Explosive Or Pyrotechnic Article Patents (Class D22/112)
  • Tool for seating an orthodontic aligner and method of using same
    Patent number: 11291527
    Abstract: A tool and method for seating an orthodontic aligner, unseating the aligner, or both. In one aspect, the tool comprises a handle portion and seating portion. The seating portion is connected to the handle portion. The seating portion comprises a rippled structure having the shape of a series of waves, the waves having a direction of propagation directed away from the handle portion. In a second aspect, a handle portion of the tool comprises a hook adjacent to a recess in the handle portion, the hook being configured to unseat an aligner. In a third aspect, the method comprises seating an aligner by holding a handle portion of the tool, positioning the seating portion between sets of teeth and repeatedly biting the seating portion. In a fourth aspect, the method comprises unseating an aligner by holding the rippled seating portion and using the hook to apply force to the aligner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: IDM Tooling, LLC
    Inventors: Shannon Marie Scherr, Michael Woodford Freitas
  • Set of alphabetical sparklers
    Patent number: D503210
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Alberta Ltd.
    Inventor: Alok Sharma
  • Blast/shrapnel containment disrupter cylinder for explosive ordinance disposal
    Patent number: D511366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Inventor: James C. Brown
  • Firecracker
    Patent number: D529121
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: M.K. International Ltd.
    Inventor: K. K. Lam
  • Sparkler
    Patent number: D467633
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: 965207 Alberta Ltd.
    Inventor: Alok Sharma
  • Pyrotechnic launching tube fastening device
    Patent number: D487793
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Pirotecnia Caballer, S.A.
    Inventor: Vicente Caballer Barat
  • Firecracker assemblage
    Patent number: D490495
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Shogun (USA) Pyrotechnics Ltd.
    Inventor: Cindy Cheung
  • Firecracker assemblage
    Patent number: D490873
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Shogun (USA) Pyrotechnics Ltd.
    Inventor: Cindy Cheung
  • Detonating top
    Patent number: D492748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Inventor: Khaliel A. Sungay
  • Party popper
    Patent number: D499786
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: American Promotional Events, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffreys Walter Dropo
  • Polygonal flare
    Patent number: D603930
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Inventor: Jeffery A. Cirinelli
  • Paperless fireworks
    Patent number: D605725
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Inventors: Gifford K. F. Chang, Hubert K. H. Chang, Kelfred K. C. Chang
  • Detonator connector
    Patent number: D616058
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Detnet South Africa (Pty) Limited
    Inventor: Johannes Petrus Kruger
  • Housing for flash-bang grenade
    Patent number: D642235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Nicole D. Harasts, Gerard Voorhis, William Chung-Leung Chow, Tom Fasano, Steve Kotefski, Lidija Kotevska
  • Soft drink bottle having a grenade shape
    Patent number: D660177
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Inventor: Varajti Ferenc
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D662425
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Inventor: Alan Richard Barratt
  • Casing for a pyrotechnic training unit
    Patent number: D672006
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Pacific Coast Systems
    Inventor: James L. Mok
  • Container for explosives
    Patent number: D682978
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Inventor: Mark Benson
  • Grenade-shaped cologne
    Patent number: D683235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Inventor: Stephen Michael Albert
  • Air blower
    Patent number: D685543
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Carson Optical, Inc.
    Inventor: Austin Lohmann
  • Disruptor
    Patent number: D695871
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Brent Donahue, Hau T. Do, Peter Chiu, Kevin Russell
  • Housing assembly for a perimeter blasting device
    Patent number: D719236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Orica International Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Daniel Kilcullen, Jon Stickrod, Michael T. Williams, Elizabeth Meikle, Rick Beck, Allain Martin, Mike Lefrancois, Neil McMullen, Neal Stanton
  • Muzzleloader propellant cartridge
    Patent number: D723653
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Alliant Techsystems Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan P. Peterson
  • Housing assembly for a perimeter blasting device
    Patent number: D756481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Orica International Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Daniel Kilcullen, Jon Stickrod, Michael T. Williams, Elizabeth Meikle, Rick Beck, Allain Martin, Mike LeFrancois, Neil McMullen, Neal Stanton
  • Lid, booster assembly, bottle, insert and shell
    Patent number: D761375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Orica International Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Aaron William Austin, Shaun Crossman, Kim Henley
  • Shell
    Patent number: D773597
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Orica International Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Shaun Crossman, Thomas Boos, Yu Wen
  • Semi-submersible gas burner
    Patent number: D807466
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Inventor: Michael S. Adkins
  • Vapor distributor
    Patent number: D848568
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Wyndscent, LLC
    Inventor: Robert M. Wynalda, Jr.
  • Muzzleloader propellant cartridge
    Patent number: D849874
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC
    Inventors: Bryan P. Peterson, David M. Laska, Matthew S. Schroeder, Adam J. Moser, Erik K. Carlson
  • Fireworks detonator
    Patent number: D856461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Titan International Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kevin Wu
  • Wire reel with detonator
    Patent number: D867861
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: MAXAMCORP HOLDINGS, S.L.
    Inventors: Luis Diego Montano Rueda, Hendrik Albertus Cornelius Van Niekerk
  • Pyrotechnic article
    Patent number: D872823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Wustlich, Frank Habel, Kai Lübbers, Julia Heering, Philip Weber
  • Perforating gun contact device
    Patent number: D873373
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: OSO Perforating, LLC
    Inventors: Tobias D. Hartman, Jeremy J. Ursi
  • Perforating gun contact ring
    Patent number: D877286
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: OSO Perforating, LLC
    Inventors: Tobias D. Hartman, Jeremy J. Ursi
  • Self-righting disruption grenade
    Patent number: D881322
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Inventors: Mario A Cugini, Thomas J Horner
  • Fireworks detonator
    Patent number: D901617
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: TITAN INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kevin Wu
  • Detonator module with an overmould formation
    Patent number: D907162
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
    Inventors: Michiel Jacobus Kruger, Christopher Malcolm Birkin, Andre Louis Koekemoer, Richard Joseph Michna, Daniel Auguste Maurlssens
  • Detonator module with a friction lock structure
    Patent number: D907163
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
    Inventors: Michiel Jacobus Kruger, Christopher Malcolm Birkin, Andre Louis Koekemoer, Richard Joseph Michna, Daniel Auguste Maurissens
  • Detonator module with retention formations
    Patent number: D907164
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
    Inventors: Michiel Jacobus Kruger, Christopher Malcolm Birkin, Andre Louis Koekemoer, Richard Joseph Michna, Daniel Auguste Maurissens
  • Detonator
    Patent number: D907165
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
    Inventors: Michiel Jacobus Kruger, Christopher Malcolm Birkin, Andre Louis Koekemoer, Richard Joseph Michna, Daniel Auguste Maurissens
  • Detonator module with a clip formation
    Patent number: D907166
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
    Inventors: Michiel Jacobus Kruger, Christopher Malcolm Birkin, Andre Louis Koekemoer, Richard Joseph Michna, Daniel Auguste Maurissens
  • Detonator module
    Patent number: D907739
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
    Inventors: Michiel Jacobus Kruger, Christopher Malcolm Birkin, Andre Louis Koekemoer, Richard Joseph Michna, Daniel Auguste Maurissens
  • Detonator structure
    Patent number: D913402
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD.
    Inventors: Michiel Jacobus Kruger, Christopher Malcolm Birkin, Andre Louis Koekemoer, Richard Joseph Michna, Daniel Auguste Maurissens
  • Clip for a detonator
    Patent number: D923133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD.
    Inventors: Michiel Jacobus Kruger, Christopher Malcolm Birkin, Andre Louis Koekemoer, Richard Joseph Michna, Daniel Auguste Maurissens
  • Perforating gun contact device
    Patent number: D971372
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: OSO Perforating, LLC
    Inventors: Tobias D. Hartman, Jeremy J. Ursi
  • Tandem sub
    Patent number: D994736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: XConnect, LLC
    Inventor: Shelby L. Sullivan
  • Air bag detonator
    Patent number: D1009943
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventor: Thomas Pfeiffer
  • Shaped charge frame
    Patent number: D1016958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Prisbell, Todd Busch, Atsushi Nakano, Erick Lowe
  • Detonator base
    Patent number: D1025276
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LIAONING QINGYANG EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Dingming Lin, Jin Zhu, Defei Gao, Guangjun Li, Lidan Jing, Xingzhen Wang, Xiongfei Yang, Ji Fan, Guopeng Ban, Qi Sun
  • Color bar launcher
    Patent number: D1026160
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventor: Liang Zuo