Patents Examined by Shawn M. Braden
  • Patent number: 12290076
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a baking tray (20) or baking grid, in particular a baking tray (20) for a cooking appliance (1), having a non-stick and/or non-wetting coating (12) obtainable by a process characterised by the following steps, a) providing a baking tray (20) or baking grid having a surface, in particular having an upper surface (7a) and a bottom surface (7b), b) preferably, pretreating of the surface (7a, 7b) of the baking tray (20) or baking grid at least partially, in particular completely, for providing a surface having a roughness being suitable for applying a non-stick and/or non-wetting coating (12) by mechanical treatment, physical treatment or chemical treatment, in particular by sandblasting and/or laser treatment and/or a surface activation treatment, particularly a plasma treatment, and/or an enameling process to form a ground layer (13), c) applying the non-stick and/or non-wetting coating (12) to the pretreated surface (7a, 7b) of the baking tray (20) or baking grid or a surface (
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Tobias Schütz, Filippo Tisselli, Klaus Wälzlein
  • Patent number: 12291376
    Abstract: A closure cap having a lid portion and a cap skirt. The cap skirt includes an inner thread and defines a closure axis such that the closure cap can be screwed onto an outer thread of a container neck. A circumferential security band is arranged on an edge of the cap skirt facing away from the lid portion and connected to the cap skirt via multiple tearable bridges. At least one latching element is arranged on the inner side of the security band, and the latching element extends inwardly from the security band, wherein the latching element includes a first stop surface having a surface normal arranged at least proportionally tangentially to the cap skirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: BERICAP HOLDING GMBH
    Inventor: Günter Krautkrämer
  • Patent number: 12291003
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, process, or machine for forming a container for containing a cold fluid. The container includes a sidewall construct that includes an inner sidewall extending at least partially around an interior of the container, an outer sleeve attached to the inner sidewall, and a cavity defined between the inner sidewall and the outer sleeve. The container also includes a closed bottom defining a bottom of the interior of the container, and insulating features that include the cavity and a plurality of annular bands, each annular band of the plurality of annular bands includes a spacer that extends in the cavity from the inner sidewall to the outer sleeve. Adjacent bands define a respective pocket of a plurality of pockets in the cavity such that the insulating features maintain a desired temperature of the cold fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventors: Kosaraju Mohan, Kyle Baird, Jozef Milewski, James Vogt, Ryan Kaestner, Mark Baldwin, John Best, Robert Koupeny
  • Patent number: 12286262
    Abstract: The invention relates to a glass vessel having at least one wall and manufactured from a base material which is an alkali-containing silicate glass. It is a feature of the glass vessel that at least a surface layer is enriched in potassium and depleted of sodium and/or lithium, while an inner layer, especially one directly adjoining the surface layer, is not enriched in potassium and not depleted of sodium and/or lithium, and that the glass vessel has compressive stress up to a compressive stress depth and tensile stress beyond the compressive stress depth, wherein the tensile stress rises with increasing depth up to a tensile stress maximum within the inner layer and/or wherein the progression of the tensile stress as a function of depth does not have a linear section and/or wherein the progression of the tensile stress as a function of depth does not have a section in which tensile stress is constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: ReViSalt GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Voland, Sabine Hönig, Martin Gross, Michael Heidan
  • Patent number: 12285125
    Abstract: A connector connects two containers to each other, each of the two containers being configured to house a plate on which a food or a drink is placed and being conveyed on a conveying path. The connector includes: a pair of attachment portions each of which is attached to a respective one of the two containers; and a connecting portion that is configured to connect the attachment portions to each other. The connecting portion has a length so that a display member that presents a display visible to a customer is attached to the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Inventors: Kunihiko Tanaka, Tadanori Sugimoto, Hidetoshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 12280910
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to bottles that are configured to undergo a controlled collapse in response to pressure being placed on the front and rear walls manually by a user, vacuum forces acting inside the bottle during a tube feeding process, or both. The bottles include a rigid hanging element that is molded into an access channel provided on the base of the bottle, such that the top and sides of the hanging element are fixedly connected with a surface of the container. Due to the presence of the hanging element, the bottle includes hinge lines focus the collapse in the central area of the bottle between the hanging element and the shoulder of the bottle. Accordingly, the present bottles provide both a rigid hanging element and walls that collapse in a controlled manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Ayberk Abayhan, Emily Brudos, Jameel Ahmed, James Perry
  • Patent number: 12269672
    Abstract: The transport container for concentrated hydrogen peroxide comprises: a cuboid carrier frame; a liquid container provided inside the carrier frame (1) and frictionally connected thereto, said container having an internal volume of between 65 and 500 I and consisting of pure aluminium, chromium-nickel steel, a nickel-based alloy, or a steel coated with a polyolefin or clad on the inner face; a pressure equalisation device and a pressure relief valve, both of which are provided on the upper face of the liquid container; and at least one sealable opening of the liquid container for the charging and/or removal of hydrogen peroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard König, Jürgen Glenneberg, Philipp Christ, Anna Kunkel, Bernd Gottschlich
  • Patent number: 12263988
    Abstract: Collapsible storage containers and related methods are disclosed. An example collapsible storage container movable between a deployed position and a collapsed position disclosed herein includes a front panel, a back panel, a side panel including a first side panel portion coupled to the front panel, the first side panel portion including a first face and a second side panel portion coupled to the back panel, the second side panel portion including a second face, the first face coplanar with the second face in the deployed position, the first face parallel to and abutting the second face in the collapsed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: TOPS PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Su Chew Lee, Stephen Bantle
  • Patent number: 12234062
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for a clamshell food container having three portions including a bottom compartment and two top/upper compartments which would be normally thermal-formed wherein the top and bottom compartments are connected by integrally formed living hinge wherein the top compartment is formed of a first and a second opposing lid joined intermediately by a latch and slot assembly. The latch assembly includes interlocking tabs and slots and could be a single latch or a double latch assembly. The bottom portion also includes food dividers forming food compartments which could be made in different configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Inventor: Blaine Carpenter
  • Patent number: 12234061
    Abstract: A container closure including a retaining ring which extends around a reference axis of the container closure, a cap part and a hinge which connects the retaining ring to the cap part. The cap part has an end plate, an enclosing circumferential wall and a grip projection which extends radially outward from the circumferential wall, axially with a distance to the end plate. A deformable region of the circumferential wall extends diametrically opposite the hinge, between the end plate and the grip projection, and has a latching projection directed radially inward, a lower wall section which lies between the latching projection and the grip projection and an upper wall section which lies between the latching projection and the end plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: BERICAP HOLDING GMBH
    Inventor: Gunter Krautkramer
  • Patent number: 12233708
    Abstract: A fuel tank for a generator or the like, wherein the fuel tank includes a rigid outer fuel tank structure and an inner bladder. The outer fuel tank structure includes a longitudinal channel for receiving the inner bladder. End caps are disposed on either end of the outer fuel tank structure, so that the internal bladder may be pulled therein with cables or the like. When the internal bladder needs to be replaced due to damage or corrosion, the end caps are removed and cables may be attached to one end of the damaged internal bladder for pulling it from the outer fuel tank structure. Additionally, a replacement bladder may be attached via cables to the other end of the damaged bladder, so that the replacement bladder is pulled into one end of the outer fuel tank structure while the damaged bladder is being pulled out the other end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Inventor: John Kuykendall
  • Patent number: 12227338
    Abstract: A container is disclosed that has a base and a lid that is rotatable about a hinge from a closed configuration to an open configuration. The lid may be secured to the base with a latch assembly. A latch assembly may have a locked position and an unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin R. Bullock, Colin Darling, Walter T. Blanchard
  • Patent number: 12215824
    Abstract: A system for powering a vehicle is provided. The system can include an engine or power generation system to be powered by a fuel and a housing. The housing can be configured to couple to one or more frame rails of the vehicle, receive and protect a cylinder configured to store the fuel to be used by the engine or power generation system. The housing can have one or more access panels allowing access to an interior of the housing. The cylinder can include a first end portion, a second end portion, a central body forming an enclosed cavity for storing pressurized gas, a reinforcement structure disposed over the central body, and a metal foil interposed between the reinforcement structure and central body. The metal foil can be configured to reduce permeation of contents of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Agility Fuel Systems LLC
    Inventors: Michael Gregory Volkmer, Dustin Joseph John, Chad Alvin Cederberg, David Neil Morgan, John David Makinson
  • Patent number: 12214953
    Abstract: Thermal storage containers for storing or transporting thermally sensitive materials are provided. The containers make use of a thermally insulating liner composed of one or more perforated corrugated cardboard layers sealed within a sealing film. The thermally insulating liners possess excellent thermal insulation properties and may be fully recyclable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: BIOCHILL PTY LIMITED
    Inventor: Bernadette Scarfe
  • Patent number: 12215827
    Abstract: A storage system is provided that includes a primary container, a first insulation layer, a secondary container, a secondary bottom, and a second insulation layer. The primary container has a primary bottom. The first insulation layer is disposed below the primary bottom. The secondary bottom is disposed below the first insulation layer and the secondary container. The secondary bottom has an expansion joint configured to permit the secondary bottom to expand and/or contract independently from the secondary container. The second insulation layer is disposed below the secondary bottom. In the event of LNG leaking from the primary container, the second insulation layer is protected from LNG contact by the secondary bottom. The carbon steel liner located on the outside face of the concrete wall remains vapor tight and liquid tight in the event of any amount of LNG leaking from the primary container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: PRELOAD CRYOGENICS, LLC
    Inventors: Sanjay Mehta, Eric T. Reaman
  • Patent number: 12214940
    Abstract: The invention refers to a capillary insert (100) or cap that comprises a cone (110) in its upper part that ends in a skirt (120) forming a single piece, which leaves evidence if something in the insert (100) has changed or has been altered improperly. The capillary insert or cap of the present invention prevents its reuse and tampering through one or more breaking zones (130) located along the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Weener Plastics Group B.V.
    Inventor: Adrian Michael Whitfield
  • Patent number: 12195232
    Abstract: A tray includes a bottom plate, a surrounding wall, and limit blocks. The surrounding wall surrounds a periphery of the bottom plate. A plurality of protrusions are arranged on an inner side of the surrounding wall. The limit blocks are separably assembled on the bottom plate. Each of the limit blocks has a limit groove and a limit portion. The limit groove is adapted to be clamped with one of the protrusions. The limit portion is positioned on an opposite side of the limit groove. In this way, the tray may correspond to plates of different sizes via the limit blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: DARWIN PRECISIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming Chin Tsai, Cheng Yeh Tsai
  • Patent number: 12195248
    Abstract: A wine cork display and aerating system is disclosed. The wine cork system includes a plug with a corresponding sleeve operable to form a fluid tight seal inside the neck of a bottle, a holder operable to secure a wine cork and a plurality of aeration holes in communication with the bottle's contents to allow the wine to breathe and to prevent contamination of the wine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Inventor: James Anderson
  • Patent number: 12195247
    Abstract: At least one example embodiment relates to a container. The container includes a base, a canister configured to engage a portion of the base, and a lid configured to be removably coupled to the canister such that the lid is moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The base includes a bottom wall having a central portion, a peripheral portion, and an angle portion between the central portion and the peripheral portion. The base includes a first sidewall extending from a periphery of the peripheral portion and about a periphery of the bottom wall and a second sidewall extending from an end of the peripheral portion opposite the first sidewall. The first sidewall and the second sidewall extend perpendicular to the peripheral portion such that the peripheral portion, first sidewall, and second sidewall define a first gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Brian M. Casey, James David Evans, David Dawson
  • Patent number: 12188616
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an insulation support that is disposed in a vacuum space between an inner container and an outer container of a liquid hydrogen storage container composed of the inner container and the outer container, and supports the inner container, in which the insulation support has a first end being in contact with the inner container and a second end being in contact with the outer container, and is bent several times into several layers; and an automotive liquid hydrogen storage container including the insulation support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: DONGSUNG FINETEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kabsoo Kim, Sungjung Kim, Sangwoo Won