Closure Structure Specified For Stacking Patents (Class 206/508)
  • Patent number: 12240651
    Abstract: A plastic container (1) has a first base and four side walls (13, 14) projecting perpendicularly upwards with a circumferential edge (15) on the upper edge of said walls and a circumferential rib (16) of the lower end of said walls. According to the invention, the container (1) includes a second base (17), which is arranged on the underside of the first base and encloses same. A flat base surface (18, 20) of the second base (17) extends parallel to the first base and beyond the extent of the first base to the extent of the outer ends of the circumferential rib (16) on the side walls (13, 14). A frame (19) on the second base (17) having a circumferential wall (22) extends to the circumferential rib (16) and encloses the lateral edges of the first base. The plastic container (1) can be placed in high-bay warehouses having narrow, rail-like shelves and can be centered and reliably stacked by means of elongate centering elements on the edge (15) and recesses (26) in the second base (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: GEORG UTZ HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Patrik Plattner, Axel Ritzberger, Philip Schaniel
  • Patent number: 12239150
    Abstract: Systems and devices and methods of making and using the same to prepare nut milk products. An exemplary system of the present disclosure includes a blending device capable of blending a quantity of nuts with a quantity of a liquid to break down the quantity of nuts into pieces to generate a blended product, a porous vessel defining an opening and configured to strain the blended product so that when the blended product is introduced into the opening, at least part of a solid fraction of the blended product remains within the porous vessel, and at least part of a liquid fraction of the blended product passes through the porous vessel which is collected as a filtered or strained product, and a non-porous vessel configured to receive at least part of the porous vessel therein and further configured to receive the filtered or strained product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Elemental Device Design, LLC
    Inventor: Adam Kaiser
  • Patent number: 12240687
    Abstract: An enclosure structure in the form of a security cage is attached to a top surface of a cargo carrier as the security cage is assembled on the top surface of the cargo carrier. The assembled security cage enclosure structure encloses and secures objects supported on the cargo carrier in an interior volume of the security cage enclosure structure. The construction of the security cage enclosure structure eliminates the need for separate fastener assemblies to attach the assembled security cage enclosure structure to the top surface of the cargo carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: ETRAILER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Craig Obermark, Daniel Perotti, Brenden McIntyre
  • Patent number: 12214930
    Abstract: A stackable liquid vessel may be able to receive, store, and dispense various liquids or fluids, such as beverages, cooking oil or vinegar, motor oil, and/or other appropriate materials or substances. Each stackable liquid vessel may be able to at least partially couple to at least one other stackable liquid vessel. An arrangement of stackable liquid vessels may utilize perforated slipsheets to reduce material usage when packing, shipping, storing, and/or displaying multiple stackable liquid vessels (e.g., a pallet of stackable vessels).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Parker, Blair Bentham
  • Patent number: 12195230
    Abstract: A stackable storage system includes a first container, a second container, and a latch moveable between a first position and a second position. The first container includes a projection extending away from the first container along a stacking direction. An edge portion extends from the projection along a plane substantially perpendicular to the stacking direction. The second container includes a recess. The recess receives the projection when the first container and the second container are stacked relative to one another in the stacking direction. The latch overlaps the edge portion with respect to the stacking direction while in the first position to secure the first container and the second container. The latch and edge portion are positioned in a non-overlapping manner relative to one another while the latch is in the second position to permit separation of the first container from the second container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP
    Inventors: Richard M. Davidian, Rony Chan, William J. Saunders, Ryan A. Hirtz, Tyler H. Knight, Drew A. Dahill, Austin Clark, Stephen A. Hughett, J. Luke Jenkins, J. Mike King, Jeffrey Groves, J. Porter Whitmire, Brianna E. Williams, Charles Moody Wacker, II
  • Patent number: 12195229
    Abstract: Described herein are various coupling systems to be used with storage units that are selectively coupled and decoupled. The coupling systems may be used with storage units that are stackable and/or transportable, thus allowing the storage units to function well within a large stationary environment, such as a basement, and also for a subset of the storage units to be selected and easily moved to another location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Keter Plastic LTD.
    Inventors: Christopher S. Hoppe, Michael John Caelwaerts, Samuel A. Gould, Aaron M. Williams, Aaron S. Blumenthal, Michael Stearns, Grant T. Squiers, Steven W. Hyma, Jason D. Thurner, Yaron Brunner
  • Patent number: 12179956
    Abstract: A modular storage system of connectable, heavy-duty storage boxes, crates, rolling carts and/or dollies, work surfaces, organizers, trays, accessories is provided for internal and external item storage and organization and convenient access for use and transport, that is expandable, customizable and readily adaptable. Storage boxes have different sizes by length, width and/or height and have universal box-to-box connection system for stacking and connection to mounting accessories. Boxes have removable, customizable organization inserts (e.g., dividers, storage trays, bins, alignment trays for bins, and bins of different sizes). Box lid rib grid with bosses and undercuts expands internal organization, including cooperation with dual purpose dividers and accessories. Boxes have external mounting accessories to expand external organization. Different housing modes are provided including wall mount systems for wall or side of a truck or van, and different transport modes are provided (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Makita U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Camp, Marc Tappeiner, Jeremy Allan, Ethan W. Franklin, Cameron Putnam, John Grant, Amin Dahrehsobh, Kenneth Hefley, Keisuke Kato, Brent Withey, Austin Donoghue, Nathan Santos
  • Patent number: 12168537
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for storing perishable items under reduced pressure conditions. Total atmospheric pressure within a vacuum chamber containing a perishable item is reduced below a total pressure limit. Oxygen partial pressure and total pressure within the vacuum chamber are monitored. When oxygen partial pressure falls below a lower oxygen partial pressure limit, an oxygen-containing gas is admitted to raise oxygen partial pressure above the lower oxygen partial pressure limit. When the total atmospheric pressure reaches or exceeds the total pressure limit, total pressure is once again reduced. The vacuum container or chamber comprises a section of cylindrical pipe open at both ends, a first end cap and a second end cap, and formed of a plastic material. Notwithstanding that the pipe and end caps are formed of plastic, they are formed with a structure capable of withstanding pressure created by a high vacuum in the vacuum container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventors: George Frank Lobisser, G. Kyle Lobisser, Eric Levi, Todd Hansen, Justin Chase Bothell
  • Patent number: 12145775
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a storage box cover and a storage box used therewith. The storage box cover is covered on a storage box body which is fixedly connected with a clamping convex ring on a bottom end surface; the top edge of a cover body is annularly provided with a clamping groove; the bottom end surface of the cover body is annularly provided with a buckle; the top circumference of the cover body has a downward turnup; a ring groove for clamping the top of the storage box body is formed between the buckle and the turnup; and the buckle can be adapted and clamped in the clamping groove to complete the stable stacking of a plurality of storage box covers; the top of the cover body is fixedly connected with a limiting flange for limiting the storage box body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: HEBEI FENGER INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianzhong Zhang, Xiaojia Liu
  • Patent number: 12134506
    Abstract: A stackable corrugated was box is a specialized box to be used to store food products in cold storage. The box is supplied with a built in “slat” or spacer at the bottom of the box. The spacer is generally rectangular shaped and is approximately thirteen by nineteen inches (13×19?) and one inch (1?) thick. The bottom surface is provided with approximately eight (8) pedestals to produce an “egg-crate” like bottom with open areas all of the way across the bottom. This open area allows for air flow across the entire bottom area of the box, thus allowing for rapid freezing times when compared to conventional boxes that are stacked upon one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Price, Jason Tomblin
  • Patent number: 12114623
    Abstract: A plant pot support assembly comprises a saucer and a grate. The saucer, in turn, comprises a flat bottom and a peripheral wall at an elevation such that a cavity is formed. The grate is configured to be placed over the peripheral wall to enable the grate to support a plant pot, wherein water or dirt from the plant pot is accumulated in the cavity below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Inventor: Adam Joseph Gaczewski
  • Patent number: 12104838
    Abstract: An ice cube tray includes a base and a lid for covering an open top of the base. The open top provides access to compartments for making individual ice cubes. The lid includes ridges on its bottom surface that define holding areas. When the lid covers the open top, such that the holding areas are facing the compartments, and the tray is turned upside down, ice cubes are released from the compartments and fall into the holding areas on the lid. When the base is moved away from the lid, the ice cubes are each held in a respective holding area for grasping by a user. Any ice cubes remaining on the lid remain held in the holding areas. The base can then be placed back over the lid and the tray can be turned right-side up, which returns the remaining ice cubes to their original compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Inventor: Stan Wagner
  • Patent number: 12098005
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide water bottle cap assemblies suitable for attachment to an endoscopic device and a water source. The water bottle cap assembly can include a plurality of ports and an engageable member to sealingly engage the cap with a water source. The assembly also includes a plurality of tubular members, each tubular member coupled to a respective port so as to be in fluid communication therewith. The assembly can include a cap having a grippable surface that is overmolded onto the cap. The cap can also have a soft inner seal on the interior surface, and the soft inner seal can be integrally formed with the overmolded grippable surface. The cap can have a top that is pressfit onto the main portion of the cap. The grippable surface material can be overmolded over the top of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: United States Endoscopy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Tony Martella, Michael Simenc, Gary E. Mann, Roger Popelka, Megan Hieber, Joseph Mrva
  • Patent number: 12098004
    Abstract: An exemplary tamper evident tub is disclosed. In various embodiments, the exemplary tub includes one or more breakable tabs in near proximity to a lid latching assembly. The one or more breakable tabs, in particular embodiments, prevent access to one or more lift tabs and latches, while the tamper evident tub lid is in a closed position. In various embodiments, the one or more lift tabs and latches are operable to allow for the lid to be opened from a closed position. In some embodiments, removing the breakable tabs allows access to the one or more lift tabs and latches, and further indicates that the exemplary tub has been tampered with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: BWAY Corporation
    Inventor: Frano Luburic
  • Patent number: 12043473
    Abstract: A collapsible generally triangular pizza storage container with a set of microwaveable triangular trays for the separation, microwaving and serving of individual slices of pizza. The storage container expands to approximately two times its collapsed configuration. It uses a novel, non-accordion type pleating of its side walls that allow for the container to have the same horizontal cross sectional size along the vertical axis of the container. The pleat design has three wall sections that each fold in on themselves to form a set of three nested side wall portions. Each wall section is separated from the other by a small gap. The lid also has a generally triangular configuration with a compressible gasket, a set of locking wings extending from the periphery that frictionally engage a rigid triangular top ring of the container, and a central air vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Inventor: Jeff Koenig
  • Patent number: 12037164
    Abstract: A culture dish includes a base and a lid. The base includes a side wall and a concave floor that define a first interior volume open at a top end of the base. The base further includes an annular rim between the floor and a bottom end thereof. The lid includes a side wall and a ceiling that define a second interior volume open at a bottom end of the lid. The lid further includes an annular rim extending radially outwardly therefrom. An inner surface of the side wall of the lid is configured for slidable receipt about an outer surface of the side wall of the base to engage the lid about the base with the first and second interior volumes overlapping one another to define a sealed, combined internal volume bounded by the side walls of the base and the lid, the floor, and the ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: IDEXX LABORATORIES INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Howard Broder, Scott W. Wagner
  • Patent number: 12024335
    Abstract: The application relates to a container assembly and a container. The container assembly comprises a first and a second container that are assembled to each other in a detachable manner. The first container has a first surface and the second container has a second surface. When the first container is assembled with the second container, the first surface is associated with the second surface. The first container comprises a first container body and a connection element mounted to the first container body. The connection element has an arm suspended on the first surface. The second container comprises a latch element arranged on the second surface, wherein the latch element is configured to be associated with the arm for assembling the first and the second container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SUZHOU DAKE INVESTMENT CONSULATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huamin Zheng, Wenjie Li
  • Patent number: 12006125
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a container that includes a body having a lower surface, an upper rim, and a plurality of side walls that extend between the lower surface and the upper rim, wherein the upper rim defines an opening to an interior space of the body, a flexible cover that covers the opening of the body and is bonded to the body along the upper rim, and gas-permeable material through which gas can enter and exit the interior space of the body. The upper rim of the body is spaced apart from any of the gas-permeable material, such that the cover can be peeled away from the upper rim to expose the opening while leaving the gas-permeable material intact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: Gerresheimer Glas GmbH, Stevanato Group S.p.A.
    Inventors: Nicole Hutterer, Andreas Fraas, Ricardo Colchado, Stephen Flynn, Braden Miller, Scott Rosenman, Alessio Bonati, Michele Guasti, Marco Canestraro, Riccardo Prete, Gianpaolo Bertolin
  • Patent number: 11964805
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a container for retort food and, more specifically, to a container for retort food including: a container body in which food may be input and stored; and an inner cap covering the container body. The inner cap covering the container body has a predetermined depth, and thus, effective sterilization may be performed during a retort processing process, overflow of the food in the container body may be prevented, and there is an advantage in satisfying regulations regarding a packing space ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Pyo Kim, Yong Hwan Kim, Kyoung Sik Cho, Kwang Soo Park, Byung Kook Lee
  • Patent number: 11958666
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a child resistant double seam container lid including an adapter ring for securely affixing to the double seam top rim of conventional double seamed containers that will be difficult for children to open, yet readily openable by adults. More particularly, a one-piece, two-piece, and three-piece child resistant double seam affixable container lid is provided having a first piece lid portion first, a second piece adapter ring locking member second piece and optionally a third piece securing unit piece, with rotational alignment indicators, and optional additional integral features such as a liquid measuring cup feature, a liquid tight lid feature, a threaded lid portion, a replaceable double seam container lid portion and a double seam container lid locking member adapter ring securely affixable to the double seam container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: N2 PACKAGING SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: David P. Sibley, Randy S. Martin, Michael G. Standlee
  • Patent number: 11952179
    Abstract: Containers for storing food in a storage compartment may include a base portion of the container. The storage compartment is sealed with a film to get the food stored in the storage compartment fresh. The container further includes a reversible lid that is able to attach to the base portion of the container in two different configurations. In a first configuration the reversible lid attaches to the base portion without affecting the seal created by the film. In a second configuration the reversible lid attaches to the base portion when the lid is inverted and the film is removed from the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: D6 LLC
    Inventors: Edward C. Dominion, Martin L. Troudt, Ben McGregor
  • Patent number: 11944707
    Abstract: Capsule forming machines that form a dual dosage capsule have superimposed upper and lower plates that are each rotatable about an axis of rotation. Each of the upper and lower plates define a plurality of voids for receiving a shell body or a capsule member of a capsule that are positioned to define a plurality of stations. A first distribution device is operatively positioned at one of the plurality of stations of each of the upper and lower plates and an actuator is operatively connected to either of the upper or lower plates. The actuator lifts and lowers the upper plate or the lower plate relative to the other plate and/or pivots the upper plate or the lower plate relative to the other plate transverse to the rotational axis to move a capsule assembly station thereof toward to the other plate and then away from the other plate at predetermined times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Gel Cap Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: John Puckett
  • Patent number: 11939110
    Abstract: A stackable container lid includes a top surface defining a flat surface plane without an upward protrusion, at least one recess in the top surface, a bottom surface including a rib structure adjacent a perimeter, and at least one nest segment integrated with the rib structure and protruding from the rib structure. The container lid is readily stackable with other container lids and is suited for handling with automation equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MONOFLO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Axel Sommer
  • Patent number: 11931540
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a pen-like assembly of caps for cleaning and protecting needle-free iv-connectors, with an extended shelf life. An enhanced gas-tightness in sealing is arranged in-between successively arranged caps that are engaged together. A first approach is based on enhancing geometric compliance between striking surfaces, by contacting one or more material components that have different respective Shore hardness values. A second approach is based on meandering and extending a possible fluid communication route from a cavity inside a cap towards surroundings of the assembly. A third approach includes the provision of the fluid communication route with an adhesive or sealant to achieve a gas-tight sealing. A fourth approach includes circumferentially covering junctions with one or more covers that are substantially gas impermeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Asset Medical International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mehmet Tüysüz, Ahmet Reha Basaran
  • Patent number: 11929297
    Abstract: An electronic assembly includes a first printed wiring board (PWB) on a first side of the electronic assembly, and a first stiffener secured to the first PWB. The electronic assembly also includes a second PWB on a second side of the electronic assembly, opposite the first side, a second stiffener secured to the second PWB, and a center stiffener seated in the second stiffener and between the first stiffener and the second stiffener. The center stiffener has a first side facing the first stiffener, a second side that is opposite the first side and facing the second stiffener, a first end, and a second end, opposite the first end. Electronic devices are secured to the center stiffener. The center stiffener dissipates heat from the electronic devices, and the electronic devices include power dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hebri Vijayendra Nayak, Scott C. Wohlfarth, Michael Anthony Futrell
  • Patent number: 11913595
    Abstract: An organizer includes a first base including a first rear portion and first side walls together defining a first interior volume and a first opening to the first interior volume and a first cover dimensioned to engage the first side walls of the first base to occlude the first opening to the first interior volume with the first cover in a closed position. The organizer also includes removable containers dimensioned to occupy the first interior volume. Each of the removable containers includes a base including a rear portion and side walls together defining an interior volume and an opening to the interior volume. Each of the removable containers includes a cover dimensioned to engage the side walls of the base to occlude the opening to the interior volume of the removable container with the cover in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventor: Frank Joseph Tortorella
  • Patent number: 11877985
    Abstract: Disclosed is an infant feeding bottle having a means of mixing powdered baby formula, or other substance, at individually separate times, within any of multiple internal chambers which may be filled with water or other liquid. A user operates the device by removing one of a plurality of attached powder dispensers and pouring its contents, through an open loading portal, directly into one of the chambers within a cylinder main body. A canister top is fabricated with an off-center nipple and, when secured to the cylinder main body, prevents spillage of contents of the chambers. The user selects and detaches one of the plurality of powder dispensers, combines its contents with water or other liquid in a selected chamber, mixes thoroughly, and dispenses to an infant, as necessary. Thus, there are provided multiple uses of the same bottle at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventor: Sophia L White
  • Patent number: 11858687
    Abstract: A storage device which has a plurality of storage containers, which include at least one first storage container and at least one second storage container. The container housings have, on the outer faces thereof, an identical, uniform housing fastening interface, to which a first handle is attached in order to form a first storage container, and to which a second handle is attached in order to form a second storage container. The first handle is a pivotable carrying handle, around which a hand can grip. The second handle is designed as a pull handle which cannot be gripped, which has a grip strip behind which the fingers of a hand can grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TANOS GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Barabeisch, Patrick Schmittmann, Edwin Bunnik
  • Patent number: 11834239
    Abstract: Provided herein is reusable dispenser lid. The reusable dispenser lid can be removably fitted to the mouth of a container containing a fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: PSIMOS, INC.
    Inventors: Aleksei Valentinovich Kramarenko, Mikhaylov Dmitry Mikhaylovich, Gordeev Vladimir Vladimirovich, Stolyarov Alexander Dmitrevich, Paul Ostling, Ilman Shazhaev
  • Patent number: 11834257
    Abstract: A stackable container system is configured to provide stacked receptacles for receiving bulk material therein. The stackable container system includes a first receptacle configured to provide a respective stacked receptacle. The first receptacle includes a receptable bottom, a receptable top, and a receptacle side extending along an upright container axis between the receptacle bottom and top, with the first receptacle presenting a container chamber. The receptacle top is configured to at least partly support another one of the stacked receptacles stacked relative thereto along the upright container axis. The receptacle top and the receptacle side have, respectively, a top peripheral margin and a side peripheral margin that extend laterally about the upright container axis, with at least part of the top peripheral margin being laterally outboard of the side peripheral margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Custom Metalcraft, Inc.
    Inventors: Clark Austin Holden, Deborah Nichole Holden, Rodney Arthur Mease, Peter Joseph Brunn, Gregory Paul Stout, Dwayne Holden
  • Patent number: 11820592
    Abstract: An intelligent sterilization, deodorization and carbon-releasing reduction garbage bin includes a bin body, a bin cover disposed on the bin body, a solution storage chamber and a spray head. The spray head is disposed on a wall of the bin body or on the bin cover. By disposing an inner bucket and/or a garbage bag each with a liquid storage cavity, a molding groove, the liquid storage chamber, the spray head and an intelligent control device, the solution storage chamber being for storing a sterilization and deodorization solution, and the spray head being for spraying the solution stored in the liquid storage chamber, which can filter out water in garbage uninterruptedly and spray a special liquid with effects of sterilization, deodorization and carbon-releasing reduction into the garbage as needed and in an automatic timed and quantitative manner, thereby comprehensively playing multiple beneficial effects in sterilization, deodorization and carbon-releasing reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: BUGU CALLING TECHNOLOGY (HANGZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tian Xu
  • Patent number: 11794959
    Abstract: A moisture tight container includes a container body and a lid preferably linked to the body by a hinge. The body and lid include at least a first seal and a second seal in series to provide a moisture tight seal between the body and the lid. The first seal includes mating of thermoplastic-to-thermoplastic sealing surfaces of the body and lid respectively. The second seal includes mating of thermoplastic-to-elastomeric sealing surfaces of the body and lid, respectively, or of the lid and body, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CSP Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Freedman, Donald Lee Huber, Brian Tifft, Franklin Lee Lucas, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11758994
    Abstract: A storage container includes a rigid bottom, a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall, a fourth side wall and a top, wherein the first, second, third and fourth side walls each comprise primarily fabric. The top defines an opening to an interior of the storage container. A rigid exterior frame includes a first side wall frame portion connected to the first side wall, a second side wall frame portion connected to the second side wall, a first top frame portion, and a second top frame portion, the first top frame portion interconnecting the first side wall frame portion and the second side wall frame portion, the second top frame portion interconnecting the first side wall frame portion and the second side wall frame portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: BIG TIME PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Jarrod Thomas Streng, Christopher Weed, Mark Butts, Ryan Kubica, James Blake Fievet, Jing Li
  • Patent number: 11737599
    Abstract: A food delivery apparatus includes a domed shell that defines an interior space. A thermal storage device is secured to the shell so as to direct heat downward to food within the interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: EGC OPERATING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Biller, Michael Bartos, Richard L. Dudman
  • Patent number: 11702245
    Abstract: A container lid is provided herein having structurally reinforcing ribs therein. The ribs increase the strength of the lid across a central region thereof. Specifically, the lid can have an outer perimeter and the ribs can be spaced inwardly from the outer perimeter. The inwardly spaced ribs can provide a distinct look for consumer differentiation. Additionally, the ribs can be arcuate so that they generally follow a curvature of the outer perimeter of the lid. As such, a label region within the lid central region is preserved, while the lid is still strengthened by the ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
    Inventors: Michele M. Dziaba, Andrew Thomas Tilton, Jeffrey A. Johnson, Joseph M. Miskovic
  • Patent number: 11638998
    Abstract: A transfer system includes a hand that supports a workpiece to be transported; an arm that moves the hand; a scanning controller that moves the hand by the arm along a scanning direction that intersects sides which are provided to be fixed to the hand and not parallel with each other, such that the sides pass a known reference position in a transfer path of the workpiece; and a position detector that detects a positional deviation of the hand in a direction intersecting the scanning direction, based on a timing at which one of the side reaches the reference position and a timing at which the other side reaches the reference position RP, while the scanning controller is moving the hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Takashi Minami, Yoshiki Kimura
  • Patent number: 11628972
    Abstract: A container lid and base assembly includes lid and base stacking features, as well as base chamfers that align with vents provided in the lid. When a plurality of the container assemblies is stacked, the lid and base stacking features nest with each other, while the chamfers align with corresponding vents in the stacked assemblies so that none of the vents is blocked by a next-higher container assembly. The stacking features can be centrally located, and the vents can be peripherally located. A plurality of the container assemblies can have differing sizes and/or shapes, while including mutually compatible stacking features, thereby enabling container assemblies of differing sizes to be stacked without blocking any of the vents thereof. The vents can be holes or “C” vents. The lid and/or base can be manufacturable by thermoforming. The lid and base can be separate, or joined by a hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Waddington North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Russell L. Simms, II
  • Patent number: 11623795
    Abstract: Containers for storing food in a storage compartment may include a base portion of the container. The storage compartment is sealed with a film to get the food stored in the storage compartment fresh. The container further includes a reversible lid that is able to attach to the base portion of the container in two different configurations. In a first configuration the reversible lid attaches to the base portion without affecting the seal created by the film. In a second configuration the reversible lid attaches to the base portion when the lid is inverted and the film is removed from the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: D6 Inc.
    Inventors: Edward C. Dominion, Martin L. Troudt, Ben McGregor
  • Patent number: 11608216
    Abstract: A device and system that can perform bi-directional gas and fluid communication, thereby preventing the accidental spill and splash of sloshing liquids through the sip-hole orifice of a liquid container and/or the sip-hole orifice of its lid, but that still allows liquid to flow through the sip-hole. This is achieved by cutting into the sip-hole, extending the sip-hole and creating a tubular flow-path or labyrinth flow-path that can channel and direct the flow of liquid into a controlled and desired flow and rate via an inlet configured to do so, and by adding a removable plug. These elements help to buffer and deflect sloshing liquid thereby minimizing or preventing the accidental release of liquid, and in many cases improving the purposeful flow of liquid back into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventor: Alfred M. Santos, III
  • Patent number: 11596250
    Abstract: A modular storage system includes a number of receptacles and lids with different sizes and features that are interchangeably coupleable to each other in a stacking arrangement. A first lid has slits to provide access to a receptacle and a second lid has a suction cup and is structured to be interchangeably coupleable to the receptacle and the first lid. A user can remove the second lid from the top of the first lid and secure the second lid to the bottom of the receptacle with the suction cup secured to an external surface. A third lid includes an opening covered by a deflectable membrane. The membrane prevents liquid from spilling from the opening if the receptacle is knocked over. A straw can be inserted through the membrane and opening to provide further functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MorePeas LLC
    Inventors: Allison Jane Fadden, Jessica Lyne Severt, Adam Abraham Jossem
  • Patent number: 11591135
    Abstract: A canister including a lid and storage canister. The lid incorporates a gasket that is overmolded onto the lid during its manufacture. The gasket is exposed on both the upper and lower surfaces of the lid in order to provide a non-slip surface at the top portion of the lid and a sealing surface at the bottom of the lid for sealing a storage canister.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: InterDesign, Inc.
    Inventors: Sara Czukal McBride, Terry Michael Bailey, Radu Alexandru Ghiorghie, Frank Curtis Kraska
  • Patent number: 11576287
    Abstract: A solid state drive apparatus includes a case including a base and side walls extending upward along a circumference of the base, an electrostatic prevention structure of a metal pillar spaced apart from the side walls and protruding from at least a partial surface of the base and an electrostatic absorbing member on at least a partial surface of the metal pillar, a package substrate module mounted on the electrostatic prevention structure in the case, and a cover covering the case and the package substrate module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-ki Lee, In-sub Kwak, Il-han Yun
  • Patent number: 11571091
    Abstract: A cutting board with one or more cut-out sections is provided. Each cut-out is defined by a ledge, and one or more containers may be installed in a cut-out, by engaging their rims/edges with a cut-out ledge. After installation, and during use of the cutting board, no container extends above a work surface of the cutting board. Therefore, food ingredients, remnants, scraps, and so on can be easily and directly scraped or otherwise moved from the work surface to the installed containers. A portion of the cutting board that comprises the work surface is placed on a counter or other support and may be weighted to offset the weight of the containers, which overlie open space or an area lower than the counter (e.g., a sink).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TidyBoard LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Charles, Mark Van Velzen, William Charles
  • Patent number: 11559154
    Abstract: The Invention is a standard set of round, cylindrical and spherical pieces that form objects to hold other objects and food, to transport things and to build modular elegant and beautiful constructions. For example, the Invention's pieces can be used as spherical flowerpots that are arranged along a walkway with flowers, and those same flowerpots can be stacked to support a flowerpot a few feet off the ground. Furthermore, the flowerpots can be stacked to form columns that vines grow on. Pieces can be made exponentially larger and smaller, and features on pieces can also be made exponentially larger and smaller, while maintaining compatibility within the system of Invention pieces. For example, the stacked boxes that are FIG. 33 can be elongated to stack in a manner that forms the pattern of a standard brick wall's interlocking pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventor: Jonathan Hendrik Van Ee
  • Patent number: 11560260
    Abstract: A thermoformed packaging container includes a base section having a bottom surface, first and second inner and outer base side walls, and first and second inner and outer base end walls forming a chamber, with at least one outer base one side wall having a plurality of base indentations and protrusions formed therein. A cover section having a top surface, first and second cover side walls, and first and second cover end walls, the cover section adapted to cover the base section when in a closed state, with at least one of the cover side walls having a plurality of cover indentations and protrusions formed therein for engaging with the plurality of base indentations and protrusions. The container also includes a closure mechanism for securing the container in a closed position, wherein the closure mechanism is formed within at least one end wall of the base section and a corresponding end wall of the cover section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventors: Jay Baker, Jessup Baker
  • Patent number: 11554905
    Abstract: An improved lid and pail combination provides a child resistant connection for use with pails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: M & M Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn H. Morris, Jr., Darrell Davis
  • Patent number: 11535428
    Abstract: A tamper-evident container has a lid with a rim with a bead mating with a groove in a base rim. The rim bead is interrupted by a tab wall which does not engage the base. The lid has a first flange portion which overlies a base flange. The base and lid first flange portions extend outwardly about the same amount. At the tab, a second portion of the lid flange extends substantially outwardly beyond the base flange. The flange second portion is connected to the first portion on both sides of the tab by weakened lines of material which extend cut lines through the tab front wall. The tab second flange portion is engageable to sever the weakened lines of material and pivot the tab upwardly to remove the lid, thus deforming it and evidencing tampering should the lid be replaced on the base. Base vents reduce ballooning when closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: PLACON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Donald E. McCumber
  • Patent number: 11534905
    Abstract: A tool container system includes a first tool container and a second tool container. The first tool container has a first base, a first cover pivotably attached to the first base by a first hinge portion, a first base locking member coupled to the base, a first cover locking member coupled to the first cover, and a first latch coupled to the first base and moveable between a first unlocked position in which the first cover is movable relative to the first base between a closed position and an open position, and a first locked position in which the first latch engages the first cover locking member and the first cover is locked to the first base in the closed position. The second tool container is stackable on the first cover of the first tool container and having a second locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Brocket, Alfred Yan Leung But, Leo Xiao, Weigang Hao, Marco Lourenco, Lauren M. Austin, Yosi Sabbag
  • Patent number: 11529825
    Abstract: A paint package lid (14, 114) includes a base wall (54) having a lid base wall upper surface (56) and a lid base wall lower surface (58), a container coupling rim (60) disposed radially outwardly with respect to the base wall and having a rim upper surface (62), and a closure well (64, 164) disposed radially inwardly with respect to the base wall. The closure well includes a radially outer wall (82) extending downwardly with respect to the base wall, a lower wall (84) extending radially inwardly with respect to the radially outer wall and establishing a lowermost surface (85) of the lid, and a neck (86, 186) disposed radially inwardly with respect to the radially outer wall and extending upwardly from the lower wall and having a closure coupling (95). Also disclosed is lid and closure assembly and a paint package (10, 110, 210) including the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: BEHR PROCESS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bruce Boos, Gregory James Warren
  • Patent number: 11511910
    Abstract: A molded container of solid continuous construction having a floor and contiguous upstanding sidewalls angling outward and upward to a surrounding upper lip. Below the upper lip the floor and sidewalls surround an inner cavity adapted to receive food. The sidewalls include at least three outwardly-directed lugs that are thicker from an inner surface to an outer surface thereof than a nominal wall thickness of the remainder of the sidewalls. The sidewall at the location of each lug having an inner surface which is contiguous and uninterrupted relative to the inner surface of adjacent portions of the sidewall. Consequently, a first container may be stacked and nested within a second container such that the lugs on the first container contact the inner surface of the second container at the location of the lugs on the second container and maintain a predetermined axial spacing between the first and second containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: REV 1, LLC
    Inventors: Rick Bontrager, Randy Strange