Compartment Partition Is Stiff And Fixed In Position Patents (Class 220/553)
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Patent number: 12054320Abstract: A lid apparatus for a multi-chambered container. The lid apparatus has a top-lid that is hingedly attached to a bottom-cap. The top-lid includes one or more openings for fluid filling multiple passages that extend from the bottom-cap. A lower bottom-cap includes welding features for welding to the multi-chambered container. The bottom-cap further includes one or more auxiliary ports for injecting a reagent when the lid apparatus is in a closed configuration sealingly attached to the multi-chambered sample container.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: CepheidInventors: Paul Jordan, Rohan Kurse
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Patent number: 11891219Abstract: A lid apparatus for a multi-chambered container. The lid apparatus has a top-lid that is hingedly attached to a bottom-cap. The top-lid includes one or more openings for fluid filling multiple passages that extend from the bottom-cap. A lower bottom-cap includes welding features for welding to the multi-chambered container.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: CepheidInventor: Paul Jordan
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Patent number: 11345525Abstract: A lid apparatus for a multi-chambered container. The lid apparatus has a top-lid that is hingedly attached to a bottom-cap. The top-lid includes one or more openings for fluid filling multiple passages that extend from the bottom-cap. A lower bottom-cap includes welding features for welding to the multi-chambered container. The bottom-cap further includes one or more auxiliary ports for injecting a reagent when the lid apparatus is in a closed configuration sealingly attached to the multi-chambered sample container.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: CepheidInventors: Paul Jordan, Rohan Kurse
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Patent number: 9695983Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a partition for a fuel tank. The partition may include a sheet of material extending laterally within an interior mid-region of the fuel tank. The sheet may have a length and a width that are at least substantially equal to a length and a width of the mid-region of the fuel tank, and the sheet may be shaped to conform to an interior perimeter of the mid-region of the fuel tank. The partition may also be configured to substantially divide the fuel tank into an upper interior region located above the partition and a lower interior region located below the partition.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: GP STRATEGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Mackey, Douglas Sharp
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Patent number: 9377252Abstract: The heat exchanger has exchange and fluid flow components (2, 2?), at least one fluid manifold (11) into which the exchange components (2, 2?) open, at least one header plate (10) for holding the exchange components (2, 2?), and a casing (4) for accommodating the exchange components (2, 2?). According to the invention, the fluid manifold (11) is held directly by the casing (4). A compact heat exchanger is produced.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2009Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUESInventors: Paul Garret, Yoann Naudin, Philippe Faille
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Patent number: 9327596Abstract: A fuel tank for a hybrid vehicle is disclosed. In one example approach, a fuel tank for a vehicle comprises a wave catcher extending through an interior of the fuel tank and coupled to a front wall and a first side wall of the fuel tank.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Russell Randall Pearce
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Publication number: 20150144516Abstract: A beverage container having at least two compartments separated by a partition, allowing the container to hold two separate liquids at once. A top open end of the container is secured via a rotatable threaded ring and a gasket fitted cap, the cap having two openings each positioned over a separate chamber, and with a means for securing the cap in a liquid-tight and secure fashion that ensures proper positioning of the cap openings over each compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Ellis N. Shamoon, Thomas Bernerd Murphy
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Publication number: 20150069067Abstract: A tray for the storage and preservation of foods and liquids that has a plurality of cavities, the volumes of which are common units of measure in cooking recipes and for calorie counting. A lid is also described which fits tightly onto the top of the tray to act as a sealing piece to help in the extended preservation of the contents of the tray. The lid also acts as a stabilizing element. When the tray is made from a flexible material, design features that create an internal support structure are described. There is also an optional external support structure that can be manufactured and attached to the tray to add dimensional stability, when necessary.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventor: Brent Hubbard Burgess
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Publication number: 20150059793Abstract: A method of treating hair, a hair treatment kit for extemporaneous preparation of hair treatment compositions, a recipient for applying hair treatment compositions, and use thereof are provided. The invention provides a superior hair treatment performance such as a superior hair colouring and/or bleaching performance, particularly for providing superior root to tip treatment evenness.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Joseph Allen BERLEPSCH, Jamie Beverly STAHL, James Douglas STILL, Lucio FRIAS, Robert Drennan LEWIS, Leobaldo Antonio PERDOMO
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Publication number: 20150060461Abstract: A container and container cap for storage and dispensing of moist articles and for storing at least one normally dry article. The container includes a body defining a first compartment for storage of moist articles. The cap defines a second compartment for storage of at least one normally dry article. The cap also defines an opening for dispensing moist articles from the first compartment. A lid is coupled to the cap and includes a pair of sealing flaps for selectively closing the first and second compartments. The ventilated flap for closing the second compartment includes openings for ventilating the second compartment to help dry the normally dry article.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Paul Holbrook, Tony J. Abfall, David M. Waskin
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Publication number: 20150060462Abstract: A portable neurotoxin injection tray apparatus that includes a vial section with multiple compartments. Each compartment is capable of storing at least one neurotoxin vial or at least one saline vial. The apparatus also includes a dosage compartment with a tilted support member for positioning at least one of the neurotoxin vials in a tilted orientation. Further, the apparatus includes an injection syringe section that includes multiple compartments, where each compartment is designated to store at least one injection syringe filled with a different dosage of neurotoxin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Rand Colbert, Russell G. Olsen
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Publication number: 20140350029Abstract: Dosage regimens for at least one compound chosen from Iurasidone and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, and stereoisomers thereof are disclosed as are kits and methods for treatment and/or prevention of at least one CNS disorder such as, for example, mixed depression and bipolar disorder, and management of at least one CNS disorder, such as improving quality of life and reversing impairment in learning and memory associated with schizophrenia, comprising administering to a patient a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of at least one compound chosen from lurasidone and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, and stereoisomers thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2012Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: DAINIPPON SUMITOMO PHARMA CO., LTD.Inventor: Antony D Loebel
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Publication number: 20140284338Abstract: A lid apparatus for a multi-chambered container. The lid apparatus has a top-lid that is hingedly attached to a bottom-cap. The top-lid includes one or more openings for fluid filling multiple passages that extend from the bottom-cap. A lower bottom-cap includes welding features for welding to the multi-chambered container.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: CepheidInventor: Paul Jordan
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Publication number: 20140263354Abstract: A multiple-compartment container includes an upper rim defining an upper plane, a lower rim defining a lower plane, a perimeter wall connecting the upper rim to the lower rim. The perimeter wall forms an outer surface of the container. The container further includes at least one internal wall dividing the container into multiple compartments. An upper edge of the internal wall is an uppermost feature of the container. The upper edge of the internal wall is deformable to present a widened sealing surface during a sealing operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLCInventor: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
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Patent number: 8813993Abstract: A hot/cold container and lid is described. The container comprising: a bottom plate; a plurality of inner walls extending substantially perpendicular to said bottom plate, forming a hollow, therebetween; a plurality of outer walls extending substantially perpendicular to the bottom plate and substantially parallel to, and spaced from, a corresponding one of the inner walls, the spacing forming a compartment between the inner and outer walls, wherein corresponding ones of the inner and outer walls are attached at selected points between the inner and outer walls to provide at least one substantially uninterrupted compartment, therebetween. The Lid may be of a transparent, semi-transparent or opaque material and may be of a material that operates as a cutting board.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Inventors: Merissa Pico, Deborah Pico
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Publication number: 20140217103Abstract: A method for producing a receptacle which is closed by a sheet by transmission laser welding, and to an apparatus suitable to carry out same. The method and the apparatus are configured in such a way that a weld seam is formed between the wall structure of the receptacle and the sheet so as to be wider than the end faces of the wall structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: JENOPTIK Automatisierungstechnik GmbHInventors: Werner WOLLMANN, Christoph STEINER, Wilfried KRAEMER, Norbert KRZYZANIAK
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TWO-COMPONENT POLYURETHANE COMPOSITIONS THAT ARE ESPECIALLY SUITABLE FOR USE AS STRUCTURAL ADHESIVES
Publication number: 20140203024Abstract: The invention relates to two-component polyurethane compositions that are especially suitable for use as structural adhesives. Said compositions are constituted of a polyol component K1 and a polyisocyanate component K2, the polyol component K1 comprising at least one alkoxylated aromatic diol A1 and at least one aliphatic triol A2 and the polyisocyanate component K2 comprising at least one polyisocyanate B1.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AGInventor: Martin DEMMIG -
Patent number: 8771428Abstract: A double bucket cleaning system for use with microfiber mat mops. One bucket contains clean water; the second holds dirty water. The second bucket has a slide press for extracting dirty water from the mop. The system can use a connector to connect the two buckets together, or a single bucket with two compartments can be used. Both designs use a footpad upon which the user stands during the pressing operation. This ensures that the device remains in place during the sliding. Finally, once the dirty water has been extracted from the mop, the user can pick up clean water from the first bucket for the next portion of the floor to be cleaned. In this way, the user is able to quickly clean a large floor with clean water, instead of repeatedly dipping the mop back into dirty water.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Inventor: Howard Goentzel
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Patent number: 8763842Abstract: A well fluid additive system prepackaged to the specifications of each particular well. The system comprises a supporting member, and a plurality of additives which additive is each individually segregated from the other additives. This system reduces waste as the exact proportions are delivered to the well as needed.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2009Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Bulldog Chemicals, L.L.C.Inventors: Tommy Rex Johnson, Dustin O'Neal
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Patent number: 8746475Abstract: A bottle including a body portion having a dividing wall extending from a base portion to a connection region; a first chamber for holding first content; and a second chamber for holding second content; wherein a height of the dividing wall is greater than an overall height of the body portion, wherein the first chamber is configured to cooperate with a first orifice via a first surface and the second chamber is configured to cooperate with a second orifice via a second surface; and wherein one end of the first surface and one end of the second surface are configured to be adjacent to the connection region of the dividing wall to separate the first content from the second content.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2009Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Inventor: Theodosios Kountotsis
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Patent number: 8714390Abstract: A container for operating media of motor vehicles which is chemically stable both in respect of the fuel carried and in respect of additives.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Magna Steyr Fuel Systems GmbHInventor: Alexander Kögel
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Publication number: 20140116013Abstract: A tote and method for automated packing of items and documents. In one embodiment, the tote includes: (1) a sidewall defining an interior having a tote height, (2) a divider coupled to the sidewall to define an item bin and a document transport slot in the interior, the divider having a divider height less than the tote height further to define and provide support for a document cradle over the item bin and the document transport slot and (3) a door coupled to the sidewall and moveable between a closed position in which the door forms a floor for only the item bin and an open position in which the floor is displaced to open the item bin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Cornerstone Automation Systems, LLCInventor: Michael J. Doke
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Patent number: 8695836Abstract: A beverage container comprising of multiple compartments and a cap to dispense beverages independently from the multiple compartments is disclosed. The invention enables the use of a beverage container, such as a single bottle, for carrying a plurality of beverages within its multiple compartments. The disclosed design of a split cap includes a plurality of valves that enable it in selectively dispensing contents of each compartment. The user may choose to consume one or more of beverages stored from the disclosed beverage container. A container and cap assembly built with pressure withstanding material allows consumer to enjoy a plurality of pressurized beverages, such as multiple types of soda, from a single bottle.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Inventor: Marteniz Gregory
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Patent number: 8678224Abstract: An insert for a receptacle intended to contain a concentrated product in solid or liquid form includes a main part (1) formed by a base (2) extended on the edge by a wall (3) perpendicular to the base, with an opening (4) formed in the base. A receptacle with such an insert is also provided. In order to enable emptying the receptacle entirely without leaving dead spaces in which the products to be solubilized may accumulate, the face of the base (2) intended to be in the receptacle after assembly is concave at the opening, so that the opening is at the bottom of a trough (6). This avoids corners in which the liquid would not circulate sufficiently, and prevents solid product from accumulating elsewhere than in the trough, so that it is always subjected to the flow of liquid.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbHInventors: Francois Dumont D'Ayot, Paul Gastauer, Philippe Laffay
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Patent number: 8672172Abstract: A system for organizing very similar articles in a container so that the user can readily identify the desired article. A “menu” may be used to readily identify the articles, which preferably are non-food, consumer items, such as bandages or first-aid supplies. The “menu” may be provided in the lid of the container. If desired, the “menu” may be fixedly provided in the lid of the container, such as on the interior-facing surface of a flip-top or hinged-lid of the container. The articles may be organized in an insert or tray that is removable from a shell portion of the container so the shell can be used for other purposes.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2007Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.Inventors: Elysha Huntington, Anthony B. Gallo, David Lutness
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Patent number: 8663562Abstract: An apparatus and method for spectral analysis of immiscible phases are disclosed. A flow cell for online absorption measurements of immiscible process phases can comprise: a body containing an inlet window and an outlet window in operable communication with a measurement instrument; and a series of partitions that divide the inside of the flow cell into three (3) or more vessels that have an inlet and an outlet, wherein the vessels are connected in series with one another. Optionally, the first vessel is equipped with a porous membrane to facilitate the separation of immiscible process phases.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.Inventors: Mark Erik Nelson, Arkady Samuilovich Dykman, Andrey Vladimirovich Zinenkov, Alexey Leonidovich Moskvin, Lubov Borisovna Drozdova
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Publication number: 20140048534Abstract: A dual tank structure includes first and second tanks with a common secondary containment structure which are all integrally supported on a common base frame. The common base frame includes longitudinal skids so as to be suitable for transport using a conventional winch truck. A passageway with an integral valve therein permits selective communication between the tanks. The common containment structure has a containment volume which is greater than a storage volume of a largest one of the first tank and the second tank and which is less than a combined storage volume of both the first tank and the second tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventor: Lester James Thiessen
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Publication number: 20140014550Abstract: A multi-vial assembly for containing a plurality of samples in a cryostorage system includes a plurality of vials each defining a vial chamber to hold a respective sample and coupled together to form an integral vial assembly. The vials are independently removable from the integral vial assembly to permit selective access to the respective samples.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillInventor: David A. Barrow
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Patent number: 8616397Abstract: A pharmaceutical waste disposal assembly (10) for disposing of one or more of fluid pharmaceutical waste and solid pharmaceutical waste includes a first waste receiver (614) and a receiver retainer (16). The first waste receiver (614) includes a first receiver body (621) having a first body access (621BA). Additionally, the pharmaceutical waste moves in a first direction (695C) toward the first body access (621BA) through which the pharmaceutical waste is directly received by the first receiver body (621). The receiver retainer (16) substantially encloses the first waste receiver (614). Further, the first waste receiver (614) is removable from the receiver retainer (16). Moreover, one of the first waste receiver (614) and the receiver retainer (16) includes a first waste guide (667A) that guides the pharmaceutical waste in a second direction (695A) away from the first body access (621BA) and in the first direction (695C) toward the first body access (621BA).Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Cactus, LLCInventor: David A. Maness
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Publication number: 20130292386Abstract: A system including a DEF tank and a fuel tank arranged in a portion of a vehicle to give that portion multiple structural functions. The system may be arranged to form a part of a counterweight on a work vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Aaron S. Klauer, Nitin N. Patil
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Patent number: 8573426Abstract: A pharmaceutical waste disposal assembly (10) includes a receiver body (19), a receiver guide (62), a fluid absorber (70) and a fluid distributor (64). The receiver body (19) receives fluid pharmaceutical waste. The receiver guide (62) guides the fluid pharmaceutical waste into the receiver body (19). The fluid absorber (70) is positioned within the receiver body (19), and is adapted to absorb at least a portion of the fluid pharmaceutical waste that is received by the receiver body (19). The fluid distributor (64) is coupled to the receiver guide (62), and extends at least partially into the fluid absorber (70) so that the fluid distributor (64) distributes the fluid pharmaceutical waste within the fluid absorber (70). The fluid distributor (64) includes a plurality of distributor apertures (278) that allow the fluid pharmaceutical waste to flow from the receiver guide (62) to the fluid absorber (70).Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2010Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Cactus, LLCInventor: Dave A. Maness
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Publication number: 20130284746Abstract: In one aspect, reusable containers are described herein which, in some embodiments, can mitigate one or more disadvantages of prior packaging addressing related products of varying functionality. In some embodiments, a reusable container described herein comprises a plurality of related products of varying functionality, a handle and a plurality of receptacles, each receptacle having a construction dedicated to a single one of the related products, the construction sufficiently identifying the functionality of the single product to direct correct placement of the single product in the receptacle after removal and use of the single product by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventor: Robert W. Weed
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Publication number: 20130232917Abstract: The invention relates to a cartridge (1) for recycling medical waste, which includes a body (2) of recyclable material with a closed shape, the inner structure of which is divided into multiple compartments that define chambers (3) closed by each one of the ends thereof, with axes that are parallel to one another and to the axis of the cartridge (1) and a heat-shrinkable plastic material (4) which covers the cartridge (1) at least on the sides. The invention relates to a waste container (5) which includes at least one waste-recycling cartridge (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2011Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: SARAITO, S.L.Inventor: Silverio Dueñas Sanchez
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Publication number: 20130206625Abstract: The invention relates to a container for handling and transporting cylinders, for example glass cylinders, comprising a bottom wall for supporting the cylinders in z-direction having a support bottom for supporting the cylinders and an opposite outer bottom and side walls for supporting the cylinders in x-direction as well as side walls for supporting the cylinders in y-direction, the side walls having a support side for supporting the cylinders and an opposite outer side.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Paul-Gerhard Kibat, Matthias Scharf, Hanno Juhnke, Jasmin Groeschke, Rainer Bernhardt, Jan-Peter Spengler, Michael Schrack, Olaf Zeckai
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Patent number: 8464891Abstract: A hot/cold container and lid is described. The container comprising: a bottom plate; a plurality of inner walls extending substantially perpendicular to said bottom plate, forming a hollow, therebetween; a plurality of outer walls extending substantially perpendicular to the bottom plate and substantially parallel to, and spaced from, a corresponding one of the inner walls, the spacing forming a compartment between the inner and outer walls, wherein corresponding ones of the inner and outer walls are attached at selected points between the inner and outer walls to provide at least one substantially uninterrupted compartment, therebetween. The Lid may be of a transparent, semi-transparent or opaque material and may be of a material that operates as a cutting board.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Inventors: Merissa Beth Pico, Deborah Pico
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Patent number: 8459489Abstract: An organizer container includes a fabric body movable into an expanded configuration, wherein the body defines a bottom and above the bottom, a parallelepiped-shaped enclosure divided into three compartments by first and second parallelepiped-shaped divider panels spaced from each other and perpendicularly oriented relative to the bottom. The container also can be moved into a first partially expanded configuration wherein only two compartments are established, with the first divider panel being held substantially flush against a first end wall of the body by a first holding mechanism. The second divider panel likewise may be moved flush against the second end wall and both divider panels can be moved together to entirely collapse the container. A stiffener can be moved within the enclosure to be sandwiched lengthwise between a divider panel and an end wall and/or between two divider panels.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Profound Products, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Lee Potts, Debra Lee Potts
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Publication number: 20130133360Abstract: The invention describes a negative-pressure tank having a partition, the partition including at least two walls, and the negative-pressure tank including at least two chambers, and a free space being present in the partition in which an ambient pressure prevails. The invention further describes a sorption machine having a negative-pressure tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: INVENSOR GMBHInventors: Andrej Laufer, Jan Sonnenberg, Soeren Paulussen, Niels Braunschweig
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Publication number: 20120217250Abstract: An air compressor device organizer including an organizing panel having a storage portion and an air compressor tank attachment element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2011Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventor: Matthew D. Noble
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Publication number: 20120181286Abstract: A double ended painting implement for painting structures. Various kinds of paint heads (such as paint brushes) may be present at each end of the double ended painting implement. A multiple compartment paint bucket assembly for holding paint used to paint structures. the multiple compartment paint bucket includes an outer shell and at least two inner sleeves, with each sleeve being able to hold a separate supply of paint. Using the painting implement and/or paint bucket assembly of the present invention, a structure painter can more quickly and/or effectively paint on a job that requires two different paint colors, or two different types of paint (for example, water based and latex based).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Inventor: Dale M. Doe
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Patent number: 8220654Abstract: A partitioning plate, that is positioned between a jet pump and a main suction, is set within a reserve cup of a fuel tank, so as to separate an interior of the reserve cup into a fuel feed-out chamber in which the main suction is disposed, and a fuel introducing chamber in which the jet pump is disposed. The partitioning plate is disposed at an incline with respect to a vehicle longitudinal direction. In cases in which acceleration in any of a forward direction, a rearward direction, a leftward direction and a rightward direction of a vehicle acts on fuel within the reserve cup, some of fuel within the fuel introducing chamber flows into the fuel feed-out chamber. A fuel tank structure is provided that can reliably ensure fuel within the fuel feed-out chamber in a case in which acceleration arises at fuel within a fuel accommodating portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2009Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Touru Suda, Masayuki Hirose, Toru Shirasaki, Takayuki Usui, Taku Masaki, Hiroaki Suganuma
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Publication number: 20120152944Abstract: A storage container has a container body with an upwardly facing opening and a lid connected to the container body that is pivotally movable between open and closed positions. At least one latch is provided at each of the front side, left side, and right side of the container body to secure the lid to the container body. A seal structure is disposed at an interface between the lid and an upper portion of the container. The seal structure generally surrounds the upwardly facing opening and is compressed when the lid is latched in the closed position by the latches. The container body may also include a plurality of compartments each with upper edges defining an upwardly facing opening. The upper edges can be positioned to engage an inner surface of the lid when the lid is in the closed position so that the lid closes off the compartments.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: THE STANLEY WORKS ISRAEL LTD.Inventors: Gil Vilkomirski, Zvika Fraiman
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Publication number: 20120055818Abstract: A disposable (or recyclable) beverage container includes two or more liquid-tight subsections, each subsection adapted to hold a different beverage. The container can carry liquids to be mixed at a point of consumption, or the contents of each subsection can be consumed separately, at different times.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2010Publication date: March 8, 2012Inventor: Evan K. Zimmern
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Publication number: 20120048755Abstract: A box includes a casing, a front compartment recessed in a front portion of the casing for storing a portable electronic device including cellular phone in the front compartment; an upper compartment formed in an upper portion of the casing for storing namecards or notepapers therein; and a bottom compartment formed in a lower portion of the casing and positioned under the upper compartment for mounting a charger in the bottom compartment for supplying electricity for powering a plurality of electronic devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventor: Chung Piao Tsao
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Patent number: 8113373Abstract: A vessel includes a containing body, an upper cover, a thing holding member, and a bottom cover; the containing body has an upper opening; the upper cover is threadedly joined on the containing body to cover the opening; the upper cover has a drink outlet, and a moving cap is pivoted on the upper cover to seal the drink outlet; the upper cover further has several bores so that drinks can flow out of the containing body through the drink outlet easily; the thing holding member is securely joined on the containing body, and has several hollow holding portions on an inner circumferential side to contain drink materials such as tea bags and sugar bags; the bottom cover is joined on a lower end of the thing holding member to close the hollow holding portions.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2008Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Woodmax Ky Industries Corp.Inventor: Chang-Yu Lin
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Publication number: 20120000912Abstract: An organizer container includes a fabric body movable into an expanded configuration, wherein the body defines a bottom and above the bottom, a parallelepiped-shaped enclosure divided into three compartments by first and second parallelepiped-shaped divider panels spaced from each other and perpendicularly oriented relative to the bottom. The container also can be moved into a first partially expanded configuration wherein only two compartments are established, with the first divider panel being held substantially flush against a first end wall of the body by a first holding mechanism. The second divider panel likewise may be moved flush against the second end wall and both divider panels can be moved together to entirely collapse the container. A stiffener can be moved within the enclosure to be sandwiched lengthwise between a divider panel and an end wall and/or between two divider panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Inventors: Kenneth Lee Potts, Debra Lee Potts
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Publication number: 20110315680Abstract: A countertop bulk food display case has a single unitary cavity which receives a plurality of individual food containers. The containers have lips which extend outwardly from their open top and support elements, which extend across the cavity, and are arranged such that adjacent support elements contact the lips on opposed sides of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2010Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: TILLAMOOK COUNTRY SMOKER, INC.Inventors: John C. Smith, Lance R. Kaiser
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Publication number: 20110290800Abstract: A container having a body, the body defining a cavity for storing dispensable cavity contents and having an opening, a covering for covering said opening; and a lid connected to the body by a failure zone and openable, in use, after failure of the failure zone, about a hinge formed by the covering. The lid may have a re-closable arrangement, the covering may be hinged with the container and may include strengthening ribs. The body may also have multiple cavities and multiple lids.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2008Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventor: Bradley Donald Teys
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Publication number: 20110244108Abstract: A container that enables a food product with one or more pieces of solid food, such as soup, to be made utilizing a brewing machine. The container can be configured to hermetically contain a soup extract and dried pieces of solid food. The container can be pierceable to accommodate an injection of water into the container for combination with the soup extract to produce a broth, and an outflow of the broth from the bottom of the container. The container can also contain one or more inner chambers holding solid food pieces in an isolated location that can be kept separate and dry from both the water that flows into the container as well from the broth that is produced when the soup extract is infused with the water.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Inventor: Michael David RABIN
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Publication number: 20110215097Abstract: A flexible divider for separating a lower compartment of a container from an upper compartment of the container includes a transverse member and a rim defining an outer perimeter of the divider. The flexible divider also includes a flexible wall connecting the transverse member to the rim. The flexible wall is configured to facilitate movement of the transverse member from an upper stable position to a lower stable position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: September 8, 2011Inventors: Willard Nelson Archie, JR., Christopher Loew, David Christophe Northway
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Patent number: 8006842Abstract: Packaging for authentication tokens is disclosed that supports individual card-shaped tokens. The packaging supports multiple cards in a single tray that separates the cards from each other, protects the buttons of the cards from inadvertent activation, and protects the display window from damage. The packaging includes a tray having a base, walls extending from the base, a plurality of engagement members for holding each card, and a cover. The walls include a pair of sidewalls and at least one interior wall, each sidewall having an inner surface with a plurality of slots and the interior wall having an outer surface with a plurality of slots. The slots in the sidewalls correspond in number and location to the slots in the interior wall, the paired slots together forming a card engagement member.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2008Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: EMC CorporationInventors: William F. Loughlin, Jr., Stephen Elbeery