Patents Issued in November 20, 2014
  • Publication number: 20140339239
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure vessel able to sustain a circular shape without deforming to ellipsoidal shape due to machining of side port apertures therein, and maintain pressures as high as 800-1,200 PSI. The pressure vessel is intended for use in seawater desalination by reverse osmosis, and comprises a pipe body (1) formed by filament winding (FW), and is furnished with an occluding cover (2) at each end of the pipe body (1), the peripheral surface of the pipe body being furnished, inward from the occluding covers (2), with inflow/outflow parts (3) through which the fluid flows in or out. The pipe body (1) is constituted by a helical layer (4), hoop layers, and a seal layer (6) furnished as the innermost layer. The helical layer (4) is furnished with a divergent part (7) diverging away from the seal layer (6) and extending from a location outward from the occluding cover (2) to a location inward from the inflow/outflow part (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: ARISAWA MFG. CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kawai, Hiroshi Tanaka, Youichi Toyooka, Takahiro Iiyoshi
  • Publication number: 20140339240
    Abstract: A unique one piece container cover (20) made from a single blank of flexible insulating material (36) and constructed so the tubular container cover (20) is closed at the bottom and open at the top with a flap (28) that when pulled over the enclosed container (39), integrally forms a complete seal (38) with the cover body (22) thus encapsulating the container (39) providing insulation to keep the container (39) contents either hot or cold while also protecting container (39) from outside contamination. The container cover (20) works with various sizes and shapes of bottles, containers or cans. The multipurpose cover (20) can be used without attachments for use in a bike cage, diaper bag, travel bag or the like. The cover (20) can also be fitted with various attachments for hiking, running, backpacking, golf, carrying baby bottles or the like. The cover (20) is efficient, cost effective, lightweight, durable, easy to use and clean, and can be produced in many colors with graphics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Howard Lee Moore
  • Publication number: 20140339241
    Abstract: An insulation system for a cargo container (105), includes at least one wall (115, 120, 125, 130) having an exterior panel (205) and an interior liner (215), the exterior panel and the interior liner being substantially parallel to each other; a cavity disposed between the exterior panel and the interior liner, the cavity being coextensive with a surface area of each of the exterior panel and the interior liner; at least one vacuum insulation bag (210) disposed within the cavity (220), the at least one vacuum insulation bag (210) being configured for insulating the interior liner from the exterior panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Cresswell, Yu H. Chen, Wolfgang Graaff
  • Publication number: 20140339242
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cup made of foldable flat material with at least one desired fold line (22) along which a convex cup wall (24) can be pushed in to give a concave, dimensionally-stable form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: FELDMANN + SCHULTCHEN DESIGN STUDIOS GMBH
    Inventors: André Feldmann, Arne Schultchen
  • Publication number: 20140339243
    Abstract: A beverage container closure or lid that is adapted for closing an open end of a beverage container. The lid is selectively couplable to the beverage container and includes a selectively openable stopper that when closed, creates a fluid-tight seal between the beverage container and the environment. The stopper may be selectively opened by a user by the user pressing a button disposed on a side of the beverage container closure. The stopper is subsequently automatically closed when the user releases the button. Thus, a user may open and close the beverage container closure using a single hand without the need to remove the beverage container closure from the beverage container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Pacific Market International, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Sean Gilbert, Randy Sims
  • Publication number: 20140339244
    Abstract: An insulated sleeve for a container is disclosed. A flat rectangular strip of flexible, thermal insulating material having high elastic properties has a pair of opposing side surfaces defined by a pair of parallel, opposing end edges that are contiguous with a pair of opposing parallel side edges. The end edges are adorned with an over edge stitch and side edges are butted together and attached creating a cylindrical open ended sleeve constructed with one flat seam running the length of sleeve. In use, the sleeve assumes the shape of a cylindrical frustum for fitting tightly over the sidewall of a multitude of containers of various shapes and sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Frank W. Arnold
  • Publication number: 20140339245
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a fuel cap holder are disclosed. In one example embodiment, a fuel cap holder may include a base; and an extension extending from the base; wherein the extension comprises at least one tab oriented to engage at least a portion of a fuel cap; and wherein the extension is operatively connected to the base by at least one fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Douglas E. Brewster
  • Publication number: 20140339246
    Abstract: An ergonomic handle configuration has a larger diameter than known conventional handles. The handle is configured with a predetermined combination of convex and concave curvatures that combine in such a way as to mimic a curvature of a user's palm along an area of contact of the palm with the handle, as well as to mimic a curvature of a user's fingers when curled to grip the handle along an area of contact of the fingers with the handle, when a user grips the handle. In addition, implementations of the handle in combination with a container or implement can include a thumb rest that is specifically configured to engage a thumb of a user in a neutral posture thumb position when gripping the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: ALLEN ARSENEAU, DIANA HUDAK
  • Publication number: 20140339247
    Abstract: A hinged closure lid made of plastic for placing onto a container, has a main part which has a dispenser opening, a lid which is mounted pivotably on the main part and, in a closure position resting on the main part, closes the dispenser opening, and an actuating part which is connected integrally to the main part and is mounted thereon so as to be adjustable between an inoperative position and an actuating position. The lid can be adjusted from the closure position in the direction of an open position when the actuating part is in the actuating position. The actuating part here is connected to the main part via at least one flexible web serving as a predetermined breaking point, the web is destroyed when the actuating part is first adjusted into the actuating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Peter Gonnert, Kerstin Krallmann, Rainer Krallmann
  • Publication number: 20140339248
    Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to a pill box adapted for dispensing medication. In one embodiment, the pill box includes a base member, a carousel coupled to the base member and configured to rotate about the base member, one or more compartments, each compartment formed within the carousel and configured to store a single dose of medication with a lid configured to enclose the base and the carousel. The pill box ratchet advancement mechanism includes a resilient member and a stop member configured to facilitate motion of the carousel in a first direction and to restrict motion in a second direction, and a locking component configured to permit a pre-determined displacement of the carousel in the first direction and to limit further displacement in the first direction by locking the carousel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: ABIOGENIX INC.
    Inventors: Goutam REDDY, Sara CINNAMON
  • Publication number: 20140339249
    Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to a pill box adapted for dispensing medication. In one embodiment, the pill box includes a base member, a carousel coupled to the base member and configured to rotate about the base member, one or more compartments, each compartment formed within the carousel and configured to store a single dose of medication with a lid configured to enclose the base and the carousel. The pill box ratchet advancement mechanism includes a resilient member and a stop member configured to facilitate motion of the carousel in a first direction and to restrict motion in a second direction, and a locking component configured to permit a pre-determined displacement of the carousel in the first direction and to limit further displacement in the first direction by locking the carousel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: ABIOGENIX INC.
    Inventors: Goutam REDDY, Sara CINNAMON
  • Publication number: 20140339250
    Abstract: A dispenser can be utilized for selectively providing a denture cleaning tablet. The apparatus includes a rotatable storage container holding a plurality of columns of the tablets and a dispensing mechanism. The dispensing mechanism includes an input hole. A user of the dispenser can acquire a tablet through rotating the rotatable storage container to align one of the columns of tablets to the input hole and cycling the dispensing mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: David Dalpian
  • Publication number: 20140339251
    Abstract: A refrigerated dispensing machine comprising: includes a refrigerated compartment having shelves adapted to hold items, and including a path along which the items can move through the refrigerated compartment to a dispensing outlet; a pick-up compartment located adjacent the dispensing outlet and separated from the refrigerated compartment by a door at the dispensing outlet; and a trigger that activates a release mechanism to dispense an item, wherein upon activation the release mechanism allows an item to dispense into the pick-up compartment and prevents a subsequent item from being dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: CUB PTY LTD
    Inventors: Travis Crothers, Doug Buckle, Jake Tankel, Lloyd Fenn, Larissa Morkous
  • Publication number: 20140339252
    Abstract: A pill cartridge for a medication packaging apparatus, and more specifically, the pill cartridge with a stopper whose height can be freely adjusted to a shape of a pill and be installed therein. An exemplary embodiment may include a rotor to have a plurality of gear members protruding at regular intervals along a circumference of the rotor and have insertion grooves formed between the gear members to thereby accommodate a pill; a case to include a collection chamber to accommodate the pill therein; a rotor housing portion at a lower portion of the collection chamber to house the rotor; and a dispensing opening formed on a lower portion of the rotor housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: INFOPIA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeong-Woo Bae, Keun-Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20140339253
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid pourer (30) for attachment to a bottle (31) and a combination of a bottle and a liquid pourer. More particularly the invention relates to liquid pourers which are adapted for the concurrent pouring of two liquids (32, 58) and which are suitable for attachment to a spirit bottle. When the pourer is engaged with the neck(35) of a bottle, the entire liquid reservoir (40) is disposed outside of the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Ben TAGOE
  • Publication number: 20140339254
    Abstract: A beverage preparation machine is electrically operated and has a control unit, at least one functional unit, and an electric circuit for supplying the functional unit and the control unit with current. The electric circuit has a switch for switching the current on or off, through respective first and second operations of an operating element. The switch has a first switch contact and a second switch contact, which are connected in parallel in the electric circuit. The first switch contact is brought into a closed state by the first operation of the operating element, and assumes an open state after the second operation. The control unit provides a control signal so that the second switch contact is closed after the first operation of the switch and opened after the second operation of the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Jura Elektroapparate AG
    Inventor: Shahryar REYHANLOO
  • Publication number: 20140339255
    Abstract: A dispenser dispenses a consumable product from a container. The container is supported within a housing by a container holder. The container holder is vertically moveable within a movement range in the housing. A biasing structure biases the container holder upwardly. A sign is connected to move up and down with the container holder. An indicator associated with the sign is vertically fixed relative to the housing. When an amount of product remaining in the container reaches a low level, the biasing force of the biasing structure will lift the container holder, causing the indicator to be aligned with a portion of the sign that gives a visual cue to a user that the amount of product remaining is at a low level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Jared R. Freudenberg, Ryan Urban, Ryan Joseph Drake, Ryan A. Chernik, Troy A. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20140339256
    Abstract: A system for dispensing a beverage includes a conical inner sleeve configured to receive a mixture of beverage components, a first blade, and a blade arm. An outer shell receives the first blade, blade arm, and the inner sleeve. A top couples the inner sleeve and outer shell in a fixed position. A tap module includes a tap handle and a tap control. The tap handle restricts and allows beverage flow through a beverage port. The tap control detects whether the tap handle is in a first position or a second position. The tap control prevents a motor from operation while the tap handle is in the first position and engages the motor while the tap handle is in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: COOLERITA, INC
    Inventors: Malcolm Lunn, Larry Killszewski, Brett Triola
  • Publication number: 20140339257
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing fluent products by twisting a flexible bag which contains the fluent product. Enforcing outflow of the fluent product is based on reducing the bag's volume by twisting the bag. The bag ends are connected to a container composed of two concentric cylindrical parts which enable twisting the bag by rotating one part with respect to the other. Flexible fins and ramp grooves of the parts implement a rotational ratchet mechanism which also allows for bag contraction during twisting. The ratchet mechanism enables accurate control of outflow and also keeps the bag in the last twisted pose it arrives to when the user stops twisting. The bag is connected to the two container parts by two butterfly nuts which enable easy manual bag replacement. The bag's nozzle is equipped with means for opening and shutting the product outflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: JEZEKIEL BEN-ARIE
  • Publication number: 20140339258
    Abstract: A method for folding a liner for packaging and/or insertion into an overpack. The method may include providing a liner comprising a substantially tubular body portion and a closed top and bottom, and a fitment formed in or affixed to the top of the liner, forming a gusset in the bottom panel of the liner, forming a gusset in the body portion of the liner, and fan-folding the liner. In some embodiments, the top of the liner may be a substantially circular top panel and the bottom of the liner may be a substantially circular bottom panel, with the top panel being attached to one end of the tubular body portion and the bottom panel being attached to an opposite end of the tubular body portion. In other embodiments, the liner may be a flexible, blow molded liner, thereby having no weld seams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Advance Technology Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy Koland, Richard Chism
  • Publication number: 20140339259
    Abstract: A dispenser dispenses a consumable product from a container. The container is supported within a housing by a container holder. The container holder is vertically movable within a movement range in the housing. A biasing structure biases the container holder upwardly. A sign is connected to move up and down with the container holder. An indicator associated with the sign is vertically fixed relative to the housing. When an amount of product remaining in the container reaches a low level, the biasing force of the biasing structure will lift the container holder, causing the indicator to be aligned with a portion of the sign that gives a visual cue to a user that the amount of product remaining is at a low level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Jared R. Freudenberg, Troy A. Anderson, Ryan A. Chernik, Ryan Urban
  • Publication number: 20140339260
    Abstract: An applicator for gel-form products, in particular a toilet cleaning product is provided. The applicator includes a receiving space for a first gel-form product, the receiving space comprising a first orifice and a second orifice. The first orifice releases the gel-form product and the second orifice accommodates a piston movable in the receiving space, by means of which the gel-form product may be forced through the first orifice. On the applicator, around the first orifice of the receiving space, at least three spacer elements are arranged that are configured such that, when the applicator is pressed onto a, in particular ceramic, toilet surface to which the gel-form product is to be applied, a gap A is formed between the first orifice and the surface and the gel-form product may flow freely around the spacer elements on discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Mühlhausen, Detlef Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20140339261
    Abstract: A water server includes a baffle which interferes with the downward flow of water introduced into a cold water tank through a water supply line. The baffle has a water transfer passage is formed by a downwardly recessed surface portion formed on the top surface of the baffle and having a distal edge, and an edge portion having a predetermined thickness and located over the distal edge so as to overlap the distal edge. The water transfer passage is configured such that the recessed surface portion deflects the flow of water flowing down through the water transfer passage in a horizontal direction or a direction close to a horizontal direction. Water is thus discharged from the terminal end opening defined by the distal edge and the edge portion into the lower portion of the cold water tank in a direction close to a horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Yoshinori Orita
  • Publication number: 20140339262
    Abstract: A holding stand for a multicoupling for filling and/or emptying a chemical plant container is provided, having a mounting device for the essentially stationary fastening of the holding stand and at least one compensating device, couplable indirectly or directly to the multicoupling, for varying a position of the multicoupling in relation to the mounting device in the vertical direction and/or in the horizontal direction and/or for varying an angular position of the multicoupling in relation to the mounting device about a vertical and/or horizontal axis of rotation. It thereby becomes possible for a multicoupling to be coupled simply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Florian Lipski, Gerhard Monscheuer, Lars Frye, Oliver Reinold, Yasar Guendogan, Reinhard Engelstaedter
  • Publication number: 20140339263
    Abstract: A carrier mounts an aerosol spray can on a backpack, a belt loop or the like. The carrier has a pair of downwardly depending skirts that are radially spaced from each other, and also has an upper connector section. There are two lower catches, one on each skirt, which snap onto the top of the can in opposed directions. There may also be a positive stop along an inner side of the outer skirt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. Schumacher, Mark W. Geis
  • Publication number: 20140339264
    Abstract: The aerosol delivery system is comprised of a strap forming a loop, and an aerosol container placement region formed in the loop by securing the loop together at two points therealong. It is essentially a “figure 8” shape with a loop in the center. When pressure is applied to the loop by pulling the ends away from each other, it causes tension in the center loop, thereby applying pressure to the inserted aerosol can and activating the pressure mechanism in the can to expel whatever product is in the can.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Neil Ross MacIntyre, III
  • Publication number: 20140339265
    Abstract: An actuator device which includes a stationary support structure, a movable member displaceable relative to the structure, and a wire of a shape-memory material, which extends in the structure between two anchoring elements and the movable member such that the wire shortens when an electric current flows therethrough, causing a displacement of the movable member against the action of a contrast member. In the structure there are provided two deflection members disposed along the path of the shape-memory wire, each one between the movable member and the corresponding anchoring element of the wire, such as to cause a deflection of the wire between each anchoring element and the movable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: BITRON POLAND SP.Z O.O.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Marone, Sergio Damilano
  • Publication number: 20140339266
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing device having a flexible fluid pouch and a dispensing assembly, the dispensing assembly having a top piece and a bottom piece, the top piece having a flexible actuator including a flexible dome and a flexible flange extension, the bottom piece having a bottom portion of a pump chamber, a pump chamber inlet, a chamber inlet valve, and a bottom portion of an outlet valve, the top piece and the bottom piece mated together to form a pump chamber and an outlet valve, said device configured to allow bidirectional fluid flow through either or both inlet and outlet valves, and to dispense a volume of fluid that is less than the volume of said pump chamber. The flexible pouch may have a single opening or two openings. In the case of a single opening, the entire dispensing assembly is in the interior of the pouch. In the case of two openings, only the flexible dome extends to the exterior of the pouch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Roger J. LAFLAMME, Richard B. FOX
  • Publication number: 20140339267
    Abstract: A dispensing device includes: a hollow container divided into a holding chamber and a dispensing chamber by a longitudinally-extending divider; and a metering wheel attached to a lower end of the container, the metering wheel including a plurality of wells configured to receive powder stored in the holding chamber. The metering wheel is rotatable relative to the container to move the wells from a position beneath the holding chamber to a position beneath the dispensing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Mezurware, LLC
    Inventor: Keld Krogh Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20140339268
    Abstract: A closure for dispensing a metered amount of dry product from a container includes a dispensing cap and a metering drum rotatably mounted on the dispensing cap. The dispensing cap has an upper deck with a dispensing aperture and a skirt engaging the neck of the container. The metering drum has an upper deck, a lower deck, and a metering chamber therebetween. The metering chamber has an entrance aperture in the lower deck and an exit aperture in the upper deck. The metering drum is rotatable relative to the dispensing cap between a filling position, where the metering chamber is aligned with the dispensing aperture and dry product fills the chamber, and a dispensing position where the metering chamber is not aligned with the dispensing aperture and dry product can be dispensed. The dispensing cap and the metering drum include formations to index a position of the metering drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: MWV Slatersville, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Tarozzi, Clifford Skillin, Patrick Brannon
  • Publication number: 20140339269
    Abstract: A packaging for filling and extraction of carbonated beverage, preferably draught beer and beer, with addition of an appropriate gas for beverages with low solubility in the carbonated liquid, preferably nitrogen, and the said gas be deposited directly into the filling packaging and filling in contact with carbonated liquid, without being stored in external recipient or in internal device pressure regulator of the packaging, and said packaging include a body (10) provided with a hole where is positioned an extractor valve (20) coupled in a siphon tube (30) sized for the release of carbonated beverages without excessive foaming, whose siphon tube (30) presenting reason between measure diameter of siphon (30) and the respective measure of length up to 2.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Gustavo Foresti Fezer
  • Publication number: 20140339270
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mounting for connecting at least one peripherally-connected evacuation channel to the spout of a flexible bag and more particularly to a flexible mounting for connecting such at least one evacuation channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION
    Inventor: James W. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20140339271
    Abstract: A metallurgical ladle, and more particularly the bottom of the ladle or a ladle block in the bottom of the ladle, have an outlet through which the molten metal can drain. The ladle bottom contains an open-end channel bounded by at least one wall with a major dimension perpendicular to a line joining the center of the outlet entrance to the center of the wall. In selected configurations, opposing faces of the walls bounding the open-end channel are convex in the horizontal plane and concave in the horizontal plane, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: VESUVIUS CRUCIBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Johan Richaud, William Chung
  • Publication number: 20140339272
    Abstract: A wetsuit hanger hangs over a door, fence, gate, tailgate of a truck, or similar object and comprises a member, over which the wetsuit is draped, projected away from the object the wetsuit is being hung from.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Roy Watson
  • Publication number: 20140339273
    Abstract: A carrier suitable to mount an aerosol spray can on a backpack, a belt loop or the like. The carrier has a pair of downwardly depending skirts that are radially spaced from each other, and an upper connector section. Squeezing opposite sides of the outer skirt drives portions of the inner skirt inward as well. However, as the inner skirt is oblong, this also causes other intermediate regions of the inner skirt to bulge outwardly. These intermediate regions are designed to otherwise latch onto the can, and thus this squeezing helps release the carrier from the can. There may also be a secondary catch between the bottom of the outer skirt and the can, as well as a positive stop along an inner side of the outer skirt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Dirk K. Nickel, Donald J. Schumacher, Mark W. Geis
  • Publication number: 20140339274
    Abstract: A drinking bottle strap utilized in combination with a liquid container, a flask or a small high intensity flashlight held by one or more hands that includes a base tubing with a first end, a second end and an outer diameter, a securing lock with a top portion and an oval-shaped aperture, the oval-shaped aperture receives the first end and the second end of the base tubing and a securing tab that is movably disposed on the top portion of the securing lock, the securing tab clamps downward when the securing tab is depressed onto the base tubing once the first end and the second end are inserted through the oval-shaped aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Adan Ortega
  • Publication number: 20140339275
    Abstract: A carrier for carrying sporting equipment and other items comprises a base member that is assembled to a pair of shoulder straps, to be carried in the manner of a backpack. Depending on the type of equipment to be carried, one of a plurality of interchangeable equipment-specific members is selected and secured to the base member in a simple and efficient manner, without the use of tools. The chosen type of equipment to be carried is then secured to the corresponding equipment-specific member. The base member may comprise a female dovetail joint, opening toward the top, and each of the equipment-specific members a corresponding male dovetail, so that the desired equipment-specific member can be assembled to the base member by simply sliding the male dovetail into the female dovetail, and gravity will retain the desired equipment-specific member in the desired position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Donald James Krikorian
  • Publication number: 20140339276
    Abstract: In various embodiments a bicycle accessory to facilitate carrying, lifting, and transporting a bicycle is provided. The accessory includes a casing comprising an external cover, an interior cavity, the external cover having first and second sides, the second side having an exit slot; a reel within the interior cavity of the casing; a torsion spring retracting assembly coupled to the reel and within the interior cavity of the casing; and a retractable strap extending from the exit slot of the casing, the retractable strap having distal and proximal ends, wherein the proximal end of the retractable strap is affixed to the reel and the torsion spring retracting assembly within the interior cavity. The retractable strap is configured for extension of the distal end from the casing, at a first portion on the bicycle, and extended to a second portion on the bicycle thereby creating a means by which to carry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: H2 IDEAS CORP.
    Inventor: Genrikh Tyetyerin
  • Publication number: 20140339277
    Abstract: A backpack particularly suited to children's use is disclosed. The backpack 20 comprises a storage volume 24 and a closure 26 operable to seal the storage volume 24, wherein the closure 26 comprises a collar 34 of flexible material operable to be folded at least twice upon itself and cooperating first and second fastening elements 40, 42 mounted on opposing sides of the collar 34 for releasable engagement with one another. The fastening elements 40, 42 are constructed to release one another under tension exceeding a threshold value. Also disclosed is a backpack 60 comprising a similar storage volume 64 and closure 66 but including an additional fastening element 100 mounted at the base of the collar 74, with which both the first and second fastening elements 80, 82 engage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Law
  • Publication number: 20140339278
    Abstract: An adjustable electronic device holder mountable to an elongated shopping cart handle includes a base with an advertising panel, a rear support attached to the back of the base at an obtuse angle, a fixed clamping member and a linearly movable clamping member attached at the rear support. Each clamping member has a concave gripping side, which may include a resilient gripping pad. An adjustable fastener, permanent bonding, or integral formation may attach the base to a handle. A deflectable pawl engages a rack along the rear support for locking and releasing the movable clamping member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Brian Ditore, Glen Connelly, James Ditore
  • Publication number: 20140339279
    Abstract: This invention discloses a fastener for fastening a carry bag to a person's body, characterized by a garment having at least one reinforced member. The reinforced member is integrally formed with the garment. It has an elongate strap and a container portion of a backpack or rucksack. The reinforced member includes connector means for connecting the reinforced member to an engagement means of the carry bag. The garment may be, for example, a waistcoat, collared vest or a front portion of a waistcoat or collared vest that extends to a carry bag, rucksack, or backpack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Jenipher Adero Achola
  • Publication number: 20140339280
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for scribing and breaking a glass substrate and related device. The method includes: scribing the glass substrate to form a scribing notch; making a transmission medium of supersonic waves contact the scribing notch; transmitting supersonic waves to the scribing notch via the transmission medium to break the scribed glass substrate under an effect of supersonic waves. The present invention adjusts the frequency of the supersonic waves to make the frequency close to the natural frequency of the scribing notch such that they resonate together. Therefore, the resonation force is uniformly applied on all scribing notch. Therefore, this resonation force can break the scribed glass substrate along the scribing notch beautifully without any damages on the scribing notch and terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Liang Xu
  • Publication number: 20140339281
    Abstract: A paper towel dispenser including a base; a center shaft vertically mounted on the base; a spool mount tube rotatably disposed around the center shaft; a biasing element engaging the spool mount tube and placing it at an angle in relation to the center shaft, and brake elements disposed between the center shaft and the spool mount tube. When a user pulls a free end of a paper towel roll outwardly ion a defined direction, the spool mount tube tilts and the brake elements disengage, allowing the spool mount tube to rotate and also allowing paper towel sheets to pay out. If the user pulls at an angle relative to the center shaft on the free end of the paper towel roll, the brake elements engage and prevent rotation of the spool mount tube, thus allowing the user to tear off and separate the dispensed paper towel sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Andrew Flocchini
  • Publication number: 20140339282
    Abstract: An improved hand tool for dispensing plastic fasteners having a novel anvil design that reduces inadvertent user needle sticks during operation of the hand tool and a needle having a novel casing that further reduces inadvertent user needle sticks during the replacement of the hand tool needle. The hand tool has a gun shaped casing with a barrel portion and a handle portion. The casing has a needle assembly opening at the front of the barrel portion and a trigger slot at the front of the handle portion. The hand tool further has a hollow needle disposed on one end of a needle assembly. The needle assembly is slidably movable back and forth between a retracted position disposed substantially within casing and an extend position disposed substantially out of the casing through the needle assembly opening. The hand tool further has a trigger that is pivotally mounted within the casing that extends out from the trigger slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel GILBERTSON, David E. HERRING, Jeffrey A. RAYMOND, John ALBERT
  • Publication number: 20140339283
    Abstract: A device (33) forming part of a drive arrangement (3) which itself forms part of a stapler (1), which arrangement moves an anvil (16) which forms part of the stapler and against which stapling of a workpiece (421; 422), e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Olle Strååt
  • Publication number: 20140339284
    Abstract: A link arrangement (13) forming part of a stapler (1) in which stapling of a workpiece (34) such as a sheaf of papers is effected, which stapler comprises a frame (2) which has attached to it a drive device (7), a staple magazine (5), a driver (6), an anvil (4) and said link arrangement which is connected to and acted upon by the drive device (7) and which in a reciprocating stapling movement (P) imparts to the driver and the anvil relative to the frame a reciprocating movement in which the driver and the anvil move towards and away from one another, which link arrangement (13) is provided with a scissors link (14) which comprises a connecting spindle (15) and at least four arms (16-19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Olle Strååt
  • Publication number: 20140339285
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining an optimal amount of tissue compression for applying a surgical element to tissue is disclosed. The apparatus includes a device for compressing tissue which supports a measuring device adapted to detect a tissue parameter upon the compression of tissue. The measuring device communicates with an indicator. Upon compressing tissue, when the measuring device determines that the compressed tissue parameter reaches a predetermined threshold, the measuring device sends a signal to the indicator such that the indicator provides an indication to a surgeon that the threshold has been reached. The measuring device may include a load cell and the tissue parameter may be a viscoelastic reactive force of the tissue per unit time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Michael A. Soltz
  • Publication number: 20140339286
    Abstract: A surgical stapling device is configured for use in open and/or laparoscopic surgical procedures. The device includes a handle assembly, a shaft assembly coupled to the handle assembly, and an end-effector coupled to the shaft assembly. The end-effector comprises of a jaw assembly configured to clamp, staple, and/or cut a target tissue. The handle assembly comprises of a trigger element that can activate a drive assembly to advance a clamp drive assembly to clamp the aforementioned target tissue. The clamp drive assembly comprises of a clamp slide member to either advance the clamp drive assembly in a first direction or retreat the clamp drive assembly in a second direction. The clamp drive assembly is movably coupled to a clamp driver member. Movement of the clamp driver member operates clamping operations of a jaw assembly of the surgical stapling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Cardica, Inc.
    Inventors: Cara C. H. Motooka, Brendan M. Donohoe, Bryan D. Knodel
  • Publication number: 20140339287
    Abstract: An alignment pin assembly for a surgical stapler includes an alignment pin configured to be advanced prior to actuation of a stapler and an end cap defining an opening configured to receive the alignment pin prior to actuation of the stapler. The end cap includes an alignment pin contact area formed about the opening configured to direct the alignment pin into the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Ramesh Srinivasa Rao
  • Publication number: 20140339288
    Abstract: A production method includes a rolling step of obtaining a laminated plate by clad rolling first and second metallic plates in a superposed manner at a rolling reduction of 25% to 85%, a surface activation treatment step of subjecting at least joint scheduled surfaces of the laminated plate 20 and a third metallic plate 3 to a surface activation treatment in vacuum, and a cold pressure welding step of, after performing the surface activation treatment, in vacuum, cold pressure welding the laminated plate 20 and the third metallic plate 3 in a superposed manner that the joint scheduled surfaces thereof are in contact with each other by and between a pair of pressure rolls 44 and 44 so that a rolling reduction becomes 0.1% to 15%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventor: Atsushi OTAKI