Receptacles inventions 04/08

20080093359 - Wall outlet box for a dryer vent exhaust conduit with pipe support tab: A wall outlet box having a plurality of walls defining an enclosure open at the front thereof is provided. The enclosure can include a back, opposing sides, a top, and a bottom. Forward facing edges of the enclosure can define a front periphery with a mounting lip extending therefrom for... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080093360 - Structure of a folded box: A box, which is fashioned from wood chip, is applicable to goods or food packaging and can be converted into a gift box by a special design. The wood chip must be thick enough to be adaptable to a knife mold and pressed with a plurality of creases. Fold over... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080093361 - Valve cap: There is disclosed a valve cap for sealing an aperture in a pump; a plugging assembly for use in a valve cap to provide a seal at an aperture in a pump; a docking unit for use with a plugging assembly for sealing an aperture in a pump; and a... Agent: Lundeen & Dickinson, LLP

20080093362 - Apparatus for securing tubes: An apparatus for securing containers for receiving and preserving biological specimens comprising a plug that comprises at least one connecting means such that, after interlocking with the apparatus, access to contents of the apparatus necessarily brings about a physical transformation that is irreversible and can be ascertained by the naked... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20080093363 - Secure sample collection: Apparatus (10) for securing sample collection, comprises an open-topped container (12), a lid (14) for securely covering the open-topped container (12) to prevent access to container contents, and first and second tamper-evident features (16, 18) each having a frangible portion (20, 22) which fractures in use to provide an indication... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080093364 - Reagent closure: The present invention concerns a closure for mounting on a reagent vessel, the closure comprising a main body comprising a hole to be mounted around the opening of a vessel, such as a reagent container, a top wall attached by its edges to the top edges of the main body,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080093365 - Apparatus to secure and facilitate the inventory of medications in emergency medical services vehicles: A clear, lockable, sealable container for the storage of controlled substances in ambulances and other emergency medical vehicles, allowing paramedics and other emergency medical personnel to inspect and inventory readily the pharmaceuticals in the container without opening, unlocking, or breaking the seal on the container.... Agent: Sidney Wallis Kilgore

20080093366 - Food container and method of manufacture: A food container is provided having a receptacle with an open mouth. A lid is provided. The lid includes an end cap, an eating utensil and a cover. The eating utensil is positioned between the cover and a wall portion of the end cap. The cover is removably secured to... Agent: Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080093367 - Side-ported filament wound pressure vessels: A method of making a cylindrical pressure vessel (11) with a large diameter port in its sidewall includes the step of providing a mandrel (23) of desired diameter and filament winding upon the same. After winding one overall innermost layer, an annular reinforcement belt (16) is helically wound atop a... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080093368 - Compressible thin-walled package for liquids: The invention deals with a thin-walled compressible package where on the compressible package transversal recesses are created so that the recesses are created at least in four layers where in each layer there are at least two recesses and at the same time the recesses in one layer are always... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20080093369 - Household device comprising locking and counter-locking means: A household device comprising a first housing part which comprises at least one locking means and a second housing part which comprises at least one counter-locking means. The locking and counter-locking means are used to join the housing parts and are provided with safety means which secure the at least... Agent: Craig J Loest Bsh Home Appliances Corporation

20080093370 - Insulated beverage container housing: The present invention relates generally to insulated beverage container housings. It is often desirable to maintain the temperature of a beverage during the period of time in which the beverage is to be consumed. Additionally, many consumers of beverages have preferred beverage containers which are used to store and dispense... Agent: L. Joseph Underwood Williams & Anderson PLC

20080087665 - Freight container: A freight container for transporting a pressurized fluid at a design pressure P, including a tank and mounted within an ISO frame. The tank includes a vessel formed of a material having an ultimate tensile strength SU. The vessel has a cylindrical shell having an inside radius RI and a... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20080087666 - Shipping container: The present invention disclosed a shipping container comprising a pair of side walls, a rear end, a front end, a roof, a floor and a base frame; said base frame further comprising two longitudinal bottom side rails and numbers of parallel bottom cross members, wherein said floor is made up... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20080087667 - Shipping container: The present invention disclosed a shipping container comprising a pair of side walls, a rear end, a front end, a roof, a floor and a base frame; said base frame further comprising two longitudinal bottom side rails and numbers of parallel bottom cross members, wherein said floor is made up... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20080087668 - Waste disposal receptacle: A waste disposal receptacle (1) including a body (20) and a lid (30). Whrein the body (20) is defined by a base (21), at least one side (22) and an open top (23); and the lid (30) is defined by at least one side (31), a top (32) and an... Agent: Venable LLP

20080087669 - Tamper-resistant container with tamper-evident feature and method of forming same: A tamper-resistant container with tamper-evident features which includes a cover portion defining a outwardly extending peripheral flange, a base portion defining an upper peripheral edge, a hinge joining the outwardly extending peripheral flange with the base portion and an engagement mechanism for maintaining the peripheral flange adjacent to the upper... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080087670 - Closure plug improvement: An externally threaded closure plug for tightly closing off the internally threaded opening in shipping and storage containers such as drums, pails and the like. The plug is formed as a cup having a bottom wall and threaded cylindrical sidewall terminating in a circumferentially enlarged rim. Immediately beneath the rim... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20080087671 - Device for containment and protection of a liquid handling system: A containment device for a liquid handling system is presented. The devise has a vault having a cavity, a closed bottom and an open top. A supporting device having a first half of a quick connect system connected to external plumbing is positioned in a lower portion of the cavity... Agent: Stephen Lynn Kreider

20080087672 - Container to contain fluid products: A container to contain fluid products, installed in a dispensing machine for fluid products, which is provided with a pair of delivery stations which have respective axes of delivery (X1) arranged at a determinate distance (D1) from each other. The container comprises an outer wall shaped so as to define... Agent: Vern Maine & Associates

20080087673 - Cookware with multiple component lid: The lid for an article of cookware is comprised of two separable components, the first being an outer annulus that rests on the rim of the cookware article, the second being a solid lid with a handle that rests on the inner circumference of the annulus. Preferably, the outer annulus... Agent: Meyer Corporation, U.s. Attn: Edward S. Sherman, Esq.

20080087674 - Double walled beverage container: A container (e.g. a bottle) with an inner wall and an outer wall. Phase change material is maintained between the inner wall and the outer wall. Phase change material may serve as a temperature regulating mechanism. The temperature regulating mechanism may maintain a liquid (e.g. Vodka) stored in the bottle... Agent: Sherr & Nourse, PLLC

20080087675 - Trash receptacle guide and protector: A trash receptacle guide and protector having a scoop and a flange, the scoop having a convex side, the flange secured on the convex side of the scoop perpendicular to the scoop ending in an upturned lip, whereby the guide and protector can be secured to a trash receptacle and... Agent: Mesmer & Deleault, PLLC

20080087676 - Container for flowable material: The combination of a container for flowable material and at least one restrictor assembly. The container has a peripheral wall bounding a storage space into which flowable material can be introduced and in which flowable material can be confined. The storage space has a volume and is reconfigurable to thereby... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080087677 - Multi walled container and method: A container and method of manufacture are provided. The container includes a cup with a permanently attached sleeve overlying an exterior portion of the cup sidewall. The sleeve includes a plurality of inwardly directed protuberances providing a gap between a substantial portion of the cup sidewall and the sleeve.... Agent: Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080087678 - Recording/reproducing device-integrated television, recording/reproducing device and recording/reproducing device-integrated electronic apparatus: A recording/reproducing device includes a door member arranged on an opening of a housing and a spring member urging the door member to bring the door member into a closed state, wherein the door member includes a rotary shaft arranged on the spring member and a stop portion regularly engaged... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080083752 - Grease interceptor latching and riser system and method of use thereof: A riser kit for a grease interceptor having upwardly extending walls, an open top and a cover to close the open top. The riser kit comprises at least one collar extension having, a lower edge for engaging an upper edge of the upwardly extending walls of the grease interceptor, a... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080083753 - Organizer: A configurable organizer is described having releasably securable dividers or partitions for defining areas or compartments within the organizer for receiving items therein. The dividers are secured via retainers having retainer portions that are resiliently shiftable to permit insertion or removal of the retainer portions within openings in the organizer... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20080083754 - Method and apparatus for enhancing the sensory experience of consuming a beverage: A beverage container having multiple openings for enhancing the enjoyment of a beverage is disclosed. The container has openings for drinking or emptying a beverage or liquid, in addition to openings designed for experiencing the aroma of a contained beverage. A modified pull-tab is present for manipulating the drink and... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20080083755 - Storage dispenser apparatus for aids, consumables and utensils: An under counter storage and dispensing device for dry flowable consumables is disclosed. The storage dispenser is comprised of a mounting plate adapted for attachment to the underside of a wall kitchen cabinet, a central compartment connected to the mounting plate and configured for storage and dispensing of a dry... Agent: George R. Reardon

20080083756 - Lined waste receptacles: A waste bin construction consists of a waste bin in the form of a generally upwardly open container (30) having a base and one or more side walls (3). Running down a side wall is a vent tube (31) having one open end at or near the base and the... Agent: Breiner & Breiner, L.l.c.

20080083757 - Liner replacement trash can: In combination with a trash receptacle having each of a predetermined size and a predetermined shape and formed of a predetermined material, such trash receptacle including a liner disposed within the trash receptacle for providing collection of trash and for easy removal of the trash collected therein, the improvement comprises... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080083760 - Food serving tray assembly having center support: A serving tray assembly includes a serving platter and a receptacle platter. The serving platter has a central aperture extending there through and a serving area defined between the central aperture and a perimeter thereof. The receptacle platter has a bottom and a peripheral wall extending from the bottom at... Agent: Tillman Wright, Pllc

20080083758 - Push button flip top with attached second container: A container or container unit includes a main container having a rigid rim and a flip top for the main container. The flip top includes a base member attached to the rigid rim and a cover member hingedly connected to the base member and which has a first catch member.... Agent: Stites & Harbison Pllc

20080083759 - Serving tray with sauce container: A serving tray assembly includes a serving platter and a receptacle platter. The serving platter has a central aperture extending there through and a serving area defined between the central aperture and a perimeter thereof. The receptacle platter has a bottom and a peripheral wall extending from the bottom at... Agent: Tillman Wright, Pllc

20080083761 - Reservoir for running material: In a reservoir for running material, for example a fuel tank for a motor vehicle, a tank fitting is mounted in the tank, for example a fuel level meter. The upper end of the fitting is rigidly attached to the top wall of the tank, while its lower end is... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20080083762 - Oil cistern structure: a oil cistern, disposed between the cargo holds troughs and the two lateral oil cisterns, and the oil cistern being connected with the two lateral oil cisterns to make the oil carried by the water conveyance be communicated between the oil cistern and the two lateral oil cisterns. The oil... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080083763 - Drinking vessel dry ice filling apparatus and method: The Invention is an apparatus and method for charging a dry ice drinking vessel with dry ice. A dry ice drinking vessel has a dry ice chamber communicating with an interior of the dry ice drinking vessel through perforations. A body selectably holds a filter in engagement with a perforation... Agent: Robert J. Yarbrough, Attorney At Law

20080083764 - Plastic container and separately formed handle: A plastic container is disclosed that includes a hollow container portion and a separately formed handle portion. The container portion includes a base portion, a sidewall portion, and an upper portion. The handle includes handle portion and an upper annular portion that is configured to engage a portion of the... Agent: Dykema Gossett Pllc

20080083765 - Portable container for assembly at point of use: A kit for assembling a portable container at a point of use comprises a base of a predetermined length, a plurality of posts sized and adapted to fit into predetermined sockets located on the base, a back frame configured to prevent wracking of the portable container, a door sized and... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20080083766 - Wine goblet: said bowl part having its circular top rim interrupted by a notch in said rim that extends downward toward said base, where the height of said notch is less than half of the height of the bowl, and the width of said notch at said rim is less than half... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080083767 - Novelty beverage holder: An insulated beverage container with an integrated sound producing device wherein the sounds emitted from the sound producing device are compatible with images, advertisements or other materials displayed on the surface of the insulated beverage container. The sound emitting device is configured to store and then emit, upon actuation by... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080083768 - Pivoting cover with a fastening device: A cover for a container, in accordance with one embodiment that allows quick and easy access to products within the container. The cover for a container includes a pivot score line transversing the cover thereby forming a front cover portion and a back cover portion. The pivot score line pivotally... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20080078761 - Process for the production of a fuel tank and a fuel tank: The invention concerns a process for the production of a container, in particular a fuel tank of thermoplastic material, by extrusion blow molding, wherein during shaping of the container within a multi-part tool the container is provided with at least one connecting element passing through the wall thereof, wherein with... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20080078762 - Spill-proof cover: A spill-proof cover comprising two or more sectored layers that snap fit or are integral to the rim of covers so as to allow access to snacks and similar food materials in a cup, bowl or any container without any spillage of the snacks or material when the cup, bowl... Agent: Ramanathan K. Iyer

20080078763 - Removable locking container cover with slotted outer skirt: A container cover for use with a container having a neck with a rim. The cover includes a lid, a skirt extending downward from the circumference of the lid, a concentric plug seal extending downward from the lid inside the skirt, a hinged lock and at least one non-hinged lock,... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20080078764 - Tab, tooling for the manufacture of the tab and method of manufacturing the tab: The invention generally relates to a tab used to open food can ends and beer/beverage can ends. The tab has a nose portion located at a front end of the tab and a lift portion located at a back end of the tab. The tab also has a rivet receiving... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20080078765 - Container having improved pouring characteristics: A container for containing a flowable substance includes a container body, a substantially elliptical opening in the container body, and a resealable closure affixed over the opening. The container body defines an internal cavity that is adapted to contain the flowable substance therein. The opening is adapted to allow the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20080078766 - Container with a tear-off lid and method for its production: A container (1) is provided with a tear-off lid (2) having a take out opening covered by a tear-off foil (25). The cut edge (3) of the take out opening is bent back into the chuck wall (34) area. By this the bare cut edge is protected by the connection... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080078767 - Packaging and method for selective volume dispensing: The invention relates primarily to the field of packaging sterile articles for use in the medical device field. In an embodiment, the invention includes a package for a repetitive volume sectionally separable medical device. The package can include support material for receiving and retaining a repetitive volume sectionally separable medical... Agent: Pauly, Devries Smith & Deffner, L.L.C.

20080078768 - Fire protective packaging system and method: A fire protective container includes a sheet of fire protective laminate to form a plurality of faces of the container. The sheet includes a plurality of layers. The plurality of layers includes a flame mitigation layer and a structural layer.... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20080078769 - High pressure gas supply system for a beverage dispensing system: A gas supply system for a beverage dispensing system includes a high pressure gas cylinder including a neck having an elongated throat and a mouth at an outer end of the throat. A plug having a body and a piercable membrane is non-removably retained within the throat. The piercable membrane... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20080078771 - Insulated container and method of manufacturing the same: The present invention provides an insulated container capable of reducing manufacturing costs, obtaining a sufficient heat insulating effect, and capable of being applied to various installation spaces having different shapes, and a method of manufacturing the same. The insulated container, which stores a liquid at a maintained temperature, includes: an... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080078770 - Insulated package insert apparatus and method: An insulated packaging insert, and apparatus and a method of producing the insert are disclosed, wherein a sealing and a cutting process for producing the insert from a blank of material optimizes a fit of the insert to a shipping container; minimizes a contamination of the insert; and minimizes a... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20080078772 - Retrofit drink holder: The retrofit drink holder utilizes a 3″ circumference and and 2″ deep area on horizontal or sloped surfaces to be used for a convenient beverage holder. This approach is novel in that it makes use of unutilized existing space. Other aftermarket drink holders involve hangers and are not integrated into... Agent: Steven J. Andre

20080078773 - Containers and serving trays for snack foods: A snack holder includes a generally cylindrical cup sized and shaped lower section and a larger container or multiple container upper or adjacent section for holding snack foods, additional cups and the like.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080078774 - Decorative surround for plants: A decorative surround for potted plants is described. The surround may be a shell having a generally convex outer surface and an aperture in the shell suitable for either receiving or supporting a plant pot. The surround may be supported with respect to the ground or other reference surface by... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080078775 - Closure for container: A closure for a container includes a base having an aperture therethrough, a membrane attached to the bottom of the base and adapted to be attached to the container to seal the opening, a pull tab positioned within the aperture and connected to the base around at least a portion... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20080078776 - Torsion spring configuration and releasable casing utilizing the same: A torsion spring includes a spring body wound by a helical wire, a first arm extending tangently from an end of the spring body, and a second arm extending from the other end of the spring body. The first arm includes sequentially a first portion extending from the spring body,... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation