelope may also be incorporated into methods for displaying an envelope body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: JBM Packaging
    Inventor: Marcus Sheanshang
  • Patent number: 11498743
    Abstract: This invention is, in general, related to the technological field of packaging of vegetable products, such as whole fresh fruits and vegetables that tend to have certain surface microbial load. Specifically, this invention relates to a new cardboard packaging which is characterised by having an antimicrobial active coating based on a polymeric compound in combination with essential oils forming inclusion complexes with cyclodextrins. Vapours of essential oils are emitted from the cardboard as sufficiently high relative humidities are reached in the vicinity of this coating which is next to the packed product, and these vapours have an antimicrobial action against fungi, yeasts and bacteria, which both spoil product quality and are pathogenic for consumers. This new packaging significantly achieves increasing food safety and the shelf life of foods packed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena
    Inventor: Antonio Lopez Gomez
  • Patent number: 11485541
    Abstract: In the case of a pallet made of plastic for holding substantially cylindrical kegs with a pallet support surface for the keg holder, which comprises upwardly protruding supporting projections for supporting the kegs placed on the support surface, the supporting projections are configured and arranged on the support surface such that kegs with different keg diameter sizes can be supported by these supporting projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Schoeller Allibert GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Swartz, Steve Loftus