Patents Examined by Steven A. Reynolds
  • Patent number: 11851259
    Abstract: The present apparatus and system relate to a structure for housing and containing products together and protecting products within a container from agitation and blunt force trauma. A resilient plug is adapted to fit within a container and contact a product housed within the container. When the container exhibits forces from movement, the plug dampens the impact of the movement by steadying the product within the container. Multiple containers may be mixed and matched and held together with a bundler that allows for easy insertion of the containers into the bundler but more difficult removal from the bundler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventors: Travis Honda, Robert Speerstra
  • Patent number: 11850725
    Abstract: A tool storing device is provided, including: a base, including a mounting side; and at least one positioning seat, including a connecting portion, an extension portion and a positioning portion, the connecting portion being connected to the mounting side, the extension portion being protrusive from the connecting portion, the extension portion including an inclined surface inclined to the mounting side, the inclined surface and the mounting side defining an included angle therebetween, the positioning portion being disposed on the inclined surface and configured for assembling of at least one tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CHUN NIEN PLASTIC LTD.
    Inventor: Chi-Tsai Chang
  • Patent number: 11840383
    Abstract: A can-top reservoir attached to a lid of a beverage container is provided. The pull tab is used for opening a beverage container and dispensing edible material into the beverage container. The pull tab comprises a reservoir for storing an edible material, different than the beverage container. The reservoir is provided with a sealing element which when manipulated to selectively dispense the edible material from the reservoir to the mouth of the beverage container via an egress of the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventor: Russ Lynn Peterson
  • Patent number: 11839499
    Abstract: A packaging system utilizing a thin, planar sheet of material that is folded to have a base and at least three sidewalls. At least one mounting feature is integrated into at least one sidewall to secure at least one medical device component, wherein the at least one medical device component is mountable onto the at least one sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Worldwide Innovative Healthcare, Inc.
    Inventor: Danielle R. Zurovcik
  • Patent number: 11840390
    Abstract: A container includes: a storage member having a bottom-surface member and a side-surface member; and two protectors disposed at two corners adjacent to each other, the two corners belonging to four corners of a storage space. Each of the two protectors has a support portion detachably fitted in a corresponding one of two cuts, a first reception portion having a first reception surface facing an end surface of a housed object, and a second reception portion having a second reception surface facing an end surface of the housed object. The first and/or second reception portion is integral with the support portion. The second reception portion has, in at least a part adjacent to a bottom surface, an evacuation portion in which a distance between the second reception surface and a side surface of the side-surface member facing the second reception surface increases along with approach to the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki Hosoya, Kohhei Nanbu, Yuya Yano, Akira Ieyama
  • Patent number: 11834242
    Abstract: An electronics cable retail packaging, having a base assembly, which has a first end section having a first elongated hole and a second end section having a second elongated hole. The base assembly and the first and second end sections are a single piece to secure a cable. The base assembly is rectangular in shape. The first end section bends toward the base upper face defining a predetermined angle with respect to the base assembly, and the second end section bends toward the base upper face defining a predetermined angle with respect to the base assembly. The first and second elongated holes are oval in shape. The cable is positioned longitudinally onto the base upper face. The first elongated hole receives a first section of the cable, and the second elongated hole receives a second section of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Hamid McHatet
  • Patent number: 11833107
    Abstract: A blister pack configured to sealingly enclose at least one active member and product includes a backing having a first side and an opposing second side. Each of the first and second side is flat or planar. The blister pack can also include a cover having a first side and an opposing second side. At least a portion of the second side of the cover is adhered to the first side of the backing to form a sealed package for containing product. The cover can include at least one blister. Each blister can have a dome portion and a base portion. The base portion can surround the dome portion. The base portion can extend outwardly beyond the first side of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CSP Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James S. Hollinger, Craig Voellmicke, Ralf Kibele
  • Cap
    Patent number: 11834228
    Abstract: A cap includes a cap body including a disk-shaped top plate portion and a cylindrical skirt portion provided at a peripheral edge portion of the top plate portion; and a disk-shaped sealing member including a sliding layer and a sealing layer, the sliding layer disposed on the top plate portion side and having a thin portion thinner than at least a center side provided on an outer peripheral edge side, and the sealing layer provided on a main surface opposite to the top plate portion side of the sliding layer and sealing a mouth portion of a can container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: DAIWA CAN COMPANY
    Inventors: Eiji Fujishige, Junji Matsumura, Eiji Araki, Kenji Takagi, Keisuke Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11826184
    Abstract: Disclosed is an equipment for receiving surgical materials and/or liquid products for a surgical procedure. The equipment includes: a tray with a top face; and a tight surface film intended to be removably attached to the top face of the tray in order to form a sterile upper surface that is intended to receive the surgical materials and/or liquid products. The top face of the tray includes at least one recess, and the tight surface film, attached to the tray, forms at least one pocket extending inside the at least one recess and adapted to receive at least one of the surgical materials and/or liquid products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: LEMER PAX
    Inventor: Pierre-Marie Lemer
  • Patent number: 11826895
    Abstract: A socket organizer for releasably and adjustably holding socket holders is provided. The organizer has a longitudinally extending rail assembly characterized by a generally U-shaped channel. A plurality of socket holders are positioned in and slidingly engage the channel. Each socket holder has a detent assembly for releasably locking a socket. A plurality of clip members are attached to the rail assembly or to mounting posts. The clip members have socket identification indicia and are positioned over the mounting posts by way of an aperture. A positioning mechanism is provided for selectively positioning individual socket holders in the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Standley D. Winnard
  • Patent number: 11819657
    Abstract: This packaging device includes a housing delimiting a storing chamber. The storing chamber includes a distribution aperture configured to allow passage of one of said medical containers outside the housing so as to allow a user to pick up this medical container. The packaging device also includes a sharps container positioned inside the storing chamber of the housing in a pre-use position, the sharps container being removable from the storing chamber so as to be put outside the housing in a collecting position wherein the sharps container allows collection of the used medical containers. The sharps container is configured to contain the plurality of medical containers in the pre-use position and comprises a spill-out window configured to allow the medical containers to fall down into the storing chamber when the sharps container is moved from the pre-use position to the collecting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France
    Inventors: Maxime Nicolas, Julien Gagliano
  • Patent number: 11819473
    Abstract: A lid counts a number of patient accesses to a pill bottle. The lid has an actuator, a main housing containing the actuator and an access counter responsive to the actuator. The actuator stores energy in response to axial force manually applied to mount the lid on the bottle and releases the stored energy in response to counter-axial force manually applied to remove the lid from the bottle. Each release of energy causes the access counter to advance one interval, indicating an accumulated total of advances and, therefore, the total number of times the bottle has been accessed. The lid can be adjusted to account for taking various numbers of pills per dosage over a predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Felix Mawuli Anyomi
  • Patent number: 11813730
    Abstract: A socket holder is provided, including: a first member, including a base and a post, the post being connected to the base and extending in an axial direction; a second member, configured for assembling of a socket including a positioning hole, sleeved on the post and movable between a release position and a lock position relative to the first member in the axial direction; and a detent member, disposed between the first member and the second member; wherein when the second member is located in release position, the socket is movable relative to the second member in the axial direction; when the socket is sleeved on the second member and the second member is located in lock position, the detent member is protrusive beyond the second member and at least partially engaged within the positioning hole so that the socket is positioned to the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CHUN NIEN PLASTIC LTD.
    Inventor: Chi-Tsai Chang
  • Patent number: 11807425
    Abstract: A child-resistant closure (10) is provided and comprises a lid (20) and a base (15). The closure comprises child-resistant locking means for preventing unwanted opening of the lid. The locking means comprising two locking members (23A, 23B) carried on or by a respective release member, the locking members engaging the base to prevent opening of the lid. The release members are movable towards each other to disengage the locking members from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: OBRIST CLOSURES SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Stephen Faragher
  • Patent number: 11805871
    Abstract: A case for a portable electronic device that includes a rigid outer layer and a more flexible inner layer is disclosed herein. The case is a single piece case. The outer layer has openings that extend through the thickness of the outer layer. The openings are connected by a groove in the outer layer. The openings and the groove may be filled by a more flexible material. The inner layer has openings. The outer layer is translucent so that the inner layer may be visible through the outer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan Brown, Steven Corraliza, Eric James Hostetler, William Ho
  • Patent number: 11806716
    Abstract: A glass container is provided that includes a tube, a circular bottom, and a longitudinal axis. A curved glass heel extends from an outer end the bottom to the first end of the tube. The two-dimensional distance h(x,y) between a contact plane and the outer surface. The two-dimensional distance is measured in a direction parallel to the axis. The slope magnitude of the outer surface at the given position x,y is given by ?{square root over ((dh/dx)2+(dh/dy)2)}. The 75% quantile of values that have been determined for the term ?{square root over ((dh/dx)2+(dh/dy)2)}×d1/h(xy)delta for all given positions x,y within a circular area having a radius of 0.4×d2/2 and that correspond to the centre is less than 4100 ?m/mm. The adjacent positions x,y increase stepwise by 200 ?m, and h(x,y)delta=h(x,y)max?h(x,y)min, h(x,y)max is a maximum value for h(x,y) and h(x,y)min is a minimum value for h(x,y) being determined in that circular area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: SCHOTT PHARMA AG & CO. KGAA, SCHOTT PHARMA SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Robert Frost, Doris Moseler, Günter Weidmann, Roman Huhn, Jens Ulrich Thomas, Alexander Humbertjean, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Andreas Langsdorf
  • Patent number: 11801983
    Abstract: A re-useable, washable two-piece four and six bottle carrier comprising a base with partitions to store one beverage per partition, and a detachable cover. The base comprises four vertical outer walls and a middle handle extending vertically through a cover slit; and is made of a re-useable silicone material manufactured from a one-piece mold. The detachable slip-on cover comprises a plurality of circular openings aligned with the base partitions for inserting a beverage, each opening comprising a plurality of radially concavity flexible grips that may bend downward at about 45 degrees after insertion of a beverage into the opening. These flexible grips permit beverages of different sizes and weights to be used in the carrier while being held in position. Method of use comprises attaching the cover to the base with the base handle extending through the cover, then inserting and removing the beverages through the cover openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventor: Derick M. Tallman
  • Patent number: 11794964
    Abstract: An assembly (2) for dispensing liquids comprises: • a base member (8); • a cap (4) on the base member (8); and • a dispensing capsule (6) in the base member (8) and covered by the cap (4). The dispensing capsule (6) comprises: • a capsule body (7) having a first end (16) and a second end (18); • at least one wall (20) defining a first cavity (38) within the capsule body, the first cavity (38) having a first opening at the first end (16) of the capsule body; • at least one wall (22) defining a second cavity (40) within the capsule body, the second cavity (40) having a second opening at the first end (16) of the capsule body; • the first opening and the second opening provided with a seal member (64) which seals the first cavity (38) and the second cavity (40). The walls of the first cavity and the second cavity are collapsible if pressure is applied to the cavities from the second end (18) of the capsule body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TRISTEL PLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Turner, Paul Swinney, Elizabeth Dixon, Thomas Brand, Elanor Dixon
  • Patent number: 11794938
    Abstract: A reinforced plastic container having improved rim planarity. The container has a non-round main body portion integral with a finish portion. The main body portion has a central longitudinal axis and defines a hollow interior of the container. The finish portion has an upper surface defining a rim with a circumference framing a round opening that provides access to the hollow interior of the container, a radially outwardly extending snap bead being adapted to receive and retain a closure and hermetically seal the container and including interrupted portions located around the circumference of the rim, and a plurality of reinforcements located in the interrupted portions of the snap bead and assuring substantial planarity of the upper surface of the rim even when substantial forces act on the container. Each reinforcement has a strut bounded by and centered between a pair of strut indents, with each indent supported by a buttress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Sheldon E. Yourist, Michael J. Kelly, David B. Heisner
  • Patent number: 11787621
    Abstract: The invention provides a reticle pod, in particular the reticle pod with wear parts. The reticle pod is a large-size reticle pod and includes a vertical accommodation space for accommodating reticles. The reticle pod mainly includes a cover and a box. The box is used to combine with the cover to form an internal space in order to accommodate reticles. Guiding members are disposed outside the box, and the guiding members can help guide the relative position of the box and the cover. The contact surfaces of the box contacting the upright reticles are disposed with at least two slots, and each of the slot is configured with at least one wear part. The wear part module further includes a first wear part disposed on the upper portion of the slot and a second wear part disposed on the lower portion of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: GUDENG PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Chien Chiu, Jain-Ping Sheng