Partition And Walls Molded Or Cast Together Patents (Class 220/555)
  • Patent number: 7124883
    Abstract: A package or container for holding two or more types or brands of smoking articles, such as cigarettes, having a generally rectangular shape with two openings on opposite sides of the container and a method of making the same is disclosed. The container has two lids, a body, and a separation member that divides the container into two or more compartments, each filled with smoking articles. The lids are made of metal and are hinged to the body on opposite ends of the container using strap hinges made of a paper or foil laminate, and contain printed information such as text and logos. The separation member includes raised portions to hold the smoking articles securely within the compartments and each compartment is sealed with a layer of film that may be pulled up and off of the container compartment using a tab attached to the sealing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Inventors: Timothy Frederick Thomas, Barry Smith Fagg
  • Patent number: 7044321
    Abstract: A school supply station for storing classroom items includes an annular inner wall that defines an interior bin receiving area, an annular outer wall spaced radially outward from and connected to the inner annular wall by a series of bottom walls, and a plurality of divider walls oriented transverse to and extending between the inner wall and outer wall, thereby forming a series of compartments. A bin is removably disposed in the bin receiving area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: Aaron W. Smith, Timothy D. Killinger
  • Patent number: 7017770
    Abstract: In a multi-chamber tube in which a partition extending longitudinally through the body portion of the tube divides the interior thereof into the plurality of chambers each for containing respective substances to be discharged in combination from the tube unwanted fluctuations in the amount of substances discharged from the tube can be reduced by the partition and the tube body portion being formed from sheets of different stiffness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: KMK Lizence Ltd.
    Inventor: Fredy Scheifele
  • Patent number: 7000576
    Abstract: A container for liquids is proposed, with a first chamber for a first liquid and an additional chamber for a second liquid. Between these two chambers at least one additional chamber is provided for the mechanically joining together the liquid-filled chambers. This additional chamber is sealed from the liquid-filled chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventor: Brad Olson
  • Patent number: 6932213
    Abstract: A receptacle (30) having multiple smaller compartments (42) for receiving baby teeth, and a larger compartment (74) for housing a smaller removable receptacle (56) used for placing a baby tooth under a child's pillow. Receptacle (30) comprises a floor (28) with upwardly extending peripheral outer sidewall (34) and slightly shorter partition walls (38) extending from outer sidewall (34) to inner sidewall (36) whose inner periphery forms larger compartment (74). Cover (48) closes the receptacle with a friction fit. Removable digram/date card(82) bears indicia representing twenty baby teeth and a line on which to write date of loss. Shield card (86) allows removal of one tooth for viewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Inventor: Elaine Sandra Fram Distad
  • Publication number: 20040069252
    Abstract: A container for liquids is proposed, with a first chamber for a first liquid and an additional chamber for a second liquid. Between these two chambers t least one additional chamber is provided for the mechanical joining together of the liquid-filled chambers. This additional chamber is sealed from the liquid-filled chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventor: Brad Olson
  • Patent number: 6685041
    Abstract: A one-piece integrally molded container includes a finish having a deck and a pair of outlet openings surrounded by associated annular walls. A peripheral ring extends upwardly from the deck, and has a radial lip that helps retain the container in the mold tooling during the forming operation. The finish has a radial bead over which a bead on the inside diameter of a closure skirt snaps to secure the closure to the container. Annular walls on the closure surrounding the closure dispensing openings are received in plug sealing engagement within the annular walls surrounding the outlet openings on the container finish deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Plastic Products Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory A. Geisinger
  • Patent number: 6681956
    Abstract: The drum assembly of the present claimed invention is used for washing and is comprised of a primary container and a supplementary container integral as a single structure. The primary container may be filled with water and the supplementary container may be filled with any cleansing substance, for example, detergent. The primary container includes a support base and a flattened body of the handle for the mounting or support of the drum where toilet assemblies are not available, such as in trucks, motor vehicles, camping facilities, and any other suitable location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Inventor: José Beltrán Bolgar
  • Patent number: 6612459
    Abstract: A nestable multiple compartment tray (10) for faux painting material and applicators is provided. The tray (10) comprises a rigid one-piece monolithic housing which comprises a bottom wall structure (11) presenting an outer perimeter defined by a plurality of spaced bottom wall segments (12) and a sidewall (14). The tray (10) is further comprised of a series of first divider walls (22 and 24) and at least one second divider wall (26). The sidewall (14) has a plurality of sidewall segments (15) which present front (16), rear (18), and opposing side (20) sections. The divider walls (22, 24, 26) cooperate with the sidewall segments (15) and bottom wall segments (12) to present individual fore (28) and aft (30) compartments. The fore compartments (28) are suited for receiving faux painting applicators and the aft compartments (30) are suited for receiving paint. Each divider wall (22, 24, 26) is constructed with at least partially spaced wall portions (32) which present corresponding cavities (34) therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Inventor: Todd Young
  • Patent number: 6410310
    Abstract: An improved cell culture plate for in vitro cultivation of cells and/or tissue cultures, the cell culture plate comprising a base member and a flat removable lid, the base having the external dimensions of a standard cell culture plate and further having multiple sets of open-topped wells. Each set of wells comprises two or more wells of increasing area and volume, and the collection of sets are preferably arranged in side-by-side columns, each column being adapted for use in cell or tissue culture expansion. The sizing and configuration of the wells enables cell culture expansion through the use of a single cell culture plate, rather than through use of a series of plates having wells of increasing size and volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Alta Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip B. Flegal, Richard E. Gould
  • Patent number: 6390324
    Abstract: In a process for making a multi-chambered container that is lightweight, relatively inexpensive to produce, and that requires less external reinforcement against flexure than conventional multi-chambered containers do, a parison is heated and inflated to form the container. Further, first and second pinched-in areas are fashioned in the sidewall of the container. The first pinched-in area includes first and second wall portions that extend inwardly toward an interior of the main body of the container, and a first end wall portion connecting the first and second wall portions. The second pinched-in area includes third and fourth wall portions that extend inwardly toward an interior of the main body, and a second end wall portion connecting the third and fourth wall portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: C. Joseph Everette, Charles M. Brandt, Richard G. Kraft
  • Publication number: 20020053572
    Abstract: An elongated bar rail mat having a plurality of spaced-apart, elongated, resilient members that cooperate with each other to form fluid damping chambers therebetween while supporting a wet glass thereon with the spaced-apart, elongated, resilient members cooperating with each other to provide a longitudinal stability to the bar rail mat to enable one to empty the contents of the bar rail mat without the bar rail mat collapsing and accidentally spilling the contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventor: DONALD T. NORDVIK
  • Patent number: 6357988
    Abstract: A divided cart has plural waste compartments and a divided intermediate transfer container has corresponding plural compartments. A deflector assembly on the intermediate transfer container deflects waste into the respective compartments as the divided cart is dumped. The deflector assembly is movable, such as comprised of flexible material, to also deflect waste in its segregated state into further corresponding compartments of a waste collection vehicle. A lift mechanism carried on the intermediate transfer container has a lifting plate which positions the divided cart so that contents of its plural waste compartments dump respectively into the corresponding plural compartments of the divided intermediate transfer container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Bayne Machine Works, Inc.
    Inventor: Jimmy O. Bayne
  • Patent number: 6357616
    Abstract: An attachable holder for exercise devices including a housing having an open upper end a closed lower end. The closed lower end has an elongated recess formed therein. The elongated recess is dimensioned for receiving the horizontal support bar of the piece of equipment therein. The closed lower end has a cover member hingedly coupled thereto. The cover member has a closed orientation containing the horizontal support bar within the elongated recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Inventors: Terry Loren Harris, Patrizia Harris
  • Publication number: 20020023925
    Abstract: In a multi-chamber tube in which a partition extending longitudinally through the body portion of the tube divides the interior thereof into the plurality of chambers each for containing respective substances to be discharged in combination from the tube unwanted fluctuations in the amount of substances discharged from the tube can be reduced by the partition and the tube body portion being formed from sheets of different stiffness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventor: Fredy Scheifele
  • Patent number: 6325251
    Abstract: A combination fuel tank and tool holder apparatus having dual fuel compartments for gasoline and oil and hand pumps. Holders for chain saw tools such as a saw wedge, chip brush, saw files, and a screwdriver and socket wrench combination are provided on three sides of the plastic apparatus in a first embodiment. In a second embodiment, the fuel tank lacks external holders, which holders are on a canvas cover with apertures on top for the handle and hand pumps. The holders are lined with polyvinyl inserts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Inventor: Robert J. Santos
  • Patent number: 6321929
    Abstract: A shopping basket has four walls, a bottom and handles for allowing the basket to be carried, and one wall of the basket is provided with a section that projects either outwardly from or inwardly into the shopping basket and is adapted to serve as a receptacle for a bottle or can. This projecting section is integrally formed with the shopping basket wall, is cylindrically shaped with a radius slightly larger than that of a typical can or bottle and has a flat bottom retaining wall so that it is suited to hold securely an open, fluid-filled can or bottle without spilling its contents. Thus, a shopper using the shopping basket will easily be able to drink from a can or bottle and then place it within the receptacle formed from the shopping basket wall, removing it and replacing it as desired, so that the shopper can conveniently and selectively shop and drink from the can or bottle as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: The Coco-Cola Company
    Inventors: Benjamin S. Weshler, Deborah Ann Cross
  • Publication number: 20010032856
    Abstract: A cooking pot with internal dividers defining compartments to segregate food being prepared therein is disclosed. Each compartment acts as an autonomous cooking pot, sealed from the other compartments. A lid may be used to cover a portion of the pot, usually corresponding to one of the compartments, so that one compartment is covered and another compartment is uncovered. The cooking pot is of conventional external dimensions, so that a standard lid may be used to cover all of the internal compartments. Various configurations of the cooking pot allow for from two to several internal dividers to form from two to several internal compartments, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventor: Billy G. Casey
  • Patent number: 6221449
    Abstract: A preform (9) made of thermoplastic material and including a body (11) provided with an at least partially longitudinally extending inner partition (10). The preform is used for molding and particularly blow molding or stretch-blow molding a container with a body having opposed portions defining hollow recesses with inwardly-directed convex surfaces, said portions being spaced apart by said inner partition. In a straight cross-sectional view, the body (11) has a non-circular outline with two opposed portions (a, b) separated by a minimum distance (d1) that is smaller than the distances between the other pairs of opposed portions of said outline. The inner partition (10) extends between said two opposed portions (a, b), and said distance (d1) is such that, relative to the periphery of the body (11) of the preform, during molding, the inner partition (10) is transversely stretched at a rate equal to that at which the body (11) is transversely or peripherally stretched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Sidel S.A.
    Inventor: Paul La Barre
  • Patent number: 6182851
    Abstract: A structure and method are present where a sidewall of a load lock chamber is formed by extrusion, to produce a reproducible tubular structure to form the walls of a vacuum chamber with greatly improved vacuum performance. The use of an extruded structure reduces the dimensional variability, increases the uniformity of a surface finish, and provides uniform top and bottom sealing arrangements, which allow full and easy access to the inside of the sidewalls for cleaning. In another arrangement heat transfer fluid passages can be formed in the wall of the chamber simultaneously as the wall of the chamber is extruded. Heating of cooling liquid can then be circulated through the passages in the wall of the chamber to heat the walls of the chamber as sometimes required to prevent condensation on the inside of the chamber walls, or provide cooling as is required for cool down of a wafer, after processing at an elevated temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Applied Materials Inc.
    Inventor: Arik Donde
  • Patent number: 6155447
    Abstract: The Worm Form Organizer Insert for Compost Bins is disclosed. The device is an insert designed for commercially available domestic anaerobic style compost bins and fits independently freestanding and self supporting within and comprises 2 central hubs (7,8), a framework (1) and barrier material (9) dividing the bin into three equal sections for the addition of compost, columns of compost can now be created within the compost bin. If these columns of compost are maintained at varying levels airflow and drainage will be provided via the barriers thereby creating an improved environment for compost worms which may be added to the compost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Inventor: Ian P. Hodgson
  • Patent number: 6138963
    Abstract: A paint cup and brush holder configured in an uprightly disposed conical shape having a compartment for containing paint and an adjacent compartment for holding a brush. A doctor exists between the two compartments and at a level lower than the upper edge of the entire container for wiping the excess paint from the brush. There is a handle on the container and also a pour spout. The entire container is arranged in the conical shape so that it can be stacked in a plurality of containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Inventor: William A. Malvasio
  • Patent number: 6109435
    Abstract: A tool kit for containing truck or tractor repair tools and parts includes an elongate, unitary body adapted to be supported by the upper peripheral portion of a front tire on either side of a cab-over-engine tractor. The body has a front section and a rear section on which are provided transverse trays for tools or repair parts, a center section having a horizontal plate for the temporary support of tools or parts, and an outer sidewall with larger, longitudinally-extending trays for holding larger tools or parts. The three body sections have a single base wall which has a radius approximately equal to the radius of a tractor tire on which the kit is designed to be supported. The center section includes a pair of handles extending upwardly from the base wall at the forward and rearward ends, respectively, of the horizontal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Inventor: Michael E. Failor
  • Patent number: 6098805
    Abstract: A dual bucket assembly (10) comprises a dual bucket (20) including first and second containers (30, 50) adapted for holding liquid. Each container includes a peripheral wall (31, 51) having a proximal portion (34, 54) adjacent the other container and a non-proximal portion (37, 57). Connecting member (70) rigidly connects in a spaced apart relationship peripheral wall (31, 51) upper ends (32, 52). Peripheral walls (31, 51) are downwardly inwardly sloping such that a plurality of dual buckets (20) are nestable. Peripheral wall (31) proximal portion (34) is convex and peripheral wall (51) proximal portion (54) is concave and substantially parallel to proximal portion (34). Circumferential reinforcing member (94) connected to upper ends (32, 52) of non-proximal portions (37, 57) of peripheral walls (31, 51) resists bending and adds stiffness to the structure of dual bucket (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Kenmont, LLC
    Inventor: David Kent
  • Patent number: 6062389
    Abstract: A dual bucket assembly (10) comprises a dual bucket (20) including first and second containers (30,50) adapted for holding liquid, a connecting member (70) and a bail (80). Each container includes a peripheral wall (31,51) having an upper end (32,52) having a top edge (33,53), a proximal portion (34,54) adjacent the other container and a non-proximal portion (37,57). Connecting member (70) rigidly connects in a spaced apart relationship upper ends (32,52) of peripheral walls (31,51). Peripheral walls (31,51) are downwardly inwardly sloping such that a plurality of dual buckets (20) are nestable. The top edge (33,53) of each non-proximal portion (37,57) is smoothly arcuate. Peripheral walls (31,51) and connecting member (70) are adapted for simultaneously pouring liquid contents from both containers (30,50) into separate storage vessels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Kenmont, LLC
    Inventor: David Kent
  • Patent number: 6035766
    Abstract: A multi heating zone cooking pot construction (10) including a receptacle unit comprising a receptacle member (20) having a base portion (21) and a peripheral sidewall (22) which are formed integrally with a divider unit (12) including a main divider wall member (30) and a secondary divider wall member (31) which divider the interior of the receptacle member (20) into segregated compartments (28, 29, 29') including an enlarged compartment (28) and two smaller compartments (29, 29'). The base portion (21) of each compartment is provided with a looped heat transfer coil (40) wherein the number of heat transfer loops (41) in at least two of the compartments (28, 29, 29') are different to produce more or less heat in the respective compartments (28, 29, 29').
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Inventor: Patricia C. Schirmer
  • Patent number: 5981292
    Abstract: A sample cup insert has a tubular wall and a flange extending inwardly at an acute angle from the tubular wall. When the sample cup, into which the sample cup insert is inserted, is filled with sample and sealed by a film that forms a window through which the sample is analyzed, air bubbles collect under the film. The air bubbles are transferred under the flange of the sample cup insert, and out of the portion of the sample to be analyzed, by rotating the sample cup, and allowing the air bubbles to flow up the side of the sample cup insert over the flange, and then returning the sample cup to its original position, thereby trapping the air bubbles under the flange. The flange of the sample cup insert retains these air bubbles outside of the portion of the sample to be analyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Metuchen Scientific Inc.
    Inventor: Ralph H. Obenauf, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5971197
    Abstract: A plastic container that has more than one chamber and that is constructed so as to be stiffer than conventional molded multi-chambered containers includes a bottom wall, a neck, and a main body that has defined therein a first pinched-in area and a second pinched-in area that extends inwardly toward and is joined to the first pinched-in area so as to define separate compartments. The first end wall portion is laterally offset from the second end wall portion, so that the flexibility of the main body about the joint of the first and second wall portions is minimized. As a result, the container is less likely to need supplemental reinforcement against flexure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: C. Joseph Everette, Charles M. Brandt, Richard G. Kraft
  • Patent number: 5968453
    Abstract: A single compartment, non-wedged shaped reagent cartridge for use in an automated clinical chemistry analyzer. The cartridge comprises a hollow relatively narrow reagent compartment formed by an axially elongated, bottom, an axially elongated top, a front end portion and a rear end portion extending vertically between the bottom and top and connecting to opposing right and left sidewalls for completing the reagent compartment. A shoulder engaging flange extends from the top for supporting the cartridge on a shoulder in a cartridge receiving carousel of an automated clinical analyzer including transfer probes for insertion into at least one opening in the top of the cartridge for fluid transfer into the clinical analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Carolina Liquid Chemistries Corporation
    Inventor: Phillip G. Shugart
  • Patent number: 5928681
    Abstract: In a process for making a multi-chambered container that is lightweight, relatively inexpensive to produce, and that requires less external reinforcement against flexure than conventional multi-chambered containers do, a parison is heated and inflated to form the container. Further, first and second pinched-in areas are fashioned in the sidewall of the container. The first pinched-in area includes first and second wall portions that extend inwardly toward an interior of the main body of the container, and a first end wall portion connecting the first and second wall portions. The second pinched-in area includes third and fourth wall portions that extend inwardly toward an interior of the main body, and a second end wall portion connecting the third and fourth wall portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: C. Joseph Everette, Charles M. Brandt, Richard G. Kraft
  • Patent number: 5924591
    Abstract: A pizza pan has a short vertical wall extending upwardly from near the center of its bottom so as to form a flat annular cooking surface. The bottom has no hole at the center of the annular cooking surface. A disclosed method of cooking pizza includes forcing the dough blank over and around the wall, and crimping the dough adjacent the wall as well as the dough at the outer periphery of the blank, so as to hold the cheese and sauce between crimps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Inventor: Nicholas P. Contos
  • Patent number: 5921429
    Abstract: A plastic container for multiple side-by-side stacks of fragile articles has a single blow molded body. The body has side walls and at least one internal partition extending from near a continuously rimmed open top to near a closed bottom end of the body. The partition has two spaced apart walls connected in a longitudinal plane substantially perpendicular to said at least one partition. The partition forms at least two separated compartments within the body for supporting the stacks of fragile articles. It provides resistance to squeezing the side walls so as to protect the stacks of fragile articles, and the two spaced apart walls are adapted to deform in the presence of vacuum and pressure in the compartments such that an outer perimeter dimension of the body remains substantially constant. The container also has a reclosable closure located at the continuously rimmed top end of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dana P. Gruenbacher, Douglas B. Zeik, Daniel J. Kinne
  • Patent number: 5915581
    Abstract: A two-piece container including a plate having a peripheral rim and a cover having a peripheral flange. The flange of the cover has a depending portion adapted to overlappingly engage the rim of the plate in a releasable interlocking relationship. In one aspect of the invention, an indexing cut-out portion is formed in either the plate rim or the cover flange, and an indexing protrusion extends inwardly from the other of the plate rim and cover flange. To facilitate alignment of the cover and the plate during releasable attachment of the cover to the plate, the indexing protrusion is configured to engage the indexing cut-out portion. In another aspect of the invention, the plate has a bottom, a side wall extending upwardly from a periphery of the bottom, and a raised rib-like partition extending upwardly from the bottom to define separate plate compartments for holding and separating food items thereon. The partition has an inverted V-shape with a rounded apex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Boston Chicken, Inc.
    Inventors: F. Joseph Pfirrmann, Jr., Jeffery L. Kalebain, Thomas A. Messina
  • Patent number: 5900086
    Abstract: A process produces a tubular body with at least one dividing wall extending across its length and forming longitudinal chambers disposed next to each other. A foil strip is used whereby a dividing-wall strip or a section of dividing-wall strip is cut to length and is fastened at its lateral outer edges on the foil strip or section of the foil strip, with parallel alignment with the foil strip or section of foil strip. The lateral edges of the foil strip or section of foil strip are then joined with each other thereby either directly forming a tubular body or forming an endless tube, from which tubular bodies are then cut to length. The tube is then solidly joined with a tube head having a dividing bridge conforming to the arrangement of the dividing wall in the tubular body. The tube head has a dispensing aperture closable by a closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: AISA Automation Industrielle SA
    Inventor: Gerhard Keller
  • Patent number: 5881877
    Abstract: A container for safety equipment includes a plurality of divided compartments and a hinged top cover. One compartment is arranged for snugly holding a pair of safety goggles. Another compartment is arranged for snugly holding a stack of breathing masks. A third compartment is arranged for holding a supply of ear plugs. The back of the container includes a set of screw holes, a hook-and-loop fastener, and a set of strap anchors. The container can be screwed to a fixed location by using the screw holes, or it can be releasably mounted to any desired location with the hook-and-loop fastener. The container can also be fixedly mounted on a tool, such as the handle of a lawn mower, with straps passed around the strap anchors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Inventor: Darrell D. Adams
  • Patent number: 5857583
    Abstract: A food service container comprises a tray and a lid preferably composed of a leak-resistant, absorptive moldable material such as molded fiber. The tray has a first body portion and a first rim encompassing and projecting laterally outwardly from the first body portion. The first body portion has a primary food storage compartment and at least one beverage cup holding pocket. The beverage cup holding pocket forms resilient, deflectable side wall sections allowing the pocket to firmly hold beverage cups of different sizes. The lid is hingedly mounted to the tray. The lid includes a second body portion and a second rim encompassing and projecting laterally outwardly from the second body portion. The lid is moveable between an open position and a closed position. When the lid is in the closed position, the lid covers the primary food storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Tenneco Packaging
    Inventors: Annette M. Chantaca, Keith C. Higginson
  • Patent number: 5849241
    Abstract: Multichamber tubular containers are made by extrusion or injection stretch blow molding. The containers usually will have two or three chambers and one or more web walls. The web walls are relatively rigid as formed. The web walls must be stretched laterally to increase their flexibility which is needed for the uniform dispensing of product from the tubular chambers. The webs can be stretched mechanically by the rotation of rods, such as stretch rods, or pneumatically by a differential gas pressure in the chambers while the webs are at or near the glass transition temperature and can flow. The web walls for a circular tubular container can be stretched up to about one-half the diameter of the tubular container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Patrick Andre Connan
  • Patent number: 5839771
    Abstract: The subject invention comprises a tote for cleaning utensils and supplies which has a base that includes an open internal compartment to be used to contain cleaning supplies and tools. A pair of sidewalls is attached to the base and extends upwardly therefrom in a spaced-apart relationship. Between the sidewalls is to be mounted on brackets a roll of paper towels. Mounted on the sidewalls is a hanger with this hanger to support a bag within which is to be deposited waste. Connected between the upper end of the sidewalls is a carry handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Inventor: Robert A. DeMars
  • Patent number: 5753289
    Abstract: A portable food container for use in holding dry and liquid foods for consumption. The container allows an individual to consume a combination of dry cereal and cold milk in a remote location away from the kitchen without the use of a bowl and a spoon. The portable food container is inverted to allow dry cereal to flow therefrom, and squeezed to allow milk to flow therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventor: Richard B. Ness
  • Patent number: 5735399
    Abstract: A paint tray 10 having a main paint well (12) and pair of side paint wells (14, 16), with each paint well including a sloped floor with ribbing for applying paint to the sleeve of a paint roller, and further comprising a pair of clamps, one for each side paint well (14, 16) for securing the handle of a paint brush or paint roller. The main paint well includes a deep end (18), and side paint wells (14, 16) include deep well areas (48) that are each contiguous with the deep end (18) of the main paint well, to allow paint from the side paint wells to mix with paint in the main paint well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Inventor: Ray M. Ste. Marie
  • Patent number: 5642807
    Abstract: A novelty article for storing small loose items employs a modified musical recording tape cartridge storage case which may contain an insert cart displaying a favorite recording artist of the user. The modified case includes a lid defined by a main front wall and an auxiliary back wall interconnected to and spaced from an end portion of the main front wall by a pair of side walls and an end wall so as to define a pocket along one end of the lid, and a body defined by an end wall and a pair of side walls and a main front wall connected to and extending outwardly from the end wall and connected to and extending between the side walls. The main back wall is relieved so as to define a void at an open end of the body. With the lid and body disposed in a closed position relative to one another, the auxiliary back wall of the lid lies in the void in a coplanar relationship with the main back wall of the body and the end wall of the lid closes the open end of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Inventor: George W. Barnes
  • Patent number: 5636743
    Abstract: A tray for temporarily or permanently receiving beads for bead work has a plurality of separate compartments, each with a separate cover. A single sheet of material can be vacuum formed to create the compartments, and the covers can also be vacuum formed. A rib on the covers is received within the compartments and frictionally engages the side walls to hold the covers in place. One end of each compartment has angled walls to provide a funnel arrangement, leading to a pour spout, and an upwardly ramped bottom portion directs beads to the spout. The cover can be reversed and used to prevent spilling of beads during pouring. The tray can also define one of more design grooves for laying out the pattern of beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Assignee: Dal-Craft, Inc.
    Inventor: Emil J. Dalbo
  • Patent number: 5605246
    Abstract: An ergonomic shipping and handling container having a compartment accessible through an opening in the side thereof which is closed off by a gate slidable in channels formed in opposing sidewalls of the compartment. The gate includes means for preventing the sidewalls from spreading apart during shipping and for hanging the gate along side thereof when not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: William E. Rausch, Sr., Raymond A. Zagger
  • Patent number: 5593037
    Abstract: A stackable bin includes two spaced apart side walls, and a rear wall connecting rear edges of the side walls together. The side walls and rear wall are slightly inclined inwardly with respect to a vertical plane. A bottom wall is connected to lower portions of the side walls and rear wall and a central partition wall is connected with the bottom wall and rear wall to define first and second compartments open at front ends thereof. A channel extends parallel to and in alignment with the partition wall, and is formed at an underside of the bottom wall, for receiving an upper edge of a partition wall of a another stackable bin, for a supporting stackable arrangement therewith. Vertically oriented ribs are provided on outer surfaces of the side walls, for further supporting the stackable bin on the upper edges of side walls of the other stackable bin, and for increasing structural rigidity of the side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Inventor: Abraham Ohayon
  • Patent number: 5588561
    Abstract: A portable food container for use in holding dry and liquid foods for consumption. The container allows an individual to consume a combination of dry cereal and cold milk in a remote location away from the kitchen without the use of a bowl and a spoon. The portable food container is inverted to allow dry cereal to flow therefrom, and squeezed to allow milk to flow therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Inventor: Richard B. Ness
  • Patent number: 5553702
    Abstract: A keepsake holder (10) comprises a first housing section (12), a second housing section (13), and at least one hinge (15) mounted adjacent to an edge (17,18) of the first and second housing sections for allowing relative movement therebetween. A keepsake compartment (30) is formed in the second housing section for receiving a keepsake (47), and a retention device (50) is provided for retaining the keepsake in the keepsake compartment, the retention device being formed of a transparent material for allowing viewing of the keepsake contained in the keepsake compartment. At least one further compartment (32) is formed in the first or second housing sections for holding a picture (65) of a person, article or event associated with the keepsake. A third compartment (35) is formed in either the first or second housing sections for holding a certificate (81) or other written indicia indicating the source, date and/or other pertinent information related to the keepsake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Inventor: Karen Walsh
  • Patent number: 5549200
    Abstract: A swab dispenser system is provided that includes a reusable outer receptacle and a replaceable refill container insertable therewithin. The outer receptacle is formed with a fin projecting vertically upwardly and centrally positioned on the bottom panel of the receptacle. The fin has a horizontal length greater than a width thereof. The refill container on its bottom wall also includes a fin. The fin of the refill container has a hollow interior for form-fittingly receiving the fin projecting upwardly from the receptacle bottom panel. Function of the fin is to allow a consumer to properly orient the refill container when placing same into the receptacle. The fin also functions to direct swabs into a proper arrangement when they are being factory filled into the container. Furthermore, the position and geometry of the fin maximizes the number of swabs fillable into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Cowan, John Eimer, James Turbett
  • Patent number: 5544744
    Abstract: An engine parts organizer comprised of a parts organizer having two outer bins and an upwardly extending inner bin therebetween. A first insert is adapted to be removably coupled with the inner bin of the parts organizer. A second insert is adapted to be removably coupled with the open top of the inner bin of the parts organizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Inventor: John I. Oman
  • Patent number: 5540331
    Abstract: A solvent-leak-proof container for rectangular microscope slides includes a thermoplastic vial formed with a threaded cylindrical end and a removable threaded mating cap. The cap includes a centrally disposed cylindrical sealing member for leak proof sealing against the threaded end of the vial. The vial interior includes opposing pairs of longitudinal ribs for supporting and positioning rectangular microscope slides within the vial. The body of the vial is circular at least at the threaded end mating with the cap, but is generally rectangular thereafter to form opposing pairs of flat gripping surfaces which are also suitable for marking the vial for identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Evergreen Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Johnson N. S. Wong
  • Patent number: 5511653
    Abstract: A jewelry tray includes a plastic grid-like frame including a peripheral supporting wall and a grid structure connected therewith, the grid structure including a intersecting bars that define a plurality of openings; a thin sheet of plastic forming a skin on an upper surface of the frame and extending within the openings to define a plurality of recesses, each recess being defined by a peripheral side wall and a bottom wall, each peripheral side wall extending along sides of the intersecting bars and extending beneath the bars for each recess to define undercut portions at a lower end of the peripheral side wall in each recess; a bottom closing member secured to an underside of the frame and including a short peripheral wall and a central wall of a generally planar configuration connected within and to the short peripheral wall, the central wall including a plurality of twist resistance ribs for providing a resistance to twisting of the jewelry tray and the short peripheral wall including a plurality of reinf
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Inventor: Joseph Ovadia