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Receptacles February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/09

20090050625 - Fuel inlet device and part therefor: A fuel tank inlet device is for attachment to a fuel tank or filler neck. The fuel tank or filler neck includes a filler opening, a fuel tank or filler neck abutment surface and one or more projections extending inwardly into the filler opening. The fuel tank inlet device includes... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090050626 - Odor-proof container: The invention relates to an odourproof container comprising a lid in which an elastic seal is arranged. Said container is preferably used for food products, such that food can be stored in an odourproof manner but is also easily accessible. The lid can be rapidly removed form the container and... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090050627 - Lid weight for a trash receptacle: A lid weight attachable to a movable lid of a garbage can. While particularly effective with hinged lid cans, the lid weight may be used with any garbage can configurations. When used with hinged lid cans, a single weight is typically sufficient. When used with removable lid cans, pairs of... Agent: Williams G. Sykes

20090050628 - Device to reuse disposable plastic shopping bags as trash bags: A trash container allows disposable plastic shopping bags to be reused as trash bags. The trash container has at least two hooked projection members attached to the exterior of the trash container for removable attachment of the disposable shopping bags to the trash container. In an alternate embodiment, a resilient... Agent: Julia G. Sullivan

20090050629 - Sealing-reaction, layer-effective, stealth liner for synthetic fuel container: A method, and a self-sealing, layer-effect, stealth-reaction liner, for sealing against fuel leakage from the wound-punctured wall of an FT synthetic liquid fuel container. The liner includes (a) an elastomeric body defined by spaced, opposite faces, formed of a material which is non-reactive to FT fuel, and (b) nominally shrouded... Agent: Robert D. Varitz, P.C.

20090050630 - Mobile object managing device and method: To improve the management quality of a fuel tank by managing a set of relevant information on the fuel tank and relevant information on a mobile object associated with each other and allowing a history of use of the fuel tank to be trackable, a mobile object with a fuel... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090050631 - Plastic tank base: An improved pallet and tank assembly (10) is provided, including a metal tank (12) positioned atop and secured to a flat-bottomed, synthetic resin pallet (14). Preferably, the pallet (14) includes an upper tank-supporting slotted surface (40) which receives depending couplers (28) serving to secure the tank (12) to the pallet... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20090050632 - Paint tray system: A paint tray system has a paint tray with an upper circumferential land having an upwardly projecting dowel at each corner. A paint tray liner has a medial portion substantially conforming to an inside surface of the paint tray and a peripheral liner lip extending over the land. The liner... Agent: Smart And Biggar

20090050633 - Popcorn bowl assembly: A bowl assembly for holding popcorn. The bowl assembly includes a top, a bottom, and a sidewall extending therebetween wherein the bottom has a plurality of openings. The plurality of openings are of size and shape that allow unpopped kernels from the popcorn to be disposed through the openings and... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20090050634 - Supportable pressurizable container and base cup therefor either with alignment tabs: A container having a curved bottom and base cup which allows the container to stand upright. The container and base cup are fitted together by a mechanical engagement having portions on the container and base cup. The mechanical engagement of the container is disposed within the bottom cone of the... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20090050635 - Seamless multi-section pressure vessel: A lightweight, ergonomically beneficial, hydrodynamic, and volumetrically efficient hybrid pressure vessel having at least two longitudinally extending, semi-cylindrical sections with flattened rib portions at a common interface between the sections. Additional longitudinally extending sections may be employed to provide additional internal volume. One or more apertures extend through the ribs... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C./ Alliant Tech Systems

20090050636 - Insulation system: A cover assembly has a lower section. The lower section is in a cylindrical configuration. The cover assembly has an upper section. The upper section is in a conical configuration. The cover assembly has an intermediate section. The lower section has an open lower end. The upper section has an... Agent: Louis J. Brunoforte

20090050637 - Beverage container with secondary opening: Embodiments are described of a beverage container having a secondary opening. The secondary opening is provided in addition to a primary opening on the top beverage container and allows the contents of the beverage container to be consumed quickly. The use of this secondary opening allows air to freely flow... Agent: Nevin Shetty

20090050638 - Base cup for a supportable pressurizable container: A container having a curved bottom and base cup which allows the container to stand upright. The container and base cup are fitted together by a mechanical engagement having portions on the container and base cup. The mechanical engagement of the container is disposed within the bottom cone of the... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20090050639 - Storage container: A storage container, particularly made of plastic, for storing goods, particularly in high-shelf warehouses, consists of a container bottom and side walls that rise from this container bottom. Openings that pass through the container bottom are provided in the bottom. The openings are disposed in depressions, the upper edges of... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090050640 - Snap-on container: A container comprising a neck defining an opening and configured to removeably engage an attachable spray nozzle assembly. A shoulder is disposed adjacent to the neck. A hollow main body having a wall extends between the shoulder and a closed base to define an internal space for receiving and storing... Agent: Venable LLP

20090050641 - Cup lid with an anti-splash ergonomic shape: A cup lid for covering a disposable beverage cup has an outer peripheral wall and concentric therewith, an inner peripheral wall. The outer and inner peripheral walls are spaced apart and are mutually joined by a top rim having an aperture through which liquids in the beverage cup may be... Agent: Patent Law & Venture Group

20090050642 - Bottle holder: The described bottle holder is a simple flexible plastic design that secures a disposable drink bottle by pressure on the outside diameter of the bottle with similar clamping forces applied by the holder design as would be applied by your hand if holding the bottle. The described bottle holder incorporates... Agent: Jimmy Deariel Williams

20090050643 - Swinging device for increasing capacity of trash bin: A swinging device for increasing the capacity of a trash bin includes a pushing assembly penetrating through the shredder body, a stirring board disposed at the bottom of the shredder body, and a shaft connecting the pushing assembly and the stirring board. The shaft converts the vertical displacement motion of... Agent: Venable

20090045193 - Concrete washout container: A washout container to which are mounted inclined ramps that allow a transit mixer, concrete pumping truck or other concrete handling vehicle to drive up over a portion of the container for dumping excess concrete and washing out waste concrete. The container cross-section may be rectangular to semi-circular, and is... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20090045192 - Container assembly: The invention relates to a container assembly. In particular the invention is concerned with a container assembly having separate storing facilities in which different products can be stored. The container comprises a primary container defining a holding compartment, a secondary container locatable inside the holding compartment and a securing formation... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20090045194 - Double structure cup: A double structure cup is disclosed, which is characterized in that a plurality of polygonal male protrusions are protruded from a bottom surface of the inner cup in a downward direction, and a plurality of concave protrusions are formed and engaged with the male protrusions on a bottom surface of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090045195 - Nano-enhanced modularly constructed container: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided herein for a container that can include one or more functions, and is modular in construction. In embodiments, the container is assembled to be relatively lightweight, while being stiff, strong, flexible, and/or durable. The container may include one or more functional elements configured to... Agent: Fiala & Weaver, P.l.l.c. C/o Intellevate

20090045196 - Apparatus for holding stacked trays: An apparatus for holding stacked trays includes a cover and a hooking unit. The cover protects an upper surface of the stacked trays. The hooking unit is connected to the cover. The hooking unit is drawn from at least two side surfaces of the cover along the side surfaces of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090045197 - Hole plug system: A hole plug system for efficiently sealing various size and configuration holes and openings. The hole plug system generally includes a first elongated portion including a first inner end and a first outer end, wherein the first inner end is opposite the first outer end and wherein the first elongated... Agent: Neustel Law Offices, Ltd.

20090045198 - Waste container with electrostatically controlled cover: A waste container includes a metal body (11) having a peripheral wall (111) defining a compartment (112) for receiving a garbage bag (15). Mounted above the body (11) is a cover (13) having a lid (133) movable between an open position and a closed position. An electrostatic device (2) is... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090045199 - Clutch oil reservoir cap: A clutch oil reservoir cap according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention including a head and a body may include an exhaust opening formed in the head for exhausting air, an intake hole formed in the head for inflow of air, and an operation valve disposed in the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090045200 - Beverage package container: Beverage package container includes an opening, which is resealable using a sealing device, where the package container is essentially or completely parallelepipedic, including a hollow, box-shaped body and the sealing device, where a corner of the parallelepipedic, hollow, box-shaped body is chamfered, at which corner a triangular surface is formed,... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090045201 - Method for making mesh containers with a rail and mesh container formed therefrom: The present invention is directed to a method of forming a container comprising forming a basket portion of metal mesh material and a rail connected to the basket portion. The rail extends substantially outwardly from the outer surface of the basket portion and the rail extends continuously around the outer... Agent: Saidman Designlaw Group

20090045202 - Flexible tanks in which bulk liquids are transported: A method of fabricating a flexible tank is disclosed which method comprises cutting away the corners of the upper layer (12) of a flattened flexible tube (10) and cutting away the corners of the lower layer (14) of the flattened flexible tube to provide, at each corner of each layer,... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090045203 - Fireproof data storage apparatus suitable for high ambient temperature environments and/or high wattage data storage devices: The present invention provides a thermally insulated cabinet for protecting electronic data storage devices from damage by accidental and environmental conditions and from intentional acts. This cabinet provides an interior envelope which contains one or more data storage devices surrounded by multiple layers of thermal insulation. The thermal insulation layers... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20090045204 - Portable cooler with built-in cutting and serving board: A portable cooler is provided that has a wet side and a dry side separated by a removable partition that can be used as a cutting or serving board. The partition slides within a pair of opposed vertical channels formed in the walls of the cooler. The partition comprises one... Agent: Clausen Miller, P.c

20090045205 - Adapter for drink container: The invention relates to an adapter for facilitating consuming food or drink from a container, for example to a mouthpiece of a mask. An embodiment of the adapter includes a body that can be connected to a drink container, a connector for connecting the adapter to the mouthpiece of the... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20090045206 - Disposable non-spillable childs dispensing cup: A disposable sealed drink container suitable for use by a child to imbibe liquids and possessing a shape and size adapted for use in conventional drink dispensing machines including aluminum can vending machines and plastic bottle vending machines. The container includes a sealed impermeable vessel to suitable for containing a... Agent: Nexsen Pruet, LLC

20090045207 - Detachable grip device: A grip device has an element that can be moved in relation to fixed element between an open position and a closed position in which the two elements are adapted in such a way as to grip a wall, a displacement device which enables the displacement of the mobile element... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20090045208 - Floor cleaning machine: A floor-cleaning machine which can be driven over the floor, includes a driven brush for sweeping the floor to be cleaned. The brush picks up dirt and debris from the floor and carries it, assisted by forced air flow, in an overhead motion and through a transfer duct to a... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP

20090045209 - Universal lid for large solid waste containers: A universal lid for industrial or commercial large size solid waste containers, has a ribbed single layer central portion and a peripheral edge having a hollow double wall boxed configuration. The boxed perimeter may have a predetermined height such as approximately one inch, and the lid is provided with hinge... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20090045210 - Pliable ground calcium carbonates storage articles and method of making same: The present invention is directed to a storage article, such as a retail and/or shipping package, having an environmentally friendly pliable composite structure that has a high degree of pliability and flexibility and is highly attractive in look and feel. The pliable composite structure has a base layer and a... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20090039078 - Flexible, stackable container and method and system for manufacturing same: A flexible, stackable container for storing a quantity of a product may include a sealed package formed from a single sheet of film and retaining the quantity of the product disposed therein, and a lid fitment attached to a first side of the package. The first side of the package... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090039079 - Multiple-tray, multiple-compartment food package: A multiple-tray, multiple-compartment food package that allows for individual trays to be initially packaged together in a connected manner, yet later be separated from each other while a film remains intact upon the trays to allow opening at different times. The film covering the food compartments and a back panel... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20090039080 - Cream pot: The invention relates to a cream pot (10) for receiving a cream or the like, said pot consisting of an outer pot (11), an inner pot (14), and a connection device for connecting a lid element thereto. The inner pot consists of plastic, is inserted into a receiving element of... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090039081 - Step can: A trash can is disclosed having an exterior shell, a liner seated within the shell, a latch pivotably attached to the liner for securing a flexible bag to the liner, and a handle to facilitate placing and removing of the liner from the shell. An optional aspect of the invention... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20090039082 - Pouring device: A pouring device for a liquid container (11) including a plugging means (14) closing an outlet opening of the pouring device (12) in a normal vertical position of the container (11). The pouring device (12) also comprises an annular ring (13), which serves as a seating for the plugging means... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090039083 - Break-away impact-resistant tip: A closure for a container, the closure including a spout having a dispensing nozzle and a tip attached to the spout at a break-away junction. The break-away junction is recessed from the nozzle such that a user is protected from rough or jagged edges that may be created when the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20090039084 - Opening device for a sealed package containing a pourable food product: An opening device for a sealed package containing a pourable food product and having at least one removable portion includes a frame defining a pour opening and having a fastening portion fixable to the package about the removable portion. A cap is adapted to be fitted to the frame to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090039085 - Beverage can: The invention relates to a beverage can comprising an embossed body that is made from a sheet of aluminum. The mouth of the can is closed by a flange or seamed with a lid which is equipped with a pull ring for opening the can or, more specifically, for tearing... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20090039086 - Easily removable multi-paneled locking cover with mess-preventing ring: A container cover for use with a container having a neck. The cover includes a lid, a skirt extending downward from the circumference of the lid, and a concentric plug seal extending from the lid inside the skirt. The cover also includes an annular recessed channel circumscribing the center of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20090039087 - Fluid holding thermal mass panel: An enclosed fluid-holding vessel having first and second opposed flat panel sides and a series of through apertures through each side, wherein the through apertures interconnect and provide structural support to the first and second panels in addition to providing an information conveying structure to viewers of one of the... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (c/o Patent Administrator)

20090039088 - Package having phase change materials and method of use in transport of temperature sensitive payload: The present invention is directed to a transport package which efficiently maintains payload temperature within a predetermined temperature range during delivery through regions having ambient temperatures outside the desired range. The transport package is used for transporting temperature sensitive materials and thermally protecting the materials from cold and hot ambient... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20090039089 - Insulated container and method of manufacturing the same: Disclosed are an insulated container in which a high-performance vacuum heat insulating material is formed around a three-dimensional container and in which heat loss is minimized, and a method of manufacturing the insulated container. An insulated container for heat-insulation storage of a liquid has a resin inner container equipped with... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090039091 - Can end with countersink: A can end for a two-piece beverage can is described. The can end has a center panel positioned about a vertical center axis. The center panel has a means for opening the can end located on a public side. A reinforcing bead surrounds the center panel. The reinforcing bead has... Agent: Ungaretti & Harris LLP Intellectual Property Group - Patents

20090039090 - Can end with reinforcing bead: A can end for a two-piece beverage can is described. The can end has a center panel positioned about a vertical center axis. The center panel has a means for opening the can end located on a public side. A circumferential strengthening member is located about the center panel. A... Agent: Ungaretti & Harris LLP Intellectual Property Group - Patents

20090039092 - Transportation frame for oversize container and method of installing the frame onto the container: The present invention provides a transportation frame for an oversize container or the like and a method of installing the frame onto the container or the like. The transportation frame includes a top frame body comprising two top corner fittings each provided with a top corner fitting hole, a bottom... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090039093 - Drinking apparatus, system and method: A food delivery apparatus, and/or a system, may comprise a container having a tube coupled with a cap, and the cap may have an aperture controlling the flow of food from the container through the tube and to the user. In a system, a plurality of caps may be provided,... Agent: Robert R. Waters, Esq. Waters Law Office, PLLC

20090039094 - Inventions relating to drinking vessels: A lid (18) for a drinking container (14) includes an engagement means (26) for removably securing the lid (18) to the drinking container (14). The lid (18) is formed as a one piece unit and has a deformable spout (20) with a liquid outlet (46). The one piece lid is... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090039095 - Cup holder: A cup holder includes a base, a cylindrical member, an urging device, a locking device, an unlocking device, a lid member, a reversing device, a non-service position, and a service position. At the non-service position, the cylindrical member descends fully, the lid member closes the cylindrical member's top opposite opening,... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090039096 - Detachable grip device comprising means for opening jaw-forming elements: A detachable grip device has a body, two jaw-forming elements which are mobile in relation to each other between an open position and a closed position, a system for displacing the jaw-forming elements which are designed in such a way as to be able to alternate between a stable closing... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20090032530 - Joint structure for portable work and storage container: A joint structure for portable work and storage container includes a plurality of joint members and a plurality of reinforcing shafts. Each joint member includes an upper joint extended from a top retention frame, a lower joint extended from a bottom retention frame, and a shaft holder alignedly mounting between... Agent: David And Raymond Patent Firm

20090032531 - Beverage can protective cover: A rotational one-piece beverage can protective cover is disclosed. The beverage can protective cover is capable of being snapped on or off of a correspondingly sized beverage can top and of being rotated to open or close the drink hole of a beverage can.... Agent: George R. Reardon

20090032532 - Packaging with lid sealable to container and a method of sealing the packaging: The invention relates to a packaging, preferably for foodstuffs, said packaging comprising a container and a lid, both of which is made of a material which is suitable for injection moulding, said lid being sealable relative to the container; and wherein the lid comprises an elevated portion for abutment on... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20090032533 - Flow switch and container: A flow switch assembly which includes a valve housing that includes an upper body portion and a lower body portion that are rotatably engaged relative each other. The upper and lower body portions define a chamber. The housing includes an inlet and outlet to the chamber. A valve member seated... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090032534 - Pull tab on tear strip on plastic cover plastic cover,including break tab feature,and related apparatus and methods: Apparatus and related methods for a container lid include a pull structure affixed to at least one end of a tamper evident tearstrip and positioned in an outer flange of the lid, the pull structure having a portion shaped to receive and engage a manipulator such as at least one... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090032535 - Container: A container (1) particularly for food products comprising a metal can body (2) and a combination of a ring (12) and a foil membrane (14), the combination being attached to the can body, in which the ring is made of a plastics material, wherein the inside diameter of the plastic... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20090032536 - Cap for caulking cartridge or similar container: A cap adapted for sealing a caulking cartridge. The cap may include a first member and a second member. The first member may have the shape of a frustum. The second member may be longer than the first member and extend through the first member. The second member may include... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20090032537 - Garb-ez / garb-ez-r: Garb-ez and Garb-ez-r provide the consumer with an easier way to replace trash bags and replaces the need to having to constantly look for new bags by having them right in the can or trash receptacle.... Agent: Geovanys Claveria

20090032538 - Package for sale, storage and application of two-part coatings: A package (10) includes a one-piece molded plastic container having a base (14), an outer wall (16), and at least one dividing wall extending across the outer wall to divide the container into at least first and second chambers that are separated from each other by the dividing wall. The... Agent: N. D. Parikh, Masco Corporation

20090032539 - Suspension assembly for mechanically retaining a first article by bracing it against a second article: A suspension assembly for mechanically retaining a first article by bracing it against a second article includes a spherical or spheroid object located between first and second articles. A first set of at least three rounded surfaces is mechanically braced between the spherical or spheroid object and the first article,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090032540 - Food storage system: Multiple food storage systems are disclosed herein. One food storage system includes a main bowl that defines a first food receiving cavity. A secondary bowl is positioned in the first food receiving cavity and defines a second food receiving cavity. The secondary bowl includes a sidewall containing thermal energy storage... Agent: Garcia-zamor Intellectual Property Law Attn: Ruy Garcia-zamor

20090032541 - Method and apparatus for a product dispenser with increased insulative properties: Vacuum insulation panels with a decreased thermal conductivity provide increased thermal effectiveness in a vessel of a product dispenser, when the vessel is substantially encapsulated with the vacuum insulation panels. The product dispenser including insulation having a reduced thermal conductivity provides the ability to convert existing manufacturer product lines from... Agent: Law Offices Of Christopher L. Makay

20090032542 - Ergonomic system for handling a container: In certain embodiments, a system for ergonomically handling a container comprises a container body having a container wall with an inside surface defining an internal cavity configured to receive material and an opposite external surface. Additionally, the system includes a handle having opposite first and second ends coupled to the... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20090032543 - Drinking cup cover: A drinking cup cover includes a cover body and a closure member. The cover body has a cover wall with top and bottom surfaces, a peripheral portion, and a beverage hole formed through the top and bottom surfaces of the cover wall adjacent to the peripheral portion. The cover wall... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090032544 - Freeze pop cozy: A Freeze Pop Cozy comprising two pieces of material joined together to form a holder in order to contain cylindrical shaped objects commonly known as “ice pops” or “freeze pops”. A Freeze Pop Cozy should keep frozen “freeze pops” cold while keeping your hands from getting cold.... Agent: Joseph Boyer

20090032545 - Hinged lid for a food container: A hinged lid for a food container is provided. The lid structure includes a rim with an attached cover member. The lid structure also includes a mounting structure for mounting the lid structure to a food container. A tamper evidence latch is provided to releasably secure the rim in a... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP