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Receptacles September class, title,number 09/10

20100243647 - Container for goods: The present invention relates to a goods container for loading spaces in vehicles, preferably in aircraft, which goods container comprises at least one goods storage space for the loading, storage, transport and unloading of goods. With a view to achieving a goods container which allows optimum utilization of the loading... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20100243648 - Four-sided container: A four-sided, clam-shell-like container is formed from a preformed, rigid U-shaped cross-section. The U-shaped member has a base wall and opposing side walls. The base and side walls and the intersection of the base and side walls are rigid. The base wail has a thickness having a slot is formed... Agent: Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC (illinois Tool Works)

20100243649 - Collapsible structures: Structures are provided that have an enclosed interior space that can be used to hold and contain water or other matter. The interior space is defined by an enclosing wall and a base that are both waterproof to prevent leakage of the water or matter contained in the interior space.... Agent: Raymond Sun

20100243650 - Trash and leaf bag foldable insert: A trash and leaf bag foldable insert can be selectively placed into either of at least two differently sized bags, in a folded condition and then expanded to maintain the bag in an open configuration so that the bag can be filled with debris or other material. The insert includes... Agent: Thien Tran/ Access Patent Group, LLC

20100243651 - Baffled tank for a vehicle: A tank for transporting liquids is provided. The tank includes a tank vessel having an internal baffle system including an X-shaped baffle arrangement that extends through the interior of the tank vessel in the longitudinal direction. A plurality of entry hatches can be provided in the tank vessel for permitting... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20100243652 - Beverage cup lid: The invention relates to a beverage cup lid including an elongated channel that extends from the drinking port to a terminus below the lid's lower edge. The elongated channel may thus extend into a beverage contained in a beverage cup.... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP/los Angeles

20100243653 - Drinking cup having storage compartment and lever actuated seal for drinking area: A container and a lid for a container or container is provided. The container includes a lid and container body to which the lid is attached. The container may further include a storage compartment attached to the end of the container body. The lid includes a lid body defining a... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20100243654 - Container with a cover indicating previous opening: The invention relates to a container, especially a bucket or similar, comprising an opening, which is orientated upwards and which can be closed by a cover, and a peripheral container edge, which is drawn outwards in a downward direction on the container wall, where the cover is detachably connected thereto... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20100243655 - Underground storage of operational electronic equipment: The underground storage of operational electronic equipment utilizes a hermetically sealable container adapted for receiving electronic equipment, such as a computer hard drive. The electronic equipment is placed in the container and electrically connected via a seal maintaining feedthrough to a facility proximate the container. The hermetically sealable container is... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20100243656 - Liner for simplifying the use of fluid siphons: The invention generally describes a system and method that utilize a liner insert for a supply bucket of a liquid siphoning system, such as a siphon for an airless paint sprayer. The liner is adapted to simply slide into a bucket that corresponds to its size. The liners preferably are... Agent: Hogan Lovells US LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20100243658 - Liquid vessel: The invention relates to vessels for storing, mainly, food products, for example, bottles or similar vessels with a neck or similar orifices for pouring the content. The vessels can have a curvilinear cross-section outline, for example in the form of a circle or a polygon. The aim of the invention... Agent: Aleksandr Smushkovich

20100243657 - Well fluid additive systems, well fluids therefrom, and methods of making using such systems: A well fluid additive system prepackaged to the specifications of each particular well. The system comprises a supporting member, and a plurality of additives which additive is each individually segregated from the other additives. This system reduces waste as the exact proportions are delivered to the well as needed.... Agent: Gilbreth & Associates, P.C.

20100243659 - Washing liquid tank for automobile: A washing liquid tank for a vehicle, includes a vertically extending wall (1) that divides the tank into a first chamber (2) including at least one liquid filling opening (4) in the lower portion thereof, and a second chamber (3) including at least one pumping opening (5) in the lower... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100243660 - Bathroom organizer with dual paper toilet storage holder: A bathroom organizer with dual toilet paper storage holder includes a housing having a generally rectangular configuration with an open top and divided into two lid and lidless compartments, wherein the first compartment holds up to two rolls of toilet paper, while the second lidless compartment holds up to three... Agent: Thien Tran/ Access Patent Group, LLC

20100243661 - Device for containing the spillage of water from an appliance: A device for containing the spillage of water from an appliance such as a clothes washing machines, dishwashing machines, water heaters, water softeners, water coolers, refrigerators with water supply and other appliances, comprising, a tray having at least one wall and adapted to receive and support the appliance, drainage means... Agent: Miller, Canfield, Paddock And Stone

20100243662 - System and method for holding a hazardous substance: Systems and containers for holding and transporting potentially hazardous materials are disclosed. Assembled containers may have locking mechanisms reducing the possibility of the containers being opened by persons that are not opening the container in a safe environment. Moreover, containers with releasably securable members for carrying substances such as frozen... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100243663 - Container end closure: A metallic container end closure is provided which includes a channel or groove in a predetermined location in at least one of an inner panel wall, outer panel wall, or chuckwall, and which is formed by a shaping tool. An apparatus and method for spin-forming the end closure with the... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20100243664 - Container for lawn refuse and method for gathering lawn refuse: Portable container that can be filled with material and moved to another location at which the container is emptied of the material in accordance with the invention includes a wall-defining structure defining an interior receivable of the material and including at least one side wall and a bottom wall. A... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20100243665 - Dispensing container device: A dispensing container device for dispensing small solids such as pills, tablets, or candy, or liquids such as emulsions, gels, solvents, or aqueous solutions, comprising a base, a cover, and an insert. The base has a bottom wall and a curvilinear side wall having an upper edge, the side wall... Agent: Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP

20100237068 - Container with in-molded exposed panel: A container has a base bottom and a base side wall extending up from and circumferentially around a perimeter of the base bottom. The base side wall terminates at an upper end with a top opening at the upper end into an interior of the container. The base side wall... Agent: Lempia Braidwood LLC

20100237069 - Multi-layer container: One embodiment of the present invention provides a partly-biodegradable system, which comprises a non-biodegradable portion and a biodegradable portion wherein the non-biodegradable portion is easily separated from the biodegradable portion for disposal of the system. In certain embodiments, the system further comprises a cover layer of non-biodegradable film which adheres... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20100237070 - Storage container: A storage container for storing food items includes a base providing a storage cavity accessible by an opening and a detachable lid for covering the opening and enclosing the storage cavity. The lid may include a one-way valve to facilitate evacuation of the storage cavity after the lid has been... Agent: The Clorox Company

20100237071 - Vacuum cover: Disclosed herein is a vacuum cover, which is coupled to an object to define storage space isolated from the exterior, and moves in a direction that reduces the volume of the storage space due to its elasticity, thus discharging air from the storage space, therefore improving sealing ability and preventing... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20100237072 - Closure of vessel: Disclosed is a closure of a vessel that is prevented from being arbitrarily opened. The closure of a vessel comprises: an inner closure mounted to a vessel inlet of a vessel; an outer closure disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the inner closure so as to perform an idle... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100237073 - Self-opening closure with air inlet channel for composite packaging or for container necks to be sealed with foil material: The self-opening closure consists of a pouring spout (10), which can be assembled leak-proof on a combipack or on a container spout to be sealed with foil material, appropriate twist cap (9) as well as a self-opening sleeve (1) arranged inside the pouring spout (10). This can be made to... Agent: Yi Li

20100237074 - Receptacle with motion damper: A receptacle having one or more lids can be provided one or more dampers configured to slow the movement of the lids from their open position toward its closed position. The lids of the receptacle can have a shape which facilitates dampening of the movement of the lids from an... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100237075 - Sheet-material piercer for a container closure: A sheet-material piercer (1) for a container closure (2) of the push-pull type is of essentially rotationally symmetrical design and can be inserted into the container closure (2) in the direction of the axis of rotation of symmetry (R) such that it can be displaced axially independently of the push-pull... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20100237076 - Locking device for a lid: A locking device for a lid used with a transporting container that comprises a first half-shell, a second half-shell, and a pivoting bracket proximate the first half-shell and the second half-shell. The locking device further comprises a hinge-joint that includes a first hinge-joint portion at which the first half-shell is... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20100237077 - Covers for wineglasses or like containers: Cover means (10) for a wineglass or like container (24) are made from a flat sheet (10), and comprise means (20, 521) adapted to be bent from the sheet (10) and used to inhibit the cover means (10) from slipping off the container, which inhibiting means (20) comprise an inhibiting... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20100237078 - Travel beverage container: A beverage container comprises a body for containing a liquid, and a cover assembly for permitting drinking of liquids while preventing accidental spillage of same. The cover assembly includes an open state to permit liquid to be poured from the body and a closed state to prevent liquid from being... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP 5200 Bank Of America Plaza

20100237079 - Container and divider therefor: The present invention relates to a divider device for use with a container having at least one opening, each such opening having an associated cap. The divider device includes a dividing wall for releasable sealing engagement with an interior wall of the container and for dividing the container into two... Agent: Deborah A. Gador

20100237080 - Plastic fuel tank: The invention relates to a plastic fuel tank (1) for motor vehicles having at least one tank wall (2) surrounding at least one fuel volume, wherein the tank wall (2) is provided at least in a certain area or certain areas with means for increasing flexural rigidity in the form... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20100237081 - Inner shell for a pressure vessel: Disclosed is a vessel including an outer shell and an inner shell, the inner shell having spaced apart concave recesses formed therein to facilitate a thermal expansion and contraction of the inner shell to militate against failure thereof.... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20100237082 - Gel cushion mat: The invention is a pad having a layer of resilient gel disposed on a layer of foam. The gel layer is preferably a silicone gel or other resilient gel such as a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), SEBS or SEPS and the foam layer is preferably EVA foam. A soft rubber could... Agent: Gearhart Law LLC

20100237083 - Multi-functional base for a plastic, wide-mouth, blow-molded container: A container can have a body with an integrally formed base attached to the body. The base includes a concave annular wall extending from the container sidewall to a standing surface, and an inner wall extending from the standing surface to a substantially flat inner annular wall. The inner annular... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20100237084 - Rolling transport container: A rolling container for transporting items comprising: a storage compartment having an opening and one or more rolling mechanisms; said opening large enough to be lowered over the item to be transported; said storage compartment large enough to contain the item to be transported; said rolling mechanisms attached to the... Agent: Law Office Of Stacy Matulis

20100237085 - Splashguard for high flow vacuum bubbler vessel: The present invention is a container having a diptube inlet, at least one baffle disc positioned between the outlet of the diptube and the outlet of the container to provide a narrow annular space between the baffle disc and the sidewall of the container to prevent liquid droplets from entering... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20100237086 - Ergonomic container: A container has a side wall defining therein a hollow space, a bottom connected to the side wall, a top opposite the bottom, and a handle. The side wall has an exterior surface. The top connects to the side wall and has a dispensing orifice. The handle has a first... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20100237087 - Operative-functional improvement of liquid pouring: This invention consists of an innovation in the means of holding and pouring liquid. This mechanically engineered invention is applied to manually operated containers that can hold a variety of hot or cold liquids. The main advantage lies in the fact that the user avoids any kind of wrist turning... Agent: Matthew Murasko And Martin Giroud

20100237088 - Container for food products: Various packages for food products are provided herein. In one embodiment, a food package comprises a rectangular substantially planar rigid bottom wall; two slanted side/side walls extending angularly upwardly from the bottom wall, and a rectangular opening opposite the bottom wall, the opening larger in area than the rectangular rigid... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20100230405 - Biodegradable resin composition utilized in the manufacture of biodegradable containers, biodegradable containers, and method of manufacture: A biodegradable resin composition utilized in the manufacture of biodegradable bottles and other biodegradable containers, and a method of manufacturing such containers via injection molding and ultrasonic welding. A biodegradable resin composition includes, in percent by weight: 1 to 80% starch; 1 to 8% cellulose; 1 to 5% sodium stearate;... Agent: Angela M. Miller, Esquire Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster Kantor & Reed, P.A.

20100230406 - Folding container: A lock member L1 including an operation portion L1a and a lock bar L1b is disposed on each of first opposite side walls 2 to be brought down firstly toward a bottom portion 1, and a pivotal shaft 13 formed in the operation portion is pivotally supported in a bearing... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20100230407 - Flexible package and method thereof: An improved flexible package and method thereof are disclosed herein. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a package system comprises a flexible package having at least a front wall, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and a plurality of side walls; and a locking... Agent: Maldjian & Fallon LLC

20100230408 - System for interconnecting covered under-bed storage boxes: An under-bed storage box comprises a shallow (3″-10″) lower portion such as a bin, open-top box, tub or tray, which is covered or coverable by a shallow complementary shaped lid having a perimeter which comes down around the upper rim outside the lower portion, and the lower portion has connecting... Agent: Levisohn Berger, LLP

20100230409 - Floating roof emergency draining system sealing valve: e. the valve seal element in the open position being at least partially below the fluid discharge passage in the bottom part bore, thus providing a passageway, when the valve seal element is in the open position, for fluid to flow through the top part bore, past the shoulder and... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20100230410 - Twist cap closure assembly: A twist cap closure assembly comprising: an injection moulded thermoplastic base (1) including a tubular part, which has an interior side defining a channel in said tubular part and also has an exterior side, said tubular part forming a mouth of said channel at one end thereof, an injection moulded... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP 5200 Bank Of America Plaza

20100230411 - Resealable tray container: A container for food product includes a film affixed to a food tray. The film forms a top of the container and has an access opening. The sealing label, adhesively sealed to the top around the opening, is resealable when a tab of the sealing label is pulled back. The... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20100230412 - Life safety mouting system and method: A life safety assembly includes an attachment stud configured to attach to a surface, and a life safety device that is mountable on the attachment stud. The life safety device has a receptacle configured to receive and interlock with the attachment stud to mount the life safety device with respect... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20100230413 - Paint can liner: A multipurpose attachment for cylindrical cans containing paints, varnishes and the like, which snap-fit engages to the top of the open cans and having uniformly thin, structurally rigid, and singularly molded construction that is disposable. The paint can liner protects the can's sealing channel into which the lid of a... Agent: Cleve Crudgington

20100230414 - Energy generating modules with fuel chambers: A fuel module comprises an enclosure and a fuel chamber. In one exemplary embodiment, the fuel chamber comprises a primary containment tank contained within a secondary containment tank. The enclosure comprises a plurality of exterior enclosure walls and a plurality of interior enclosure walls that cooperate to form the secondary... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20100230415 - Fuel container: The invention relates to a fuel tank (1) consisting of thermoplastic, with at least one continuous seam (3), with a filler orifice, with means for aeration and venting and with means for the conveyance and extraction of fuel which are in the form of at least one fuel conveying unit... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20100230416 - Storage vessel chamber for storing fuels such as hydrogen: e

20100230417 - Vessel for a compressed gas and method for producing the vessel: The present invention relates to a vessel for a compressed gaseous fuel. The vessel has a non-cylindrical shape and is provided with a bulk head within the vessel. The vessel is surrounded by a composite comprising a fibre reinforcement that is wound around the vessel. The vessel comprises a liner... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20100230418 - Reservoir assembly: A reservoir assembly for containing a non-corrosive liquid and a gas containing an evaporated liquid. The reservoir assembly includes a main reservoir having a main reservoir bottom wall, a main reservoir top wall and a main reservoir peripheral wall extending therebetween. An auxiliary reservoir, is provided having an auxiliary reservoir... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20100230419 - Food and drink tray: Food and drink trays have flat surfaces and peripheral edges with openings adapted for receiving and securely carrying a plurality of beverage and food containers. A bearing member attachable to a tray has an arched configuration and fits over the forearm of a user, while a gripping member attachable to... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20100230420 - System and method for serving food: Systems and methods for serving food, which employ stackable containers. The system includes a first container, a second container, and a support structure having top and bottom tiers for receiving the first and second containers, respectively. The first container features two or more compartments into which food may be placed.... Agent: James David Johnson, P.A.

20100230421 - Method for manufacturing a pot-shaped pressure vessel, and such a pressure vessel: A method for manufacturing a pot-shaped pressure vessel, in particular an air spring pot for a vehicle, comprises the following steps: providing a pot, which comprises a bottom, which comprises at least one aperture, providing at least one screw, which comprises a head and a shank, inserting the shank of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100230422 - Tank for high pressure fluids: The present invention is a tank suitable to contain high pressure fluids, especially for compressed natural gas used for automotive purposes. The tank has a discoid shape to be easily placed on board of vehicles. The tank comprises a sealed internal core and an external coating made through a twisted... Agent: Cook Alex Ltd

20100230423 - Method of manufacturing low-temperature storage, and low-temperature storage: An object is to provide a method of manufacturing a low-temperature storage in which an insulating performance of an insulating box article is enhanced, and an amount of contents of an inner box can be enlarged. In the low-temperature storage comprising: the insulating box article constituted by placing a foamed... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20100230424 - Portable insulated container: A portable insulated container is formed of an inner shell and an outer shell connected together to form the container with a space between the inner shell and the outer shell for an insulting material. An insulation material fills at least a part of the space between the inner and... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20100230425 - Profile for panels and method for its fastening: A profile (2) comprises a rounded upper portion (6) and a lower portion (7) and is suitable for being fastened onto an edge (3) of a panel (4a) by means of fastening means (5). The lower portion (7) comprises a first wall (7a) suitable for mating with the panel (4a)... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20100230426 - Protective caps for wiper blades: A protective cap for a wiper blade includes a body and a pair of clamping legs. The wiper blade includes a support element and a wiper strip attached to the support element. The body defines a receiving space for receiving a longitudinal end of a wiper strip. The clamping legs... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/ann Arbor

20100230427 - Grab bar for a waste container: A waste cart includes a container having a wall, with a pocket formed in an outer surface of the wall that creates a first sidewall facing a second sidewall, with an opening formed in both sidewalls. A grab bar has a free-sliding end and a retention end. The free-sliding end... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20100230428 - Variable height adjustable storage capacity container: An adjustable storage container is formed with a removable lid that fits telescopically over the bottom section. The container's storage capacity is adjustable based upon the ability to increase and/or decrease the container's capacity by changing the orientation of the lid placement telescopically over the container bottom. Key slot ledges... Agent: David Sean Mattox

20100224624 - Container interconnect: The container interconnect has a hollow male component installed on the floor steel panel of a container. A corresponding hollow female component is installed on the roof panel. Aligned and stacked containers automatically interconnect via the container interconnect because the container interconnect has a flange, seal and quick release fastener... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20100224625 - Knockdown container: [Means of Solution] A knockdown container A having a hook member 4 attached to the sleeve 2 such as to be rotatable in a plane parallel to the surface of the sleeve 2, and a receptacle portion 12 formed in the pallet 1 to retain the hook member 4. Alternatively,... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20100224626 - Non-metallic -tank anti-leak, self-sealing coating: A differential-thickness, self-sealing, anti-leak, all-over coating for the outside surface of a fuel container formed of HDPE plastic material and characterized with differentiated high and low puncture-threat regions. The coating includes, for the high-threat regions, a plural-layer portion possessing (a) an inner, high-elastomeric layer bonded substantially directly to the overlying... Agent: Robert D. Varitz, P.C.

20100224628 - Beverage can assembly: A beverage can assembly, for precluding contamination of a beverage contained there within on opening of the beverage can assembly and during distribution of the beverage from the beverage can assembly, includes a beverage can, a tab and a spout. The beverage can is adapted to store the beverage there... Agent: Jay M. Schloff

20100224627 - Receptacle with motion damper for lid, air filtration device, and anti-sliding mechanism: A receptacle having a lid can be provided with a pair of dampers configured to slow the movement of the lid from its open position toward its closed position. The dampers can be provided at opposite ends of a pedal connected to the receptacle body at opposite lateral positions relative... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100224629 - Aseptic packs: A liquid pack with a filling gland having a post fill sealed membrane interposed between the product and the, or a, surround of the opening into die filling gland. An insertor integral part of the filling gland defines a dispensing gland, piercing adaptor and/or collar. This has been both (i)... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20100224630 - Tamper evident container with pull tab: Container includes a base, a cover, and a pull tab. The base has a bottom, a side wall extending upwardly from the bottom, and a rim at an upper edge portion of the side wall. The cover has a closed condition and an open condition and an outer edge portion... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20100224631 - Cap adapted to engage container with another object: A cap may be adapted to engage a container and may preferably be adapted to facilitate engaging the container with another object or may be adapted to otherwise possibly simplify transport, use, or storage of the container.... Agent: Garcia-zamor Intellectual Property Law Attn: Ruy Garcia-zamor

20100224632 - Plug device for a container and container provided with one such device: The closure device (500) comprises a stopper (501) made of elastomer and a cover (502) suitable for covering both the neck (12) of a container and stopper (501) in place in said neck (12). The cover (502) is made of plastics material and comprises a ring (503) and a drive... Agent: Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20100224633 - Product packaging systems and methods: Disclosed is a product package which includes a packaging sleeve and a product container. The packaging sleeve has a first end that defines an opening and a closed second end. The sleeve includes at least one pair of locking tabs projecting from the first end, each locking tab including a... Agent: Meadwestvaco Corporation Attn:IPLegal Department

20100224634 - Liner for trash container: A liner for a waste basket or trash container having flexible side walls, a top portion and a bottom portion. The cross-section of the liner closely conforms to the cross-section of the container. An elastic band is attached circumferentially about the top portion of the liner. The elastic band retains... Agent: Hodes Pessin & Katz, P.A. Suite 400

20100224635 - Three partitioned liquor container: A three partitioned container that can hold up to three separate liquors and/or beverages in one container. The container includes three compartments, each of which is dedicated to the containment one or more type of liquids. In a first embodiment, the plastic lid of the container which is hollow and... Agent: Eric Spann

20100224636 - Performance test methods for cookware: Test methods are provided for evaluating the performance of cookware. One example test evaluates the durability of the cookware's grate-contacting surface, and includes a heat-abrasion phase on a cooking device's grate, a food-baking phase using a cooking-surface staining food item and/or a common food-cooking substance, and/or a solution-soaking phase using... Agent: Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva, PC

20100224637 - Heat insulated container: An inside wall surface of the exterior sleeve is provided with a shrink-deformable film, an upper portion of the shrink-deformable film is bonded to an upper portion of the exterior sleeve beyond the slit forming section, whereas a middle section covering the slit forming section is free from bonding, a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20100224638 - Nanoparticle thin-film coatings for enhancement of boiling heat transfer: A superhydrophilic thin film is formed on a metal surface of a boiler vessel to alter the wettability and roughness of the surface, which, in turn, changes the boiling behavior at the surface. The superhydrophilic film is formed by depositing a layer of a first ionic species on the surface... Agent: Modern Times Legal

20100224639 - Liquid container capable of self-generating power and showing temprature: A liquid container capable of self-generating power and showing temperature, comprising: a) a containing body consisting of a housing and an inner wall, a gap being formed between the housing and the inner wall; b) a circuit board positioned within the gap; c) a temperature sensor positioned in the gap... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20100224640 - Transformer oil holding assembly: A transformer oil holding assembly for holding transformer oil. The transformer oil holding assembly includes a tank subassembly with one or more tanks for containing the transformer oil, the tank subassembly having a lower exterior surface adapted for engagement with a ground surface, and one or more sets of wheels... Agent: Valentine A Cottrill Susan Tandan

20100224641 - Heat flap cup sleeve: A cup holder sleeve is formed in pre-assembled, flat-folded form by die cutting a long, flat band from paperboard material. The flat sleeve has fold lines scored into the band at spaced apart positions tapering toward each other, and side edges at opposite ends of the band. The opposite ends... Agent: Robert Dale Hanel

20100224642 - System, method and apparatus for rotatable display and server ensemble having reconfigurable and interchangeable components: A rotatable centerpiece provides a decorative element for displaying and serving food items on a dining table with reconfigurable and interchangeable components. The centerpiece provides connectable containers for food, condiments, nuts and the like, and decorative items such as flowers, arrangements or fish in water. A base assembly includes a... Agent: Larson Newman & Abel, LLP

20100224643 - Dispensing closure: A dual action living hinge is disclosed. The dual action living hinge includes two hinge members flexibly interconnected by a connecting element. The hinge members are adapted to be folded about a geometric axis of the connecting element. The connecting element further contains a recession at each axial end along... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20100224644 - Rounded packaging for comestibles: The present invention includes a package for holding comestible products and blanks for forming the same. The packages can have opposing side walls with generally rounded contoured bottom and top ends and bottom and top walls that conform to the round bottom and top end so that the bottom and... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20100224645 - Ball and socket closing lid: A cover assembly for a beverage container includes a ball and socket assembly having a ball member and a corresponding socket member. The socket member includes extendable arms that engage the ball member. The ball and socket assembly permits the cover to be polyaxially rotated with respect to the beverage... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle

20100224646 - High moisture barrier and self-desiccating container with living hinge: A self desiccating container with a living hinge includes a container body made from a resin bonded sorbent and at least one attachment feature, and a container closure having a closure portion engageable with the container body to close the body and an attachment feature compatible with the attachment feature... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

20100219185 - Sealing system for pressure vessels: A pressure vessel that includes a housing having separable portions is provided. A seal is provided in a groove formed between the separable portions. A retaining mechanism is provided for retaining the seal in the groove, wherein the seal is prevented from obstructing a passageway formed between the separable portions... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP Newark

20100219186 - Plastic cap having a pouring protrusion: [Means for Solution] A bill 20 is formed at an upper end portion of the pouring cylinder 11 provided in a top panel 5 of a cap body 1, the bill 20 protruding outward in an inclined manner, a lower end of the pouring cylinder 11 is forming a seal... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20100219187 - Can covers and cans having the same: A can cover comprising: a top panel having an opening portion with a score line engraved on the top panel; a rotational tab rotatably installed on the top panel; and a severance initializing means for connecting the rotational tab and an area adjacent to the score line of the top... Agent: Stein Mcewen, LLP

20100219188 - Aluminum container: An aluminum container for dispensing beverage, includes a can having a cylindrical side wall, and transverse top and bottom walls. A pull tab mechanism is provided on the top wall to effect opening of the container. The transverse top wall has an upstanding peripheral rim, with one or two interrupted... Agent: K. Gibner Lehmann

20100219189 - Retractable and flexible plastic container for liquids: This invention relates to the structure of a corrugated tube which can be compressed and extended but also it can adapt to all the inclinations required by the user, being really retractable and flexible. This fact can be adopted for the production of a special urinal but also of a... Agent: Bucknam And Archer

20100219190 - Cap seal for container such as drum, and doubly-sealing apparatus of container such as drum using the same: A cap seal and a doubly-sealing apparatus of a container such as a drum using the same, which execute a reliable sealing function of a cap part of the container such as the drum. Double sealing of the cap part of the container such as the drum due to the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100219191 - Waste receptacle: A waste receptacle has an outer cabinet housing and a waste or trash bag support frame that can be moved from a position where it is at least partially within the cabinet, to a position where the support frame is extended sufficiently so it can be rotated about an upright... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20100219192 - Dividable step garbage can: A garbage can including a can portion having a bottom wall, a tubular wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall and including an upper rim, an inner chamber defined by the bottom wall and the tubular wall, and an open top, a bar adapted to be removably secured simultaneously to... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20100219193 - Container stacking system with universal members: Universal members placed between containers having different stacking patterns permit stacking of these containers regardless of the type of container positioned as the bottom container. The universal members include an appropriate thickness and a plurality of openings configured to receive the different stacking patterns. Depending on the containers being stacked,... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20100219194 - Toilet bowl curtain element: A curtain element for a toilet bowl lower area has two curtain members spaced from one another in a transverse direction and adapted to be located at both sides of a toilet bowl, two pockets each attached to a respective one of the curtain members, and two attaching members each... Agent: Ilya Zborovsky

20100219195 - Sleeve for a container: An adjustable sleeve is disclosed that employs a pivot region which allows rotation of the first end of the sleeve relative to the second end of the sleeve. Rotation about the pivot region allows the sleeve size to adapt to many different sizes and tapers of containers. Rotation results in... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20100219196 - Portable pet water bowl tote: A Portable Pet Water Bowl Tote. The bowl and assembly provides a pet owner with a portable source for water that also functions as the pet's drinking bowl. The tote has a carrying strap that will allow the device to be comfortably carried over the owner's shoulder or alternatively strapped... Agent: Steins & Associates

20100219197 - Container seal, container lid and container: The invention relates to a container seal, in particular for a milk container (7′), whereby said container seal may be mounted in a container lid (6′) and manually operated without tools. According to the invention, the container seal is at least partly made from plastic and may be inserted in... Agent: Gallagher & Kennedy, P. A.