Patents Assigned to Home Products International - North America, Inc.
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Patent number: 10595655Abstract: Apparatus are disclosed for multi-hook hangers for steaming fabrics. An example hanger includes hooks that include rod hooks for hanging from a rod. The rod hooks include a first rod hook and a second rod hook that are spaced apart from and parallel to each other. The hooks also include a back hook for hanging from a wall hook. The back hook is coupled to the first rod hook and the second rod hook. The example hanger also includes arms including a first arm and a second arm. Each of the arms include a back arm segment, a front arm segment spaced apart from the back arm segment, and a curved end extending between and connecting the front arm segment and the back arm segment. The example hanger also includes a base connecting the hooks to respective arms.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Home Products International-North America, Inc.Inventors: Rolando Hernandez, Gabriel Prero
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Patent number: 9611583Abstract: A device for softening fabrics in a dryer comprising a generally spherically-shaped outer body with one or more truncated surfaces and a securing mechanism for dryer sheets is disclosed. Various embodiments of the present disclosure include a dryer device having an open-ended body with a central securing mechanism coupled to an interior surface of the body. The securing mechanism includes a panel with a plurality of slits to form moveable flaps configured to secure a dryer sheet within the panel such that the sheet remains secured to the dryer device while tumbling through fabrics in a dryer load. The dryer device can further include a plurality of protrusions extending from an exterior wall of the open-ended body. Each protrusion can have a rounded shape that curves along a distance between the first open end and the second open end to create the generally spherical outer shape of the dryer device.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: HOME PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL-NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Rolando Hernandez, Gabriel Prero, Abigail Irzyk
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Publication number: 20120060397Abstract: An iron rest assembly removably attachable to an ironing board is provided. The iron rest includes a pair of support areas with a recess area therebetween, a basket suspended below the recess area for storing an iron, and a pair of bars extending away from a back end of the iron rest assembly. The pair of bars serves to attach the iron rest assembly to the ironing board.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: Home Products International - North America, Inc.Inventors: Howard Danzyger, Rolando Hernandez, Trey Roeser, Thomas Welsh
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Publication number: 20110240505Abstract: A storage container is provided which includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a bottom wall and a side wall defining a first central area for receipt and storage of at least a lower portion of an article therebetween. The side wall includes a top flange having a plurality of posts formed in a stand section opposite a handle section, relatively to the first central area. The second member includes a top wall and a side wall defining a second central area for receipt and storage of at least an upper portion of the article therebetween. The side wall of the second member includes a bottom flange having a plurality of holes formed in a stand section opposite a handle section relatively to the second central area. In a closed state of the storage container when the second member is positioned in an opposite manner to the first member, the plurality of posts is fittingly engaged with the plurality of holes in a first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: Home Products International - North America, Inc.Inventors: Rolando Hernandez, Matthew Lerch, Trey Roeser, Thomas Welsh
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Publication number: 20100236965Abstract: A tray system is described herein comprising a plurality of trays. Each of the trays comprise generally increasing widths and lengths, and may be alternatively arranged in a stacked configuration, in which a tray with a larger width and length is stacked on a tray with a smaller width and length, or in a nested configuration, in which a tray with a smaller width and length is nested within a tray with a larger width and length. The trays further comprise latches that selectively lock the trays in the stacked configuration and prevent the accidental unlocking thereof when the stacked trays are being lifted or otherwise moved.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2009Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: Home Products International - North America, Inc.Inventors: Rolando Hernandez, Jacqueline Gagnon-Volles, Thomas Welsh