Patents Assigned to Concept, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10874052
    Abstract: Differential speed stalk rolls mountable to a row unit of a row crop head. A first stalk roll body has an outer peripheral speed less than the outer peripheral speed of a second stalk roll body in lateral spaced relation. At least one of the first and second bodies includes a knife defining a knife plane normal to the axis of rotation of the first or second stalk roll. The stalk roll bodies may have modular and interchangeable body segments of different configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Kingdom Ag Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Rich Gramm, Corbin Fehr, Austin Bitting, Robert Schlipf
  • Patent number: 10853985
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating an interactive rotatable 360-degree presentation of an object are disclosed. The methods and systems obtain data describing the object, where the data includes information about a number of images of the object, as well as additional information about the object. The images are automatically obtained and rearranged into at least one sequence of images substantially evenly distributed around 360 degrees. It is determined whether to add hotspot(s) to image(s), and if hotspot(s) are to be added, the hotspot(s) are automatically added to the image(s). The ordered images of the sequence(s) are then merged into an interactive rotatable 360-degree presentation of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Augmented Reality Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Saporta, Collin Stocks, Devin Daly, Michael Quigley
  • Patent number: 10849631
    Abstract: Instruments and surgical techniques may be used to correct a bone deformity, such as a bunion in which a metatarsal is misaligned with respect to a medial cuneiform. In some examples, a bone cutting guide is utilized to cut an end of the metatarsal and/or an end of the medial cuneiform to facilitate realignment of the bones. The cutting guide can have a pivotable cut guide surface along which a cutting instrument is translated to provide a precise bone cut. In some applications, after suitably preparing and aligning the bones, the bones are compressed together using a fixation pin. The fixation pin can be driven through one of the bones, into the second bone, and then further driven to compress the bones together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Hatch, Joe W. Ferguson, Paul Dayton, W. Bret Smith, Lowell Weil, Jr., F. Barry Bays
  • Patent number: 10849663
    Abstract: A bone cutting guide may include a support that contains a shaft movable relative to the support. The shaft may carry a guide member having one or more cut guides through which a clinician inserts a cutting member to cut bone positioned under the guide cut guides. In operation, a clinician may fixate the support of the bone cutting guide to a bone and translate the guide member until the one or more cut guides are positioned at a desired cut location. The clinician may then perform a cut through the cut guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Dayton, Joe William Ferguson, F. Barry Bays, John T. Treace, W. Bret Smith
  • Patent number: 10849670
    Abstract: Methods for temporarily fixing an orientation of a bone or bones. Methods of correcting a bunion deformity. Bone positioning devices. Methods of using a bone positioning device. Bone preparation guides. Methods of using a bone preparation guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Santrock, Paul Dayton, Daniel J. Hatch, W. Bret Smith, F. Barry Bays, Carlos Eduardo Gil, Sean F. Scanlan, Joe W. Ferguson, John T. Treace
  • Publication number: 20200355827
    Abstract: A method for determining spin of a projectile comprising generating an electromagnetic radar signal and transmitting the electromagnetic radar signal towards a projectile. Receiving a reflected electromagnetic radar signal from the projectile. Identifying a component of the reflected electromagnetic radar signal, and performing an autocorrelation process on the reflected electromagnetic radar signal using the component to generate an estimate of a spin of the projectile as a function of the autocorrelation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Applied Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Jared Smothermon, James K. McCoy, Robert S. Gammenthaler
  • Publication number: 20200345118
    Abstract: A battery powered blow dryer having a novel heating element technology that can be powered by an attached battery pack. The heating element includes an infrared light bulb that emits high heat with relatively low power consumption compared to current methods. The present invention patent also describes a unique configuration of battery cells to optimally perform the task of blow drying hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Spur Concepts Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Friedman, Ryan Goldman, Zachary Rattner
  • Patent number: 10824969
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying multiple excavation sites and generating multiple locate requests from a single locate request session comprising an electronic interactive interface for defining a geographic area, wherein the geographic area defined represents an area for evaluation of the presence or absence of one or more underground facilities, an auto-populating interactive smart map, a rules engine for determining a number of tickets per area defined, and a database and/or electronic storage of one or more underground facilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: One Call Concepts, Inc.
    Inventor: Randall Mark Peterson
  • Publication number: 20200342644
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating an interactive rotatable 360-degree presentation of an object are disclosed. The methods and systems obtain data describing the object, where the data includes information about a number of images of the object, as well as additional information about the object. The images are automatically obtained and rearranged into at least one sequence of images substantially evenly distributed around 360 degrees. It is determined whether to add hotspot(s) to image(s), and if hotspot(s) are to be added, the hotspot(s) are automatically added to the image(s). The ordered images of the sequence(s) are then merged into an interactive rotatable 360-degree presentation of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicants: Augmented Reality Concepts, Inc., Augmented Reality Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Saporta, Collin Stocks, Devin Daly, Michael Quigley
  • Patent number: 10810778
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating an interactive rotatable 360-degree presentation of an object are disclosed. The methods and systems obtain data describing the object, where the data includes information about a number of images of the object, as well as additional information about the object. The images are automatically obtained and rearranged into at least one sequence of images substantially evenly distributed around 360 degrees. It is determined whether to add hotspot(s) to image(s), and if hotspot(s) are to be added, the hotspot(s) are automatically added to the image(s). The ordered images of the sequence(s) are then merged into an interactive rotatable 360-degree presentation of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Augumented Reality Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Saporta, Collin Stocks, Devin Daly, Michael Quigley
  • Publication number: 20200315313
    Abstract: A system and method for an intelligent hair drying/styling apparatus with user information transmission and storage capabilities is herein provided. The hair drying/styling apparatus houses a control circuit board and an infrared or temperature sensor (or camera) in order detect an individual's hair condition moisture level to determine a user specific, customizable dryer setting. The information detected by the sensor is stored locally, on a proximal Internet-enabled device, or on a remote or cloud-based server and accessed by the hair drying/styling apparatus through a wireless local area network connectivity function. Accordingly, a user's hair temperature-drying profile may be stored and later recalled to provide optimal hair styling setting customized for that user. This innovation will enable any number of hair professionals and or end consumers to improve styling and dry time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Spur Concepts Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Friedman, Ryan Goldman, Zachary Rattner
  • Publication number: 20200307981
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for dispensing a material, comprising: a removable container for holding the material; a receptacle for receiving the material, the receptacle comprising a top opening and a flange; a funnel for receiving the material from the removable container and guiding the material to the receptacle, the funnel comprising a valve holder at a lower end of the funnel and a lower opening aligned with the top opening of the receptacle; a valve member slidably coupled to the valve holder, the valve member comprising a valve aperture; a valve lever connected to the valve member, wherein when activated, the valve lever is configured to move the valve member to cause the valve aperture to align with the lower opening of the funnel, allowing the material to flow down from the funnel to the receptacle until the receptacle is filled to the top opening; a lever assembly coupled to the valve lever, wherein the lever assembly is configured to be activated by an operator inserting the flange of the receptacle in
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Sandblast By Creative Concepts Inc
    Inventors: Scott David Green, Joseph Michael Wyatt
  • Patent number: 10775076
    Abstract: A water heater flushing system includes a housing having an inlet configured to be coupled to a drain port of the water heater and receive water therefrom, and an outlet configured to discharge water from the housing. A series of filter elements are positioned and spaced apart within the housing transverse to a water flow path defined between the inlet and the outlet, the series of filter elements are configured to separate solid impurities from the water according to different particle sizes (e.g. progressively different or finer particle sizes) in the water flow path between the inlet and the outlet. A viewing feature, such as a transparent lid, is carried by the housing and configured to provide visual access to an interior of the housing for inspection of separated solid impurities at each of the filter elements. A sediment buster may be coupled to the inlet of the housing and configured to send a fluid into the drain port of the water heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Nerd Concepts, Inc.
    Inventor: John Verhoff
  • Patent number: 10753108
    Abstract: A stripping corner for an inside form, such as for forming the inside corner of an elevator core in building construction for pouring concrete, is provided that includes a powered actuator that forcibly collapses the perimeter of the inside form, particularly the inside corners of the form, to allow displacement of the inside form from the formed concrete surface to strip the inside form from the concrete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Forming Concepts, Inc.
    Inventor: Norton Baum
  • Publication number: 20200263944
    Abstract: An automatic magazine ejection system is disclosed. The automatic magazine ejection system comprises a modified bolt catch, a release switch, and a pivotable magazine catch. The modified bolt catch pivots from a first position to a second position. When in the second position the bottom of an external part of the modified bolt catch moves toward the firearm. The release switch is connected to the modified bolt catch. The bottom of the release switch engages the end of the pivotable magazine catch to pivot the end of the magazine catch out of the magazine well and permit the automatic removal of the magazine. If the release switch is slid to an “off” position then the bottom of the release switch does not engage the pivotable magazine catch when it moves and the magazine is not removed from the magazine well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Evolusion Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Courtney Harris, Glenn Banaag
  • Publication number: 20200254122
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods are described for a disinfecting system formed of a plurality of modular units, wherein each modular unit is (1) coupleable to at least one other modular unit from the plurality of modular units and (2) includes an energy source from a plurality of energy sources. The plurality of energy sources can be configured to provide energy having an intensity capable of disinfecting a surface of the object located in a disinfecting area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: UV-Concepts Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy STARKWEATHER, Jason YLIZARDE, John WYNNE
  • Publication number: 20200221845
    Abstract: A battery powered blow dryer having a novel battery cooling feature to simultaneously cool the batteries and improve hair dryer performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Spur Concepts Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Goldman, Jonathan Friedman, Zachary Rattner
  • Patent number: 10710135
    Abstract: A dual-stage multi-roll leveler and an associated dual-stage work roll assembly. The dual-stage work roll assembly includes independent sets of first stage work rolls and second stage work rolls, with each set of work rolls including one or more upper work rolls disposed above one or more lower work rolls. An adjustable gap is present between the upper and lower work rolls of each work roll set, with the gap being equal from the entry side to the exit side thereof. A dual-stage leveler employs such a work roll assembly to remove shape defects from a moving strip material in the first stage and to remove coil set and/or curl from the strip material in the second stage, through a combination of work roll gap adjustment and first stage work roll bending. Because there is no feathering out of work roll penetration in either stage, differential roll speed and the problems associated therewith are eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Machine Concepts Inc.
    Inventors: Guil Bergman, Chris Heid, Lee Heitkamp, Tony Enneking
  • Patent number: 10702686
    Abstract: A wound oxygen supply system includes a chassis that defines an oxygen outlet. an oxygen production subsystem is included in the chassis and coupled to the oxygen outlet. A control subsystem is coupled to the oxygen production subsystem and configured to receive humidity information that is indicative of a humidity experienced by the oxygen production subsystem. The control system then uses the humidity information to control power provided to the oxygen production subsystem in order to control an oxygen flow that is created by the oxygen production subsystem and provided through the oxygen outlet to a restricted airflow enclosure adjacent a wound site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Electrochemical Oxygen Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Q. Niederauer, James P. Daley, Joseph J. Moffett
  • Patent number: 10703401
    Abstract: A lift-enabled motorized wheel assembly and material handling cart. A drive wheel is supported on an axel between a fixed leg and a floating leg. The axel passes through the fixed leg without interference, but is captured in the floating leg by a self-aligning bearing. The axle is driven by a drive motor that is bolted to the fixed leg through a right-angle gearbox. A vertical suspension unit provides compliance for drive wheel traction. A lifter sub-assembly alternately raises and lowers the drive wheel into and out of contact with the ground. The lift-enabled motorized wheel assembly is attached to the bottom of a cart frame, along with a plurality of caster wheels. The cart includes a tow-bar that is moveable between raised and lowered positions. When the tow-bar is lowered condition for towing, the drive wheel automatically lifts out of contact with the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Caster Concepts, Inc
    Inventors: Elmer Lee, Alex Harden