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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118188 | Fastening clip and package using the same An fastening clip includes a main body defining a through hole, a flange radially extending from the main body, a first clipping member hinged on the main body, a second clipping member hinged on the main body and comprising a first latching portion, and a latching ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118187 | Lid for a cup-shaped receptacle The present invention is directed to a lid (5) with a central lid portion (6) and with a peripheral clamping groove (7) formed between an outer groove wall (8) and an inner groove wall (9) for being clamped onto a beaded rim (4 | 02/21/2012 |
| 8066143 | Storage container with hinged lid A storage container includes a base having side walls and end walls extending upwardly from the base. Lid halves are hingeably connected to upper edges of the side walls. A security recess is formed in the side walls adjacent to each hinge and corresponds with a sec... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7988009 | Litter bin with pivotal lid and automatic latching mechanism A litter bin includes a lid hingeably connected to a container. Opposite the hinge, a latch selectively secures the lid to the container. The latch includes a pivotably mounted latch member. The latch member includes a catch portion that moves between a locked posit... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7950543 | Trash can assembly with locking lid A trash can assembly has a shell and a lid fitted over the top end of the shell. The lid has a slidable lock member that is removably engaged to a portion of the shell to prevent the lid from being opened. ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7946442 | Clasp One exemplary embodiment can be a clasp for securing a man-way cover in a vessel. The clasp can include a hinged member. Generally, the hinged member has a first position for securing the man-way cover and a second position for unsecuring the man-way cover. ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7918360 | Container with overcap A closure for a microwavable container has a top wall and a skirt with at least one tab formed of a pair of straps and a thumb grip. The tab has an internal bead extending about its inner periphery which provides a shoulder which abuts a shoulder on the bead of the ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7735674 | Sealed food box A sealed food box includes a cover and a body. On the lower end face of the cover, there are grooves, which envelope the edges of the mouth. The inner walls of the grooves are fastened together with the inner side of the mouth by locking fasteners. A convex block on... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7721907 | Child-resistant flip-top dispensing closure and package A child-resistant closure includes a base, and a lid integrally molded and coupled to the base by a hinge. The lid has a latch arm resiliently extending from a periphery opposite the hinge and having oppositely extending tabs adjacent to a free end of the latch arm.... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7624890 | Multiple compartment container The present disclosure provides a lid arrangement for a container with a hinged mating lid. The disclosed lid arrangement avoids inadvertently opening the lid, while at the same time allows easy opening when opening the lid is desired. The lid arrangement is configu... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7591390 | Sterilization container latch mounting system The invention described herein includes a support assembly for a dual latch mechanism on a sterilization container, wherein the support assembly has improved structural rigidity and integrity for repeated usage. The support assembly comprises a pair of spaced apart ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7540393 | Litter bin with pivotal lid and automatic latching mechanism A litter bin includes a lid hingeably connected to a container. Opposite the hinge, a latch selectively secures the lid to the container. The latch includes a pivotably mounted latch member that has a center of gravity offset from its pivot point. The latch member a... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7438198 | Tamper evident container-lid combination A container comprises a body portion, a lid portion and, mounted on one of the body portion and the lid portion, a locking member. The locking member is movable from an unlocking position to a locking position in which it engages the other of the body portion and th... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7401698 | Latch for tool accessory case A preferred embodiment of the present invention is directed to a tool accessory case having first and second housing members pivotally connected to each other along a hinge portion and forming a tool holding cavity. A latch is connected to the first housing member a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7377223 | Personal watercraft storage bin A personal watercraft has a hull, a deck disposed on the hull, a bin, and hood. The hood is operatively connected to the deck and is movable between an open position providing access to the storage bin and a closed position preventing access to the storage bin. An o... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370663 | Barrier device for fluid system cover A new and useful barrier device for a utility system cover is provided. The barrier device is designed to be coupled to a utility system cover (e.g. a water meter cover), in a way that effectively seals the opening in the cover against ingress of dirt, debris, anima... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370891 | Latching mechanism with trigger actuator A latching mechanism for a carrying case includes a latch body pivotally attached to a top cover of the case, a trigger pivotally attached to the latch body, and an actuator that pivots about the same axis as the trigger. The trigger is pivotable between a latching ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367638 | Door panel system for an information handling system A door panel system and method according to which a door panel is coupled to a member such as a chassis. A door panel is coupled to the chassis and is automatically rotated relative to the chassis. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360817 | Truck box with reduced clearance cover and access for electrical cord passthrough The truck box is provided with a reduced clearance cover and a 90 degree cover opening. The mounting arrangement for the cover is offset from the back wall of the box. Thus, less clearance is required to accommodate the cover of the box in its open 90 degree positio... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357271 | Insulated container with access door An insulated container includes a bottom and four walls connected to the bottom; a top which fits on the four walls; a portion of the top is pivotally mounted so as to be opened to provide access to the insulated container through a first opening; a portion of one o... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7316309 | Tool container A tool container has a pair of housing members pivotally coupled with one another to provide an opened and closed position. At least one of the members defines a cavity to receive tools. The cavity is defined by a base and a wall extending from the base. A tool reta... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314148 | Containers, sleeves and lids therefor, assemblies thereof, and holding structure therefor Containers, lids, and sleeve structures are disclosed. Particularly, sleeve structures configured for insulating, stabilizing, or both insulating and stabilizing a container are disclosed. Further, a sleeve structure including a plurality of circumferentially adjace... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310924 | Vacuum packaging appliance with sealing sub-assembly including latch and release lever mechanisms A vacuum packaging appliance with a sealing sub-assembly including a latching mechanism and release mechanism is described. According to certain embodiments, the release mechanism, latch and sealing sub-assembly operate in an integrated fashion such that the vacuum ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304238 | Horizontal and vertical in-use electrical device cover A plurality of approaches for forming a horizontal and vertical electrical device cover including 1) providing hinge members on opposing sides of the cover that allow the cover to pivot along adjacent-sided axes for horizontal and vertical mounting; 2) providing a r... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303116 | Folding box This invention relates to a folding box comprising a flexible sheet consisting of a single layer of boxboard. The inventive box comprises: adjacent portions having the same total surface area ash that of the rigid sides; a lateral flange which is fixed to the opposi... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293458 | Electro-optic liquid level sensing system for aircraft beverage brewing The electro-optic liquid level sensing system detects a level of liquid in a container having an upper opening, such as for a server container of a beverage maker for a transport system, such as for aircraft, trains, trucks, buses and the like. A support housing mat... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290657 | Truckbed tool box A toolbox having enhanced weather protection includes a base component and a top component connected together by a pair of pivot assemblies. When the top component is pivoted downwardly towards the base component, it forms a first weather and wind seal around its ou... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287990 | Method and apparatus for grounding a cable A method and apparatus for grounding cables (e.g., fiber cables or copper wire cables) used in networks such as the telecommunications networks are disclosed. For example, the apparatus comprises an enclosure having a plurality of metal posts, e.g., metallic bolts, ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7267246 | Sterile container and lid for a sterile container A lid for closing a sterile receptacle is provided. The receptacle is formed by a container bottom and container walls and defines a holding space. The lid comprises an angular cover plate which has a plurality of lid corners and closes the holding space in a closur... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7257971 | Case with internal lock A lockable storage case includes a top cover pivotably coupled to a bottom cover through a spine. The top cover includes loops or an upper lock receiving member and a lower lock receiving member defining a top cover lock insertion path. The bottom cover includes loo... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255228 | Cellular phone casing with melted liquid flow disconnection hole along hinge line The present invention relates to an improved cellular phone casing capable of storing a cellular phone (a mobile phone) from an external impact when a cellular phone is stored in a bag and is carried and capable of preventing a cellular phone from moisture in rain o... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252206 | Door mechanism A door mechanism for a transportation container having a material receiving opening extending through a surface of the transportation container is disclosed. The door mechanism includes at least one substantially rigid door element to removably cover at least a port... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243816 | Container with one-piece seal and lid spring A container including a container body with a pivotally mounted top lid utilizing a single generally planar elastomeric member forming a seal section releasably mounted to the undersurface of the lid and engageable with the rim of the container body peripherally the... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241081 | Pneumatic carrier A fluid-tight carrier (10) is disclosed which has main latches (34 and 36). Each main latch has a safety latch (70) which secures the main latches within the latched position until an operator deflects the safety latch (70) away fr... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237811 | Casement window latch assembly A rack and pinion are mounted on a casement window frame to operate a vertically disposed polymeric latch keeper. The moveable rack includes a plurality of teeth which are engageable with latch keepers spaced therealong. The pivotable window section includes latches... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232194 | Insert for a door storage compartment An insert is provided for a door storage compartment. The insert contains a frame that forms at least one chamber and has a fixing device located on one side of the frame for fixing the insert to the door storage compartment. A second side of the frame contains at l... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7219969 | Storage container and storage system including a stack of the same The present application relates to a storage container and a storage system include a stack of such storage container. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7204527 | Lock comprising two locking rods, in particular for vehicles A lock having a locking rod that is displaced in a longitudinal direction. The rod is driven by an actuator via a rotor. The internal section of the locking rod is flexible so as to have the properties of a flexural section. The locking rod, together with the flexur... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204384 | Dual cover system with clamping closure mechanism In a cover of a container for a dual cover system, wherein the cover and container have both either a round or a polygonal shape with a seal arranged between the container and the cover and wherein the cover includes at least two clamping closure mechanisms operable... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198149 | Locking apparatus for a container A locking container has a tray with sidewalls, a shelf and a bottom with an elongated opening. A sliding lock and a spring are formed in the bottom opening. A lock flap is hinged to the shelf. A cover has a base glued to the tray bottom, a spine end and a top panel.... | 04/03/2007 |
