Patents Examined by Rakesh Kumar
  • Patent number: 12376714
    Abstract: A portable casing is adapted to retain sanitary products. The portable casing has a retaining tray that is adapted be slid from the housing of the portable casing to permit sanitary products to be placed within the storage area. The retaining tray has a cut-out region that permits easy access to the sanitary products through a slot boated in a side of the portable casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Inventors: Shruti Balwalli-Udyawer, Vikram Agrahar
  • Patent number: 12366103
    Abstract: A system for opening and closing a door within a cabinet is provided. The system includes a motor in communication with a controller to automatically open and close a door. A first plate fixed to the motor shaft to rotate with rotation of the motor shaft, the plate comprises a slot disposed therein. A first leg extends from a door that extends through the slot. A second leg extends from the door. A first sensor moves based upon rotation of the motor shaft, wherein the first sensor can detect relative motion between the motor shaft and the door, wherein when the motor shaft is rotated in the second direction and the first sensor detects relative motion between the motor shaft and the door, the first sensor sends a signal to the controller, wherein upon receipt of the signal the first sensor discontinues sending the second signal to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: CARTER-HOFFMANN LLC
    Inventors: Carol Lessard, Kelly Michalko
  • Patent number: 12336969
    Abstract: A system for dispensing pills may include a plurality of containers, a retrieval arm movable into the plurality of containers to retrieve contents from the plurality of containers, a carrier supporting the plurality of containers, the carrier movable to adjust positions of the plurality of containers relative to a predetermined position, and a weighing assembly. The weighing assembly may include an actuator and a weight sensor. The actuator may be actuatable to control mechanical communication between the weight sensor and one of the plurality of containers at the predetermined position, and the weight sensor may be operable to measure weight of the one of the plurality of containers in mechanical communication with the weight sensor at the predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: HERO HEALTH INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Robert Skeuse, Raymond John Ring, III, Jake Lebovits, Craig Sunada
  • Patent number: 12326029
    Abstract: A system for opening and closing a door within a cabinet is provided. The system includes a motor in communication with a controller to automatically open and close a door. A first plate fixed to the motor shaft to rotate with rotation of the motor shaft, the plate comprises a slot disposed therein. A first leg extends from a door that extends through the slot. A second leg extends from the door. A first sensor moves based upon rotation of the motor shaft, wherein the first sensor can detect relative motion between the motor shaft and the door, wherein when the motor shaft is rotated in the second direction and the first sensor detects relative motion between the motor shaft and the door, the first sensor sends a signal to the controller, wherein upon receipt of the signal the first sensor discontinues sending the second signal to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: CARTER-HOFFMANN LLC
    Inventors: Carol Lessard, Kelly Michalko
  • Patent number: 12324788
    Abstract: Mechanisms for dispensing items such as medications and medical supplies. Different mechanisms may be tailored to dispensing different kinds of items, for example medications in single dose packages, vials, syringes, or other similarly-shaped items. The dispensers may be placed in a dispensing unit that includes a lockable restock drawer and a dispense drawer into which items are dispensed by the dispensing mechanisms. The various kinds of dispensing mechanisms may be installed in the restock drawer in any workable proportion and arrangement. The dispensing mechanisms include multiple sensing technologies for tracking and inventory of items and for accurate sensing of items as they are dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Omnicell, Inc.
    Inventors: Edith Wilson, Gerardo Moreno, Guillermo Trejo, Vikram Mehta, Herbert Lawson Fisher
  • Patent number: 12322238
    Abstract: A beverage providing device includes: a beverage supply unit; a storage section having an area for holding two or more containers each containing a beverage supplied from the beverage supply unit; a provision section including an outlet; a transfer section which transfers, to at least the storage section, each container containing the beverage supplied from the beverage supply unit; an outer wall having a front face provided with at least the outlet and having a side face of the front face. At least part of the beverage supply unit, the storage section, and the transfer section are arranged in an area surrounded by the front face, the side face, a plane parallel to the front face, and a plane parallel to the side face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: New Innovations Inc.
    Inventor: Keito Nakao
  • Patent number: 12293624
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for dispensing articles includes a dispensing outlet, laterally opposed, elongate first and second guide walls defining a singulating channel therebetween, a dispensing path extending through the singulating channel to the dispensing outlet, and a drive system. The drive system includes a belt and a belt actuator operable to drive the belt. The dispensing apparatus is configured to convey articles on the belt in a dispensing direction along the dispensing path toward the dispensing outlet to be dispensed. The singulating channel is configured to singulate the articles as the articles are conveyed along the dispensing path and through the singulating channel toward the dispensing outlet to be dispensed. The first guide wall extends laterally across the singulating channel at an oblique angle to vertical to overhang at least a portion of the singulating channel and engage articles conveyed along the singulating channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: PARATA SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Paul Bouchelle, Mark I. Perisich, Eric X. Bonpain, Michael Richard Floyd
  • Patent number: 12279723
    Abstract: A wipe dispenser for use in metering out consistent doses of a composition onto a disposable wipe includes a mixing and dispensing assembly. The assembly has a vessel holding a first liquid for the composition and a first pump to convey the first liquid. A bottle having a second pump to convey a second liquid of the composition is stored within the bottle. A funnel arrangement is in downstream communication with the first pump and second pump. The funnel arrangement includes a mixing chamber for mixing the first and second liquids and a dispensing funnel in communication with and downstream of the mixing chamber. A wipe can be pulled through the dispensing funnel and wetted with a mixture of the first liquid and second liquid from the mixing chamber. A push bar attached to the funnel arrangement can selectively apply the force to actuate the first pump and second pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth Thomas Dobizl, Joseph Steven Bons, Sarah Elise Johnson, Ariel Brier Chatman Kleczewski
  • Patent number: 12275575
    Abstract: A child resistant container comprising a blister and a sleeve. The blister comprises a plurality of compartments arranged radially around a centrally disposed hub. Each compartment defines a cavity for holding contents. The container is a “dial pack” type container in that the blister can be rotated with respect to the sleeve to expose each cavity in turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd LaMont McDonald, Robert Timothy Lynn, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12268656
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a medication dispensing system comprised of a medication dispensing device and a keyed and associated medication cartridge. The device includes a housing containing a cartridge carrier, designed with a specific connector to align with the medication cartridge. The device also includes an authentication mechanism that works in conjunction with an activator mechanism. When operated, the activator mechanism causes the cartridge carrier to move the medication cartridge between a stored position and a dispensing position, where it can be compressed to safely and efficiently dispense medication to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: ASPARGO LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Demurjian, Ravi Sawhney, Lance Hussey, Michael Kulick, Brian Weingarth, Josh Probst, Rajvir Logani, Cary Chow, Christianna Bethel, Craig Steel, Michael Schuffert, John Vernon
  • Patent number: 12272201
    Abstract: A system of the present disclosure has a housing that has at least one vertical channel for housing a plurality of medicine bottles laterally stacked in the channel, the channel has a first gate positioned above a trough and positioned such that when open, the first gate is beneath a first of the plurality of medicine bottles. Further, the channel has a second gate positioned above the first gate and positioned such that when open, the second gate is beneath a second of the plurality of medicine bottles, the second of the plurality of medicine bottles atop the first of the plurality of medicine bottles. The housing further comprising a trough for catching falling medicine bottles. The system further has a processor that sends a signal to a first servo motor coupled to the first gate at a predetermined time, the servo motor opening the first gate and allowing the first of the plurality of medicine bottles to fall into the trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventor: Barbara Coatney
  • Patent number: 12262828
    Abstract: A shoe cover dispenser device for installing a plurality of shoe covers includes a frame, an installation assembly installed on the frame, and the locking assembly installed on the frame and is capable of locking the installation assembly, so that the installation assembly can facilitate the installation of the shoe covers on or the removal of the shoe covers from the installation assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: OTO Industry (Wuhan) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Liang Jie Xu
  • Patent number: 12247431
    Abstract: A system for opening and closing a door within a cabinet is provided. The system includes a motor in communication with a controller to automatically open and close a door. A first plate fixed to the motor shaft to rotate with rotation of the motor shaft, the plate comprises a slot disposed therein. A first leg extends from a door that extends through the slot. A second leg extends from the door. A first sensor moves based upon rotation of the motor shaft, wherein the first sensor can detect relative motion between the motor shaft and the door, wherein when the motor shaft is rotated in the second direction and the first sensor detects relative motion between the motor shaft and the door, the first sensor sends a signal to the controller, wherein upon receipt of the signal the first sensor discontinues sending the second signal to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: CARTER-HOFFMANN LLC
    Inventors: Carol Lessard, Kelly Michalko
  • Patent number: 12233538
    Abstract: A shaft-like component supply device has a form in which a component supply pipe and an outer cylinder are intersected at an acute angle and coupled. A supply rod holds and advances a shaft-like component at a distal end and releases the shaft-like component at a target location. Meanwhile, component transfer from the outlet hole of the component supply pipe to the distal end of the supply rod is performed by the attraction force of a magnet. The supply rod includes an inner shaft mounted with a magnet and a hollow shaft. A first drive device that advances and retracts a holding piece and a second drive device that pulls back the magnet of the inner shaft in a direction away from the distal end of the supply rod are coupled to a single holding member mounted near a distal end part of an outer cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Inventor: Shoji Aoyama
  • Patent number: 12234080
    Abstract: The invention is a compact glove dispenser and gloving device that sanitarily dispenses and dons disposable gloves on hands and is designed for ease of use, low complexity, and low cost. Individual gloves are packaged with glove palm and fingers folded with the open cuff facing the flat surface of the packaging, held open and in place by a frame made of thin material. Multiple glove packets are positioned in cartridges in a storage area, oriented for mechanical transporting to dedicated left and right gloving areas. Once in the gloving area, the glove cuff is held open, presented to the user who pushes hands through the packaging, donning the glove in a single motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Inventor: Cecily Alexandra Morrow
  • Patent number: 12202656
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container for accommodating one or more objects, with the container having a main body and a lid, with the main body having a bottom as well as side walls forming a border structure pointing towards the lid, with the container having a connecting edge via which the main body and lid are pivotably connected to one another, wherein the container is provided with a unfoldable figure which is reversibly transferable from a compressed flat state to a three-dimensional expanded state, and means for producing visual and/or acoustic effects, wherein the container has a foldable insert sheet that has at least five sections arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction, the 1st section covering the inner side of the lid, the 2nd and 5th sections, laid one on top of the other, being placed into the main body and the 3rd and 4th sections, laid one on top of the other, resting against the inside of the side wall opposite the connecting edge, wherein between the bottom and the 2nd a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: JAST Gifts Shenzhen Company Limited
    Inventor: Jen-Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 12205719
    Abstract: Described herein is an integrated health management system, and method that includes a pre-packaged tablet delivery apparatus configured to deliver pre-packaged tablets to a user. The delivery apparatus comprising an alignment guide, a processor modulated differential drive used for the directional control of the pre-packaged tablets, a sensor for sensing a location and an orientation of the pre-packaged tablet, a cutter mechanism, and cutter mechanism control logic. The sensed location and orientation of the pre-packaged tablet is used to modulate the differential drive. The cutter mechanism control logic is configured to monitor the sensed pre-packaged tablet location and orientation, then initiate a cutting sequence responsive to at least one of the predetermined configuration within the processor and the dynamic configuration responsive to determining an optimal sensed location and orientation. The control logic generates and logs a message into the distributed database responsive to the cutting sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Big Sky Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Dave Hunt, Dan Stone, Eric Paul, Dan Preston, Rigel Correa, Jessica Milanio, Lindsey Atkinson, John Gibson, Benjamin Cheek, John Friar, Lucas Cheek
  • Patent number: 12193479
    Abstract: A bead delivery disk, system and method of delivering flavor beads to a tobacco rod or tow including a bead source, a bead delivery disk in communication with the bead source, including a central disk portion having front and back sides and a first central thickness, an inner annular rim around the central disk portion, the inner annular rim having a second thickness less than said first thickness, a series of pockets spaced around the inner annular rim and multiple vacuum transmission apertures located on one side of the disk, each aperture communicating with at least one of the pockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Dwight David Williams, Charles David Howe
  • Patent number: 12180769
    Abstract: A system for opening and closing a door within a cabinet is provided. The system includes a motor in communication with a controller to automatically open and close a door. A first plate fixed to the motor shaft to rotate with rotation of the motor shaft, the plate comprises a slot disposed therein. A first leg extends from a door that extends through the slot. A second leg extends from the door. A first sensor moves based upon rotation of the motor shaft, wherein the first sensor can detect relative motion between the motor shaft and the door, wherein when the motor shaft is rotated in the second direction and the first sensor detects relative motion between the motor shaft and the door, the first sensor sends a signal to the controller, wherein upon receipt of the signal the first sensor discontinues sending the second signal to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: CARTER-HOFFMANN, LLC
    Inventors: Carol Lessard, Kelly Michalko
  • Patent number: 12175842
    Abstract: A vending machine is adapted for dispensing a pre-packaged food product provided in a refrigerated enclosure housed in the vending machine. The vending machine includes an oven including a housing defining a cavity for receiving the pre-packaged food product. The housing has a sidewall with a sidewall opening providing access to the cavity. A side door is mounted to the sidewall for closing and opening the sidewall opening. A drive mechanism is connected to the side door and adapted to mechanically move the side door of the oven between a closed position and an opened position. The drive mechanism includes a sensing device adapted to determine whether the side door is in one of the closed position and the opened position. A door frame is mounted to the sidewall and has a guide track. The side door is movably received in the guide track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: AUTOMATED RETAIL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: James Edward Deaton, Linda H. Wu, John C. Serieka, Lynn Warren Hamrick, Sean Raymond Lucas, William Warrenburg, Brent Joseph Clafferty