Abstract: A straw lid valve assembly includes a cap, a spout, and a valve member. The cap connects with a drinking vessel and includes valve receiving passage. The spout connects with the cap and pivots between a drinking position and a closed position. The spout includes an inner passage that is in fluid communication with the drinking vessel when in the drinking position and is closed off when in the closed position. The valve member is receivable in the cap and includes a drink passage and a vent passage in fluid communication with the drinking vessel when the cap is connected with the drinking vessel and the valve member is received in the cap. The valve member is receivable in the valve receiving passage such that an uppermost surface of the valve member is exposed to ambient when the spout is in the drinking position and the valve member is received in the cap.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 10, 2019
Date of Patent:
June 14, 2022
Assignee:
Helen of Troy Limited
Inventors:
Conor McNamara, Benjamin Robert Hein, Jeffrey T. Burga, Jarett Volkoff
Abstract: A shower caddy for attachment to an associated outer enclosure panel or door of an associated shower or tub enclosure includes a body and an attachment mechanism mounted on an end portion of the body. The attachment mechanism has at least one movable mounting arm. The attachment mechanism is configured such that downward movement of the body relative to the attachment mechanism by force of gravity moves the at least one mounting arm from a rest position toward an engagement position where the at least one mounting arm is engageable with the associated outer enclosure panel or door.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 27, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 24, 2022
Assignee:
Helen of Troy Limited
Inventors:
Morris Elijah Worden, IV, William Jack Merrill, Conor McNamara, Daniel Juda
Abstract: A cooking device suitable for cooking an associated food item includes a body including an upper portion, a lower portion, and an aperture between the upper and lower portions. Each of the upper and lower portions is configured to receive the associated food item and the aperture adapted to allow the associated food item to travel from the upper portion to the lower portion. The lower portion has at least one opening arranged to allow an associated cooking fluid to flow into the lower portion allowing the lower portion in use to become at least partially submerged in the associated cooking fluid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 27, 2019
Date of Patent:
February 22, 2022
Assignee:
Helen of Troy Limited
Inventors:
Francois de Martrin-Donos, Charlie Paradise, Laura Sink, Meegan Daigler, Mark Steven Drayer, Patrick Zay, Rebecca del Monte
Abstract: A fruit pitter includes a frame, a fruit holder supported by the frame, and a lid and a pusher plate each pivotally attached to the frame. The fruit holder has a hole formed therethrough. The lid is moveable between a fully closed position adjacent to the fruit holder and a fully open position away from the fruit holder. A cutting rod depending from the lid passes through the fruit holder hole when the lid is moved from the fully open position to the fully closed position. The lid and the pusher plate rotate relative to the frame about a common rotational axis. The pusher plate is located between the fruit holder and the lid, and the cutting rod passes through the pusher plate as the lid is moved between the fully closed position and the fully open position.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 5, 2020
Date of Patent:
February 8, 2022
Assignee:
Helen of Troy Limited
Inventors:
Becca del Monte, Mack Mor, Mark Drayer, Dio Climaco Cavero, Zoe Mikhailovich