Plastek Industries, Inc.

Wm Wrigley Jr Company

Aeiomed, Inc.

The Quaker Oats Company

Church Dwight & Co., Inc.

H Stephen Quinn

Steven S Bordewick

Christopher H Cunningham

Paul J Angeloni

William Tham

Ross Elliott Bartels

Marcus H Parsons

Mark J Weimholt

Joseph A Baser

Laurel D Brandt

Lindsay Marie Delaney

John Hall

David Markovich

Albert H Lund

Ross E Bartels

Timothy R Dougherty

Kurt J Korkowski

Clamshell packaging containers and methods of making them are disclosed. A container includes a first shell portion and a complementary second shell portion that defines a product cavity. A bridging portion coupled to the first shell portion at a first hinge and the second shell portion at a second hinge such that the bridging portion is pivotable relative to each of the first shell portion at the first hinge and the second shell portion at the second hinge in a disassembled configuration, and is pivotable relative to one of the first shell portion at the first hinge and the second shell portion at the second hinge in an assembled configuration.

Clamshell packaging container

In an assembly of a scoop and a closure, the scoop has a bowl and a handle. A closure has: a frame for mounting to a container body; and a cover hinged relative to the frame by a hinge. The scoop handle has at least one rib. The cover has an underside having a first projection and a second projection positioned to engage the scoop with the scoop in a docked position. The second projection is configured to capture the rib in the docked position.

Scoop dock and use methods

A scoop has a bowl () and a handle (). A closure has: a frame () for mounting to a container body; a cover (); and a scoop dock () hinged relative to the frame by a dock hinge () and holding the scoop.

Scoop dock and assembly methods

The dispensing cap/cup () has a sidewall () and a transverse web () spanning the sidewall to create a cup structure. The sidewall has an interior surface and an exterior surface. The sidewall has a plurality of fill level indicia () along the interior surface. The fill level indicia comprise a raised boundary () and texturing () within the boundary.

Dispensing/measuring cap/cup

A system () comprising the unitarily molded single-piece combination of: a first portion (); a living hinge (); and a second portion () coupled by the living hinge to the first portion and shiftable between a first condition and second condition via rotation about the living hinge. The living hinge comprises: a first end () at the first portion; and a second end () at the second portion, in the as-molded condition the second end is spaced upward from the first end.

Living hinge

Closure

CPAP blower housing

A face mask support for CPAP comprising a hemispheric cap with biasing means support at the medial line of the head. The circumferential edge of the cap extends from the high forehead to below the inion protrusion at the nape of the neck. A biasing means which is preferably of a length of spring steel is formed so as to extend from the biasing means support to form a loop around a face mask. The biasing means may be adjusted to accommodate facial configurations and to vary the pressure with which the face mask is apposed to the face. In an alternative embodiment, the support is open and is comprised of a circumferential band extending from the middle of the forehead to below the inion protrusion and a medial band extending along the medial line of the head and connecting to the circumferential band at the middle of the forehead and below the inion protrusion.

Face mask support

Growing community of inventors

Eau Claire, WI, United States of America

H Stephen Quinn