Patents Examined by Lori L Baker
  • Patent number: 11821195
    Abstract: A portable multiuser sauna includes an enclosure configured as a truncated, regular icosahedron with ten sidewall triangular structural panels and five rooftop triangular structural panels, wherein each sidewall triangular structural panel is compressively coupled to at least two adjacent triangular structural panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: WEST COAST STEAM, INC.
    Inventor: Berley Scott Farber
  • Patent number: 11821192
    Abstract: A water spraying device comprises a housing comprising a mechanism mounting cavity, an effuser mounting cavity located at a front portion of the mechanism mounting cavity, and a water pipe accommodating cavity located at an upper portion of the mechanism mounting cavity and communicated with the effuser mounting cavity. The device also comprises an effuser comprising a nozzle and slidably arranged in the effuser mounting cavity; a water supply hose accommodated in the water pipe accommodating cavity and configured to supply water and move in the water pipe accommodating cavity; a driving mechanism mounted in the mechanism mounting cavity and configured to drive the effuser to move; and a transmission mechanism connecting the driving mechanism to the effuser. The housing comprises a housing water inlet and the effuser comprises an effuser water inlet. The water supply hose is connected between the housing water inlet and the effuser water inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Shanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong Yang
  • Patent number: 11821187
    Abstract: A sink includes a bottom surface forming an opening for drainage therein, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall, and a fourth sidewall. At least one floating ledge is supported on two facing sides of the first, second, third, and fourth sidewalls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Kraus USA Plumbing LLC
    Inventor: Russell Levi
  • Patent number: 11821184
    Abstract: A soft-close pull-out faucet is disclosed. In one aspect, a faucet includes a faucet base, a faucet spout, and a spray head movable between a retracted position and an extended position. A hose extends through the faucet spout and connects to a water source and a spray head. A magnet is connected to the hose. A ring collar is fixed at least partially within the faucet spout and is formed of a non-ferretic and non-magnetic conductive material. The hose and the magnet are movable relative to the ring collar, and the magnet is positioned at least partially within the ring collar when the spray head is located in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc.
    Inventor: Adam William Tracy
  • Patent number: 11821193
    Abstract: A sanitary washing device includes a casing, a nozzle, and a nozzle drive unit. The nozzle drive unit advances and retracts the nozzle between a storage position and an advanced position. The nozzle drive unit includes a supporter, a gear, and a cable rack. The supporter includes a rail allowing the nozzle to slide. The gear applies a drive force to advance and retract the nozzle. The cable rack is connected with the nozzle and meshes with the gear. The cable rack includes a nozzle connection part connected with the nozzle. The gear and the cable rack mesh at a meshing part. The meshing part is positioned at a same position in a longitudinal direction as the nozzle connection part or further frontward than the nozzle connection part when the nozzle is at the storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Nagata, Yuki Ko, Junki Hamada
  • Patent number: 11813226
    Abstract: A system and method for reinforcing a spa shell includes a structural support layer on an underside of the spa shell. The structural support layer may include an inner layer of rigidizer, a central foam layer, and an outer layer of rigidizer. The structural support layer may extend from a bottom side of the underside of the spa shell, across at least one sidewall of the underside of the spa shell to a lip of the spa shell, the structural support layer forming at least one rib along the sidewall of the underside of the spa shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Bullfrog International, LC
    Inventors: Robert Santos, Richard Alex Eddington, Evan Smail, Mark McLane, Eric Hales, Michael Adams
  • Patent number: 11814834
    Abstract: A reservoir dispenser for a bidet apparatus includes a housing unit having a first chamber and a second chamber, wherein the first chamber is capable of holding a liquid wash solution separate from the second chamber. A side check valve between a hollow barrel and the first chamber; and a bottom check valve between the first chamber and the second chamber allows for controlled release of the liquid wash solution from the first chamber to the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: 2Go Products, LLC
    Inventors: Anjum Gupta, Bowen Zhang
  • Patent number: 11814830
    Abstract: A shower plug bracket and a moving assembly are provided. The shower plug bracket includes a base and a plug bracket portion. The plug bracket portion is configured to rotate up and down to adjust a use angle, the two cooperate with a locking structure, the locking structure includes a first component and a second component, the first component is connected to the base, the second component is disposed on the plug bracket portion, the first component is disposed with first teeth, the second component is disposed with second teeth, and the first teeth are engaged with the second teeth. When the plug bracket portion rotates upward or downward, the first teeth of the first component are disengaged from the second teeth of the second component. When the plug bracket portion stops rotating, the first teeth and the second teeth reset to an engaged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Jomoo Kitchen & Bath Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaofa Lin, Xiaoshan Lin, Bing Liu, Liwen Tu, Aiyun Shu, Kunpeng Huang
  • Patent number: 11814826
    Abstract: A fitting for dispensing liquids includes an outlet with a first outlet part and a second outlet part, a first liquid outflow for delivering a first of the liquids, and a second liquid outflow for delivering a second of the liquids. The first liquid outflow is arranged in the first outlet part, and the second liquid outflow is arranged in the second outlet part. The first outlet part and the second outlet part can be set movably and releasably in relation to each other. A receiving part is arranged in the first outlet part for releasably setting the second outlet part on the first outlet part, and the first liquid outflow is arranged in the receiving part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: BLANCO GMBH + CO KG
    Inventors: Johannes Stupp, Olaf Stenvers
  • Patent number: 11813635
    Abstract: A shower caddy includes a 4-way diverter for attachment to a shower arm and to divert water received from the shower arm to a circuit of pipes within the shower caddy. The shower caddy further includes a heating circuit within a basin. The basin holds bathing fluids, and the heating circuit transfers heat from water traveling via the circuit of pipes to the bathing fluids within the basin. The shower caddy further includes an additive infuser attached to the circuit of pipes that infuses an additive into the water flowing through the circuit of pipes when the additive infuser is activated by a user. The circuit of pipes is further connected to a showerhead that outputs the water received from the shower arm following it being used for the heating circuit and/or having an additive infused therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: MAGNA DEA, LLC
    Inventors: Jessica Koehler, Robert Koehler
  • Patent number: 11813225
    Abstract: A system and method for cleaning a body of a person. The system includes an envelope extending between a top member and a base member, and several rings disposed between the top member and the base member. The envelope, the top member, and the base member define an enclosure of the system. Each ring has several spaced apart nozzles along its circumference and nozzles connect to an air pump. A person can stand on the base member, while the top member can surround the neck of the person. Air under low pressure can then impinge on the body of the person below the neck to remove dirt and dead skin. The dirt and dead skin suspended in the air are drawn through a vacuum source from the inner volume of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Jimmy Wagner
  • Patent number: 11806297
    Abstract: An automated nursing robot is disclosed, including a main body unit, a wastewater bucket, a clean water bucket, a water injection and wastewater discharge unit for discharging and flushing the wastewater bucket and adding water into the clean water bucket, a mobile base disposed under the wastewater bucket and clean water bucket for carrying both to move between the main body unit and the water injection and wastewater discharge unit, and a connecting side plate arranged on one side of the mobile base. The main body unit and the water injection and wastewater discharge unit are each equipped with a positioning and fixing plate. Each positioning and fixing plate is provided with a pipe joint A, and the connecting side plate is correspondingly provided with a pipe joint B, and the pipe joint A and the pipe joint B are mutually attracted and connected by a magnetic attraction assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: HANGZHOU KELUI BAOTTE INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hao Wei
  • Patent number: 11808023
    Abstract: A spray washing component for a smart toilet cover and an assembly method thereof are provided. The spray washing component includes a base, a nozzle, and a first motor. A sliding track is disposed on the base. The nozzle has a rack cooperating with the first motor. The first motor drives the nozzle to slide along the base. The first motor is installed at an end away from a jet of the nozzle and drives the nozzle to be displaced through a transmission structure. The transmission structure includes a driving gear, a dual transmission gear, and a conveyor belt. The driving gear is in anti-rotation cooperation with an output shaft of the first motor. The dual transmission gear respectively meshes with the conveyor belt and the rack on the nozzle. The spray washing component and the assembly method solve the large space occupation and insufficient aesthetics of the existing toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: KOMOO INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaofa Lin, Xiaoshan Lin, Shan Lin, Guangyong Chen, Zuhua Liu
  • Patent number: 11806732
    Abstract: Systems and methods for containing fluid splash include using a fluid flow spaced from a vessel and/or fluid surface to effectively trap materials from a fluid stream flowing through the fluid flow. The fluid flow creates a spray envelope in connection with the fluid surface and/or vessel and substantially prevents droplets of the fluid stream from exiting the vessel. The fluid flow is created by allowing a supply fluid to flow through a nozzle oriented to cast a spray pattern into the vessel and/or into contact with the fluid surface. The fluid flow may be selectively activated and deactivated and/or be automatically (e.g., light or motion) activated and deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventors: Trent R. Nelson, Garet K. Galster, Tom Stewart
  • Patent number: 11808050
    Abstract: A lift system for a spa cover includes a first lift assembly configured for coupling to a first side of a spa, the first lift assembly including a motor and a first lever arm, the first lever arm having a first end configured for driving connection to the motor, and a second end configured for operative connection to a spa cover, and a clutch assembly configured to transmit torque from the motor to the first lever arm, the clutch assembly including a drive plate rotatably driven by the motor, a clutch plate arranged parallel to the drive plate, and a plurality of projections extending from one of the drive plate and the clutch plate and being configured to engage a corresponding plurality of recesses in the other of the drive plate and the clutch plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: STRONG INDUSTRIES, INC
    Inventors: Wade Spicer, Charles M. Woods
  • Patent number: 11800955
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus holder assembly comprising in one example: a mounting pad configured to be attached to a work surface of a sink; the mounting pad comprising a first pivot component having a first axis of rotation; a swivel removably mounted to the mounting pad at the first pivot component and configured to rotate relative to the mounting pad about the first axis of rotation; the swivel comprising a second pivot component having a second axis of rotation not parallel to the first axis of rotation; and a resting arm mounted to the swivel at the second pivot component, configured to rotate relative to the swivel about the second axis of rotation; the second axis of rotation defining a lifting plane orthogonal to the second axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Tinkered Inc.
    Inventors: Harry E. Hegarty, Brett Van Leeuwen, Matt Hoogestraat
  • Patent number: 11801198
    Abstract: An ice bath having a receptacle section and a temperature control element adjacent thereto and arranged to adjust the temperature of the receptable section. The temperature control element is connected to a refrigeration module that reduces the temperature of the receptacle. The temperature control element is further connected to a heating module that increases the temperature of the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Brass Monkey Health LTD
    Inventors: Danyl Lee Bosomworth, Dale Mark Bosomworth, Robert Wray
  • Patent number: 11794218
    Abstract: A faucet cleaning assembly includes a pouch which has an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer is comprised of a fluid impermeable material defining an interior of the pouch thereby facilitating the interior of the pouch to contain an acidic solution. The pouch is positionable around a faucet thereby facilitating the acidic solution to dissolve mineral deposits on the faucet. A band is integrated into the pouch and a drawstring is integrated into the band. The band is collapsible when the drawstring is tightened for retaining the pouch on the faucet. A lock is slidably disposed on the drawstring to retain the drawstring in a tightened condition for retaining the band around the faucet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Kathy Waller
  • Patent number: 11788267
    Abstract: A device used to conceal at least a portion of a wastewater strainer associated with a bathtub. More specifically, a plate having an opening therethrough is used to overlap a flange of the wastewater strainer wherein the opening in the plate generally coincides with an opening in the wastewater strainer so that the bathtub drain is unobstructed. The plate may include a downwardly extending lip to help facilitate orientation onto the flange of the wastewater strainer. The plate conceals the wastewater strainer, thereby facilitating reconfiguration of a bathtub as the existing wastewater strainer need not be removed and the plumbing system retested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: WCM Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: William T. Ball
  • Patent number: 11781298
    Abstract: A fitting, in particular an outlet fitting, for a sanitary installation has a control unit, a sanitary element controllable with the control unit, and at least one imaging sensor. The control unit is adapted to trigger an action of the sanitary element depending on an object recognition based on at least one output signal from the at least one imaging sensor. A fitting arrangement with such a fitting as well as a method for controlling such a fitting are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: OBLAMATIK AG
    Inventors: Roland Obrist, Daniel Knupfer, Philipp Triet, Patric Cathomas