Patents Examined by Jennifer Robertson
  • Patent number: 11701537
    Abstract: An exercise machine is disclosed. The exercise machine comprises a pancake motor. The exercise machine comprises a torque controller coupled to the pancake motor. The exercise machine comprises a high resolution encoder coupled to the pancake motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Aly E. Orady, Michael Valente
  • Patent number: 11703265
    Abstract: A disposable cooler can include: (1) a body having a base and a plurality of support walls coupled to the base, the plurality of support walls and the base defining an interior cavity of the body, and the plurality of support walls extending upwardly from the base to form an opening at an upper terminus of the body in fluid communication with the interior cavity; (2) a lid configured to reversibly couple with the body, the lid shaped to cover the opening of the body; and (3) a handle for carrying the cooler which is extends along a first support wall, the base, an opposite support wall, and above and beyond the lid so that a user can carry and/or transport the cooler with one hand while keeping the other hand free. The body, lid, and handle can be made entirely of a compostable, recyclable, and/or biodegradable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Igloo Products Corp.
    Inventors: Vasanthi Iyer, John Maldonado, Roque Barros
  • Patent number: 11697528
    Abstract: A paperboard packaging container includes a sealing arrangement comprising a lid and a sealing rim. The packaging container further includes a circumferential lid sealing member applied in the lid. The sealing rim forms a closed loop extending around the container opening. The sealing rim further comprises a first sealing surface arranged at an upper end edge of the sealing rim and is arranged to seal against a second sealing surface constituted by the circumferential lid sealing member when the lid is in a closed position. The sealing arrangement furthermore includes a frame structure forming a closed loop extending around a periphery of the container opening and is connected to the sealing rim. The lid is connected to the frame structure by a hinge member and a locking arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: GPl Systems AB
    Inventors: Kajsa Dahlin, Simon Holka, Maximilian Lundgren-Goodman
  • Patent number: 11691058
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to a golf bag. The golf bag includes a protective layer which extends entirely along a length of the golf bag. The golf bag may further include a plurality of dividers which provide a plurality of separate individual cavities that selectively retain and capture a golf club. The golf bag may include a removable cap which also includes a protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventor: Jose Gordis
  • Patent number: 11684130
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bag capable of being expanded by mechanical manipulation of a plurality of collapsible rigid walls and temporary fixation thereof using a support element connected thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ANYVENTION LTD.
    Inventor: Yitzhak Atlas
  • Patent number: 11685575
    Abstract: A tamper-evident closure comprising a cap and a retaining ring, the retaining ring is connected to the sidewall by a plurality of bridges, at least one of the bridges is frangible and at least one of the bridges is non-frangible whereby to form a link between the ring and the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Lino Dreyer, Graeme Hood, Claude Benoit-Gonin, Jean-Yves Rognard, Axel Rognard
  • Patent number: 11684551
    Abstract: A bottle teat (1) having a base portion (2), which has a connecting flange (3) and in which the bottle teat (1) is substantially circular in a cross section running perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis (9), having a lip-support portion (5) and having a nipple portion (6), which opens out in a teat tip (7), wherein, in a direction perpendicular to its longitudinal axis (9), the bottle teat (1) has, in the lip-support portion (5), a non-circular cross section with a longitudinal axis (10) and a transverse axis (11), which is shorter than the longitudinal axis (10), characterized in that the base portion (2) and the lip-support portion (5) have provided between them a flex portion (4), which has enhanced flexibility in relation to the base portion (2) and the lip-support portion (5), wherein the flex portion (4) has a circumferentially encircling depression (15) in the form of anindent (19) and/or of a smaller wall thickness than in the portions adjacent to the depression (15), and therefore, about an axis run
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MAM BABYARTIKEL GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H.
    Inventor: Peter Röhrig
  • Patent number: 11685578
    Abstract: A two part container lid for a container including a separately moulded brim mount part with a hatch opening in a top portion, reversibly clamped onto an rolled rim of the container and a separately moulded hatch cover part, sized and shaped to reversibly fit over the hatch opening. The hatch cover part is coupled to the top wall of the brim mount part by a detachable hinge thus pivoting the hatch cover part over the hatch opening between a fully closed position and a fully opened position and any intermediate position therein, thereby providing access to the beverage within the container without removing the two part container lid from the container. Detaching the hatch cover part from the brim mount part converts the two part container lid into a hybrid lid covering partially covering the container while permitting access to the contents within the container through the hatch opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventor: Joel Harris
  • Patent number: 11679315
    Abstract: A kit of golf accessories including an attachment device is disclosed. The attachment device may include a grip portion and a plurality of first engagement members. The grip portion is configured to frictionally engage the elongate support of the golf travel device when the attachment device is wrapped around and secured to the elongate support. The plurality of first engagement members are arranged in longitudinal alignment on a front surface that is opposite the grip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventor: Scott Wisnom
  • Patent number: 11673721
    Abstract: The present application generally relates to devices and methods for transporting items, and it more specifically relates to insulated carriers for use in carrying temperature-controlled items such as beverages and food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: PACKIT, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Arthur Gross
  • Patent number: 11673720
    Abstract: A container lid can include: a body having an opening formed therethrough; a sipping member rotatably coupled to the body, a passageway formed through an interior of the sipping member so as to extend from a proximal end of the sipping member to a distal end of the sipping member, the sipping member configured to rotate between a stowed position in which the passageway and the opening are misaligned, such that the opening is sealed, and a released position in which the passageway and the opening are aligned; and a flexible handle connected at a first end to the sipping member and rotatably coupled at a second end to the body via a pivot pin. The handle can be configured such that a substantially downward force exerted on the handle causes rotation of the sipping member toward the released position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Cool Gear International, LLC
    Inventor: Tyler Noveletsky
  • Patent number: 11666815
    Abstract: A climbing element has a through-opening running from a visible side to a rear side. A reinforcing element is arranged on or in the through-opening and has a passage opening arranged concentrically with the through-opening, wherein one end of the reinforcing element forms a screw head counterhold. Either the reinforcing element is composed of a counter-holding element having the screw head counterhold and a tubular rivet protruding from the rear side into the through-opening, or the reinforcing element is a single element, the underside of which is pressed into the plastic of the climbing element on the visible side of the climbing element, with an upper side of the reinforcing element being at least partially covered by the plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Blocz GMBH
    Inventors: Andre Zwingenberger, Sebastian Flemmig
  • Patent number: 11660955
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel tank of a work vehicle in which fuel can be easily sucked into an engine. The fuel tank includes: a drain port which is open to an outside on a side surface and through which fuel is discharged to the outside; a suction port which is open to the outside on a side surface and has a center positioned lower than a center of the drain port and through which the fuel is sucked by an engine; and a first recess which is formed to be recessed downward with respect to a bottom surface and communicates with the drain port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takaya Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11661252
    Abstract: A closure for a container is described where the container has an open end and a closed end, the closure engaging the open end of the container, wherein the closure comprises: a collar engaging the container; a lid connected to the collar by at least one hinge; wherein to facilitate engagement the collar extends over and surrounds the open end of the container such that an inner surface impinges on, or is immediately adjacent to, an outer surface of the open end of the container; wherein a plurality of beads extend outwardly from the inner surface of the collar to fixedly hold the collar in engagement with the container, wherein said beads are located substantially uniformly relative to each other and occupy less than 50% of the inner surface of the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Mead Johnson Nutrition Company
    Inventors: Sophie Claude Marie Defois, Grace Naguit Mercado, Christianus Petrus Johannes Van Lankveld
  • Patent number: 11660518
    Abstract: A martial arts training system comprising: (a) one or more hand held targets; (b) one or more wearable devices; and (c) trainee log-in hardware installed in said target(s) and said wearable device(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Nir Yachin, Amit Kinor
  • Patent number: 11659906
    Abstract: The suitcase with wagon-style cart capability is an item of luggage. The suitcase with wagon-style cart capability is formed as a cart. The suitcase with wagon-style cart capability: a) contains one or more domestic articles of a client; and, b) transports additional luggage items over a supporting surface. The suitcase with wagon-style cart capability is a rolling structure. The suitcase with wagon-style cart capability incorporates a suitcase, a plurality of telescopic handles, a plurality of casters, and a plurality of wheels. The plurality of telescopic handles, the plurality of casters, and the plurality of wheels attach to the exterior surface of the suitcase. The suitcase is a container used to store one or more domestic articles of the client. The exterior surfaces of the suitcases form one or more horizontally oriented supporting surfaces on which the additional luggage items of the client are placed for transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Alton Campbell, Jacqueline Campbell
  • Patent number: 11653625
    Abstract: A portable water bottle for pet includes a flexible water bowl having a top opening and a bottom opening, a water switch unit, adapted to be switched to an open state or a close state to respectively allow or prevent passing through of water, and a flexible bottle having an opening. The top opening is arranged in an inclined and wide opening manner, wherein the bottom opening is arranged on the bottom of the flexible water bowl. The water switch unit is arranged on the bottom opening and coupled with the opening of the flexible bottle so as to control the output of the water in the flexible bottle to the flexible water bowl. When the flexible bottle is filled with water, the user may open the water switch unit, squeeze the flexible bottle to have the water pumped up into the flexible water bowl slowly, and incline the bottle in various angles to feed water for the pet. The user may also adjust and lock the water volume based on the needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LesoRocity (Shenzhen) Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: WeiJun Xiao, FangJian Zhang
  • Patent number: 11653730
    Abstract: Luggage or apparatus for carrying items where a frame member collapses to allow the front to collapse toward the back to reduce the volume of the apparatus for shipping or storage. The frame member may extend: across the left side, along the bottom, from the left side to the right side, across the right side, from the back to the front, or a combination thereof. The bottom may include a folding bottom board attached with a fabric hinge. Shoulder straps may be stored in a front compartment to carry the apparatus as a backpack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Osprey Packs, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Meyer, Hanh Doan, James J. Matthews
  • Patent number: 11649097
    Abstract: A bottle system has a liquid container with a reservoir therein and a lid that releasably engages with the liquid container and, thereby, selectively seals the reservoir when engaged with the liquid container. A slot is in the lid. A storage container inserts through the slot and, thereby, releasably engages the lid when inserted through the slot. The lid forms a barrier that separates the storage container from liquid when liquid is present in the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Zak Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Grankowski, Andrew Gillespie
  • Patent number: 11647820
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a telescopic rod, a steering device and an electric luggage box. The telescopic rod comprises a hollow first tube, a second tube sleeved outside the first tube and being slidable relatively to the first tube, a positioning mechanism configured to lock and unlock the first tube in position relative to the second tube, and a control member configured to control the positioning mechanism to lock and unlock in position, wherein the positioning mechanism comprises a pushrod connected to the control member and movable in the first rube, an abutment unit provided at a bottom end of the pushrod, and a positioning unit adapted for being abutted by the abutment unit for locking and unlocking in position; the first tube has a limiting structure provided therein, for limiting a space for movement of the abutment unit. The steering device comprises a handle and the afore-mentioned telescopic rod connected to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventor: Yiyi Zuo