Patents Examined by Tia Cox
  • Patent number: 11279546
    Abstract: Systems and methods for making an insulating container having at least one cavity in a lid insulating structure or base insulating structure and having at least one vacuum insulated panel disposed within the at least one cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Christopher M. Keller, Edward Abante, Dustin Bullock, Matthew Neeley, Mark Carlson Rane, James William Sonntag, Dennis Zuck
  • Patent number: 11254478
    Abstract: A sanitary cover for various items is provided. The device includes a flexible member having a base opposite an end, an upper wall, a lower wall, and a pair of sidewalls defining an interior volume. In some embodiments, the end is open, wherein alternate embodiments an opening is defined through the lower wall. A closure is disposed along the opening, wherein the closure seals the interior volume when the closure is removably secured together. A germicidal coating is disposed on an exterior surface of the flexible member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventor: Denise Presley
  • Patent number: 11254463
    Abstract: A non-round plastic container includes an upper portion, a sidewall portion, and a base portion. The upper portion includes an opening and the sidewall portion extends downwardly from the upper portion, and the base portion extends downwardly from the sidewall portion. In embodiments, the sidewall portion includes a front surface, a rear surface, and opposing side surfaces disposed between the front surface and the rear surface, and the front surface, rear surface, and opposing side surfaces each include a flat configured to contact a flat on an opposing surface associated with a similar container. In embodiments, the opposing sides may have a substantially straight or a curved/tapered configurations, and/or one or more surface of the container may include one or more reinforcing formations. In embodiments, the container has a substantially oval or ovaloid shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Kissinger, James C. Dorn
  • Patent number: 11242176
    Abstract: A closure element of the press-twist type for closing a container comprises: a capsule having a side wall extending about an axis, and a transverse panel extending transversely to said axis, an annular seal for sealingly engaging with a mouth of the container. The annular seal is made of a PVC-free material and comprises: a side portion arranged in contact with the side wall of the capsule; a front portion extending from the side portion towards said axis; a deformability promoting element for increasing deformability of the front portion, the deformability promoting element comprising a recessed zone configured to be at least partially filled by the material forming the front portion when the front portion is pressed against an edge of the container delimiting the mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA
    Inventors: Danilo Albonetti, Andrea Sallioni, Antonino Lo Piccolo, Steven White, Doriano Naldi
  • Patent number: 11242196
    Abstract: A shipping container for a personal watercraft, in which a first and second pair of roller guides attach to a pallet for removably receiving a pair of trusses that support a personal watercraft thereon, the trusses movable between a first position for loading or unloading the personal watercraft and a second position for storing and transporting of the personal watercraft at an oblique angle. A method of containing a personal watercraft in a shipping container is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: UFP Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John M Grigsby, III, Carl D Prentice
  • Patent number: 11225367
    Abstract: A multi-chamber film bag for an inorganic multi-component foam system has at least two chambers which are partitioned off from each other in a liquid-tight manner. One of the chambers is filled with an inorganic component in powder form, on the basis of either gypsum or cement mortar, and another chamber is filled with a foaming component in powder form which can react with the component. A partition element separates the chambers from each other in a liquid-tight manner in a first state and can provide a flow connection between the chambers in a second state. At least one of the chambers has an opening section which can be opened to discharge the foam system, wherein the chamber having the opening section has a predefined residual volume for receiving a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Mario Paetow, Jekaterina Miller
  • Patent number: 11220377
    Abstract: A dispensing system for a container is provided. The dispensing system operatively associates a lid assembly with the container. The dispensing system rotatably attaches a septum portion having two septum apertures to an opening of the container. Rotatably associated with and relative to the septum portion is a baffle portion of the lid assembly. The baffle portion provides two baffle apertures, each coextensive with the spaced apart septum apertures so that the baffle portion is movable between a closed position and an open position fluidly communicating the container and an enclosure of the lid assembly. The enclosure may be divided in half with each half providing a cover selectively movable between a retaining condition and a pouring condition for pouring contents from each enclosure half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventor: Vincent Fratantoni
  • Patent number: 11208242
    Abstract: A bung plug closure (30) for fastening a plug depression formed in a bung plug (31), said plug depression comprising a receiving area for receiving a resilient engagement body realized on the seal cap (11), and said bung plug (31) comprising tool engagement projections (33), which are arranged on an inner wall of the plug depression and which are distanced to each other via gaps (34) and which delimit the receiving space using inner surfaces (37), counter-locking elements (32) being provided in the plug depression, said counter-locking elements (32) being arranged in the area of the gaps (34) above an annular frame (35, 61), which is formed outside of the gaps (34) via lower sections (36) of the inner surfaces (37).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Schuetz GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Bernd Klatt
  • Patent number: 11167891
    Abstract: A cap 120 for a bottle 110 includes an upper portion 130 and a lower portion 140. The upper portion is configured to be positioned on an exterior of the bottle when the cap is engaged with the bottle. The lower portion is configured to be positioned at least partially within the bottle when the cap is engaged with the bottle. A lower end of the lower portion includes a first perimeter portion 150 and a second perimeter portion 151. A first distance between the upper portion and the first perimeter portion is different than a second distance between the upper portion and the second perimeter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: John Crawford, Michael Paul Robinson, II
  • Patent number: 11161658
    Abstract: The closure (1) has a cover cap (2), which is retractably formed on the closure (1) by means of a hinge (3). On the sides of the closure (1) and the cover cap (2), barbs (12, 27) are formed that yield outwardly, when shutting the cover cap (2) due to bulging of the cover cap (2) transversely to the closing direction. The barbs (12) on the closure (1) thus slide over their outer edge and then engage by elastic reversal of the bulge. The cover cap (2) is then fixed onto the closure (1) in a sealing and secure manner. The cover cap (2), using its front region, rests with its edge (11) on a step (9) on the closure (1). This edge (9) is slidable onto the plane of the step (9) by pressing on the front region in the direction of the hinge (3). This creates a bilateral bulge of the lateral edges (10) of the cover cap (2) so that the barbs (26) on the cover cap (2) disengage from those (12) on the closure (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: CAPARTIS AG
    Inventor: Herbert Wohlgenannt
  • Patent number: 11142389
    Abstract: A thermal container includes a cover, a main body, an opening-closing assembly, and a sealing ring. The main body is formed with a storage space. The opening-closing assembly includes an upper connecting member that is hermetically connected to the cover and a lower connecting member that is hermetically connected to an opening of the storage space. Rear ends of the upper connecting member and the lower connecting member are pivotally connected together. Front ends of the upper connecting member and the lower connecting member are provided with a locking mechanism. The lower connecting member is formed with a through hole communicating with the storage space. The upper connecting member is provided with a protruding portion matching the through hole. The sealing ring is hermetically fitted between the through hole and the protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: XIAMEN KINGQUEEN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinfei Dong
  • Patent number: 11142378
    Abstract: A storing and dispenser container for a plurality of sheets of product can include a container body. The container body can include a top portion. The top portion can include a removable portion. The container can also include a flange defining an interior portion. The flange can be coupled to the top portion of the container body. The interior portion can be defined by the flange and surround the removable portion of the container body. The container can also include a frangible projecting tab extending from the flange into the interior portion of the flange and over the removable portion of the container body. The frangible projecting tab can be coupled to the removable portion of the container body. The container body can further include a lid coupled to the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventor: Christopher B. Laska
  • Patent number: 11124335
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of closure devices for consumer products, including both liquid and dry products. More specifically, the present invention relates to a lid or closure for consumer goods packaging that provides a secure locking engagement to prevent spilling, leakage, and/or tampering of the contents of the packaging. The unique closure device utilizes a combination of a release tab and locking elements, which cooperate with one another in order to seal or unseal at least a portion of the lid or closure to allow for dispensing of the contents of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventor: Frederick Mahan
  • Patent number: 11124343
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cuboid-shaped flexible inliner from a plastics film, having an upper filling connector and a lower removal connector, the cuboid-shaped flexible inliner for a pallet container for storing and for transporting liquid or free-flowing filling materials, having a thin-walled rigid internal container from a thermoplastic plastics material, a tubular lattice frame, and a rectangular base pallet on which the plastics-material internal container bears and to which the tubular lattice frame is fixedly connected cuboid-shaped flexible inliner in the a lower removal region has a corresponding wall recess, directed inward and adapted to the protective-housing-shaped molding of the rigid plastics-material container, having a flexible removal connector molded thereon, which is configured so as to bear completely in an exact fit on the internal surface of the molding that protrudes in a protective-housing manner into the interior of the rigid plastics-material container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MAUSER-WERKE GMBH
    Inventor: Detlev Weyrauch
  • Patent number: 11117722
    Abstract: A safety container having a container section with a container body and a lip portion above an inner surface of a passage in the body. A cover section conforms to at least a part of the lip portion and is coupled thereto. A sealing member is coupled to a bottom portion of the cover section. A locking pin is slidably mounted to the bottom portion of the cover section and engageable with the container section. In a locked position, the container section and the cover section are locked by the locking pin outer end engaging the lip portion outer end, and the sealing member engaging the container body inner surface, to seal the passage of the container body. In an open position, the locking pin and the lip portion are disengaged, and the locking pin is engaged upward to at least partially remove the cover section from the container section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Assurpack LLC
    Inventors: Nancy Warner, Jeremiah Buck
  • Patent number: 11116513
    Abstract: A modular clip cartridge includes a body portion having a first wall and a second wall. The first wall defines a first protuberance, a second protuberance symmetrically opposed to the first protuberance, and a first mating feature disposed between the first and second protuberances. The second wall defines a first recess, a second recess symmetrically opposed to the first recess, and a second mating feature disposed between the first and second recesses. At least one clip compartment is defined in the body portion and configured to releasably retain at least one surgical clip therein. One of the first and second mating features of the modular clip cartridge is configured to selectively engage one of a first and a second mating feature of another modular clip cartridge to selectively connect the first modular clip cartridge and another modular clip cartridge into a unitary arrangement to define a modular surgical clip pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Matthew A. Dinino, Brandon L. Calavan, Jacob C. Baril, Roy J. Pilletere, Justin Thomas
  • Patent number: 11090799
    Abstract: A socket holder is provided, including: a seat, a sleeving member and a locking mechanism. The sleeving member includes a neck portion which is configured to be assembled with a socket. The sleeving member is movably assembled with the seat. The locking mechanism includes at least one first locking portion, at least one second locking portion which is releasably engagable with the at least one first locking portion, and an operational portion which is movable together with the at least one first locking portion. One of the at least one first locking portion and the at least one second locking portion is disposed on the seat and the other is disposed on the sleeving member. The operational portion includes an operational member which is located out of the neck portion and operable from outside of the socket holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: DEXING PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chen-Hui Wang
  • Patent number: 11072480
    Abstract: The present invention provides a container having multiple compartments, the container comprising: a first container having a first interior volume; a second container having a bowl, a second interior volume defined by the bowl, and a lid, and inserted into and occupied a part of the first interior volume, wherein the second container includes a first engaging mean located along an inner edge of the bowl, and a second engaging mean located along an outer edge of the bowl; wherein the first engaging mean engages with a third engaging mean located along an edge of the lid, and wherein the second engaging mean engages with a fourth engaging mean located along an upper edge of the first container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventor: Seungwoo Song
  • Patent number: 11066216
    Abstract: A flip lid including a lid body is provided. The lid body can include a outlet through the lid body. A flap is rotatably connected to one side of the lid body. A rotating element is rotatably connected to the other side of the lid body. A resetting member urges the rotating element to a sealing position to seal against the outlet. An actuating member is disposed on a side of the rotating element facing the outlet. The flap includes an actuating protrusion. During a rotation of the flap, the actuating protrusion is in contact with the actuating member to cause the rotating element to rotate away from the sealing position to an unsealing position to break the seal with the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG HAODA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Haojun Cheng
  • Patent number: 11066215
    Abstract: A tattoo ink bottle is provided having an openable sanitary cap that is configured for one-handed operation and a tight closed seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: INK PROJECTS LLC
    Inventor: Louis Rubino, Jr.