Patents Examined by David P Angwin
  • Patent number: 11692338
    Abstract: A toilet fixture is provided including an inlet pipe, a toilet bowl in fluid communication with the inlet pipe, an outlet pipe in fluid communication with the toilet bowl, a jet pipe in fluid communication with the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe, and a removable jet pipe assembly that connects the jet pipe to the outlet pipe. A foreign object strainer may be positioned in-line with the inlet pipe. A flush assembly may also include a flush valve, a vacuum breaker tube in fluid communication with the flush valve, a foreign object strainer in fluid communication with the vacuum breaker tube, and an outlet pipe in fluid communication with the foreign object strainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SDB IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Harrison
  • Patent number: 11686079
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a container (11) with at least one opening (13) for storing cleaning agents for a toilet rim block cage (30), wherein a polymer film (20) is provided, and at least one opening (13) is punched into the polymer film (20). The at least one opening (13) is closed by a substantially gas-tight and removable closure material (21), and the film (20) together with the closed opening (13) is then three-dimensionally deformed by means of thermoforming. The invention also relates to the container (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventors: Joachim Leoppold, Frank Brunecker, Fritz Matthias, Sascha Hermann
  • Patent number: 11684543
    Abstract: An ionized pedicure chair system provides a pedicure treatment experience to a user with treated water. The system includes a built-in ionizer device configured to adjust the pH level of the water used for the pedicure as desired in the 2.5 to 6.0 pH range. The system includes a base supported built in water lines, a reclinable chair, and a double bowl system. The double bowl system includes an inner bowl and an outer bowl provided a decorative feature and eliminates spills from the inner bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventor: Ben Thai Pham
  • Patent number: 11686080
    Abstract: A shower bidet is provided. The shower bidet includes a plastic device operable for a user to sit upon. The plastic device includes a first seating surface disposed atop a first seating column, a second seating surface disposed atop a second seating column, and a bridge portion connecting the first seating column and the second seating column. The first seating surface and the first seating column are separated from the second seating surface and the second seating column such that a spray nozzle may be disposed between the first seating column and the second seating column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TMP Inc.
    Inventor: Curt V. Rapp
  • Patent number: 11678778
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a toileting device for children, including a seating part, supporting legs, and a bottom plate; each supporting leg includes a main rod and an auxiliary rod; an upper end of the main rod is connected to one end of the seating part, and a lower end is connected to one end of the bottom plate; and an upper end of the auxiliary rod is connected to the main rod, and a lower end is connected to the other end of the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventor: Yuzhao Jin
  • Patent number: 11667146
    Abstract: In a writing tool 1, a front shaft 5 is detachably provided on a rear shaft 6 containing an ink absorbent body 7. A filling part 51 is provided on an outside surface of a rear part of the front shaft 5. The filling part 51 detachably fits to a fitted part 61 formed on an inside surface of an opening part of the rear shaft 6. The filling part 51 has an outward-facing pressure contact part 53 and a radially penetrating slit 54. The fitted part 61 has an inward-facing pressure contact part 63. The front shaft 5 and the rear shaft 6 are brought into a pressure contact with each other when the front shaft 5 and the rear shaft 6 are fitted to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA PILOT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisatoshi Hayakawa, Tatsuya Iijima, Hisashi Iwata
  • Patent number: 11668082
    Abstract: A flapper kit comprises a flapper body, a pair of mounting legs disposed rearwardly of the flapper body and a unitary mounting bar, the mounting bar used in combination with a flush valve overfill portion, the collective elements forming an assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Lavelle Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Guthrie, Michael A. Dean
  • Patent number: 11660906
    Abstract: Carpenter pencil caliper is a two-piece device that attaches to a carpenter's pencil with a scale, ruler imprint, or rule imprint on the carpenter's pencil wherein this three-piece assembly is then used as a caliper to measure the length, width, and/or height of a workpiece. This three-piece assembly may also be used to mark or scribe a line in a workpiece at a specific, precise, or measured location and/or mark or scribe a specifically sized or measured circle in a workpiece at a specific, precise, or measured location. The two-piece device is a specially designed and shaped to reversibly attach to a standard sized carpenter's pencil in order to perform the marking and/or scribing of the workpiece. A workpiece is a piece of building material such as wood, composite, or metal that is used to build a structure or a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventor: Jonathan Noorani
  • Patent number: 11660903
    Abstract: Provided is a writing instrument including a pen cap, a pen tip and a pen barrel, wherein the pen tip is arranged at one end of the pen barrel, an ink cartridge configured to store ink is formed at the other end of the pen barrel, and the pen cap able to be removed is provided on the pen barrel for covering the pen tip; wherein the writing instrument further includes: an ink delivery assembly including a first tube body, a second tube body, a liquid guiding column and liquid absorbent cotton, wherein the second tube body is inserted into the first tube body, the liquid guiding column is inserted into the second tube body, the liquid absorbent cotton is arranged inside the first tube body, an inner end of the pen tip is inserted into the first tube body, and an end of the first tube body which is away from the pen tip is opened with a first vent and an end of the second tube body which is close to the pen tip is opened with a second vent; the first tube body is arranged in the pen barrel; an air flow channel i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: QINGDAO BEST POINT STATIONERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuanhong Wang
  • Patent number: 11660905
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ball pen tip, in which a spring for biasing a ball is assembled to the ball pen tip, includes punching the ball pen tip by a punch from a rear end of the ball pen tip along a central axis direction of the ball pen tip to form a plastic flow ridge formed by plastic flow upheaving radially inward from an inner peripheral wall surface of the ball pen tip to assemble the spring to the ball pen tip by the plastic flow ridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: KOTOBUKI & CO. LTD., SUHAN CORPORATION, MICROTIP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byun Young Jae
  • Patent number: 11654711
    Abstract: A writing tool includes a refill having an ink reservoir tube formed to be a straight cylinder whose wall thickness is less than 0.56 mm; and a writing tip or a relay member holding the writing tip attached to a first end of the ink reservoir tube, wherein the refill is detachably attached to a barrel, wherein in the refill, amounting strength between the writing tip or the relay member holding the writing tip and the ink reservoir tube is set higher than a mounting strength between the barrel and a connecting portion of the ink reservoir tube. There is provided a writing tool that can prevent the occurrence of a problem such as leakage of ink at a time of replacement of refills and perform replacement of refills smoothly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takayuki Ikai, Seiichi Maruyama, Kiyoshi Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 11634899
    Abstract: A toilet and bathroom exhaust system of the present invention provides a single system that handles both the removal of noxious air in an around the toilet and dehumidification of the air in the entire room. An intake manifold may be configured to be 1) attached to the bottom of the toilet lid; 2) attached to the top of the toilet rim; or 3) integrated into the toilet rim with the water drainage supply lines for flushing. The noxious air can be routed via an exhaust fan outside the house. The exhaust fan may also be configured to route noxious air into the trap area in the toilet. Proximity and humidity sensors may be used for further control and automation of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventor: Ervin E. Salazar
  • Patent number: 11633070
    Abstract: A baby bath-support device comprises a frame having a generally rigid body. The rigid body is adapted to be positioned on a surface of a bathing tub or sink. The frame has an opening in the upper portion. The opening comprises a peripheral edge. The opening also comprises a support panel made of a flexible material. The flexible material defines a concave support surface to support a baby laid thereon during bathing. The support panel contains perforations to allow fluid to flow through the support surface. The frame opening also comprises a connection arrangement between the frame and the support for hanging the support panel at the peripheral edge. The support panel is hung to the frame to partially cover the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ANGELCARE CANADA INC.
    Inventor: Michel Morand
  • Patent number: 11629487
    Abstract: An assembly comprises an outer subassembly, a toilet tank, and an inner subassembly. The outer subassembly further comprises a handle, a handle stop, a torsion spring disposed between the handle and the handle stop, and a tank hole seal. The inner subassembly further comprises a mounting plate to receive the outer subassembly. A drive pin is coupled to the mounting plate. The inner subassembly further comprises a flush lever and a roller subassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin J. Guthrie, Jordan Smith
  • Patent number: 11612282
    Abstract: A toilet seat cover assembly for automatic cleaning of a toilet seat having a toilet set cover with a top wall having a perimeter, defining a plurality of openings formed completely through the top wall, and configured to cover a toilet seat, with an outer wall extending from the top wall and with an inner wall extending from the top wall, wherein the outer and inner walls are configured to surround the toilet seat. The cover defines a seat channel sized to receive the toilet seat with outer wall spaced apart from an outer side of the toilet seat and the inner wall spaced apart from the inner side of the toilet seat. The assembly is also configured to spray over a top surface of the toilet seat that evacuated caused by pressure differential causing air to flow into the cover through the plurality of openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: AUTO CLEANING TOILET SEAT L.L.C
    Inventor: Maximo Dorra
  • Patent number: 11612541
    Abstract: An SPA bathtub and an operating unit therefor are provided. The operating unit includes a gas supply system including an electric gas valve, at least one gas path connecting pipe and an electric gas pump that can be in fluid communication with the SPA bathtub through them. The electric gas valve includes a valve housing defining at least one inner cavity. The valve housing is provided with a gas inlet configured to communicate with the electric gas pump, and at least one gas outlet each provided therein with a moving piston and configured to communicate with corresponding gas path connecting pipe. Each inner cavity is in fluid communication with corresponding gas path connecting pipe via one gas outlet. The electric gas pump cooperates with the electric gas valve such that: when the electric gas pump operates/stops operating, the moving piston is located in a communication position/an off position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Juying Shi
  • Patent number: 11613882
    Abstract: Toilet assemblies having various embodiments of a cleaning system are described herein which include a toilet assembly and a cleaning system. The toilet assembly has a toilet bowl, a toilet tank, a flush valve, a rim inlet port and a rim flow path (which may be an isolated rim path) extending from an outlet of the flush valve to the rim inlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: AS America, Inc.
    Inventors: Christophe Bucher, David Grover, Ronald Barndt, Frank Seggio, James McHale, Chris Cicenas, Matthew O'Kelly, Scott J. Rote, Cameron Harder, Christopher Helmstetter, Nathan J. Wicker, Matthew C. Morris
  • Patent number: 11607902
    Abstract: A nib for a valve-free free ink writing felt pen including a first end configured to deliver ink to a writing support and second end, opposite the first end, configured to be inserted in a nib receiving part of the valve-free free ink writing felt pen, the first end and the second end defining an axial direction of the nib, the nib having an external surface configured to cooperate with an internal surface of the nib receiving part, the external surface being configured to allow intake of air from the outside of a free ink tank, the valve-free free ink writing felt pen into the free ink tank and avoid ink leakage outside the free ink tank when cooperating with the internal surface of the nib receiving part. A valve-free free ink writing felt pen including a nib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SOCIÉTÉ BIC
    Inventors: Etienne Roudaut, Arnaud Bez
  • Patent number: 11608651
    Abstract: A swimming pool wall, and method for forming same, including a plurality of layers of reinforced composite material. Each layer includes a thermoplastic resin and a plurality of elongate glass strands of reinforcing material. A first set of the plurality of layers has the strands miming in a first direction, and a second set of the plurality of layers has the strands miming in a second direction. The first direction is offset in angle from the second direction, and the first and second set of layers are fused together to form a unitary composite wall. The principles of hoop strength applicable to the swimming pool wall also apply to other cylindrical structures needing hoop strength arising from pressures inside or outside the cylindrical structure. The wall structure may be a plurality of interconnected panels both arcuate and arcuate and planar in shape to determine the overall shape of the composite wall enclosing an area where water or ice is retained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: WILBAR INTERNATIONAL, INC., AVIENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Cohen, Jonathan Spiegel, David Vallee, Benjamin Pilpel, Patrick Masterson Inman, John H. Hornickel
  • Patent number: 11602422
    Abstract: A chassis of an oral cleansing device is provided. The oral cleansing device may include a first chassis half including a first threaded portion, a second chassis half including a second threaded portion, and a nut threaded onto the first threaded portion and the second threaded portion to at least partially secure the first chassis half to the second chassis half. The threaded portions may be defined on respective ends of the first chassis half and the second chassis half. The nut may engage chamfered edges of the first chassis half and the second chassis half. Engagement of the nut with the first chamfered edge and the second chamfered edge may produce a radial compressive force on the chassis halves. The first chassis half and the second chassis half may at least partially define a chassis that is positioned within a handle of the oral cleansing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventor: Jeremy James Johnson