Detachable Patents (Class 220/23.4)
  • Patent number: 9724820
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly of at least two stackable transport trunks, each trunk having a body with a generally parallelepiped shape, including a bottom and four sidewalls connected to the bottom and being closed by a removable lid, one of the sidewalls of each trunk including nesting means for engaging with the nesting means of the sidewall of another trunk on which it is stacked. According to the invention, the nesting means are adapted for defining, when in engagement, a sliding link having a translation direction parallel to the side surfaces having the nesting means and to the bottoms of the trunks, and for guiding the translation of the trunks on each other, the corresponding sidewalls being adapted for enabling the cooperation of the nesting means and enabling said translation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: K-PLAN
    Inventors: Sébastien Parzy, Dominique Parzy, Emilien Henry
  • Patent number: 9722223
    Abstract: An exemplary battery pack retention assembly includes a bracket, a protrusion configured to transition from a disengaged position with the bracket to an engaged position with the bracket in response to movement of a battery pack enclosure relative to a portion of vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Daniel Maguire
  • Patent number: 9718589
    Abstract: A container system includes a tub including a front wall, a back wall opposite the front wall and side walls extending between the front wall and the back wall. A bottom extends between the front wall, back wall and side walls. A mouth structure includes a fastening feature configured for connecting to a lid. The mouth structure has an opening therethrough that provides access to a containing volume of the tub. A shoulder extends inwardly from the side walls to the mouth structure. A plurality of unitized doses of a detergent composition is located within the containing volume of the tub. A lid is connected to tub using the fastening feature. The lid has an open position for allowing user access to the containing volume and a closed position for preventing user access to the containing volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Kopulos, Brian David Andres
  • Patent number: 9706864
    Abstract: Various embodiments, aspects and features of the present invention encompass a wine glass stem spacer configured to be coupled to, and decoupled from, a stemmed glass. An exemplary wine glass stem spacer is in the general form of a foam or soft rubber cylinder having a height that is substantially equivalent to the depth of a typical cup holder cavity. A stem receiving cavity may be bored through the spacer along a vertical axis and a vertical stem insertion slit may be cut from the outer surface of the spacer to the stem receiving cavity, thereby providing for coupling of the spacer around the stem of a wine glass. Advantageously, when an embodiment of the spacer is coupled to the stem of a certain wine glass, the wine glass may be protected from tilting when placed in a cup holder cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Inventor: Jose Orlando Matus, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9693619
    Abstract: The present invention may provide a cosmetic container including: a container part (100) that includes a first container (110) including a first composition and a second container (120) including a second composition and is formed by combining the first container (110) and the second container (120); a first airless pump module (200) that includes a first intake tube (210) and a first pipe (220) communicating with the first intake tube (210) and is mounted on the first container (100); a second airless pump module (300) that includes a second intake tube (310) and a second pipe (320) communicating with the second intake tube (310) and is mounted on the second container (120); and a pressing unit (400) that includes a first pressing cap (410) having a first intake hole (411) connected with the first pipe (220) and a first dispense hole (412) for dispensing the first composition in the first intake hole (411), and a second pressing cap (420) having a second intake hole (421) connected with the second pipe (320)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: MINJIN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keun Seo Ki
  • Patent number: 9655309
    Abstract: A rooftop greenhouse built into a roof infrastructure is disclosed. The roof infrastructure is constructed from conjoining modular building segments. The conjoining modular building segments are prismatic box-like structures, each having at least three walls, and the prismatic box-like structures are arranged and attached horizontally to create the roof of a building infrastructure. Inside each prismatic box-like structure is a displaceable garden box and a mechanism for lifting the garden box out of the prismatic box-like structure. The prismatic box-like structures and garden boxes may also be equipped with glass ceilings, thin insulation, mirrors, a growing medium, a grid system, an automated water supply system, an automated gas supply system, an automated temperature control system, an automated shading and light control device, and artificial lighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Benjamin Jensen, Max Tarver, Clayton Kimball, Eimi Priddis
  • Patent number: 9604749
    Abstract: The flanged container for a dairy product or similar food composition is provided with a hollow body and a generally planar annular flange connected to the top of the body, the flange having outer straight side edges and an inner edge defining a circular upper opening of the container. The body has a planar bottom and a lower portion tapering from a generally cylindrical upper portion toward the bottom in a curved manner. The lower portion has a height h1 in some embodiments not less than 14 mm and the ratio h1/H is less than 2:5 where H is the height of the container. The side wall of the body has a thickness profile such that the average thickness of the lower portion is more than the average thickness of the upper portion. Several identical containers can be grouped in a pack with breakable junctions at the outer straight side edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Compagnie Gervais Danone
    Inventor: Vincent Ferry
  • Patent number: 9598234
    Abstract: Systems and methods for efficiently collecting and disposing waste from disparate locations within a facility, the method including coupling a series of empty waste receptacles to a tow vehicle and transporting the receptacles to a first location. At the first location, identifying a first full waste receptacle and exchanging it with one of the empty receptacles coupled to the vehicle. The full waste receptacle and remaining empty receptacles are thereafter transported via the tow vehicle to a second location, where a second full waste receptacle is exchanged with one of the remaining empty receptacles. Thereafter, the first and second full waste receptacles are transported to a waste processing location. In some embodiments, the process may be repeated until all the empty waste receptacles on the vehicle have been exchanged with full waste receptacles, at which point the vehicle transports the full waste receptacles to the waste processing location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: CONRAC Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Wayne Criddle, Matthew Reed Fairbanks
  • Patent number: 9592955
    Abstract: A container is provided herein. The container may include a container joint structure, wherein the container joint structure may include a top side rail provided along a top edge of the container, and provided with a groove-shape having an open top; and corner castings respectively provided at end points of the top edge of the container to be in contact with both ends of the top side rail, wherein a hole may be formed at an abutment surface of each corner casting to the top side rail, and the hole may allow an internal space of the top side rail and an inside of the corner casting to communicated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Urbantainer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ji Won Baik
  • Patent number: 9591935
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds having the formula (I) wherein a dashed line represents the presence or absence of a bond; Y is an organic acid functional group, or an amide or ester thereof; or Y is hydroxymethyl or an ether thereof; or Y is a tetrazolyl functional group; A is —(CH2)6—, cis —CH2CH?CH—(CH2)3—, or —CH2C?C—(CH2)3—, wherein 1 or 2 carbon atoms may be replaced by S or O; or A is —(CH2)m—Ar—(CH2)o— wherein Ar is interarylene or heterointerarylene, the sum of m and o is 1, 2, 3, or 4, and wherein 1 —CH2— may be replaced by S or O, and 1 —CH2—CH2— may be replaced by —CH?CH— or —C?C—; U1 and U2 are independently selected from —H, ?O, —OH, —F, —Cl, and —CN; and B is aryl or heteroaryl, for use as acular hypotensive agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: ALLERGEN, INC.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Vinh X. Ngo, Mark Holoboski, Mari Posner
  • Patent number: 9586206
    Abstract: A reaction vessel for an automatic chemical or biological analysis appliance includes a connection part (22) for connection to another vessel (10) of the same type, the connection part is resiliently snap-fastened on the top end of the vessel (10) and is also resiliently snap-fastened to the connection part (22) of another vessel so as to form a string of vessels that are hinged to one another about transverse axes (xx)?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: DIAGNOSTICA STAGO
    Inventors: Philippe Croisard, Olivier Valverde
  • Patent number: 9567136
    Abstract: A dip clip includes a container portion and a clip portion. The container portion is configured to hold a desired quantity of a dip such as salsa, dressings, or other such food items. The clip portion is configured to provide a point of attachment so that the container portion may be removably attached to a plate or other dish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Progressive International Corporation
    Inventors: Sul Gi Myoung, Jeffery David Madden
  • Patent number: 9486115
    Abstract: A primary outer housing component for equipment is disclosed. The housing may be configured to include two or more opposing continuous curvature forms, a form outlined generally defined by a series of arcs, a forward facing primary surface having a compound curve, and a secondary surface having a compound curve. The primary surface may be configured to have at least one roundtangle feature and one or more primary touch points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Brian Philip Carlson, Ryan A. Chernik, Brian Michael Clemens, Bradley Keith Lohrding, Dana Marie Vajen Habig
  • Patent number: 9483055
    Abstract: A mobile robot that includes a robot body having a forward drive direction, a drive system supporting the robot body above a cleaning surface for maneuvering the robot across the cleaning surface, and a robot controller in communication with the drive system. The robot also includes a bumper movably supported by a forward portion of the robot body and a obstacle sensor system disposed on the bumper. The obstacle sensor system includes at least one contact sensor disposed on the bumper, at least one proximity sensor disposed on the bumper and a auxiliary circuit board disposed on the bumper and in communication with the at least one contact sensor, the at least one proximity sensor, and the robot controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph M Johnson, Christopher Morse, Marcus R Williams
  • Patent number: 9427136
    Abstract: A collapsible dish drainer is formed using a resilient material allowing the dish drainer to collapse to a smaller size for storage. The dish drainer may be formed with one or more feet to raise the dish drainer above a countertop or other surface. A bottom or base of the dish drainer is configured to direct water toward a drain, with a pivotally mounted spout. An upper shelf is attached for lateral movement between an extended and retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Progressive International Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph Kent
  • Patent number: 9387556
    Abstract: Assembling blow molded parts to form cantilevered structures incorporating a joint among three blow molded parts. A joint incorporates connector components from each part. One part comprises a cantilever, and has a tab with a through hole disposed substantially at the fixed end. The other two parts are assembled using a barbed post-and-hole joint, such that the post is inserted through the hole in the tab. The tab acts in tension at an angle to oppose the moment and shear generated by the weight of the cantilever. Other aspects of the invention include an additional dovetail joint connecting the cantilever part and the other part or parts, The dovetail joint may be blind, and may contribute to supporting the weight of, as well as opposing the moment and shear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Custom-Pak, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald A. Zimmer, Alan W. Knapper
  • Patent number: 9346661
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser has containers, sized, shaped and arranged to enclose different volumes but each of the containers has a top with a refill opening that is substantially the same as the top and openings of the other containers. The containers are provided with curving transition sections that taper the sides of the container to increase or decrease the width of the container to provide a smaller or large top sizes as needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Prince Castle LLC
    Inventors: Loren Veltrop, Christopher Lyons, Michael A. Graef
  • Patent number: 9180460
    Abstract: An apparatus has a) a flat, flexible test tube holder ring, and b) a mechanism to manipulate the angular orientation of the flat flexible test tube holder ring. The test tube holder ring includes: (1) an outer circumference, (2) an inner circumference, and (3) apertures to hold test tubes, wherein alternate apertures have circumferential walls to enable positioning the test tubes higher compared to their adjacent test tubes. The mechanism includes an engagement mechanism that orients the angle of the test tube holder ring. When the test tube holder ring is at one angle, the test tube holder ring is flat and planar, and when the test tube holder is at a different angle the test tube holder ring has a conical shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Inventor: Amir Zilberberg
  • Patent number: 9149979
    Abstract: Embodiments directed to a process for producing a reagent container assembly made of plastic and a reagent container assembly are disclosed. The process may comprise: assembling a group of particular reagent containers, and joining the reagent containers to form the reagent container assembly where at least two of the reagent containers are permanently joined together by at least one welding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Sattler, Reinhold Kraemer
  • Patent number: 9119490
    Abstract: Attachable and detachable shot glass and pocket type accessories having a clip on one side for allowing the shot glass type accessories to securely clip onto exterior edges of larger beverage containers, such as glasses, plastic container, paper and cardboard cups, while keeping top of the shot glass and the liquid contents in the shot glass level with the top of and the liquid contents in the larger beverage container, such as beverage glasses, coffee and tea and beverage cups, on insulation sleeves on cups, and the like. The shot glass can hold extra liquids, such as alcohol and non-alcohol therein, as well as hold sweeteners, creams, and the like. The shot glass is attachable to containers of other edible substances, such as desserts to hold toppings in the shot glasses. Shot glasses can be used to hold paints clipped on a container holding painting supplies, such as brushes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: GetMugShot, Inc.
    Inventor: John Parodi, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9108764
    Abstract: A package system is provided for compactable package that can be reused as an assembly block, which system has a compressible package (10) and two structural pieces (12, 13) for compacting and housing the package. Each of the structural pieces comprise: mutual engagement elements couplable to; an inner cavity for housing the package; external engagement elements arranged on its outer surface, engageable with at least one external piece provided with compatible engagement elements, wherein at least one of the structural pieces (12, 13) has a retention element arranged in the inner cavity for retaining the package inside said two structural pieces, and when the package is in the compressed state the structural pieces (12, 13) are engaged and locked with each other by the mutual engagement elements, forming an assembly block (14) for reusing the packages (1) and avoiding disposal and accumulation of garbage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Inventor: Luis Antônio Valesini Gegembauer
  • Patent number: 9090276
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating the organization, transport, and storage of items while shopping. A cart provides a mobile transport for carrying at least one detachable container. The container can contain and enable access to items in an organized manner. The items are placed inside the container during selection. The item are removed from the container during check out and returned back inside the container for further transport to a storage area, such as a pantry or refrigerator. At the storage area, the container is detached from the cart for stationary storage in the storage area, or stored as a system with a pantry cart without detaching from the cart. In this manner, the container has the dual purpose of serving as a mobile shopping basket, and a stationary storage container. Additionally, handling of the items is minimized by eliminating the need to transfer the items between containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Inventors: Evelyn R. G. Ihrke, Hanna C. Ihrke
  • Patent number: 9044111
    Abstract: A plate that is designed to be held in one hand of a user together with a drinking glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Holdaplate, LLC
    Inventor: John Zox
  • Publication number: 20150128491
    Abstract: A vessel in a modular magnetic storage system is set forth. The vessel includes at least one magnet housing assembly configured to securely store a magnet therein. The magnet housing assembly is provided on, within a portion, or within a wall of the vessel. An interior wall of the vessel is configured to form a compartment and to selectively store at least one object therein. The magnet housing assembly is configured to hold the vessel securely in a suspended configuration through a cover provided on the magnet housing assembly. The vessel is mounted in the suspended configuration by selectively connecting the magnet to a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Jared Aller, Beau Oyler, Yi Cui
  • Patent number: 9005348
    Abstract: A device for controlling a relative humidity level in an enclosed volume storage device includes a plurality of container segments each including two side walls with internal edges joined at an interior edge of the container segment, an outer wall extending between external edges of the two side walls, a base wall extending between bottom edges of each of the two side walls and the outer wall of the container segment, and a permeable top wall. The container segments are configured in a first instance to be compactly adjacently positioned so that each side wall of a container segment abuts another side wall of another container segment and the segments are radially arrayed around a central axis of the device. A binding element is applied to maintain the segments in this position. The binding element is removable to allow the segments to be individually distributed within the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: M&D Wholesale Distributors, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan J. Ott
  • Publication number: 20150090740
    Abstract: A flexible thermoformed dispensing package for a flowable material includes an integrally formed dispensing tube extending from the container portion having an internal extension defined by one or more integral thermoformed walls extending from the bottom surface of the container and terminating proximate the base when the package is in a vertical position to facilitate sipping of a beverage from the container portion; alternatively, a straw is placed in the dispensing tube to reach the base of the package. In another embodiment, at least one integrally formed internal dividing wall extends from the sealed end of the dispensing tube and intersects an interior wall to define separate dispensing chambers, where the sealed ends of each of the dispensing chambers can be independently opened along a weakened transverse parting line and separated into separate dispensing channels along a longitudinal parting line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Lewis BARTON
  • Publication number: 20150090712
    Abstract: The current invention comprises fractionally proportioned, nesting containers with a banded, carrying element. Said containers hold liquids, such as carbonated soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, teas, water, etc., in addition to non-liquid goods, ranging from dry recipe ingredients to personal hygiene products. The individual bottles can be manufactured out of glass, metals, alloys and various plastics and sizes of the individual bottles, in the nested unit, are not limited. Container contents determine the fractional proportions of unit and bottle sizes therewith. Said unit accommodates the end user with prepackaged quantities of contents. The configuration of the current invention, permits the end user(s) desiring the same product, within the bottles of said unit, the option to open them separately, in order to sustain freshness of unopened portion(s), further allowing end user to exercise a level of control with regards to amount of product consumption and variety of the contents thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Cynthia Washington
  • Patent number: 8985366
    Abstract: An interlocking container for tattoo ink includes a body defining a reservoir for retaining ink and first and second spaced interlocking members, each having a particular size and shape. The members extend outwardly from the container and define a space therebetween adapted to receive a similarly shaped and sized interlocking member from another container. An assembly of containers arranged in many different configurations can be formed by interlocking multiple containers together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Intenze Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Mario Barth
  • Patent number: 8985379
    Abstract: A beverage container holder is provided, consisting of an elongated body having a planar upper support surface having alternative engagement mechanisms on opposing ends thereof. At one end an aperture is formed, having an elongated ledge-like support that extends downwardly to a horizontally-extending terminus that underlies a portion of the aperture to receive and retain a beverage container—both cylindrical and goblet-shaped. At an opposing end and at a midpoint of the planar upper support surface, a pair of apertures cooperates with the thumb and fingers of a user's hand, to position and secure a food plate against an upper surface of the beverage container holder. The thumb and fingers extend through the apertures from a position below the holder, and in gripping the food plate, the user is also grasping the holder—which in turn may be carrying a beverage container held within the beverage-receiving aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Ronald G. Evans
  • Patent number: 8985347
    Abstract: A spice rack is adapted to hold a plurality of spice containers. The rack includes opposing back-to-back rows of compartments, with each compartment having resilient sidewalls for holding at least one spice container. The back-to-back pairs of compartments are integrally formed, with laterally adjacent pairs of compartments having mating edges which couple together. Any number of compartments can be added so that the rack has any desired linear length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Alan S. Thompson
  • Patent number: 8967562
    Abstract: The mountable holder comprises a body having a cavity, an upper face, a first side portion, a second side portion and a back portion, with the back portion extending between the first and second side portions and the cavity defining an opening on an upper face and being useable to selectively receive objects. The holder further includes a pair of magnetic connectors, with one of the magnetic connectors extending between the back portion and the first side portion and the other magnetic connector extending between the back portion and the second side portion. The magnetic connectors operatively enable the holder to be magnetically mounted to a metallic surface when the back portion is positioned adjacent the metallic surface, and the magnetic connectors operatively enable the holder to be magnetically connectable to additional holders at the first and second side portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Bileth
  • Patent number: 8960478
    Abstract: A food and condiment container having a first storage space for a food item and a second storage space for a condiment. The container includes a paperboard carton and an appliqué fold-out pocket affixed thereto and moveable between open and closed positions for receiving a condiment The pocket includes a front panel, a back panel, and first and second side panels extending therebetween. The back panel is joined to the carton, and the front panel is joined to the back panel along a portion thereof to hinge forward from the back panel. The side panels are connected between the front and back panels and are collapsible along a crease extending the vertical length of the side panels. Prior to use, the appliqué pocket remains flush with the carton and is opened along a perforation line to form a storage space for a condiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Inventor: Caleb C. Crye
  • Patent number: 8960469
    Abstract: A system for holding items includes a base tier including two or more totes and one or more higher tiers stacked on the base tier. Each of the higher tiers includes one or more totes stacked on a tote of a lower tier. Totes in of the tiers are laterally cross coupled to one another. The totes include lateral openings that allow removal of items through the lateral opening while the totes are stacked in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hunter Dean Helal, Mangesh S. Kolharkar, Douglas C. Bryan, Darryl I. Jenson, David H. Clark
  • Patent number: 8925752
    Abstract: An exemplary modular cooler system is provided that includes couplings that may, in one embodiment, be implemented as integrated or interfaced receptacles and corresponding inserts that allow accessory items to couple with an insulated compartment, which may be referred to as a “wet box”, and used as an insulated cooler that holds ice. The accessories may include, for example, a second compartment or “dry box” for holding items that need to be kept dry, a fishing rod holder, a shelf, a cutting board, a cup holder, a chair or seating platform, one or more dollies, or virtually any needed accessory. In one embodiment the thermal properties of the insulated compartment are enhanced with the use of one or more radiant barrier members, such as one positioned adjacent the lid of the insulated compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Gulf Coast Cooler Company, LLC
    Inventor: Craig A. Smith
  • Publication number: 20150001210
    Abstract: A collective vertical tank has a plurality of tanks and stabilizing and weight-distributing connectors. The connectors are adjustable to provide an adjustable footprint of the collective tank. A stabilizing and weight-distributing connector for vertical hydraulic tanks includes a first connecting member attached to a first vertical tank and extending away therefrom, and a second connecting member attached to a second vertical tank and extending away therefrom. The second connecting member defines a central passage adapted to receive the first connecting member therein. A locking mechanism secures the first connecting member within the second connecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Vertical Tank, Inc.
    Inventors: Stan Ellis, Travis Ellis
  • Publication number: 20150001209
    Abstract: A collective vertical tank has a plurality of tanks and stabilizing and weight-distributing connectors. The connectors are adjustable to provide an adjustable footprint of the collective tank. A stabilizing and weight-distributing connector for vertical hydraulic tanks includes a first connecting member attached to a first vertical tank and extending away therefrom, and a second connecting member attached to a second vertical tank and extending away therefrom. The second connecting member defines a central passage adapted to receive the first connecting member therein. A locking mechanism secures the first connecting member within the second connecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Vertical Tank, Inc.
    Inventors: Stan Ellis, Travis Ellis
  • Publication number: 20150001211
    Abstract: A collective vertical tank has a plurality of tanks and stabilizing and weight-distributing connectors. The connectors are adjustable to provide an adjustable footprint of the collective tank. A stabilizing and weight-distributing connector for vertical hydraulic tanks includes a first connecting member attached to a first vertical tank and extending away therefrom, and a second connecting member attached to a second vertical tank and extending away therefrom. The second connecting member defines a central passage adapted to receive the first connecting member therein. A locking mechanism secures the first connecting member within the second connecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: VERTICAL TANK, INC.
    Inventors: Stan Ellis, Travis Ellis
  • Publication number: 20140374424
    Abstract: The invention described herein is generally directed to a snack or dip or food holder assembly that can attach to bowls, dishes, plates, trays and the like. Specifically, a snack or dip holder is provided that can be removeably attached to a bowl or plate edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventor: Mary Hickox
  • Publication number: 20140374414
    Abstract: Provided herein is a tray for holding medical containers, including a plurality of elongated parallel cavities that are intended to receive at least one container. Each of said cavities includes a first set of contact surfaces for holding said at least one container, and each of said cavities includes a second set of contact surfaces for holding said at least one container when provided with a cap. The first set of contact surfaces and the second set of contact surfaces are arranged such that said at least one capped container is held in the cavity in a reverse orientation with respect to said at least one container when provided without a cap. A packaging for medial containers and a method for packaging medical containers are also provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: BECTON DICKINSON FRANCE
    Inventors: Romain Lanier, Adrien Plouvier, Charles Biancon, Franck Carrel
  • Publication number: 20140361019
    Abstract: A tank 14 for storing at least one fluid comprising a main chamber 18 and at least one sub-chamber 26 having an exterior surface defining an inner volume of the at least one sub-chamber 26, the at least one sub-chamber 26 being arranged with respect to the main chamber 18 such that at least one first location of the exterior surface may be accessed from the interior of the main chamber 18 and at least one second location of the exterior surface may be accessed from a location exterior to the main chamber 18. There is also provided a method for manufacturing the tank 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Domenic Caroleo, Steve Sikirich
  • Patent number: 8906321
    Abstract: A reagent kit comprising: a reagent container assembly with at least one reagent container, wherein the reagent container has at least one container body and at least one closure which can be mounted or provided on the container body. The closure comprises a closure base member and a lid which is mounted movably on the base member for movement at least between a closed lid position and another lid position, and an in-transit securing means mountable in a locking position on the reagent container and which is movable relative to the reagent container from the locking position into a release position. The in-transit securing means, when in the locking position, secures the lid in the closed lid position. By moving the in-transit securing means from the locking position into the release position, the lid is moved from the closed lid position into the other lid position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Werner Arras, Bernd Drescher, Frank-Rainer Jaehde, Hans-Juergen Mueller, Klaus Oswald, Gottfried Senftner
  • Publication number: 20140305938
    Abstract: A blank includes: two top panels, two side panels, two connecting panels, a base panel, a connecting element for the closing on itself of the blank that is expanded in volume; a receiving part, extending over a part of the base panel, for receiving wedging cartons by their bottom walls, and if necessary extending over the connecting panels; and a spacing/wedging part, coming from the base panel with cutout lines. The continuous spacing/wedging part is formed by a longitudinally median transverse portion of the base panel and a longitudinally median transverse portion, in two sections, of the two connecting panels, one section per connecting panel. The spacing/wedging part is limited in the transverse direction by two continuous and curved edge cutout lines of the spacing/wedging part, advancing overall in the longitudinal direction, whose segments form stopping edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventor: Fabien JEGO
  • Patent number: 8844741
    Abstract: A recycling/waste assembly comprises a plurality of base units, each comprising a base connection mechanism for connecting the base units to one another. The base units have a first wall connector for connecting each of the base units to at least one of a plurality of wall units. The assembly also comprises a plurality of top units, each comprising a top connection mechanism for connecting the top units to one another. The top units have a second wall connector for connecting the top units to the wall units. The top units comprise an opening and a lid for covering the opening. The wall units are engageable with the first wall connector and the second wall connector. The wall units also comprise wall connections for connecting the wall units to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Perelli, Grant M. Mason
  • Publication number: 20140284340
    Abstract: Provided are plate designs that enable a user to hold a plate in one hand, together with a drinking cup in the same hand. The subject designs find use in various situations in which a user desires to hold a plate and a drinking cup simultaneously. The subject designs also find use in various situations in which a user desires to hold a plate securely, in the presence or absence of a drinking cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: John ZOX
  • Patent number: 8833582
    Abstract: A collective vertical tank has a plurality of tanks and stabilizing and weight-distributing connectors. The connectors are adjustable to provide an adjustable footprint of the collective tank. A stabilizing and weight-distributing connector for vertical hydraulic tanks includes a first connecting member attached to a first vertical tank and extending away therefrom, and a second connecting member attached to a second vertical tank and extending away therefrom. The second connecting member defines a central passage adapted to receive the first connecting member therein. A locking mechanism secures the first connecting member within the second connecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Vertical Tank, Inc.
    Inventors: Stan Ellis, Travis Ellis
  • Publication number: 20140246438
    Abstract: A multi-functional waste can has a dual function. A lid is openable at both sides like a seesaw or openable while being lifted upwardly by a foot lever. It has a rotating hinge to connect a main body, the lid and the foot lever forms a single unit to compress wastes using the lid. An auxiliary can be detachably arranged in the waste can so that wastes with offensive odor can be sealed in a disposable bag. The rotating hinge of the multi-functional waste can is rotatably connected to an upper portion of the waste can via a hinge pin, the foot lever is connected to the rotating hinge via a push rod, and a pair of seesaw shafts disposed on the upper portion is arranged at the lid. One of the seesaw shaft is connected collinearly with the central axis of the rotating hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventor: Go Eun Byeon
  • Publication number: 20140216956
    Abstract: A device for controlling a relative humidity level in an enclosed volume storage device includes a plurality of container segments each including two side walls with internal edges joined at an interior edge of the container segment, an outer wall extending between external edges of the two side walls, a base wall extending between bottom edges of each of the two side walls and the outer wall of the container segment, and a permeable top wall. The container segments are configured in a first instance to be compactly adjacently positioned so that each side wall of a container segment abuts another side wall of another container segment and the segments are radially arrayed around a central axis of the device. A binding element is applied to maintain the segments in this position. The binding element is removable to allow the segments to be individually distributed within the storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Cigars International, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan J. Ott
  • Patent number: 8794466
    Abstract: Described is a device for establishing desired proportions of water and coffee beans. The device includes a fluid vessel and a laterally attached coffee solid vessel. The fluid vessel has vertical height and a fluid volume capacity, with the fluid vessel being formed to hold water therein. The coffee solid vessel has vertical height and an interior that defines a coffee solid volume capacity, with the coffee solid vessel being formed to hold a solid coffee product therein. Importantly, each of the fluid vessel and coffee solid vessel are formed such that a desired solid-to-fluid ratio exists between the fluid volume capacity and the coffee solid volume capacity when laterally attached with one another, with the desired solid-to-fluid ratio being maintained along the vertical height of each of the vessels (which can be readily verified through a visual inspection of the horizontal equality of contents).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventors: Mark Zuckerman, Frank Zuckerman, Jack Martin
  • Patent number: 8794465
    Abstract: A problem on all sail boats is the winch handle holders being occupied by beverage cans or other small items. A combination boat winch handle holder and beverage holder is made of a first housing adapted to hold the winch handle and mountable to a conventional winch handle holder position. A second housing, shorter and wider than the first, is adapted to hold a beverage can and is attachable in a manner that permits attachment and release of the second housing. The combination holder is preferably made of flexible, stretchable materials that are UV resistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventor: Michael J. Okoniewski
  • Patent number: 8770409
    Abstract: A container for packaging associated articles includes coupling members fashioned on one or more sides of the container for interconnecting a plurality of containers together. The coupling members may be integrally fashioned with the containers and may comprise raised ribs and recessed channels for press fitting the adjacently placed containers together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Coeur, Inc.
    Inventor: J. Michael Cude