Patents Examined by Fenn C. Matthew
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Patent number: 10390659Abstract: An insulating container can be configured to retain a volume of liquid, and include a first inner wall having a first end having an opening extending into an internal reservoir, and a second outer wall forming an outer shell. The second outer wall can include a second end configured to support the container on a surface. The second outer wall can include a dimple, and the dimple can include a circular base and an inner portion converging to an hole extending into the second outer wall. The hole can be sealed by a resin, and the circular base can be covered by disc formed of the material. Alternatively, a cap can cover the dimple, and a weld can connect the cap to the second outer wall. The container can also include a sealed vacuum cavity forming an insulated double-wall structure between the first inner wall and the second outer wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLCInventors: John Alan Tolman, Matthew Joseph Petrillo
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Patent number: 10329077Abstract: Presented is a closure assembly and a method for opening. The closure assembly includes a body, the body defining an opening and a body locking portion, and a lid, the lid moveably affixed to the body and comprising a lid locking portion, the lid locking portion configured to engage the body locking portion to releasably lock the lid in the closed position. The closure assembly also includes a hinge, the hinge being affixed to the lid and the body, the hinge configured to move the lid from a closed position occluding the opening of the body to an open position permitting passage through the opening, the hinge further configured to urge the lid into the open position, and at least one spring member.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Currier Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Gary John Kieffer, Steven Michael Faes
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Patent number: 10143628Abstract: The invention relates to a single-use feeding bottle for dispensing an aqueous nutritional composition to a human from a powdered or concentrated liquid nutritional formula base contained therein and being provided with a connecting member for connecting the bottle to external liquid dispenser adapted to supply liquid to the bottle, the bottle comprising at least one compartment forming a cavity for containing a predefined amount of powdered or concentrated liquid nutritional formula base for the preparation of the nutritional composition upon hydration with the supplied liquid, a neck portion in fluid communication with the compartment, and liquid inlet designed to be supplied with liquid from the liquid dispenser, the bottle furthermore comprising a filter assembly in the flow path of the liquid from the inlet to the compartment, the filter assembly configured to remove contaminants from liquid fed into the compartment through the inlet.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2012Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Yann Epars, Alain Meier, Anne Roulin, Remy Jacquet
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Patent number: 10076169Abstract: A tote assembly is provided having a basket and an insert sized to be slideably received within the basket. The insert can be one of a plurality of inserts, each sized to be slideably received within the basket wherein the inserts can have different interior dividers to define compartments for accessories or equipment associated with a particular activity.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Inventor: Michael J. Clough
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Patent number: 7806815Abstract: The present invention is an exercise machine that is versatile, easily adjustable, and easy to store and transport. The machine may be used by varying sizes of users for a wide variety of exercises to increase strength. The Core trainer is comprised of a seat with a press bar attached to an adjustable arm, which is attached to a resistance arm. The press bar is available in various interchangeable designs. A pivot allows the adjustable arm and resistance arm to be placed in varying positions in relation to the seat to provide for a multitude of exercise options. The Core trainer can be used with a number of attachments, and also folds into a compact unit that takes up a fraction of the space of other exercise machines.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2008Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Inventors: Juan Fernandez, Paul McGrath, Robert Kennedy
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Patent number: 7722511Abstract: This invention relates to a selectorized dumbbell having a handle that can be dropped down between nested left and right stacks of weight plates. The weight plates can comprise individual weights or a pair of weight plates, one from each stack, can be connected together to form a single weight. A selector is provided to allow the user to select a desired number of weight plates from each stack and couple such weight plates to the handle to provide an adjustable weight dumbbell. Each weight includes a weight frame having at least one carrier to which a commodity weight can be fastened. The dumbbell can be shipped by the manufacturer with empty weight frames to reduce shipping costs. When the dumbbell with empty weight frames reaches a destination, the dumbbell can be completed by securing commodity weights to the carriers on the respective weight frames.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2008Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: PowerBlock Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Carl K. Towley, III, Gregory S. Olson
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Patent number: 7597652Abstract: Systems and techniques to mount equipment in a watertight fashion to a wall. A watertight mount includes a mounting base including a flange and a socket having an interior surface including mating threads. The mount may include a base plate coupled with the mounting base, the base plate defining an opening through which the socket passes. The mount may also include a gasket coupled between the base plate and the mounting base, the gasket defining an opening through which the socket passes, and the base plate may be releasably coupled with the mounting base through a spa wall. The base plate may be coupled with the mounting base using a connector, such as a nut defining a threaded hole that matches securing threads on an exterior surface of a barrel shaped socket in the mounting base.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2002Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Dimension One SpasInventors: Victor Lee Walker, Angelo Vito Pugliese, Jr., James Donald McClure, Jr.
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Patent number: 7431680Abstract: The operator exercises by gripping a palm bar in each hand. Each end of a static or non-stretchable line or cord is run through a tunnel within a respective palm bar and secured therein, usually with a knot. A pivoting impinger is installed within the palm bar so that its head swings into the bottom of the tunnel against the static line to keep it from slipping out of place. Each end of a different cord, a stretchable one, is anchored within the ends of the palm bar with its mid-portion, usually padded, arranged to snugly encircle the back of the operator's respective hand for support. The mid-portion of the static line runs through a pulley system which has an impingement strap connected to it for anchoring to a wall or door in any one of several ways.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2007Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Inventors: Robert Sylvester Hinds, Loyd William Bonneville
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Patent number: 7070547Abstract: The weight bench with dumbbell supports is a conventional weight bench that features two additional vertical supports that enable the bench to accommodate dumbbells. These supports would be produced from square metal tubing, but their bottoms would be angled for attachment to the exterior of the weight bench's existing vertical supports. Ultimately, each support would be welded to the exterior of the bench's vertical support, thereby creating a solid, one-piece support featuring a forked design on each side of the bench. The upper portion of each additional vertical support would feature a wide metal plate at its top. The ends of each plate would be angled upward to securely hold the end of a dumbbell. The dumbbell supports could also be offered as an aftermarket accessory for installation on existing weight benches.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2002Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Inventor: David Michael Pater
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Patent number: 6764456Abstract: A foot massaging device for massaging a bottom of o foot of a user. The foot massaging device includes a body member being designed for being rolled between the foot of the user and a floor. A sleeve member has a perimeter wall defining an interior space of the sleeve member. The interior space of the sleeve member has an open end whereby the open end permits insertion of the body member into the interior space of the sleeve member. The sleeve member is designed for massaging the bottom of the foot of the user when the body member is rolled between the floor and the foot of the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2002Date of Patent: July 20, 2004Inventor: Thomas C. Doherty
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Patent number: 6634996Abstract: An exercise apparatus utilizing a wheeled rolling carriage which moves on a incline frame and includes an adjustable arm cable mounting assembly. The arm cable mounting system includes a pair of elongated arm cables each entrained over a fixed pulley mounted in each adjustable upright corner post. An anchoring device attach the cables to the mobile carriage. The carriage moves on the frame against a resistance force provided by the body weight of the user seating or lying on the platform and the up words angled slope of the incline frame. A back and head support connects the platform. An attachable rowing device is mounted to the incline rails and connected to the mobile carriage through the cables assembly. A leg push device is connected to the rails frame at the lower end. An weights support arm is attached to the lower end of mobile carriage.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2001Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Inventor: Neill Jacobsen