Patents Assigned to Bemis Manufacturing Company
  • Patent number: 12139902
    Abstract: A liquid reservoir for use in a toilet seat assembly having a presence sensor configured to detect a presence of a user includes a housing, a heating member, a temperature sensor, and a level sensor. The housing has a base portion, a cover portion, an inlet, and an outlet, and the housing is configured to contain a liquid. The temperature sensor is configured to detect a temperature of liquid within the housing. The level sensor is configured to detect an amount of the liquid within the housing. The heating member is configured to heat the liquid contained in the housing upon the presence sensor of the toilet seat assembly detecting the presence of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Jacqueline Sylvia
  • Patent number: 12121188
    Abstract: A toilet seat assembly including a toilet seat having a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface is configured to support a user on a toilet bowl while the bottom surface engages a surface of the toilet bowl. The toilet seat assembly further includes a hinge post coupled to the toilet bowl via a fastener and having an elongated slot defining a longitudinal axis. The toilet seat assembly further includes a hinge assembly pivotably coupling the toilet seat to the hinge post about a pivot axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The hinge assembly at least partially overlaps the elongated slot of the hinge post in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the elongated slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Weiss, Jonathan Arndt
  • Patent number: 12017840
    Abstract: A toilet seat assembly includes a toilet seat, a canister housing comprising an annular sleeve portion, an end portion, and an opening extending at least partially along the end portion, and a canister including an actuator cap. The canister storing a liquid product therein. The actuator cap including a spray nozzle. The canister configured to be positioned within the canister housing and movable relative to the canister housing to cause release of the liquid product. The canister housing is removably coupled to the toilet seat and movable relative to the toilet seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Jacqueline Sylvia
  • Patent number: 11825992
    Abstract: A method and a wash, clean and dry system are provided for washing, cleaning and drying a surface region of a human body. The system includes a toilet seat assembly with a bidet assembly having a spray canister device for spraying the surface region with a solution, such as a skin protecting barrier solution, a cleaning solution or a medicated solution. In one aspect, the spray canister device can be movably insert into and out of the toilet seat assembly and is easy to operate and use. In addition, the bidet assembly further includes a spray nozzle assembly and a drying nozzle assembly, which are adapted to wash, clean and dry the region of the human body in three dimensional moments. The removable spray canister device with the removable sleeved cover element is thus easy to carry and be re-filled with new solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: BEMIS MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Schwab, Shao-Yu Peng, Brian Murray
  • Patent number: 11800958
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a toilet seat hinge configured to couple a toilet seat to a toilet bowl. The toilet seat hinge including a base configured to be coupled to an upper surface of the toilet bowl, a post defining a pivot axis about which the toilet seat can rotate, the post being slidable onto the base in a direction parallel to the upper surface of the toilet bowl to couple the post to the base, and a cap pivotally coupled to the post. The cap being pivotable about the pivot axis to secure the post on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Brian A. Henne, Jonathan Arndt
  • Patent number: 11773579
    Abstract: A washing toilet seat assembly includes a toilet seat and a housing configured to be coupled to a toilet bowl to support the toilet seat about a pivot axis. The housing includes a cartridge interface and a cover moveable between an open position allowing access to the cartridge interface and a closed position blocking access to the cartridge interface. The washing toilet seat assembly further includes a cartridge removably coupled to the cartridge interface, the cartridge including a dispensable solution, and a spray wand moveably supported by at least one of the toilet seat or the housing. The spray wand is in fluid communication with the cartridge to dispense the dispensable solution, and the spray want is configured to dispense the dispensable solution during operation of the washing toilet seat assembly as a user sits on the toilet seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Norman Giertz, Robert Davis
  • Patent number: 11739516
    Abstract: A toilet seat assembly is provided including a seat base with a housing and a seat lid, and further including a washing apparatus, a drying apparatus, and a spray canister device positioned in the housing. A controller having a user interface is configured to communicate with a control unit of the toilet seat assembly to control operation of the components of the toilet seat assembly. So configured, a user may operate the toilet seat assembly to clean the user's perineal region via the washing apparatus, dry the user's perineal region via the drying apparatus, and spray the user's perineal region with one or more liquid products via the spray canister device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Jacqueline Sylvia
  • Patent number: 11685594
    Abstract: A spray canister device is provided including a canister containing a liquid product, a canister housing having an opening, a chassis element, and a tray slidably coupled to the chassis element. The canister includes an actuator cap and is positioned in the canister housing such that a nozzle of the actuator cap is positioned proximate the opening. The canister housing, and the canister positioned therein, may be engaged with the tray via at least one protruding member. Once engaged, the tray may be slidably moved along the chassis element between a retracted position and an extended position to facilitate relative movement between the canister and the canister housing to compress the actuator cap of the canister and spray the liquid product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: BEMIS MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventor: Jacqueline Sylvia
  • Patent number: 11583149
    Abstract: A fastening assembly is configured to couple a toilet seat hinge to a toilet bowl by a threaded shaft. The fastening assembly includes a fastening nut including a clamping portion having a resilient protrusion configured to allow axial movement of the fastening nut relative to the threaded shaft without rotation therebetween. The resilient protrusion has threads configured to engage the threaded shaft. The fastening nut includes a drive portion in which the clamping portion extends therefrom. The drive portion has a first segment coupled to a second segment by a shear segment. At least the first segment is configured to be engaged by a tool for the tool to rotate the fastening nut relative to the threaded shaft such that the shear segment fractures at a predetermined torque applied to the first segment relative to the second segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Brian A. Henne, Gérard Etaix, Jonathan Arndt, Joseph M. Hand
  • Patent number: 11564538
    Abstract: A toilet seat assembly includes a hinge post configured to be coupled to a toilet bowl, a toilet seat configured to move between a raised position and a lowered position about a pivot axis relative to the toilet bowl, and a slow-close member coupled between the hinge post and the toilet seat such that the toilet seat is moveable along a second axis relative to the hinge post. The slow-close member controls movement of the toilet seat about the pivot axis when the toilet seat moves from the raised position to the lowered position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: BEMIS MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Joseph M. Hand, Jonathan Arndt
  • Patent number: 11479957
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a toilet seat assembly for delivering medicine, washing, cleaning, and drying a perineal region of a user. The toilet seat assembly includes a spraying nozzle assembly having one or more retractable spray nozzle units for delivering a liquid product, a drying nozzle assembly having one or more retractable drying nozzle units for drying the region, and a medicine delivery assembly for delivering a medicinal product to the region, the medicine delivery assembly having a medicine delivery nozzle connected to a medicine storage element containing the medicinal product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Brian Schwab, Shao-Yu Peng
  • Patent number: 11458260
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for spraying a solution, such as a cleaning solution a barrier material, out of a spray canister device to a surface area of a human body. The spray canister device generally includes a removable sleeved cover element covering an inner canister element. The spray canister device with the removable sleeved cover is easy to carry and easy to spray, and can be handled manually or functions together with other devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Brian Schwab, Shao-Yu Peng, Brian Murray
  • Patent number: 11445837
    Abstract: A display is configured to be coupled to a shelving structure. The display includes a bracket having an upper portion. The upper portion includes a plurality of walls. The plurality of walls is configured to contact a member of the shelving structure to couple the bracket to the shelving structure. The bracket also includes a mounting portion extending below the upper portion. The mounting portion includes a surface configured to be recessed within the shelving structure when the plurality of walls contact the member of the shelving structure. The mounting portion also includes an aperture extending through the surface. The aperture is positioned below the plurality of walls of the upper portion and configured to receive a fastener that couples a toilet seat assembly to the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Alt, Mary Distl
  • Patent number: D972403
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Joseph M. Hand, Jonathan Arndt
  • Patent number: D972404
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Joseph M. Hand, Jonathan Arndt
  • Patent number: D984881
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Arndt, Gérard Etaix, Brian A. Henne
  • Patent number: D987790
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BEMIS MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Weiss, Jonathan Arndt
  • Patent number: D1001985
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: BEMIS MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventor: Jonathan Arndt
  • Patent number: D1022165
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BEMIS MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Weiss, Jonathan Arndt
  • Patent number: D1024752
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Brian LeMahieu, Jeffrey J. Weiss