Combined Or Convertible Patents (Class 206/216)
  • Patent number: 10072837
    Abstract: A lighting box having LED units in the interior of a body thereof to allow an elegant exterior appearance for the lighting box to be designed, and having a switch and a control unit so that the LED units are turned on and off with the opening and closing of the box The lighting box comprises a body; a control panel attached on an inner surface of the body; a battery unit attached to the control panel; LED units driven by the battery unit and located inside the body and attached to the control panel; an LED cover for covering the LED units; a switch, attached to the body, for controlling the operations of the LED units; a cover which covers the body; and a control unit, disposed on the cover, for controlling the switch being turned on and off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Inventor: Soon Chang Hong
  • Patent number: 10045554
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for boiling an egg, comprising a device for providing microwave radiation in a confined space, comprising a holder with at least one cavity adapted to the shape of an egg with an eggshell, said cavity provided with a first layer surrounding the eggshell, said first layer: —is in heat exchanging contact with the shell of the egg; —has a dielectric constant with an imaginary part, ??, between 20-500 at a temperature between 0° C.-100° C. and at a microwave frequency of 2.45 GHz, and—having a layer thickness d of 1-6 millimeter and varying less than 30% over the egg, or said holder for holding at least one egg assembly adapted for cooking an egg using microwave radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: NEWTRICIOUS B.V.
    Inventor: Jos Nelissen
  • Patent number: 10040080
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a tubular holder. The tubular holder includes a tubular main body, the tubular main body including an interior surface and an exterior surface, a film that extends around at least a portion of the circumference of a first end of the tubular main body and covers an opening of the first end of the tubular main body, and a sheet including a first surface and a second surface, the second surface opposed to the first surface, the first surface operably attached to the seal at at least one point, the sheet configured to extend a distance along an interior of the tubular main body from the first end towards a second end, wherein at least a portion of the first surface of the sheet contacts the interior surface of the tubular main body, and wherein a liquid composition contacts a second surface of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Inventor: Michelle Duchnowski
  • Patent number: 10000323
    Abstract: A package configured to contain and provide for sterile presentation of a product. The package includes a housing portion, a handling portion integrally formed with the housing portion, and a separation feature. The housing portion defines an interior product storage cavity and extends from a first end to a second end. The handling portion includes a cuff at the second end of the housing portion and a gripping portion extending from the cuff. The gripping portion is configured to extend inside the cuff and toward the storage cavity. The separation feature is disposed between the cuff and the housing portion, and the separation feature is configured to separate the housing portion and the handling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Bemis Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron R. Bentz
  • Patent number: 9981777
    Abstract: Packaging for displaying an accessory with a beverage such as a wine bottle includes a compartment having a front, a tab coupled to the compartment for receiving and hanging from the neck of the wine bottle, and a window in the front of the compartment for displaying the accessory within the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Inventors: Stephen J. Thomson, Joseph M. Rahm
  • Patent number: 9956475
    Abstract: A game action figure for use in a tabletop combat game with other game action figures is disclosed. The game action figure includes a body having arms and legs; a lower housing, the lower housing including a first storage location for a pair of dice, a second storage location for a set of cards, a hexagonal spacer, and a weapon held by one of the arms during game play, and a third storage location for a measuring string; and an upper housing, the upper housing configured to attach to the lower housing and enclose a space between the lower and upper housing in which the set of cards, hexagonal spacer and measuring string are stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Inventors: James Campbell, Benjamin Cichoski, Daniel Mandel
  • Patent number: 9951463
    Abstract: Portable clothes-drying assemblies are provided to allow travelers to quickly and easily dry articles of clothing. In one embodiment of the invention, the assembly includes a specially configured garment bag from which a conventional hand held hair dryer is suspended. The garment bag includes a pair of exterior side walls defining a clothing compartment, an inlet opening configured to direct heated air from the dryer to a heated air chamber inside the bag, and a baffle system for ensuring that the warm or hot air in the heated air chamber is distributed evenly throughout the clothing compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventors: Loi McLoughlin, Le Phung
  • Patent number: 9936780
    Abstract: A protective case for a mobile device having a storage compartment for a user's personal items such as credit cards, license, cash, etc. is disclosed. The protective case includes a first or main panel and a second or sub-panel that are configured to cover the storage compartment and provide access thereto, via a hinged connection. Each panel may also function as independent pivot stand that can position the case in one or more operating/viewing positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Incipio, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Tu, Timothy Hemesath, Andy Fathollahi
  • Patent number: 9937103
    Abstract: The emesis receptacle is a container that is adapted for use in receiving and storing discharge of emesis. The emesis receptacle is designed to receive the discharge with a minimum of spillage. The emesis receptacle further provides storage areas for the purpose of containing domestic articles necessary for maintaining comfort and cleanliness throughout the discharge process. The emesis receptacle comprises a hollow container, a plurality of handles, one or more pockets, a drawer, a false bottom, and a chin extension. The plurality of handles, the chin extension, and the one or more pockets are attached to the container. The drawer is installed within the container. The false bottom is positioned within the container such that the false bottom protects the contents of the drawer from the discharge of emesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Inventor: Mark Streit
  • Patent number: 9927774
    Abstract: A pill dispensing watch with a wrist watch assembly that includes a housing that encloses a time keeping apparatus as well as a plurality of pill storage drawers and microprocessor controlled electro mechanical drawer extending assemblies that allow the user to set the time for a pill taking event and for the pill retaining drawers to each open at the time the pill needs to be taken. A micro USB port built into the watch housing lets the user plug the on board microprocessor into a standard computer so that the user can program the times that the drawers need to open and an audio alarm needs to sound. In one embodiment the watch housing includes two of the drawers extending from the left side of the watch housing and two drawers extending from the right side of the watch housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Inventor: Rebecca Rotbergs
  • Patent number: 9927212
    Abstract: A one-hand operable telescopable knife assembly comprising an elongated outermost jacket enclosing an internal emission or containment chamber and an elongated knife blade assembly. A thumb stud is attached to and extends radially outwardly from the elongated knife blade assembly. The thumb stud extends slidingly through an elongated guide slot to permit a first locking notch to a second locking notch movement and control of the knife assembly contained within the outermost jacket. The first locking slot and the second locking slot are arranged at opposite ends of but are also arranged on the same side of the elongated guide slot. A transversely arranged slot on the blade assembly simultaneously lockingly engages a jacket locking tab at the second end of the outermost jacket upon rotation of the blade assembly by the thumb stud entering into the second locking slot on the side of the outermost jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Inventor: Matthew J. Ota
  • Patent number: 9888794
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a plate defining a surface for holding food and further defines at least one opening therein. A collapsible beverage holder fits within the at least one opening defined within the surface of the plate and moves between a collapsed configuration responsive to the apparatus being placed on a surface and an un-collapsed configuration responsive to the apparatus being lifted off the surface by the plate. A plurality of flexible latching tabs secures the collapsible beverage holder to an edge of the at least one opening. The plurality of flexible latching tabs further comprises at least one locking member for engaging the edge of the at least one opening to removeably secure the collapsible beverage holder to the plate. A flexible member interconnects the at least one locking member to the collapsible beverage holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: COGENT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: David W. Douglas, Robert R. Durkee, III
  • Patent number: 9855187
    Abstract: An oral device includes an intraoral bolus simulator having an exterior surface and an interior volume fillable with a fluid. An extraoral user interface extends from the bolus simulator, and can be used to locate or position the intraoral bolus simulator. In various embodiments, the fluid may be a gas or a liquid, or combinations thereof. In other embodiments, an oral device includes an extraoral handle, a shield connected to the handle, a tether extending from the shield, and a bolus simulator connected to the tether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignees: Trudell Medical International, The University of Western Ontario
    Inventors: Ruth E. Martin, Marcus Sieffert, Peter Scarrott, Andreas Rifani, Kelly Armstrong
  • Patent number: 9856597
    Abstract: A drying system embodying a method and glove dryer mountable to an outlet of an already-running furnace when in use so as to safely and efficiently dry out articles, and that dissembles into stackable elements when stored is provided. The glove dryer may include a base providing a plurality of detachable nozzles. The base may form a volumetric enclosure for both safely mounting the outlet of an already-running furnace as well as for storage purposes. The plurality of detachable nozzles may be stacked in a nest configuration when removed from the base for storing in the volumetric enclosure. When in use, the plurality of detachable nozzles each provide a plurality of holes through which heated air from the outlet reaches to tops of articles of clothing slidably received thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Inventor: Karen Smoots
  • Patent number: 9759413
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention use light to add human-like features to an inanimate object. In one embodiment, the object includes a film with an image that has been manipulated to provide for a low profile projection of an image onto a vertical surface directly adjacent to the object. For example, the image of a witch's head could be projected onto a wall and directly beneath, a witch's hat could be hanging on the wall. In another embodiment, changing lights and shadows are used to create animated objects out of otherwise inanimate objects. Various embodiments include components to create the illusion of changing facial expressions. These components include a plurality of light sources and an electronic device that controls the light sources to create the animation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: HALLMARK CARDS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Jay Lien, Jason Blake Penrod, Steve Eikos, Robert D. Wertanen, Ma Lap Man, Wesley D. Lindquist, Kari Jean Walberg
  • Patent number: 9701443
    Abstract: A toolbox includes a space for receiving tools and includes a peripheral side and top and bottom sides. The peripheral side includes at least one snap fastener on an upper end thereof and at least one engagement portion on a lower end thereof. The at least one snap fastener includes a flexible engagement plate. A hook is formed on an upper end of the engagement plate. The lower end of the engagement plate can be pressed to move the hook away from the peripheral side of the toolbox. The hook of the at least one snap fastener of the toolbox can engage with at least one engagement portion of another similarly constructed toolbox stacked above the toolbox. The at least one engagement portion of the toolbox can engage with a hook of at least one snap fastener of another similarly constructed toolbox stacked below the toolbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: COMPASS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tzu-Chien Wang
  • Patent number: 9694129
    Abstract: A package for a medical cannula with a hub, such as a pen needle, is disclosed. The package includes a cover for receiving a medical cannula and for engaging a hub of the medical cannula. The cover has open ends that are in communication through the cover. The packaging also includes a sterility barrier for the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Robert Banik, Peter Skutnik, Sean Sullivan
  • Patent number: 9687115
    Abstract: A novel food serving and storage set including cover formed to be similar to and of realistic size, shape and color for the food in which it is covering, an accompanying complimentary receiving unit that has a vertical raised lip around its edge for the cover to fit exactly on top. The receiving unit has a flat peripheral area surrounding a depression in its center on which food may rest directly or indirectly. The food can rest on a separate removable disc which fits on top of the receiving unit in order to separate any elements in the receiving unit's depression (e.g. a cooling or warming element) from the food. Attached to the lower outer and upper inner rims of the cover and receiving unit respectively is a non-slip lining that creates an airtight seal allowing this system to store food for an extended time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Inventor: Dorothy Mai Win-Hall
  • Patent number: 9682851
    Abstract: A single serving scoop and funnel both conveniently measures a correct amount of any liquid, gel, solid, granulated, or any pourable material, and facilitates pouring the measured material into a container. The funnel is moveably attached to a scoop handle, and may be moved between a first position over the scoop, and a second position withdrawn from the scoop. In one embodiment the funnel is hingedly attached to the scoop handle and rotates 180 degrees to latch opposite to the scoop, and may contain projections on each side of a funnel handle allowing single had use. In another embodiment the funnel slides along the handle away from the scoop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Inventor: Adrian Rivera
  • Patent number: 9676533
    Abstract: A tamper-evident package includes a flexible web having first and second opposed surfaces, and a tamper-evident layer on at least the first surface. The tamper-evident layer defines a blank space on the web, and includes a first pattern of protected areas and a second pattern of tamper-evident areas. A first semi-rigid outer layer is attached to the first tamper-evident layer so as to adhere only to the tamper-evident areas on the tamper-evident layer, the first semi-rigid outer layer including a transparent portion aligned with the blank space. A second semi-rigid outer layer is attached to the second surface of the web. The blank space may be removed to form a hole in the web, and the second outer layer may include a transparent portion aligned with the hole. A second tamper-evident layer may optionally be provided on the second surface of the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: ADCRAFT PRODUCTS CO. INC.
    Inventors: Keith Mottram, Kenneth Collins
  • Patent number: 9669964
    Abstract: A container for storing dispensable contents includes a tub. The tub includes a body having one or more walls extending from a base, an opening, a neck formed around the opening and extending out from the body to form a lip, and a shelf disposed on an inner perimeter of the neck and below the lip. The container also includes a removable insert disposed below the lip and above the contents. The removable insert includes a scoop implement for dispensing the contents, and an outer frame removably coupled to the scoop implement, the outer frame configured to rest on the shelf and support the scoop implement above the contents. The container also includes a closure configured to removably cover the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: GATEWAY PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: William C. Vogel, Terrence M. Parve
  • Patent number: 9629486
    Abstract: An apparatus for creating floral arrangements by having a structure where the structure has specific locations such as openings in the structure with an insert having indicia including numbers on the insert with a respective number aligned with and visible through an aligned opening in the structure and the number corresponding with a flower and stem cut from a living plant so that the stem of the flower is inserted with the corresponding number visible through an opening in the structure so that different flowers and other floral items taken from living plants can be placed in the structure to provide a decorative floral arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Rhonda Allan
  • Patent number: 9617045
    Abstract: Caps, containers embodying such caps, and methods of enhancing cap safety. Air flow passages through the cap enable one, who accidentally swallowed the cap, to breathe/pass air through the cap. Some air passages extend top to bottom. Openings in the outer side wall, and an air flow path across the cap, allow air to enter the cap on a first side, flow transversely through the cap, and exit an opposing side. The top-to-bottom air flow passages, and the air flow path across the cap, including the openings in the outer wall of the cap, collectively support air flow through the cap, thus through the person's airway, if/when the cap becomes accidentally lodged in a person's airway. The openings can be used to engage and extract an accidentally swallowed cap. Elements of an optional tamper evident ring remain attached to the cap after the cap is removed from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventor: Robert C. Reinders
  • Patent number: 9603433
    Abstract: An internally supplied applicator for applying a fluid substance, in particular a cosmetic or pharmaceutical product, having a solid finger support with preferably injection molded fingers and at least one supply conduit for conveying the substance from the side of the finger support oriented away from the fingers to the side of the finger support that is equipped with the fingers; the side of the finger support oriented away from the fingers is adjoined by a (crushable) foil packet that contains a reservoir of the substance that is to be applied so that pressing on the foil packet causes a volume of the substance, which is to be applied, to be dispensed through the supply conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: GEKA GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Hauger
  • Patent number: 9580232
    Abstract: A food dispensing caddy is capable of being removably mounted to a support structure, such as a refrigerator. The caddy is a five-sided structure with an open top. The structure is divided into compartments, each of which can be covered with a lid. Each compartment is capable of being stacked with items therein for subsequent dispensation through an opening in the front. Such a caddy is useful for dispensing individually-wrapped food items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Inventor: Michael S. Beltrami
  • Patent number: 9549628
    Abstract: A container support apparatus can include a base body having a first portion, a second portion, and a boundary region between the first and second portions. The apparatus can include a first straight lateral connector member and a second straight lateral connector member, each formed at least in part from the first portion of the base body. The apparatus can include a bottom support member disposed in a coplanar position with the first portion of the base body in an undeployed state. The first and second lateral connector members can undergo downward angular pitching in conjunction with the bottom support member undergoing simultaneous vertical translation and planar rotation relative to the second portion of the base body during transition from the undeployed state to a deployed state, and the bottom support member can maintain a parallel orientation relative to the second portion of the base body during this transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Inventors: Gena Koufos, Brandon Michael Robinson
  • Patent number: 9546777
    Abstract: A display box displays the fluorescence of a gemstone having naturally occurring phosphors. The box has a top portion hinged with a bottom portion. A compact ultraviolet LED assembly is mounted at a mounting angle in the insert in a cavity of the top portion. The LED assembly has: an LED circuit; a 3 watt 365 nm ultraviolet LED diode disposed on the LED circuit; and an optical collimator having a parabolic lens to focus the emitted LED radiation to a less than 15° spread. A compact battery for powering the LED assembly is provided in a recess of the bottom portion. A central holder/deck holds the gemstone in a direct path of the emitted collimated LED radiation of the LED assembly. In operation, the gemstone seated in the central holder/deck emits a corona of strong visible fluorescence while the ultraviolet radiation and the LED assembly are not seen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: FINESSE DIAMOND CORP
    Inventor: David F. Didur
  • Patent number: 9521919
    Abstract: A self-stabilizing article holder devised to stabilize a container, such as a drink glass, in an upright position to prevent spillage of a substance therefrom. The article holder includes a suction cup base configured to adhere to a mounting surface to maintain the container in an upright position. The container has an annular connection wall on a bottom side thereof that fits inside and against an annular lip on an outer perimeter of an upper surface of the base. An aperture centrally disposed in the base is configured to removably receive a stabilizer member disposed on the container bottom side. A pair of receiver members disposed on the base upper surface is configured to securingly receive respective upper connectors disposed on the container bottom side therein. A spring that surrounds the stabilizer member between the base and the container secures the receiver members and upper connectors together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Inventor: Yvette Reyes
  • Patent number: 9510714
    Abstract: An apparatus for refilling a cylindrical wipes dispenser. The apparatus includes a plurality of rectangular wipes configured in a flat stack and having packaging that contains an opening mechanism. The opening mechanism is operable for opening the apparatus to allow common removal of the plurality of rectangular wipes. The plurality of rectangular wipes are interleaved and folded to form an indentation along a longitudinal axis of the plurality of rectangular wipes. The plurality of rectangular wipes is operable to be folded along the indentation to form a V shape for insertion into a cylindrical dispensing container. The width of the rectangular flat stack wipes is slightly larger than the diameter of the dispensing cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventor: E. Jason White
  • Patent number: 9486117
    Abstract: An apparatus for refilling a cylindrical wipes dispenser. The apparatus includes a plurality of rectangular wipes configured in a flat stack and having packaging that contains an opening mechanism. The opening mechanism is operable for opening the apparatus to allow common removal of the plurality of rectangular wipes. The plurality of rectangular wipes are interleaved and folded to form an indentation along a longitudinal axis of the plurality of rectangular wipes. The plurality of rectangular wipes is operable to be folded along the indentation to form a V shape for insertion into a cylindrical dispensing container. The width of the rectangular flat stack wipes is slightly larger than the diameter of the dispensing cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventor: E. Jason White
  • Patent number: 9408426
    Abstract: Certain aspects and features of the present disclosure relate to garments, such as socks, that incorporate one or more three-dimensional designs, such as three-dimensional anaglyphs. A design is incorporated into the garment through knitting, sewing, printing, or other suitable methods. The garment can be provided as a kit that includes any suitable eyewear necessary for discerning the design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: RENFRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jann Middo, Gregory T. Matson
  • Patent number: 9365334
    Abstract: A beverage container that includes a main body portion having an open top and a closed bottom, an interior, a circular rim and a first set of threads on an inside surface thereof that are positioned adjacent the rim at a first height. The rim includes a downwardly depending portion that extends below the first set of threads. The container also includes a removable cover with a bottom, a generally cylindrical side wall, an annular flange extending outwardly from the generally cylindrical side wall and an annular collar. The collar, the annular flange and the side wall define a first channel that receives the rim, and the bottom and the generally cylindrical side wall cooperate to define a cover cavity. The side wall includes a second set of threads on an outside surface thereof that are matingly engaged with the first set of threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Mideas, LLC
    Inventors: James Christopoulos, Martin Todd Belle, David Huang, Fernando Pardo, Adil Ali, Matthew Hern, Etienne Iliffe-Moon, Praveen Penmetsa, Matthew O'Brien
  • Patent number: 9364108
    Abstract: A beverage container lid is disclosed that includes an overflow chamber for liquid displaced when a straw is inserted through the lid's straw hole. The beverage container lid includes a top layer and a bottom layer that define an overflow chamber between the top and bottom layer. The top layer has a top opening and the bottom layer has a bottom opening, that are aligned along the vertical axis and through which a straw may be inserted into a beverage container to which the beverage container lid is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Inventor: David B. Chasin
  • Patent number: 9352883
    Abstract: A liquid storage, isolation and dispensing assembly includes a container, a float and a top. The container includes a sidewall having an inner surface, a lower part, and an upper part. At least a portion of the inner surface of the lower part has a constant cross-sectional shape and size. The upper part includes an inwardly extending ledge with a cutout formed therethrough. The float has a sealing edge generally conforming to the size and shape of the inner surface portion. The sealing edge and the cutout are configured to permit the float to be passed into the lower part of the container with a portion of the sealing edge passing through the cutout. The top is mountable to the upper part and has a lug configured to pass through the cutout in the ledge for mounting the top on the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: WineStor, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Scott Tavenner, Michael Jonathan Liebowitz
  • Patent number: 9346567
    Abstract: A vial holder is provided to protect a user's hand from needle sticks. The holder includes a handle and a shield attached to a distal end of the handle. An opening is formed in the distal end of the handle to receive a vial. The vial is placed through the opening and into a passageway of the handle with the upper end of the vial exposed. A user grasps the handle which holds the vial in a stabilized manner. A needle may then safely approach the vial in which inadvertent slippage or movement of the needle results in contact with the needle against the shield and not contact with the user's hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: National Jewish Health
    Inventor: Ali I. Musani
  • Patent number: 9344540
    Abstract: An integrated cell phone case and lighter comprises a phone casing, a bottom backing and a removable lighter and is sized and shaped to be placed on over a conventional cell phone in a manner such that it substantially covers the cell phone on all sides except for the side with the touch screen. The phone casing is a viscoelastic body that includes a phone holding level for holding a cell phone and a lighter holding level adapted to enable a lighter to be stored in a the lighter holding compartment thereon. The bottom backing is a rigid shell which is sized to fit over the combined cell phone and phone casing assembly. The removable lighter is defined by a battery operated, butane refillable lighter in a modified rectangular exterior that includes side recesses and a finger gripping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Inventor: Shahar Solomon
  • Patent number: 9305471
    Abstract: A display system for use by a caregiver team in managing a patient includes a substrate panel arranged to be suspended on a wheelchair with a clock face printed on the front surface with at least one manually movable hand to display a selected time. A first window display on the front surface is manually set a selected time period to visit the patient. A plurality of alternate operations on the patient to reduce pressure issues is printed on the rear and a selected one is indicated to the caregiver by moving a marker so that the caregiver is required by the clock time on the clock face to attend the patient, to carry out the selected action and to reset the clock time by an increment determined by the time period and so that the failure to attend the patient is immediately visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Safe Moves Injury Prevention Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Peter Braun, Robin Lee Diduch, Guy Henry Daniel Woods
  • Patent number: 9295285
    Abstract: A lighter includes a heating element, a data store to store a smoking management plan including one or more rules, and a processor, operatively coupled to the data store and the heating element, to selectively disable activation of the heating element based on the smoking management plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Inventor: Joseph Dennis Glazer
  • Patent number: 9260232
    Abstract: A package (100) is disclosed which includes a blister with two halves (150,160) that rotate apart, the blister flanges being sealed within two paperboard cards (110, 120). The package may be opened by tearing across the paperboard cards, then rotating or tilting the blister halves apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLC
    Inventors: Linh Li Kooc, Charlotte Hanks, Kyle Schumaker
  • Patent number: 9241797
    Abstract: A delivery system comprising a biodegradable single or multi compartment covering is provided. The covering can be a mesh bag including a pre-attached detachable holding member surrounding the opening of at least one compartment and a pre-attached removable filling member configured to fit within the opening of the at least one compartment. The opening of the bag can include a closing member. The pre-attached detachable holding member can be a collar including finger grips and is used to hold the bag in one position while filling it. In some embodiments, the pre-attached detachable filling member can be a funnel for loading the mesh bag with bone graft material. Once the covering is filled, the holding member and filling member can be removed and the covering is closed with a closing member such as a drawstring. A method of treatment utilizing the delivery system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventor: William F. McKay
  • Patent number: 9151255
    Abstract: A spill resistant fuel supply system (16) for a marine engine (12). The system (16) includes a generally sealed housing (46) in which is disposed a vapor separator (26), a high pressure pump (28) and/or a suction pump (24). The housing (46) prevents fuel that might leak from these components from openly collecting in the marine vessel (10). The housing (46) includes one or more walls (48, 50, 52) formed with included air columns (58) which act as thermal barriers to reduce the amount of heat energy transferred from the outside in. The included air columns (58) are preferably arrayed in side-by-side fashion and closed at both ends to trap air therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Carter Fuel Systems, LLC
    Inventor: John L. Sayer
  • Patent number: 9038820
    Abstract: The present invention relates to utility surfaces. Specifically, the invention relates to a utility surface, generally a table or other flat surface, with drawers attached to the utility surface. In preferred embodiments of the present invention, the utility surface and attached drawers may be folded into a collapsed format that is convenient for portability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Inventor: Mohamed Ashry
  • Publication number: 20150136620
    Abstract: A case for a portable electronic device includes a substantially hollow housing formed of a first section and a second section. The first section is dimensioned and configured to tightly retain the portable electronic device. A hinged connector secures a first portion of the first section to a first portion of the second section and allows access to the portable electronic device when the second section is in an open position. One or more locking mechanisms removably connect a second portion of the first section to a second portion of the second section and prevents access to the portable electronic device when the second section is in a closed and locked position. A locating device is disposed within or attached to the first section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Armani Williams
  • Publication number: 20150136621
    Abstract: A protective case for a portable electronic device. The protective case including a plurality of storage compartments for retaining a series of items. The protective case includes a removable upper portion allowing unobstructed access to the portable electronic device camera and includes a plurality of corner accessories disposed within and forming the corners of the protective case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Ian F. Lebauer
  • Publication number: 20150122672
    Abstract: An organizer transformable into a portable bag is provided. The organizer includes a rectangular fabric piece having a front piece and a back piece defining opposing, laterally extending upper and lower end edges and opposing, longitudinally extending side edges; and removable storage compartments attached to the front piece by a plurality of attachment members. The removable storage compartments include a first flexible panel having a first pair of side peripheral edges, a first top edge and a first bottom edge; and a second flexible panel superimposed on the first flexible panel, the second flexible panel having a second pair of side peripheral edges, a second top edge and a second bottom edge; where the first flexible panel and the second flexible panel are sealed together along the first and second pair of side peripheral edges and the first and second pair of bottom edges creating an interior storage area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Kristin Bouton-MacLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20150101703
    Abstract: One or more apparatuses for adjusting at least one of an oxygen content or a water content in a pod and methods of their use are provided, where one or more semiconductor wafer are selectively stored within a storage chamber of the pod. The apparatus comprises the pod and a pipeline. The pod comprises the storage chamber and a port. The port comprises a receptacle having a first opening and a constraining ring proximate the first opening. The pipeline comprises a pipe, a diffuser attached to a first end of the pipe and a controller attached to a second end of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: You-Hua Chou, Chih-Wei Huang, Kuo-Sheng Chuang
  • Publication number: 20150101941
    Abstract: A stopper system including a female member having a conduction path extending in an axial direction thereof, which is to be fixed to a fluid inlet/outlet port of a container, a plug detachably engaged with the tip of the female member, a first male member for supplying a fluid into the container, and a second male member for plugging the conduction path of the female member. Fluid is supplied to the container by inserting the first male member into the conduction path of the female member. The female member is plugged by inserting the second male member into the conduction path of the female member. The fluid in the container is discharged to the outside by inserting a fluid discharge pin into the second male member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: PACPLUS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoaki NAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20150101940
    Abstract: An apparatus for coupling an electronic cigarette to a mobile device case is provided. The apparatus includes a mobile device case configured to attach to a mobile device. The apparatus also includes an adapter configured to removably couple an electronic cigarette to the mobile device case. Another apparatus for coupling an electronic cigarette to a mobile device case is provided. The apparatus includes a mobile device case configured to attach to a mobile device. The apparatus also includes an adapter configured to couple an electronic cigarette to the mobile device case. The apparatus further includes a battery booster configured to supply power to at least one of a mobile device attached to the mobile device case or an electronic cigarette coupled to the mobile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: Parker Ash
  • Publication number: 20150096269
    Abstract: A container with improved sealing, for improved security in the event of loading, transporting and/or unloading submicron particles, in particular nanopowder/nanoparticles, includes a connector for injecting liquid and/or gas. Such a container can also contain at least one inflatable seal (40) valve (3; 4). The container is provided with elements for changing the physical state of the material by heating, mixing or ultrasound bombardment. A method for using the container and an inflatable seal valve are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: NANOMAKERS
    Inventors: Francois Tenegal, Cyril Nadeau
  • Publication number: 20150096908
    Abstract: A multi-purpose receptacle includes a bottom panel and a sidewall attached to the bottom panel. The sidewall extends from the bottom panel in a longitudinal direction. The sidewall includes a side panel and an inflatable bladder attached to the side panel. The side panel extends around at least a portion of the bottom panel. The inflatable bladder includes a sealed cavity for containing an amount of gas, and defines a portion of the sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Steven Nadler, Scott Neilson, Jesse Anderson