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Tear resistant bag

Patent Number: 8444320
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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A tie bag for storing refuse or garbage includes an undulating top edge defining an opening to the bag. The top edge may include two flaps and two valleys. In one embodiment, the valley may include a flat portion at the bottom of the valley. The flaps may be tied together to at least partially close the bag. The bag further may include a first seam that intersects the flat portion of the valley. The flat portion reduces the possibility of tearing the seam. In another embodiment, the valley ...

Bag with improved features

Patent Number: 8444319
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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The bag for receiving refuse may include a bag body, the bag body including an inside surface, an outside surface, and a rim defining a mouth. The bag may also include a first strip of material disposed on the inside surface of the bag body proximate the rim. The strip may include an inside surface, an outside surface that faces the inside surface of the body, a top edge, and a bottom edge. The bag may also include a front wall, a back wall, and a hem, the hem including a drawstring. The ...

UTV gun mount system

Patent Number: 8444034
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A gun mounting apparatus for utility terrain vehicles comprising: a first inverted L-shaped tubular member comprising a first attacher, a second inverted L-shaped tubular member comprising a second attacher, an obliquely oriented tubular member having a first tubular member end and a second tubular member end with a gun grip attached to each tubular member end and a first elastic cord and a second elastic cord. The first and the second inverted L-shaped tubular member may be partially ...

Device for attaching accessories to bars, application to motor vehicle roof rail bars

Patent Number: 8444033
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventors: ;

A device for attaching accessories to a vehicle roof bar, the device comprising, a threaded control rod, two threaded nuts threaded onto the control rod, two guide bodies, wherein each of the guide bodies has one of the threaded nuts positioned within the guide body, a C-shaped rail, wherein each of the guide bodies and each of the threaded nuts are positioned within the C-shaped rail; two jaws, each of the jaws being attached to one of the guide bodies and a first portion of each jaw being ...

Collapsible vehicle-mounted equipment carrier

Patent Number: 8444032
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A vehicle-mounted equipment carrier includes a hub portion to which is secured a number of vehicle-engaging and equipment-engaging support members. The various support members are each connected to sections of the hub that are movable relative to one another and that include engagement structure to hold the hub sections in desired angular positions with respect to one another. The hub sections can be moved upon disengagement of a clamping mechanism that compresses the hub sections into ...

Prop-supporting harness for a stage performer

Patent Number: 8444031
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventors: ;

A harness for the wearing of at least one stage prop by a stage performer includes a frame with a backrest suitable for supporting the stage prop, and elements forming shoulder supports suitable for positioning and/or maintaining the harness in place on the artist's shoulders. The backrest and the elements forming the shoulder supports are rigid. The elements forming the shoulder supports are coupled to the backrest by a pair of elastic coupling ...

Tampon holster system

Patent Number: 8444030
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

An outer case has a lower portion with front, rear and side faces. The side faces couple the front and rear faces. The lower portion terminates in an open lower end and an upper end. The outer case has an upper portion terminating in a closed upper end. The outer case has a lower end. An inner case has front, rear, and side faces. The side faces couple the front and rear faces. The upper portion terminates in an open upper end and a lower end. The inner case has a lower portion terminating ...

Device for ejecting droplets of a fluid having a high temperature

Patent Number: 8444028
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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In a jetting device for ejecting droplets of a relatively hot fluid, a fluid chamber body is made of a heat resistant material and an inner surface of the fluid chamber body, the inner surface defining a fluid chamber of the jetting device, is wettable by the fluid. This configuration provides that no additional force needs to be applied for forcing the fluid into an orifice, i.e. a narrow tube leading towards a ...

One way valve assembly

Patent Number: 8444027
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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A one way valve assembly flows a sterile flowable substance from a source to an outlet orifice and prevents any backflow of contaminants through the one way valve assembly when the flowable substance ceases to flow. The valve assembly includes an elastomeric membrane which aids in preventing any backflow of contaminants when dispensing of the flowable substance is ...

Dual activated actuator cap

Patent Number: 8444026
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventors: ; ; ;

A single piece actuator includes first and second actuating members. A dispensing orifice is disposed between the first and second actuating members. A manifold is in fluid communication with the dispensing orifice. The manifold includes a base adapted to impinge a valve stem of a container and place same in fluid communication with the ...

Discharge apparatus comprising rotating device

Patent Number: 8444025
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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A discharge apparatus comprising at least one container (1; 101) is provided, said container receiving a component and having an outlet (2) and a discharge element (3, 103). The discharge apparatus further comprises a rotating device, which has a drive member (4; 104) and a rotating member (5; 105), wherein upon a rotation of the rotating member relative to the drive member the drive member is moved in the axial direction and drives the discharge element ...

Head part module of a discharge pump for a discharge container and a discharge pump comprising a head part module and a pump part module

Patent Number: 8444024
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A head part module of a discharge pump for a discharge container, in which the head part of the pump mechanism can be readily varied. A head part module of a discharge pump includes a mounting cap having a link cylinder upwardly extending via an inward flange from an upper end of a mounting cylinder: a cover ring having a top plate with a through hole in the middle part thereof, an outer wall hanging from an outer circumference of the top plate, a first fitting strip and a second fitting ...

Push-button for a system for dispensing a product under pressure

Patent Number: 8444023
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A push-button for a system for dispensing a product under pressure, the push-button includes an actuator body having an orifice for ejecting the product, a closing off valving element of the ejection orifice and a sleeve having a mounting well of the push-button on a feed tube for the product under pressure, the body being slidably mounted around the sleeve between a high position and a low position by forming between them a space for carrying the product from the mounting well to the ...

Pouring device with deformable spout

Patent Number: 8444022
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A pouring device includes a container, a stiffening member with first and second stiffening portions having respective terminating ends spaced from each other. The first and second stiffening portions are coupled to the container with a deformable region of the container being positioned between the terminating ends of the first and second stiffening portions. The deformable region can be more resilient than the stiffening member to form a pour spout at least in part from the deformable ...

Water on demand bag

Patent Number: 8444021
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A portable, disposable water pack. The water pack is comprised of a light weight, water impervious bag having an opening with a water tube inserted there through. The invention pack has two plastic handle strips attached thereto. The invention pack also has a preformed, tear-down notch formed ...

Assembly for hand held or remote elevated operation of aerosol spray cans

Patent Number: 8444020
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

Assembly for hand held or remote elevated operation of most modern style aerosol cans. The assembly comprises a frame having a handle, a saddle, a swiveling threaded adaptor, and an activating linkage. An aerosol can is held to the device with a clamp. For use in a manual fashion, the user may grasp the handle and depress a lever link of the activating linkage, such with a thumb or palm of a hand. For use in an elevated position, the assembly can be threaded onto a painters' extension pole ...

Wipe and seal product pump

Patent Number: 8444019
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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A product dispensing system is provided. The product dispensing system includes a dispensing device and a sealing assembly. The dispensing device is configured and arranged to pass product out of a dispensing orifice in the product dispensing system. The sealing assembly is configured and arranged to wipe and seal the dispensing orifice to prevent exposure of unused product with ambient air when the product dispensing system is not dispensing ...

Extrusion device

Patent Number: 8444018
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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An extrusion device for the extrusion of single- or multi-component materials from at least one container is provided. The extrusion device includes a housing having a functional section and a manual operation section. The housing extends substantially along an axial direction. The functional section includes at least one container receptacle. The manual operation section includes a lever arrangement via which an extrusion rod arrangement can be actuated to extrude materials from the at ...

Pump-equipped container and duplex discharge container

Patent Number: 8444017
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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A pump-equipped container (10) includes a tubular container body (11) that is made of a sheet material having flexibility and a pump device (13) that includes a pump body (15) and a nozzle portion (14). A one-end section of the container body is closed off, and the pump device (13) is attached to the other-end section of the container body. The pump body (15) has an outer-circumferential-surface section (16) that comes into close ...

Apparatus for dispensing milk-based products

Patent Number: 8444016
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

An apparatus for dispensing milk-based beverages comprises a milk container (4), a pump (8) for conveying the milk from the milk container (4) to a milk outlet (20), supply means (13, 14) for supplying at least one flavoring agent to the milk and means for mixing the at least one flavoring agent with the milk. To this end, a coolable cabinet (2), into which the milk container (4) can be inserted, is arranged in a housing (1). Via a ...

Fluid dispensing apparatus

Patent Number: 8444015
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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A fluid dispensing apparatus is configured to dispense a predetermined volume of fluid, and includes a fluid reservoir to hold a fluid to be dispensed, a dispense tube to dispense the fluid, and an elevator mechanism. The fluid reservoir receives a fluid from a fluid supply. A dispense tube has a dispense outlet, and is connected to an outlet port on the fluid reservoir. The elevator mechanism changes a relative vertical displacement between the dispense outlet and the outlet port. ...

System and method for fraud detection by low flow rate monitoring at a fuel dispenser

Patent Number: 8444014
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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A system and method of detecting fuel theft at a fuel dispenser. The system has a fluid flow meter, a pulser operatively coupled to said fluid flow meter, and a control system in electrical communication with the pulser. The control system is configured to calculate a flow rate of fuel being dispensed from a gasoline dispenser during a single dispensing transaction. The flow rate is sampled at predetermined time intervals during the single dispensing transaction. The system then compares ...

Food topping device including a vibration device and adjustable discharge pan and screen assembly

Patent Number: 8444013
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A food topping device for dispensing a food toppings. The food topping device includes a hopper that receives a food topping. The hopper directs the supply of the food topping onto the base plate of a discharge pan. The angle of the discharge pan relative to horizontal can be selectively adjusted. A vibration device is coupled to the discharge pan. When the vibration device is activated, the vibration of the discharge pan helps the food topping to overcome the angle of repose and flow down ...

Single piece device for storing, metering and mixing a powder with a diluent

Patent Number: 8444012
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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A device stores and meters a powder and mixes the powder with a diluent to prepare a food product. The device is able to be connected to a tank containing the diluent and to a source of air. The device includes a multidose container to form a reserve of powder, a powder dosing system, a powder duct integrated in an air chamber that can carry air around the powder duct outlet. The powder duct outlet emerges in a mixing chamber that includes a diluent inlet and a food product outlet, the ...

Tapping apparatus with pressure control means

Patent Number: 8444011
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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A tapping apparatus (1), provided with a container (2) and a pressure control device (10) for controlling pressure in an inner space (3) of the container, wherein the pressure control device (10) includes a compartment (31) with a pressure medium therein and a dispensing opening (30) with a valve mechanism (12), wherein an operating element (15) is provided for operation of the valve mechanism by a user, for supplying an amount ...

Food product dispensing apparatus

Patent Number: 8444010
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A food dispensing device having a frame with first and second sidewalls in spaced parallel relation that house a heating board and a slant board. The slant board is positioned below the heating board and both slope downwardly. Specifically, the heating board has a plurality of slots therein such that juice from a food product flows through the slots and onto the slant board. Adjacent and below the heating board and slant board is a flange that is positioned such that when a food product is ...

Object block magazine

Patent Number: 8444009
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A magazine having compartments for receiving cassettes has an outer housing having an open top and an open front side. An inner housing within the outer housing encloses an interior space and defines a plurality of compartments. The inner housing has opposing sidewalls, and spring elements form the compartments. A generally U-shaped feed element is mounted on the inner housing movably reciprocally in the longitudinal direction over a depth of the compartment so that the feed element moves a ...

Tissue holder and dispenser

Patent Number: 8444008
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A tissue holder and dispenser includes a cuboid shaped housing having a front panel, two planer side panels and a planer rear panel as well as a planer bottom panel and an open top. The front planer panel includes a horizontal slot through which individual tissues are dispensed while one side wall includes a rectangular opening through which an empty tissue box can be ejected by pushing it out of the housing with a finger inserted through a circular opening on the opposite side wall that is ...

Inner wipes

Patent Number: 8444007
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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The present invention provides a dispenser for moisturized sheets in the core of a toilet paper roll. Not only are wet and dry wipes provided coincidentally, the location is particularly handy for toilet use. In a utilization of existing bathroom fixtures, the novel concept offsets the rotational axis of the toilet paper roll to make an aperture available to dispense the moisturized sheets from the volume of the core previously occupied by the conventional spool. The invention further ...

Packet dispenser

Patent Number: 8444006
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A dispensing container (12, 212) for housing and sequentially dispensing packets (124) is taught. Also taught are the carton blanks (10, 210) for erecting the respective containers. A length of packets created by severably attaching sequential packets (124) along respective tear lines (129) is rolled or folded then positioned within the container for later dispensing. Child-resistance features that impede removal of each packet (124) include routing ...

Hot fill type plastic container

Patent Number: 8443995
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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A hot fill type plastic container includes a bottom portion and a main body having a vacuum uptake portion that is bounded by upper and lower horizontal grooves. The vacuum uptake portion has four side panel portions, and each of the side panel portions has at least one vertical groove defined therein. The vertical grooves are substantially centered with respect to the side panel portions. No surface features other than the vertical grooves are included on the side panel portions. The main ...

Tethered bottle cap assembly with means to retain a detached cap portion

Patent Number: 8443994
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

The present invention is a bottle cap assembly including an anchor, a cap portion, and a retaining device. The anchor attaches to a bottle and has a threaded neck and a ridge extending outward from the threaded neck. The cap portion removably attaches to the anchor and the bottle. The cap portion has a retaining sleeve along an entire circumference of the cap portion. The retaining device keeps the cap portion connected to the anchor, so that the cap portion is not lost. The retaining ...

Bottle cap assembly with means to retain a detached cap portion

Patent Number: 8443993
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

The present invention is a bottle cap assembly comprising an anchor for attachment to a bottle and a cap portion removably attached to the anchor. The anchor has a first connector, and the cap portion has a second connector. The second connector removably engages the first connector, when the cap portion detaches from the anchor, and extends around the circumference of the cap portion, so that the cap portion can be attached to the first connector in any orientation. The first connector can ...

Package for medicament

Patent Number: 8443978
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A package for a medicament, the package comprising a sleeve and a slide, the slide having a medicament region for containing medicament,

- the sleeve having opposed first and second major surfaces connected and spaced apart by a side wall to define an internal volume, the side wall further defining a slide opening,
- the slide being movable parallel to a slide axis between a position in which the medicament region is substantially within the ...

Blister package apparatus and methods for tablets

Patent Number: 8443977
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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Disclosed are blister package apparatuses and methods for use with tablets such as soft or breakable tablets that cannot be forced through a push-through layer. Specifically, a package for soft tablets can include a pair of blister strips, each blister strip having a plastic sheet, a plurality of recesses formed in the plastic sheet, and a peel-away backing layer for covering the recesses. A plurality of support posts can secure the blister strips together, and a spacer element can extend ...

Enhanced edge protector

Patent Number: 8443975
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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An edge protector includes a first section formed from a laminate of paper or paperboard plies. The first section being formed in an angled configuration defining first and second legs and defining a first apex therebetween. In addition, the first apex defines first inside and second outside corners and the first and second legs and the first apex define a first width. The edge protector also includes a second section formed from a laminate of paper or paperboard plies overlying a core ...

Rolled memory foam bedding article having a plurality of roll portions

Patent Number: 8443974
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A bedding article is compressed and rolled from two side edges to form a rolled bedding article having two rolled portions. The rolled bedding article is fitted into a rectangular prism-shaped container. The container depth is smaller than the container width or height. The depth extends in a depth dimension that is perpendicular to the roll axes of the rolled portions. Multiple containers that contain such rolled bedding articles are placed on a retail-store merchandise shelf. The shelf ...

Receiving device for tool bits

Patent Number: 8443973
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A receiving device for tool bits includes a receiving body, at least one receiving space defined on one end of the receiving body, each receiving space having a plurality of first protrusions adequately located therein, each of the receiving space having a plurality of position spaces separated by the first protrusions, the position space having two pairs of fourth protrusions abutting against the periphery of the tool bit so that the tool bit is positioned at the position space and would ...

Hang tag assembly for a hole saw

Patent Number: 8443972
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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A method of packaging a hole saw includes positioning a circular cutting edge portion of the hole saw against a surface of a base member of a hang tag assembly. The base member includes a post that extends from the surface into a hollow interior defined by the hole saw. A cap member of the hang tag assembly is positioned adjacent a mounting portion of the hole saw. The cap member includes a stem and a display card portion. The stem is advanced through a bore defined in the mounting portion ...

Decorative case

Patent Number: 8443971
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A case for a portable electronic device that includes a first section having a first plurality of apertures, a second section having a second plurality of apertures, and a plurality of decorative pieces that have a base. The second section is slideable in relation to the first section such that the second plurality of apertures overlaps the first plurality of apertures when the first section and the second section are in a first position or in a second position. The base of each decorative ...

Dispensing capsule

Patent Number: 8443970
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A dispensing capsule has a diaphragm button, stake and frangible membrane for a system for selectively dispersing the contents of a cup into an attached bottle. A frangible membraned cup has a diaphragm button operably attached to a stake with the stake's sharp point at one end and the diaphragm button on the opposing end. A cavity is disposed in the cup for consumable product defined by side walls and a base plate. Preloaded ingredients contained within the hermetically sealed cup are ...

Ingredient release spout

Patent Number: 8443969
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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An ingredient release spout. The ingredient release spout may include a cap, an ingredient capsule separate from the cap, a capsule nest with the ingredient capsule therein, and a base. The capsule nest and the ingredient capsule being separate such that the capsule nest is engageable with the ...

Package for containers

Patent Number: 8443968
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A package for holding a plurality of containers. The package comprises panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the package. The panels comprise a top panel and at least one side panel foldably connected to the top panel. A plurality of features in the top panel receives and holds a top portion of the plurality of containers. Each of the plurality of features comprises an opening in the top panel wherein the top panel has at least two edges at least partially forming a ...

Gift card sleeve

Patent Number: 8443967
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A gift card holder including a sliding panel for holding a gift card, the panel being mounted in a sleeve or box so that when the cover flap of the sleeve is opened the panel may be pulled upward and out of the sleeve to reveal a gift card secured upon the ...

Apparatus and method for sealing portions of a wellbore

Patent Number: 8443907
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

An apparatus for controlling fluid flow in a borehole in an earth formation includes: a carrier configured to be deployed in the borehole; and a sealing device including at least one deformable element disposed at the carrier, the deformable element configured to have a first position and a second position, the first position forming a void in the sealing device configured to retain a flowable sealing material therein, the second position causing the void to be in flowable communication ...

Tools and methods useful with wellbore reverse circulation

Patent Number: 8443906
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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A method for reverse circulating a tool upwardly through a wellbore, the method including: providing a manipulator tool including an upper end and a lower end, conveying the manipulator tool down hole to a position adjacent a downhole tool, using the manipulator tool to manipulate the downhole tool, and reversing fluid flow through the well to create a pressure differential about at least one of the manipulator tool and the downhole tool such that the at least one of the manipulator tool ...

Re-latch mechanism for wellbore liner system

Patent Number: 8443905
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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A tool for releaseably coupling a first tubing to a second tubing in a wellbore has a tubular mandrel configured to couple to and be carried into the wellbore by the first tubing. A collet ring is in an interior of the mandrel and has a plurality of collets to engage the second tubing. A releasing piston is carried in the interior of the mandrel to change between supporting the collet ring such that the collets can release from the profile and allowing the collet ring to lock such that the ...

Continuous communications conduit apparatus and method

Patent Number: 8443904
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A continuous communications conduit for use in a well is disclosed. A first 101 and second 102 conduit section are threadably engaged and a weldment is formed 200. A heat shield conduit 220 can be disposed within a bore (111, 112) of a conduit section (101, 102) between a first conduit section shoulder 151 and a second conduit section shoulder 152. A first 301, second 302, and third 303 conduit section can be ...

Pump down swage expansion method

Patent Number: 8443903
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventors: ; ;

The tubular string to be expanded is run in on a running string. The swage assembly has a seal from the running string to the existing tubular and the top of the tubular string to be expanded also has a similar seal against the exiting tubular. Annulus pressure around the running string drives the swage assembly to support the expanded tubular to the exiting tubular and to continue expansion to the end of the tubular. Cementing then takes place followed by reconfiguring the swage assembly ...

Time-controlled release device for wireline conveyed tools

Patent Number: 8443902
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A time controlled release device for down line tools includes an outer housing, a disconnect housing releasably coupled to the outer housing, and a mandrel extending longitudinally within the outer housing and the disconnect housing. In addition, the device includes a locking collet and a trigger sleeve disposed about the mandrel. Further, the device includes a first biasing spring disposed within the outer housing between the locking collet and a first shoulder of the outer housing. Still ...