Patents Examined by Lauren Crane
  • Patent number: 11966239
    Abstract: A current control system for a wave pool comprising: an array of flow meters disposed within said wave pool; a complimentary array of current generators disposed within said wave pool; and a processor operable to receive data relating to currents within said wave pool from said array of flow meters, wherein said processor is operable to control currents generated by said array of current generators in response to said data relating to currents within said wave pool received from said array of flow meters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LIQUID TIME LTD
    Inventors: Gregory Mark Webber, Daniel Webber
  • Patent number: 11959512
    Abstract: A frame pool is disclosed including a frame assembly and a pool liner, the frame assembly including horizontal frame members and a vertical frame member coupled together via a T-shaped joint. The T-shaped joint may be constructed of plastic to facilitate attachment and detachment to the adjacent frame members and to resist galling and corrosion. The T-shaped joint may also be relatively small to improve the appearance and water containment of the frame pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Intex Marketing Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua Hsiang Lin, Yaw Yuan Hsu
  • Patent number: 11933027
    Abstract: A sanitary fitting (1) that contains a fitting body (2), a first spray plate (3), a second spray plate (4), and a two-way valve (5), which can be used to selectively route a liquid to the first spray plate (3) or to the second spray plate (4), wherein the two-way valve (5) is arranged in the fitting body (2) and having a valve body (6), which is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation (11) in a valve housing (25) of the two-way valve (5) between a first valve seat (7) of a first outlet (8) of the two-way valve (5) and a second valve seat (9) of a second outlet (10) of the two-way valve (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GROHE AG
    Inventors: Jan Philipp Tueshaus, Waldemar Gaida, Achim Mielke, Andreas Jung
  • Patent number: 11920369
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a swimming pool having an internal lighting system. Certain embodiments may include an inflatable swimming pool including a wall and a base. The wall may include one or more inflatable chambers. One or more lighting elements may be interior to one or more of the inflatable chambers. The one or more lighting elements may be able to emit a plurality of colors. A color and/or intensity of the lighting elements may be controlled in accordance with a control command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Polygroup Macau Limited
    Inventors: Ricky Tong, Scott Hershock, Yifeng Zhang, Chaolong Lan
  • Patent number: 11859375
    Abstract: A faucet includes a spout, a proximity detector, a first valve, and a control circuit. The proximity detector is mounted on or in the spout. The proximity detector includes a light emitter and a sensor. The light emitter is configured to emit a beam of light. The sensor is configured to produce a signal in response to sensing the beam reflected by an object in a zone of detection. The first valve is configured to control a first flow of fluid to the spout. The control circuit is operatively coupled the first valve and the proximity detector. The control circuit is configured to receive the signal and cause the first valve to control the first flow of fluid through the spout after receiving the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Loeck, Ramesh Annapindi
  • Patent number: 11840832
    Abstract: A siphonic flush toilet system and method of priming the same having a toilet bowl assembly comprising at least one jet flush valve assembly and at least one rim valve; and bowl having a rim and a jet defining at least one jet channel, the at least one jet channel having an inlet port and a jet outlet port configured for discharging fluid to a sump area, wherein the sump area is in fluid communication with a trapway. The bowl has a closed jet pathway including the jet channel and extending from the jet flush valve assembly outlet to the jet channel outlet port to maintain the jet channel in a primed state with fluid from the jet flush valve assembly so as to assist in preventing air from entering the closed jet pathway. Flush valves are also disclosed having back-flow preventer mechanisms and/or at least partly flexible valve covers for use with the toilet systems and methods herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: AS America, Inc.
    Inventors: James McHale, Chistophe Bucher, David Grover
  • Patent number: 11828051
    Abstract: A flush toilet is capable of suppressing water from splashing from a bowl at a time when water is discharged rearward inside the bowl from one rim spout port portion formed in a rim portion. A rim spout portion of the flush toilet forms a rim water passage where flush water that is supplied flows through, and forms, on a downstream end of the rim water passage, a rim spout port portion that discharges the flush water rearward. The rim spout port portion, which is one in number, is formed in the rim portion, and the rim spout port portion in the linear portion is formed to discharge water rearward in the bowl in a direction extending the linear portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventor: Wataru Ishimi
  • Patent number: 11826305
    Abstract: An emergency wash system is configured to dispense a fluid. The emergency wash system includes a basin, a sprayhead disposed at least partially over the basin, and a drain conduit coupled to the basin. The sprayhead includes a fluid inlet portion, a first fluid outlet portion coupled to the fluid inlet portion, and a second fluid inlet portion coupled to the fluid inlet portion. The fluid inlet portion is oriented substantially parallel to the drain conduit and vertically above the drain conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Bradley Fixtures Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy E. Perrin, Theodore E. Dhein, Scott M. Kluck
  • Patent number: 11828052
    Abstract: A toilet seal for sealing between a plumbing fixture discharge and a waste drainpipe outlet is described. The toilet seal comprises a flange member having an inwardly extending flexible lip. A flexible sleeve extends downwardly from the flange member. The toilet seal further includes a compressible member having an upper surface disposed adjacent to a lower surface of the flange member. The compressible member further has a lower surface and a plurality of ridges extend downwardly from the lower surface of the compressible member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Coflex S.A. de C.V.
    Inventors: Eduardo Coronado, Pedro Gonzalez, Adam Robert Sampson, Tuan Van Le, Krishnaditya Arkalgud
  • Patent number: 11812901
    Abstract: A potting training device for preventing a potty training child's urine stream from passing through an opening between the toilet seat and the toilet bowl is made of a flexible, water-resistant, preferably non-porous flat sheet material, having a folding seam separating the device into an top portion containing a plurality of attachment tabs and a bottom portion containing a urine-deflector. An adhesive material is applied to the surface of each attachment tab and attaches the attachment tabs to the underside of the toilet seat. The flat sheet material, in its unattached configuration, is manipulated into a curved configuration that matches the curvature of the toilet seat, and is attached thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: FOR KIDS BY PARENTS, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Conrad, III, Kurt Gans Briscoe
  • Patent number: 11779172
    Abstract: A lavatory includes a toilet, a wall proximate to the toilet, and a transfer member moveably secured to the wall. The transfer member is moveable between a stowed position away from the toilet, and a deployed position. At least a portion of the transfer member in the deployed position is supported by at least a portion of the toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Darren Carl McIntosh
  • Patent number: 11781330
    Abstract: A wave generator body, in the following body, configured to be moved through water along a track direction (T), comprises a first part forming the bow of the body when the body is moved through water along the track direction (T), a second part arranged downstream of the first part and forming the stern of the body when the body is moved through water along the track direction (T). The body is configured with a variable width (W).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: G.WAVES GMBH
    Inventor: Johann Geiger
  • Patent number: 11773573
    Abstract: An anti-slip shower system includes a water passage assembly and a water outlet pipe assembly movably arranged on the water passage assembly. The water outlet pipe assembly includes an adjustment male part which can limit movement of the water outlet pipe assembly on the water passage assembly. The water passage assembly includes a water passage cavity and an insertion channel, the water passage cavity and the insertion channel are arranged at an interval, and a movement channel is arranged between the insertion channel and the water passage cavity. The movement channel is internally provided with a piston, when the piston and the adjustment male part are away from the water outlet pipe assembly, the water outlet pipe assembly is movable on the water passage assembly, when the piston and/or the adjustment male part presses against the water outlet pipe assembly, the water outlet pipe assembly is stably fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: XIAMEN DELMEI SANITARY WARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changzheng Ni, Yongqiang Yan, Chunhua Wang
  • Patent number: 11752065
    Abstract: A combination emergency wash and faucet unit includes a base, an emergency wash arm coupled to the base, and a spout coupled to the base. The emergency wash arm includes an emergency wash unit. The emergency wash arm is repositionable relative to the base. The spout is repositionable relative to the base and the emergency wash arm. The spout is configured to move away from the emergency wash arm in response to a movement of the emergency wash arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Bradley Fixtures Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy E. Perrin, Ryan Pfund, Douglas J. Carpiaux, Scott H. Micoley
  • Patent number: 11751732
    Abstract: A retractable platform for use in conjunction with a toilet seat configured to be compact when in the retracted position. The retracted platform becomes a generally leveled standing platform when engaged in the opened position providing a stable platform for a child to stand on and turn around to position oneself to sit on a toilet seat. When the platform is in the retracted position, it allows an adult to sit on a toilet seat without any obstruction from the stool to their legs or feet. A cut out on its front panel receive adult-sized feet so the platform in the retracted position does not have to be physically moved when an adult needs to use the toilet. The retracted platform can be easily moved to assist a child needing a vertical advantage in a different location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Ronald Frank Luque, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11739517
    Abstract: A toilet assembly includes a toilet body and a fluidic oscillator. The toilet body defines a toilet bowl that is configured to receive a volume of fluid therein. The fluidic oscillator is coupled to the toilet body in a rim area of the toilet bowl. The fluidic oscillator is positioned to direct a fluid onto an inner surface of the toilet bowl. The fluidic oscillator is configured to continuously redirect the flow of fluid to different locations along the inner surface of the toilet bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Clayton C. Garrels, William C. Kuru, William Kalk, Randal S. Graskamp
  • Patent number: 11738377
    Abstract: A hand-held drain cleaning apparatus which includes a control housing comprising an inlet end and an outlet end, and a cartridge housing having a length. The cartridge housing is releasably attached to the control housing, and the length can be manually adjusted based upon a size of a selected compressed gas cartridge disposed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventors: Anthony Hollars, Charles Gallo
  • Patent number: 11702826
    Abstract: The present application discloses electronic plumbing fixture fittings, such as electronic faucets, with a shaped and limited sensor detection zone. Exemplary embodiments include devices with a plurality of overlapping sensors and devices with a single time-of-flight (TOF) sensor capable of detecting the presence or absence of an object whether or not water is flowing out of a discharge outlet in the in a TOF detection zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: FORTUNE BRANDS WATER INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Inho Song
  • Patent number: 11692573
    Abstract: A frame pool is disclosed including a frame assembly and a pool liner, the frame assembly including horizontal frame members and a vertical frame member coupled together via a T-shaped joint. The T-shaped joint may be constructed of plastic to facilitate attachment and detachment to the adjacent frame members and to resist galling and corrosion. The T-shaped joint may also be relatively small to improve the appearance and water containment of the frame pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Intex Marketing Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua Hsiang Lin, Yaw Yuan Hsu
  • Patent number: 11692572
    Abstract: A frame pool is disclosed including a frame assembly and a pool liner, the frame assembly including horizontal frame members and a vertical frame member coupled together via a T-shaped joint. The T-shaped joint may be constructed of plastic to facilitate attachment and detachment to the adjacent frame members and to resist galling and corrosion. The T-shaped joint may also be relatively small to improve the appearance and water containment of the frame pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Intex Marketing Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua Hsiang Lin, Yaw Yuan Hsu