Patents Issued in May 14, 2015
  • Publication number: 20150128323
    Abstract: A medical face shield (10) is disclosed having a flexible front plate or shield (11), a foam forehead pad (21), and a flexible, stretchable headband (22). The front shield has a viewing window (25) which is positioned to be directly in front of a person's eyes wearing the face shield. The viewing window is surrounded by a translucent, peripheral margin, frame, or window surrounding portion (27) which provides an anti-glare characteristic or capability to the margin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Encampass Group, LLC
    Inventor: Edward Ray Howard
  • Publication number: 20150128324
    Abstract: A work glove with a hand-receiving cavity and a thumb tube and four elongated finger tubes. A resilient pad attaches in a portion selected for providing resistance to industrial loading. A polymer coating encapsulates at least a portion of an exterior surface and the resilient pad within a continuous film, the resilient pad and the polymer coating defining in situ an interfacial miscible layer comprising portions of the resilient pad bonded with the polymer coating, which continuous film resists chemical penetration therethrough while the resilient pad resists industrial loading during use of the work glove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: BAKNER MANUFACTURING, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Alan Baker, Matthew Lawrence Wagner
  • Publication number: 20150128325
    Abstract: An inventive hockey pad with a recoil plate added to the pad to protect the internal padding by spreading impact loads, giving the pad longer performance life. In the preferred embodiment, the recoil plate is constructed of flexible carbon fiber that returns to its original shape. This property of the recoil plate effectively forces the pad back into its original shape after it is flexed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Michael A. Vaughn
  • Publication number: 20150128326
    Abstract: Disclosed are tattoo revealing garments and methods for making these garments. The garments have one or more tattoo-revealing windows or openings in them. Each of the windows or openings has a border around its underside. The border is comprised of a silicone ink which may be deposited on the garment by, e.g., screen printing. The methods for making the garments include screen printing silicone ink in a pattern and then laser cutting an area within or enclosed by the silicone ink to form the windows or openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Rebecca Coll, Carmen Milagro Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20150128327
    Abstract: A pocket system for wearing an audio player comprising a pocket on a garment, where the pocket is capable of securely storing the audio player during use; and an eyelet opening above the pocket, where the eyelet opening channels an ear phone wire from the audio player toward a neck portion of the garment. The garment includes a set of loops on a top surface of the garment, where the set of loops guide the ear phone wire from the audio player. Further, the garment may include a hole within a neck portion, where the hole threads the ear phone wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Eduardo Martinez
  • Publication number: 20150128328
    Abstract: A gripless exercise glove contains an internal support structure, a plurality of fastening straps, and a glove. External weight may be attached to the glove by the plurality of fastening straps to allow the user to perform various exercises. The internal support structure contains an adjustable palm band and an adjustable wrist band, each wrap around and attach to the hand. The two bands are connected together by the first stabilizing strap and the second stabilizing strap. The plurality of fastening straps is laterally and perpendicularly connected to the adjustable palm band, positioned on the inside of the palm region. The glove contains a palm side, a wrist opening, and a plurality of paired slits. The plurality of paired slits traverses through the palm side. The internal support structure is positioned and attached within the glove with the plurality of fastening straps traversing through the plurality of paired slits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Donovan Basil Harris
  • Publication number: 20150128329
    Abstract: A glove, including a polymeric, elastomeric, or latex composition, having a water-based emulsion of a polyisoprene polymer; a first accelerator comprising at least one of a thiourea, a benzothiazole sulphenamide, a thiazole, or a dialkyl dithiocarbamate, or combinations thereof, a second accelerator comprising a thiuram or a xanthogen, or a combination thereof, at least one anti-oxidant, at least one vulcanizing agent; and an activator, wherein a total amount of the first accelerator and the second accelerator ranges from 0.2 to 2.5 PHR of the polymeric, elastomeric, or latex composition and the polymeric, elastomeric, or latex composition is substantially free of diphenyl guanidine and/or casein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Koralalage Don Sugathananda Amarasekera, David M. Lucas, Dambadeni Arachchige Ruwani Upekshika Lalanthani
  • Publication number: 20150128330
    Abstract: A wrap for covering a protective helmet having an exterior shell that allows for personalization of the helmet in an effective and cost-efficient manner. The wrap has a flexible layer removably disposed around at least a portion of the exterior shell of the protective helmet such that said flexible layer is substantially flush with the exterior shell of the protective helmet. The flexible layer of the wrap may be made of a vinyl material. The wrap may have an additional layer positioned directly over the flexible layer, wherein the additional layer is made of a plastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Hal Clay Mumme
  • Publication number: 20150128331
    Abstract: A sports garment is disclosed for covering the lower torso, hips, crotch and behind of a wearer. The sports garment comprises: a first layer of material providing a front bodice panel, one or more backside panels and a gusset panel of the garment, and a second layer of material providing one or more pocket panels. The second layer of material extends across the entire back width of the garment so as to completely cover the backside panel, to thereby form at least one pocket opening towards the bottom of the garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Stefanï Grosse
  • Publication number: 20150128332
    Abstract: Concussion reduction systems and devices and methods to use the same. In an exemplary embodiment of a system of the present disclosure, the system comprises a shoulder flange configured for coupling to, or defined as part of, a shoulder apparatus, a flange cushion configured to fit upon or otherwise couple to the shoulder flange, and one or more tensile straps configured to couple to at least one of the shoulder flange and the flange cushion, the one or more tensile straps further configured to couple to a headgear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Larry E. Jinkins
  • Publication number: 20150128333
    Abstract: A zipper type fastener for protective clothing, such as a firefighter or first responder turnout jacket is disclosed. One or more open ends of the zipper may be connected to the protective clothing by a zipper extender that creates a grip area to allow a user to more easily grasp the zipper end component(s) and fasten the zipper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Toufic G. Atallah
  • Publication number: 20150128334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a standalone wearable protector 1, comprising: a thin layer supporting fabric 2, at least one inflatable bag 13 housed in a seat 19 provided in said supporting fabric 2, at least one gas generator 12 acting as inflating means connected to said inflatable bag 13 and fastened directly or indirectly to said supporting fabric 2, a control unit 10 also fastened directly or indirectly to said supporting fabric 2 and suitable for activating said inflating means 12 and sensing means 5 connected to said control unit 10 and provided on said supporting fabric 2. The present invention also relates to a protective clothing assembly comprising a protective garment 30, 50 made of material resistant to abrasion and friction stresses and said standalone wearable protector 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Giovanni Mazzarolo, Marco Signorelli
  • Publication number: 20150128335
    Abstract: A polyurethane foam, a polyurethane/polyorganosiloxane foam, and a polyurethane foam polyurethane/polyorganosiloxane foam material are disclosed and described herein. The materials are formed in the presence of a polymerization reaction initiator (an isoprenoid compound), and a polymerization reaction accelerator. The polyurethane foam is formed from an isocyanate and a polyol. The polyurethane foam polyurethane/polyorganosiloxane foam material comprises the polyurethane foam which is cross-linked to the polyurethane backbone to a polyurethane/polyorganosiloxane foam. Optional gelling agents, emulsification control agents, reinforcement fillers, cross-linkers, reinforcement polymers, rubber reinforcers, silk proteins, emollients, stabilizers and colorants are also described. The polyurethane and polyurethane-polyorganosiloxane foam materials exhibit a high degree of flexibility, resilience and excellent impact absorption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Ghassan Dehni
  • Publication number: 20150128336
    Abstract: It is disclosed a system for dispensing a cleaning fluid into a toilet bowl adapted to receive a flushing liquid from a tank. The system includes a cleaning fluid container positioned outside the tank and a valve controlling fluid passage from the container into a flushing liquid filling the tank at a varying level. The valve has a closed state and an open state blocking and enabling, respectively, fluid passage thereof. The valve switches between the states by the varying level. A conduit communicates the container with the valve, receives the cleaning fluid from the container, and releases it to the flushing liquid through the valve. A bottle base is attached to the tank for receiving a mouth end of a dispenser bottle. The dispenser bottle has a diaphragm for sealing the dispenser bottle and a punching pin punches the diaphragm while the dispenser bottle is brought into the bottle base. Thus, the pin enables a flow of a cleaning fluid out of the dispenser bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Ophir Bashan, Nir Yeshua
  • Publication number: 20150128337
    Abstract: There is provided a seal configuration for use in connection with vacuum systems. The seal configuration finds particular use in vacuum waste flush systems, such as those used in passenger transport vehicles that have on-board lavatories with vacuum toilet systems. The seal configuration generally provides an offset configuration, which can result in a larger seal on the vacuum side. This can slightly delay the opening of the waste side seal with respect to the vacuum side seal of the system, proving an improved vacuum environment. This can also give the flow of waste a more direct transition across a vacuum plate as it flows through a flush valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: David Beach, Howard Kuhns, Joe Lauterio, Shane Nazari
  • Publication number: 20150128338
    Abstract: A swim spa comprising a system that can provide information on the workout swim session based on a feedback control mechanism that provides the operating conditions of the flow regulator. Based on the information relating to the state of the flow regulator, the system is able to provide information regarding the water flow rate and possibly other information that may then be used to correlate or calculate information relating to the swim session. This is accomplished through the use of pre-recorded correlations between flow regulator settings and resulting water flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: NEWPORT CONTROLS
    Inventors: Howard Isham Royster, Michael J. Rogerson
  • Publication number: 20150128339
    Abstract: A sink with a removable divider includes a sink body having a lip and a basin. A drain element is provided within the basin at a central location, and the front and rear portions of the sink basin include generally vertical channels. A divider is removably positioned within the channels so as to bisect the basin into two separate compartments. The divider including a pair of articulating drain plugs, each having a shape that approximates one half of the drain element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: WENDY WARNER
  • Publication number: 20150128340
    Abstract: A composite curb for a shower base, and a self-sealing anchoring cap for a shower curb. The composite curb includes a lower-density base portion formed of closed cell foam, and a higher-density anchoring cap portion attached to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: DAVIS INTELLECTUAL ASSETS, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas A. DAVIS, JR.
  • Publication number: 20150128341
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing automatically turning and lifting patients to prevent or treat wounds caused by patient immobility, including, for example, decubitus ulcers, more commonly known as bedsores. A patient turning and lifting device may comfortably and securely bracket the torso of the patient, with the use of a support structure, without bracketing of the patient's arms. In some embodiments, the device may be configured to imitate the movements of a healthy person during sleep. The device may do so by slowly and gently rolling the patient from side to side, according to one or more predetermined sequences of inflation and deflation of inflatable turning bladders positioned below the support structure, thus keeping the patient from remaining in one position for too long. The one or more predetermined sequences may be selected or modified based on sensors monitoring the device and/or patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Hendrik Kuiper, Brian Kamradt
  • Publication number: 20150128342
    Abstract: An all truss foundation unit, method of making the foundation unit, and a foundation unit kit. The foundation unit is formed of multiple cross trusses interconnected by bridging top and bottom side rails. This results in a flat surface on both the top and the bottom of the foundation unit. The kit is formed of a plurality of the trusses and four side rails, with the trusses and side rails being oriented together with their longitudinal dimensions aligned in a generally parallel orientation and with at least some of their flat sides in contact with one another. When the foundation unit is constructed, a truss locator guide is provided on at least two of the side rails, and the cross trusses are oriented in a parallel, spaced relationship in accordance with the truss locator guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Martin Schulz, JR.
  • Publication number: 20150128343
    Abstract: An audio bed board having an inertial type acoustics transducer is disclosed. The novel bed board structure is capable of emitting sound without any exposed audio speakers or speaker openings allowing sound to escape. The bed board typically acts as an audio emitter. In a preferred embodiment, the bed board is generally hollow thereby allowing the installation of the acoustic elements within the bed board. Additionally, an audio amplifier contained therein may be coupled to the headboard, other bed structures or surrounding structures. The bed board generally has a surface adjacent one of head end and foot end having no normally apparent openings so as to facilitate cleaning of the bed board. Furthermore, the emitted sound signal may utilize multiple audio sources for reproduction by the bed board sound system including but not limited to digital, analog, optical and emergency signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Robert KATZ
  • Publication number: 20150128344
    Abstract: A person-support apparatus comprises a frame configured to support a person thereon, and an endboard assembly configured to be removably coupled to the frame. The endboard assembly includes an endboard assembly including an endboard body and a plurality of support members that are configured to removably couple the endboard body to the frame in a use position and cooperate to maintain the endboard body in an upright orientation when the endboard assembly is uncoupled from the frame and in a storage position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen E. Hutchison, Richard H. Heimbrock
  • Publication number: 20150128345
    Abstract: A sleeping bag has an elongate shell defining an inner volume sized and shaped to receive a user therein. The shell has a head portion, a foot portion, a middle portion extending longitudinally between the head and foot portions, an overlying portion adapted to overlie the user during use, an underlying portion adapted to underlie the user during use, and a vent. The vent is selectively moveable between a closed configuration and an opened configuration to enable the user to access the exterior of the sleeping bag from within the sleeping bag. The vent comprises an inner panel and an outer panel. The inner panel is positioned in overlapping face-to-face engagement with the outer panel in the closed configuration. The outer panel is spaced from the inner panel in the opened configuration to define a passage to enable the user to extend his or her feet through the vent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: American Recreation Products, LLC.
    Inventors: Chase Schofield, Casey Sumnicht
  • Publication number: 20150128346
    Abstract: A first embodiment provides a manually operable castor assembly for a hospital bed, including a wheel unit fittable to a bed frame and provided with a lock actuator. A sensor unit is provided with a trigger element and a sensor element, the trigger element being located on the manually operable brake actuator and the sensor element being located on the wheel unit. Another embodiment provides a manually operable safety side panel assembly including a hinge assembly coupled to the panel element and attachable to a bed frame, and a sensor unit including a trigger element and a sensor element, the trigger element being located on the manually operable actuator and the sensor element being located on a part of the side panel or hinge assembly. Monitoring apparatus monitors the manually operable bed safety device and including a control unit coupled to the sensor unit and an indicator unit controllable by the control unit and operable to give an indication of the state of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: HUNTLEIGH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Hollyoak, Robert Hugh Jones
  • Publication number: 20150128347
    Abstract: A bed comprises a deck section having a width and left and right outboard deck edges. Left side and right side wings are movably coupled to the deck section. The bed also includes a left leadscrew receiver mounted on the left wing, a right leadscrew receiver mounted on the right wing, and left and right motor assemblies both mounted on the deck section. A left leadscrew is coupled to the left motor assembly and to the left leadscrew receiver. A right leadscrew is coupled to the right motor assembly and to the right leadscrew receiver. Motor operation is capable of moving the wing to which it is coupled between a deployed position in which the lateral extremity of the wing is outboard of the respective outboard edge of the deck section and a stored position in which the lateral extremity of the wing is inboard of its deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen E. Hutchison, Jeffrey A. Ruschke, Jonathan D. Turner, John D. Christie, Brian Guthrie, Joseph A. Ernst, David P. Lubbers, Scott M. Corbin, Robert A. Bossingham, Mark Tyler Rigsby, James D. Lattimore, Mark E. Lanning, Mahesh Kumar Thodupunuri, Aziz Ali Bhai
  • Publication number: 20150128348
    Abstract: An ergonomic headrest is disclosed that holds a user's head substantially in place to reduce turning during sleep. The headrest comprises two large, substantially conical mounds that are positioned beside each other to form a channel between the mounds. The user's neck rests between the mounds, and the top portion of the mounds provide support for the user's head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Daniel D. Gottlieb
  • Publication number: 20150128349
    Abstract: A baby changing pad configured to store accessories for changing a diaper of an infant or child. The changing pad includes a main body with a plurality of horizontal and vertical seams upon which the changing pad can be folded. A waterproof reloadable wipe dispenser is attached to or integrated into the changing pad. A pouch is attached to or integrated into the changing pad and is configured to store diapers. Magnets and a wrist strap are attached to the changing pad. The changing pad can be folded along the plurality of horizontal and vertical seams into a closed position, which is held in place with the magnets. A user can carry the changing pad by using an integrated wrist strap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Monica Ann Padilla, Monica Jacquay
  • Publication number: 20150128350
    Abstract: An assembly for supporting an infant (e.g., newborn baby) includes a fabric body defining a pocket between an upper layer and a lower layer of the body at one end of the fabric body, the pocket accessible via an opening selectively closeable to seal the pocket. A neck, spine and spinal cord support device of a semi-rigid material is removably insertable in the pocket of the fabric body by the pocket so as to maintain the support device in a substantially fixed position within the fabric body. The support device supports the head, neck, spine and spinal cord of a newborn baby or infant when the infant is on the fabric body to inhibit injury to the infant's head, neck, spine and spinal cord. The fabric body can be a swaddle blanket and/or sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Steven Paperno
  • Publication number: 20150128351
    Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to a washable mattress topper. The washable mattress topper typically comprises a cushion element and a fabric cover enclosing and attached to the cushion element in a manner which divides the cushion element into a plurality of compartments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Joseph E. Blazar
  • Publication number: 20150128352
    Abstract: An adaptable surface system including a plurality of individually adjustable surface units and a plurality of pressure sensors. Each pressure sensor corresponds to one of the adjustable subsurface units and is positioned to measure an amount of pressure exerted upon the subsurface unit. The system also includes a controller that receives a first pressure value from a pressure sensor, compares the value to a threshold, and adjusts the height of the first subsurface unit based on the comparison. The controller also receives a second pressure value from a second pressure sensor, compares the second pressure value to the threshold, and adjusts the height of a second subsurface unit based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: George Papaioannou
  • Publication number: 20150128353
    Abstract: An improved method and system for monitoring a user's sleep is provided. The method includes monitoring, using one or more sensors of a bed, biological signal data of a user; determining, by a processor, a sleep phase of the user according to the biological signal data; and providing, on a data interface, a sleep cycle report, determined at least partially according to the sleep phase of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Boyd Thomas KILDEY
  • Publication number: 20150128354
    Abstract: A resting body support, such as a mattress or an encasement for a resting body support, comprising a sensor layer is disclosed which may incorporate a mattress adjustment system. The system may comprise at least one pressure detection mat comprising a plurality of sensors arranged in a matrix and at least one processor configured to monitor a plurality of pressure values detected by each of said sensors; and at least one active mattress comprising a plurality of cells, the cells being controlled by an inflation control unit that is connected to said processor, and operable to individually adjust the level of inflation of said plurality of cells based on said plurality of pressure values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: ENHANCED SURFACE DYNAMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Lior Greenstein, Amir Ben Shalom, John S. Ehlinger, Efrat Zaritzky
  • Publication number: 20150128355
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for facilitating rotation of a mattress in a horizontal plane carried by a box spring or a platform. In order to facilitate rotation, slick surfaces between the mattress and the box spring or platform are selectively placed in contact in order to reduce the normal friction therebetween. The slick surfaces may be provided by two (2) separate covers; one cover for the mattress and one cover for the box spring or platform. A first cover is provided with a slick and non-slick surface. In order to further facilitate rotation, a second cover includes a slick surface on one side and forms part of a levitation device. The other side of the second cover may be formed with a slick or a non-slick surface. The levitation device creates an air cushion between the mattress and the box spring under the influence of an air supply which lifts the mattress and allows the mattress to be rotated in a horizontal plane virtually effortlessly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Levitation Sciences LLC
    Inventor: William John Scarleski
  • Publication number: 20150128356
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for facilitating rotation of a mattress in a horizontal plane carried by a box spring or a platform. In order to facilitate rotation, slick surfaces between the mattress and the box spring or platform are selectively placed in engagement with each other, in one embodiment of the invention. The slick surfaces may be provided by two (2) separate covers; one cover for the mattress and one cover for the box spring, platform or bed skirt. One cover is provided with a slick and non-slick surface. The other cover may be the same as the first cover or may have sock surfaces on two sides. In an alternate embodiment of the invention, one of the covers may be provided as a protective cover that encapsulates the entire mattress. In another alternate embodiment, one cover may be provided that cooperates with a suck surface that is integrally provided on one or the other of the mattress or box spring or platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: LEVITATION SCIENCES LLC
    Inventor: William John Scarleski
  • Publication number: 20150128357
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for controlling a washing machine that automatically select a washing method when a user uses the washing machine and saves the user an effort to choose a washing method suitable for the laundry. The apparatus includes at least one sensor unit in the washing machine configured to measure a value of a natural frequency of laundry in the washing machine; a database unit storing information regarding a washing method of the laundry; a control unit that compares the value of the natural frequency from the sensor unit with value(s) of a natural frequency or frequencies stored in the database unit to determine the type of laundry, select a washing method corresponding to the determined type of laundry, and output a signal to perform the selected washing method; and a driving unit that receives the signal from the control unit and operates the washing machine in accordance with the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Kwan Seo KOO
  • Publication number: 20150128358
    Abstract: A method for cleaning at least one soiled substrate in a rotatably mounted cylindrical drum of a cleaning apparatus with a multiplicity of solid particles comprising the steps of: a) agitating said at least one soiled substrate in said drum with wash liquor and said multiplicity of solid particles for a first cleaning cycle wherein said wash liquor comprises at least one cleaning agent; b) draining said wash liquor from said cleaning apparatus; and c) introducing an aqueous non-detergent medium into said cleaning apparatus and agitating said at least one soiled substrate with said multiplicity of solid particles in said drum for a second cleaning cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Simon Paul WELLS, Michael SAWFORD, Wayne Robert SZYMCZYK, Elizabeth Jean ABERCROMBIE, Stephen Derek JENKINS
  • Publication number: 20150128359
    Abstract: Disclosed is a molded foamed article, such as a midsole or outsole for footwear, made by a method in which a desired amount of thermoplastic polyurethane foam beads are placed in a compression mold in the shape of the article and the mold is brought to a peak temperature of from about 130° C. to about 180° C. over a period of from about 300 to about 1500 seconds, then cooled to from about 5° C. to about 80° C. over a period of from about 300 to about 1500 seconds within about 30 seconds after the peak temperature is reached. The foamed article made by the method has a density of from about 0.1 to about 0.45 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Hossein A. Baghdadi, Denis Schiller, Sui-Chieh J. Yu
  • Publication number: 20150128360
    Abstract: An adjustable leg assembly for a loading dock ramp member having an elongate, adjustable housing with incremental slots, a hydraulic system having a hydraulic pump with a cylinder fully contained within the housing and a handle for operation of the hydraulic system. The leg assembly also includes a lock bracket for insertion into the slots to contact the cylinder for even distribution of compression loads. A user pumps the handle to actuate the hydraulic system and thereby adjust the loading dock to the desired height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Grant Leum
  • Publication number: 20150128361
    Abstract: An electric-powered submersible vacuum cleaner for filtering water in a pool includes a base with an inlet port extending therethrough. A plurality of wheels extends from the lower surface of the base to facilitate movement of the cleaner over a surface of the pool. An impeller coaxially aligned with the inlet draws water and debris from the pool surface. An electric-powered drive train is coupled to the cleaner and configured to rotate the impeller. A discharge conduit in fluid communication with the inlet extends substantially normal with respect to the upper surface of the base and circumscribes the impeller to direct the flow of water/debris drawn through the inlet by the impeller. A filter mounted over the discharge conduit filters the debris from the drawn water and passes filtered water into the pool. A rotatable handle is attached to and facilitates manual movement of the cleaner over the pool surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Water Tech LLC
    Inventors: Guy ERLICH, James KOSMYNA, John MANY, Jonathan ELMALEH, Curtis ELLIOTT
  • Publication number: 20150128362
    Abstract: A foreign matter removal mechanism for removing foreign matter on a power-supplying coil that wirelessly supplies power to a parked vehicle from below, including: a movable unit that is pushed by the vehicle to move horizontally; and a movable cleaning unit that is coupled to the movable unit and moves, in conjunction with a movement of the movable unit, along an upper surface of the power-supplying coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Motonao NIIZUMA
  • Publication number: 20150128363
    Abstract: A hand held back brush has a rotating brush head and a reservoir for liquid soap from which the soap is actively vectored towards the skin via an active pumping mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Avi Cooper, Josh Sybrowsky
  • Publication number: 20150128364
    Abstract: A pad particularly adapted for surface cleaning. The pad includes an absorbent core having the ability to absorb and retain liquid material, and a liner layer in contact with and covering at least one side of the absorbent core. The liner layer has the ability to retain and wick liquid material through the liner layer. Cleaning apparatus containing such pads and methods of using such pads are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: iROBOT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael DOOLEY, Nikolai ROMANOV, Marcus WILLIAMS, Joseph M. JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20150128365
    Abstract: A device for reducing a level of infectious agents present on one or more hands of a user. This device may reduce the level of infectious agents present on one or more fingers and/or thumbs of a user, specifically reducing a level of infectious agents present on the distal aspect of the digit; including, but not limited to an underside of a nail plate, and an area of hyponychium skin between a free margin of the nail plate and an onychodermal band of a digit, such as for example, a finger, thumb, or toe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Jonathan Reed Kalish
  • Publication number: 20150128366
    Abstract: In a hairbrush including a brush body having bristles twisted and fixed to a twisted wire and a porous cylindrical body having holes at a uniform interval and coupled to the brush body such that the bristles of the brush body are elastically exposed to the outside of the porous cylindrical body by a predetermined length, the porous cylindrical body is formed by curving a mesh plate in the shape of a roll and fixing the both side ends of the mesh plate to each other, and the bristles of the brush body are elastically exposed through the mesh holes of the porous cylindrical body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Chang Ku Kim
  • Publication number: 20150128367
    Abstract: An oral care implement comprises a first and a second part. The first part has a carrier plate having a back side and a front side opposite the back side, and at least one cleaning element extending from the front side. The second part has a support plate and at least a portion of a neck, the support plate having a front side and a back side opposite the front side. The back side of the carrier plate is secured to the front side of the support plate by means of a plastic material molded around at least a portion of the back side of the support plate and over at least a portion of the carrier plate to provide a non-detachable connection between the first and the second part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Uwe JUNGNICKEL, Benedikt HEIL
  • Publication number: 20150128368
    Abstract: An industrial brush comprises a brush body having a cup-shaped containing portion with a bottom wall and at least one side wall, which together define a receiving cavity, a bundle of filament or cable lengths partly housed in the cavity and externally protruding therefrom, means for retaining the bundle inside the cavity, where at least one side wall of the containing portion has a neck of a predetermined length, corresponding to at least ? of the length of the side wall and extending towards an access opening of the cavity to at least partly define the retaining means. The side wall of the containing portion also comprises a plurality of longitudinal ribs, which are substantially parallel to the central axis and angularly spaced from each other so as to define a corresponding plurality of longitudinal channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Davide Zagni
  • Publication number: 20150128369
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning cloth, and in particular a cleaning cloth with two active cleaning surfaces, which includes an element interposed between the above-mentioned surfaces for particular requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Renato Zorzo
  • Publication number: 20150128370
    Abstract: A wipe structure of stitch bonded construction incorporating one or more substrate layers of an absorbent material with a barrier layer across a face side of the absorbent material and a preformed lightweight loop fabric disposed across the underside of the absorbent layers with loops projecting away from the absorbent layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: TIETEX INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventor: Lori Shannon Sears
  • Publication number: 20150128371
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device attached to a mop base that facilitates its use on a wall, limiting its possible angular travel with respect to the handle and arranging it for a correct approach to and positioning against a vertical wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Renato Zorzo
  • Publication number: 20150128372
    Abstract: A cleaning cloth with an abrasive surface provides a triangular area in one corner which is covered with an abrasive microfiber surface on one side for scrubbing. The remainder of the cloth features the usual soft fabric surface, preferably cotton or a lint-free synthetic weave. The cloth would allow the user to rapidly switch between cleaning techniques without changing tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Chad Quelle