Patents Examined by Erin Deery
  • Patent number: 12385242
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rapid installation of modular sinks into cabinetry are described. In an embodiment, a sink system includes a sink basin including a rim sized and dimensioned to extend from a back surface of a countertop of the cabinet system to beyond a front surface of the countertop. At least a portion of the sink basin is sized and dimensioned to fit between a first cut extending from the back surface of the countertop to the front surface of the countertop and a second cut extending from the back surface of the countertop to the front surface of the countertop. The sink basin includes a front portion angled downward from the rim to cover at least a portion of the front surface of the countertop. The sink basin including a lip extending outwardly from a bottom portion of the front portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: V-T Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Harris, Cordell R. Burton, Joel D. Tyler
  • Patent number: 12385238
    Abstract: A child showering system with an adjustable shower head and a temperature adjustment knob positioned to be in reach of a child while in the shower. The child showering system includes a water temperature adjust is be positioned below the adjustable arm on the front surface of the housing. The child showering system includes a swivel for a child shower attachment and a pair of shower heads. There is also a multicolor lighting system that extends along the perimeter of the housing and provides illumination of the housing to enhance a user's vision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Inventors: Nycula Maria Cruz, Jenesis Peterson
  • Patent number: 12371889
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating the installation of a toilet over a closet collar for a drain pipe. In one or more embodiments, a toilet seal assembly includes a seal ring, a component including a seal ring receptacle and a funnel, a sealing washer, and a plate. The seal ring can be configured to be positioned over a toilet closet collar. The seal ring receptacle can be configured to be positioned over the seal ring, and the funnel can be configured to be inserted into the toilet closet collar. The sealing washer can be configured to be positioned over the component having the seal ring and the funnel. The plate can be configured to be positioned over the sealing washer and under the toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Danco, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Schuster
  • Patent number: 12364367
    Abstract: A bathtub system includes a bathtub body and a bath plate. The bath tub body defines a bathing volume. The bath plate is configured to detachably connect with the bathtub body within the bathing volume. The bath plate includes a bath plate body and telescopic pieces arranged on two sides of the bath plate body. The telescopic pieces are fixedly connected with the bath plate body. A wall of the bathtub body includes a wall protrusion configured to retain the telescopic piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua Zhang, Jiqin Zhang, Jianqing Zhang
  • Patent number: 12359413
    Abstract: A flapper assembly for a flush valve as well as method of assembly are provided. The flapper assembly includes a frame and multiple buoyancy assemblies attachable to the frame so as to adjust the buoyancy of the flapper assembly. The flapper assembly kit may have adjustable legs attachable to the frame. The flapper assembly kit may have multiple seal members for use in sealing with different sized/shaped valve seats of different sized flush valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Lavelle Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan D. Smith, Glenn W. Brown
  • Patent number: 12357089
    Abstract: A sink is provided. The sink includes a basin having a front wall. The sink includes a rim supported at and extending outwardly from an upper end of the front wall in a substantially horizontal orientation. The sink includes an apron extending from the rim. The apron extends vertically between a top wall and an opposing bottom wall and laterally between a first side wall and an opposing second side wall. The apron is coupled to the basin only at the top wall of the apron by the rim. The apron extends laterally outward past the rim such that a first rear edge of the first side wall and a second rear edge of the second side wall are spaced apart from the rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Shawn J. Booth, James S. Giefer
  • Patent number: 12349843
    Abstract: A handwash station being frontally accessible from a user position, in which the hand-wash station has a base body including a front side, left side and right side, which base body supports a pivotally connected sink unit including a sink and a faucet for dispensing water. The handwash station is convertible from a left to a right version. In the left version, the sink unit is pivotable to the left side about a left pivot, and in the right version, the sink unit is pivotable to the right side about a right pivot. Due to the convertibility, the same handwash station is suitable to be placed either against a left or a right side wall of a portable restroom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: DaNiFĂ© B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Adrianus Anthonius Van Zuijlen
  • Patent number: 12345067
    Abstract: A reel for a swimming pool cover system includes an adjustable outer diameter that may receive a rope of the swimming pool cover system. The reel also includes an adjuster that may selectively change the outer diameter of the reel. A method for controlling an outer diameter of the reel includes controlling an adjuster of the reel such that the outer diameter of the reel changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: COVER-POOLS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Lamont Drechsel, Nathan Dewyea
  • Patent number: 12345035
    Abstract: A toilet assembly includes a flush engine having a bowl defining a sump and a trapway extending from the sump. A bowl insert is configured to be located in the bowl and a shroud is configured to be positioned over the flush engine to conceal at least a portion of the flush engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Billy Jack Ahola, Andrew L. Smith, Mark E. Baumgartner, Donald G. Bogenschuetz, Tobin J. Vetting, Lawrence E. Duwell, Peter W. Swart
  • Patent number: 12345032
    Abstract: A lighted sink includes a sink with a sink lighting assembly coupled to an upper end of the sink. The lighting assembly projects light downward and into the sink, which at the same time, protects the light emitting element from moisture and contaminants through a combination of protective walls that physically house the light emitting element and leave at least one side open to a transparent window that allows light to broadcast to and illuminate an interior of the sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Inventor: Mehmet Hocaoglu
  • Patent number: 12338612
    Abstract: A drainage switch that can be used to extract and clean impurities is provided, which is mainly equipped with a set of elastic water stop plugs. The elastic water stop plug is composed of a main body around with elastic blocks, a pressure positioning piece, a lifting piece, and springs that are arranged inside the shaft tube of the main body, and a plug cap that is locked in the pressure positioning piece. The elastic blocks can be elastically against with a water pipe, so that the elastic water stop plug can be elastically clamped in a water pipe, which is easy to install and replace, and easy to take out and clean dirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignees: CHUNG CHENG FAUCET CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jui-Feng Ko, Jian-Hong Ko
  • Patent number: 12329330
    Abstract: A self-lowering toilet seat system includes a toilet bowl and a toilet seat. The system includes a hinge rotatably coupling the toilet seat and the toilet bowl. The hinge is configured so that the toilet seat is transitionable between a down position and an up position. A lowering device is configured to self-lower the toilet seat towards the down position. A fixedly sealed hinge housing has a delay device therein. The delay device is configured to cause a seat time delay before the lowering device causes the toilet seat to lower towards the down position. The delay device is engaged by applying a seat lifting force to raise the toilet seat towards the up position and removing the seat lifting force from the toilet seat. The delay device is configured to reset the seat time delay when the lifting force is reapplied before the delay device has expired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Cleana Inc.
    Inventors: Max Pounanov, Mingyuan Li, Greg Blonder
  • Patent number: 12329329
    Abstract: A portable, lightweight toilet system is collapsible into the small pouch that is easily stored in the glove compartment of a vehicle or carried on a belt loop of an outdoor person. The device has a built-in shovel to dig cat holes and an LED to provide nighttime illumination. It allows outdoors people to go to the bathroom in relative comfort, carrying a minimum of gear. The device can be collapsed into a carrying bag and is easily carried in a backpack on a belt loop or in the glove compartment of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Inventors: Leonard D. Dodge, Marianne Sicilia
  • Patent number: 12331541
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a foldable cover (1) for a swimming pool (100). The cover comprises a foldable cover material (2), a number of supports (3) extending over the cover material for folding and unfolding the cover material and two support units (10) to be arranged on opposite sides of the cover (1) for rotatable attachment of outer ends of a number of the supports (3). The support units comprise attaching means for releasably attaching the support units to the swimming pool. The attaching means (12) are arranged for adjustable clamping between adjacent legs (102) of the swimming pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Dutch Toys Group Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Stijn Gerard Driever, Jeroen van den Bosch, Jeroen Hendrik Johan Koeslag
  • Patent number: 12326008
    Abstract: Disclosed is a spa tub cover. The spa tub cover comprising one or more Ultraviolet (UV)-C lights integrated to an inner side of the spa tub cover such that the one or more Ultraviolet (UV)-C lights are arranged in an array configuration, and to be activated to disinfect water and/or surfaces within a spa tub; a hinge positioned between a first surface and a second surface of the spa tub cover to make the spa tub cover foldable; a switch mounted near the hinge of the spa tub cover, and to be operated for activating or deactivating the one or more Ultraviolet (UV)-C lights of the spa tub cover; and a power cord attached to the second surface of the spa tub cover for supplying power to the one or more Ultraviolet (UV)-C lights for sterilizing the water and/or within the spa tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Inventors: Zachary W. Russell, Jeffrey T. Russell
  • Patent number: 12326006
    Abstract: Disclosed are a prefabricated/modular sauna and methods of manufacturing and assembling a prefabricated/modular sauna. For instance, a prefabricated/modular sauna may include: a base frame; a plurality of posts; a plurality of panels; a roof frame; and a roof panel. The base frame and the roof frame include beams and have beam intersections between adjacent beams, each beam intersection is formed of a lap joint and a connector. The panels are secured in post dados of the posts and beam dados of the beams. The posts are secured in notches of base frame beams and roof frame beams. In some cases, the panels include a pre-packaged sauna assembly panel. In some cases, panels and posts are secured against loading forces, lateral forces, or compression forces by (1) interconnected beams and posts in compression or tension, and (2) mechanical connectors (e.g., pins, bolts, screws).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: The Superior Sauna Company, LLC
    Inventors: David Dragseth, Seth Kiefer, Justus Benson, Shaelyn Crutchley
  • Patent number: 12312787
    Abstract: A kitchen sink 1 includes: a first sink including a first sink main body that includes a first bottom board, a pair of first side boards attached to short sides, and a pair of first long boards attached to long sides; and a second sink including a second sink main body that includes a second bottom board, a pair of second side boards attached to short sides, and a pair of second long boards attached to long sides. The first sink main body includes a first lid detachably attached to cover a drainage outlet, the second sink main body includes a second lid detachably attached to cover a drainage outlet, and an accommodating portion is formed in the second sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: DAINICHI KASEI KOUGYOU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatsugu Hirasawa, Jun Hamada
  • Patent number: 12295907
    Abstract: A sitting toilet having a foot health care device attached thereto includes: a main body which includes an accommodation part, which is in the front lower end and has an accommodation space in which the foot health care device is accommodated, and a toilet water tank and a wastewater duct which are formed across the upper end and the rear lower end; and a foot health care device having an inner space in which a user's feet are placed and a foot washing tank in which a sewage outlet is formed at the lower end. The inner space of the foot washing tank in which the user's feet are placed is opened as the foot health care device slides forward from the accommodation part of the main body, and the foot health care device is accommodated in the main body as the foot health care device slides backward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Inventor: Deok Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 12295075
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed herein for ultraviolet saunas. Systems include a plurality of walls of an enclosure, the enclosure being a sauna enclosure configured to accommodate a user. The systems further include a plurality of heating elements coupled to the plurality of walls, a plurality of emissive elements configured to generate ultraviolet (UV) light, and a controller coupled to the plurality of heating elements and the plurality of emissive elements. The controller includes one or more processors configured to generate activation properties for each of the plurality of heating elements and the plurality of emissive elements, activate at least one of the plurality of heating elements based on the plurality of activation properties, and activate the at least one emissive element based on the plurality of activation properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Sauna Works Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Kaps, Raleigh C. Duncan
  • Patent number: 12286778
    Abstract: Mounting systems for waste disposers such as food waste disposers, waste disposers employing such systems, and related methods are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, a mounting system includes a tubular structure extending between first and second ends, and an enclosure structure configured to be able to support, at least indirectly, the waste disposer. Further, the mounting system includes an elastomeric member coupled to each of the tubular structure, the enclosure structure, and the waste disposer. Additionally, the mounting system includes one or more backup support features that is or are configured to enable the enclosure structure and the waste disposer to be supported relative to the tubular structure when the elastomeric member is unable unilaterally to provide a desired support level of the enclosure structure and the waste disposer relative to the tubular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLC
    Inventors: Dane T. Hofmeister, Eric J. Obermeyer, Kevin P. McClory