Patents Examined by Andrea M. Valenti
  • Patent number: 11895987
    Abstract: A remotely operable quick release is provided that may be placed between a collar or harness to release an animal or object. A nylon strap with a D-ring on one end attaches to a holding device. On the other end supports a flip latch attached to a harness. The release mechanism on the top of the strap includes a push pull piston solenoid. A metal slider urged by the solenoid holds prevents the flip latch from releasing. When the solenoid is activated the piston and slider pull back to release the flip latch. The solenoid is operated with a wireless remote control receiver transmitter key fob. When the button is push it activates the solenoid which pulls the piston and slider back to free the flip latch. Resetting the flip latch is accomplished by pushing down on the slider and allowing the piston to slide forward to re-engage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventor: Kyle Dietrich
  • Patent number: 11871711
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed comprises a root trellis or use thereof. Specifically, a solid medium made from a non-corrosive material composed of a 3-dimensional solid grid for supporting and providing structure to a plant root's downward and lateral growth when roots are otherwise unsupported by a solid medium. The apparatus is potentially constricted with an attached appendage by which the trellis can suspend itself from the container or reservoir it is placed inside to maintain a functional shape, especially if the device composition material is not rigid enough to support its own shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventors: Nate Sabzerou, Jeffrey Neiman
  • Patent number: 11871725
    Abstract: Described are attachment devices coupleable to an animal crate having at least a portion of at least one wall formed from a mesh network having a plurality of openings. The attachment device comprising includes a base member and a spring-loaded crate attachment member coupled to the base member. The spring-loaded crate attachment member includes a first slider piece and a second slider piece. A first force is applicable to at least one of the first slider piece or the second slider piece to move the at least one of the first slider piece or the second slider piece to an insertion state. A spring force biases the at least one of the first slider piece or the second slider piece from the insertion state to an expanded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Diggs Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Hoge, Isaac Haverlick, Zel Crampton, Courtney Armstrong
  • Patent number: 11871733
    Abstract: A water fountain for the pets may include a water tray, a water bottle and a bottle cap. The water fountain include two supporting wings, a connecting piece and a hose, the two supporting wings are hinged with two sides of the water tray respectively, a first end of the connecting piece is in connection with the water bottle and in communication with an inner part of the water bottle, a second end of the connecting piece is in connection with the bottle cap and in communication with an inner part of the bottle cap. a first end of the hose is in connection with the bottle cap and in communication with the inner part of the bottle cap, a second end of the hose is arranged inside the water tray. The water fountain not only prevent the water tray from being turned over, but also is convenient to carry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZHUHAI HENGQIN SUPER TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Tianle Yang, Yibao Zeng
  • Patent number: 11849708
    Abstract: A system includes a housing; a water tank positioned within the housing, wherein an inside of the water tank is sealed to prevent contact between material forming the water tank and water within the water tank; a water movement subsystem causing water to circulate within the water tank, including a baffle extending along the center of the water tank dividing the water tank into a circular raceway, and a pump causing water to circulate; an aeration subsystem maintaining an oxygenation level suitable for crustaceans to live within the water tank; a temperature control subsystem maintaining a water temperature suitable for crustaceans to live within the water tank; a water quality monitoring subsystem monitoring a water quality parameter of water within the water tank; a feeding subsystem configured to dispense food into the water tank; a biofloc removal subsystem configured to remove biofloc from the water tank; and a control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ATARRAYA, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Russek, Michel Facen, Andre Freitas, Victor Perez-Rul, Arleta Krystyna Skrzynska
  • Patent number: 11812728
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for interactive fetching for one or more participants, such as pets. In one implementation, a projectile, such as a ball, is received in a receiver and transported through an opening into a feeder of a randomizer. One of a plurality of chutes is randomly selected using gravity, and the projectile is transported from the feeder into the selected chute. The chute generates a smooth roll along a ramp to a port, from which the projectile is ejected along an ejection path for the participant to retrieve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: iFetch, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis W. Hamill, Deborah Lynn Hamill, Kit Morris, John Vanderveen, Smith Newnam, Chris Owens
  • Patent number: 11805759
    Abstract: The present disclosure envisages a feeding system for poultry. The system includes a plurality of first and second pan assemblies that are attached to a conveyor. The conveyor is driven by a main drive unit consisting of combination of prime mover/s and push belt drive to facilitate simultaneous movement of the pan assemblies. An IFH-station is provided for supplying ration to the pan assemblies. The difference in physical characteristic of male and female birds is considered while designing the first and second pan assemblies to deter the male and female birds to access ration from each other's pan assemblies. The system helps in proper ration quantity to male and female birds to enhance their economic value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: GARTECH EQUIPMENTS PVT. LTD.
    Inventor: Harish Rajaram Garware
  • Patent number: 11793163
    Abstract: Animal drinkers of an activation unit provided with two arms engaging respective valve pin in an axially oriented manner when pivoting an activator. This reduces wear and leads to a longer service life of the drinker valve. The respective arm can moreover have a channel through which the water exits the drinker valve and can be fed in a targeted manner to the activator to ensure that all of the water exiting the drinker valve makes its way into the water collection tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LUBING MASCHINENFABRIK LUDWIG BENING GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Chris Hawk, Michael Abelin
  • Patent number: 11793161
    Abstract: The utility model relates to the technical field of a pet water dispenser, and provides an intelligent wireless omnidirectional auto-induction pet water dispenser, including a base, a water pump, a wireless induction device, a water tank, a supporting layer, a top cover and a water outlet device. When a pet is in an induction area, a power supply device is electrified and the water pump starts to work. After the pet leaves the induction area, the power supply device stops electrifying, and the water pump stops working. The water dispenser realizes automatic water delivery under the mutual cooperation of the base, the water pump, the wireless induction device, the water tank, the supporting layer, the top cover, and the water outlet device. A water pump water outlet hole and a water pump water inlet hole are sequentially connected to a water outlet and a water inlet. Positive and negative metal sheets are connected to positive and negative elastic pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Dongguan ZhiYiHong Hardware & Plastic Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Zhiqi Xue
  • Patent number: 11793160
    Abstract: A pet water dispenser may include a water tank having an upper opening, a pump installed inside the water tank, a water supply pipe connected to the pump to transfer water, and a water supply plate having a water supply hole through which water is supplied from the water supply pipe. The water supply plate may include a plate body inclined upward from the water supply hole to an edge of the water supply plate. Water ejected from the water supply hole may form a ring or a water wall that pets may consume from all angles around the pet water dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunsun Yoo, Jaehung Chun, Yousook Eun, Joogyeom Kim, Sungkyung Kim, Myongsun Kim
  • Patent number: 11795421
    Abstract: Microalgae cultivation equipment for the cultivation of microalgae is provided in which a raceway is modified so as to contain multiple generally upright photobioreactor columns spaced apart along its length so as to increase the total surface area of liquid growth medium directly exposed to light and to improve the transfer of CO2 from the gas-phase to the liquid-phase by providing adequate height inside the vertical photobioreactor columns. The lowermost ends of the photobioreactor columns are immersed inside the liquid growth medium in the raceway component and are fed with liquid growth medium by a circulation promoting facility circulating the liquid growth medium from the raceway through the photobioreactor columns to become discharged back into the raceway. Gas inlets provide CO2 containing gas bubbles passing upwards in each of the photobioreactor columns. One or more paddle wheels or jet pumps induce a flow of liquid growth medium within the raceway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Nelson Mandela University
    Inventors: Bernard Zeelie, Johan Pieter Barnard
  • Patent number: 11785904
    Abstract: Disclosed is a self-watering insert for placement within a plant container, the insert comprising a one-piece self-supporting structure having an open bottom end, a closed top end, downwardly-sloping sidewalls, an open or closed interfacing structure that facilitates a secure seal of the insert against an interior wall of the plant container, an open collar on the top to allow temporary insertion of a pipe or water-discharging mechanism into the watering insert, a plurality of holes and/or screen/fabric material permanently attached to the surface of the top end, allowing water and air to pass through the surface. A lower flange extends circumferentially around the bottom end of the water insert, thereby creating a shelf upon which growing medium rests; the flange further featuring downward protruding fins spaced so as to provide channels through which water passes from underneath the interior of the watering insert to its exterior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventor: Earl B. Graffius
  • Patent number: 11778990
    Abstract: An automatic food feeder for aquatic breeding comprises a bottom plate; the lower side of the bottom plate is provided with a driving mechanism, and the driving mechanism comprises four groups of rotating shafts located on the lower side of the bottom plate; gears are sleeved on the outer sides of the two groups of rotating shafts, and a conveyor belt is connected between the two groups of gears; a plurality of groups of meshing teeth matched with the gears are uniformly provided on the inner side of the conveyor belt, and a plurality of groups of electric telescopic push blocks are uniformly arranged on the outer side of the conveyor belt; a placing rack is connected on the upper side of the bottom plate, and a control box is connected on the front part of the lower side of the placing rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG OCEAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yin Zhang, Hanhao Zhu, Yeyi Si, Chenchen Lin, Yue Pan, Qingqian Xu, Guiming He, Kangkang Jian, Yiwei Yao, Zhigang Chai, Xu Liu, Jiahui Wang, Zhiqiang Cui, Qile Wang
  • Patent number: 11771058
    Abstract: A pet water dispenser may include a water tank having an opening, a pump provided inside the water tank, a water supply pipe connected to the pump to transport water, a water supply plate supplying water from the water supply pipe, and an illumination assembly to illuminate water falling from the water supply plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunsun Yoo, Jaehung Chun, Yousook Eun, Joogyeon Kim, Sungkyung Kim, Myongsun Kim
  • Patent number: 11730149
    Abstract: An exemplary water circulation pump pre-filter unit (PFU) comprises a backwash pipe in fluid communication with an outer nozzle outside a screen cage and an inner nozzle within the screen cage. The PFU may simultaneously spray inside and outside the screen cage using an inner nozzle and an outer nozzle configured with an axial jet perpendicular to a plurality of radial jets. The inner nozzle may have a restriction chamber with diameter decreasing in flow direction to a full cone nozzle outlet, concentrating dual streams from a plurality of inlets swirled through a plurality of helical channels. Pairs of inner nozzles may be angled to each other, increasing the inner surface area cleaned. Exemplary implementations may simultaneously clean the screen cage bottom and top using the outer nozzle and inner nozzles in backwash mode and in a separate pre-filter mode ingest water through multiple filter pipe inlet apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventor: Stephen D. Roche
  • Patent number: 11716972
    Abstract: Aquarium feeding systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system (10) includes a flotation base (20) adapted to float on water and a clip (130) adapted to be removably inserted into and removed from the flotation base (20). The clip may hold food materials (e.g., seaweed) for feeding aquatic life of the aquarium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventor: Alex J. Maile
  • Patent number: 11700830
    Abstract: A pig production method by using a detachable and washable wet curtain for intensive pig farming The detachable and washable wet curtain includes a wet curtain mounting frame (1), a spray tube (4), a plurality of rotatable reels (7) equivalent to sleeves, a reel (6) with a buckle, a wet curtain net (8), a reel (10) with a buckle, and a manual handle (9). The wet curtain is formed by a low-cost common material, namely a plastic net and the like, is convenient to mount, detach, and wash, and is not prone to making dust, scale, algae, mosquitos, and the like accumulate thereon, thus reducing the replacement cost and use cost. Therefore, a new cooling method based on the wet curtain is provided for pig farms in summer, and it is also suitable for other livestock farms in summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGSU ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Shouwen Ren, Xuemin Wang, Xiaomin Fang, Bixia Li, Yanfeng Fu, Weimin Zhao, Xiaobo Xu, Li Wang, Feng Tu, Guotai Wu
  • Patent number: 11692368
    Abstract: A memorial vase cover and ornament kit includes a lid and a rod. The lid is configured to fit on a memorial vase and seal an open top of the memorial vase. The lid has a rod hole through a center of the lid configured to receive a rod. The rod is configured to extend from approximate a bottom of the memorial vase, through the rod hole in the lid positioned on the open top of the memorial vase and upwards above the lid for a set distance to hold a base ornament on the lid. Wherein, the memorial vase cover and ornament kit is configured to cover and seal the open top of the memorial vase and to allow the memorial vase to be decorated with the base ornament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventor: Tina S. Currie
  • Patent number: 11684186
    Abstract: An article in the form of a plant caddy shelf for supporting a plant includes a main support platform that is configured for placement on a top surface of a window sill. The main support platform has an area for receiving a plant pot. The area includes a drain hole. A leg support is pivotally coupled to an underside of the main support platform and including a bottom end for coupling to a support surface. A removable drip tray is removably coupled to the underside of the main support platform and is in fluid communication with the drain hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TRENDSTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Alan Greer, Rajesh Israni
  • Patent number: 11684044
    Abstract: An automatic feeding dispenser with a cylindrical feed supply conduit, an accumulation tray to supply feed to poultry and a shutter having at least one cylindrical portion, outer sliding and rotatable with respect to the supply conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CORTI ZOOTECNICI S.R.L.
    Inventor: Esterino Corti