Receptacles inventions 05/07

20070119850 - Composite dumpster: A dumpster comprises a fiber-reinforced composite material. Exemplarily, the dumpster comprises a metallic frame and a plurality of fiber-reinforced polymer panels secured to the metallic frame to define an interior waste storage volume for storing waste in the dumpster.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070119851 - Bomb bin: A water fillable blast suppression bin (1, 12, 23) comprising an inflatable container (2, 13, 24) for holding e.g. a bomb, the container comprising an outer layer of ballistics-grade material (4) acting as a last line of containment for a subsequent blast, one or more internal layers for forming containers... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20070119852 - Storage body: A storage body comprises a main body, a cover body, an interlocking member, a slider, and an urging member. The main body has an opening portion and a guide portion. The main body has a base plate which is provided with the guide portion, the interlocking member, the slider, and... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070119853 - Inverting leak-proof floating container support: A leak-proof, box-like, open-top, double-wall corrugated plastic floating container support with a means of retaining at least 4 hingededly-mated triangular shape corner flaps 46 exteriorly positioned to said container's cavity area 36 which retain and cooperatingly support said container's structure and shape, while also supporting said structure in a plurality... Agent: Terry Lee Wagenknecht

20070119854 - Paint bucket: This invention is an injection-moldable, substantially rectangular lipped paint bucket, with opposite-side, substantially parallel-edged ledges, ledges formed from the walls beneath the rectangles shorter sides. The first ledge is substantially 0.5 to 0.7″ down from the bucket lip. the second ledge is substantially 2″ down from the bucket lip. These... Agent: Jean V. Rittmann

20070119855 - Cup holder: A cup holder includes a holder body, an inner-peripheral-side supporting member, a first urging member, an outer-peripheral-side supporting member, and a second urging member. The holder body has an accommodation portion. The first urging member urges the inner-peripheral-side supporting member rotatably upward to a first datum position. The second urging... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070119856 - Swinging handle for a kitchen vessel: A swinging handle, which may swing with respect to a wall of a kitchen vessel, comprises an U-shape end, having free arms facing the kitchen vessel, wherein, from each end portion of the U-shape arms, mutually facing swinging pivot pins project, said pivot pins being housed in a seat of... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20070119857 - Pockets for pot belly bag: A pot belly bag which includes a bag portion having four walls and a top portion, and a floor portion; a portion extending outwardly and downwardly from the floor portion, which defines the pot belly portion; a pair of channels formed along either sidewall of the pot belly portion with... Agent: Garvey Smith Nehrbass & North, LLC

20070114230 - Combi-container: A combi-container formed of containers which are combined in such a manner that smaller-sized containers are embraced inside larger-sized containers. Tracks are provided on an upper surface of a bottom plate of each container except for innermost container, and a wheel mechanism is provided at the bottom of each container... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070114231 - Polymeric container assembly with stackable features: A generally circular container is disclosed. The container comprises a continuous body portion. The container further comprises a rim encompassing and projecting laterally outwardly from the body portion. The container further comprises a first feature projecting generally upwardly from the rim. The container further comprises a corresponding second feature positioned... Agent: Pactiv Corporation C/o Jenkens & Gilchrist

20070114232 - Show case for food: A show case for food is provided. The show case includes a case having an opening part provided at one side; a door hinge-coupled to the opening part of the case; a carriage installed at an inner bottom of the case; and a carriage unit installed between the case and... Agent: Patenttm.us

20070114233 - Construction for multi-layered vacuum super insulated cryogenic tank: A construction for a multi-layered vacuum super insulated cryogenic tank and a method for making the same is disclosed. The cryogenic tank uses an inner tank that is wrapped with multiple layers of radiation shielding and is suspended within a frame by one or more suspension members. The frame is... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070114234 - Container and process for storing fuel: A container for use as a storage device for a substance for operating a drive assembly of a motor vehicle is provided, in particular for a cryotank for condensed gases. At least one inner container receives the substance for operation. The inner container is held in at least one outer... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070114235 - Food support device: A food support device that serves to prevent melting frozen food from running onto the hands (and shirts, pants, shoes, etc.) of the consumer. The described apparatus can be adapted to receive and/or selectively engage various food items and capture any melted food and/or drippings from the food.... Agent: West & Associates, A PC

20070114236 - Container lid and associated assembly: A lid and container assembly includes a container having a rim portion that defines a container opening. The assembly further includes a lid having (i) a cover portion positioned over the container opening, and (ii) a skirt extending from the cover portion and positioned circumferentially around the rim portion of... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20070108203 - Lightweight stackable horizontal dispensing container with braces: A lightweight horizontal dispensing container comprises a pallet base, a pallet cover and a three sided sleeve extending between the pallet base and the pallet cover. The container may be stacked on top of similar pallet covers or below similar pallet bases. A rectangular frame is secured to opposed walls... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070108204 - Foldable container: A container includes side walls and end walls that can be folded to collapse the container for transport and storage. The end walls are hinged to, and can be folded against, the container floor. The side walls are articulated so that they can be folded in half. A sliding coupling... Agent: Jenner & Block, LLP

20070108205 - Protective outer enclosure for pharmaceutical vial: A protective outer container for a pharmaceutical vial includes a shell, a collar, and a cap that fit together to form a secure enclosure. The collar includes an outer wall having a lower region that fits into the mouth of the shell, and an upper region that fits into the... Agent: Louis J. Wille Bristol-myers Squibb Company

20070108206 - Cartridge: The invention provides a disc cartridge for a changer having a compact size and a high strength. In a disc cartridge accommodating a plurality of disc trays within an opening portion and structured such that each of disc trays is held by guide ribs formed in an inner side surface... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070108207 - Device for storing tools with a clip lid: The invention relates to a device for storing tools, especially for storing drill bits, reamers, pivots, and dental implants, that includes a container for receiving the tools and a complementary closing mechanism that grips and closes the container by clipping onto it.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070108208 - Container end closure with pull tab: An easy opening end closure for a container has a central panel with a tear panel defined by a score line. A pull tab is attached by a rivet to the central panel and has a nose end for engaging the tear panel and an opposite lift end for pivoting... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20070108209 - Easily openable can lid: A can lid of a can provided with an easily openable opening means is disclosed wherein the can lid is equipped with a can lid which is fastened by winding tightly on the can main body and the top end opening of the can main body, a score section installed... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070108210 - Can plastic lid having a tamper evident portion: An improvement in a plastic lid for a can of the type which comprises a tubular body (10) having an upper end (13) carrying a seat (16) for the lid (20) which comprises a sealing portion (21) provided with an external edge (21b) and a tamper evident portion (25) comprising... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070108211 - Fill system for fuel and liquid: A fill system, particularly for use as a fuel fill system for filling a tank of a vehicle such as a boat, is disclosed including a fill device for mounting on the vehicle and a closure for substantially closing an opening of the fill. The closure is generally a unitary... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070108212 - Bi-laterally cleansing fuel cap: A fuel cap having a cap member with an internal chamber and a downward extending hollow tube in open communication with the internal chamber and in sealing communication with a lower hub bore; vents on side walls of the internal chamber; an absorption media inside the internal chamber below the... Agent: Frank G Morkunas

20070108213 - Pin bank: An apparatus for securing pins includes a container including an opening sized to receive pins, a reservoir for the pins, and baffles between the opening and the reservoir. The baffles are configured to permit the pins to fall into the reservoir but to prevent the pins from exiting the container... Agent: Henricks Slavin And Holmes LLP Suite 200

20070108214 - Retractable straw device: A device (10) for a drinks container (11), the device comprising a straw (16) and means for actuating the straw (16) between a retracted state, in which the straw (16) is housed, in use, substantially within the container (11), and an extended state, in which at least a portion of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070108215 - Beverage holder with anti-spill baffles: A glass according for holding a liquid comprising a base at the bottom of a stem and a reservoir at the top of the stem for holding a liquid. The stem runs between the base and reservoir. Vertical baffles are included within the reservoir, each of the baffles extending from... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20070108216 - Closure cap: Disclosed is a closure cap (1) comprising a exterior marginal web (5), a shielding section (4) that protrudes past the marginal web (5), and a hot-melt adhesive (11) which is arranged in the area of the shielding section (4) and is deformable in a plastic manner when heated above a... Agent: Watts Hoffmann Co

20070108217 - Fry pot splatter shield: A shield for a fry pot includes a sheet of rectangular, pliable metal that may be formed in a cylindrical shaping to overlap edges of the shield to create an outer diameter substantially equal to an inner diameter of the fry pot. A series of holes in the metal are... Agent: Bradley D. Goldizen

20070102428 - Flexible liner for packaging powdered or granular cargo for cargo container transportation: A flexible liner for packaging powdered or granular cargo includes: a flexible cargo packaging liner body comprising a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and two side walls; an opening for cargo loading and an opening for cargo discharge located in the front wall; and... Agent: Steven L. Nichols Rader, Fishman & Graver PLLC

20070102429 - Trash bin: A trash bin includes an automatic lifting upper lid and a barrel body. The barrel body includes a upper barrel and a lower barrel that are detachable. The upper barrel has an opening and a frame flange on the bottom that has one or more apertures. There is a latch... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070102430 - Self closing bag hanger: A trash liner frame comprises a pair of L-shaped panel members, each L-shaped panel member being positioned back-to-back and are hingedly connected with one another by hinges located near a lower end thereof, and thereby forming a hollow frustum. Each panel member includes bag liner retaining means at an upper... Agent: Morton Chirnomas

20070102431 - Marine locking gas cap: A watercraft fuel cap having the ability to lock in place to a common fuel filler receiver and having a series of unique downward slot designs and necessitating a matching downward slot designed key for tightening or removing the fuel cap from the fuel filler receiver. The fuel cap would... Agent: Sheldust Inc.

20070102432 - Condiment holding device: A condiment holding device including a container for holding a condiment including a top and a bottom, wherein the top is substantially hollow. A lid removably affixed to the top of the container. An adhesive device secured to the bottom of the container, wherein the adhesive device includes a removable... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070102433 - Cryogenic fluid tank and use in a motor vehicle: The main opposite surfaces (4a, 4b; 5a, 5b) of the inner (1) and outer (2) coverings are directly linked to each other by rigid coaxial linking elements (9;10), flexible linking elements (15) joining a main surface (5a) of the outer covering to an opposite surface (4b) of the inner covering... Agent: Air Liquide

20070102434 - Reclosable metal container: A reclosable metal container in the style of a bottle-shaped can has a conventional can body of steel or aluminum to which a metal neck component is seamed. A sleeve of plastics fits over the neck component and a detent inside the sleeve clips it onto the seam. The upper... Agent: Vincent L. Ramik Diller, Ramik & Wight

20070102435 - Dripless paint bucket: A bucket has a container portion formed of a rim defining an open top, a closed bottom spaced downwardly from the top and a sidewall extending between the top and bottom. A wiping lip is spaced inboard of rim and a support bracket is provided for suspending the lip in... Agent: John L. Chiatalas

20070102436 - Paintbrush holder: A paintbrush holder having a receptacle for receiving and holding a paintbrush and a first bracket adjacent the top end of the receptacle and projecting rearwardly from the rear wall of the receptacle to hang over the upper rim of a cylindrical paint container. In addition, a second bracket is... Agent: Floyd B. Carothers Carothers And Carothers

20070102437 - Baking cups and method of manufacturing baking cups: Embodiments of the invention provide a baking cup having a base section, a periphery section, and at least one tab extending beyond the periphery section. The tab(s) is configured to allow a user to lift and remove the baking cup from a baking utensil mold without having to touch the... Agent: SprinkleIPLaw Group

20070102438 - Closusre with tear strip: A closure for covering an opening of a container. The closure includes an inverted U-shaped peripheral channel for receiving the rim of a container therein. A tear strip is formed with the skirt of the closure via a tear line that circumscribes the skirt. A breakaway pull tab having an... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070102439 - Packaging device and container for sheet objects: A device (1) packages a stack of sheet objects such as banknotes (2) in a container (4) sandwiched between a frame (6) and the device's main body (5). Banknotes are fed through a first input port (3) to be stacked in the container. A closure member (9) is inserted through... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke LLP

20070095825 - Foldable-type storage box: A foldable-storage box includes two folding board sets, a mounting frame, a bottom board and two pivotable lateral boards. The two folding board sets are assembled opposite to each other, each having an upper folding board and a lower folding board pivotably coupled with each other, a top edge of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070095826 - Collapsible cargo organizer: An organizer for holding and organizing cargo is disclosed. The case comprises a pair of case halves, one side edge of each half including a mutually-cooperating hinge. The case is adapted to contain a collapsible wall extension means that comprises two end walls and two side walls. Each wall includes... Agent: Quickpatents, Inc.

20070095827 - Ergonomic plate: An ergonomic plate is adapted for being held in one hand of a user. The plate includes a molded plate form having a topside defining a food placement area, and an opposing underside. An inwardly curved hand indent is formed along a peripheral edge of the plate form. A reinforcing... Agent: Schwartz Law Firm, P.C. South Park Towers

20070095828 - Snack food container: A device for holding a first container within a second, larger container includes an endless band with a peripheral flanged lip extending outwardly from a top edge and an arrangement of flap members extending inwardly from a bottom edge of the band and forming a continuous curvlinear edge with inwardly... Agent: Robert M. Downey, P.A.

20070095829 - Child's drinking cup: A drinking cup that teaches a child how to drink from a cup while minimizing spills includes an elongated, generally cylindrical housing for holding a liquid, the housing has an inside surface, an outside surface, and a bottom; an elongated, generally cylindrical insert with an inner surface and an outer... Agent: Norman E. Lehrer, Esquire

20070095830 - Self-closing packaging for moisture-sensitive material: Packaging for moisture-sensitive material, in particular detergent material, comprising an outer container comprising a container body and a lid cover hingedly fixed to the container body, and an inner bag made of water-impermeable flexible sheet material for receiving the moisture-sensitive material, the mouth of the inner bag being fixed both... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus

20070095831 - Attachable container having openable snap ring: A closure for a beverage container that has a cap for overlapping a mouth of the beverage container. An arcuate member attached to the cap having a pair of extremity portions separated from one another and a springing member is connected to the arcuate member proximate to one of the... Agent: Charles N. Quinn Fox Rothschild LLP

20070095832 - Disposable cup lid: A disposable cup lid including a body and a mounting portion extending around the periphery of the body. The body defines a suitably shaped clearance area to accommodate a person's nose when drinking the contents of a cup having the lid positioned thereon. The body also defines an enhanced drinking... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070095833 - Plug for beverage container lid: A device and system for temporarily sealing an orifice in a beverage container lid, comprising a plug having an upper surface, a body portion and a lower surface, said body portion adapted to be inserted and releasably retained in the orifice to provide a temporary seal thereof, and an external... Agent: The Law Offices Of James C. Weseman

20070095835 - Design and manufacture of removable membrane sealing components for consumer packaging: A closure for a container having a container opening is provided herein. The closure includes an annular top having an inner skirt depending downwardly from an inner perimeter of the annular top and having an outer skirt depending downwardly from an outer perimeter of the annular top. An annular bottom... Agent: James P. Hanrath

20070095834 - Fitments: A carton fitment (2) has a base flange (4) and a pour spout (6) closed by a screw on overcap (8). The base flange (4) has a barrier foil (30) coated on both sides with a plastic layer embedded in a sacrificial receiving wall (32) surrounding the periphery of the... Agent: Christopher J. Kulish, Esq

20070095836 - Pressure cooker: The pressure cooker has a pot (2) with a base and a side wall and an upper rim (6). A lid (3) can be connected to the pot (2) in a sealed manner along the abovementioned upper rim (6). In the presence of a predetermined positive pressure, a locking device... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070095837 - Container for food: A container for food is provided, including a bowl with a base, a side wall, and a bowl brim encircling the top, as well as a tightly sealing lid, if necessary, with the lid including a soft-elastic sealing material or being provided with a soft-elastic seal in the contact area... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070095838 - Container with snap-in closure: The invention relates to a container comprising a snap-in closure disposed between an upper part and a lower part of the container, the snap-in closure having a relatively strong holding or locking force and able to be opened relatively easily. The snap-in closure comprises a snap-in tab constructed out of... Agent: Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.

20070095839 - Garbage can liner: A garbage can liner which can be disposed in a bottom inside surface of a garbage can. The liner can comprise a liquid absorbent permeable material in the form of at least one layer, including a deodorant material embedded therein and at least one handle coupled to the permeable material... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070095840 - Fastening device: The invention relates to a fastening device for components to be mounted in a fuel tank of a motor vehicle. The fastening device comprises a fastening element, a head part, which is joined to a base part such as the wall of the fuel tank, and a head part that... Agent: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

20070095841 - Platter ensemble: The present invention discloses a platter ensemble that has two platters inter nested or stack, so that they appear as one unit. The upper platter has a large recessed area to hold the foodstuff, such as lobster or other shellfish. This recessed area has slots or holes to allow for... Agent: John E. Bargero

20070095842 - Container: A collapsible container includes a plurality of walls collapsible onto the base. At least one wall has a support pivotably mounted to an upper end portion thereof. The support is pivotable between a support position, where it is partially supported on an adjacent wall and a retracted position. In the... Agent: Rehrig Pacific

20070095843 - Container with anti-slip capability: A container with anti-slip capability includes: a container body having a bottom wall that has an outer surface and that is formed with a bottom groove indented inwardly from the outer surface; and a flexible anti-slip member that is mounted in the bottom groove and that has an outer end... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070095844 - Crate: A crate including a bottom, a plurality of sides extending upwardly from the bottom, each of the plurality of sides being joined with the bottom and the plurality of sides being joined with one another to define an open top in the crate, at least one of the plurality of... Agent: Wiggin And Dana LLP Attention: Patent Docketing

20070095845 - Removable locking container cover: A container cover for use with a container having a neck with a rim. The cover includes a lid with a spout hole, a skirt extending downward from the circumference of the lid, a concentric plug seal extending downward from the lid inside the skirt, a spout hole door hingeably... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070095847 - Induction heatable container with protective end caps: A beverage can with top and bottom heat barrier ends for protecting the user from scalding when consuming a beverage heated by induction heating.... Agent: Pepsico, Inc. C/o Goodwin Procter LLP

20070095846 - Method and device for utilizing a single use disposable sippie lid: A single-use disposable sippie lid for use by the food and beverage industry to be integrated with a disposable beverage container. The single-use disposable sippie lid includes a spout extending from the main body of the lid. The spout being perforated and tapered to enable a child to drink from... Agent: Raymond M. Galasso Galasso & Associates Lp

20070095848 - Latchable container system: A latching system including both apparatus and methods addresses the need for a reusable latch that is identical on either side of a container opening, thereby facilitating container manufacture. Also disclosed are apparatus and methods for assuring the quality of latchable container enclosed contents and enhancing the safety of container... Agent: Jean Kyle

20070095849 - Sealed container lid of vacuum valve operation type: A sealed container lid of a vacuum valve operation type is provided, in which an engagement structure of a silicon packing is simple, and a relatively strong sealing force is obtained. A process for engaging or disengaging a lid to a container body may be performed based one-touch method. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch