Patents Issued in July 16, 2019
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Patent number: 10351289Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a squeeze tube with maximal surface area labeling and a tube produced thereby.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2006Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: CCL Label, Inc.Inventors: Neal E. Langseder, Edward Wiegand
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Patent number: 10351290Abstract: A label application system for applying labels to relatively short, round, straight-walled articles is constructed and designed so that labels to be applied to passing articles are delivered to the label application zone on a carrier web in a short feed orientation, with each label being oriented lengthwise across a width of the carrier web. At the time of labeling, the label is held stationary on a flat vacuum surface, and the label is applied by spinning the articles past the vacuum surface. As a result, the system is capable of labeling articles at processing speeds of at least 450 articles per minute or more.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Label-Aire, Inc.Inventor: Israel Vega
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Patent number: 10351291Abstract: Embodiments of foldable containers, such as foldable produce containers, and related sheets and methods. In some embodiments, a sheet may comprise at least two adjacent, parallel, side panels, one of which may comprise a bendable tab, and the other of which may comprise a cutout configured to receive the bendable tab. This may allow for temporarily maintaining the two panels in position during a folding process to facilitate additional folding steps during the process. In some embodiments, a container may comprise one or more strapping flaps configured to facilitate tensioning of strapping material for strapping together multiple containers. These strapping flaps may be configured to engage a strapping material and may allow a single person to more easily tension the strapping material to strap multiple containers together.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Inteplast Group CorporationInventor: Gregory A. Carman
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Patent number: 10351292Abstract: A box with a closeable aperture and a method of accessing an interior of a box are provided. The box may include a sidewall and a flap formed in the sidewall. The flap may be repositionable relative to the sidewall to selectively open and close an aperture formed in the sidewall. The flap may include a main body and a tab, and the tab may be repositionable relative to the main body of the flap for grasping by a user. The method may include pivoting a flap formed in a sidewall of the box relative to the sidewall to provide access to an aperture in the sidewall, pivoting a tab of the flap relative to a main body of the flap, and grasping the tab to reposition the flap relative to the sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Nautilus, Inc.Inventor: Christopher R. Wishon
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Patent number: 10351293Abstract: An improved container is provided and comprises a box having a front, back, right side, left side, top, and bottom; three handles, one each in the back, right side, and left side; a pair of primary panels; and a pair of secondary panels, the primary and secondary panels being located in the front of the box and defined by sets of perforations that facilitate the detachment of the secondary and primary panels, thereby allowing improved access to the interior of the box.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Inventor: Scott Douglas Bader
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Patent number: 10351294Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite container which has a bottom film layer and a top film layer at least partially adhered on its lower surface to the upper surface of the bottom film layer. The top film layer is scored to form at least one resealable flap and at least one pull tab continuous with the resealable flap, wherein the resealable flap is resealably adhered to the bottom film layer and the pull tab is not adhered to the bottom film layer. The bottom film layer comprises at least one cavity opening. A cardboard layer is adhered on its lower surface to the upper surface of the top film layer, wherein the cardboard layer has at least one cavity opening which is substantially aligned with the scoring of the top film layer resealable flap and the cardboard layer is perforated to form at least one pull tab which is substantially aligned with and adhered, on its underside, to the upper surface of the top film layer pull tab.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.Inventor: Scott William Huffer
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Patent number: 10351295Abstract: A container for transporting and storing or presenting goods includes a bottom, a first side wall segment articulated to the bottom and which can be folded about a folding axis parallel to the bottom between a first folding position and a second folding position, and at least one second side wall segment, which is articulated to a side edge of the first side wall segment and which can be pivoted about a pivoting axis perpendicular to the bottom between a first pivoting position pivoted laterally away from the first side wall segment and a second pivoting position. The first side wall segment and/or the second side wall segment have at least one angled side border segment on the side edges facing each other and the two side wall segments are articulated to each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Schoeller Allibert GmbHInventor: Maximus Gerardus Maria Van Der Korput
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Patent number: 10351296Abstract: A foldable container features a base and four lateral walls, with the lateral walls featuring trailing edges with latching elements and one or more ridges that extend from the trailing edge on the internal surface and/or close to the external surface and on lateral edges of the side wall. During stacking, the ridges mesh either between the latching elements and/or between two additional ridges so that stacked containers cannot shift in longitudinal direction. The trailing edges are designed in a step like shape and feature a protruding edge, by means of which a shifting in diagonal direction is also prevented. According to the invention, the containers are deformed less during transport and are easier to fold together. The invention facilitates stacking and folding by robots.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: GEORG UTZ HOLDING AGInventor: Bettina Birchmeier
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Patent number: 10351297Abstract: The invention generally relates to devices used for material handling, such as specifically, pallets and skids. More specifically, the present invention is directed toward a folded corrugated pallet including a body defined by a single sheet of corrugated cardboard. The sheet includes a plurality of scored lines extending parallel with respect to each other. The sheet is folded along the scored lines to define a plurality of legs extending in the direction of the scored lines and at least one base wall extending between each of the legs. A pair of wings extends parallel to the scored lines and away from each other when folded parallel to the base wall. A planar top panel is disposed on top of the wings and the base wall. The planar top panel and the wings cooperate to define terminal edges of the pallet that extend in cantilevered fashion adjacent one of the legs.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Preferred Packaging Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Craig Van Riper, Daniel Hoppe, II
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Patent number: 10351298Abstract: The present invention relates to a hot melt adhesive composition, comprising based on the total weight of the hot melt adhesive composition: (a) from about 10 to about 50 weight percent of at least one block copolymer; (b) from about 15 to about 50 weight percent of at least one plasticizer; (c) from about 15 to about 50 weight percent of at least one resins; (d) optionally up to 25 weight percent of at least one semicrystalline polyolefin; and (e) optionally up to 10 weight percent of at least one wax. The hot melt adhesive composition of the invention can be used for bonding bundles of metal containers such as cans into packs.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: H.B. Fuller CompanyInventors: John M. Zimmel, Ameara S. Mansour, Stefan Juers, Vera Axer, Ulrich Holtin, Alan R. Nahkala
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Patent number: 10351299Abstract: A nestable set of pots including a plurality of pots which are nestable together and a plurality of lids, each lid corresponding to a pot and being removably attached to an outside bottom surface thereof. An articulated exterior handle for the pots, having a first retracted position and a second extended position.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Inventor: Yitzchak Jacobson
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Patent number: 10351300Abstract: A flexible container that can be affixed to a vertical surface such as a shower wall is provided. The container comprises a wall and a substrate affixed to the wall. The substrate may define a plurality of integrally formed recesses that can create a suction fit with the vertical surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.Inventor: Scott Huntington Hartley
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Patent number: 10351301Abstract: A package includes a container, a closure coupled to the container, a flaccid loop, and a medal coupled to the flaccid loop. The container may include a wall and the medal retained to the wall by container material of integral one-piece construction with the wall and extending over at least a portion of the medal.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Douglas Laib, Susan L. Smith
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Patent number: 10351302Abstract: A beverage container is provided having a container main body and a handle portion attached thereto. The container main body has an upper portion with an aperture, a lower sidewall extending downwardly from the aperture, and an upper sidewall having a substantially cylindrical shape extending upwardly from the upper portion. The handle portion includes a grip portion, an attachment collar disposed on an upper handle portion, and a lower handle portion fastened to the container main body by a fastening member. The attachment collar may have an annular or curved shape that snugly fits around the upper sidewall of the container main body to attach the upper handle portion to the container main body.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Pacific Market International, LLCInventors: Evan Michael Choltco-Devlin, Michael Carl Beckman
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Patent number: 10351303Abstract: An origami envelope and a method of constructing the origami envelope are enclosed. The origami envelope is quadrilateral in shape. The origami envelope comprises a top layer having a front surface and a back surface opposite to the front surface, and a bottom layer having an exterior side and an interior side opposite to the exterior side. The top layer extends to the exterior side of the bottom layer over a portion of the top envelope side to form a closure flap at the exterior side of the bottom layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Inventor: Bor-Jiun Huang
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Patent number: 10351304Abstract: A package, such as a bag or stand-up pouch, is described that includes a built-in opening support that can be actuated by the user to maintain the package in an open or wide-open configuration, thereby preventing or reducing the need to manually keep the front and back panels of the package separated as product is accessed. The opening support may be disposed near the opening end of at least one of the front or back panels and may be designed to be moved from an inactive position to an active position. In the inactive position, the opening support is disposed along one of the front panel or the back panel, whereas in the active position, the opening support extends between the front panel and the back panel, across a corresponding longitudinal seam of the package, to maintain the opening of the package in a wide-open position.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.Inventor: Scott Huntington Hartley
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Patent number: 10351305Abstract: The invention provides a sterilizable pouch having at least one wall formed of a flexible film and including an opening formed therein for providing communication to an interior space of the package. A breathable material is disposed on an outer surface of the wall covering the opening. The breathable material is joined to the outer surface of the wall with a continuous heat seal. A heat resistant material is positioned between the breathable material an outer surface of the wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: AMCOR FLEXIBLES, INC.Inventors: Adam Jan Dworak, Brian Ingraham
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Patent number: 10351306Abstract: This disclosure pertains to a child deterrent closure with multiple interlocking elements on each zipper profile. The lower interlocking element of one of the profiles includes an interior flange which is unsealed thereby causing opening forces on that profile to be directed to a lower seal rather than to the lower interlocked elements. The interior flange must be moved to expose the lower interlocked elements and to direct opening forces to the lower interlocked elements.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Jose Manuel Septien Rojas, Lars Wihlborg
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Patent number: 10351307Abstract: A storage container for a cylindrical tube of viscous construction material includes a body dimensioned to receive a cylindrical tube of viscous construction material. A nozzle enclosure is attached to a top end of the body and is dimensioned to receive a nozzle of a cylindrical tube of viscous construction material. A gasket is positioned between the body and the nozzle that substantially prevents air in the body from entering into the nozzle enclosure. A base seals the cylindrical tube of viscous construction material in the body.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Inventor: Craig M. Coe
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Patent number: 10351308Abstract: A two-part disposable, stackable and recloseable lid for a container holding a beverage. The lid has a dome configuration for higher volume beverages. The lid has a drinking aperture and an a moveable arm with a plug to seal the drinking aperture. The lid has a recess for storing the plug end of the arm when the drinking aperture is being used.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: LidWorks, Co.Inventors: Robert Schaefer, Ugo Mazzarolo
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Patent number: 10351309Abstract: A seal for a closure assembly that includes a seal ring; and a carrier being coupled to the seal ring, extending circumferentially and radially outwardly of the seal ring to a radially outer periphery, and having a circumferentially extending pocket in the radially outer periphery adapted to release a vacuum pressure.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Brian J Brozell, Brian J Chisholm, Edward A Grant
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Patent number: 10351310Abstract: A tamper-evident container includes a base and a lid. A base extension and a lid extension are connected to a hinge to join the base and the lid together in a closed, pre-use configuration. A tab extends from either the lid extension or the base extension in a direction away from the lid and the base such that the tab extends beyond the hinge. The tab is joined to one of the extensions via weakened regions that can be torn when the tab is pulled to indicate that the container has been tampered with or opened.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Genpak, LLCInventor: Brian S. Allers
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Patent number: 10351311Abstract: A storage container includes a container body, a lid, and a dividing member. The container body defines an accommodating space that has a top opening. The lid is removably disposed on the container body, and has two covering sections that cooperatively cover the opening. Each one of the covering sections is independently operable to uncover a part of the opening. The dividing member is removably disposed in the accommodating space for dividing the accommodating space into two compartments.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: FREE-FREE INDUSTRIAL CORP.Inventor: Sheng-Yu Liu
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Patent number: 10351312Abstract: Provided is a storage container having a door lid whose opening and closing direction is changeable, and in which a take-out port can be accessed from various directions. The storage container includes a container body and the door lid. The container body has an outer peripheral frame defining the take-out port. The door lid can be attached to the outer peripheral frame, and opens and closes the take-out port. The outer peripheral frame includes plural coupling counterpart portions extending in directions in which the outer peripheral frame extends. The door lid includes a coupling portion detachably coupled to any of the coupling counterpart portions. The coupling portion and the coupling counterpart portions are configured such that, when the coupling portion is coupled to any of the coupling counterpart portions, the door lid can be rotated with respect to the outer peripheral frame to open and close the take-out port.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: IWASAKI INDUSTRY INC.Inventor: Yoshihisa Iwasaki
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Patent number: 10351313Abstract: A beverage container closure or lid adapted for closing an open end of a beverage container. The lid is 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 opened by pressing a button disposed on a side of the beverage container closure. The stopper is subsequently automatically closed when the button is released. Thus, the 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. The beverage container closure includes an actuating lever configured to press the button when a user applies a force to the lever. By utilizing the mechanical advantage provided by the lever, a user is able to selectively open and close the stopper using a relatively low amount of force.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Pacific Market International, LLCInventor: Sarah Danger George
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Patent number: 10351314Abstract: A cap for a container can include a disc-shaped top section, an annular side section projecting from the disc-shaped top section, and a locking flange disposed at an extremity of the annular side section opposite the disc-shaped top section. The cap can further include a locking flap extending from the annular side section, and the locking flap can be mobile between a locked first position in which a portion of the locking flange extends inwardly from the annular side section and an unlocked second position in which the locking flange is at least partially recessed relative to the annular side section.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventor: Jean-Paul Cerveny
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Patent number: 10351315Abstract: A tamper evident closure and spout are provided. The closure includes a tamper-indicating band extending from a central wall. Formed about the tamper band are one or more spout engagement structures. Also provided about the tamper band may be one or more knuckles that assist in distorting the tamper band upon initial removal of the closure from a spout so as to increase the ease with which the tamper band can be identified as having been broken upon visual inspection by a user. The spout includes a wall portion and a central channel extending through the wall portion between an inlet opening and an outlet opening. Located about an outer portion of the spout are one or more tamper band engagement structures configured to engage a tamper band and which assist in breaking and distorting a tamper band upon initial removal of a closure from the spout.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Silgan White Cap LLCInventor: Gary Berge
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Patent number: 10351317Abstract: A metering and pouring device for flowable substances including a holding part having an inside jacket enclosing a rotationally-symmetrical holding chamber with a first chamber section and a radially-projecting opening edge. The first chamber section extends axially from the opening edge to a circumferential, inclined support surface having a passage window. A metering insert encloses a metering chamber and is arranged within the holding part and has a metering window. A rotatable closure part can be turned from a first position into a second position and vice versa and will effect a turn of the metering insert relative to the holding part and a turn of the passage window relative to the metering window.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: ALPLA WERKE ALWIN LEHNER GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Thomas Hlavacek, Oliver Hoch
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Patent number: 10351318Abstract: A lid for a container is described. The lid has a basin that is designed to enhance the user's olfactory experience when drinking a beverage from the container and lid. As the user tilts the container and lid to take a drink, the beverage pours through an opening on the basin valley and flows across a sipping surface area to the user's mouth, thus allowing the beverage to aerate, evaporate, and cool. The basin is sized and dimensioned to channel and concentrate the vapor rising from the beverage towards the user's nose as the user sips the beverage. The basin and the opening are sized and dimensioned to provide a comfortable and secure feeling when drinking hot beverages. In this manner, the lid enhances the drinker's olfactory experience and provides better controllability of the flow of a hot beverage to prevent burn injuries.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Harl-Bella Holdings, LLCInventor: Samuel Lincoln Brannock
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Patent number: 10351319Abstract: A fitment including a fitment body and a peripheral mount engaged with the fitment body. The fitment includes a timer and a spout oriented at an angle with respect to the mounting plane of the peripheral mount.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Scott Eugene Mizer, Nicole Lynn Briggs
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Patent number: 10351320Abstract: A filter baffle assembly, including a filter cap engageable to the mouth of a container, the filter cap including a filter vent situated the filter cap, and a gas permable baffle interposable between the mouth of the container and the filter vent, the baffle protecting the filter vent from contact with the contents of the container. A gas permeable baffle for protecting a filter vent from contents of a container, the baffle including at least one perforation, the baffle being interposable between a container mouth and a filter vent housed within a container cap. A method of protecting a filter vent from the contents of a container, including the steps of sealingly engaging a gas permeable baffle to the mouth of a container; engaging a filter cap, including a filter vent, to the mouth of the container; permitting gas exchange between the container interior and the filter vent, through the baffle; and, with the baffle, protecting, the filter vent from contact with container contents.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: PERFORMANCE SYSTEMATIX, INC.Inventor: Adam Jeffery Fisch
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Patent number: 10351321Abstract: A scoop holder is described. Embodiments of the scoop holder can be implemented to secure to either a handle or a bowl of a scoop. The scoop holder can typically be coupled to an interior of a lid of a container and secure a scoop thereto. The scoop holder can be defined by a first curved surface, a second curved surface opposing the first curved surface, and a hollow cylinder including a slot bisecting a wall of the hollow cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Inventors: Dean W. Wallwey, Marjorie A. Wallwey, Blake St. Clair
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Patent number: 10351322Abstract: Aerator device for introducing gas bubbles into a liquid and comprising a base member with a gas supply and an elastic perforated membrane attached to the base member, and further with a UV protecting cover member, said UV protecting cover member or at least a part thereof being arranged above the membrane to protect the membrane against UV radiation during shipping and storage.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: AQUACONSULT ANLAGENBAU GMBHInventor: Noboru Funakubo
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Patent number: 10351323Abstract: A manufacturing method of a package bag (10) according to the present invention includes: a cured portion forming step of forming a cured portion (15a, 15b) on at least one side of a forming position of a rib (14) by crystallizing at least a portion of a resin constituting a film (11) by heating and cooling the film (11); and a rib forming step of forming a rib (14) by pressing the film (11) using concave and convex molds. According to the present invention, it is possible to maintain an opening state of a spout (12). Further, since additional material is not required, it is possible to suppress increase in the thickness of the package bag (10) and to reduce the bulkiness of the package bags.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiko Mori, Tomoko Kubota, Yasuharu Takada
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Patent number: 10351324Abstract: An improvement is made in a package including a protective film enclosing an article and a tack label coupled to an outer surface of the protective film such that a step of forming a slit in the protective film can be omitted and the need to form a dent at a specific area in the article is eliminated. A protective film includes an overlapping portion in which a first edge portion directly opposing the article and a second edge portion opposing the article via the first edge portion are overlapped with each other, and in a coupling surface between a tack label coupled so as to cover the overlapping portion and a protective film, a non-uniform coupling force distribution is provided in which a second region continuously connected to the second edge portion has a higher coupling force than a first region continuously connected to the first edge portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITEDInventors: Hiroki Yokoyama, Masayuki Kitamasu
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Patent number: 10351325Abstract: A hot-fill PET container or bottle filling with a liquid at an elevated temperature has a side wall extending to a lower portion including a pressure panel and a base in its unfolded or pre-fill position. The panel is transversely oriented and has a decoupling or hinge structure, an initiator portion and control portion of a steeply angled inverting conical section between 30 and 45 degrees. The control portion enables the inversion of the panel into the container to compensate for vacuum or reduced pressure induced within the container as the liquid cools down. The base can also have a plurality of reinforcing ribs.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: CO2 PAC LIMITEDInventor: David Murray Melrose
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Patent number: 10351326Abstract: Thermally-stabilizing pellets are used in a contents container to stabilize the temperature at which temperature sensitive contents are stored in the container. The pellets provide a thermal buffer between the stored contents and the environment outside the contents container that retards the rate of temperature change of the stored contents. The stored contents do not experience the extremes in temperature variation within a passive or active thermally insulated container when at least partially buried in the pellets. The pellets can also help isolate the stored contents from phase change materials that could thermally damage the stored contents with physical contact.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2013Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: SAVSU TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: Bruce McCormick
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Patent number: 10351327Abstract: The disclosure relates to containers and other shaped articles (e.g., trays and dishes) for containing articles such as food products (e.g., cuts of meat and poultry or liquid-sensitive electronic parts) in shaped articles in which a wicking material is interposed between two thermoformed trays, at least one of which is perforated. Liquid can flow through the perforated tray into the wicking material and then elsewhere (e.g., to a cavity) in the space between the two trays. The disclosure also relates to hollow shaped articles (e.g., bottles and jars) for containing fluids. In manufacture of such hollow shaped articles, the wicking material serves as a manufacturing aid and can be removed after formation of the article.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Converter Manufacturing, LLCInventor: Millard F. Wallace
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Patent number: 10351328Abstract: A fluid cartridge system and method of removing a closure assembly from a first cartridge and a second cartridge includes a first cartridge body and a second cartridge body. A neck projects from the first cartridge body with a first outlet of the first cartridge and a second outlet of the second cartridge. A first closure having a first plug is received within the first outlet and includes a first closure coupling element. In addition, a second closure having a second plug is received within the second outlet and includes a second closure coupling element. The first closure coupling element is configured to interlock with the second closure coupling element such that securing the first cartridge body against the second cartridge body also connects the first closure to the second closure. As such, the first and second closures form the closure assembly for being collectively removed by an operator.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventors: Crispin B. Dean, Robert W. Springhorn
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Patent number: 10351329Abstract: An apparatus for preparing a food item in a microwave oven comprises a tray including a plurality of elevated heating areas and a plurality of channels disposed between the elevated heating areas, the elevated heating areas each including a microwave energy interactive material, a cover pivotably connected to the tray for pivoting the cover relative to the tray between an open position and a closed position, and a locking feature operative for releasably maintaining the cover in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLCInventor: Terrence P. Lafferty
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Patent number: 10351330Abstract: A portable insulated storage container includes a body which has an outer liner, an inner liner defining an internal storage volume, and an opening extending through the outer liner and the inner liner for accessing the internal storage volume. The portable insulated storage container may also contain insulation positioned between the inner liner and the outer liner. The storage container may also include a closure mechanism configured for selectively providing access to the internal storage volume through the opening when the closure mechanism is an opened position and for closing the opening when the closure mechanism in a closed position. The closure mechanism includes a first rigid member hingedly attached to a second rigid member together defining a perimeter of the opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Otter Products, LLCInventors: W. Travis Smith, Richard W. Vinson, Zachary D. Dunkin, Todd Eichinger, Ryan J. Cavenagh
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Patent number: 10351331Abstract: A shock-proof mineral container and mounting structure thereof, which provides a heat insulation container with a liner formed using mineral material. The liner is provided with shock-proof protection and a mounted assembly structure. During the process of assembling the single ended suspended configuration, a blocking member having an elastic effect is inter-connected between an annular neck configured on the mineral liner and an upper link opening joined to an outer cylinder, and the elastic strain of the blocking member is used to absorb shock waves occasionally produced by an external force when carrying the container, thereby safeguarding the structural safety of the hard and brittle mineral liner. In addition, the structure is supplemented with a cylinder liner, which adds to the heat insulation capacity of the container and maintains the stability of the mineral liner.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Inventor: Chun-Ming Yu
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Patent number: 10351332Abstract: A container includes a cup formed to include and interior region and an insulated sleeve. The insulated sleeve is coupled to an outer surface of the cup.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Berry Plastics CorporationInventors: Chris K. Leser, Charles T. Wallace, Philip A. Driskill, John B. Euler, Jason J. Paladino, Milan C. Maravich, Daniel O. Davis, Jeffrey A. Mann, Randy A. Bowlds
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Patent number: 10351333Abstract: A novel chewing gum box includes a gum storage chamber, a storage chamber cover, a funnel apparatus, a gum introducing plate, a gum carrying groove, a carrying groove baffle, a push handle, a spring baffle, guide rails, guide rail grooves, a spring groove, and a spring. The gum storage chamber is communicated with the gum carrying groove through the funnel apparatus. The gum carrying groove is connected to the push handle and is capable of reciprocating along the guide rails and the guide rail groove. When retrieving gum, the box body is tilted and shaken first to allow gum in the storage chamber to slide along the gum introducing plate into the gum carrying groove via the funnel apparatus. The push handle then is actuated to have the gum pushed out along the guide rail and the guide rail groove, so that the gum is available for retrieval.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2012Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Gumfriend International Corp.Inventor: Yang Li
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Patent number: 10351334Abstract: The invention pertains generally to an improved fluid dispensing device, particularly a dispensing device which employs at least one hemispherical domed canister source of reactants and which uses a color-changing dispensing plastic tip to inform the end-user if the reactants are at a proper use temperature.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: ICP Adhesives and Sealants, Inc.Inventors: Christopher D. Dolezal, Karl W. Burkart
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Patent number: 10351335Abstract: An aerosol can spray gun that accepts a top of an aerosol spray gun. The spray gun includes an integral motorized fan. When the trigger on the spray gun is depressed the aerosol spray can dispensing cap is depressed and simultaneously the fan pushes air out through nozzles in the front of the spray gun to control the spray fan pattern. A tab on the cap ensures that the nozzle on the can is oriented forward. Optionally, the air nozzles in the front of the spray gun can adjust the fan pattern between horizontal and vertical.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Inventors: Nelson Alonso, Leonardo Alonso
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Patent number: 10351336Abstract: A container for consumer goods is provided, including a box including a bottom wall, two side walls, a back box wall, a front wall, a movable container back wall, and a lid. The movable container back wall depends along a first fold line from the box, is movable about the first fold line between an open position and a closed position, and at least partially overlies the back box wall when in the closed position. The lid depends along a hinge line from the movable container back wall and is movable between the open and the closed positions. A first and a second compartment each configured to receive the consumer goods are located in the box, the first compartment is accessible when the lid is in the open position, and the second compartment is accessible when both the lid and the movable container back wall are in respective open positions.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Stefano Cavallari, Sergey Krasiev
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Patent number: 10351337Abstract: An example lavatory waste compartment includes a waste bin having a waste compartment for trash, a waste flap providing an opening into the waste compartment for insertion of the trash, and a manually operated trash compactor coupled to a ceiling. The manually operated trash compactor includes an expansion component connected to a compacting head, and a retraction component coupled to the expansion component to hold or retract the expansion component to a stowed position. An increase in temperature above a threshold temperature causes the retraction component to release the expansion component resulting in deployment of the compacting head into the waste bin. An actuation device is provided to deploy the expansion component from the stowed position, and when deployed, the expansion component blocks opening of the waste flap, and the retraction component causes the expansion component to retract to the stowed position via release of the actuation device.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Darren McIntosh
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Patent number: 10351338Abstract: A garbage can retention assembly includes a plurality of stakes that is each inserted into ground. A ring and a collar are each coupled to the stakes and each of the ring and the collar are horizontally oriented when the stakes are inserted into the ground. A garbage can is positioned to extend through the ring and the collar having the garbage can standing on the ground. Thus, the ring and the collar surrounds the garage can to inhibit the garbage can from tipping over. A pair of gates is each hingedly coupled to the collar. Each of the gates is positionable in a closed position having the collar and each of the gates encircling the garbage can when the garbage can is positioned in the collar and the ring. Each of the gates is positionable in an open position thereby facilitating the garbage can to pass therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Inventor: Vitezslav Tyle
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Patent number: 10351339Abstract: The subject plastic bag holder is adapted for holding a large plastic bag next to a side of a two wheel cart and on top of a base of the cart. The bag holder includes a āUā shaped ring having threaded ends for attachment to a horizontal support bar. The support bar is attached to an upper portion of a frame of the cart. The support bar and the ring included a plurality of spaced apart, upwardly extending, pins. The pins are used for attaching the plastic bag to the top of the support bar and the top of the ring for holding the bag in an open top position for receiving the yard and garden waste material therein.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Inventors: Deborah U. Moens, Kenneth R. Moens