Hanger Patents (Class 215/399)
  • Patent number: 11465808
    Abstract: An electronic device case including a case body to encase a handheld electronic device, the case body including at least one planar surface, and one or more wings to fold into the planar surface in a first position and to extend past an edge of the at least one planar surface in a second position. The one or more wings provide handles by which a user of the handheld electronic device can support a weight of the handheld electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Ambulant, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Cole McGowan, Harry William McGowan, III
  • Patent number: 11350716
    Abstract: An electronic device case with internal hooks that allow an electronic device to hang from the hooks without increasing the thickness of the case. Multiple hooks or attachment members can be used in one case or one attachment member can be utilized. The hooks can be extended and twisted to be locked into a position that is perpendicular to the case, which allows the case to either hang from the hooks or stand upright with the hooks acting as a base. The hooks can also be rotated to be in line with the edge of the case and stored within the case when not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventor: Stephen M. Beeler
  • Patent number: 11278097
    Abstract: Carrying devices, such as shoulder bags, have a carrying body defining an interior storage compartment having an access opening thereto and a pair of shoulder straps. Each individual strap of the pair of shoulder straps has a first textile layer fixedly attached to a second textile layer with a magnet enclosed therebetween at a position proximate or at a central transverse plane. The polarity of the magnet in a first individual strap and the polarity of the magnet in a second individual strap are oriented with the same polarity facing a top surface thereof, thereby the first strap is magnetically attractable to the second strap with a bottom surface of the first strap in direct contact with a top surface of the second strap or with a bottom surface of the second strap in direct contact with a top surface of the first strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventor: Melissa S. DeGroot
  • Patent number: 11097866
    Abstract: The invention relates to the storage and transportation of liquid products, and specifically to a plastic bottle. The challenge which this invention is designed to address is to increase the performance characteristics of a bottle, i.e. to create a lightweight design of bottle which is easy to manufacture and enables said bottle to be securely attached to items of clothing etc. The challenge in question is addressed by the fact that the plastic bottle, comprising a hollow thin-walled body ending with a neck, and a holder which is designed in the form of an open groove, molded in the body, parallel to the central axis of the bottle and extending for more than half the height of the bottle, is characterized by the fact that the projections of the walls of the groove on the plane, which is perpendicular to the transverse axis of the groove, are in the form of zigzag-shaped lines. Furthermore, each zigzag-shaped line may consist of sections of straight lines and/or sections of curved lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: GSGRUPP LLC
    Inventors: Mark Mikhailovich Styskin, Konstantin Mikhailovich Golenkov
  • Patent number: 11000160
    Abstract: A combination of a fluid dispenser and a table includes the table having a top surface and a bottom surface; the fluid dispenser having a base with a base top surface and a base bottom surface, the base top surface to secure flat against the bottom surface of the table, the base further having a first rail extending at least a partial length of the first side and a second rail extending at least a partial length of the second side; a body forming an interior area, the body having a first lip and a second lip to slidingly engage with the first rail and the second rail, thereby securing the base and the body together; a pump in communication with the interior area; a button engaged with the pump; and an opening extending into the interior area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Inventor: Romell K. Jackson
  • Patent number: 10953188
    Abstract: A flow generator for use in respiratory therapy can be constructed with a housing. A support fixation arrangement can be fixed to the housing. The support fixation arrangement can have a tab having an aperture that may be fitted over a hook extending from a support structure. The tab can be fixed to the housing such that it is manually liftable or pivotable about a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Mark Samuel Hamilton, Jason Allan Klenner
  • Patent number: 10507611
    Abstract: A method for producing a sterilized container comprises: providing a preform having a hanger arranged on a bottom of the preform, heating the preform in a heating device, feeding the heated preform into a stretching and blowing apparatus, stretching and blowing the preform in the stretching and blowing apparatus such that the container for the infusion solution is formed from the preform, cleaning the formed container in a rinsing apparatus, and drying the cleaned container in a drying device, filling the cleaned and dried container at least with an infusion solution, via a filling opening present in the container, in a filling plant, closing the container by attaching a closure cap to the filling opening of the container, sterilizing the closed container in an autoclave, wherein the hanger of the preform is oriented and folded over by a bending apparatus prior to stretching and blowing in the stretching and blowing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Brandenburger, Andreas Pfeffer, Christian Frensch
  • Patent number: 10213952
    Abstract: In a method, an article of unitary construction is blow molded and integrally provided with a clip for securement to another item. The clip has an arm initially blow molded into an open elevated configuration. The arm is pivotable into closed and open configurations. When closed, the arm is in selectively releasable and secure engagement with a catch on the article. The arm is biased towards the catch. When open, the arm is depressed relative to and biased towards the closed configuration. The open configuration is traversed to secure the article to the item. In the open elevated configuration, the arm is elevated relative to the closed configuration. The arm is preferably a carabiner-type arm. The article is preferably formed of a composition of matter including polyethylene and plastic additives to provide the arm with sufficient pre-built tension to stay in the aforesaid selectively releasable and secure engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: MEDONYX INC.
    Inventor: Gilad Shoham
  • Patent number: 10173740
    Abstract: A bicycle container including a main body for containing objects and an engagement member provided on the main body. The engagement member is configured to engage with a pedal of a bicycle to enable the bicycle container to be detachably coupled to the pedal to hold the bicycle in an uptight position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: GAUSS INNOVATION DESIGN CO.
    Inventor: Shih-Lin Yeh
  • Patent number: 9750358
    Abstract: A food receptacle (12), such as a child's food bowl, which can be secured to a flat surface by a suction base unit (10) is described. The suction base unit (10) is of low-profile and is adapted to be attached to a flat surface by a vacuum formed between a suction pad (14) in the suction base unit (10) and the flat surface. The food bowl (12) has a base (16) with a rim (18) adapted to rest on the flat surface to support the bowl (12) on the surface. The base (16) has a recess (20) adapted to receive the suction base unit (10) therein. Because the suction base unit (10) is of low profile it can be wholly contained within the base (16) of the bowl. A securing mechanism (22) is provided for releasably securing the suction base unit (10) within the base (16) of the food receptacle (12). In use, when the suction base unit (10) is attached to a flat surface and the receptacle (12) is secured thereto the rim (18) of the receptacle base (16) presses against the flat surface and supports the receptacle thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Little People Manufacturing Ltd.
    Inventor: Robin Drummond Jagger
  • Patent number: 9731451
    Abstract: Apparatuses include first and second monolithic members that are coupled together, that are configured to move relative to each other, and that are configured so that they cannot be decoupled from each other without destruction of one or both of the two monolithic members. Apparatuses further include a third monolithic member configured to be selectively coupled to at least one of the first monolithic member and the second monolithic member. Methods of forming and using such apparatuses also are disclosed. Some monolithic members are formed utilizing an additive manufacturing process so that they are restricted from being decoupled from each other. Some apparatuses define clamps. Some clamps are used to precisely align laser projection alignment targets for use with laser projection alignment systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Raymond J. Slesinski
  • Patent number: 9392862
    Abstract: A bottle includes a track extending along a rear surface for the attachment of a clip to hold the bottle to a waistband, with the clip being attached to the bottle as the clip is moved upward along the bottle and released from the bottle as the clip is moved downward along the bottle. Preferably, the clip additionally includes a concave cylindrical surface for adhesive attachment to another type of bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Zoya, Inc.
    Inventor: Zoya Hajianpour
  • Patent number: 9079696
    Abstract: Containers with hooks are provided including those that hold personal care products such as shampoo or shower gel, and which comprise a cap at each end of an elongated container, the cap at one end comprising an articulating hook attached to the cap by a film hinge. The articulating hook, in the open configuration, allows the container to hang from an object such as a shower rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Avon Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Paul Jordan, Amanda Micallef
  • Publication number: 20140166610
    Abstract: A device for securing a baby bottle to an overhead attachment so that the baby may easily grasp and drink from the baby bottle. The device may include a string line that attaches to a bottle ring. The bottle ring may fit onto the bottle and secure the bottle. The opposite end of the string line may attach to the overhead attachment and the bottle may be easily used by the child.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventor: David Paterson
  • Patent number: 8585987
    Abstract: An automated staining system and a reagent container designed for use with the automated staining apparatus. The reagent container includes a reagent containment section capable of containing a volume of a reagent. The reagent containment section includes an upper wall and a base wall that are spaced apart along an axis. The base wall includes a well having a nadir that is aligned axially with an access opening in the upper wall so that a reagent probe entering the opening parallel to the axis will travel toward the nadir. In another aspect of the invention, the reagent container may include a two-dimensional data element containing reagent information. The staining apparatus may include one removable drawer for holding reagent containers and another removable drawer holding slides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Lab Vision Corporation
    Inventors: Ken K. Tseung, Norman K. Rhett, Glenn K. Takayama, Wai Bun Wong, Delia P. Yuen
  • Patent number: 8376162
    Abstract: A water stop structure is mounted to a water jar. A main body includes a depression bar device, a resiliency device, and a water stop member. The depression bar device includes a movable depression bar that is releasably connectable to a hanger formed on the main body. The resiliency device includes a rod that maintains the depression bar in position with a first resilient element. A second resilient element maintains the rod in position to have the water stop member blocking a water passage of the main body. When the depression bar is depressed to travel through a first stroke, the depression bar disengages from the hanger to form an opening therebetween for easy hanging and use of the water jar. When the depression bar travels through a second stroke, the rod drives the water stop member away from the water passage to allow a user to drink water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Universal Trim Supply Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shih-Sheng Yang
  • Patent number: 8297462
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for allowing a user to use the same mechanism to connect a container to another object and to open a normally-closed opening in the container. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus comprises a closure body having an opening therein; a stopper that closes the opening; and a carabiner that comprises a spine that is fixed to said body and a gate that is operably connected to said stopper. In use, this embodiment of the invention is operated by moving the gate to a full open position, which causes the stopper to move away from the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Inventor: Jared L. Joyce
  • Patent number: 8136693
    Abstract: A closure for a beverage container that has a cap for overlapping a mouth of the beverage container. An arcuate member attached to the cap having a pair of extremity portions separated from one another and a springing member is connected to the arcuate member proximate to one of the extremity portions that is angularly pivotally moveable in response to a manually applied force, between a first position at which the springing member closes and completes a continuous periphery of the arcuate member and a second position at which the arcuate member periphery is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Penguin Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryce Thatcher
  • Publication number: 20110079577
    Abstract: A bottle which may be placed on a shelf or suspended from a fixture comprising an open-ended hollow body, first and second opposite axial ends, where the first axial end forms a bottom of the bottle and the second axial end forms a top of the bottle. The top of the bottle includes a tapered pouring neck. Suspension means is formed with the hollow body for suspending the wine bottle in a fixture. The suspension means is integrated with at least contralateral sidewalls of the hollow body and disposed superjacent to the bottom of the bottle but generally proximate to the bottom of the bottle. The suspension means may include a pair of recesses, a recessed annular ring or a protruding annular ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: WINE FROM THE VINE, LLC
    Inventor: John A. Guido
  • Publication number: 20090206098
    Abstract: A portable holder for beverage containers includes a basket suspended from a first movable position piece. The first movable position piece is rotatably connected to a first plate. The first plate is connected to a second plate. The second plate may be attached to a hanging member for suspending the portable holder for beverage containers. The second plate may be attached to a strap for securing the second plate to a stationary object or a moving vehicle. The portable holder for beverage containers may be configured to fold into a smaller size for storage when not in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventor: Patrick J. Garahan
  • Publication number: 20090205572
    Abstract: A bottle cap for fitting on a mouth of a bottle to form a bird feeder is disclosed. The bottle cap comprises a first chamber with a opening for receiving the mouth of the bottle, wherein the bottle cap snaps onto the mouth of the bottle. A second chamber is provided with a closed bottom. A sealing ring is located between the first and second chambers so as to provide a seal between the bottle cap and the mouth of the bottle when the bottle cap is snapped onto the mouth of the bottle, wherein liquid is free to move between the first and second chambers. At least one feeding port is provided in a side wall of the second chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventor: Stewart C. Gardner
  • Patent number: 7537128
    Abstract: An improved nursing bottle is presented which possess a novel venting system that allows ambient air to enter the nursing bottle to equalize internal and external pressures and prevent nipple collapse. Preventing nursing bottle nipple collapse reduces the amount of sucking by infants required to extract milk from the bottle and eliminates air in the infant's stomach. Liquid is prevented from exiting the nursing bottle by means of capillary action. The invention can be utilized with any standard nursing bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Inventor: Amir Nachumi
  • Publication number: 20080121608
    Abstract: The shape, functionality, and the application of this tool is what is new in its area. There is no tool like it that is made for hanging glassware from bottles with a neck (for the purpose that it serves) and that is why I invented it. There is no tool made specifically so that it can hang stemmed glassware from the neck of a bottle for transport, comfort or display. There is no tool made that is adjustable and can fit almost any sized bottle that exceeds the height of the glassware used. It is user friendly and the “Glass Caddy” solves many simple problems with its simplicity in design and function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventor: John Lawson
  • Patent number: 7213791
    Abstract: A baby bottle holder for baby self-feeding comprises an adjustable hanging mechanism; and, a bottle holding mechanism, attached to the adjustable hanging mechanism, such that when hung, a bottle inserted into the bottle holding mechanism hangs at an appropriate angle for feeding a baby positioned under the baby bottle holder. This baby bottle holder is made of a flexible material, and adjusts easily to fit on a variety of car seat/carrier/stroller handles, or other support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Inventors: Edward Lee Morris, Cherie Alexander, Tyler Kress
  • Patent number: 7156353
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for displaying dispenser containers at point of sale locations. The device includes a drip tray or base for holding the product container and a back member that extends upwardly from the base. An adjustable loop is then looped around the product container, attached to the device and placed in tension to hold the product container firmly in the base and bias the product toward the back member. After placing the product container in the device, the device can then be used to display the product container for sampling or other purposes at a point of purchase location, including mounting the device to a store shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: News America Marketing Properties LLC
    Inventors: George N. Kringel, Frank Calderazzo, Robert S. Frichette, Arthur A. Rotelli, III
  • Patent number: 6962272
    Abstract: A surface mounted dispensing system includes a bracket having a circular flange and a central hub protruding therefrom with a hub including threads thereon. A bottle is providing having a flat back with a circular embossment for receiving the flange and the hub. The embossment includes a depth for enabling the flat back to flushly contact a surface supporting the flange. The embossment includes a grooved central recess for engaging a hub in order that rotation of the bottle in one direction causes the bottle to be secured to the bracket and rotation in an opposite direction causes release of the bottle from the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Gerenraich Family Trust
    Inventor: Claude W. LeBlond
  • Patent number: 6880714
    Abstract: A carrying device for attaching to a bottle around a bottle neck is disclosed. The carrying device has a ring segment that is received by the neck below the bottle cap and a hook segment attached to the ring segment. The ring segment is shaped as a substantially thin planar disc, and the hook segment is planar and thin. The hook segment and the ring segment extend in a common plane and are foldable along an axis line between the hook segment and the ring segment. The axis line is perpendicularly to a connection line between centers of the openings of the hook segment and the ring segment. The planar ring segment and hook segment can be folded toward each other and be secured around bottle neck by a cap. In use, the carrying device is unfolded and having the hook segment available for attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Inventor: Tom Blanchester
  • Patent number: 6866159
    Abstract: The left arm 5 is provided on a side face adjacent to the opening 23 of the body part 3. The left arm 5 is formed of a tubular shaped cloth used for wetsuit in its diameter less than that of the body 3. Adjacent to the forefront of the left arm 5, a male piece 15 is sewn on the inside of the arm via a rubber strip 16 so as the piece to be housed in the left arm 5. Adjacent to the forefront of the right arm 7, a female piece 17 is sewn in a similar manner. A user of the holder rolls up the left arm 5 and the right arm 7 slightly so as to expose the male piece 15 and the female piece 17 therefrom, then the female piece 17 is inserted into the male piece 15 so that both pieces are in a locked-state. In this way, the PET bottle holder 1 is in a suspended state. Hence, during the unengaged state, both the male piece 15 and the female piece 17 are accommodated respectively in the left arm and the right arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Felissimo Corporation
    Inventor: Yusaku Yamane
  • Patent number: 6860513
    Abstract: The present invention is a unique prescription label, printed on one side that allows a consumer to check and verify the accuracy of the prescribed medication as well as to provide additional information on the medication container by increasing the usable size and area of the prescription label with an informational tab extending radially from the container, the present invention also provides a means for easy application of the prescription label onto the container by scoring the facing on the first portion and second portion of the label and scoring the backing of the second portion of the label in order to create an even fold between the two portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Scriptchek Visual Verification Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Stacy R. Kaufman
  • Publication number: 20040217139
    Abstract: A closure for a bottle that defines a cavity opening to a mouth. The closure includes a closure body having a base portion configured to engage the bottle with the closure body positioned over the mouth. A liquid passageway is defined by the base portion and extends at least partially therethrough. A connector is disposed on the closure body and is adapted to allow the closure body to be detachably connected to an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Donna Roth, Henry Roth
  • Patent number: 6808090
    Abstract: A container and support for supporting the container on a wall or other vertical structure. The support has a flexible disk housed within a rigid shell having central opening. A stem protrudes from the disk through the shell opening. A handle is movably coupled to a distal portion of the stem to move between a first and a second position. The movement from the first to the second position causes a force on the stem distorting the flexible disk causing a supporting vacuum between the disk and any contiguous wall. The handle includes an edge for engaging a cooperating portion of a container when the handle is in the second position. The container has a tubular body with a closed bottom and an open top through which any contents of the container can be dispensed. A closure secured to the open top controls the dispensing of the container contents. The tubular body of the container includes a pocket having at least one rim shaped to cooperate with the handle to hold the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Inventor: Oeyvind Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20040178167
    Abstract: A container stopper adapted to seal the mouth of a container is disclosed to include a hollow elastic stopper body insertable into the mouth of a container, and a plug rod inserted into the axially extended center through hole of the stopper body and vertically moved between a first position, where the stopper body is radially expanded by the plug rod against the periphery of the mouth of the container to seal the mouth of the container, and a second position, where the plug rod released the pressure from the stopper body, for enabling the stopper body to be removed from the mouth of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventor: Mon-Sheng Lin
  • Patent number: 6766917
    Abstract: A closure having an integrally formed hook member that is received in a hook shaped recess on the upper surface of the closure when the hook member is in its stowed position. Release of the hook member is accomplished by applying an upward force on a release tab of the hook member permitting the hook member to spring into its operative position through a living hinge connection with the main body of the closure. The subject matter finds particular usefulness with the bottling industry, however, there are many other applications where it is desirable to provide suspension of its related container when not in use. The design of the closure is such that it can readily be accommodated by bottling machinery presently used in the bottling industry without any major modifications required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Inventor: John J. Blewitt, III
  • Patent number: 6750943
    Abstract: An entertainment device which may be used as a promotional vehicle for the sale of beverage products includes a bottle having a sidewall and a vertical axis and a support member rotatably coupled to the bottle for enabling a rotation of the bottle about the axis. A series of closely related fixed images is disposed in a circular array on the sidewall for presenting a user with an apparently moving image during a rotation of the bottle about the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Pearlman, Gill Zalayet, Erik Legernes
  • Publication number: 20040050815
    Abstract: A carrying device for attaching to a bottle around a bottle neck is disclosed. The carrying device has a ring segment that is received by the neck below the bottle cap and a hook segment attached to the ring segment. The ring segment is shaped as a substantially thin planar disc, and the hook segment is planar and thin. The hook segment and the ring segment extend in a common plane and are foldable along an axis line between the hook segment and the ring segment. The axis line is perpendicularly to a connection line between centers of the openings of the hook segment and the ring segment. The planar ring segment and hook segment can be folded toward each other and be secured around bottle neck by a cap. In use, the carrying device is unfolded and having the hook segment available for attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventor: Tom Blanchester
  • Patent number: 6644613
    Abstract: A label for suspending an article from a support has a lower surface and includes an adhesive on the lower surface to secure the label to the article. The label further includes a hanger defining an opening therein and an interlock tab. The interlock tab is adapted to selectively engage the opening to interlock with the hanger to form a hanging loop including the hanger and the interlock tab. A molded suspendable assembly includes a molded article and an in-mold label secured to the article. The label includes a hanger defining an opening therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Pharmagraphics (Southeast), L.L.C.
    Inventor: Glenn A. Grosskopf
  • Patent number: 6626333
    Abstract: The bottle-connector connects a bottle to an individual, back-pack or clothing. The bottle is of the type having a neck in which an annular groove or ridge is formed. The connector has a resilient O-ring having an opening in which the neck is received. A collar is provided for adjusting the opening to an effective size such that the O-ring is snugly accommodated in the groove where the bottle has a groove or to an effective size smaller than the outer diameter of said ridge where the bottle has a ridge such that the O-ring is securely connected to the bottle. The connector also has a rigid ring connected to the O-ring and a strap or clip for connecting the rigid ring to the individual or to his back-pack or clothing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert Levesque, Madison Clova Levesque
  • Publication number: 20030146254
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cap (6, 30) for closing an opening in a liquid container (1). Such as a bottle or a small vessel which cap (6, 30) is provided with coupling means (4, 9) for coupling the cap (6, 30) to the liquid container (1), comprising a top element (7, 32) and an outer skirt (8, 33) connectable to the top element (7, 32). The outer skirt (8, 33) of the cap (6, 30) is provided with a projecting part (14) for fixing the cap (6, 30) to an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventor: Etienne Herman Walter Blondeel
  • Publication number: 20030071008
    Abstract: This invention discloses a storage vessel, namely a wine bottle having a liquid volumetric capacity of from about 750 milliliters to about 1,500 milliliters and including an integral pedestal base configured to fit typical glassware fixtures employed in restaurants and taverns. The stem and base portions of the pedestal may be solid or hollow. A hollow pedestal may be advantageous to capture sediments settling out of the wine when the bottle is in an upright position. Pigments may be included in the glass construction to minimize photochemical reactions with the wine contained within the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: John Anthony Guido, Craig Dale Machado
  • Patent number: 6506467
    Abstract: A label for displaying information regarding a container and suspending the container from a support and a method for forming the same. The label includes a base label having a lower surface. A base adhesive is disposed on the lower surface for affixing the label to the container. The label further includes a hanger having at least two interconnected legs defining an opening therebetween, each of the legs having a respective end. Each of the ends of the legs are secured to the base label. The hanger includes at least first and second superimposed layers. The layers are preferably formed of polymeric film. Preferably, the first layer has a tensile strength greater than the second layer and the second layer has a tear resistance greater than the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Pharmagraphics (Southeast), L.L.C.
    Inventors: Glenn A. Grosskopf, Carl W. Treleaven
  • Patent number: 6481590
    Abstract: A carrier for a container capable of attachment to a strap, key ring or other support includes a flexible body sized so as to releasably receive the container. The body has a loop or hook projecting from one end for engagement with the support and a through opening in the opposed end for receipt of the neck of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Inventor: Nelson Simkins
  • Patent number: 6457747
    Abstract: A hanger label for use with an intended substrate and a support includes a hanger member. The hanger member includes an attachment portion having a lower surface and a hanger portion having a lower surface. The hanger portion defines an opening adapted to receive the support. A first, permanent adhesive coats the lower surface of the attachment portion to substantially permanently adhere the attachment portion to the substrate and a second, non-permanent adhesive coats the lower surface of the hanger portion to temporarily adhere the hanger portion to the substrate. Alternatively, a second, permanent, patterned adhesive may partially coat the hanger portion to temporarily adhere the hanger portion to the substrate. A base label may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Pharmagraphics (Southeast) L.L.C.
    Inventors: Carl W. Treleaven, Glenn A. Grosskopf
  • Publication number: 20020113073
    Abstract: An Article of Manufacture for the Hanging of Screw Top Bottles and Tubes with A way to hang shampoo and other screw top bottles out of the way on A shower curtain rod or on A storage rack or any other bar or rail or line, A way to hang toothpaste tubes and other screw top tubes out of the way on a toothbrush rack or on a towel rod any other bar or rail or line, The invention has threads on the bottom that screw to the top of the shampoo bottle or tube, The invention has threads on the top that screw into the cap of the shampoo bottle or tube, The invention is screwed onto the top of the bottle or tube and then the cap screws onto the opposite end of the invention, and The invention contains a “hanger” that hangs over the shower rod or other bar. The invention provides for the user to hang shampoo bottles, other type of bottles, toothpaste tubes or any other tube out of the way. The invention provides for the user to store the bottles and tubes for easy and safe access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventor: David Hamann
  • Publication number: 20020084241
    Abstract: This invention is one or more integral molded pull-up ring extended either vertically or horizontally from the top and the rim of the plastic bottle top. The end of the pull-up ring is free end and the other is the connecting end which connects to the bottle top. The free end forms a bigger and wider ring and the connecting end can be one or two. Moreover, at the connecting end, users can add one narrow space. When the pull-up ring is horizontal, users can install at both ends of the narrow space a protruding block and a withholding restrainer. When the pull-up ring becomes a perpendicular angle, it becomes easier for users to carry the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventor: Lin Yu-Hsien
  • Publication number: 20020046984
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a beverage container holder which is small and flexible and, thus, easily stored. The holder is comprised of a support member having first and second loops, an adjustment means for attaching a beverage container to the first loop of the support member and a clip attached to the second loop of the support member for removably securing the holder to a user's clothes or accessories. In use, the first loop of the support member is placed around the top of a drink container, such as a water bottle or a 20 oz. beverage container, the adjustment means is used to secure the first loop to the top of the beverage container and the clip is removably attached to the user. The clip can either be attached to the user's clothing or it may be attached to an accessory, such as a purse or a backpack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Steve Cheatwood
  • Patent number: 6361010
    Abstract: A label for suspending an article from a support has a lower surface and includes an adhesive on the lower surface to secure the label to the article. The label further includes a hanger defining an opening therein and an interlock receiving portion having an interlock opening defined therein. An interlock tab is adapted to selectively engage the interlock opening to interlock with the interlock receiving portion to form a hanging loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Pharmagraphics (Southeast), L.L.C.
    Inventors: Glenn A. Grosskopf, Carl W. Treleaven
  • Patent number: 6350502
    Abstract: A label for displaying information regarding a container and suspending the container from a support and a method for forming the same. The label includes a base label having a lower surface. A base adhesive is disposed on the lower surface for affixing the label to the container. The label further includes a hanger having at least two interconnected legs defining an opening therebetween, each of the legs having a respective end. Each of the ends of the legs are secured to the base label. The hanger includes at least first and second superimposed layers. The layers are preferably formed of polymeric film. Preferably, the first layer has a tensile strength greater than the second layer and the second layer has a tear resistance greater than the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Pharmagraphics (Southeast), L.L.C.
    Inventors: Glenn A. Grosskopf, Carl W. Treleaven
  • Patent number: 6296223
    Abstract: A label for suspending an article from a support has a lower surface and includes an adhesive on the lower surface to secure the label to the article. The label further includes a hanger defining an opening therein and an interlock tab. The interlock tab is adapted to selectively engage the opening to interlock with the hanger to form a hanging loop including the hanger and the interlock tab. A molded suspendable assembly includes a molded article and an in-mold label secured to the article. The label includes a hanger defining an opening therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Pharmagraphics (Southeast) L.L.C.
    Inventor: Glenn A. Grosskopf
  • Patent number: 6283346
    Abstract: A strap is disclosed comprising a bottle-neck-strap-hole (13) with the measurements predetermined, in accordance with the bottle-neck size, the bottle-neck-strap-hole is cut to fit tightly around a bottle-neck. The bottle-neck-strap is designed to be worn comfortably over the shoulder, around the neck or hung on an object. The Bottle-neck-strap (10) made out of ethylene-vinyl-acetate, which has a hand like foam rubber, is a preferred practical application of this invention. This invention can also be made in a two piece bottle-neck-strap, with the area around the bottle-neck-strap-hole (13) referred to as a bottle-neck-collar (15). A rope, cord or string can be attached to the hole (16) at each end of the bottle-neck-collar; this completes the utility-bottle-neck-strap design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Inventor: Johnnie Marshall Thomas
  • Patent number: 6273283
    Abstract: A bottle, preferably made of plastic, includes a body of generally cylindrical external configuration and a clip joined to the body. The body has a closed lower end and an open upper end adapted to receive a cap. The clip is disposed within the cylindrical external configuration of the body and is spaced from a wall of the body by a slot having an open slot end disposed along the exterior of the bottle by which part of a support structure is insertable between the clip and the body wall to support the bottle upon the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Inventors: Frank P. Terrana, Antonio Terrana