Abstract: A grinder includes a hopper having a top and a bottom and a shaft disposed within the hopper and configured to rotate about a shaft longitudinal axis with respect to the hopper. The shaft includes both a first end nearer to a top of the hopper as compared to a bottom of the hopper and a second end nearer to the bottom of the hopper as compared to the top of the hopper. A blade extends a radial distance outward from the shaft a smaller radial distance at a location on the shaft nearer to the first end of the shaft as compared to a second location on the shaft nearer to the second end.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 4, 2019
Date of Patent:
October 4, 2022
Assignee:
Helen of Troy Limited
Inventors:
Justin Zernhelt, Larry Witt, James Kwon
Abstract: A faucet-mounted filter system includes a body forming a fluid chamber having a water inlet, a quick connect device positioned adjacent the water inlet for mounting the filter system to a water faucet, a filtered water flow path disposed within the body and in fluid communication with the water inlet, an unfiltered water flow path disposed within the body and in fluid communication with the water inlet, a diverter valve disposed within the fluid chamber and operable to open and close the filtered and unfiltered water flow paths, a seal, an actuator engaging the diverter valve to open and close the filtered and unfiltered water flow paths, a flow meter connected to the body and in fluid communication with the filter flow path, a filter housing connected to the body and having a reservoir, and a filter cartridge disposed within the reservoir.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 16, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 13, 2022
Assignee:
Helen of Troy Limited
Inventors:
John Tanner, David Emmons, Matthew Lloyd Newman, Brian David Andres, Simon Leung, Steven James Schroeck, Armin Schwarz-Hartmann, Peter Stoeffel, Richard Paul Riedel
Abstract: A beverage brewing apparatus includes a body including a body side wall having an inner surface and an outer surface. A base is removably connected to the body and includes a base side wall and a top wall. The base side wall has an inner surface and an outer surface. A valve assembly is mounted to the base. The valve assembly includes a valve plate and a valve seal connected to the valve plate. The valve seal is movable from a closed position where the valve seal is in contact with the top wall and an open position. A filter assembly is mounted to the base, and includes a filter having a peripheral edge and a gasket having a flange. The gasket is secured to the peripheral edge of the filter, and assembling the body, base, and filter assembly secures the gasket flange between the body and the base.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 5, 2019
Date of Patent:
August 30, 2022
Assignee:
Helen of Troy Limited
Inventors:
Christopher Diskin, Nicholas Reynolds, Lynna Borden
Abstract: A foldable bath tub includes a base, a rim, and a basin wall disposed between and interconnecting the base and the rim. The bottom wall has an upwardly extending crotch support. The basin wall includes at least one crease. The basin wall is configured to be positioned in one of a folded condition in which the basin wall is folded into itself at the at least one crease an extended condition in which the basin wall is configured to receive an associated child. Where in the extended condition of the basin wall a distance from the base to the at least one crease increases along a length direction of the bath tub from a first end of the bath tub to a second end of the bath tub.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 28, 2021
Date of Patent:
August 16, 2022
Assignee:
Helen of Troy Limited
Inventors:
Martin Mutch, Elizabeth Kaye Steenwyk, Sunny Kim, Thomas Chia Hanson