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Receptacles November recently filed with US Patent Office 11/09

20090289058 - Box assembly: A box assembly includes a plurality of boards connected to each other and each of the boards includes a plurality of first flips on one side thereof and second flips on another side thereof. Each first flip is cooperated with a first slit which opens downward and each second flip... Agent: Cheer Yield Enterprise Co., Ltd.

20090289059 - Box with collapsible walls designed to stack a corresponding box with lower dimensions: The present patent application relates to a plastic moulded box with parallelepiped structure and rectangular base provided with collapsible walls, designed to stack a corresponding box with lower dimensions, it being provided with two oscillating shelves (5) on the internal side of the transversal walls (2) basically at the height... Agent: Hodes, Pessin, & Katz, P.A.

20090289061 - Foodstuff dispensing apparatus: A foodstuff dispensing apparatus comprises a main body divided into a storage portion and a dispensing portion. The dispensing portion is in fluid communication with the storage portion and the dispensing portion has an opening from which a user may pick a desired amount of foodstuff. Said dispensing portion is... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090289060 - Waste bin and inner bin: The invention relates to a waste bin with a holder, and an inner bin. An inner bin can be accommodated in the holder for containing waste. The inner bin can be brought into a first, nominal position in the holder. The inner bin is supportable in a second, higher position... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090289062 - Computer activated gas cap: An automated gas cap mechanism for opening and closing the fuel tank of a vehicle includes a housing with a filler compartment door mounted on a door support link that is coupled to an axle having first and second ends mounted in slots formed in the housing and configured to... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20090289063 - Device and method for enabling a cover to be attached to and removed from a compartment within the device: A device is described herein that incorporates correlated magnets which enable a cover to be easily and effectively attached to and removed from a compartment. Some examples of such a device include a remote control unit, a calculator, a clock-radio, a mobile phone, a laptop computer, a personal digital assistant... Agent: Law Office Of William J Tucker

20090289064 - Integral tortuous path receptacle cover: A cover for a medical waste disposal receptacle and a method of manufacturing a cover for a medical waste disposal receptacle. The cover generally comprises a body portion configured to substantially close an open end of the receptacle and a lid portion hingedly interconnected to the body portion via an... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20090289065 - Blast and explosion retaining system for doors: The blast and explosion retaining system is for retaining a door to a frame when a blast or explosion separates the door from the frame. The system is a woven fabric material that is flexible and is anchored to the door and to the frame. The system is ideal for... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20090289066 - Container with sealing lid: A releasably sealable container system is provided. The container system includes a container, a lid, a gasket and a locking arm. The container includes a lip defining an opening. The lid is configured to engage the opening. The lid includes a body and a frame. The gasket is configured to... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20090289067 - Trash container with retractable weatherproof cover: A retractable cover is provided. The retractable cover may include a leading cover member; and a plurality of following cover members, each of the plurality of following cover members may be hingedly coupled to at least one of the leading cover member and one adjacent following cover member.... Agent: Maier & Maier, PLLC

20090289068 - Housing apparatus for buried equipment: An apparatus that can be placed into a surface or substrata, such as soil, to enclose and protect valves, meters and/or other equipment buried under such surface. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a bottom tray that holds the valve or meter, one or more stackable spacer segments, a cap... Agent: Ted M. Anthony

20090289069 - Collapsible covered storage container: A collapsible storage container having a body of flexible material, a top frame defining an opening to the body's interior, and a top cover of flexible material, suitable for use in confined spaces and for stacking. A removable support panel of rigid material can be inserted into the body interior.... Agent: A.s. Robinson & Associates, PLLC

20090289070 - Food container with drawing utensil: A container comprises a receptacle having a base portion, a lateral containment surface, and at least one drawing utensil for food. The drawing utensil has an elongated handgrip element and at least one movable working portion connected to one end of the handgrip element. The handgrip element faces a respective... Agent: Steinfl & Bruno

20090289071 - Flow through components with an antimicrobial lining: This invention relates to the field of gas-containing storage vessels, and more specifically to the provision for antimicrobial surfaces within such vessels and in the connecting hardware associated with various applications of such vessels, so that microbial colonization of the interior of such vessels may be eliminated or retarded. This... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090289072 - Vessel having a transparent windows: Disclosed is a vessel having transparent windows, which has a beautiful appearance and can be manufactured easily at low cost thanks to a structure in which an exterior vessel is molded integrally with a transparent interior vessel, which contributes to obviation of a separate assembling process. The vessel having transparent... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20090289073 - Molded container with degassing valve: A molded plastic container includes a side wall having a valve seat feature molded into the side wall, the valve seat feature comprising a central recess in the outer surface of the side wall, and an annular valve seat surrounding the central recess. The container has one or more holes... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090289075 - Container with closure: A generally cylindrical plastic container has a metal ring-pull top cap on an upper end and a snap-fit closure on a lower end. The closure includes a tapered portion which slides into the lower end of the container and a groove portion which interlocks with a head formed on the... Agent: Bernard Malina, Malina & Associaates, PLLC

20090289074 - Cotainer lid: A container lid which seals about a peripheral lip contacting a corresponding container is disclosed. A flexible material, such as a silicone rubber, thermoplastic elastomer, or the like, is attached to at least a peripheral lip formed in a flexible substrate, such as a flexible metal or plastic material, having... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20090283520 - Buckling clamshell container for automated aliquot and dispersal processes: A package assembly for automated aliquot and/or dispersal processes is provided. Embodiments of the present invention include, but are not limited to: first and second portions which cooperate to contain the aliquot, wherein a flexure channel is defined in each of opposite sides of at least one of the first... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20090283521 - Foldable basket: A foldable basket includes a rectangular frame a front plate, a rear plate, a left plate, and a right plate, and a bottom plate. The rectangular frame has four frame pieces, and the front, rear, left and right plates have their top edge pivoted on the frame pieces respectively. The... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090283522 - Apparatus for storing a flowable product: There is disclosed an apparatus for storing flowable product. The apparatus has a receptacle formed of a fabric that is impermeable to the flowable product, and further has a base, at least one upstanding side wall and a brim. One or more lateral bracing members are disposed between the base... Agent: Graybeal Jackson LLP

20090283523 - Connectable cupcake holder: A connectable cupcake holder is disclosed. The device comprises a base portion defining a recess for holding a pastry, a lid portion at least partially detachably attachable with the base portion for enclosing the pastry in the recess of the base, and at least one connector portion on an outer... Agent: Tope-mckay & Associates

20090283524 - Blood components separator disk: A separator disk for use in centrifugal separation of components is designed to automatically position itself during separation at the interface between the supernatant and the remaining components. Preferably the interface is between plasma and red blood cells.... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090283525 - Quick drain plug: The invention relates to a hand-actuated drain plug that comprises a tubular member having a proximal head and a distal body adapted to engage a tubular port. The head of the plug has an annular end with at least two surface areas corresponding to an open and closed position. The... Agent: Espinosa I Trueba, Pl

20090283526 - Molded, recyclable, compostable cellulose fiber lid assembly for a container: Lid assemblies, containers, and methods of producing them are disclosed herein. A lid assembly, comprising a dome portion, a rim-receiving portion, and a compression ring are configured to attach to a container and provide a seal between the lid assembly and the container. The lid assembly is made of a... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090283527 - Airtight container: An airtight container includes a base and a cover mounted on the base. The cover includes a recess defined in a peripheral thereof. A through hole is defined in a bottom of the recess and at least one air channel is defined adjacent to the through hole. The cover includes... Agent: Chien-hui Su

20090283528 - Enhanced liquid container: A beverage container includes a lid assembly having a chamber for storing and subsequently releasing a component of a mixture into a liquid stored within the container. The lid assembly includes an upper housing attached to a lower housing. The upper housing includes a button movable between a locked position... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090283529 - Adjustable volume toddler cup: Adjustable volume cups and methods for use are disclosed. Cups of various embodiments may have a series of removable inserts or a moveable bottom member allowing the containable volume to be adjusted.... Agent: Jeffrey Blankman

20090283530 - Non-metallic auxiliary tank system for a vehicle: An on-board auxiliary split tank system for supplying makeup water and chemical additives to a transit concrete mixing vehicle is disclosed which includes a generally cylindrical water tank designed for generally horizontal deployment having a shaped recess therein and an additive tank configured to nest in said recess of said... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20090283531 - Disposable plate having stretch skirt: A disposable plastic or paper plate having a skirt around an outer periphery thereof, the skirt either having an elastic element integrally formed therein, or having an elastic band around a bottom portion. The disposable plate may be placed onto a hard plate for support, and the elastic skirt is... Agent: Monahan & Moses, LLC

20090283532 - Integrated filter housing: An oil filter fitting 14 for a spin-on oil filter 16 is overmolded into a rotomolded polymer hydraulic fluid tank 12. Return oil from the hydraulic cylinder goes through the filter 16 and then directly into the reservoir 12 for storage and cooling.... Agent: Graco Minnesota Inc

20090283533 - Thermodynamic container: A thermodynamic container for regulating the temperature of a liquid. An exemplary embodiment may include an inner layer of a thermal buffering material and an outer layer of insulation. The thermal buffering layer may include a phase change material and/or a non-phase change material. Some exemplary embodiments may include lid,... Agent: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20090283534 - Storage container including multi-layer insulation composite material having bandgap material and related methods: In one embodiment, a storage container includes a container structure defining at least one storage chamber. The container structure includes multi-layer insulation (MLI) composite material having at least one thermally-reflective layer. The at least one thermally-reflective layer includes bandgap material that is transmissive to radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation.... Agent: Graybeal Jackson Haley LLP C/o Searete

20090283535 - Sipper lid with straw capability: The present invention is directed to a sipper lid with straw capability and includes a cup engaging section, a spout section, and a straw receptacle. The cup engaging section is adapted for securing the lid to a drinking cup; the spout section includes a protrusion and at least one opening... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20090283536 - Drinking apparatus: A drinking apparatus from which a beverage may be consumed and an expandable device for preventing the beverage from being dispensed from the drinking apparatus to a consumer after a selectable amount of time has elapsed or has substantially elapsed. The expandable device includes a soluble composition and an expandable... Agent: Brian J. Libby

20090283537 - Protective sleeve: A sleeve is disclosed having a unique wave-like shape that facilitates manufacturing material efficiency and therefore reduces material costs and environmental waste. A blank for a sleeve and a method of making a sleeve are also disclosed. The sleeve, when unassembled and laid flat, has a top and bottom edge.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090277900 - Container for storage and transport of liquids: A generally cuboid shaped container for storage or transport of bulk liquids including a textile bag having four side walls and a bottom face, all made of woven fabric, a frame attached to the bag and comprising a plurality of hoops, each hoop subtending a different vertically aligned corner of... Agent: Vangelis Economou C/o Iphorgan Ltd

20090277901 - Unit load for the transport of absorbent hygiene articles: Unit load for transporting absorbent hygienic articles such as sanitary pads. The unit load includes a pallet, a bottom tray with one or more side flaps folded upwardly, a plurality of secondary packages loaded on the pallet and forming a stack, a top cap on top of the stack with... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20090277902 - Lid having a utensil: A lid for use with a jar having an opening includes a closure member configured to cover the jar opening when the closure member is fastened to the jar. The lid includes an attachment member coupled to the closure member to selectively fasten the closure member to the jar. A... Agent: Harshaw Research, Inc.

20090277903 - Semi-finished product for producing a plastic closure from two parts: A semi-finished product for the rational manufacture and assembly of a two-part closure of a spout element and of a screw cap. The spout element and the screw cap are manufactured as one piece in a coherent manner via breakage bridges. Tooling costs for injection mold tools are thus saved,... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20090277904 - Universal box top lid: A universal box top lid is adapted to be attached to the opened top of a variety of different sizes of food packaging boxes. The lid is designed to fit over the opened box top with an opened bag containing the food product inside the box being held open by... Agent: Thompson Coburn LLP

20090277905 - Locking device for a box: A locking device for a locking a lid to a body of storage box is disclosed. The locking device a key operated turnable portion and arms extending from the arms. Each arm has an end portion that is received in a first recess in the side of the body and... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20090277906 - Vehicle tray having an open-prevention mechanism: A vehicle tray having an open-prevention mechanism may include a rotating member integrally connected to a tray cover and rotatably coupled to the tray to support the tray cover, and an inertia detecting member pivotally coupled to the tray, a portion of the inertia detecting member being selectively engaged with... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090277907 - Closure for a drinking bottle: The closure for a drinking flask comprises a closing cap (2) mountable onto a drinking flask opening and a shut-off and opening device (K) which includes a stationary part (4) which is stationary relative to the closing cap (2) and a sliding part (5) which is displaceable relative to the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090277908 - Closure arrangement for a container: The closure arrangement is applied to a metallic container comprising a peripheral side wall which presents an upper edge surrounding an opening, in which is fitted a lid having a peripheral upper wall externally provided with a circumferential rib to be fitted in an inner circumferential recess of the peripheral... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090277909 - Meter pit apparatus: A plurality of water meter pit inserts and water meter pit enclosures are disclosed. A plurality of marker apparatus for the location of water meter pit enclosures are also disclosed.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20090277910 - Meter pit apparatus: A plurality of water meter pit inserts and water meter pit enclosures are disclosed. A plurality of marker apparatus for the location of water meter pit enclosures are also disclosed.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20090277911 - Packaging method and packaging container: A packaging container comprises an openable outer case and a bag for packaging a resin material in the outer case. The bag is partially turned back at fold portions so that part of the bag is turned inside out, and at least part of the out-turned part is fixed as... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090277912 - Dual tube container with one way valves, and method for making dual tube container with applicator: A dual tube container with one way valves comprises an outer tube and a cap, wherein, the tube head of the outer tube is provided with a base plate; the base plate is provided with a left through hole and a right through hole connecting the outer tube and the... Agent: Troxell Law Office, PLLC

20090277913 - Ergonomic paint roller tray with end handles: A paint tray includes a cavity defined by a bottom wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall, and a second sloping end wall. Each of the first side wall, second side wall, first end wall, and second sloping end wall inclines upwardly and outwardly... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090277914 - Portable food warmer: An insulated, portable, hot food container maintains the temperature of cooked foods. The container has an insulated housing having an insulated base, insulated enclosing walls, and an insulated removable cover. The insulated removable cover engages the insulated enclosing walls to resist movement parallel to the insulated base. The insulated removable... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20090277915 - Personal hygiene wipe package: A package for holding personal hygiene wipes. A heater has a pair of packages each having one or more personal hygiene wipes placed against it with the access opening to the wipes faces away from the heater. The heater includes an inner actuation pouch and an outer heat generating pouch.... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090277916 - Package with strap handle: A package, and method of manufacturing the same, the package having an attached strap handle for ease in carrying and pouring of the contents. In one embodiment, the package includes a pair of panels separated by a gusseted panel portion. Each end of the strap handle is attached to the... Agent: Ulbrich I.p., Ltd

20090277917 - Racetrack-shaped container with lid: A container comprises a bottom, a sidewall extending up therefrom, and a top opening opposite the bottom. In one advantageous form, the sidewall of the container has a uniform racetrack dimension from the bottom to proximate the top opening. The top opening has the same racetrack shape as the bottom... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20090272738 - Cargo basket: Embodiments provide a cargo basket including a frame, the frame including a base, the base including a pair of elongated first and second lower side members, the base including a pair of elongated first and second lower end members, the frame including a floor supported by the base, the frame... Agent: Moore Landrey

20090272739 - Reusable container: A reusable container has four vertical side walls affixed to a rectangular base that can be moved between an extended position and a folded position. When the vertical side walls are in the extended position, the vertical side walls form a rectangular enclosure about a rectangular base. The rectangular enclosure... Agent: Jones Day

20090272740 - Folding container: A folding container having integrally formed hinge elements. The container including a base portion, first and second lower side wall portions having a snap-fitted hinge connection to a first side and second side of the base portion respectively, first and second upper side wall portions having a hinge connection to... Agent: Ungaretti & Harris LLP Intellectual Property Group - Patents

20090272741 - Paint can with an internal molded label: The present invention provides an improved structure of a paint can with internal molded label. The paint can includes a plastic can body in a circular shape; a plastic bottom wall, integrally formed on the bottom of the plastic can body; and a plastic bottom frame, integrally formed on the... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20090272742 - Bellows beverage lid: The bellows beverage lid is a lid for a hot liquid container that has a hole or port for sipping a beverage and a bellows portion incorporated into its central beverage cover region. Pushing on the bellows portion causes air to be forced in and out of the hot liquid... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20090272743 - Substrate container sealing via movable magnets: A system of moving magnets for sealing a container may include a plurality of moveable magnets disposed near a perimeter of a container door and a rotatable linkage hub positioned within the perimeter of the container door. In addition, the system may include a plurality of control linkages connecting each... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20090272744 - Container, in particular flexible tubular-bag and/or enclosure-like packaging container: Container (10), especially a flexible tubular-pouch-like and/or can-like packaging container, preferably a round pouch, having a container body (20) and a lid part (30) and also, optionally, a base part (40), which is made at least in part from a film, especially a composite film, or a laminate, wherein the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090272745 - Disposable substance dispensing apparatus: A disposable substance dispensing apparatus comprises a plurality of disposable substance dispensing containers coupled together in the shape of a fruit. Each of the containers is in the shape of a slice of fruit and has a fillable chamber accessed by a port through one of the outer walls of... Agent: Brian Taggart

20090272746 - Fuel cap and filler neck: A fuel cap is disclosed that contains a flexible hemispherical closure member which is substantially compressible and resilient with a form approximating half of a sphere. The circular face of the hemispherical sealing member is coupled to the underside of the fuel cap. Sealing of the fuel tank is obtained... Agent: Travis Chandler, Phd, LLC

20090272747 - Multi-compartment fluid storage device: A multi-compartment beverage container is compatible with conventional beverage can manufacturing techniques and keeps contained liquids in discrete hermetically sealed compartments. The container is capable of opening several compartments simultaneously with a conventional flip tab, or by removal of screw-on caps. In the case of flip tab openings, a scored... Agent: Mark Young, P.A.

20090272748 - Cell container: This invention relates to methods and devices that improve the process of culturing cells and/or shipping cells from one location to another. They have the capacity to reduce the risk of contamination, regulate pressure in the medium surrounding cells, and maintain cells in a uniform distribution throughout transit. This leads... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090272749 - Lid holder for cooking vessel: A cooking vessel for cooking foodstuff includes a base having an outer sidewall, a generally hollow interior and a generally open top. A lid is removably mounted to the base and complimentarily covers the open top of the base in a first position. A mounting support is attached to the... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090272750 - Container bottom: For years, can bottoms have been formed to provide structural integrity for cans, which include many different configurations. A novel profile for a container bottom is shown herein. The bottom structure includes a multi-radial domed central panel extending from its outside edge to a downwardly projecting substantially cylindrical inner leg... Agent: Storm LLP

20090272751 - Dust container of a hand-held power tool: The invention is based on a dust container of a portable power tool for receiving machining residues of a portable power tool (2), comprising a container (8) predetermining a receiving volume (14). It is proposed that the container (8) have a variation means (12) for varying the size of the... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20090272752 - Container, dispensing system for flowable products, and production method: A container is formed from a flexible material web of weldable plastic. A reinforcing element is attached on the exterior of a wall of the container. The, said element being located on the exterior of the container. The container may be formed by drawing a flat material web of weldable... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090272753 - Self forming beverage container sleeve: A sleeve is provided for a beverage container, configured to be self formed on the beverage container and adapted to fit beverage containers having various diameters.... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20090272754 - Fastening device for a logistic container and logistic container implementing such device: A device to fasten a logistic container (1) onto a structure (9), such as a vehicle, such device wherein it incorporates means (16, 12a, 24) to ensure the positioning of the container with respect to the structure and means (17, 25, 26) ensuring the locking of the container onto the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC