Patents Examined by Kurt Fernstrom
  • Assembly with object in housing and mechanism to open housing
    Patent number: 10807011
    Abstract: In an aspect, a toy assembly is provided and includes a housing and an inner object inside the housing. The inner object includes a breakout mechanism that is operable to break the housing to expose the inner object. The breakout mechanism drives a portion of the inner object outwards towards an extended position relative to a remainder of the inner object. The breakout mechanism urges the portion of the inner object towards the extended position through a biasing member, thereby limiting a force applied by the portion of the inner object based on the biasing member, so as to reduce a risk of a poking injury to a user of the toy assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SPIN MASTER LTD.
    Inventors: David McDonald, Anne N. Charbonneau, Hamid R. Hashemi, Victor Lai
  • Aortic valve reconstruction training kit
    Patent number: 10799362
    Abstract: A training kit is provided for practicing aortic valve reconstruction. The aortic valve reconstruction training kit is provided with a blood vessel model and multiple valve leaflet models, and the blood vessel model has a base-capped or base-uncapped cylindrical form having an opening formed on at least the top part thereof. The blood vessel model also has a valve ring part which is formed in the middle of the cylinder and to which the valve leaflet models can be sutured. By using the training kit, it becomes possible to practice a suturing technique that is believed to be the most difficult in aortic valve reconstruction, namely, a technique of accurately suturing a new valve leaflet to a valve ring part, to which an abnormal valve leaflet has been attached, of a cylindrical aorta while viewing the inside of the aorta from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: JAPANESE ORGANIZATION FOR MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Ozaki, Takahiro Uchida
  • Apparatus for demonstrating mechanical impedance
    Patent number: 10796603
    Abstract: A device for demonstrating the interaction of conservation of energy and conservation of momentum provides a set of balls each supported as a pendulum and in stationary contact, the balls having different weights to illustrate the concept of mechanical impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Ozgur Yavuzcetin
  • System and method for three-dimensional augmented reality guidance for use of equipment
    Patent number: 10796605
    Abstract: Methods for providing real-time, three-dimensional (3D) augmented reality (AR) feedback guidance to a user of an equipment system to achieve improved outcomes in the use of the equipment. The methods involve providing real-time real-time position-based 3D AR feedback and the real-time outcome-based 3D AR feedback to the user via an augmented reality user interface (ARUI). The feedback may be provided to the user via a head mounted display (HMD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Tienovix, LLC
    Inventors: William R. Buras, Craig S. Russell, Kyle Q. Nguyen
  • Dry erase article
    Patent number: 10787589
    Abstract: Dry erase articles are described comprising a writable surface layer comprising a cured hardcoat composition comprising the reaction product of certain low surface energy compound(s). In one embodiment, the compound(s) comprise a C18-C36 hydrocarbon group and an ethylenically unsaturated group. In another embodiment, a mixture of compounds is utilized, the mixture comprising first compounds comprising a C18-C36 hydrocarbon group and an ethylenically unsaturated group and second compounds comprising a C8-C17 hydrocarbon group and an ethylenically unsaturated group, wherein the first and second compound are present at a weight ratio of 3:2 to 4:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Naiyong Jing, Jun Ma, Erika Saffer, David M. Mahli, Gezahegn D. Damte
  • Methods and devices for modeling the eye
    Patent number: 10783803
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject provides a biomimetic eye model, and methods of its production and use. In one exemplary embodiment, the biomimetic eye model can include a scaffold having a convex curvature, a fluidic device coupled to the scaffold, a fabricated eyelid coupled to the fluidic device and a motor coupled to the fabricated eyelid. In certain embodiments, the scaffold can be impregnated with one or more keratocytes and a surface of the convex curvature of the scaffold can be covered with one or more layers of epithelial cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Inventors: Dongeun Huh, Jeongyun Seo, Mina Massaro-Giordano
  • Toilet trainer
    Patent number: 10779694
    Abstract: A toilet training device has a pair of hook-shaped handles on opposite sides of the base. The base is recessed in at least two (2) regions which prevents the base from covering the entire surface area of the toilet bowl water. Further, the base has a shape able to contour to the interior shape of the toilet bowl. A plurality of decorative targets is disposed upon the upper surface of the base. The exterior surface of the base is coated with a thermochromic pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Inventor: Hussain Walker
  • Compact portable ballet training station
    Patent number: 10777092
    Abstract: The present invention as described herein is a compact and portable ballet training station or kit. The training station comprises a collapsible bane with supporting bases, a foldable ballet mat, a folding mirror, and a compact carrying case. The collapsible barre is comprised of three bars, each bar with semi detachable segments positioned equidistant along each bar. Upon assembly the bars connect to each other to form a bane which is supported by bases. The foldable mat is made of one contiguous flexible matter which is sufficient to support and cushion the weight of a ballerina. The foldable mirror is made of one contiguous material capable of being coated with reflective material on one side and opaque material on the opposing side. These components are collapsed or folded into a hard shell quadrilateral shaped carrying case for easy storage and transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventor: Tamara Mudarra
  • Grip training aid
    Patent number: 10775125
    Abstract: An exercise and training tool is provided for training handgun users to establish a strong grip with the thumb, palm, and other fingers of the hand which are not the trigger finger, and then to independently exercise the index finger in the more delicate and precise motions used for controlling the trigger for improved accuracy. The training tool may also disable a trigger pull function by the index finger unless a proper grip is maintained with the thumb, palm, and other fingers of the hand. Other tactile feedback included within the trigger pull sensation may be offered, to represent operations of a handgun such as trigger “break,” trigger reset, or recoil during a discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventors: Earl Bruce Owen, Jr., Robert R Tupper
  • System, method and computer readable medium for quantifying anatomical device deformation under load
    Patent number: 10769967
    Abstract: An automated method and system of determining movement and/or deformation of an anthropomorphic test device (ATD). The method and system includes an acoustic transmitter device located on a first region of the ATD and an acoustic receiver device located on a second region of the ATD. An electric field is provided in communication with the acoustic transmitter to activate the acoustic transmitter for generating mechanical waves to be received by the acoustic receiver. Relative locations of the acoustic transmitter device and the acoustic receiver device are determined by the time of flight of the generated mechanical wave traveling from the acoustic transmitter device to the acoustic receiver device while the first region of the ATD and/or the second region of the ATD are subjected to movement and/or deformation; and determining movement and/or deformation data of the second region of the ATD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Matthew B. Panzer, Jason L. Forman, Jean S. G. Vilar, Ahmed Alshareef
  • Learning toys and games
    Patent number: 10769965
    Abstract: The current invention is toys and games that combines ingenuity with creativity in order to help kids better grasp a simple medical concept. The game has red frisbee-like discs represent red blood cells, discs represent white blood cells and the fuzzy yellow rods represent bacteria. The game has Players on one team try to get as many of the red and white blood cells into a bin, while the other team will be tossing in the “bad bacteria”. Both the white bloods and the bacteria have been outfitted with a strip of hoop and latch fasteners that allows them to stick to one another in order to ‘cancel’ that point. If the defending team is able to catch enough bacteria with their white blood cells, they're the winners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Inventor: Eleanore Meredith
  • Rotor-supporting housing
    Patent number: 10765961
    Abstract: A housing for providing lateral support to a rotor mast of a remote controlled hovering toy creature. The hovering toy creature has a propulsion system, a control system, a body, and an optional wing actuation assembly for actuating any wings attached to the body. One embodiment of the propulsion system comprises a motor drive driving a primary rotor and a secondary rotor via at least one rotor mast, wherein the primary rotor and the secondary rotor are arranged in a co-axial configuration. The secondary rotor is located at a height on the rotor mast that is lower than the height of the primary rotor. The housing comprises at least a lower segment and an upper segment, the lower segment attached to the body and disposed around the rotor mast below the primary rotor, and the upper segment is disposed around the rotor mast above the primary rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Tanous Works, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Tanous, Ryan Aguilar
  • Training tool and training method using the training tool
    Patent number: 10758777
    Abstract: A tool for training and evaluating a motion control function through vision while the direction and range of motion is restricted by the tool, and a method for using the same, and to improve storage convenience. A training tool is configured such that lattices are formed by using a belt having a width (S) in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction to be spread out and placed on the floor or the ground. The training tool is formed from a plurality of lattices arranged in vertical and horizontal squares, and the length of a lattice in any one of the vertical and horizontal columns is the length of (L-S) that is shorter by the width of the belt than the length (L) of each of lattices in other columns, whereby the tool is foldable such that the tool is integrated to overlap with one lattice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Kitazawa
  • Functional device, in particular a robot, for educational use with modules that can be combined together
    Patent number: 10762801
    Abstract: A robot device having modules that can be combined together to produce alternative devices useful for educational purposes. The robot device includes one or more frame bodies and one or more motorized joints connected to the frame bodies and in communication with a central control unit. Each motorized joint includes a fixed portion and a movable portion. Through a combination of frame bodies and motorized joints modules, alternative motorized devices can be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Comau S.p.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Ciniello, Maurizio Cremonini
  • Stay wet potty training liner
    Patent number: 10758430
    Abstract: A potty training liner configured to fit within an undergarment of a child. The potty training liner includes a first and second channel wall that form a channel to allow fluid to move front to back within the channel after an accident. The potty training liner may also have reduced absorption levels to aid in encouraging a child to become potty trained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Quixotic Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Lori Mueller
  • Weighted replica firearm
    Patent number: 10760868
    Abstract: A weighted replica firearm is operable to be handled by a user for simulated firearm training. The firearm includes a firearm receiver, a barrel weight support, and barrel weights. The barrel weights are selectively mounted to the barrel weight support. Each barrel weight includes a corresponding weight connection interface removably interconnecting with a support connection interface of the barrel weight support when the barrel weight is mounted to the barrel weight support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Fitness Combat Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Cory R. Schwendemann, Cetin S. Duvenci
  • Simulated dissectible tissue
    Patent number: 10755602
    Abstract: A simulated tissue structure for surgical training is provided. The simulated tissue structure includes a first layer made of silicone and a second layer made of silicone interconnected by a third layer made of polyester fiber that is embedded in part in the first layer and in part in the second layer to create a mechanical linkage between the first layer and the second layer. Part of the third layer that is adjacent to the first layer and part of the third layer that is adjacent to the second layer includes fiber strands coated in silicone. An inclusion that mimics an anatomical structure is located between the first layer and the second layer. The third layer of polyester fibers provides a realistic dissection plane for the practice of the surgical excision of the inclusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Applied Medical Resources Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory K. Hofstetter, Katie Black
  • Peripheral visual trainer and peripheral visual training system
    Patent number: 10751592
    Abstract: A peripheral visual training system using a peripheral visual trainer that includes an orientation monitor operably mounted on an athlete's head or an a helmet that is secured to the athlete's head as the athlete participates in an activity to help the athlete develop his or her peripheral vision by alerting the athlete through an alarm to concentrate on using peripheral vision rather than central vision when the peripheral visual trainer detects the athlete is using central vision for an object that should be viewed using peripheral vision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: PERCEPTIVE SPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Keith Roberts, Lee Erickson, Ray Olson
  • Synthetic tissue phantom for medical evaluation
    Patent number: 10755600
    Abstract: Disclosed are synthetic tissue phantoms, which mimic the properties of real human or animal tissue, and methods of manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Iverson, Tracee Eidenschink, Theodore Paul Dale, David Broman
  • Color-coded instructional wigs for teaching braiding techniques
    Patent number: 10755603
    Abstract: The color-coded instructional wig system includes a wig cap configured to cover at least a portion of a scalp, wherein the wig cap includes an inner surface for contacting the scalp and an outer surface, a plurality of hair segments extending from the outer surface of the wig body, wherein each hair segment is a different color than the adjacent hair segment, and a style instruction including a plurality of steps for a user to perform to result in a final braided hair style.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Styles Down the Aisle, Inc.
    Inventor: Laetitia Truong