Patents Examined by Jason Daniel Prone
  • Patent number: 11766804
    Abstract: The present invention is a collapsible chainsaw. The chainsaw includes a protective housing to which a saw bar having a saw chain is rotatably mounted at one end via a notched positioning hub. The chainsaw has two configurations. These configurations are the open or cutting configuration, which positions the saw bar straight out from the housing or main body of the chainsaw, and a collapsed or closed configuration, which positions the saw bar parallel to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventors: Preston Hess, Nicholas Krause
  • Patent number: 11759964
    Abstract: A razor connector for including a main body configured to be attached to the razor handle, the main body having a substantially flat portion and peripheral ends bent towards the flat portion, and an upper portion configured to be attached to a razor cartridge, the upper portion being adjacent to the substantially flat portion of the main body, and the razor connector beeing a monolithic resilient element configured to connect the razor cartridge with the razor handle and to resiliently suspend the razor cartridge when attached to the razor handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
    Inventors: Vasileios Ntavos, Georgios Koulourias
  • Patent number: 11752649
    Abstract: Disclosed here are shaving razor systems and methods including razor cartridges with a unitary frame having a length and width, a topside and an underside, wherein the unitary frame includes angled joints or bends connecting at least three guards running lengthwise on the unitary frame, the guards separated by at least three gaps in the frame, and at least three blades, affixed to the underside of the guards of the unitary frame, wherein the at least three blades include edges, and wherein the blade edges extend into the gaps in the frame when affixed to the underside of the guards of the unitary frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Dollar Shave Club, Inc.
    Inventor: Gideon Hooberman
  • Patent number: 11731298
    Abstract: A hair design tool device having a handle, razor cartridge saddle and razor cartridge wherein the handle has a channel defining a closed edge and open edge defining a saddle sleeve for receiving the saddle in the closed position wherein the saddle is pivotally connected to the handle. The saddle defines a closed edge that mates with the handle channel and a channel for slidably receiving the razor cartridge which supports a razor and has a plurality of spaced prongs to define razor access openings with the edge of the razor being recessed in the frame for preventing inadvertent contact with the head or fingers. The razor cartridge may extend past the free end of the saddle for cutting thin strands of hair without pushing adjacent strands of hair. The handle may be fixed wherein the razor cartridge extends out one or both ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventor: Bobby Pitts
  • Patent number: 11730248
    Abstract: A stand for a shaving razor handle with a cover having a top surface defining an opening with a lower cavity in communication with the top surface. The lower cavity having a handle resting surface with a second width configured to support a handle. A base mounted to the cover with a bottom surface opposite the top surface. The bottom surface defining a drainage opening extending into the lower cavity. A ring fixed to the bottom surface. The ring defines a slot extending from an outer edge of the ring to an inner edge of the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Anthony Szczepanowski
  • Patent number: 11724411
    Abstract: Provided is a shaver including a cartridge and a handle body. The cartridge includes a cartridge body formed in a rectangular frame shape; a plurality of blades installed in the cartridge body in the side-to-side direction of the cartridge body, each of the blades having a front portion bent downward; pair of side fixation slots formed on left and right frames of the cartridge body, respectively, so as to fix the left and right ends of each blade; a supporter connecting upper and lower frames of the cartridge body; and an inside fixation slot formed on the supporter so as to fix a portion of each blade. The handle body is coupled to the cartridge body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: DORCO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Ho Park, Byung Sun An
  • Patent number: 11724322
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a saw blade includes providing a saw blade body, forming a plurality of gullets and a first portion of a plurality of tooth bodies in the saw blade body with each gullet positioned between adjacent tooth bodies, and forming a second portion of the plurality of tooth bodies in the saw blade body separate to forming the plurality of gullets and the first portion of the plurality of tooth bodies in the saw blade body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven B. Smith, Paul Trautner, Brian Harms, John R. Matthews, III, Shane N. Felton
  • Patent number: 11723314
    Abstract: An electric working machine may include a support rod, a head unit, a position fixing mechanism, and a resistance member. The support rod may extend in a front-rear direction and include an attachment portion located at a front end of the support rod. The head unit may include a front tool, a motor configured to drive the front tool, and a head housing supporting the front tool and coupled to the attachment portion rotatably about a rotation axis. The position fixing mechanism may be configured to fix a rotation position of the head unit with respect to the support rod. The resistance member may be interposed between the attachment portion and the head housing with respect to a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis. The resistance member may be configured to provide a resistance force against rotation of the head unit with respect to the support rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ito, Nami Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11696659
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to biodegradable cutlery, and more specifically to spoons, forks, and knives. The biodegradable cutlery includes a plurality of recesses disposed on the handle forming a rib to resist twisting and bending. An indentation may be disposed along a neck of the cutlery to enhance stability further.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: World Centric
    Inventors: Aseem Das, Viktor Jondal, Jesse Menayan, Yanghua Ye
  • Patent number: 11691305
    Abstract: A blade carrier assembly with a blade carrier having a blade platform at a first end. A tab extends from the blade platform to a second end. A blade is mounted to the blade platform. The blade a cutting edge. The tab has a crest configured to engage a handle. The crest is positioned between a pair of angled surfaces of the tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventor: Jack Anthony Washington
  • Patent number: 11685067
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electric razor that can further suppress irritation to a skin. An electric razor of the present disclosure includes a body configured to be gripped by a user, a head having three or more blade blocks, and a head support connecting the head and the body to each other. The head support supports the head in a floatable-and-sinkable way with respect to the body. The head includes a case that supports the three or more blade blocks, and a blade float that allows each of the three or more blade blocks to float and sink with respect to the case. A first urging force with which the head support urges the head in a floating direction is larger than a second urging force with which the blade float urges the plurality of blade blocks which are one or more less than three or more blade blocks in a floating direction. The first urging force is smaller than a third urging force with which the blade float urges all of the three or more blade blocks in the floating direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Hashimoto, Shunsuke Komori, Hiroaki Shimizu, Akitaka Ito, Daiki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11685070
    Abstract: A blade assembly includes a housing having a recess defining a first wall on a first side of the housing and a second wall on a second side of the housing, an elongated body that is attached to the first and second walls and is rotatable about a longitudinal axis (S-S), the elongated body having two or more facets, at least one of the facets has a lubricating element disposed thereon, and a locking mechanism for releasably locking the body in a use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SOCIÉTÉ BIC
    Inventors: Thomas Brette, Giorgos Georgakis
  • Patent number: 11679523
    Abstract: A coupling mechanism for a shaving device having a first connector coupled with a second connector defining a channel, the second connector including an engagement surface within the channel. A retainer positioned between the first connector and the second connector, and a plunger that transitions between a first position and a second position. The engagement surface of the second connector engages the retainer when the plunger is in the first position and the engagement surface of the second connector disengages the retainer when the plunger is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
    Inventors: Panagiotis Kopelas, Georgios Georgakis, Sam Pearce
  • Patent number: 11673280
    Abstract: A folding knife has a handle and a blade with a working end and a tang, the blade being coupled to the handle and pivotable relative to the handle about a fold axis between an open position and a closed position. A toggle is coupled to the handle and pivotable relative to the handle about a toggle axis, the toggle axis being located a radial distance from the fold axis. A free end of the toggle has an open lock face located a radial distance from the toggle axis. A primary lock face on the tang is located on the opposite side of the fold axis from the working end. When the blade is in the open position, the open lock face engages the primary lock face to prevent rotation of the blade toward the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TransEquatorial Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Randall, Michael B. Alford
  • Patent number: 11673281
    Abstract: A cutting and snipping device includes a housing having a front, an opposed rear, an open mouth at the front, opposed sides extending from the front to the rear and each formed with longitudinal slots, and a head projecting from the rear, wherein a blade set into the head is exposed between the head and the rear of the housing. The device includes scissor arms, each having a cutting edge at a front end, an opposed rear end, and a grip extending between the front end and the rear end. The scissor arms are mounted within the housing for scissored movement with respect to each other and for reciprocal movement with respect to the housing between a forward position in which the cutting edges are advanced out of the mouth and a retracted position in which the cutting edges are retracted within the mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventor: Vance P. Zahorski
  • Patent number: 11667046
    Abstract: One embodiment for splitting logs is described as including a first handle; a second handle; a unitary body wedge comprising a cutting wedge coupled to the first handle and a splitting wedge coupled to the second handle, wherein the first handle and the second handle are co-aligned along an axis of the log splitting tool when the cutting wedge and the splitting wedge form the unitary body wedge. As a user swings the log splitting tool in an overhead arc, driving the unitary body wedge into a log that is to be split, a cutting edge of the cutting wedge is driven downward into the log. The user spreads the first and second handles apart in opposing directions so that leverage created by the length of the first and second handles force the cutting wedge and the splitting wedge to separate apart from each other, causing the log to split.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventor: Peter Washington
  • Patent number: 11654585
    Abstract: A shearing tool has a first unit with a first blade, rotatably coupled to a second unit with a second blade, at a first pivot having a first pin, so that displacement of the first blade relative to the first pin in a direction parallel with a first rotational axis is prevented, and the handle is connected to the second blade so that rotational movement of the handle relative to the second blade about a second rotational axis is allowed. The second rotational axis is defined by a second pivot interacting with the second blade and the handle at a distance from the first rotational axis in a direction away from a cutting edge contact point. When the shearing tool moves from an open to a closed position, the second blade is driven towards the first blade at the contact point for increasing the cutting capacity of the shearing tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Fiskars Finland Oy Ab
    Inventor: Erkki Olavi Lindén
  • Patent number: 11654588
    Abstract: A razor blade having a substrate with a cutting edge being defined by a sharpened tip. The substrate has a thickness of greater than about 2.30 micrometers measured at a distance of four micrometers from the blade tip, a thickness of greater than about 4.26 micrometers measured at a distance of eight micrometers from the blade tip, and greater than about 7.93 micrometers measured at a distance of sixteen micrometers from the blade tip. A hard coating joined to the substrate has a thickness of 700 Angstroms to about 3500 Angstroms. An outer layer joined to a coated substrate is discontinuous. The outer layer may be produced from a dispersion comprising about 0.03 g/L or less of telomer or from about 0.5 % solids or less of telomer by weight of composition. The novel razor blade cuts at less than 100 % cutting efficiency using a single fiber cutting efficiency measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: John Joseph Nisby, Matthew Robert Stone, Yongqing Ju, Ronald Richard Duff, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11648698
    Abstract: A shaving razor cartridge having a housing with a primary guard and a secondary cap. A bridge member is integrally molded as part of the housing. A plurality of spaced apart parallel ribs of the bridge member extend transverse to the cutting edge of the first blade. The plurality of spaced part ribs define a primary cap surface and a secondary guard surface. A first blade mounted to the housing between the primary guard and the primary cap surface. A second blade having a cutting edge extends in a same direction as the cutting edge of the first blade and is mounted to the housing between the secondary guard surface and the secondary cap. The plurality of spaced apart parallel ribs define a plurality of rinse openings extending thru the bridge member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventor: Vincent Paul Walker, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11648700
    Abstract: A handle for a shaver including a manipulation portion, a connection portion that connects to a razor cartridge, and a first flexible portion connecting the manipulation portion to the connection portion, the first flexible portion including a plurality of deformation cells of one or more predetermined shapes between the manipulation and connection portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
    Inventors: Georgios Paspatis, Anestis Tsegenidis