Compartment In Closure Patents (Class 220/521)
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Patent number: 12116197Abstract: A bottleneck insert having a cylindrical body; a tube located inside the cylindrical body, wherein the tube is coaxial with the cylindrical body and extends through along the cylindrical body, end wherein the tube is connected to a side wall of the cylindrical body via a base located at a first end of the side wall of the cylindrical body; and a sieve having a form of a circular ring and located between the tube and the side wall of the cylindrical body.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Inventors: Marek Adamczewski, Dariusz Zimny
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Patent number: 12102077Abstract: An ice fishing knee board includes a base board having an equipment section at a front of the base board and a kneeling section at a rear of the base board and adjacent to the equipment section. The equipment section may include a variety of different compartments for various pieces of ice fishing equipment or supplies. In addition, the ice fishing knee board includes a knee pad positioned in the kneeling section of the base board.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Inventor: Collin M. Chapman
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Patent number: 12070198Abstract: A system and method for concurrently and uniformly removing thermal energy from a specimen sample. A thermal insulating device is provided comprising an insulating material, the device having a plurality of chambers for receiving specimen samples, the device further includes a thermal ballast whereby the rate of thermal energy removal is controlled and influenced by the thermal ballast.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Inventors: Rolf Erhardt, Brian Schryver
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Patent number: 11840384Abstract: A container closure system comprising a container (e.g., a coffee cup) with a lid comprising a sip hole, wherein the closure system further comprises a stirrer that may be used to removably plug the sip hole in the lid, said stirrer being optionally further capable of stirring liquid within the container. The present invention also may include an attachment mechanism or attachment means on or adjacent to the lid, whereby the stirrer may by releasably attached to the lid for storage, transportation, and to facilitate facile relocation of the stirrer.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Inventor: Alexander J. Simakovsky
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Patent number: 11751710Abstract: A cooking system including a housing having a hollow interior, a heating element associated with said housing, a support body for supporting the food within said hollow interior such that the food is positionable on a support surface of said support body, and a guard located between at least a portion of the support surface and said heating element. The guard is permissive of convective airflow between said hollow interior and said heating element, and is generally impermeable to projectile matter generated during a cooking operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLCInventor: Joshua D. Anthony
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Patent number: 11561165Abstract: The biometric system comprises: a measurement cartridge; and a meter, equipped with the measurement cartridge, for measuring an analyte present in a sample of the measurement cartridge. The measurement cartridge comprises a reagent container, a capillary module, and a reagent rod. The reagent container receives a liquid reagent and has a top sealed with a sealing film. The capillary module comprises a capillary tube which is located on an upper side of the reagent container and collects the sample by a capillary phenomenon, and the capillary tube is introduced into the reagent container by rupturing a contact portion to the sealing film by an applied pressure.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2016Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: TASCOM CO., LTD.Inventor: Sung-Dong Lee
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Patent number: 10813433Abstract: A jar and lid assembly that includes a jar assembly configured to hold a product. The jar and lid assembly also includes a lid assembly coupled to the jar assembly and includes an outer lid portion and an inner lid portion. The coupling of the lid assembly may be by rotation to secure the lid assembly using threads. A magnet may be positioned within the lid assembly to magnetically couple a cosmetic implement to an outer surface of the lid assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITEDInventors: Timothy Thorpe, Adrian Apodaca, Stephen Burditt, Stephen Chen, Jenny Hsu
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Patent number: 10676241Abstract: Disclosed herein are ammunition containers including features that improve storage, transportation, and organization of the ammunition containers. The ammunition containers include multiple container portions separated by a divider, each container portion or subset of container portions having a respective lid that is independently movable of one or more other lids. A handle coupled to the divider is movable into a first position in which the handle is retracted or otherwise disposed such that the handle is flush with or below a top surface of the ammunition container. The handle is further movable into a second position to facilitate handling of the ammunition container.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Inventor: Jeffrey W. Kaldahl
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Patent number: 10577159Abstract: A container includes a cup and a lid. The lid is adapted to mate with a brim included in the cup to close a top aperture opening into an interior liquid-storage region formed in the cup.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Berry Plastics CorporationInventors: Yucheng Peng, Jonathan Eickhoff, Ryan Dewig, Jeffrey A. Mann, Debra R. Wilson
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Patent number: 10501020Abstract: A storage solution for a vehicle includes a rotatable body that has a plurality of faces. The storage solution for a vehicle also includes a dowel that defines a rotation axis. The dowel is coupled to opposing faces of the rotatable body. One or more storage features are deployable from each face of the rotatable body that is free of engagement with the dowel.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Alfonso Hickman guevara, Luis Jesus Chavela guerra, Luis Olmos gonzalez, Cuauhtemoc Quiroz, David Mercado
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Patent number: 10486612Abstract: A protective apparatus for an article, the apparatus including a rigid surrounding sidewall with first and second end portions, the sidewall has a chamber disposed within a primary interior of the sidewall that has a flexible partition member disposed between the sidewall and the chamber to dampen relative movement between the rigid sidewall and the chamber. Further, a flexible collar that is slidably engaged to a portion of an interior of the chamber, the flexible collar has a collar aperture that removably encompasses a portion of the article, wherein operationally the collar suspends the article within the chamber interior. Further, a head element is affixed to the sidewall second end portion and a hatch that has a removable engagement to the sidewall first end portion wherein both the head element and the hatch are operational to retain the article within the chamber in the sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Inventors: Earl McCoy, Graham McCoy
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Patent number: 10463222Abstract: A nonwoven web material that contains fibers formed by compounding at least one polymer with a tackifier is provided. The nonwoven web material can be used as a wipe or tack cloth and can exhibit a dust holding capacity of at least about 10 grams/m2 and a lint potential of less than about 5 fibers/cm2. In addition to containing a tackifier that is compounded with the polymer(s) used to form the fibers of the web, the nonwoven web material can be textured, post-bonded, apertured, or treated with elemental fluorine gas to further improve its dust holding capacity and minimize lint production. In addition, the nonwoven web material leaves minimal residue after contacting a surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Oomman P. Thomas, Balaji Kovil Kandadai, Timothy W. Reader, Bryon P. Day, Luke McCullen
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Patent number: 10317782Abstract: A laser projection display device, relating to the technical field of laser, including a laser light source having a light source shell, an airtight device fixed on an inner wall of the light source shell, and a laser device provided in the interior of the airtight device. The airtight device having a sealing housing and a gas pressure adjustment structure, the sealing housing is fixed on an inner wall of the light source shell, the gas pressure adjustment structure is arranged on one side of the sealing housing, the sealing housing is communicated with the gas pressure adjustment structure, and the gas pressure adjustment structure is configured to adjust the volume of the airtight device.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignees: HISENSE CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORP., HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Xianrong Liu, Youliang Tian
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Patent number: 10065775Abstract: A dispensing cap for a container includes a body portion and an integrally formed chamber for holding an additive substance. An inner wall integrally formed with the body portion defines the chamber whose open end is sealed by a chamber closure member. The chamber closure member being configured for cooperating with the inner wall and seal the chamber, wherein the body portion, the closed top end, the plunger, and the inner wall are integrally formed.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: GRANITE STATE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: Allen Estes, John Porter
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Patent number: 9834125Abstract: A telescoping pole rack is used with a utility vehicle for supporting a utility pole or other load. The telescoping pole rack comprises a base, a lower telescope segment, an upper telescope segment, an actuator, and a pole rest. The base configured to be secured to the utility vehicle. The lower telescope segment is secured to the base and oriented in a substantially upward direction. The upper telescope segment is configured to nest with the lower telescope segment. The actuator is associated with the lower telescope segment and the upper telescope segment to selectively elongate the telescoping pole rack. The pole rest disposed atop the upper telescope segment configured to support at least a portion of a pole thereon. The telescoping pole rack is used with a static pole rack to support utility poles at a certain traveling angle relative to the ground.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Altec Industries, Inc.Inventor: Eric M. Denney
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Patent number: 9713798Abstract: An apparatus for regulating a temperature of a fluid inside a container, and aerating and dispensing the fluid from the container is disclosed. The apparatus has a body that contacts the fluid inside the container. The apparatus includes an axis, a cavity, a fluid inlet, and an air outlet. A second fluid is located and sealed inside the cavity. An aerator separates the fluid inlet from the air outlet. The aerator includes a channel to the fluid inlet through which fluid flows out of the aerator, an air inlet through which air flows to the air outlet and into the container, and a passage from the air inlet into the channel to aerate the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2014Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: HEWY WINE CHILLERS, LLCInventors: Benjamin R. Hewitt, Roy Paul Prosise, Dan Caputo, Benjamin D. Litteral
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Patent number: 9629488Abstract: An ice-surrounded plate carrier including a bowl-shaped bottom drainage holder, a bowl-shaped middle ice holder, and a pair of upright dividers disposed within the middle ice holder. A plurality of compartments is disposed within the middle ice holder. Each of a plurality of drain holes is disposed through the middle ice holder. A plurality of ice cubes is disposed within the plurality of compartments, and a plate is removably disposed atop the pair of upright dividers. A flattened dome-shaped lid is removably disposed atop the bottom drainage holder.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Inventor: Kenneth Mathis
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Patent number: 9527624Abstract: A case includes a first container, a second container, and a connector. The first container includes a first moveable door and a skirt. The first moveable door moves to selectively provide access to a first storage compartment in the first container. The skirt is made from a first material. The second container is made from a second material that is more pliable than the first material. The second container defines a second storage compartment. The second material is folded over the connector and connected with itself to attach the connector with the second container. An opening is provided in the skirt or in the connector. A barb protrudes from the skirt or from the connector. The barb is received in the opening to connect the connector and the second container with the first container.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Helen of Troy LimitedInventors: Troy Phipps, Shelley Palazzolo, Morris Elijah Worden, IV, Marie Gabrielle Yvonne Bachoc, Heidi Serene Farrell, Kirsten Climer, Lauren Argo, Alexander Stuhler
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Patent number: 9238541Abstract: A beverage container includes a primary reservoir adapted to hold a first fluid and a storage compartment located external to the primary reservoir. The primary reservoir is accessible through an opening for filling the primary reservoir with the first fluid and for consuming the first fluid. The beverage container further includes a coupler attached to a wall that defines at least a portion of the storage compartment. The coupler is adapted to mate with a portion of a peripheral container so that the peripheral container is securely housed in the storage compartment. The peripheral container holds a second fluid having a composition that is different from a composition of the first fluid.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2013Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Inventors: Lawrence William Wales, Joseph Donald Farrell
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Patent number: 9131761Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a multi-compartment container with a number of separate compartments, each of which is opened by depressing a separate button. The compartments may be used to hold any number of things, including, solids, gels, pastes, cosmetics or any other non liquid substance. In the present disclosure, the compartments may be opened independently or simultaneously. In addition to containing the desired substance, each compartment also comprises a reflective surface or mirror.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: La Prairie, Inc.Inventors: Anil Kalyanpur, Richard Suhr
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Publication number: 20150144511Abstract: The present invention provides a dispensing cap for attaching to a container, which includes a dispensing chamber having an interior compartment for holding an ingredient to be dispensed into the container. The top end of the dispensing chamber has a flexible diaphragm and an actuator button and the lower end of the dispensing chamber is connected to an s-shaped frangible membrane member. The dispensing chamber includes a threaded bottle cap for attaching the container to the dispensing cap. A piercing shaft includes four rectangular shaped vanes which engage and pierce the center of an s-shaped frangible membrane at the bottom of the dispensing chamber. This causes the s-shaped frangible membrane to rupture and thereby form an opening in the bottom of the interior compartment of the dispensing chamber so that the ingredient housed within the compartment freely passes through the dispensing opening and into the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: EZRA HAMWAY, Cory Robertson
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Patent number: 9038845Abstract: A container lid with a first cavity is provided. The lid includes a continuous outer coupling trough for attachment of the lid to the open top of a container. The lid also includes a straw-hole planar surface with a hole for drinking a liquid in the container. A riser wall may extend away from the straw-hole planar surface and defines a first planar surface above the straw-hole planar surface. The first planar surface includes a the first cavity that has side walls connected to the first planar surface and extending from the first planar surface to a position lower than the first planar surface and a bottom connected to the side walls. A second planar surface is also disclosed that has a second cavity formed therein. The first cavity may be adapted to receive a condiment container and the second cavity to receive a food container.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2014Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: TOP-THAT! LLCInventor: Ronald Mark Buck
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Patent number: 8985377Abstract: A basket assembly for removably coupling to a lid of a beverage bottle includes a basket body defining a chamber. One or more first openings are defined through the basket body and one or more second openings are defined through the basket body to provide fluid communication between the chamber and an interior volume of the beverage bottle body with the lid coupled to the beverage bottle body. A basket lid is coupled to the basket body. One or more third openings are defined through the basket lid and aligned with the one or more second openings to provide fluid communication between the interior volume of the beverage bottle body and a passage formed through the beverage bottle lid. A lid assembly including the basket assembly and a bottle including the lid assembly is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Thermos L.L.C.Inventor: Marvin Lane
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Patent number: 8985378Abstract: A cosmetic compact having an expansive base member containing a series of upwardly-facing product wells to accommodate one or more cosmetic items, the compact further having a cover member, and having a shuttle piece interposed between the base member and cover member. The various parts have cooperating slide components for permitting relative movement of the members in four opposed directions. A versatile, four way slide compact construction is thus made possible.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Inventor: Charles Chang
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Patent number: 8985382Abstract: A food container includes a base and a lid, and the lid may have a recess configured to receive a second container. The base may comprise a formed cavity that provides a bowl into which food or other items may be placed. The recess in the lid may receive a cup containing another item, such as a condiment or topping. The cup with the condiment or topping may be inserted into the recess, and removed from the recess, without removing the lid from the base. The lid and/or the base may be formed from any suitable materials, such as a transparent or non-transparent plastic material, and/or a compostable material.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Eco-Products, Inc.Inventors: Luke Vernon, Wendell Simonson, Gabriel Collins
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Patent number: 8978918Abstract: A caddy for holding a pastry bag comprises a receptacle having an open end, a closed end, an internal surface connecting the open and closed ends, and a plurality of fins projecting from the internal surface of the receptacle toward a central longitudinal axis of the receptacle. The fins define a tapered framework of contact ridges for contacting the pastry bag to reduce the surface area of contact between the pastry bag and the internal surface of the receptacle. A container removably receives the receptacle and holds a heat transfer medium for surrounding an external surface of the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Rich Producuts CorporationInventors: Christopher Vincent Tirone, Diego Hernan Viana, Paul R. Feldner, John Patrick Rayburn, Gerald Oehmen
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Patent number: 8973776Abstract: A cup with nestable food container and cover includes at least one wall that defines at least one container body and a plurality of downward oriented cavities. The cup includes a lower and upper cup body a portion of which defines a fill line that indicates a volume of beverage to fill the cup with. The upper cup body holds the food container, and the at least one container body may descend into the annular opening of the cup down to the fill line. Each of the plurality of downward oriented cavities include a bottom outer corner portion, such that at least one of the plurality of downward oriented cavities may rest on the portion that is wider in the upper cup body. The at least one container and at least one cover may include at least one cavity that may hold at least one independent drop-in container and cover.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2014Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Top-That!, LLCInventor: Ronald Mark Buck
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Patent number: 8967408Abstract: A food container system for a take-out main course food item includes a plastic lid adapted for sealing arrangement with a plastic base and one or more securable inner vessels adapted to hold an accessory food item. The floor of the base includes one or more first vessel-receiving mechanisms designed to locate and receive the bottom of a securable inner vessel. The lid includes one or more second vessel-receiving mechanisms, each designed to receive and engage the top rim of a securable inner vessel when such vessel is received by a first vessel-receiving mechanism and the lid and base are in the sealed arrangement. The engagement of the top rim of a vessel by a second vessel-receiving mechanism of the lid results in a leak resistant seal between the vessel and the lid.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Anchor Packaging, Inc.Inventor: Michael Tyberghein
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Patent number: 8960423Abstract: A fillable closure is used to initiate emptying of a separately fillable capsule molded into this closure. The capsule is made oxygen-impermeable on the inside or outside with a vapor-deposited layer of silicon dioxide or metal. The volume of the capsule can be reduced through pressurization from the top, through deformation of its side walls, for cutting or rupturing a sealing foil. The capsule has an asymmetric push button with a pusher surface, a deformable front and side wall and a stable rear wall. The upper end of the rear wall forms a stationary edge, on which the pusher surface can be pivoted downward through deformation of the front and side wall. On the bottom of the pusher surface, a triangle-shaped blade is formed, which ends in a tip, and its triangle edge forming a cutting edge for piercing and cutting the sealing foil on the bottom of the capsule.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2014Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Bevaswiss AGInventor: Fritz Seelhofer
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Patent number: 8960480Abstract: A clamshell-style food container having a beverage holder that can also act as a closure mechanism for securing the container in a closed configuration. In some embodiments, the food container also has multiple compartments for separating food items.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Inventor: Ronald Clark
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Publication number: 20150041344Abstract: A cap with a storage space for containing a secondary material includes a storage portion having a storage space and provided with a seal plate formed on a lower end of the storage space, an outer cap foldably formed on the storage portion and coupled to a spouting portion, a spouting member inserted in the spouting portion, and an operational member for breaking the seal plate when the spouting member is in operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Jeong-Min Lee, Seong-Jae Lee
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Patent number: 8939312Abstract: A container lid system is provided. The lid system may be constructed of two parts: a lid portion and a food container portion. A top cover may also be used. The food container portion may employ a condiment receiving structure that receives a condiment package/container or an unpackaged condiment. The container lid system allows a user to consume food items while the food container portion is coupled to a cup lid or alternatively the food container portion may be decoupled and placed on a table. The cross sections of the lid portion and the food container portion are substantially complementary to each other, such that the food container portion may snuggly mate with the lid portion. Thermoforming may be used to create each of the three parts, and the parts may snap-fit together. Different materials may be used for the parts including black opaque plastic, white opaque plastic and clear plastic.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2014Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Top-That! LLCInventor: Ronald Mark Buck
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Patent number: 8939311Abstract: A beverage container that includes a cylindrical main body portion having an open top and a closed bottom and that defines an interior. The bottom includes a contact surface and a continuous concave non-contact portion extending therebetween. The cylindrical main body portion defines a first volume. The container also includes a removable cover positioned at a location between the bottom and the top, and a recess defined between the removable cover and the open top. The recess defines a second volume that is between about 5% and about 50% of the first volume.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Mideas, LLCInventors: James Christopoulos, Martin Todd Belle, David Huang
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Publication number: 20150021335Abstract: An inventive lid with a collar that adjusts to variations in bucket diameters and lip thicknesses is provided. The inventive lid collar has a series of detents for engaging the bucket lip when the lip is within design limits, however when the lip's thickness is greater than designed tolerance, or the buckets diameter is larger than specified, the lid collar has an expandable under hang the grabs the bucket lip. The under hang provides an inward spring force that grabs the bucket lip regardless of whether the lip's thickness is over or under specified tolerances. The inventive lid have an upper recess indent for holding printed material, such as a coupon or illustration, or a smaller container for holding a premium or for holding spices in a single or multi chamber dispenser within the recess or secured inside the dome.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Justin Kovitz, Raymond Kovitz
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Patent number: 8937816Abstract: A carrying case having a first compartment and a second compartment for accommodating a plurality of objects; the first object which is embedded with integrated circuits that can process, store and communicate data on radio frequency identification microprocessors; said second object which is configured to process, store and communicate data on radio frequency identification microprocessors; said inner lining of said carrying case configured to include a radio frequency shielding; said shielding material including a layer of conductive material to attenuate interference fields and signals which are transmitted at varying frequencies and wavelengths; and wherein the shielding material is configured to block access to data which is stored on radio frequency identification microprocessors embedded in either the first object or second object.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2013Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Inventor: Marc Trombino
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Publication number: 20150001108Abstract: A bottle cap that is an apparatus for containing heterogeneous materials, applied in the discharge direction of materials in a container, comprises: a main body coupled to a bottle neck; and a containing unit assembled inside the main body with a storage space. An activated unit is assembled in the center of the upper support unit of the main body. An activation unit for downward movement is coupled to the activated unit so that the activated unit may move downward by a separate activation unit. An opening/closing unit is coupled with the lower part of the activated unit with the above structure in order to seal an opening/closing hole of the storage space.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Jeong-Min Lee, Seong-Jae Lee
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Patent number: 8919592Abstract: Cup lid with integrated container(s) that couples with the top of a cup. The cup and cup lid form at least two containment volumes, Embodiments enable easy containment, inclusion of fresh food, transportation and access of solid or liquid in the container and cup without disengagement of the cup lid from the cup. Contents of the lid container may be accessed, partially consumed, replaced in the container and resealed at any time as desired by the user. Additionally, an independent drop-in container within the lid cavity may be resealed and removed from the lid cavity and taken to other locations such as home, work, or car. Simplifies eating and drinking from one unified container and cup in a theater or stadium having seats for example that provide one cup-holder per seat. Provides one free hand to hold a child's hand for safety while in stadiums and amusement parks.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2012Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Top-That!, LLCInventor: Ronald Mark Buck
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Patent number: 8910498Abstract: The lockout cabinet can comprise a body with a front opening circumscribed by a front edge, and a rear wall recessed from the front edge, for receiving lockout equipment, a first side laterally opposite a second side, and a tab extending from the first side, passed the front edge, and having a plurality of shackle engagement apertures interspaced from one another in an orientation parallel to an adjacent portion of the front edge; and a door matching the shape of the front opening, being hingedly connected to the second side of the body and having a slot shaped and positioned for the tab to extend through it when the door is closed, with the plurality of shackle engagement apertures on a side of the door opposite the body, able to receive a corresponding plurality of padlock shackles for preventing subsequent unauthorized opening of the door.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2011Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: 6251374 Canada Inc.Inventors: Mario Saucier, Sylvain Deschênes
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Publication number: 20140363550Abstract: A closure device capable of dispensing a metered amount of liquid into a container during a closing action and capable of doing so for several successive closing actions. The closure device comprises a cap wall (3), a deformable reservoir (5) capable of being filled with a liquid and a rigid plate (4) with one or more perforations (6). Upon closure the deformable reservoir is compressed by being squeezed between the rigid plate and the cap wall. The invention further relates of use of such a closure device to prolong the open shelf-life of spoilage-sensitive contents held by a container.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2012Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: CONOPCO, INC. D/B/A UNILEVERInventors: Robert Jan Hamer, Neeltje Hendrika Molenaar, Jonkheer Theodoor Hendrik Van De Poll
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Patent number: 8887942Abstract: A collapsible drinking cup assembly having a plurality of annular ring segments each flexibly coupled together, end-to-end. An upper drinking lip segment of the ring segments includes an interior and exterior sidewall such that the drinking lip segment tapers inwardly from a lower base portion to an annular upper distal edge thereof. A support floor of the cup apparatus includes an annular bottom flange extending radially beyond an exterior wall of the bottom ring segment. Atop lid member extends over an opening into the cup apparatus, and includes a pair of opposed, inner and outer contact walls that collectively define an annular receiving groove therebetween. The cup apparatus can be expanded from a collapsed position to an expanded position when both the annular bottom flange and the lid member are radially gripped and axially pulled apart longitudinally thereof before separation of the lid member from the drinking lip segment.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2013Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Humangear, Inc.Inventors: Christopher A. Miksovsky, Clint N. Slone
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Publication number: 20140332537Abstract: Provided is a waste disposal device for disposing of used feminine hygiene products and for storing unused feminine hygiene products. The device includes a lower body defining a lower interior compartment and a disposal opening in communication therewith. A door is coupled to the lower body and is moveable between open and closed positions. The door is moved from the closed toward the open position to facilitate passage of a used product into the lower interior compartment for disposal. An upper body is coupled to the lower body and defines a storage compartment for unused feminine hygiene products. The upper body is selectively moveable relative to the lower body between raised and lowered positions. At least a portion of the upper body is moved away from the lower body as the upper body moves from the lowered position toward the raised position to facilitate access to the disposal opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventor: KERRY L. GOODFIELD
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Publication number: 20140284337Abstract: A cap device for use with a container includes a chamber for containing a composition and a shell for adapting to the container. The composition is kept safe from the environment by means of a film. The chamber has a piercer which, when actuated, breaks the film, permitting the flow of composition from the chamber into the shell. The composition can be mixed with liquid just prior to consumption in order to, for example, maximize stability, taste, and activity of the ingredients.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Inventor: SIMON JAMES RAFFERTY
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Patent number: 8839982Abstract: A dispensing capsule, comprising a cap body including a chamber, whereby the bottom of the chamber is sealed by a sealing member. The cap body includes one or more plungers, each plunger received in a sub-chamber of the chamber, and one or more flexible actuators engaged to the one or more plungers, whereby the actuators are accessible at a top portion of the cap body. The flexible actuators may comprise a bellow-type blast or stepped blast. In some embodiments, a dust cover is provided to cover said top portion of the cap body. By applying pressure to the one or more actuators, the one or more plungers displace downward and break at least a portion of the sealing member. This allows for independent dispensing of an ingredient stored in each of the sub-chambers.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Inventors: Michael R. Anderson, Lillemor I. Anderson
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Patent number: 8813954Abstract: A container for storing a biological sample for molecular diagnostic testing and/or histological testing is provided. The container includes a first chamber for receiving a sample holder therein, a second chamber, and a closure for enclosing the container. A transitional barrier, such as a valve, is in fluid communication between the two chambers. The transitional barrier is transitional between a first position in which the first chamber is in fluid isolation from the second chamber, and a second position in which fluid can pass from at least one of the first and second chambers to the other of the first and second chambers.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2008Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventor: C. Mark Newby
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Publication number: 20140231436Abstract: Lid with integrated container(s) that couples with the top of a cup/can. The lid and cup/can form at least two containment volumes, Embodiments enable easy containment, inclusion of fresh food, transportation and access of solid or liquid in the container and cup/can without disengagement of the lid from the cup/can. Contents of the lid container may be accessed, partially consumed, replaced in the container and resealed at any time as desired by the user. Additionally, an independent drop-in container within the lid cavity may be resealed and removed from the lid cavity and taken to other locations such as home, work, or car. Simplifies eating and drinking from one unified container and cup in a theater or stadium having seats for example that provide one cup-holder per seat. Provides one free hand to hold a child's hand for safety while in stadiums and amusement parks.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Top-That! LLCInventor: Ronald Mark BUCK
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Patent number: 8807362Abstract: A bottle cap that is an apparatus for containing heterogeneous materials, applied in the discharge direction of materials in a container, comprises: a main body coupled to a bottle neck; and a containing unit assembled inside the main body with a storage space. An activated unit is assembled in the center of the upper support unit of the main body. An activation unit for downward movement is coupled to the activated unit so that the activated unit may move downward by a separate activation unit. An opening/closing unit is coupled with the lower part of the activated unit with the above structure in order to seal an opening/closing hole of the storage space.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2009Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Inventors: Jeong-Min Lee, Seong-Jae Lee
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Patent number: 8807372Abstract: A cap container includes a tank, a conical protrusion, and a stepped coupling. The tank includes an upper rim, a bottom opposite to the upper rim, and a hole formed through the bottom. The conical protrusion includes a lower end, an upper end, an inner wall extending from the lower end to the upper end and defining a channel, and an engagement part formed at the inner wall near the lower end. The channel passes through the lower end and the upper end and communicates with the hole of the tank, and the channel can receive a straw. The stepped coupling has at least one annular groove and is formed at the bottom of the tank. The cap container can be filled with solid food and combined with a top a commercially available drink container such as a bottle or a cup filled with liquid by the engagement part of the conical protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Highplus International Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chih-Hung Kao
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Patent number: 8800801Abstract: The invention presents a compartmented lid for conveying at least two liquids simultaneously, the compartmented lid comprising a lid, the lid further comprising a rim, a substantially flat top crowning the rim, the top further comprising an exterior surface, an interior surface, and at least one portal with an aperture; and a compartment comprising an inner wall, the compartment further comprising a basin operably attached to the interior surface of the top of the lid and at least one channel located on the inner wall of the compartment. An opening formed by the channel for dispensing a liquid or other product stored within the confines of the basin is formed when a cover is secured to the upper portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Inventor: Glen D. Freeman
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Patent number: 8794474Abstract: A reusable concentrate cartridge adapted to be supported by a diluting and dispensing container for combining at least two separate components of a multi-component system, the concentrate cartridge having a hollow cylindrical element and a hollow tube with a closure portion. The concentrate cartridge is caused to open by the rotating engagement of a closure cap onto the diluting and dispensing container to which causes the closure portion of the hollow tube to disengage, releasing the concentrate material.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2007Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: iDispense, LLCInventors: Edward L. Mueller, Douglas F. Taylor
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Patent number: RE45935Abstract: A container includes multiple compartments for holding drinks and food. In an exemplary embodiment, a first compartment holds a drink of choice, such as soda, water or juice, and a second compartment holds a food of choice, such as popcorn, pretzels or chips. A third compartment may also be provided for holding a second food of choice, such as candy.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2014Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Inventor: Edward L. Taufer