Different Receptacles With Structural Features For Nesting Patents (Class 206/514)
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Publication number: 20090184025Abstract: One embodiment includes a package system containing a main container with a smaller container nested in it. The smaller container is filled with a secondary food item designed to be mixed into the primary food item. The smaller container is placed within the main container. The area of the main container not occupied by the smaller container includes a main food item. Both containers are sealed with one film. Before consumption, a consumer will place the package in a microwave to heat. Once heated, the smaller container is removed from the main container, creating space in the main container previously occupied by the smaller container. The main food item in the main container will re-position creating space between the top of the main food item to the edge of the main container. The secondary item can be added into the main container without overflowing out of the main container.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2008Publication date: July 23, 2009Applicant: Barilla G. e R. Fratelli. S.p.A.Inventors: Iain Roberts, Eleanor Luna, George Kyaw Soe Maung Aye, Jeewon Jung
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Publication number: 20090152138Abstract: A packet (1) of cigarettes having a cup-shaped, parallelepiped-shaped outer first container (2); a first lid (4) is hinged to the outer first container (2) to rotate between an open position and a closed position; the outer first container (2) houses two to four inner second containers (18), each of which is cup-shaped, houses a group (19) of cigarettes, and is parallelepiped-shaped; a second lid (21) is hinged to each inner second container (18) to rotate between an open position and a closed position; and the inner second containers (18) are housed inside the outer first container (2) so that, when the first (4) is in the closed position, a top wall (30) of each second lid (21) directly contacts a top wall (13) of the first lid (4), and at least one lateral wall (29) of each second lid (21) directly contacts a lateral wall (12) of the first lid (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2006Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: G.D Societa'Per AzioniInventors: Marco Ghini, Luca Petrucci, Roberto Polloni, Stefano Negrini
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Publication number: 20090108007Abstract: A receptacle for holding a meltable sharps container during a sterilization process in which the meltable sharps container and any contained sharps are heated. The receptacle includes a side wall and a bottom wall having respective interior surfaces defining a space for receiving the meltable sharps container. The receptacle also includes a plurality of recessed areas in the interior surface of the bottom wall, and a plurality of elevated areas on the interior surface of the bottom wall, whereby as the sharps container melts, material from the sharps container flows into the recessed areas and the elevated areas hold the contained sharps above the recessed areas, so as to inhibit the contained sharps from protruding through the melted sharps container.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2008Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: BEMIS MANUFACTURING COMPANYInventors: Barry Anderson, Joseph Hand
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Publication number: 20090038485Abstract: A mortar and pestle and a chopping bowl are provided with bottom walls which can engage one another when one is placed atop of the other when the bottom unit is upside-down. The combined units provide a stable surface to either grind or chop food articles on, and provide for compact storage of the items when not in use.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2007Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: Susan R. Kavanaugh, Rodney W. Robbins
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Patent number: 7451875Abstract: A container storage system includes a plurality of containers, wherein each container is of a different size. Each container includes a base and wall extending up from and perpendicular to the base forming a pool therein. A first lip extends around a periphery of the wall outside the pool on a side opposite the base. A second lip extends around a periphery of the wall outside the pool on a side adjacent the base. The container further includes a lid having a shape and size that corresponds with a shape and size of the base. The lid has a retaining channel that extends around a periphery thereof for releasably receiving one of the first and second lips for releasably securing the lid to at least one of an open end of said container and the base of said container.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2003Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Inventor: Karen Norris
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Publication number: 20080257771Abstract: This invention relates to a container assembly and more particularly, but not exclusively, to a container assembly for holding a prize inside a container. The container assembly includes a container body (2) defining a main compartment. A hollow insert (8) is located in the main compartment (4) to form a secondary compartment (5) within the main compartment (4). A liquid is sealed inside the secondary compartment (5) and the container body (2) has a lid (3) closing the main compartment (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventors: Johannes Hendrik Vos, Etienne Vos
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Publication number: 20080179211Abstract: An articulating handle for an item of cookware is provided. The articulating handle is configured for connection with the cookware through a hinge assembly. The handle may be locked into substantially horizontal position such as for use of the cookware, or a substantially vertical position for storage. As such, cookware including such a handle can be stacked in a space-saving manner. A method for stacking cookware and a stack of cookware incorporating such a handle are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2007Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicants: SEB S.A., Groupe SEB USAInventors: Duane Kutsch, Daniel Altheimer, Ken Morris, Christopher Keidl
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Publication number: 20080087567Abstract: A combination product/napkin package is provided. The combination package includes a product wrapper and a napkin. The product wrapper comprises a sheet of flexible film that is foldable around the product and has edges sealable around a periphery to enclose and seal the product therein. The napkin is affixed to the wrapper at a position outside the sealed product.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2006Publication date: April 17, 2008Inventors: Richard K. Martin, R. Gordon Bentley, Scott D. Cline
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Publication number: 20080061065Abstract: The present invention is directed to a food containment system comprising at least one container including a primary receptacle and one or more secondary receptacles. The food containment system further comprising at least one lid attached to the at least one container and enclosing the primary and secondary receptacles, wherein the primary receptacle includes a primary food and the one or more secondary receptacles include a secondary food. Method for packaging the containers described above is also contemplated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2007Publication date: March 13, 2008Inventors: Jack Aronson, Annette Aronson, Anthony S. Latella
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Publication number: 20080017540Abstract: A measuring cup being nestable within another measuring cup is provided. Each nestable measuring cups includes a cup portion and a handle extending from the cup portion. The handle of one measuring cup is receivable within a channel formed in the handle of the other measuring cup. The measuring cups can be sized to receive different volumes of material, and smaller measuring cups can be disposed within the larger measuring cups in a stacked, nestable manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2006Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventors: Ravi Sawhney, Lance Gordon Hussey, Christopher Glupker, Hyun Suk Song, Kurt Gregory Botsai
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Publication number: 20070278122Abstract: Two food elements are supplied in a container assembly which may be placed on a horizontal support surface or supported in an automobile cup holder. A smaller secondary cup is received within a secondary cup cavity cantilevered to one side of a thermoformed thermoplastic primary container which has exterior dimensions suited to a cup holder. The primary container has a main compartment which receives another food element. The base of the primary container is inclined from the rim of the primary container, such that the center of gravity of the primary container with secondary cup and edible material overlies the primary container bottom wall when the bottom wall is supported on a horizontal surface. A column in the primary container side wall extends from a protruding toe portion of the bottom wall to engage and support the secondary cup cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2007Publication date: December 6, 2007Applicant: Placon CorporationInventors: Donald E. McCumber, James L. Trost, Gerald Eggenberger
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Patent number: 7287487Abstract: The present invention provides a portable water bottle, cup and dish assembly and method for humans and pets wherein a readily accessible water bottle and cup are integrally housed within a delivery dish. The portable water bottle, cup and dish assembly provides a bottle removably housed within a central compartment of a cup. In addition, the bottle is removably attached within a delivery dish so that the bottle and the cup are removably housed therein. The cup and the delivery dish are each configured in size and shape to provide access for a human and a pet to drink therefrom, respectively. Optionally, the bottle comprises an insulating internal chamber adapted to insulate the liquid housed therein, keeping the liquid at a constant temperature for a period of time. Alternatively, the cup and/or the delivery dish comprise insulating capabilities adapted to insulate the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2006Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Inventor: Marni Markell Hurwitz
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Patent number: 7275656Abstract: A tissue box holder that has a substantially similar shape of commercially available tissue box is described. In one embodiment, the holder is substantially slab-shaped with two opposing side faces, a front flap that can be opened and/or closed, a rear edge face, a bottom face with at least one attach means and a top face with an open slot that allows tissues to be retrieved or pulled out sequentially. The holder is made of sturdy material such as plastics, leathers, or the likes. The holder can be attached to a number of different surfaces such as interior surfaces of a vehicle, a wheel chair, and an office of doctor's office. The open slot is designed such that the tissue box can be inserted after the tissue box has already opened with tissues sticking out.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2006Date of Patent: October 2, 2007Inventor: Amanollah Samadani
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Patent number: 7249686Abstract: A hand-portable serving tray having a compartmented food carrier releasably engaged over a collector tray, the food carrier comprising a plurality of upstanding walls dividing a plurality of close-pack compartments. Within each compartment is at least one hole on a compartment bottom that drains food exudates to the collector tray below. Each compartment bottom is configured to direct fluid to its drain hole.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2005Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Inventor: Violeta C Aesquivel
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Patent number: 6962724Abstract: Apparatus for shipping and preparing baked food products includes a receptacle containing the food product, a baking shield upstanding above the receptacle, and a shipping carton. To prepare for shipping, the baking shield is placed at the bottom of the receptacle and is configured for a nesting fit. The baking shield may have either a frustoconical sidewall or a concave trough-like sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2000Date of Patent: November 8, 2005Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Christopher P. Guzowski, Amy Lynne Zettlemoyer, Barbara Sue Schwab
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Publication number: 20040226850Abstract: A set of nestable containers may be nested. Adhering means, such as an adhesive or a hook and loop fastener, may be provided on the exterior of an outer container of the nest. One(s) of the containers may have anti-jamming means, such as scoring, embossing, a spacer, a hole, a projection, a recess, a friction reducer, and the like, for easing the release of containers from a nest of containers. Containers may be nested in a collapsed condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2004Publication date: November 18, 2004Inventors: Janica S. Behnke, Timothy P. Hartjas, Mark B. Littlejohn, Joseph R. Pounder, Erland R. Sandstrom, Michael A. Schmeizer, Dean P. Swoboda, Rebecca E. Whitmore
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Publication number: 20040195140Abstract: A liner for a wheel barrow having a body prevents materials transported in a wheel barrow from mixing with impurities lying on the bottom of the wheel barrow. The liner has a liner body. The liner body is shaped to correspond with the body of the wheel barrow. The liner body has a top edge and a lip extending around a portion of the top edge. The lip is configured to receive at least a portion of an edge of the body of the wheel barrow. The lip aids in reinforcing the fit between the liner body and the body of the wheel barrow. When material residue such as cement or debris rests on the bottom of the wheel barrow, the lip helps prevent the liner from shifting within the body of the wheel barrow. Therefore, materials in the wheel barrow are less likely to fall out of the wheel barrow during movement of the wheel barrow. The liner can be removed from the wheel barrow to transport materials to a given location.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2003Publication date: October 7, 2004Inventor: Michael Vincent Friel
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Patent number: 6732990Abstract: The present invention is a tray assembly comprising a holder, at least one tray, at least one securement device, and at least one support element. The holder is designed to fit into the cup holder in an automotive car console and accommodates one beverage container. The trays are joined to and extend outwardly from the holder and accommodate at least one food item. At least one tray is downwardly recessed to better accommodate the food items. The tray assembly is designed so that a plurality of the tray assemblies can be stacked together vertically. The arrangement of the trays is asymmetrical in such a way that a plurality of trays can be placed in closer proximity to a person or object, but do not upset the overall balance of the tray. The tray assembly contains at least one aperture in at least one tray, wherein the aperture acts as a receptacle for at least one container and maintains the containers in the vertical position.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2001Date of Patent: May 11, 2004Inventor: James K Hudson
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Patent number: 6698609Abstract: A display package for a storage container includes a primary and secondary blister package. The primary blister package includes a cutaway portion incorporated thereon allowing a user to rotate a cover of the storage container through the cutaway portion about its hinge. A base of the storage container is retained within the primary blister package thereby precluding the user from withdrawing the whole storage container from the primary blister package. The secondary blister package includes a plurality of tool accessories arranged therein. The secondary blister package is disposed within an extension section of the primary blister package and positioned above the base of the storage container.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: James Pangerc, Gregory Scott Snider, Daniel G. Findle, Jennifer R. Ervin, Timothy B. Bailey
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Publication number: 20040026281Abstract: A golf bag travel case for receiving a golf bag and a set of golf clubs. The travel case includes a first end portion, a second end portion and a middle portion adapted to be assembled together to define an enclosed interior for receiving the golf bag and the set of golf clubs. The travel case is also adapted to be disassembled by nesting the portions within one another to configure the travel case into an economy of space.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2002Publication date: February 12, 2004Inventors: David A. Boardman, Leighton A.C. Klevana
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Patent number: 6490774Abstract: A method and apparatus for inexpensively retrofitting existing cash register tills with an insert comprising a coin cup holder designed to fit into an existing bill slot for stabilizing coin cups. The coin cup holder allows the coin cup to rest evenly without rocking, and the coin cup can be removed from the till for ease of counting coins. A special coin cup is provided designed to rest in the coin cup holder and comprising a notch in one of the walls to allow it to pass the attachment points of a bill weight typically provided in existing cash tills to hold down bills in the bill slots.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2001Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Inventor: Odie Kenneth Carter
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Patent number: 6457203Abstract: An insert has an upper and lower portions used in conjunction with a variety of sizes of a wash buckets and a wringer to eliminate the contamination of clean wash solution with dirty solution during the moping process. The insert allows for a separation of liquids while limiting the volume that is lost in the wash bucket with the use of an insert. A wringer attaches to the insert and when used to wring out a mop the insert collects all the dirty solution that is extracted from the mop. The insert allows for the maximum clean wash solution volume and dirty solution volume while also increasing the height of the wringer when used in conjunction with the insert and wash bucket.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2000Date of Patent: October 1, 2002Assignee: Johnson Diversey, Inc.Inventors: Todd A. Williams, Richard A. Williams
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Patent number: 6325785Abstract: The present invention relates to a sputum trap for an aspiration and respiratory support system which includes a manifold attachable to a specimen collection vial that is interposed between, and attached to, a suction control device and suction catheter device. The sputum trap allows for the collection of sputum directly from a patient through a suction catheter without causing a loss of Positive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) in the respiratory support system. The manifold includes a manifold body that has a first connector and a second connector for attachment to the suction control device and suction catheter, respectively, and an open port for secure attachment to the specimen collection vial. The manifold body further includes tethered first and second caps adapted for sealing the first and second connectors respectively from fluid flow communication once sufficient sputum has been collected in the specimen collection vial.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 1998Date of Patent: December 4, 2001Assignee: Sherwood Services AGInventors: Mitch Babkes, Alan B. Ranford, Kurt E. Yaeger
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Patent number: 6302291Abstract: A lightweight shipping device for handling and storing unwieldy, heavy containers such as beer barrels. The device includes a cavity in a stable base that accepts a plurality of popular sizes of beer barrels. The device is made of a lightweight but strong plastic material and includes handles molded into the side to assist in lifting the device when loaded with a barrel. When the device is not needed for storing or lifting a barrel, it can be placed over the barrel. An aperture through the center provides access for a tap, and cupholders along the surface permit the device, when placed over the barrel, to serve as a table.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2000Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Inventor: Paul McCleerey
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Patent number: 6253918Abstract: A decorative container for displaying items in internal cavities includes an inner container and an outer container, defining a hollow region therebetween. The decorative container further includes a plurality of dividers within the hollow region separating the region into a plurality of internal cavities. The outer container further includes a removable plate, configured to provide access to each of the internal cavities, so that decorative objects within the internal cavities can be easily changed or rearranged. A method for decorating a container includes placing objects within the hollow region through an access opening and closing the access opening with a removable plate.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2000Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Inventor: Lori Greiner
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Patent number: 6243936Abstract: An outer container having a container insert therein for holding a predetermined volume of material. The outer container includes a container bottom having a periphery and a container wall extending generally upwardly to define an interior container portion of predetermined volume sized to accommodate the container insert. The container wall includes a neck portion complementarily sized to accommodate the exterior surface of the container insert. The container insert includes a bottom having a periphery and a wall extending generally upwardly to define an interior portion of predetermined volume for holding the material. The insert wall-includes a vent which allows air to pass from the interior container portion to the atmosphere when the container insert is positioned therein. For assembly, the outer container is maintained at a temperature greater than the container insert and the container insert is positioned therein.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1996Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Assignee: Drug Plastics and Glass Company, Inc.Inventors: Lissa B. Biesecker, Glenn J. Forte, Justin P. Boyle, Norris W. Matthews, Michael Faughey
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Patent number: 6085926Abstract: A cooler chest is mounted into a lower container which allows the chest to float without tendency for upending or taking on water. The lower container provides openings for resting items such as drink cans and cups, loose change and keys while one plays in the water. The lower container is of such size and buoyant volume as to support the chest when it is filled with water without allowing the items on the lower container to become wet.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1999Date of Patent: July 11, 2000Inventor: Thomas C. Weiss
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Patent number: 6010021Abstract: Assembly consisting of a series of mini-containers and a standard ISO container. The sizing of the mini-containers is such that these can be accommodated inside the housing of the ISO container. In this assembly two mini-containers which may be stacked on top of one another are accommodated in the ISO container, where the length of the mini-container is equal to the internal width of the ISO container.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 1997Date of Patent: January 4, 2000Inventors: Laurens Aart Pieter Zuidam, Rudy Hendrik Gerard Koster
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Patent number: 6006397Abstract: The present invention provides a pliable mop bucket insert, which can be adapted to fit various buckets and wringers with different geometries. The present invention also provides a device for receiving dirty washing liquid from a mop and containing clean washing liquid for wetting a mop separately, which includes a main container for containing the clean washing liquid, an insert being removably attached to the bucket for receiving the dirty liquid, and a wringer located inside the insert and supported by the bucket. A flexible bag is further provided with the insert to contain dirty washing liquid.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1997Date of Patent: December 28, 1999Assignee: S. C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.Inventors: Todd A. Williams, Richard A. Williams
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Patent number: 5983441Abstract: The present invention provides a pliable mop bucket insert, which can be adapted to fit various buckets and wringers with different geometries. The present invention also provides a device for receiving dirty washing liquid from a mop and containing clean washing liquid for wetting a mop separately, which includes a main container for containing the clean washing liquid, an insert being removably attached to the bucket for receiving the dirty liquid, and a wringer located inside the insert and supported by the bucket.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 1997Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: S. C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.Inventors: Todd A. Williams, Richard A. Williams
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Patent number: 5954213Abstract: A dual bottle is formed by two separable interlocked chambers. The chambers preferably each contain different ingredients and have adjacent product exit apertures so that after leaving the chambers the separate product streams can mix. Preferably the chambers are identical, which simplifies manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 1996Date of Patent: September 21, 1999Assignee: Lever Brothers CompanyInventors: Mark Douglas Gerhart, William Kevin Collis
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Patent number: 5842596Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a casserole container (12) includes a thermal jacket (12) which is manufactured from a generally lightweight, flexible insulative material and which can be expanded and/or contorted to receive casserole dishes (16) of varying sizes and shapes. The thermal jacket (12) fits securely within a slightly larger transport member (14), which is manufactured from a generally stronger and heavier material such as woven cloth or wool. The transport member (14) comprises a transport member top (14A) integrally woven to a transport member basin (14B). A transport member slit (14AC) bisects the transport member (14), creating an opening along one side of the transport member (14). A transport member top draw string (14AB), housed within an open channel formed along the leading edge of the transport member top (14A), enables the transport member (14) to be closed and opened.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1996Date of Patent: December 1, 1998Inventor: Kay W. Renfroe
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Patent number: 5794810Abstract: A scuttle device for pouring frangible, extruded wood pellets through a slot-like fill port of a hopper of a pellet-burning stove, the device having a wall formed to provide a pellet containment cavity, and having a top cap formed with an opening for filling and emptying the cavity, wherein a fine mesh sieve is supported in the cavity and is spaced from substantially the entire inner surface of the wall to provide a collection space for receiving and retaining pellet fines, and wherein a top rim of the sieve lies closely adjacent the underside of the top cap for preventing spill-over of pellets into the collection space during pouring out of the pellets.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 1997Date of Patent: August 18, 1998Inventor: Carroll G. Hensley
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Patent number: 5727708Abstract: A form-fit, disposable liner for a reusable plastic five gallon paint bucket. The liner is a thin, structurally rigid, single piece plastic liner formed by a suitable plastic molding process. The liner includes a cylindrically shaped side wall and a semi-circularly shaped bottom wall that conform to the side wall and bottom wall of the paint bucket. An integral roller landing extends down from a semi-circular shaped top wall at an angle thereto, into a vertically extending planar side wall. The roller landing includes a series of integrally molded ridges that allow a coating product stored in the liner to be loaded into a paint roller. A domed lid is provided that engages with a rim of the liner in a snap-fit engagement to allow the paint product in the liner to be sealed.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1996Date of Patent: March 17, 1998Assignee: Erickson Tool Design, Inc.Inventor: Scott Walter Erickson
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Patent number: 5680932Abstract: A toolbox assembly comprising a storage box, a tool tray, and a toolbox. The tool tray has a tray floor and a plurality of tray walls extending up from the tray floor. The tray walls and tray floor define first and second separate storage compartment regions for storage of articles placed therein. The tray walls further define a storage box receiving chamber above the first storage compartment region. The tray is configured for supporting the storage box within the storage box receiving chamber and spaced above the tray floor. The storage box is sized and configured for covering the first storage compartment region when the storage box is received in the storage box receiving chamber. The toolbox has a toolbox floor and a plurality of toolbox sidewalls extending up from the toolbox floor and defining a tray receiving chamber. The toolbox is shaped and configured for supporting the tray within the tray receiving chamber and spaced above the toolbox floor.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1995Date of Patent: October 28, 1997Assignee: Contico International, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Dickinson, Bradley D. Gale
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Patent number: 5653559Abstract: In an underground configuration housing for telecommunication devices, a mechanically stable housing, which is closed by a removable cover, has an installation located inside which supports at least one telecommunication device. The installation supporting the telecommunication devices is a pot-shaped container with a cylindrical insert positioned therein so as to form a gap therebetween. The container is sealed in water-proof fashion by a removable cover and the telecommunication devices are located inside of the cylindrical insert.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 1995Date of Patent: August 5, 1997Assignees: kabelmetal electro GmbH, KE Kommunikations-Electronik GmbH & Co.Inventors: Werner Stieb, Wolfgang Wenski, Hans-Holger Freckmann, Zbigniew Wielgolaski, Gunter Kochsmeier, Eberhard Gerwald, Heinz Wangerin, Franz Grajewski
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Patent number: 5586656Abstract: A nestable and stackable storage unit including a lid and container is disclosed. The container comprises a base having an upwardly extending wall. The lid is a substantially planar member having top and bottom surfaces and peripheral edge. The lid can be connected to the top of container by pressing a rim located on the wall into a first groove located on the bottom surface of the lid. The lid can be connected to the bottom of the container by pressing a lip located on the base of the container into a second groove located on the bottom surface of the lid. The units can be stored by locating each lid on the base of the container, and nesting the units within one another. Each lid includes a ridge and recess on its top surface for allowing stacking of the same or different size containers upon one another.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 1995Date of Patent: December 24, 1996Inventor: Rolin L. Abrums
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Patent number: 5547098Abstract: A system of trays and inserts placed in each tray is disclosed, for converting a bucket to an organized receptacle for storing and dispensing small parts or objects. Trays are circular, and are stacked within the bucket. Each tray has low partitions, dividing the tray into pie slice segments. An insert is placed in each segment. Inserts have constricted necks, enabling them to be grasped readily by the fingers of a user, even when the insert is filled with small objects. An individual tray is thereby readily removable, even if filled with small parts, independently of neighboring inserts. Inserts are optionally provided with tightly fitting caps. Both trays and inserts are provided in variable vertical dimensions. Two short inserts or trays occupy the same height within the bucket, as a single tall insert or tray. Alternative trays include removably installable, radially disposed partitions therein, providing for variable volume for the various areas of the tray(s).Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 1994Date of Patent: August 20, 1996Inventor: Raymond L. Jordan
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Patent number: 5519931Abstract: A method and apparatus for transporting syringes containing radioactive material. The apparatus includes a radiopharmaceutical pig having an inner chamber in which a sharps container can be secured. The sharps container has a housing and an attachable cap. The method includes assembling the radiopharmaceutical pig so that the chamber of the radiopharmaceutical pig contains the syringe in the sharps container housing. The radiopharmaceutical pig is disassembled, where upon the syringe is removed, discharged, and then replaced in the sharps container housing. The cap of the sharps container is affixed to the housing of the sharps container, thus enclosing the contaminated syringe therein. The radiopharmaceutical pig is assembled so that its chamber contains the sharps container and the syringe. The radiopharmaceutical pig is transported to a disposal area, where it is disassembled and the sharps container containing the syringe is placed in a particular disposal container.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 1994Date of Patent: May 28, 1996Assignee: Syncor International CorporationInventor: Don E. Reich
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Patent number: 5515990Abstract: A pot, such as a pasta pot or deep fat fryer, with an insert which is able to be lifted and then rested in a tilted position on top of the pot. The insert has a series of concave dents where its side wall meets its bottom. These dents engage the pot when the insert is rested in a tilted position on top of the pot. This engagement helps prevent the insert from slipping back into the pot and splashing hot liquid.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 1994Date of Patent: May 14, 1996Inventors: Ronald M. Popeil, Alan L. Backus
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Patent number: 5456360Abstract: This invention is directed to a plastic holder assembly for loosely holding a plurality of microtiter sample tubes, which includes a tray having a plurality of holes for receiving the tubes and having opposite vertical end walls, each of which have two spaced vertically extending slots and a horizontally extending recess between the slots; a retainer releasably nestable in the tray having a corresponding plurality of holes and having opposite vertical end walls corresponding to the end walls of the tray; a U-shaped handle extending horizontally outwardly from each of the opposite retainer end walls, each handle having two legs which slide into the tray slots respectively when the retainer is nested in the tray; a tab projecting horizontally outwardly from each of the retainer end walls between each of the two legs which snap into the tray end wall recesses respectively when the retainer is nested in the tray, the retainer having an elongated slot parallel and directly adjacent each of the end walls, whereby iType: GrantFiled: September 30, 1994Date of Patent: October 10, 1995Assignee: The Perkin-Elmer CorporationInventor: Reginald Griffin
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Patent number: 5456357Abstract: A nestable bucket and carrier servingh as a caddy for assisting in cleaning motor vehicles and other objects include a sturdy rectangular bottom carrier of molded plastic materials having tapered sides, ventilating holes in the sides, sturdy legs which extend vertically from the top of the carrier to provide with support of the carrier and also bins or shelves attached to its external surfaces. Nesting within the carrier is a rectangular plastic bucket for holding liquids and which includes latch devices for fastening to the bottom carrier. A sturdy bail is fastened to the rim of the bucket. A top container is also generally rectangular in cross section and is configured to rest within the bucket or, if the bucket is removed, within the bottom carrier. The top container is also of molded plastic and includes a sturdy lid which can be opened to store cleaning supplies in the container or, when closed, may be used as a seat or step stool.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1994Date of Patent: October 10, 1995Inventors: John W. Wenner, Joan L. Wenner
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Patent number: 5441707Abstract: A sterilization container for sterilizing and storing medical instruments includes a base tray and one or more insert trays removably mounted in a cavity defined by the side and bottom walls of the base tray. Insert trays are supported on ribs projecting transversely into the base tray cavity which cooperates with the side walls of the base tray to define a groove which receives a circumferential wall defined on a turned over portion of an insert tray, thereby inhibiting the latter from migrating to the bottom of the base tray. The ribs have lateral side surface to engage the circumferentially extending wall of the insert trays to restrict lateral movement of the insert trays relative to the base tray to that distance which brings the circumferentially extending walls of the base tray into engagement with the lateral surface of one of the ribs.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 1994Date of Patent: August 15, 1995Assignee: Paragon Group of Plastics Companies, Inc.Inventors: Paul P. Lewis, Daniel Owens, Daniel L. Sands
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Patent number: 5395365Abstract: A hermetically sealed package is provided for the administration of a solution or other liquid to a patient. The package includes a blow molded container, cap, and releasable cover. The cap accommodates piercing of the cap and container with a draining spike. The cap has one or more self-closing seals or liners and can be disposed on the container so as to permit penetration of the cap and container by a piercing spike without contacting the parting line of the molded container. The cap includes a special structure for guiding the spike at the initiation of the piercing process, and the cap has an improved structure for sealingly engaging the spike upon insertion. As the container is drained, one of the container walls collapses toward the other to facilitate the draining process and provide a convenient shape for subsequent handling and storage.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1993Date of Patent: March 7, 1995Assignee: Automatic Liquid Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Gerhard H. Weiler, Henry Komendowski
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Patent number: 5386922Abstract: A system of trays and inserts placed in each tray, for converting a bucket to an organized receptacle for storing and dispensing small parts or objects. Trays are circular, and are stacked within the bucket. Each tray has low partitions, dividing the tray into pie slice segments. An insert is placed in each segment. Inserts have constricted necks, enabling them to be grasped readily by the fingers of a user, even when the insert is filled with small objects. An individual tray is thereby readily removable, even if filled with small parts, independently of neighboring inserts. Inserts are optionally provided with tightly fitting caps. Both trays and inserts are provided in variable vertical dimensions. Two short inserts or trays occupy the same height within the bucket of a single tall insert or tray. Thus, the bucket is selectively reconfigurable to provide a desired combination of inserts and trays.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1993Date of Patent: February 7, 1995Inventor: Raymond L. Jordan
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Patent number: 5301829Abstract: A fuel can is provided which includes a receptacle for receiving fuel or other liquid therein and a tray for holding other items, the tray being complementally configured with the bottom of the receptacle whereby the tray and receptacle may be releasably coupled in mating engagement. The tray and receptacle are provided with coupling structure which includes a pair of bosses on one component and a pair of latch members on the other component, the bosses and latch members being preferably integrally formed with the tray and receptacle. The latch member is resilient and yieldable during engagement of the tray and receptacle whereby a hook on the latch member engages a respective boss and spreads the latch members apart and then resiliently snaps into position on the to hold the tray and receptacle in coupled relationship.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1993Date of Patent: April 12, 1994Assignee: Blitz U.S.A., Inc.Inventor: Larry L. Chrisco
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Patent number: 5197602Abstract: An outer container having a container insert therein for holding a predetermined volume of material. The outer container includes a container bottom having a periphery and a container wall extending generally upwardly to define an interior container portion of predetermined volume sized to accommodate the container insert. The container wall includes a neck portion complementarily sized to accommodate the exterior surface of the container insert. The container insert includes a bottom having a periphery and a wall extending generally upwardly to define an interior portion of predetermined volume for holding the material. The insert wall includes a vent which allows air to pass from the interior container portion to the atmosphere when the container insert is positioned therein. For assembly, the outer container is maintained at a temperature greater than the container insert and the container insert is positioned therein.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 1991Date of Patent: March 30, 1993Assignee: Drug Plastics & Glass Company, Inc.Inventors: Lissa B. Biesecker, Glenn J. Forte, Justin P. Boyle, Norris W. Matthews
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Patent number: 5180079Abstract: The combined cup of the present invention for soft drinks is constituted with an upper cup body and a lower cup body jointed together by a connecting body; and in the center of the connecting body, there is formed a nozzle sticking upward to be received into the nozzle sleeve formed on the upper cup body so as to keep both cup bodies firmly connected. The lower cup body is used to contain soft drink while the upper cup body is used to contain solid snacks. By applying such combined cup, the user can therefore enjoy the fun of eating and drinking with one hand holding the combined cup containing both snacks and drink and one hand free.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 1992Date of Patent: January 19, 1993Inventor: John Jeng
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Patent number: 5125521Abstract: A vessel containing perfume is placed in an accommodating space in an outer case consisting of two half shells articulated one upon the other. A cap ensures both that the vessel is tightly closed and that the case is locked in a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1991Date of Patent: June 30, 1992Assignee: D. Swarovski & Co.Inventor: Stephens Somogyi
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Patent number: 5099998Abstract: A container comprising an inner container, inner lid, outer container and outer lid which is suitable for commercial transport and legible display of required label information, and can be readily grasped and handled such that the lid and contents can be safely and completely removed. The invention further relates to a plurality of such containers, each container having a different maximum capacity but a label area of at least the same size as the label area of the smallest container and the same distance from the bottom of the container such that application of the labels to the containers can be performed by automated means. These containers are useful, in particular, for storing and transporting hazardous materials such as thick film paste materials.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 1990Date of Patent: March 31, 1992Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Roy Curzon, Paul T. Harrigan, Jr., David A. White, James J. Magee