Patents Assigned to PLOW & HEARTH, LLC
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Patent number: 10137383Abstract: A lawn or garden ornament having an inner frame and an outer frame. The outer frame is to receive a fluid such that at least one first orifice arranged therein is to discharge a portion of the fluid in a first direction outwardly therefrom to cause rotation of the outer frame, and at least one second orifice arranged therein is to discharge a portion of the fluid in a second direction inwardly therefrom to contact a surface of inner frame and thereby cause rotation of the inner frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Plow & Hearth, LLCInventors: Paul D. Maguire, Lin C. Gregory, Fei Qiu
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Patent number: 9814990Abstract: An outdoor amusement rocking device having a frame and a support member that together form a curvature saddle-shaped play structure. The amusement device includes a hyperbole paraboloid frame structure defining an interior area and a resilient support sheet material disposed in the interior area of the frame and attached to the frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Plow & Hearth, LLCInventors: Amanda Lacy, Beverly Fries, Ting Xu, David Yakos
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Patent number: 9808735Abstract: A decorative lawn ornament including a rotatable carrier having a plurality of blades. At least one light-emitting device is arranged on each of the plurality of blades to emit light from the blades. A solar panel is provided to receive and collect sunlight, and a photoswitch is automatically operable between an activated state during instances of insufficient sunlight to thereby activate the light-emitting device, and a deactivated state during instances of sunlight to thereby deactivate the light-emitting device. The decorative lawn ornament is operable such that when a flow of air strikes it, the blades rotate and a decorative member rotates to control an orientation of the blades and the light emitted by the light-emitting devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Plow & Hearth, LLCInventors: Fei Qiu, Chengyong Tu, Richard Koval
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Patent number: 9789409Abstract: A recreational swing having a seating member to support one or more users thereon, and a suspension system that includes one or more bungee cords that permit the base seating portion to be suspended from a suspension point so as to dually function as a swing.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Plow & Hearth, LLCInventors: David Yakos, Kirk Turner, Beverly Fries, Ting Xu
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Patent number: 9630119Abstract: A suspended play structure includes a floor, a sidewall, and a roof that defines an inner space. The structure includes top and bottom ring structures that provide additional support to the play structure. The play structure can be suspended from a tree, a stand, a ceiling, or similar structure. The structure is collapsible for easy storage and can also include a removable cushion that can fit within an internal pocket. The structure can also include a removable string of LED lights within the inner space.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: PLOW & HEARTH, LLCInventors: Beverly Fries, Ting Xu, Jose R. Rodriguez Bosch
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Patent number: 9631800Abstract: A compressible decorative structure can be easily converted from a non-compressed configuration to a compressed configuration. The structure includes an inner support that is attached to a base. A movable ring slides along the inner support and is held in the compressed configuration by retaining clips. Naturally biased connectors, formed of a flexible material, return the structure to its non-compressed configuration when the retaining clips are disengaged. Alternatively, the structure includes a rope and a top cover that engages the rope. Springs hold the structure in the desired configuration.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: PLOW & HEARTH, LLCInventors: Janice M. Coughlin, Tere Eggleston
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Patent number: 9474253Abstract: A hummingbird feeder that includes a flower petal shaped attractive structure attached to the hollow body of the feeder around a feeding hole and a removable, replaceable, and non-bulky feeding tube designed to be removably placed within the feeding hole.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: PLOW & HEARTH, LLCInventors: Janice M. Coughlin, Tere Eggleston
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Patent number: 9345975Abstract: A swinging chair having a base seating portion composed of bungee cords and a suspension system that permits the base seating portion to hang or otherwise be suspended so it dually functions as a swing.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Plow & Hearth, LLCInventors: Ting Xu, Amanda Lacy
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Patent number: 9254446Abstract: A suspended play structure includes a floor, a sidewall, and a roof that defines an inner space. The structure includes top and bottom ring structures that provide additional support to the play structure. The play structure can be suspended from a tree, a stand, a ceiling, or similar structure. The structure is collapsible for easy storage and can also include a removable cushion that can fit within an internal pocket. The structure can also include a removable string of LED lights within the inner space.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2014Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: PLOW & HEARTH, LLCInventors: Amanda T. Lacy, Beverly Fries, Ting Xu
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Patent number: 9148996Abstract: A decorative lawn ornament including a rotatable carrier having a plurality of blades. At least one light-emitting device is arranged on each of the plurality of blades to emit light from the blades. A solar panel is provided to receive and collect sunlight, and a photoswitch is automatically operable between an activated state during instances of insufficient sunlight to thereby activate the light-emitting device, and a deactivated state during instances of sunlight to thereby deactivate the light-emitting device. The decorative lawn ornament is operable such that when a flow of air strikes it, the blades rotate and a decorative member rotates to control an orientation of the blades and the light emitted by the light-emitting devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Plow & Hearth, LLCInventors: Fei Qiu, Chengyong Tu, Richard Koval
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Publication number: 20150092399Abstract: A decorative lawn ornament including a rotatable carrier having a plurality of blades. At least one light-emitting device is arranged on each of the plurality of blades to emit light from the blades. A solar panel is provided to receive and collect sunlight, and a photoswitch is automatically operable between an activated state during instances of insufficient sunlight to thereby activate the light-emitting device, and a deactivated state during instances of sunlight to thereby deactivate the light-emitting device. The decorative lawn ornament is operable such that when a flow of air strikes it, the blades rotate and a decorative member rotates to control an orientation of the blades and the light emitted by the light-emitting devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: Plow & Hearth LLCInventors: Fei QIU, Chengyong TU
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Publication number: 20150077980Abstract: A compressible decorative structure can be easily converted from a non-compressed configuration to a compressed configuration. The structure includes an inner support that is attached to a base. A movable ring slides along the inner support and is held in the compressed configuration by retaining clips. Naturally biased connectors, formed of a flexible material, return the structure to its non-compressed configuration when the retaining clips are disengaged. Alternatively, the structure includes a rope and a top cover that engages the rope. Springs hold the structure in the desired configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: Plow & Hearth, LLCInventors: Janice M. Coughlin, Tere Eggleston
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Publication number: 20140338605Abstract: A hummingbird feeder that includes a flower petal shaped attractive structure attached to the hollow body of the feeder around a feeding hole and a removable, replaceable, and non-bulky feeding tube designed to be removably placed within the feeding hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: PLOW & HEARTH, LLCInventors: Janice M. Coughlin, Tere Eggleston
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Patent number: D747023Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Plow & Hearth, LLCInventors: Janice M. Coughlin, Tere Eggleston, Fei Qiu
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Patent number: D786533Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Plow & Hearth, LLCInventors: Jose R. Rodriguez Bosch, Beverly Fries
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Patent number: D805826Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Plow & Hearth, LLCInventors: Beverly Fries, Ting Xu, David Yakos, Kirk Turner
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Patent number: D815214Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Plow & Hearth, LLCInventors: Amanda Lacy, Beverly Fries