Patents Examined by Scott A Howell
  • Patent number: 10870529
    Abstract: A method of packaging a botanical arrangement includes sliding an inner container holding the botanical arrangement into a front opening of an outer container. The inner container has a flanged portion, and the outer container has a track system configured such that the flanged portion of the inner container engages with the track system of the outer container during the sliding. In addition, the method includes closing the front opening of the outer container by lifting a hinged front panel of the outer container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignees: SKY PAVE CORP., CREATIVE RETAIL PACKAGING INC.
    Inventors: Lilit Khatchaturian, Dimas Hern, Olga Garabekyan, Steven B. Smith, Meredith Elizabeth Bruner
  • Patent number: 10858153
    Abstract: A method of sealing a container includes filling a receptacle with dispensable contents, coupling a closure to the receptacle to cover an open mouth of the receptacle, sealing the open mouth with a liner; engaging a pressure source to a sealing rib on a top face of the closure; and using a pressure source to force air through the openings and an air passage formed between a skirt of the closure and a neck of the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Gateway Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Vogel, Terrence M. Parve
  • Patent number: 10849621
    Abstract: A surgical stapler includes a body portion and a tool assembly. The body portion includes a large diameter portion and a small diameter portion extending distally from the large diameter portion. The large diameter portion supports larger internal components of the device including a lockout assembly adapted to prevent refiring of the stapler to allow the diameter of the small diameter portion of the device to be minimized to facilitate passage of the small diameter portion of the stapler and the tool assembly through an 8 mm trocar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Kenneth Whitfield, Anthony Gaddy, Timothy D. Ebner, Thomas Casasanta
  • Patent number: 10822188
    Abstract: Disclosed is a corrugated paperboard box making machine which comprises a sheet feeding apparatus, a processing apparatus, a folder-gluer, a counter-ejector for stacking the box-structured corrugated paperboard sheets and separating them as a batch, a speed setting unit for setting a sheet feeding speed, and a control apparatus. The control apparatus is operable to execute a sheet feeding control processing of the sheet feeding apparatus such that a sheet feeding operation of feeding one corrugated paperboard sheet is successively repeated a number of times corresponding to the number of the given number of box-structured corrugated paperboard sheets in the batch, and a sheet feeding stop control processing of, when the sheet feeding speed is greater than an allowable speed, the sheet feeding apparatus such that the sheet feeding operation is stopped at least once after execution of the sheet feeding control processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA ISOWA
    Inventors: Junichi Kodama, Shunsuke Miyashita
  • Patent number: 10660624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surgical handpiece and more specifically, to a surgical handpiece having a direction-shifting function, which has a switch capable of easily shifting the direction when the direction of the handpiece needs to be shifted during surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SCIENCEMEDIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Jung Chon, Heon Hang Lim
  • Patent number: 10576614
    Abstract: A stapler is provided, including: a main body, having a front end and a rear end; a magazine, disposed in the main body having an outlet end; a striker, disposed in the main body and located between the front end and the outlet end along the longitudinal direction; a driving mechanism, connected to the striker to optionally drive the striker to strike the staple; a pressing element, located in the main body and between the striker and the outlet end along the longitudinal direction, the pressing element being movable between an original position and a pressed position, the original position being higher than the pressed position, the pressing element having a tendency to stay on the original position, when the pressing element is located on the pressed position, the pressing element presses the staples which are exposed outside the outlet end of the magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: APEX MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jing-Li Wang