Patents by Inventor Grayson Stopp
Grayson Stopp has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11975438Abstract: A tool holder including a main body, an activation button coupled to the main body, a tool securing portion at least in directly coupled to the activation button, wherein the activation button can be activated into a first state for coupling a tool to the tool holder and a second state for decoupling a tool from the tool holder.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: Marc Korbuly, Jeffery V. Gubler, Ildefonso M. Resuello, Jr., Grayson Stopp, Thomas Crisp
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Patent number: 11945245Abstract: A heat press docking station base (52) comprises a nest portion (75) and one or more legs (58). The nest portion (52) includes a body shell (60, 62) and a perforated floor (54). The body shell (60, 62) includes a lower surface (63). The perforated floor (54) is connected to the body shell (60, 62). The one or more legs (58) extend from a lower surface (63) of the body shell (60, 62).Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: James Alan Elzey, Xiao Peng, Yung Tseng Chen, Ildefonso M. Resuello, Jr., Grayson Stopp, Marc Korbuly, Thomas Crisp, Scot Herbst
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Publication number: 20240075760Abstract: A crafting apparatus (10) includes a working portion (22) and a base portion (20). The working portion (22) includes a lower surface (32) and an upper surface (34). The upper surface (34) defines a working three dimensional Cartesian coordinate system (X-Y-Z). The base portion (20) includes a lower surface (24) and an upper surface (26). The lower surface (32) of the working portion (22) is disposed adjacent to the upper surface (26) of the base portion (20). The lower surface (24) defines a non-working three dimensional Cartesian coordinate system (XS-YS-ZS). The upper surface (34) of the working portion (22) extends relative to the lower surface (24) of the base portion (20) at an angle (?22) for angularly-offsetting the working three dimensional Cartesian coordinate system (X-Y-Z) from the non-working three dimensional Cartesian coordinate system (XS-YS-ZS). Methods (200, 300) are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: John Barrus CHRISTENSEN, Bryan Fred Bihlmaier, Donald Christopher Sutton, John Douglas Dalton, Ryun Bates Noble, Kyle Kenneth Johnson, Grayson Stopp, Bayden Filleul, Kurt Stalsberg, James Lynch, Norman Stevenson
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Publication number: 20240068154Abstract: A heat press including a body, a heat plate, a handle, a cover, a control compartment and an insulation portion. The body includes a first end and a second end. The heat plate is located proximate the first end of the body and is configured to engage ironable materials. The handle is located proximate the second end of the body and is configured to withstand forces from a user. The cover covers a portion of the body and the handle. The control compartment includes an electrical circuit, controls and a display. The control compartment is spaced away from and is at least indirectly electrically coupled to the heat plate. The insulation portion is positioned between the control compartment and the heat plate. The insulation portion includes a first layer of insulating material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: Grayson Stopp, Thomas Crisp, Lk Lin, Carry Zhu
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Publication number: 20240059089Abstract: A heat press may include an upper assembly comprising a heat plate, a lower assembly comprising a platen, and a base assembly comprising a hinge mechanism. The upper assembly is pivotably coupled to the lower assembly via the hinge mechanism of the base assembly, according to various embodiments. The heat press may be generally configured to heat and compress, between the heat plate and the platen, a workpiece. A method for a heat press may also include a processor perform various operations, including activating a drive motor to drive an upper assembly of a heat press toward a lower assembly of the heat press to exert a compressive force on a workpiece disposed between a heat plate of the upper assembly and a platen of the lower assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: Vance Campbell, Thomas Crisp, Jeremy B. Crystal, Del Ray Doty, Francois Laine, Ryun Bates Noble, Bradley Carroll Rice, Grayson Stopp, Giacomo Michael Pasquale Strollo, Zhian Wang
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Patent number: 11905646Abstract: A heat press including a body, a heat plate, a handle, a cover, a control compartment and an insulation portion. The body includes a first end and a second end. The heat plate is located proximate the first end of the body and is configured to engage ironable materials. The handle is located proximate the second end of the body and is configured to withstand forces from a user. The cover covers a portion of the body and the handle. The control compartment includes an electrical circuit, controls and a display. The control compartment is spaced away from and is at least indirectly electrically coupled to the heat plate. The insulation portion is positioned between the control compartment and the heat plate. The insulation portion includes a first layer of insulating material.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: Grayson Stopp, Thomas Crisp, Lk Lin, Carry Zhu
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Publication number: 20240051317Abstract: A crafting apparatus support member (10, 100) is configured to support a crafting apparatus (300) and a lower surface (324) of the crafting apparatus includes one or more boss-receiving cavities (325). The crafting apparatus support member includes a substantially planar body portion (12, 112) and one or more crafting apparatus interface portions (36, 136). The substantially planar body portion includes an upper surface (14, 114), a lower surface (16, 116) and a side surface (18, 118) connecting the upper surface (14, 114) to the lower surface (16, 116). The one or more crafting apparatus interface portions include a boss portion (38, 138) extending from the upper surface of the substantially planar body portion that are configured to be interfaced with the one or more boss-receiving cavities.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: Kyle Kenneth JOHNSON, Grayson Stopp, Yung T seng Chen, Ryun Bates Noble, Joel Thomas Ruiter
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Publication number: 20230354946Abstract: A heat press includes a handle portion and a curved heat plate. That handle portion may be configured to be grasped by a user, and the curved heat (i.e., having a curved engagement surface) may be configured to engage a heat-activated design implement to transfer a design of the heat-activated design implement to a curved surface of a workpiece. Also disclosed herein, according to various embodiments, is a heat press stand having a curved floor and a hat form for supporting a workpiece (e.g., a hat) during a heat-activated design transfer using the heat press. Associated methods are also disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: Kristy Lynn Barney, Mitchell Alan Cheever, Yung Tseng Chen, Thomas Crisp, John Douglas Dalton, Michelle Fishberg, Kelton Gubler, Desmond Kavanagh, Hayley Ketch, Tyler Lee, Ildefonso M. Resuello, JR., Norman Stevenson, Grayson Stopp
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Publication number: 20230271802Abstract: Described herein is a material roll feeder that may be used for automatically feeding material into a machine, such as an electronic cutting machine. The roll feeder includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may be configured to rotatably support a roll of material and the second portion may define a channel configured to receive and guide material from the roll of material therethrough. The second portion of the roll feeder may comprise guide geometry configured to operably enable a separated section of material that has been separated from the roll of material to move over a top surface of the roll of material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: Pierre Harper, Michael Nolan, Kurt Stalsberg, Grayson Stopp
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Patent number: 11707104Abstract: A heat press includes a handle portion and a curved heat plate. That handle portion may be configured to be grasped by a user, and the curved heat (i.e., having a curved engagement surface) may be configured to engage a heat-activated design implement to transfer a design of the heat-activated design implement to a curved surface of a workpiece. Also disclosed herein, according to various embodiments, is a heat press stand having a curved floor and a hat form for supporting a workpiece (e.g., a hat) during a heat-activated design transfer using the heat press. Associated methods are also disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: Kristy Lynn Barney, Mitchell Alan Cheever, Yung Tseng Chen, Thomas Crisp, John Douglas Dalton, Michelle Fishberg, Kelton Gubler, Desmond Kavanagh, Hayley Ketch, Tyler Lee, Ildefonso M. Resuello, Jr., Norman Stevenson, Grayson Stopp
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Publication number: 20230150110Abstract: A storage device (10) including a circumferential wall (24) that extends along a longitudinal axis (A-A) from an open first end (24P) to a second end (24D) and circumscribes an internal chamber (40) configured to receive a respective axial portion (202) of a tool (200). The storage device further includes a tool tray (12) that radially extends outward from an axial center of the internal chamber to the circumferential wall. The tool tray includes a top surface (22) configured to support a respective head portion (204) of each tool (200) and one or more troughs (26) formed through the top surface and a bottom surface of the tool tray. Each trough defines a respective width sufficient to prevent passage of the respective head portion through the trough and permit passage of the respective axial portion through the trough when the respective head portion is supported by the top surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: Ildefonso M. Resuello, Thomas Crisp, Grayson Stopp, Joaquin Fernandez
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Publication number: 20230112267Abstract: A heat press docking station base (52) comprises a nest portion (75) and one or more legs (58). The nest portion (52) includes a body shell (60, 62) and a perforated floor (54). The body shell (60, 62) includes a lower surface (63). The perforated floor (54) is connected to the body shell (60, 62). The one or more legs (58) extend from a lower surface (63) of the body shell (60, 62).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: James Alan Elzey, Xiao Peng, Yung Tseng Chen, Ildefonso M. Resuello, Jr., Grayson Stopp, Marc Korbuly, Thomas Crisp, Scot Herbst
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Patent number: D986317Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: Marc Korbuly, Kay Beauwen Freckleton, Thomas Crisp, Grayson Stopp
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Patent number: D987714Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: Marc Korbuly, Thomas Crisp, Grayson Stopp
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Patent number: D991989Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: Yung Tseng Chen, Thomas Crisp, John Douglas Dalton, Michelle Fishberg, Desmond Kavanagh, Hayley Ketch, Michael Nolan, Ildefonso M. Resuello, Jr., Norman Stevenson, Grayson Stopp
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Patent number: D991995Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: Yung Tseng Chen, Thomas Crisp, John Douglas Dalton, Desmond Kavanagh, Hayley Ketch, Michael Nolan, Ildefonso M. Resuello, Jr., Norman Stevenson, Grayson Stopp
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Patent number: D992388Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Crisp, James Alan Elzey, Michael Nolan, Philip Nordmand Andersen, Norman Stevenson, Grayson Stopp
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Patent number: D1009153Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: Norman Stevenson, Grayson Stopp, August Swenson
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Patent number: D1017655Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Crisp, Francois Laine, Grayson Stopp, Zhian Wang
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Patent number: D1023134Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Cricut, Inc.Inventors: Marc Korbuly, Kay Beauwen Freckleton, Thomas Crisp, Grayson Stopp