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Wafer container with overlapping wall structure

Patent Number: 8109390
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Pylant, James D; Waber, Alan L

Improvements in a semiconductor wafer container including improvements in side protection to the wafers, improved cover design to minimize rotation, a simplified top cover orientation mechanism and an improved bottom holding mechanism for automation. The side protection to the wafers is with multiple staggered inner and outer walls. The improved cover design improves alignment of the top and bottom housings and minimizes rotation of the housings in transit or motion. The housings have a ...

Shipping container assembly for electrical storage cells

Patent Number: 8109389
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Amer, John

A shipping container for electrical storage cells includes a box and a plurality of tray elements adapted to be received in the box. The box defines an interior space having an inner periphery and a height. Each tray element has an outer periphery that substantially conforms to the inner periphery of the interior space of the box, and each tray element has at least one upwardly facing recess that substantially conforms to the shape an individual electrical storage ...

Security packaging

Patent Number: 8109388
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Rosendall, Eric A.; Glinert, Kenneth

A security packaging provides multi-layer laminate structure for providing evidence of package tampering. The packaging may include a first panel having an opening therein in planar contact with an insert member and a film layer. The film layer may include a pattern layer that may be adhered to the film layer via an adhesion layer. A second adhesion layer may be placed onto the pattern layer to adhere the pattern layer to the insert ...

Device for applying flowable substances

Patent Number: 8109387
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Sogaro, Alberto C.

A device for applying a liquid, pasty or other flowable substance includes a pack with a receiving section comprising a wet portion for receiving the substance and a closure section defining a dry portion. The closure section is separated from the receiving section by a tear line. The wet portion is separated from the dry portion by means of a separation element comprising an orifice closed off by a closure element which is releasable from the separation element after tearing open the pack ...

Fastening clip bar

Patent Number: 8109386
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Krohn, Burghardt

A fastening clip bar, comprising a plurality of fastening clips arranged parallel to each other, an adhesive joining the fastening clips with each other, and at least one elastic tape extending over the fastening clips which is glued together with the ...

Nutritive substance delivery container

Patent Number: 8109385
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: McCallister, Patrick E.; Withitanun, Niphon; Wiggins, Robin P.; Anthony, Joshua C.; Rangavajla, Nagendra; Grelewicz, Rick

The present invention is directed to a container for delivering a nutritive substance. In an embodiment, the present invention comprises a container that protects a nutritive substance from contact with the contents of the container and from contact with the atmosphere until the consumer is ready to use or consume the product. When desired, a seal on the container is altered such that the nutritive substance can come into contact with the container contents, delivering the nutritive ...

Lap top cover display

Patent Number: 8107228
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Sassounian, Sylva A.

A display assembly attachable to a lap top computer cover, having a front face, longitudinally extending laterally spaced edges, and a laterally extending upper edge, comprising a jacket into which a cover is receivable, the jacket having edges adapted to extend externally adjacent corresponding of the cover edges, and means carried by the jacket for visually displaying an image or images, proximate the front ...

Pipette tip package

Patent Number: 8105555
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Lahti, Arto

The invention relates to a pipette tip package, which has one pipette tip (1) in an enclosure (2) with a closed bottom end and a top end tightly closed by a ...

Wafer container with staggered wall structure

Patent Number: 8104619
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Hoffman, Galen J.; Pylant, James D.; Waber, Alan; Avery, Amos E.

A wafer container comprising a base and a cover that nest together. The base includes a staggered wall structure composed of inner and outer walls. The staggered wall structure is arranged so that forces from side impacts are absorbed principally by outer wall segments. A rib on the cover restrains the outer wall segments from flexing beyond the inner wall diameter. Reference tabs on the base facilitate alignment of the base to the ...

Primary packaging and display therefor

Patent Number: 8104618
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Sadler, Neil A.; Tanaka, Richard K.

Primary packages configured for display and sale without secondary packaging are stacked horizontally in a product display tray. The consumer-facing surface of the back panel of the product display tray may contain graphics including product information provided on the primary package's principal display panel (which is typically faced towards consumers). Thus, consumers may readily view the product information provided on the principal display panel as primary packages are removed from the ...

Overwrap packed body

Patent Number: 8104617
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Terada, Takayuki; Teramoto, Tadayoshi; Goto, Yoshihiro

An overwrap packed body is obtained by heating and shrinking a wrapping material in a condition that five drink products collectively wrapped by the wrapping material. Three perforated lines passing through gap portions between the adjacent drink products are formed on the wrapping material at an interval of 2 mm in parallel. When the three perforated line portions are pushed with fingers in the gap portion between the adjacent drink products, the wrapping material torn from the pushed ...

Clamshell package for holding and displaying consumer products

Patent Number: 8104616
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Dalea, Gregory Peter; Wessling, Gary Allen; Walters, Gregory Alan; Johnson, Kent David

A clamshell package is provided for holding and displaying a consumer product that comprises a bottle and a cap. The clamshell package comprises a first clamshell side and a second clamshell side, wherein at least a portion of the first and second clamshell sides are affixed together to hold the consumer product between the first and second clamshell sides. The clamshell package further comprises an aperture through which at least a portion of the cap of the consumer product extends from ...

Tool positioning pad

Patent Number: 8104615
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Liu, Wen-Chin

A tool positioning pad has a body, at least one positioning slot and two containing recesses. The body is a plastic foam block and corresponds to and is normally mounted in a tool box. The at least one positioning slot is formed in the body and each position slot has two ends and at least one non-straight section. Each non-straight section may be arced or curved and is integrally formed longitudinally in the positioning slot and has a convex inner sidewall. When a thin tool such as a ...

Autoclavable medical instrument case for reduced instrument corrosion

Patent Number: 8104614
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Litwak, Alfred Anthony; Pinal, Frank; Umbach, Brian; Singh, Akhil Kumar

A case for storing medical instruments contains a rotating bracket for holding the instruments. The bracket is connected to the tray and hinged lid of the case via a movable frame, and the bracket movement is controlled by opening and closing of the lid. When the lid is closed, the bracket points the tips of the instruments downward to minimize water collection; and when the lid is opened, the instrument holding bracket rotates so that the instruments it holds are moved to a vertical ...

Disc holder and case enclosure

Patent Number: 8104613
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Trammell, T. Richard

The present invention relates to a disc holder for storing a plurality of discs comprising: a base; a spindle extending vertically from the base, where the spindle enables the stacking of the plurality of discs; a top cover, where the top cover locks to the base by using two sliding clasps, where one clasp is one side of the top cover and the other clasp is on the opposite side. The base may include three prongs extending vertically from three respective sides of the base in order to keep ...

Sleeves and album pages for flat items

Patent Number: 8104612
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Fu, David; Shipp, Robert D.

Sleeve and album page devices for holding flat items, in particular a compact disc such as a photo compact disc together with an associated index print, the preferred embodiment including an embedded synthetic paper strip with an exposed write-on area for identifying the subject matter of the compact ...

Mixing container and method of filling

Patent Number: 8104611
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Helou, Jr., Elie

A mixing container having an outer vessel with an open mouth and an inner vessel also with an open mouth separately stores two liquids for automatic mixing when the container is opened. Upon assembly, an interior seal between the open mouth of the inner vessel and the bottom of the outer vessel is effected through placement of a closure in the open mouth of the outer vessel. The inner vessel is received by a socket mounted in the closure which provides a resilient bias on the inner vessel ...

Method and structure for mixing different materials

Patent Number: 8104610
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Lee, Jeong-Min; Lee, Seong-Jae

A structure for mixing different materials includes a main body having a lip portion with an upper opening portion, the main body coupled to an opening of a container containing a first material; a spouting guide member movably inserted in the lip portion by a predetermined distance; a cap ascending and descending together with the spouting guide member, the cap being coupled to the main body; and a seal closer separately formed on a lower portion of the spouting guide ...

Container

Patent Number: 8104609
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Dodomi, Ayumi; Matsushige, Koji; Aizawa, Masayuki; Yamaguchi, Nobutoshi

A container which is not bulky at the time of shipping and can be stably stood on a suitable place. The container includes a lid member for closing a take-out opening (brittle portion) of the container body 2. On the lower outer side of the container body, there are formed slits for fitting the lid member to the container body after the container body and the lid member are separated apart, and auxiliary leg portions that protrude outward of the container body. The lid member is ...

Duo packaging for disposable soft contact lenses using a substrate

Patent Number: 8104608
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Newman, Stephen D.

A contact lens package includes a substrate, a first sheet removably sealed to one side of the substrate, and a second sheet sealed to the other side of the substrate with a contact lens contained between the first and second ...

Dispenser box with tilted top surface and tipping corner

Patent Number: 8100265
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventor: Farley, David

A dispenser box that includes a tilted or inclined top surface that defines a plurality of object wells that are configured to receive objects and secure them for shipping as well as display. The object wells are configured to secure each object on display as the objects are removed from the dispenser box, such that the last remaining object may continue to stand secure and in ...

Intermediate bulk container

Patent Number: 8100264
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Wood, Richard Roy; Thorpe, John Richard

An intermediate bulk container includes a flexible storage container, a rigid rectangular base member including a plurality of pole engaging formations on its upper surface which are arranged about its periphery, a plurality of poles, the lower end of each of which is releasably engageable with a pole engaging formation on the base so that the poles collectively provide a support cage for the storage container, a rigid pole location member (10) which includes a central opening ...

Vacuum package system

Patent Number: 8100263
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Young, Scott; Vanderbush, Edward; Lundquist, Jon; Yeager, Ricky; Togashi, Hiroshi

A vacuum packaging system for transporting a plurality of medical containers includes a plurality of medical containers each having a head side and a base side and a tray that receives and supports the medical containers. The tray includes opposing first and second sidewalls, opposing front and rear walls and a bottom floor. The walls extend generally vertically from the floor of the tray. At least one platform generally extends parallel to the floor of the tray. An air impervious flexible ...

Blister pack secondary package

Patent Number: 8100262
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventor: Jones, Marty

A blank (10) for forming a secondary package without a heat-seal process is disclosed. The secondary package can be an inner slide card configured to receive one or more blister packs (51). A pocket opening (30) can be formed in one panel (14) of the blank (10). Receiving portions (44) can be formed on one or more panels. A blister pack (51) can be inserted into the secondary package through the pocket opening (30). The receiving ...

Dental floss package

Patent Number: 8100261
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Longoni, Elena; Lai, Ciro; Longoni, Paolo

A dental floss package includes a box-shaped body, wherein the dental floss can be housed in the form of a spool, a cutting blade and a closing body, as well as an additional body (3, 23) provided with an aperture (3c) for the fastening thereof to a display. The additional body is obtained integrally with the box-shaped body or the closing body but is detachable along a weakening line (6). The box-shaped body (1, 11, 21, 110) and the closing body (2, ...

Closeable lipstick

Patent Number: 8100260
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Dieckmann, Klaus; Weckerle, Thomas

An enclosure (1) for a lipstick comprising at least two enclosure parts (2, 3), the two enclosure parts (2, 3) are rotated relatively to one another and at least one of the at least two enclosure parts (2, 3) comprises an opening (4) and a closing mechanism, comprising two lids (5, 6) by which the opening (4) in one of the at least two enclosure parts (2, 3) is closed and a tubular element (8), which rotates relatively to one of ...

Carrier apparatus for fastener

Patent Number: 8100259
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Yeh, Chin-Wen; Lin, Zhen-Neng

A carrier apparatus for carrying at least one fastener includes a back plate, at least one inserting hole defined on the base plate, a restricting hole defined on the base plate communicating with the at least one inserting hole, at least two elastic flanges, and a fixing flange adjacent to the restricting hole. The at least one inserting hole is configured for inserting a body of the at least one fastener therein. The restricting hole is configured for receiving the body of the at least ...

Fishing tackle organizer and carrier

Patent Number: 8100258
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventor: Meyers, James Gerald

This invention provides a portable or fixed device for organizing and transporting items utilized by fisherman, hobbyists, tradesmen and the like. It comprises a main compartment containing a plurality of trays in which the items are organized and stored, and side and top compartments for organizing and storing items that are less suitable for storage in trays, such as elongated items and tools. The trays are held in the main compartment by a plurality of removable elastic cords which span ...

Sub basket

Patent Number: 8100257
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventor: Zimmer, John C.

A sub basket having a bottom portion and four sides defining an interior, and an open top section, and a series of pins positioned on the floor portion of the sub basket and extending into the interior of the sub basket where the pins are sized to allow a sub to slide over the ...

Reinforced carton with handle

Patent Number: 8100256
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Ho Fung, Charles F.; Spivey, Sr., Raymond R.

A carton for cooperating with a packaging material to contain a plurality of articles and a package formed thereby. The carton comprises a plurality of panels comprising a central panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. The side panels are positioned relative to the central panel to at least partially form a space for receiving the articles. A handle is in at least one of the side panels. The handle is adapted for grasping and carrying the carton. A reinforcement flap is ...

Munition container

Patent Number: 8100255
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Smith, Paul Edward; Chetcuti, Raphael Joseph Francis

There is disclosed a munition container that stores a munition in a sealed environment such that the seal need not be broken until the munition is ejected from the container into the breech of a gun. The benefits of this are that the munition is protected from the external environment for longer and that the loading operation is accelerated. To facilitate this, the container is provided with a lid & piston which forms part of the seal. The piston may, upon urging by e.g. a ram, slide within ...

Universal blister package

Patent Number: 8096420
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: Hueil, Joseph C.; Marhsall, Paul T.; Leuenberger, Mark S.; Allison, Robert A.; Boentges, Paul W.; Brewer, Jeffrey A.; O'Brien, Kevin R.; Sanchez, Jerold J.

A universal blister package for the distribution of medical instruments includes a tray having a resilient film and a retainer having a resilient film. The tray and the retainer are shaped and dimensioned for selective engagement in a manner creating a storage space between the film of the tray and the film of the retainer for accommodating a medical instrument between the tray and the ...

Compound

Patent Number: 8096419
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: ; Rimington, Claude; Tran, Diem Thuy Thi; Berg, Kristian; Selbo, Pal Kristian

The present invention provides photosensitizing agents obtained by reducing a single double bond in the porphyrin macrocycle of a sulphonated meso-tetraphenylporphyrin, preferably a disulphonated meso-tetraphenylporphyrin such as TPPS_2a. The resulting sulphonated meso-tetraphenyl chlorins include compounds of formula I:

(wherein

X is —SO₃H;

n, p, q and r are each independently 0 or 1; and
...

Sequentially placed shipping and packing label system

Patent Number: 8096418
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventor: Raming, Bruce A.

A system for providing a shipping label and a packing list on a container is provided which enables rapid and automated sequential application of a packing list and a shipping label to the container. The shipping label is configured complemental to the packing list whereby the packing list may first be adhered directly to the container and then the shipping label may be placed thereover. The shipping label may be applied over the packing list while the container moves continuously down a ...

Patch package structure

Patent Number: 8096417
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: Hanatani, Akinori; Sekiya, Junichi; Iwao, Yoshihiro; Akemi, Hitoshi

The main object of the present invention is to provide a patch package structure capable of stably retaining the physiologically active ingredient in a patch during preservation of the patch. This object can be achieved by employing the following constitution.

To be specific, the present invention is a patch package structure including a patch 1 and a packaging member 51 holding the patch, wherein the patch 1 includes a support 2 and an adhesive layer ...

Flower support with stem protection

Patent Number: 8096416
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: van den Putten, Eleonora Patricia; Niekolaas, Simon Eduard; de Pagter, Janus Adriaan Willem

A flower support for long-stemmed flowers comprises an elongated support part as well as series of hook means in which the flower stems can be hooked, which series of hook means at both sides of the support part extend away from each other in an obliquely oriented fashion. The series of hook means are positioned obliquely with respect to each other. The oblique position of the series of hook means brings that a cavity is formed in which the stems of the hooked in flowers are well ...

Expiration date device for cosmetic containers

Patent Number: 8096415
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventor: Crosby, Cindy Marie

A system for providing an expiration month on cosmetic containers that store perishable make-up media including a container, a control, and a handle portion formed on the control. The handle portion has a greater outer diameter than an outer diameter of an exterior surface of the control wherein the greater outer diameter prevents the handle portion from entering the container, and a plurality of date-months formed on the exterior surface of the control in a sequential order in a first ...

Medical implement dispensing and disposal system

Patent Number: 8096414
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: Finnestad, Mark Brian; Sansoucy, Michael

A medical implement dispensing and disposal system. The medical implement dispensing and disposal system comprises a container having an open end with a dispensing chamber and a disposal chamber defined within the container. A cover is configured to substantially close the open end of the container. The cover defines a disposal opening in communication with the disposal chamber. A dispensing opening is defined in either the container or cover and in communication with the dispensing ...

Package for containers

Patent Number: 8096413
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventor: Coltri De Paula, Andrea

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. At least one feature is in the top panel that receives and holds a top portion of at least one container of the plurality of containers. The at least one feature comprises an opening in the top panel and a retention feature adjacent the opening to engage ...

Key remote control cover

Patent Number: 8096412
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventor: Britt, Willis L.

A key remote control cover for covering the remote control portion of a remote control key to prevent inadvertent pressing of remote control buttons while handling the key includes a rigid main body portion having an interior, a closed first end, and an open second end. The main body portion is designed for surrounding the bow of a key. A slot is positioned in the closed first end of the main body portion such that the slot is designed for receiving a blade of the key therethrough while the ...

Dispensing container

Patent Number: 8096411
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: Gelardi, John A.; Bailey, Ryan A.

The invention provides a dispensing container including an outer casing having an open end, a top, a bottom, sidewalls extending between the top and bottom, and an interior compartment, wherein the outer casing further includes a depressible button in the top or bottom and at least one projection adjacent to the depressible button that extends into the interior compartment; and an inner tray slidably received within the interior compartment of the outer casing. The inner tray includes a ...