Patents Assigned to HOPS, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11525474
    Abstract: A cost-effective anchor member formed of sheet metal for use with a compression style fastener device for securing equipment such as hog penning and gates to a slatted floor, the anchor member having an elongated body with a curved center section and opposed inclined sections extending upwardly and outwardly from the center section, and a cutout formed in the curved center section in which an internally threaded attachment member is secured against rotating, wherein in use the anchor member is positioned extending laterally against the underside of the slatted floor with spaced apart contact locations supporting the anchor member and providing improved stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: HOPS, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Schick
  • Patent number: 11214765
    Abstract: An enriched trichome pellet product including either a hop derived lupulin component or a cannabis derived trichome component, and the associated cryogenic and mechanical method for the efficient production of the pellet product. The pellet is produced at low temperatures, which aids in pellet production eliminating degradation of the hop lupulin having a high alpha acid and essential oils content that is especially suited for use in the brewing of beer and hop flavored beverages, and aids in eliminating degradation of the cannabis trichome having aromatic oils, and terpenoids and terpenes as well as therapeutic and psychoactive cannabinoids including THC, CBG, and CBD that is especially suited for use in cannabis component or “cannabinoid” enriched products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: YAKIMA CHIEF HOPS, INC
    Inventors: Karl P. Vanevenhoven, Benjamin T. Grogan, Nicholas S. Zeigler
  • Patent number: D903479
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: HOPS, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Schick
  • Patent number: D903480
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: HOPS, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Schick