Patents Examined by E. To
  • Automatic shoe-shining device
    Patent number: 11980333
    Abstract: The shoe shining device is configured for use with a shoe. The shoe shining device is a mechanical device that buffs the shoe. The shoe shining device comprises a shell, a drive mechanism, and a buffing structure. The shell contains the drive mechanism and the buffing structure. The buffing structure is a rotating structure that buffs a shoe placed within the shell. The drive mechanism moves the buffing structure within the shell such that the buffing structure has access to all the surfaces of the upper of the shoe. The drive mechanism provides the motive forces necessary to operate the buffing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Jerry Mathieu
  • Scent diffusing device
    Patent number: 11980702
    Abstract: A scent diffusing device having a first housing connected to a second housing and adapted to provide electrical power to a heating element disposed within the second housing. A cap assembly is removably attached to the second housing. The cap assembly has a support member removably attached to a cover, and a fragrance emitting member removably received within the support member. The support member has a central hollow tube that slidably receives the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Aeron Lifestyle Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome L. Clock, Patrick Guerin, Monica Herr Hadley, Ellora Hans-Price
  • Air trap chamber and extracorporeal circulation circuit
    Patent number: 11980706
    Abstract: An air trap chamber is provided with a cap and a housing. The cap has an inlet port provided at one end, and has, at another end, a first connection flange provided so as to have an inner circumferential surface. An opening axis of the inlet port is set so as to be off a center axis of the inner peripheral surface. The housing has, at one end, a second connection flange provided so as to have an outer circumferential surface which is mated to the inner circumferential surface, and has an outlet port provided at another end. An opening axis of the outlet port is set so as to be off the center axis of the outer circumferential surface. Moreover, parting lines which are positioning structures are provided on the cap and the housing, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NIKKISO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Kawamura, Shunichi Koda
  • Motorcycle lifting device and method
    Patent number: 11981382
    Abstract: A foldable device for lifting a motorcycle that has fallen on its side has a bipod with two supports, a telescopic elongated main body, a handle, a ratchet strap coupled to a lever, a main strap having a closed loop in one end, and two secondary straps. The unfolded device is positioned firmly held to the floor besides the fallen motorcycle, centered between the gasoline tank and the seat, with the handle pointing up and the ratchet facing the motorcycle. The main strap passes below the motorcycle, so its closed loop end is wrapped to the motorcycle's foot peg and its open end is introduced into the ratchet. The lever is activated as many times as necessary until the wheels touch the floor, the secondary straps pass through the wheels attaching both ends to the bipod supports and the lever is activated again until the motorcycle is lifted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Ramón Gustavo Fernández
  • Suctioning watercraft fender
    Patent number: 11981400
    Abstract: A suctioning watercraft fender attaches to a watercraft while the watercraft is in a mooring state. The watercraft fender may couple a first watercraft to a second watercraft or a first watercraft to a fixed surface. The watercraft fender includes a body defining a longitudinal axis, wherein the body includes first and second opposing ends. The fender further includes a first coupling member coupled to the first end of the body. The first coupling member includes a first suction cup and a first pressure mount actuatable to selectively lock or release the first suction cup from a first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan G. Givens, Thad J. Eads, Russell Waldon
  • Ventilated adjustable headrest
    Patent number: 11981437
    Abstract: A ventilated adjustable headrest may include an adjustable metal insert, a nozzle fixedly attached to the adjustable metal insert. The nozzle may be in fluid communication with a perforated covering and one or more cushion elements. The nozzle may be telescopically coupled to one or more ventilation ducts. The one or more ventilation ducts may be configured to receive forced air from a ventilation system at an air inlet, and may be configured to deliver the forced air to the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Boguslaw Strzalka, Dariusz Sapija
  • Engine oil filter adapter
    Patent number: D1026956
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: IMPROVED RACING PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Michael Ihns, Casey Allen Fitzgerald, Jarott Edward Nelson
  • Electric air pump
    Patent number: D1026957
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGSU YOUMAY ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ying'an Liu
  • Vacuum pump
    Patent number: D1026958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget Electrolux
    Inventor: Johan Hedberg
  • Air pump
    Patent number: D1026961
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NINGBO TALLER INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Xiang Zhang
  • Ice cube tray
    Patent number: D1026975
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: ZHANJIANG WODETIAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guanhe Chen
  • Cutting tool
    Patent number: D1026979
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: US Synthetic Corporation
    Inventor: Jarrett Meier
  • Flying insect trap
    Patent number: D1027105
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Jiaojiao Du
  • Pest repeller
    Patent number: D1027106
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MISHAN & SONS, INC.
    Inventor: Debbie Feuerstein
  • Spinning reel rotor for fishing
    Patent number: D1027111
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: GLOBERIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hirota, Wataru Tsutsumi, Genki Tode, Masayoshi Fujii, Masakazu Noguchi, Yumiko Yamaguchi, Takashi Kondo
  • Drain stopper
    Patent number: D1027132
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: DAVINCI II CSJ, LLC
    Inventor: Ajit Khubani
  • Drain stopper
    Patent number: D1027133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: DAVINCI II CSJ, LLC
    Inventor: Ajit Khubani
  • Device for dispensing a volatizable substance
    Patent number: D1027147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Thermacell Repellents, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Laughlin, Adam Chojnacki, Jake M. Donnelly
  • Steam generator
    Patent number: D1027148
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: J. Wagner GmbH
    Inventors: Tino Ritter, Peter Ibele, Matthias Mazur
  • Air treatment device
    Patent number: D1027150
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: WOCO Industrietechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Dietzen