Patents Issued in February 16, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170042279
    Abstract: Ski boot comprising a rigid shell that is shaped so as to accommodate the foot of the user, and a rigid cuff that is shaped to as to surround the ankle of the user, and is pivotally jointed to the shell so as to be able to pivot about a rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the midplane of the boot; the shell comprising a substantially basin-shaped, rigid casing which is shaped so as to be able to accommodate therein the foot of the user, and a transversal stiffening insert which is embedded inside the bottom wall of the casing at the tarsophalangeal region of the sole of the foot, and is structured so as to emerge/surface on the outside of the rigid casing on opposite sides of the midplane of the boot, at the two lateral sides of the tip of the shell; the transversal stiffening insert being provided with two first conjugated coupling ends that surface on the outside of the rigid casing along the two lateral sides of the tip of the shell, on opposite sides of the midplane of the boot, and are structure
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Davide Parisotto
  • Publication number: 20170042280
    Abstract: Waterproof, breathable socks, booties, shoe inserts, and footwear assemblies containing the shoe inserts are provided. The booties and shoe inserts may include a laminate comprising a seamless extensible film, such as a polyurethane film, and at least one textile. The bootie is suitable for a range of sizes and shoe shapes. The bootie may shrink to fit, or, alternatively, be stretched to fit, an asymmetrical last having a desired size to form a shoe insert. A bootie having a seamless extensible film eliminates the need to have multiple sizes of shoe inserts correlating to particular shoe sizes. In embodiments where the polyurethane film is seamless and continuous, the shoe insert eliminates the need for a waterproof seam tape, which is conventionally used to make shoe inserts waterproof. Methods of forming the socks, booties, and shoe inserts are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: John E. Bacino, Norman E. Clough, Orlando Collazo, Stane Nabernik, Franz J. Shelley, Heike Wolfrum, Alexander Zaggl
  • Publication number: 20170042281
    Abstract: Heel dampening systems and footwear including the same are disclosed herein. Articles of footwear include an upper and a sole assembly. The sole assembly includes at least an outsole and a heel assembly. The heel assembly includes a heel dampening system, an upper heel layer that includes a cushion aperture, and a lower heel layer. The heel dampening system includes a heel dampening layer configured to at least partially absorb an impact force and a cushioning projection that extends from the heel dampening layer and at least partially through the cushion aperture in the upper heel layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Calvin Myron Buck, IV, Marco Aurelio Grott
  • Publication number: 20170042282
    Abstract: A thermal protection system is disclosed herein. In various aspects, the thermal protection system includes an insert. The insert may include a first layer and a second layer bonded to one another. The insert may be removeably receivable within a cavity of a shoe to form a thermally insulating barrier between a plantar surface of a user's foot and a sole of the shoe with a side of the first layer oriented toward the sole and a side of the second layer oriented toward the plantar surface. The first layer may include an aerogel and the second layer may include a meta aramid polymer, in various aspects. Related compositions of matter disclosed herein, in various aspects, include a plurality of layers bonded to one another in the form of an insert removeably receivable within a cavity of a shoe to create a thermal barrier between a sole of the shoe and a plantar surface of a foot of a user. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. §1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: DENA Garner, HENRY D. CROSS, III
  • Publication number: 20170042283
    Abstract: A shoe sole which has a landing surface composed of three regions of a middle-sole region, a fore-sole region and a rear-sole region, and has a plurality of groove portions in the landing surface. The groove portions include: a first groove portion located in the fore-sole region, on a first imaginary line extending along the MP joint; a second groove portion located in the fore-sole region, on a second imaginary line extending along a line which connects a medial outer edge of the fore-sole region and a lateral outer edge of the middle-sole region with each other, in an area which is closer to a toe than to the first groove portion; and a third groove portion located in the rear-sole region, on a third imaginary line extending along a line which connects a medial outer edge of the rear-sole region and a lateral outer edge of the middle-sole region with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Seigo NAKAYA, Masaru ICHIKAWA, Yoshiyasu ANDO, Satoru ABE
  • Publication number: 20170042284
    Abstract: A sole structure that includes recessed portions. The recessed portions are arranged such that the sole structure has auxetic properties. In some embodiments, sipes extend to the recessed portions. Additionally, the sole structure may include a central portion having auxetic properties and a peripheral portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Deborah L. Lawless
  • Publication number: 20170042285
    Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear can include auxetic openings and sipes. The auxetic openings and sipes may be applied in a regional manner to achieve different characteristics for the sole structure in the different regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Deborah L. Lawless
  • Publication number: 20170042286
    Abstract: An article comprises a chamber that includes a barrier formed from a polymer material. The barrier has a first portion that forms a first surface of the chamber, and a second portion that forms an opposite second surface of the chamber. The barrier forms at least one interior cavity between the first portion and the second portion. The at least one interior cavity is filled with fluid retained by the barrier. Tethers of different configurations operatively connect the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Meschter, Lee D. Peyton, Danielle L. Taylor, Dolores S. Thompson, Frederick J. Dojan
  • Publication number: 20170042287
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper, a midsole, and a support assembly positioned beneath the midsole. The support assembly includes a plurality of primary support members having a substantially Z-shaped cross-section extending transversely across the support assembly. The support assembly may include a plurality of secondary support members having an inverted V-shaped cross-section, extending longitudinally along the support assembly, and intersecting with the primary support members. An outsole is positioned beneath the support assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Elizabeth Barnes, Margarita Cortez, Zachary Elder, Fred Fagergren, Lee Peyton
  • Publication number: 20170042288
    Abstract: An article of footwear may include a sole structure with a plurality of sipes. The plurality of sipes may extend from the forefoot region to the heel region. Additionally, the plurality of sipes may extend across the sole structure from a medial edge toward the lateral side and from a lateral edge toward the medial side. Further, the sole structure may include longitudinal sipes that extend longitudinally along the sole structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Deborah L. Lawless
  • Publication number: 20170042289
    Abstract: In order to significantly improve productivity and durability by simplifying a configuration, the present invention provides a wire tightening apparatus comprising: a housing having a ratchet type of gear formed in the inner periphery thereof in a circumferential direction; a winding member inserted into the housing so as to be rotatable, a wire being selectively wound therearound; a support part radially protruding from the upper portion of a coupling shaft of which the lower portion is coupled to the housing; and an intermediate member that includes an engagement restriction part selectively engaged with the ratchet type of gear and restricted from rotating in a direction, and has a resilient coupling hole formed in the center thereof, the periphery of which a resilience restriction part is formed on, wherein the engagement restriction part is provided on an end portion of a blade part extending from a body part and having a resilient support force, and the resilience restriction part is elevated by an exte
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: SHIN KYUNG INC.
    Inventors: Gi Ho HA, Young Ho HA, Hyun Il KIM
  • Publication number: 20170042290
    Abstract: Footwear, including athletic footwear, opens very wide, e.g., by moving an ankle containing portion of a footwear upper laterally/sideways with respect to the sole structure or a base portion of the upper (e.g., rotate it to the lateral side). In effect, the ankle containing portion may move/rotate sideways with respect to the sole structure/base portion via a connecting member (e.g., moving akin to rotation on a hinge type structure) to open in somewhat of a “clamshell” fashion. The rear of the upper base portion in this open condition may appear somewhat as an open backed slipper or “slide” type shoe. These actions and features open the rear heel area of the upper wide and low to enable easy insertion of a foot into the interior chamber, generally from the rear of the footwear structure. One or more straps can be used to secure the upper to the foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Tobie D. Hatfield, Richard Ramsay
  • Publication number: 20170042291
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides footwear construction that includes a foot securing mechanism that provides improved fit without resulting in footwear that is substantially more difficult or time consuming to put on and take off. In one embodiment the footwear is a slip-on boot having both an instep hold down system and a heel retaining system. In the depicted embodiment both systems can be activated by a single mechanism exposed on the outside of the boot. Related methods and additional embodiment are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: RED WING SHOE COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Mark T. Dinndorf, Charles L. Caverly, Roy Smith, Russell Lane Davis
  • Publication number: 20170042292
    Abstract: A device for protecting a heel of a shoe includes a body including an upper end and a lower end, a flexible material positioned along a portion of an outer edge of the body, and an attachment mechanism positioned at the upper end of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Adriana Ghirda
  • Publication number: 20170042293
    Abstract: Web connectors for use in occupant restraint systems in a vehicle are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, first and second web connectors include first and second web receiving portions, respectively. The first web receiving portion includes a first projection at a first side and a first recess adjacent a second side opposite the first side. The first recess includes a first surface feature. The second web receiving portion includes a second recess and a second projection having a second surface feature. In this embodiment, the second recess is configured to receive the first projection, the first recess is configured to receive the second projection, and the first surface feature is configured to engage the second surface feature to resist movement between the first and second connectors during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Kevin Jin, Jerry Huang, Adriaan Siewertsen
  • Publication number: 20170042294
    Abstract: An accessibility-enhanced instant locking fastener system comprising of a cylindrical tongue and a catch with funnel-shaped opening, enabling easy insertion and pushing for locking, without precise alignment or directional orientation. The omni-directional locking clasp system, typical use of which may be for seat belt buckling systems, are configured so that the once the tip of the tongue meets the opening of the hole in the clasp, latching can be accomplished by simply pushing the tongue into the funnel-shaped opening without the necessity to precise directional alignment unlike the flat tongue plates of locking buckles typically found in conventional seat belt harnesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Jaenam Coe
  • Publication number: 20170042295
    Abstract: [Solving Means] An attachable and detachable structure includes a superficial part and a base. The superficial part has an attachment part and a non-attachment part. The base supports the superficial part and moves one of the attachment part and the non-attachment part forward or backward to the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomasa Mizuno, Hidenori Ishibashi, Fujio Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20170042296
    Abstract: A molded surface fastener comprises at least one surface fastener portion and a foldable piece portion that extends from the surface fastener portion. At least a part of the foldable piece portion has flexibility. The surface fastener portion has a pair of first barrier portions and a second barrier portion. A cushion body with the molded surface fastener anchored to a prescribed position while a plurality of engaging elements are in an exposed state can be stably manufactured by way of foam molding the cushion body using the molded surface fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Ryuichi Murasaki, Toru Yamamoto, Yoshitomo Iyoda, Genta Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20170042297
    Abstract: A ceramic watch chain is disclosed. The ceramic watch chain includes a central connecting piece having on both sides thereof a pair of through holes, an outer connecting piece located outside the central connecting piece and having on both sides thereof insert holes corresponding to the through holes, with a fastening groove being formed outside each of the insert holes and having a diameter larger than that of the insert hole, a fastening pin passing through the through holes to be inserted into the insert holes, and a fixing member coupled to a lower surface of the fastening groove. The invention has no pin insert hole on the back of the outer connecting piece of the watch chain, thus providing an attractive appearance, and reducing the manufacturing cost of the watch chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Young Gon Ko, Min Kyung Hyun
  • Publication number: 20170042298
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards jewelry products, connected with reusable stickiness (adhesive) to grab and release the body and different surfaces. The present invention also includes different purposes for the gecko jewelry such as a gecko diamond, wristwatch, phones, bandages, electrodes etc. While the gecko's “glue” holds the on the body strongly in one direction, one can easily pull the product out to the other direction. Due to the gecko jewelry, the shape of the product can be changed and not necessarily symmetric. The gecko jewelry can come as a complete new product or the gecko adhesive can be as an add-on a part for an existing jewelry. The present invention also include a jewelry that has reusable adhesive made out of carbon nanotubes mimicking a gecko foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Ted Greg Lee Frumkin
  • Publication number: 20170042299
    Abstract: A cage setting is disclosed and method of retaining an object in a cage setting is disclosed. The cage setting defines a free space therein, configured for retaining an object therein. The cage setting includes a first and second cage end bodies. A number of bar members extend between the first and second end bodies. Each bar member has a first and second end secured the first and second end bodies, respectively. The bar members extend along a periphery that defines the free space. Each adjacent pair of bar members defines a gap having a first gap width that that allows an object to be inserted into the free space. Upon twisting, the first end body with respect to the second end body, the gap is altered to a second gap width, narrower than the first gap width, which captures the object within the free space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: APAC Tool, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony Aquillacci, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170042300
    Abstract: A container having integrated liquid product dispensers for enabling transport of a plurality of liquid product dispensing receptacles defines a base pouch defining a five solid sided pouch housing with an open top, a fastenable flap attached to the base pouch, and a receptacle fastening system enabled from the interior of the base pouch. The fastenable flap includes an elastic section that extends from the base pouch and which stretches over the open top of the base pouch when the flap is closed and a non-elastic section attachable to front side of the base pouch. A suitable liquid product dispensing receptacle includes a receptacle fastening surface near the bottom of its exterior surface. The receptacle fastening surface and an interior fastening strip inside the base pouch form the receptacle fastening system and enable such a receptacle to be fixed in place in the base pouch in an upright position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Robin Thiele
  • Publication number: 20170042301
    Abstract: Luggage with a folding structure that can take a compact form for storage and an expanded form of the usage volume including an access side and a bottom opposite the access side. The bottom is edged with four lateral sides. At least one of the two lateral sides is associated with at least one stiffening panel configured to turn towards the bottom of the luggage. A third lateral side has a folding structure and is configured to be locked by a lateral lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: LORENZO ARMANI, LAURENCE DETRY, EBBE JACOBSEN
  • Publication number: 20170042302
    Abstract: A stackable luggage article (100) is provided. The luggage article may include a luggage case (102) defined by opposing major faces (116), opposing top and bottom end walls (108, 110), and opposing left and right sidewalls (112, 114), the luggage case having a height (H) and a width (W); a plurality of wheel assemblies (160) attached to the bottom end wall; and a first strap (162) defined on a major face. The first strap may extend vertically along at least a portion of the distance between the opposing top and bottom end walls. At least a portion of the first strap may be spaced away from the major face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Sean B. Farrelly
  • Publication number: 20170042303
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hair styling appliance (1) comprising a shaft (12) having a comb-like styling tool (3), which extends only over part of the circumference of the shaft (12) and has teeth (5), which are each spaced apart from each other by a hair receptacle (10), are arranged in a tow in the longitudinal direction of the shaft (12), project from the shaft (12) and each form or have a styling part (7, 7.1), which is produced from a material that conducts heat well. In the part or the circumference of the shaft, which circumference is not occupied by the styling tool (3), the shaft (12) heats at least one hair collecting device (13), which follows the longitudinal direction of the row of teeth and is arranged opposite the latter such that, after hair has been caught by the hair collection device (13) and the shaft (12) has been rotated about the longitudinal axis thereof, the hair can be introduced into hair styling gaps situated between the pairs of styling parts (7, 7.1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Marvin Kock
  • Publication number: 20170042304
    Abstract: The present invention describes a frame made from a plurality of strands. The strands have a certain length, which may or may not be equal. The three or more strands run substantially in parallel to each other forming a length of said frame and held together by a length of at least one other strand spirally wound about the three parallel strands. An ornament comprising of full or partial length of the frame is attached thereto and is completed in a shape of a ribbon of a pattern, such as a leaf branch. A flexible tie forms a strip of flexible material that attaches the ribbon to the frame, which may also include a comb. The frame may be ring like or may have distal ends. Both the frame and the ribbon of ornament are able to be co-twisted when attached together and retain the end shape of the twisting by a user, who may also re-twist both into any shape, any number of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Ellen Hunter
  • Publication number: 20170042305
    Abstract: Hairdressing apparatus 10 for shaping hair, comprising a plurality of hollow teeth 20 which are attached to a hollow grip 30, which grip 30 functions as an air distribution chamber for supplying air to the teeth 20 when air is supplied to the hollow grip 30. The hairdresser apparatus 10 is characterized by the teeth 20 having at least one outlet opening 40 at only one side and above the tips 25 of the teeth 20, and wherein the at least one outlet opening 40 is formed as a channel which has an inclination in a direction upwards from the tips 25 of the teeth 20, such that air will be pressed against hair and upwards from the scalp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: KAN Holding AS
    Inventor: Kare A. Nilsen
  • Publication number: 20170042306
    Abstract: A nail care device includes a housing defining a slot extending through the housing and to a cavity; a drive mechanism disposed within the housing and including a drive member extending into the cavity; and a drum assembly configured to be removably engaged with the drive member, the drum assembly including an abrasive drum configured to be received within the cavity and a hub configured to extend to an exterior of the cavity and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Wai Wah Yiu
  • Publication number: 20170042307
    Abstract: A combination nail care tool is disclosed. The combination tool can include a plurality of different tools such as nail clippers, cuticle scissors, tweezers, a cuticle pusher, cuticle nippers, and a file. The tools may be integrated into a small and aesthetically pleasing housing that can improve grip and provide ready access to a particular tool as well as a safe and convenient means for storage or transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Tyler Blunt
  • Publication number: 20170042308
    Abstract: A tube (3) for a product, in particular a cosmetic product, of liquid or pasty consistency or in the form of a gel, having tube head (5), and a skirt (7) having a proximal end (9) connected to the tube head (5) and an opposite distal end, and forming an internal volume (V) suitable for receiving the product. The skirt (7) and the tube head (5) are polypropylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Hintz, Manfred Lunz, Arthur Neuberger
  • Publication number: 20170042309
    Abstract: A cosmetic container has a multi-staged refillable container, which can receive or replace a puff and cosmetics at the same time, and can achieve easier fixing, separation, and sealing of the refillable container. The cosmetic container includes a lower body and a cover coupled thereto. An upper body, coupled to the upper side of the lower body, has a refillable container removably attachable from the inside of the lower body. The refillable container includes a lower cap having a first storage space formed at the inside thereof and filled with cosmetics, and a hinge shaft formed at the outside thereof. An upper cap has a hinge portion formed at the outside thereof and a second storage space formed at the inside thereof. The hinge portion is pivotably coupled to the hinge shaft to seal or open the first storage space. The second storage space has a puff inserted therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: JUNGMIN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SAWOO HONG
  • Publication number: 20170042310
    Abstract: A case (1) for a stick (2) of material to be applied by friction rubbing, in particular a lipstick, including:—a cup (3), a mechanism (9) for displacing the cup including: a hollow cylindrical internal body (10); a hollow cylindrical external body (11), in which the internal body (10) is fitted so as to pivot with respect to the external body (11) around the main axis (X); elements for blocking translational movement between the internal body (10) and the external body (11); a casing (30), at least partially covering the displacement mechanism (9); elements for rotating the external body (11) with respect to the internal body (10); and a lid (46), hinged on the casing (30), independent of the displacement mechanism (9) of the cup (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Anthony HERAUD, Hubert ALLAIN, Herve MET
  • Publication number: 20170042311
    Abstract: A skin care kit is provided. The skin care kit has a cosmetic composition having an effective amount of a skin active agent and one or more barrier patches. The barrier patch has a backing layer having a first surface and a pressure sensitive adhesive in contact with the first surface. The barrier patch also has an adhesive release force of about 50 gms to about 400 gms; a flexibility of about 8 grams to about 40 grams; and a WVTR of about 1 g/m2/24 h to about 500 g/m2/24 h. The kit also includes a display package with a display surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Elizabeth Anne WILDER, Paul Jonathan MATTS, Nicole Annette MOSBY, Colin John CLARKE, Chanda Janese DAVIS, Raniele Janine JAGO
  • Publication number: 20170042312
    Abstract: A cosmetic product includes a main body and a barrier unit. The main body includes a base layer, a skincare preparation that is dispersed in or formed on the base layer, and a fluorescent layer that is disposed on the base layer and that includes a fluorescent material emitting light with a predetermined wavelength after being excited by a light source. The barrier unit is disposed on the fluorescent layer of the main body for blocking light emitted from the light source and having a wavelength less than 380 nm or between 780 nm and 1100 nm from entering into the fluorescent layer and the base layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Cheng-Hung SHIH
  • Publication number: 20170042313
    Abstract: The present invention is a jewelry shoulder strap holder which is used to prevent straps of (but not limited) bags or purse hanging on the shoulder of a person from falling. The jewelry shoulder strap holder comprises of a body member with a collapsible member and a base member having a top surface for a decorative design and a lower surface with a plurality of compartments and non-slipping strap and a means on said body member for securing said body member on to a shoulder strap. Further the jewelry shoulder strap holder has a hinge which pivotally attaches said collapsed member to the base member and divides the base member into two compartments. This allows the holder to irremovably attached at one end of the collapsed body of the holder. Also the other end of the collapsed body has a magnetic catch mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Elizabeth Anne Brammer
  • Publication number: 20170042314
    Abstract: A screwdriver assembly includes a cordless screwdriver with a drill body and a handle. The drill body includes a chuck and defines a cooling air inlet and a cooling air outlet. The handle includes a trigger movable between an on position that activates an electric motor to rotate the chuck about a rotation axis, and an off position. An arm stock includes an elongate body separating a first end from a second end. The first end includes a body coupler connected to the drill body and a handle coupler connected to the handle. The second end includes a shoulder rest shaped and sized to contact a shoulder of a user. The arm stock includes a shoulder sling for suspending the screwdriver assembly from the shoulder of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Tim Helton, Johnny Helton
  • Publication number: 20170042315
    Abstract: The garment carrying device provides a hands free and non bulky way for people to carry garments such as jackets and coats. The garment carrying device allows for the user to quickly and easily take off and carry a garment that is no longer needed to be worn at that moment. Also, the garment carrying device allows the user to carry a garment that might be needed for future use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Agyenim Wiredu
  • Publication number: 20170042316
    Abstract: An applicator for cosmetic product, in particular mascara, has a twisted core (12) and fibres that extend radially from the core (12) in directions substantially orthogonal to said core. The fibres held by the core (12). The fibres form at least one envelope (E) by means of their free end, the envelope extending in a longitudinal extension direction around the core (12), referred to as the main axis X. The envelope (E) has a zone (Z), along the main axis (X), in which the fibres are deflected so as to produce a local deformation (F1-F4) of the envelope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Camille Schreiber
  • Publication number: 20170042317
    Abstract: A method of providing a visual indication of depletion of an oral care fluid. In one aspect, the method provides a visual indication of depletion of an oral care fluid contained within a reservoir of an oral care implement having a delivery member formed of a capillary material. The method includes: a) providing an indicator fluid in the reservoir with the oral care fluid, the oral care fluid being a different color than the indicator fluid and immiscible with respect to the indicator fluid; and b) upon depletion of the oral care fluid from the reservoir, delivering the indicator fluid to a visible portion of the deliver member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Madhusudan Patel, Suman Chopra, Thomas J. Boyd
  • Publication number: 20170042318
    Abstract: A motorized hair brush apparatus for providing a plurality of rotating cylinders full of brush bristles which can be employed to brush one's hair includes a base housing defining a rigid, substantially hollow structure having a rigid top exterior surface and an open bottom from which a plurality of aligned rotary brush members extending. The base housing, shaped and sized to allow a user to hold it with one hand, additionally includes a plurality of textured sections provide an enhanced gripping surface. An internal electric motor is operatively connected to each of the brush members so as to allow mechanical energy produced by the motor to rotate each of the brush members in a brushing direction simultaneously. According, a user can either hold or stroke the motorized hair brush apparatus over their hair and the rotating brush members will execute the desired brushstrokes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Kevin McGaugh
  • Publication number: 20170042319
    Abstract: A surface cleaning head is disclosed. The surface cleaning head includes a housing, a brush system, and a panel open detector. The brush system includes a brush and a brush drive member drivingly connected to the brush. The brush is moveably mounted in the brush chamber and removably from the brush chamber. A panel open detector is operatively connected to a brush interruption member and the brush interruption member is operatively connected to the brush system. When the panel open detector detects that a panel on the housing is opened, the brush interruption member interacts with the brush system to prevent the brush drive member driving the brush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Wayne Conrad, Nina Conrad, Dave Petersen
  • Publication number: 20170042320
    Abstract: A grill for brush for cleaning the rungs of a grill grate includes a handle and a brush head attached to the handle. The brush head includes a body and bundles of bristles. The bundles are coupled to a first side of the body at a first end of each bristle. The bundles include long-bristle bundles and short-bristle bundles. The bristles of the long-bristle bundles have a first length that is longer than a second length of the bristles of the short-bristle bundles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Hanna Potocka
  • Publication number: 20170042321
    Abstract: Disclosed is a portable table assembly having a table top, a hollow cylindrical stem that receives the table top, and a removable securing end cap that secures the table top to the cylindrical stem. The portable table assembly is easily assembled and adaptable for a wide variety of uses including, but not limited to, patio/porch use, outdoor/lawn gaming, parks and general recreation, outdoor sporting and concert events, tailgate parties, camping, gardening, beach use (with or without a beach umbrella), and boating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Charles Curtis Clause, David Michael Flores
  • Publication number: 20170042322
    Abstract: A sit-stand desk includes a frame located on a floor surface; a panel having an upper work surface and being selectively vertically displaceable in respect to the frame; and a vertical-displacement drive mechanism mechanically connected between the frame and the panel. Activation of the drive mechanism vertically displaces the panel with respect to the frame. The sit-stand desk also includes a control circuit selectively activating the drive mechanism to vertically displace the panel according to prescribed displacement instructions in response to receipt of a trigger signal and a pressure mat located on the floor surface adjacent to the frame on which a user stands. The pressure mat includes a pressure sensor in communication with the control circuit and configured to measure a presence of the user adjacent to the desk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Labrosse, Michael Xinjie Chu, Scott Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20170042323
    Abstract: A display includes a shelf having an elongated slot for receiving a power cord of at least one electrically powered consumer product being displayed on the shelf in front of the elongated slot. The elongated slot is defined by a portion of a free edge of a rotatable door that covers a pocket in a closed position and by a back end of a table having an upper surface for supporting the electrically powered consumer products. Remaining portions of the free edge of the rotatable door engage with a lip that protrudes from a front wall of the pocket so that a top side of the rotatable door is in alignment with the upper surface of the table when the rotatable door is in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jason W. Johnson, Erin L. Zobel, Timothy J. Martell
  • Publication number: 20170042324
    Abstract: A leg assembly for a table includes an elongated body portion having a wireway extending along a length of the body portion and configured to receive electrical power and communication lines therein, one or more wire retaining assemblies located within the wireway of the body portion, each of the one or more wire retaining assemblies movable between a first position, wherein electrical power and communication lines are retained within the wireway, and a second position, wherein electrical power and communication lines may be readily removed from within the wireway, and wherein the one or more wire retaining assemblies remain at least partially within the wireway in the first position and in the second position, and a cover member releasably connected to the one or more wire retaining assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse M. Menayan, David C. Eberlein, Mohd Ramdan Rohani, Justin M. White
  • Publication number: 20170042325
    Abstract: Portable bar counter having a rectangular prismatic profile. The counter having a first closed configuration, adapted for transporting the counter and a second open configuration adapted for use of the counter, the counter including a support structure, a system of panels that are movable with respect to surface hinges, and connected to the structure due to further hinges, a work surface; at least one shelf; at least two shoulders connected to the surface due to hinges that allow spatially orienting the shoulders vertically with respect to the surface; at least one stabilizing support to be placed orthogonally along the front edges of the surface counter the counter being characterized in that the assembly between its components occurs due to mortise joints represented by cavities and projections mating with each other, the mortise joints also being covered by the metal layer showing magnetic properties, or by the layer of rubberized material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Matteo TULLI, Andrea TULLI
  • Publication number: 20170042326
    Abstract: The object of the present device is to provide a fixing clip for a pipe wherein the pipe can be inserted into and fixed at the clip which is constituted into one structure and a shelf can be combined to the fixed clip so that articles can be positioned or decorated on the shelf. To achieve the above object, the present device comprises a first body formed with a first hole into which the pipe is inserted; a second body formed with a second hole into which the pipe is inserted; a connection section which combines ends of the first body and the second body and elastically presses the other ends of the first body and the second body so as to be pushed away from each other; and a fixing section to which the other end of the first body or the second body is connected, wherein the first body and the second body can be fixed at or escape from the pipe according to the angle between the center axis of the first hole and the center axis of the second hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Sung Mook Choi
  • Publication number: 20170042327
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for a display and enclosure apparatus for supporting a television. The display and enclosure apparatus includes a cabinet that has a back face and at least one flange extending from the back face for holding the television. A decorative member is connected to the flange of the cabinet. The decorative member defines a hollow that extends in a non-linear shape and terminates at a mouth. A bracket interconnects the cabinet and decorative member. The bracket includes a plate that overlies and is connected to the flange of the cabinet, and at least one wing that extends from the plate. The wing has a shape that substantially matches the non-linear shape of the hollow of the decorative member and nests in the hollow for interconnecting the flange of the cabinet and the decorative member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL GAMING PROJECTS LIMITED
    Inventor: Alejandro De Viveiros Ortiz
  • Publication number: 20170042328
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a rail member, first and second brackets, a blocking member, and an elastic member. The two brackets are mounted to the rail member and are detachably attached to first and second posts of a rack respectively. The blocking member is movably connected to the second bracket, which can remain at a first position with respect to the blocking member thanks to the elastic member. After the first bracket is detached from the first post, the rail member can be displaced, and thus move the blocking member, in a direction so that the second bracket is displaced from the first position to a second position with respect to the blocking member and separated from the second post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: KEN-CHING CHEN, SHUN-HO YANG, CHIEN-LI HUANG, CHUN-CHIANG WANG