Patents Issued in August 9, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180222623
    Abstract: A container includes a base defining a perimeter opening and a top surface within the perimeter opening. The top surface includes a plurality of discrete openings defining respective compartments extending downwardly from the top surface of the base. A first reclosable lid covers the perimeter opening when the container is closed to resist transfer of solid matter between the compartments of the base. An additional reclosable lid encloses one of the compartments to resist liquid from exiting the compartment when the compartment is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Herb Knutson, Sarah Hobson, Irene Makarchuk, Teddy Lozowski
  • Publication number: 20180222624
    Abstract: A dual dispenser has two front faces that are made from a hard plastic material thereby retaining its shape and resisting deformation thereof; here, each container is associated with a single front face as the body of the container is heat treated or adhesively attached to an appropriate edge of a corresponding front face. A dual dispenser as taught herein has a first container and a second container that each have a male member and female orifice associated with an appropriate front face of the first and second containers for a total of two male members and two female orifices. The male member of one front face is inserted within the female orifice of the second front face and vice versa so that the two containers engage one another across the front faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Alyse N. Merritt
  • Publication number: 20180222625
    Abstract: A foldable box having a first, substantially flat and unfolded configuration which can be easily and conveniently transformed into a second, three-dimensional configuration capable of retaining one or more items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel V. Perella, Benjamin Hietanen, Zhenghong Li, Jensen Tuen, Jinyuan Li
  • Publication number: 20180222626
    Abstract: A shipping and display container includes, for example, a first tray element and a second tray element, each tray element having a tray element bottom panel and a tray element back panel, a bridge element disposed between the first and second tray elements, the bridge element having a first center panel and a second center panel. The first and second center panels are accordion-foldable between a first position confronting one another and a second position extending in a common plane. The shipping and display container further includes a cover element for covering a space between the first and second tray elements. The first tray element, the second tray element, the bridge element and the cover element are interconnected as a single unit, and no adhesive materials are required for assembling the container, and wherein all of the elements are integrally formed in a single blank or sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Mike Pfeifer, James L. Einstein
  • Publication number: 20180222627
    Abstract: A fluid management device is disclosed. The fluid management device includes a fluid collection member that extends the entire length and width of a bulk storage container. The fluid collection member has a generally concave surface which directs fluid to a drain opening that is aligned with an opening in the storage container. A bulk storage container having a fluid management device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew Wondra, Richard Wondra, Lee Wondra
  • Publication number: 20180222628
    Abstract: A knockdown container or display in the shape of a 3-dimensional container is provide which comprises of two main element types, namely Sheet elements and Edge elements. In this design, all of the main elements of the container are joined one to another by sliding with respect to each other in a sequence that make an open or closed display or container that can easily assembled or disassembled. In particular, the edges of the Sheet elements have a shape that is fitted into matching slots of the Edge elements. The position and orientation of elements are such that they securely restrict unwanted movement of the elements with respect to one another, while minimizing the number of needed fasteners or number of additional restricting components needed to secure the Edge elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Payman Akhavan-Tabassi
  • Publication number: 20180222629
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an accessory for dunnage used with, for example, bundles of lumber, to reduce the friction between the dunnage and the ground for easier transport and protection of the dunnage and banding during transport. The accessory for dunnage of the present disclosure may comprise a base and a pair of arms extending the base. A receptacle may be defined on three sides by the base and pair of arms. The receptacle may be configured to receive a portion of dunnage. The pair of arms may include hooks configured to retain the portion of dunnage within the receptacle. The accessory may be made of a resilient material, in order to widen to receive the portion of dunnage, and pinch to retain said portion within the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Jason Kelley
  • Publication number: 20180222630
    Abstract: To provide a palette, etc. on which an article is placed, including: a foamed synthetic resin-base material; and a polyurea-resin coating layer covering a front surface of the base material; and manufactured by a method including: injecting a polyurea-resin coating material onto a front surface of a foamed synthetic resin-base material; and drying the coating material after the injecting. The injecting may have injecting the coating material onto all surfaces of the base material. A thickness of the coating material formed on a front surface of the base material in the injecting may be controlled proportionally to an expansion ratio of the foamed synthetic resin. The thickness of the coating material may be controlled by adjusting a speed of conveyance of the base material and/or a distance between an injection port for the coating material and the base material. Heating-pressing the base material may further be included before the injecting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Naofumi TAKEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180222631
    Abstract: A reconfigurable pallet includes outer panels, a plurality of longitudinal members, a frame, and a compartment disposed within the reconfigurable pallet. The compartment is configured to store components that may be used to disassemble and reassemble the reconfigurable pallet for a different use, purpose or function, including as sporting equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Jonathan Robbins
  • Publication number: 20180222632
    Abstract: A flexible configuration system, method equipment and aircraft are disclosed. This system may use a pallet that includes a load bearing member; and a pallet data network system carried by the load bearing member. The data network system includes at least one external data connection configured to connect the pallet data network to an external network; and at least one pallet data connection configured to connect the pallet data network to devices, equipment, workstations, or seats carried by the pallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: John D. Hearing, Edward A. Froese, Charlotte R. Lin
  • Publication number: 20180222633
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for manufacturing a container with a closure-release mechanism. The process in particular relates to thermoforming a plastic sheet to form a container with a clam shell locking system in order to facilitate a secure closure and easy opening packaging container. The clam shell locking arrangement comprises a post which is secured in an aperture when the container is in closed state. The post is a projection or protrusion in a vertical or nearly vertical sidewall of the cover of the thermoformed package and fits securely into the aperture, which is a cut-out made in the outer, and optionally also the inner, wall segments of the vertical or nearly vertical surfaces of the base section of the thermoplastic containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Jamestown Plastics Inc
    Inventors: Jay Baker, Jessup Baker
  • Publication number: 20180222634
    Abstract: A fabric bulk bag and a method for constructing the same, the bag including a continuous sidewall, a top portion, and a bottom, all defining a bulk storage space therein; the bottom further comprising eight sides which define an octagonal shape having an enlarged footprint so that the bag wall is sewn to the bottom in less time than a round shaped bag, yet when filled stands more upright with less tendency to lean than the current square shaped bags thereby providing a safer more dependable stacking bulk bag. In the method of producing the fabric bulk bag, the bag is constructed in less time than the prior art round bottom bags, uses less wall fabric than prior art square bottomed bags and when constructed and filled, supports itself more stable on a floor or pallet because it provides substantially more base for the product to rest on. In other embodiments, the bag would be multi-sided with greater than four sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: AMERIGLOBE, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel R. SCHNAARS
  • Publication number: 20180222635
    Abstract: A flat-bottomed bag is formed from a flexible sheet that initially is flat prior to being manipulated to form the bag. The sheet is a laminate of a first web and a second web laminated together by an adhesive layer disposed between the webs. The sheet defines a plurality of serially connected side wall panels collectively defining a vertically extending side wall of the bag, and a plurality of bottom panels respectively connected to the side wall panels at respective fold lines. The bottom panels are folded about the fold lines and are attached together to form a flat bottom wall configured to support the bag in an upright orientation. The adhesive layer is in a partial-coverage pattern that includes adhesive-free regions located along each fold line between each bottom panel and the respective side wall panel connected therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: JONATHAN EDWARD TROLLEN
  • Publication number: 20180222636
    Abstract: A portable bag is provided, comprising: a plurality of surfaces configured to define an interior compartment, the surfaces including a front and rear surface connected by a pair of side surfaces; at least two handling extensions, a respective each of said at least two handling extensions being positioned adjacent to and extending outwardly relative to a respective one of said pair of side surfaces, and at least two handling openings, said at least two handling openings being integrally defined on at least one of said at least two handling extensions. An associated assembly is also provided, including the portable bag further comprising a set of eyelets positioned on each of the front and rear surfaces of the plurality of surfaces and the assembly further comprising a portable bag dispenser comprising at least two portions configured to slidably extend through the set of eyelets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: MARK J. DAVIDSON
  • Publication number: 20180222637
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a closure for a reclosable package wherein the product side flanges include opposing air pockets thereby allowing a user to more easily grab the product side flanges or the package walls. In a second embodiment of the disclosure, the opposing air pockets are adjacent to the interlocking elements of the closure. In a further aspect of the disclosure, a closure includes a small sack or air or other fluid adjacent to the closure profiles. When closed, the closure creates a leak resistant configuration. By pressing the air sack, the user separates the closure profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Jose Manuel SEPTIEN-ROJAS, Murray LEIGHTON, Martin OFFA-JONES
  • Publication number: 20180222638
    Abstract: A draw-cord cinching system includes various elements. For example, the system generally includes a tube having a tubular wall forming a through-channel between a first end of the tube and a second end of the tube. The tubular wall includes at least a first portion with a first amount of pliability and a second portion with a second amount of pliability, which is less than the first portion. The first and second portions may be arranged or located such that the when the tube is shortened, such as by pulling a draw cord positioned in the through-channel, the tubular wall folds or bends at the first portion having a higher amount of pliability than the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: David Sagan
  • Publication number: 20180222639
    Abstract: A package includes a container formed to include a product-storage region and a mouth arranged to open into the product-storage region and a closure coupled to the container to selectively close the mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Mark N. RUSSELL, Daniel A. BLOOM, Scott L. FISHER, Jason A. ROWE
  • Publication number: 20180222640
    Abstract: A fitting for affixing to a mouth portion of a receiving container and for receiving a drinking straw comprises a tubular body including a side wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, an open bottom end and a closed top end formed by a top wall having a frangible region therein configured to permit passage of the drinking straw therethrough. A seal layer is coupled to the closed top end and is configured to overlap the frangible region. The fitting may also be mounted onto a container body including a container side wall, an integral container bottom wall and an open top end defined by an open mouth portion. A drinking straw may be releasably coupled to the container body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Joanna Shields
  • Publication number: 20180222641
    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: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Tyler Sean Gilbert, Randy Sims
  • Publication number: 20180222642
    Abstract: A two piece thermoformed container comprising a tray and a lid for holding a product or products is provided. The container is portable, recloseable and provides easy access to the contents. The tray includes a front wall, rear wall and opposing side walls. The lid is moveable in a sliding fashion between a fully closed position in which the lid is substantially aligned with the tray and an opened position in which the contents of the tray are accessible. The tray has a flat top wall that can be sealed with flexible film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Diana Kay Rud
  • Publication number: 20180222643
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing spout having a housing, a detachably attached cylindrical hollow gasket, a flat circular hollow gasket and a lid with a flat circular lid gasket at the inner top surface. The housing includes a top open end with an outer threaded end, a bottom open end with an inner threaded end adapted to mount to at least one container, an outer portion and an inner portion. The inner portion has an open channel extending between the top open end and the bottom open end. A triangular shaped non-moving in-line splitter is positioned in the open channel to provide a dual passage of the liquid and air thereby controlling the flow of the liquid and air flowing back from the container such that the liquid gently flows out at a greatly reduced velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: JOSEPH M. HILL
  • Publication number: 20180222644
    Abstract: A filter baffle assembly including a filter cap engageable to a mouth of a container, the filter cap including a filter vent operatively attached to a liner situated within an inner space of the filter cap, and a gas permeable point baffle welded to the liner and covering the filter vent, the point baffle including at least one perforation to permit gas exchange between the container interior and the filter vent, and to protect the filter vent from contact with contents in the container. A gas permeable point baffle for protecting a filter vent from contact with the contents of a container, including at least one perforation, the point baffle being welded to a liner and covering a filter vent operatively attached to the liner, housed within a cap engageable to the mouth of the container. A method for protecting a filter vent from the contents of a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Performance Systematix, Inc.
    Inventor: Adam Jeffery Fisch
  • Publication number: 20180222645
    Abstract: A container system including manufacturing and assembling methods for coupling together a collapsible and expandable dispenser inside a lid of the container. The teachings allow a desired dispenser to be collapsed and housed, removed, expanded, replaced and stored in a lid, closure or packaging. A container system can include a reservoir for bulk product and a lid affixed to an opening of the container. An internal surface of the lid selectively connects to a collapsible dispensing utensil configured expand to an un-collapsed state so as to hold and dispense a predetermined amount of the product. The collapsible dispensing utensil is configured to be removed and reattached to the same interior surface of the lid so as to occupy a smaller volume within the lid as opposed to being disposed within the container along with the bulk product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Eric B. Nicholes
  • Publication number: 20180222646
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lid for a food container comprising a cover, a dressing storage compartment, and a shutter attached to the cover or the dressing storage compartment for sealingly closing the dressing storage compartment. The shutter is configured to allow to dispense the dressing contained in the dressing storage compartment when the dressing storage compartment is caused to move up relative to the cover, without the need of opening the lid. The present invention also provides a food container comprising the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Siu Wah Wong
  • Publication number: 20180222647
    Abstract: The present invention provides a valve cup (10) for use with a container (30) for dispensing a fluid medium stored under pressure. The valve cup (10) supports a valve (50) and seals an opening (32) of the container (30) and is formed from a semi-crystalline polyester. The present invention also provides a container (30), wherein at least a part of the container (30) surrounding an opening (32) is formed from a semi-crystal-line polyester. A further valve cup (10) is formed from a metal or rigid material and further includes a polyester lining (70). Dispensing systems (1) including the above containers (30) and valve cups (10) are provided, wherein welding is facilitated between the container (30) and valve cups (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Adalberto Geier, Alfeo Tecchiolli
  • Publication number: 20180222648
    Abstract: A load cap (10) comprises a central portion (12) having an edge (14), and a rim arrangement (16) on the edge. The rim arrangement comprises a plurality of corrugations (20) extending substantially parallel to the edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Leigh Jowett, John Butterworth, Martin Leslie Baker
  • Publication number: 20180222649
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an article carrier having a carrying handle formed within a medial partition structure. The carrying handle (H) has an engaging edge that is disposed at a non-zero angle relative to an upper edge of the medial partition structure, and the engaging edge is disposed in an off-centre position within the medial partition structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Nathaniel B. Ball, David T. Hayslette
  • Publication number: 20180222650
    Abstract: A top engaging carrier includes a main panel which has an aperture for receiving a portion of an article. The main panel includes an annular series of tabs formed around the aperture. The aperture defines a first edge of each of the tabs of the annular series. The tabs are hingedly connected to the main panel such that they yield out of the plane of the main panel when an article is received in the aperture. One of the tabs of the annular series is defined at least in part by a first cutline extending from the aperture into the main panel. The first cutline separating at least a portion of the one tab from an adjacent tab. The main panel also includes a second cutline. The second cutline defines a portion of a second edge of each of the one tab and the adjacent tab, wherein the second edge opposes the first edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Matthew E. Zacherle
  • Publication number: 20180222651
    Abstract: An object to be achieved is to provide a product conveyance film, the generation of powder or other foreign matter from which is suppressed under vibration during transport. As a means for achieving the object, a product conveyance film is provided which is placed between a product and a packing material in which the product is enclosed, wherein such product conveyance film is characterized in that the maximum static friction force on its face on the product side is greater than the dynamic friction force on its face on the packing-material side and the difference between the two forces is 0.30 N or more, and that the dynamic friction force on the face on the packing-material side is 0.80 N or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Takashi UCHIDA, Tomohiro NIIMI
  • Publication number: 20180222652
    Abstract: The present invention describes an article for storage and delivery of a unit dosage form of a drug. The unit dosage form can be in the form of a thin-film or transdermal patch. The article can be used to facilitate removal of a unit dosage form of the therapeutic for those subjects having reduced dexterity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Craig BERRY
  • Publication number: 20180222653
    Abstract: A package for securing a product is provided that comprises a sleeve having at least one hole therein. A substantially backless insert is provided, being configured to hold the product, wherein the insert is insertable into the sleeve. At least one window defined by the substantially backless insert comprises a taper that terminates in a window edge to define a barb engagable to an edge of the at least one hole and configured to secure the substantially backless insert into the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Paris Presents Incorporated
    Inventor: Saundra CHICCA-HESS
  • Publication number: 20180222654
    Abstract: A fitment for a package for preparing a beverage connectable to a machine for supplying sanitized liquid to the package is disclosed. The fitment includes a sealing portion and a housing and a fluid connector for fluidly connecting to the machine and to supply liquid inside the container. Also disclosed are packages containing same and methods of producing and using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Philippe BAENNINGER, Youcef AIT BOUZIAD, Heinz WYSS, Jean-Marc FLICK
  • Publication number: 20180222655
    Abstract: A packaging assembly for a medical device includes at least one pouch, such as a first pouch and a second pouch, sealed so as to provide a sterile barrier between the environment and the medical device received in the first pouch, which in turn is received in the second pouch. The packaging assembly further includes at least one support member, wherein, in an assembled configuration, at least the first pouch and the support member are secured against movement relative to each other by at least one of the first and second pouches being folded around the support member. The at least one of the first and second pouches is folded around the support member such that at least the first pouch and the support member are secured against movement relative to each other, either before or after inserting the first pouch with the medical device into the second pouch. The support member may hold the packaging assembly within a secondary packaging, which corresponds in size and shape to the packaging assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Woitech GRABOWSKI, Alexander SCHUELE
  • Publication number: 20180222656
    Abstract: A more robust packaging structure for maintaining the integrity of compressible biologically active materials during storage and especially during transportation is provided. These containers protect the materials from shock, vibration, deformation, or separation from agitation. The compressible materials may be in the form of synthetic fibers, and may include a composite of fibers and beads or granules. Suitable materials that may benefit from such a robust packaging structure include synthetic materials that comprise a biologically active ceramic or glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Steven B. Jung
  • Publication number: 20180222657
    Abstract: A keg protection assembly is disclosed. The keg protection assembly includes a top-chime for protecting a head portion of a plastics keg, a bottom-chime for protecting a base portion of the keg, a sleeve, and/or a keg. The sleeve is for fitment to and between the top-chime and the bottom-chime so as to encircle and protect a body portion of the keg between the head portion and the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Petainer Large Container IP Limited
    Inventor: Jessica RUNDIN
  • Publication number: 20180222658
    Abstract: A container having an opening sealed with a polymeric film, the container being formed from a pulpable, fibrous material, and less than about 50% of the surface area of the polymeric film being is contact with the container, a method of making such a container, and a method of packaging an article of commerce (e.g., fruit) in said container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: EVESHAM SPECIALIST PACKAGING LIMITED
    Inventor: Ronan LYNCH
  • Publication number: 20180222659
    Abstract: A valve assembly for use on a food storage container including an opening formed in the lid member, at least one air hole formed adjacent thereto, a valve member extending through the lid opening having a portion thereof extending over the at least one air hole when the valve member is in its closed position, the valve member being movable to an open position wherein the portion of the valve member extending over the at least one air hole is at least partially uncovered from the at least one air hole when a vacuum is generated within the storage container, and a vacuum release button engageable with the valve member and movable from a first position wherein the valve member remains in its closed position to a second position wherein the valve member is moved to its open position for releasing the vacuum generated within the storage container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Enrique Plazarte
  • Publication number: 20180222660
    Abstract: A vacuum-drawing lid can include a base frame with a first one-way valve, a piston with a second one-way valve, and a cylindrical cam with a sinusoidal groove formed on an inner surface thereof to drive reciprocation of the piston as the cylindrical cam turns. Turning the cylindrical cam in a first direction can drive the piston to translate in a first direction and actuate the first valve. Turning the cylindrical cam in a second direction can drive the piston to translate in a second direction and actuate the second valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Matthew Krus
  • Publication number: 20180222661
    Abstract: An evacuated bottle system including a bottle defining a hollow interior, the bottle having a neck defining an opening that provides fluid communication with the interior; a cap assembly including a funnel having a first portion and a second portion, where the second portion extends radially outward from the first portion to form a floor on an interior thereof and a shoulder on an exterior thereof, the first portion defining a first bore and the second portion defining a second bore fluidly connected to the first bore; a self serum stopper having a self sealing membrane that extends radially outward to overlie at least a portion of the floor of the funnel; and a cap having a cap wall sized to fit over the funnel and a cover portion extending radially inward from the cap wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Michael G. Marantis, JOSHUA W. HUBBARD, JONATHAN P. RICHARDS, RICHARD A. PONTON
  • Publication number: 20180222662
    Abstract: The invention relates to a package (10) convertible into a frame, comprising: a flat rectangular support plate (11) having a front surface (70) and a rear surface (72), a rectangular frame element (19) having an outer wall (40) arranged at its outer circumference with a lower and an upper edge (43, 44) and an upper wall (42) of the frame element (19) adjoining with the upper edge (44) on the inside of the frame element (19), and a rectangular lid element (60). The support plate (11), the frame element (19) and the lid element (60) are formed and arrangeable with respect to each other in such a way that in the package state the support plate (11) can be circumferentially gripped by at least the lower edge (43) of the outer wall (40) of the frame element (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Sergiu VRABIE
  • Publication number: 20180222663
    Abstract: An chemiluminescent aerosol Sprayer that can be easily held in one hand capable of marking highly visible areas at night time for emergency, military, safety, and fun directly on a variety of substrates and surfaces. In the preferred embodiment of the invention there are two valve assemblies on one fixed container. The invention works by an actuator being depressed on two different valve assemblies in a single fixed container to two different chambers which are pressurized by means of a non-flammable liquid or gaseous propellant. The chemical ingredients from each chamber are mixed by an actuator which simultaneously ejects the contents of each chamber through their respective valve assemblies into the mixing valve of the actuator to produce a gel or spray of chemiluminescent aerosol spray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Scott Fishman, Neal Markus
  • Publication number: 20180222664
    Abstract: A packaging for cigarettes that securely seals one, two or three cigarettes together. As such, smokers have the option of purchasing just one, two or three cigarettes instead of an entire pack. Alternatively, smokers can purchase a pack of six cigarettes, containing a combination of individually wrapped single, double or triple packaged cigarettes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: DaeArtis Halliburton, Arlontus Halliburton
  • Publication number: 20180222665
    Abstract: An expansion device includes an unexpended slit sheet roll that is wound on a paper core that is wider than the slit sheet paper. The paper core is placed into a yoke that holds the paper in position on each side of the unexpended slit sheet material. An adjustable downward pressure is exerted on the paper core and the paper core exerts pressure on the yoke. As the paper is pulled, this downward pressure creates the friction required to enable the unexpended slit sheet to be unwind and fed while simultaneously expanding. A blank sheet is formed into a box that stabilizes slit paper sheet wound around a core member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: David Paul Goodrich
  • Publication number: 20180222666
    Abstract: Protective covers for rotors are disclosed. The protective covers may include a first liner portion contacting and covering a first portion of the rotor, and a second liner portion positioned adjacent and at least partially aligned circumferentially with the first liner portion. The second liner portion may contact and cover a second portion of the rotor. The protective covers may also include an outer casing covering the first liner portion and the second liner portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Patrick Senkiw, Michael Ericson Friedman, Bryan Edward Williams
  • Publication number: 20180222667
    Abstract: The invention relates to a single serve capsule (1) for producing a beverage, comprising a capsule body (2). Said capsule body has a capsule bottom (3), a sidewall (22), a collar edge (5), and a cover (6). A cavity (100) for accommodating a beverage substrate in the form of a powder, granules, cut leaves or liquid is formed between the capsule bottom and the cover. A filter element (7) is arranged in the cavity, and the filter element is produced of non-woven fiber material. The filter element has a cut-out in which no filtering material is provided. The present invention also relates to a method for producing a single serve capsule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Marc Krüger, Günter Empl
  • Publication number: 20180222668
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transportation system (100) for transportation of large items (2), such as flanges, wherein said transportation system comprises: a frame (4) having an extension in a longitudinal direction (X), in a transversal direction (Y) and in a vertical direction (Z); wherein said frame comprises two longitudinal girders (6,6?), which are connected to a plurality of pairs of transversal primary support beams (8,8?, 10,10?); wherein said primary support beams preferably are being arranged on an upper part of said longitudinal girders (6,6?); wherein said longitudinal girders comprise a lower surface (12) and an upper surface (14); wherein said transversal primary support beams comprise an upper surface (16); wherein the area between two transversal primary support beams defines a storage area (18) for said large items; wherein free access in a downward direction is provided in the storage area (18) for the large items; wherein the lower part of the frame (4) is having dimensions and locking me
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Viggo Jespersen
  • Publication number: 20180222669
    Abstract: A structure whereby a piping nozzle can be simply attached to a tank body is disclosed. A cylinder of a nozzle body is inserted through the interior and exterior of the tank body via a nozzle body insertion hole in the tank body. A skirt is provided on an end portion of the cylinder, and expands annularly from the end portion of the cylinder in the interior of the tank body. A sealing member is interposed between an inner surface of the tank body and the skirt around the nozzle body insertion hole. A spacer member is disposed on an outer surface of the tank body around the cylinder. By tightening a nut on a male screw of the cylinder of the nozzle body, a portion of the tank body around the nozzle body insertion hole is sandwiched by the skirt of the nozzle body and the spacer member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Yuji Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20180222670
    Abstract: A flexible liner system for a silo receiving and storing granular materials, in which the flexible liner system includes a first flexible inflate liner and a second flexible inflate liner placed in the silo and aligned respectively against a silo wall and a silo floor. The first inflate liner and the second inflate liner are separated from each other by a central trough that extends completely across or substantially completely across the silo floor. The flexible liner system includes a conveyor assembly that inflates each inflate liner to push the granular material toward the central trough and aerates the granular material stored in the silo. The flexible liner system further includes a liner return system that allows each inflate liner to be brought back against the wall and the floor of the silo during deflation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Timothy C. BONERB
  • Publication number: 20180222671
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a debris bundling device can include a substrate including at least one edge. The substrate may be formed from a flexible material. The debris bundling device may further include a plurality of strings and a plurality of fasteners coupled to the substrate. Each string may include a first end coupled to the substrate and may include a second end. Each fastener may be configured to engage the second end of one of the plurality of strings to secure the substrate in a wrapped state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Sounthaly Outhavong
  • Publication number: 20180222672
    Abstract: A container assembly including a body portion with a front wall, a rear wall, and lateral side walls connecting the front wall and the rear wall. The body portion may be divided by a horizontal partition into an upper waste portion above the partition and a lower weight sensor portion below the partition, wherein the weight sensor portion includes a weight sensor. A container assembly may include an opening disposed on the rear wall of the body portion and a bag dispenser positioned near the opening and disposed on an interior surface of the rear wall, wherein the opening provides access from the bag dispenser to an interior space of the body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Gustavo Leon