Patents Examined by Hwei-Siu C. Payer
  • Patent number: 11596256
    Abstract: A fruit and vegetable peeler and carving tool has a handle with a first side and second side extension extending from the front of the handle. Each side extension has a forward lever which is positionably affixed at a forward vertical plurality of lever affixment position, and a rear lever which is positionably affixed at a rear horizontal plurality of lever affixment position. The forward lever and the rear lever of each side are connected together in parallel with a depth adjustment rod is connected between them. A triangular handle-facing fruit and vegetable peeling and carving blade has a convex upper surface and a concave lower surface. By drawing the fruit and vegetable peeler and carving tool into a fruit or vegetable, the triangular handle-facing fruit and vegetable peeling and carving blade cuts into the fruit or vegetable to a depth controlled by the position of the depth adjustment rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: Sun Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 11597114
    Abstract: A hand-held rotary cutter assembly for cutting material includes a blade receptacle having a first surface having an indentation formed therein. An edge guide is received in the indentation. The edge guide includes a continuous linear edge. A blade engages the edge guide. The edge guide and the blade are configured to move simultaneously and linearly from a first position to a second position. A segmented portion of the blade extends outwardly from the continuous linear edge of the edge guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: VELOCITY, A MANAGED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Greg Kiley, Bradley Chesler
  • Patent number: 11596996
    Abstract: A hand-held drive cleat tool for the forming of sheet material such as drive cleats. The tool has a first handle; a second handle pivotably coupled to the first handle at a handle pivot; the handle pivot having a handle pivot axis; an inner jaw coupled to the first handle; the inner jaw having an inner jaw cutting edge substantially triangular in cross section in an inner jaw plane parallel to the handle pivot axis; an outer jaw coupled to the second handle, the outer jaw having an insert surface beveled in a cutting plane orthogonal to the inner jaw plane; the outer jaw having a surface defining an outer jaw cutting edge adjacent which the inner jaw cutting edge passes; and wherein rotation of the second handle relative to the first handle rotates the inner jaw relative to the outer jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: Rodney James Harman
  • Patent number: 11583120
    Abstract: A utensil configured to interact with food items includes a main body portion, a handle portion extending in a first direction from the main body portion, and a food manipulating portion extending from the main body portion in a second direction, wherein the food manipulating portion of the utensil is configured to interact with food. The utensil may also include a plurality of legs extending from the main body portion in a third direction to support the utensil on a support surface. The plurality of legs elevate the handle portion, main body portion and food manipulating portion from the support surface such that the handle portion, main body portion, and food manipulating portion are not in contact with the support surface when the utensil is placed on the support surface with the legs supporting the utensil from the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Constructive Eating, Inc.
    Inventor: Carter T. Malcolm
  • Patent number: 11584029
    Abstract: A device is disclosed including a reloadable utility knife having a blade magazine with one or more compartments for storing multiple cutting blades. The blade magazine has a reloading compartment for new blades, and a storage compartment to keep additional blades. The blade magazine is loaded from the rear of the knife body and is locked inside. A working blade may be released before reloaded a fresh blade. The working blade can be extended or retracted multiple times via a blade transport mechanism. The blade magazine may be extracted via the lock mechanism and pushed out by a spring designed for this purpose. The blade transport mechanism, the blade release mechanism, and a blade lock mechanism work in cooperation to allow extension and retraction of a blade, disposing of a blade, and reloading of a blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventors: Michael H. Panosian, Joshua M. Keeler
  • Patent number: 11584030
    Abstract: A device is disclosed including a reloadable utility knife having a blade magazine with one or more compartments for storing multiple cutting blades. The blade magazine has a reloading compartment for new blades, and a storage compartment to keep additional blades. The blade magazine is loaded from the rear of the knife body and is locked inside. A working blade may be released before reloaded a fresh blade. The working blade can be extended or retracted multiple times via a blade transport mechanism. The blade magazine may be extracted via the lock mechanism and pushed out by a spring designed for this purpose. The blade transport mechanism, the blade release mechanism, and a blade lock mechanism work in cooperation to allow extension and retraction of a blade, disposing of a blade, and reloading of a blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventors: Michael H Panosian, Joshua M Keeler
  • Patent number: 11577414
    Abstract: A hair clipper configured for enhanced user visibility is provided, including a clipper housing defining a longitudinal axis and a cutting end, a clipper bladeset operationally connected to the cutting end and including a stationary blade and a moving blade configured for reciprocating laterally relative to the stationary blade, a drive system projecting from the cutting end and operationally connected to the bladeset for reciprocating the moving blade relative to the stationary blade, at least one bladeset pivot support projecting from the cutting end and connected to the bladeset; the pivot support defining a pivot axis extending transverse to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: WAHL CLIPPER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Robert N. Buck, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11570947
    Abstract: A rotary head for string trimmers having a rotary body with a rotation axis and manufactured as one single piece; wherein the rotary body has one or more return areas, each of which is configured to lock a respective line portion by means of consecutive curves on different planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: FLASHCUTTER S.R.L. CON UNICO SOCIO
    Inventor: Lauro Guerra
  • Patent number: 11571057
    Abstract: As shown in one preferred embodiment, a two-blade vice-type nail clipper comprising a thin safety-cover-guard with ergonomic upward angle and wrap-around safety edges, that is permanently mounted just below said nail clipper's lower cutting blade and that follows or mirrors the shape of said nail clipper's lower cutting surface, including wrapping around the sharp sides, corners and edges of said lower cutting surface, so as to provide an industry advancing level of nail cutting safety with minimal invasiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventor: Charles Richerd Daugherty
  • Patent number: 11553774
    Abstract: A hair removal apparatus constituted of: an elongated heating element constituted of a material which generates heat responsive to electric power being applied thereto; and a hair adjustment unit comprising: a first elongated member generally in parallel with the elongated heating element, a second elongated member generally in parallel with the elongated heating element, and a plurality of extension members extending from the second elongated member, away from the first elongated member, the elongated heating element positioned between the first elongated member and the extension members, wherein each extension member exhibits a base end and a tip end, each extension member extending from the second elongated member at the base end towards the tip end, and wherein a first face of each of the plurality of extension members, at the tip ends, and a face of the first elongated member define a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: BRAND STREET MARKET, LLC
    Inventor: Philip Solomon
  • Patent number: 11554431
    Abstract: An electric chain saw assembly comprises a saw chain and a guide plate, the saw chain is arranged around an edge of the guide plate, and the saw chain comprises transmission chain pieces and connecting pieces which are sequentially and rotatably connected end to end; a top end of the transmission chain piece is are provided with a tooth cutting structure; and the tooth cutting structure comprises a cutting edge and a limiting tooth, the limiting tooth is located at a front end of the saw chain in a forward direction, the cutting edge is located at a rear end of the saw chain in the forward direction, and a chipping groove is arranged between the cutting edge and the limiting tooth. The electric chain saw assembly, has simple structure, is convenient to assemble and solves the problem that blades are bent or deviated due to resonance can be effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: HANGZHOU EXCELSIOR & SHARP GARDEN TOOLS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Quanfu Wang
  • Patent number: 11554511
    Abstract: A safety knife functions as both a box cutter and a separate line cutter. A slidable grip is manually displaceable between two stable safety positions. In one safety position, the grip obstructs access to a forwardly projecting blade. In a second safety position, the grip obstructs access to the line cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Acme United Corporation
    Inventor: Nicholas L. Seferi
  • Patent number: 11541558
    Abstract: The knife includes a handle portion attached to a blade with a tip at its distal end. The blade comprises four surfaces that converge to form a spine and opposing cutting edges with each surface having a concave segment, a first angled segment, a flat segment, and a second angled segment as the surface extends from the spine to the edge. Similarly, the tip includes four surfaces that converge and terminate at a point, with each surface comprising only an angled segment. Optionally, the knife includes a unique safety lanyard that has two attachment points on the handle such that a closed loop is adjustably formed around the user's hand when gripping the handle, which aids in withdrawing the knife, stabilizing the user's grip, and preventing the hand from sliding forward while in use. Optionally, the knife includes a thumb plate as an additional safeguard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: Scott V. Evans
  • Patent number: 11529746
    Abstract: The present disclosed subject matter provides a razor blade head with finger slots, depressions (indentations) which extend into the razor blade head, for receiving human fingers, allowing for the razor blade head, typically attached to the handle of a razor, and therefore, the razor, to be manipulated with more precision, control, and force, than by using the handle alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventor: Jerome Robert Smith
  • Patent number: 11529747
    Abstract: A back shaver includes a cutter head assembly and a handle. The handle is connected to the cutter head assembly. The cutter head assembly includes cutter heads, a cutter head frame, and a connecting member. The cutter heads are embedded in a front surface of the cutter head frame. A back surface of the cutter head frame is connected to the connecting member through a rotating shaft. Elastic components are disposed on one side, distal from the handle, of the connecting member. Sliding blocks are disposed on the back surface of the cutter head frame. When the handle is operated, a first force moment is applied to the cutter head frame through the connecting member, and a free end of each of the elastic components slides along a first end of a corresponding one of the sliding blocks to a second end of the corresponding one of the sliding blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: NATURE LAB CORPORATION
    Inventor: Xianqin Zeng
  • Patent number: 11524421
    Abstract: A folding knife having an elongated handle defining a finger hole proximate one end of the handle and a blade having a cutting edge and pivotally connected to the handle and configured to move with respect to the handle between a retracted position and an extended position. The blade is configured such that a portion of the cutting edge extends into the finger hole upon the blade being in the retracted position. A blade cover is connected to the handle and is configured to move between an operable position and a withdrawn position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Bud K Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Kit Rae
  • Patent number: 11523633
    Abstract: A configurable herb grinder that is operable to provide grinding of a desired herb wherein the configurable herb grinder of the present invention includes a first configuration and a second configuration. The configurable herb grinder of the present invention includes a first grinding member module and a second grinding member module that are rotatably coupled and arranged in a vertically stacked orientation. The herb grinder further includes a container member module and a bottom member module that are beneath the first grinding member module and the second grinding member module in a vertically stacked orientation. The first grinding member module and the second grinding member module comprise the upper portion of the herb grinder and the container member module and the bottom member module comprise the lower portion. The herb grinder is configured to interchange the upper portion and lower portion utilizing latches and latch receptacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventor: David Aliko
  • Patent number: 11527874
    Abstract: A multi-purpose wire tool which is capable of slitting and cutting the outer insulation sheath of commonly used 12/2 and 14/2 gauge multi-conductor insulated electrical cabling (Romex-style cable), as well as stripping, twisting, capping and hooking the individual insulated wires for both rough-in and finish electrical trim work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Araspeed Tool Company LLC
    Inventors: Thomas J. Valenti, Leo F. Valenti, Gregory J. Phipps
  • Patent number: 11518186
    Abstract: Disclosed is a self-adaptive pencil feeding mechanism, including: a base, a first pencil feeding assembly, and a second pencil feeding assembly. The first pencil feeding assembly and the second pencil feeding assembly are mounted in the base and are capable of moving to the left or to the right, and the base is connected to a guiding member via an elastic member. The guiding member drives the first pencil feeding assembly and the second pencil feeding assembly to synchronously approach each other inwardly, and the first pencil feeding assembly and the second pencil feeding assembly, when a force caused by insertion of a pencil is applied thereto, are driven by a driving member to synchronously expand outwardly. The self-adaptive pencil feeding mechanism is capable of adapting to pencils of different diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Ningbo Tianhong Stationery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gaowei Zheng, Feng Cao, Junfeng Zhang, Chongzhi Zheng
  • Patent number: 11518059
    Abstract: A chainsaw includes a main machine, a battery pack, and a connection assembly. The battery pack is configured to supply energy to the main machine. Moreover, the battery pack and the main machine are separated from each other. The connection assembly is configured to connect the main machine and the battery pack so that the battery pack is electrically connected to the main machine. The main machine includes a chain, a guide plate, a motor, and a housing. The chain is configured to perform a cutting function. The guide plate is configured to support the chain. The motor is configured to drive the chain to move. The housing is configured to accommodate at least part of the motor. The connection assembly is detachably connected to the main machine or the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Li, Kaichao Dai, Chenzhong Zhang, Hekun Wu, Haiyan Li