Patents Issued in March 19, 2019
  • Patent number: 10232956
    Abstract: An aerobridge and dual method of operation thereof that significantly reduces the turnaround time (time between routes) of an aircraft vehicle at a terminal gate. The aerobridge includes a cab rotunda, cab, and a bridge formed of a plurality of passageways and/or ramps. The passageways/ramps are telescopically received in a proximal-most passageway/ramp in a retracted position and are telescopically extended along the aircraft vehicle in an extended position. The aerobridge may further include a plurality of height-adjustable and/or retractable support mechanisms disposed in underlying relation to the bridge. The aerobridge can be mated with an aircraft vehicle using a shoot-out method or a swing method, thus accommodating different airports' configurations and limitations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SkyGenex, Inc.
    Inventor: Dynamite K. Obinna
  • Patent number: 10232957
    Abstract: This relate to a method for attaching a component to a fuselage section of an aircraft or spacecraft. In a step of the method, a rail is arranged within a fuselage section of an aircraft, which rail extends in a longitudinal direction of the fuselage section. In another step, a support structure is movably mounted to the rail such that the support structure can be moved along the rail in the longitudinal direction of the fuselage section. The support structure comprises a positioning unit for positioning a tool for attaching the component to the fuselage section at a location where the component is to be attached to the fuselage section. The embodiments also relate to a device for attaching a component to a fuselage section of an aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Alexander Goehlich, Sven Chromik, Ingo Krohne
  • Patent number: 10232958
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for servicing a shock absorber on a landing gear assembly of an aircraft in a weight-on-wheels state is disclosed. The shock absorber includes at least one chamber containing both hydraulic fluid and a gas in fluid communication with each other. The apparatus includes a source of gas and a source of hydraulic fluid. The amount of hydraulic fluid in the chamber is corrected, preferably such that the chamber is then filled with a known amount of degassed hydraulic fluid. The process may be at least semi-automatically performed, for example under the control of a control unit. By delivering a pre-set mass of gas into the chamber, there is no need to rely on a measure of gas pressure or H-dimension (h) when servicing the shock absorber, and more accurate servicing of a shock absorber may thus be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Oliver Pountney, Alan Shepherd
  • Patent number: 10232959
    Abstract: A method for controlling the orbit of a satellite in earth orbit. The orbit of the satellite is controlled by commanding, according to a maneuver plan, a propulsion system having at least one thruster and a transporter to move the propulsion system. The maneuver plan includes at least two orbit-control maneuvers. The thrust powers of the propulsion system during the two orbit control maneuvers have respective thrust directions that are not parallel in an inertial frame of reference. Each thrust power is determined to simultaneously control the inclination and the position of the orbit of the satellite as well as to form a momentum that is suitable for unloading a device for storing angular momentum of the satellite in a plane orthogonal to the direction of thrust of the thrust power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS
    Inventors: Valerio Moro, Jean Fischer
  • Patent number: 10232960
    Abstract: A system for manipulating a space object in space comprises an articulated structure, wherein the articulated structure comprises a single actuator configured to control, equally, the deployment of the structure in space, the gripping of the space object and the folding down of the articulated structure. Developments describe the use of a fixed supporting structure, a threaded rod, a tapped whorl guided by the threaded rod and a set of articulated bars held by pivot links at their interfaces on the tapped whorl and on the fixed supporting structure. Various mechanical configurations are described, notably gripping devices comprising rollers for locking and/or unlocking the space object by separation of the articulated bars. A method of regulation, of control and of adjustment of the manipulation is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: THALES, CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES
    Inventors: Stéphane Vezain, Yannick Baudasse, Didier Stanek, Carole Billot
  • Patent number: 10232961
    Abstract: A drug packaging device includes: a storage in which drug units are stored; a supply channel communicating with the storage through a supply hole formed in a wall of the storage, extending from the storage, and supplying drug units discharged from the storage to a drug packaging member; and an actuator moving up and down and rotating the storage. The actuator moves the storage up or down to a position at which the storage communicates the supply channel, and rotates the storage to generate centrifugal force required to discharge the drug units from the storage to the supply channel. The supply channel includes: an inlet portion hingedly connected to the storage; an outlet portion which is a free end that is unfixed, and a vibrator installed at the inlet portion and vibrating the inlet portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: CRETEM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho Yeon Kim
  • Patent number: 10232962
    Abstract: An article dropping apparatus may include a first shutter and a second shutter. A first movable member is movable relative to the first shutter. A second movable member is movable relative to the second shutter. An article may be supported by the first shutter and the second shutter to extend therebetween when the first shutter and the second shutter are positioned at closed positions. The first movable member and the second movable member may keep a relative position with respect to the article, via use of clamping members, during the movement of the first and second shutters from closed positions to open positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: YUTAKA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayasu Kurachi, Katsumi Kuno
  • Patent number: 10232963
    Abstract: A packaging device includes a resin film, a covering device, and a heating device. The film includes a welding portion containing a hot melt adhesive and is capable of being welded to a portion to be welded. The covering device covers, with the film, at least a part of a packaging object placed on a base formed of corrugated cardboard and at least a part of the base. The heating device heats a contact portion with the base in a state in which the welding portion of the film is in contact with the base. When heat is added by pressing the welding portion against the base, the hot melt adhesive in the welding portion melts and bonds the corrugated cardboard and the film. Polar functional groups introduced into the surface layer of the film are mixed and combined with the functional groups contained in a fiber of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Haruki Matsumoto, Toshihiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10232964
    Abstract: A manual binding tool including a mechanism for applying plastic deformation to a tie portion located in a head portion to forcibly cause tie portions to engage with each other. A manual binding tool has a tie holding portion that receives and supports a head portion, a tightening mechanism that pulls a projection tie portion that projects through the head portion, a return preventing mechanism that blocks a return movement of the projection tie portion with respect to the head portion that is supported by the tie holding portion, and a pushing mechanism that, in a state where the head portion is supported by the tie holding portion, pushes and deforms a passed tie portion located in the head portion, and that causes the deformed portion to be engaged into an engagement hole of a root tie portion on which the head portion is previously surroundingly held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: HELLERMANNTYTON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toru Kitago
  • Patent number: 10232965
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for transferring a plurality of bottles provided with chimes from a box to a storage facility. The device has a handle adjacent to bottle engagement fingers forming slots or gaps between the fingers to scoop the plurality of bottles and transfer the bottles into a designated storage facility such as a refrigerator. The bottle engagement fingers slidingly engage the bottles under their chimes, the user lifts the scooped bottles using the handle, transferring and slidingly unloading the bottles into the storage facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventor: Gérard Béland
  • Patent number: 10232966
    Abstract: A packaging machine forms, fills and seals a mixing pouch that includes a first compartment containing a liquid ingredient and a second compartment containing a light powdered ingredient with a breakable seal, preferably formed by an adhesive heat seal, between the two compartments to separate the two ingredients. The machine creates a breakable seal that can be ruptured to form a common interior cavity and allow the mixing of the two ingredients to create a mixed product. One end of the mixing pouch can be formed with a dispenser through which the mixed product is discharged for use. The mixing pouch is a flexible plastic member formed from two opposing plastic sheets, sealed through heat dies and supplied with powdered and liquid components before being completed. The operation of the machine is automated and powered through pneumatic cylinders. Alternatively, the compartments could be filled with different liquid components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventor: Jean-Jacques Jaouen
  • Patent number: 10232967
    Abstract: Distributor unit for transferring tablets and putting them in order, from a loading zone to an unloading zone, and for distributing the tablets in an orderly and controlled manner in organized blisters present in a blister strip. The distributor unit comprises belt-type feed means in which a feed belt is provided, along at least part of its length, and along at least part of its width, with a plurality of open through seatings each having at different times sizes coordinated with those of the tablets to be distributed, said open through seatings having a transverse interaxis about equal to, and a longitudinal interaxis equal to or less than, that of the blisters in the blister strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Ivano Baroncini
  • Patent number: 10232968
    Abstract: A packaging apparatus comprising a base surface, in turn comprising a first end and a second end is disclosed. The packaging apparatus further comprises a feed tube between the first end and the second end of the base surface, a transporter between the first end of the base surface and the feed tube, a first sealer between the feed tube and the second end of the base surface, and a second sealer between the first sealer and the second end of the base surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Todd S. Tiffany, Tristan E. Lee
  • Patent number: 10232969
    Abstract: A flexible, stackable container for storing a quantity of a product may include a sealed package formed from a single sheet of film and retaining the quantity of the product disposed therein, and a lid fitment attached to a first side of the package. The first side of the package may have an outer first surface of the film and outwardly extending first corner seals formed in the film at the edges of the first side and surrounding the first side of the package. The package may also have a second side disposed opposite the first side and outwardly extending second corner seals formed in the film at the edges of the second side and surrounding the second side of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: PRIMAPAK, LLC.
    Inventors: John E. Sanfilippo, James J. Sanfilippo, Jeanne M. Skaggs, Roy Speer
  • Patent number: 10232970
    Abstract: A device for selectively retaining a package opening in a gaping configuration and a package including the device applied to a package body. The device includes a circumferential strip with side seams formed as vertical or longitudinal hinges. One or more tabs extend in a first axial direction from an upper edge of the circumferential strip at the side seams. Each tab is coupled to the circumferential strip with a horizontal or transverse hinge. The tabs are pivotable about the horizontal or transverse hinges in opposite directions away from the opening axis to respective folded-out positions, which inhibits the device from folding at the side seams and retains a gaping open configuration of the device and package. The vertical hinges include thru cuts or line of perforations that go through the entire material thickness of the circumferential strip and the one or more tabs and extend for a majority of the full axial length of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: ProAmpac Intermediate, Inc.
    Inventor: Vishaal Boehm Verma
  • Patent number: 10232971
    Abstract: A measuring and dispensing container having a flexible walled reservoir chamber, a measuring and dispensing chamber and a conduit for transferring liquid from said reservoir chamber to said measuring and dispensing chamber. The reservoir is provided with a non-squeezable handle by which it can be grasped when tilting the container to dispense liquid from the dispensing chamber so as to reduce the risk that excess force applied to the reservoir by a hand holding it will squeeze more liquid than intended into measuring and dispensing chamber. Such handle may be formed by reinforcement of at least one wall of the reservoir to provide sufficient rigidity to prevent squeezing at the reinforcement or by providing a “cut-out” in the reservoir chamber through which a user's fingers may pass and providing reinforcement on or in one or more walls of the reservoir chamber proximate to the cut out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventors: Robert M. Jennings, David A. Jennings
  • Patent number: 10232972
    Abstract: A cup assembly for holding touch-up paint is disclosed herein. The cup assembly includes a cup portion with a fluid reservoir configured to hold a volume of touch-up paint; a lid portion configured to matingly engage with the cup portion in a substantially airtight manner so as to prevent the volume of touch-up paint from solidifying; and a shaker ball disposed inside the fluid reservoir of the cup portion, the shaker ball configured to agitate the volume of touch-up paint in the fluid reservoir. A method of applying touch-up paint, which utilizes the cup assembly, is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventor: Jason E. Grill
  • Patent number: 10232973
    Abstract: A tray for holding a food product. The tray includes a plurality of panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the tray. The plurality of panels includes a bottom panel, a side panel foldably connected to the bottom panel, and an end panel foldably connected to the bottom panel. The tray includes a rim structure having a rim panel foldably connected to at least one panel of the plurality of panels and a support panel foldably connected to the rim panel. The tray further includes a gusset panel foldably connected to the side panel. The gusset panel and the end panel are at least partially overlapping one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventor: Bradley J. Burke
  • Patent number: 10232974
    Abstract: A carton for holding a plurality of articles. The carton comprises a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton and a plurality of end flaps respectively foldably connected to respective panels of the plurality of panels. The plurality of end flaps are at least partially overlapped with respect to one another to thereby at least partially form a closed end of the carton. The carton also can comprise at least one article protection flap foldably connected to at least one end flap of the plurality of end flaps for engaging at least one article of the plurality of articles. The at least one article protection flap extends from the closed end at least partially into the interior of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventor: John Murdick Holley, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10232975
    Abstract: Various implementations include packaging for products. In some particular implementations, a product package includes: a base section having: a base inner core section having: a central section including a recess sized to receive an accessory of the product; and a plurality of foldable end sections adjacent the central section and configured to fold at an angle relative to the central section; and a base cover sized to directly contact and cover the base inner core section; and an upper section sized to complement the base section, the upper section having: an upper inner core section having: a central section; and a plurality side sections adjacent the central section; and an upper cover sized to directly contact and cover the upper inner core section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher G. Palmer, Robert Warden
  • Patent number: 10232976
    Abstract: A carton for holding at least one article includes a dispenser that includes a dispenser feature and at least two first panels extending at least partially around an interior of the dispenser. The carton also includes a sleeve including at least two second panels extending at least partially around an interior of the sleeve. The interior of the sleeve at least partially receives the dispenser, and the dispenser is in slidable engagement with the sleeve and is moveable between a first position in which the dispenser feature is inaccessible and a second position in which the dispenser feature is accessible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventor: Paul Waddington
  • Patent number: 10232977
    Abstract: A cap arranged to interact with a spout. The cap includes a top section, a side wall section attached to the top section and a tamper element attached to the side wall section in a tearing interface. The tearing interface may be provided with a weakening line that is arranged to break when the cap is unscrewed such that the tamper element is separated from the side wall section. The cap further includes at least one resilient cutting element arranged to the side wall. The at least one resilient cutting element is arranged to cut off a membrane of the spout when the cap is unscrewed. The cap is arranged such that the weakening line is arranged to break before the membrane of the spout is cut off when the cap is being unscrewed from the spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCES S.A.
    Inventors: Göran Dahl, Bengt Håkansson
  • Patent number: 10232978
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a junction system of structures, preferably for container walls, which is light and is integrated to the structures to be joined providing high strength and rigidity reducing the weight of the joint, which comprises at least a closing device having at least a pair of closing means, a male closing mean and a female closing mean, wherein said closing means join at least two structures together, or two adjacent faces of a container for fruit and vegetable products, preferably the side faces, being fixed to said structures or faces; further comprising a column fixed to one of said structures, wherein said column is configured as a hollow cylindrical body which in turn is integrated to at least one of said closing means. Furthermore, the invention comprises an associated container and its manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: WENCO S.A.
    Inventors: Pedro Chinni Vergottini, Francisco Sahli Costabal
  • Patent number: 10232979
    Abstract: A pallet includes a top including a product support surface and an opposing underside, with outer sides extending between the product support surface and the underside. Four feet each extend away from the underside of the top, and each foot has a first opening facing out through the product supporting surface of the top. The feet thus allow stacking of such pallets with the feet of a first such pallet extending into the first openings of a second such pallet. Product tab receiving areas are for receiving respective product tabs, with each product tab receiving area having a slot within the top adjacent a respective outer side of the top. The slot has a pair of spaced apart opposing long sidewalls and a pair of spaced apart opposing short sidewalls adjacent to the pair of long sidewalls, with one of the long sidewalls including a laterally extending tongue for engaging an opening in one of the product tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: CHEP Technology Pty Limited
    Inventors: Sanjiv Takyar, Gert Stuve, Jean-Marc Van Maren, Karl Michael Wesson
  • Patent number: 10232980
    Abstract: A storage system has a primary container assembly and a secondary container assembly. The primary container assembly has a main container portion, a first end portion, and a second end portion. The first and second end portions are detachably attached to the main container portion to define a chamber. The secondary container assembly comprising at least one secondary container. The secondary container assembly is sized and dimensioned to be stored within the main chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SURVIVAL LIGHT PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Todd Weimer
  • Patent number: 10232981
    Abstract: A two-sized, multi-cupped fluid holder having an upper end a plurality of hexagonally shaped upper recesses therein. There is also a lower end, with the lower end having a plurality of hexagonally shaped lower recesses therein. There is a side wall having a front surface and a back surface. The side wall front surface having at least one pair of outwardly projecting ridges. The side wall back surface having at least one pair of inwardly projecting grooves. The ridges and the grooves a first set being configured to mate with and receive the ridges and groves of another set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventor: Travis Franklin
  • Patent number: 10232982
    Abstract: Disclosed is a packaging device for a liquid crystal panel, including a first main body having a bottom and a plurality of sidewalls connected to sides of bottom. The sidewalls define at least one opening. At least one second main body has a bottom and sidewalls connected to the bottom and define an opening that is movably received in the at least one opening of the first main body such that the packaging device is expandable by moving the second main body in a direction away from the first main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chong Huang
  • Patent number: 10232983
    Abstract: A meal tray comprising a plurality of divided compartments each having a substantially planar bottom portion and an encompassing wall extending upwardly therefrom to form an open upper end of the divided compartment, each divided compartment dimensioned to receive a different portion of a meal; an encompassing tray rim defining an open upper end of the meal tray; and a first tear portion comprising a first tear line defining a boundary of a divided compartment from at least one other divided compartment, the first tear portion configured to facilitate a separation of the defined divided compartment from at least one other divided compartments along the first tear line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventor: Ramin Mobarhan
  • Patent number: 10232984
    Abstract: A reclosable pour-spout packaging, such as a bag, has a top handle and can be manufactured on a form-fill-seal machine. A reclosable structure can reversibly close and open the interior of the packaging. The handle can comprise a cut extending through the packaging. An additional seal area in the packaging can provide support so that a punch and die assembly can punch or cut the handle in the additional seal area. Additionally or alternatively, a laser device, a blade, a knife, or another cutting tool can form the handle in the additional seal area. The additional sealed area can provide stiffness for carrying the packaging and also prevent access into the packaging where the handle is made. The additional seal area can be positioned below the top seal of the packaging so that less material is used for the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Nestec SA
    Inventors: Russell A. Leeker, Erica Canavesi
  • Patent number: 10232985
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is a cap provided with a guarantee seal. The guarantee seal consists of guarantee portions comprising an engagement portion and a connecting portion. The seal further comprises bridges for connecting adjacent guarantee portions to one another and a safety portion that makes the engagement portion integral with the handling portion. The safety portion is structurally suitable for keeping the engagement portion constrained in the broken seal configuration, for preventing the forming of dangerous spikes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: GUALA PACK S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luigi Bisio
  • Patent number: 10232986
    Abstract: A moisture-tight, re-sealable container is disclosed having a lid and body. The lid and body have a non-round seal that is substantially moisture tight when the lid is seated on the body, admitting less than 1000 micrograms per day of water to a package. A reinforcement stiffens or reinforces at least a portion of the seal against inward deflection along an axis defined by the minor diameter when the lid is seated on the body. Optionally the reinforcement is at least one spline subdividing the reservoir. A method of making dispensers for objects of varying length to customize particular dispensers to dispense such objects of a particular length is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Bucholtz, Ronald Supranowicz, John Belfance
  • Patent number: 10232987
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: PACIFIC MARKET INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Sean Gilbert, Randy Sims
  • Patent number: 10232988
    Abstract: A dispensing cap comprising a dispensing orifice and an anti-glug orifice, the cap further comprising a closure member movable from a closed position to an open position, in which in the closed position the anti-glug orifice is blocked by the closure member and the dispensing orifice is closed, and in the open position the dispensing orifice is open and the anti-glug orifice is unblocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Peter Cox
  • Patent number: 10232989
    Abstract: A device for filling or discharging a liquid includes an elongated body, a coaxial closure sleeve mounted axially on the main sleeve, wherein the main sleeve is slidable relative to the closure sleeve and the body and comprises an outlet end on its side remote from the body and an inlet end on the side closer to the body, facing the liquid inlet, at the inlet side the main sleeve has lateral surface outflow openings, a push-button for actuating the liquid outflow located at the outflow end of the device, located on the main sleeve at its outlet end side, which the push-button is non-rotatably mounted thereon, and between the main sleeve and the closure sleeve a sealing diaphragm, as well as the helical spring of the push-button are arranged. The liquid flows by axially displacing the push-button member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: IWANEJKO ELECTRONICS—Zdzislaw Iwanejko
    Inventor: Zdzislaw Iwanejko
  • Patent number: 10232990
    Abstract: A child resistant storage container is provided. The child resistant storage container has a housing having a top half, a bottom half and a generally hollow interior storage area. A locking mechanism temporarily secures the top half of the device to the bottom half of the device. The top half has a plurality of opposing teeth that allow the top half to be separated from the bottom half only when the locking teeth of the top half are engaged with each other. The interior of the child resistant storage container may be used to store items such as medications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: COMPLIANT PACKAGING LLC
    Inventors: George Sang, Brian Estey
  • Patent number: 10232991
    Abstract: A beverage holder container cap that protects the top of a beverage protected by a beverage container holder. The beverage holder container cap includes a planar hinged cap adapted to cover a top portion of a beverage container holder, a first planar vertical stem extending downward at a 90-degree angle from the planar hinged cap and a hinge attached to an end off the first planar vertical stem to allow the planar hinged cap to be adapted to cover a top portion of a beverage container holder. The beverage holder container cap also includes a second vertical stem extending downward and adapted to align vertically with the first planar vertical stem and a planar attachment lip extending horizontally from a top end of the second vertical stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventor: Ben Gemmill
  • Patent number: 10232992
    Abstract: An example lid assembly can include a lid and a slider. The lid can include a wall defining a recess. The slider can be configured to slide in the recess and can be configured to move between a closed position where the slider covers the opening to aid in preventing spilling of contents of the container and an opened position where the slider uncovers the opening such that the contents of the container can be consumed. The slider can be configured to be removable from the lid and can be replaced back on the lid. Additionally, the slider can be configured to lock into place on the recess in both the closed position and the opened position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, John Alan Tolman, Steve Nichols
  • Patent number: 10232993
    Abstract: An example lid assembly can include a lid and a slider. The lid can include a wall defining a recess. The slider can be configured to slide in the recess and can be configured to move between a closed position where the slider covers the opening to aid in preventing spilling of contents of the container and an opened position where the slider uncovers the opening such that the contents of the container can be consumed. The slider can be configured to be removable from the lid and can be replaced back on the lid. Additionally, the slider can be configured to lock into place on the recess in both the closed position and the opened position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, John Alan Tolman, Steve Charles Nichols
  • Patent number: 10232994
    Abstract: The invention is a closure for the aperture of a pressure driven dispensing container. The closure includes (a) an outer shell having a planar base including an outer first main surface and an inner second main surface. The base includes a dispensing aperture fluidly connecting the outer surface to the inner surface and receives a dispensing tube. An outer peripheral skirt juts out of the inner surface and seals the closure to the aperture of the container. The closure also includes (b) a flexible valve in contact with the inner surface located within the outer peripheral skirt and defining an interior passageway having a first opening at one end adjacent to and in fluid communication with the first dispensing aperture and having a second opening at the other end of the passageway, wherein the flexible valve is resiliently biased so that it naturally shuts and seals the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A.
    Inventors: Daniel Peirsman, Vanessa Valles
  • Patent number: 10232995
    Abstract: A cap for a fluid container includes a cap body including a base surface at a first end and an opening at a second end. The cap body is engageable with the fluid container. The base surface includes a first engagement structure. The cap includes a first aperture in the base surface. The cap further includes a key code body including a second engagement structure engageable with the first engagement structure. The key code body includes a key code ring. A removable closure member includes a plurality of engagement surfaces and a sealing surface disposed opposite the plurality of engagement surfaces. The removable closure member includes a sealing mechanism including a sealing member on the sealing surface. The sealing member is engageable with a portion of the base surface that defines the first aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Entegris, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory Bores
  • Patent number: 10232996
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for reminding a user to drink from a container. The device may be attached to either the cap of the container or may be assembled inside the cap of the container. The device includes a housing, a battery, a printed circuit board, a battery holder, a button, an upper cover, a controller for storing a reference time, a reference timeout value and generating reminding signals, at least one output unit connected to the printed circuit board to produce output signals on receiving reminding signals from the controller, a tap button placed in the indent to meet the button on receiving tap from the user. Further, the controller stores the reference time on receiving the tap from the user and generates reminding signals for the user to drink from the container when the user fails to either tap the button again or remove the button from the spout in duration of the stored reference timeout value from the reference time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: WaterIO LTD.
    Inventor: Yakov Bentkovski
  • Patent number: 10232997
    Abstract: A food container system is disclosed that includes a food container lid. The lid has a beverage container coupling structure that removably attaches to a beverage container. The beverage container coupling structure circumscribes a footprint of the lid. The lid also has a drink-hole surface within the lid footprint and an annular surface above the beverage container coupling structure and within the lid footprint. The annular surface is connected to the drink-hole planar surface and includes food container coupling structure that removably attaches to a second food container. A food compartment is formed from a food compartment inner wall extending from the annular surface, and a bottom connected to the food compartment inner wall. The lid also includes a drink hole extending through the drink-hole surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SNACKTOPS, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Engel, Allen Tucker, Mike Henry
  • Patent number: 10232998
    Abstract: A closure device for a container has a lid element for closing the container opening, a chamber which is arranged on the lid element for storing a medium, and an inner housing. The chamber and the inner housing have corresponding closure means and opening means. A discharge opening paired with the chamber can be released by moving the lid element relative to the inner housing such that a medium can exit the chamber into the container. The chamber and the inner housing each have a corresponding first thread which is formed relative to a winding rotational axis. The first thread which is located on the chamber is arranged so as to point radially outwards when seen from the thread rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: RPC Bramlage GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Presche
  • Patent number: 10232999
    Abstract: A container having a multiplicity of cans therein. The container disclosed is modified from a rectangular, closed wall container to a container with part of the walls removed, thereby allowing easy access to the cans of the container. Applicant discloses a unique relationship between the walls of the opened container and the size of the beverage cans. Applicant also discloses a method for constructing a closed container that may be easily modified to remove the cans of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventor: C. Brown Lingamfelter
  • Patent number: 10233000
    Abstract: A package including a carton and a plurality of articles. The carton can include a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of articles can be arranged in a plurality of rows of articles in the interior of the carton, the plurality of rows of articles can include at least a first row and a second row, and the first row can include at least one more article than the second row forming a void between a first article at an end of the first row and a second article at an end of the second row. A handle can include the first article at the end of the first row and a handle feature extending in the carton. The handle feature can be at least partially aligned with the void and can be proximate the first article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Baldino, Aaron Lee Bates
  • Patent number: 10233001
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a carrier apparatus primarily for carrying containers having food products therein; but secondarily for carrying containers having any type of products contained therein. Specifically, the carrier apparatus of the present invention allows a user to transport various amounts and types of containers securely, minimizing disturbance to products, such as food products, contained therein. More specifically, the carrier apparatus of the present invention comprises a first configuration for carrying a first amount of containers and a second configuration for carrying a second amount of containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventor: Sante Furio
  • Patent number: 10233002
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Nestec S. A.
    Inventors: Philippe Baenninger, Youcef Ait Bouziad, Heinz Wyss, Jean-Marc Flick
  • Patent number: 10233003
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing system for dispensing alcoholic beverages includes a beverage dispensing package and a connector assembly configured to be coupled to the package. The package includes an outer container and at least one divider positioned within the outer container to form a plurality of compartments. The package also includes a plurality of inner containers, with one of the inner containers positioned within each of the compartments. Each inner container stores an alcoholic beverage and each container includes an outlet to enable the alcoholic beverage to be dispensed. The connector assembly includes a plurality of connectors for coupling to a respective outlet of the inner containers, and a dispensing line coupled to the connectors. The connector assembly couples the inner containers in flow communication with the dispensing line to enable the alcoholic beverages within each of the inner containers to be jointly dispensed through the dispensing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: BAR EVOLUTION LLC
    Inventors: Peter DeRaedt, Bernd Witzany
  • Patent number: 10233004
    Abstract: The invention relates to packaging for tobacco industry products and, particularly but not exclusively, to packages including a label having a tab. A barrier material encloses one or more tobacco industry products and has a region which, in use, forms an aperture over which is positioned the label. The tab at least partially overlies the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventor: Steven Holford
  • Patent number: 10233005
    Abstract: Containers such as boxes or tubes may be lined with deflated air bladders or reservoirs. When an item is placed in such a container, the container may be sealed, and the air bladders or reservoirs may be charged with air until such bladders or reservoirs surround and fully cushion the item within the container. The bladders or reservoirs may be formed from lightweight and flexible materials, such as polyethylenes, polyphenylenes or other plastics, and charged with air manually or automatically from an external source via a valve or other component extending through the containers. An internal pressure within one or more of the bladders or reservoirs may be monitored during the charging, and the charging may be secured when the internal pressure meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeremy Samuel De Bonet