Patents Examined by Magdalena Topolski
  • Environmentally aware pet leash
    Patent number: 10893661
    Abstract: In embodiments, the environmentally aware pet leash may restrain the movements of a pet and monitor environmental conditions during a walk. An infrared thermometer within the pet leash may be pointed towards a walking surface in front of the pet. The pet leash may display the pavement temperature of the walking surface, on an operator display and may alert the use to pavement temperatures that lie outside of predetermined range of temperatures. A laser point that is aligned to display a visible spot at the center of the area may show the user where the pavement temperature is being determined. The pet leash may also display and alert based upon data from a plurality of environmental sensors and a distance/route tracker and may report environmental conditions, alerts, distances, or routes to a remote computer using a transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventor: Jenna L. Tarantino
  • Length control system and method
    Patent number: 10893660
    Abstract: A retractable leash device (e.g., for pets, children, or the like) having a length control system for limiting the extendable length of a main line is provided. The device includes a cover plate mounted on a wind-up spool and having at least one ridged channel that interacts with a length control switch during line extension to control the extendable length of the main line while simultaneously maintaining the retractability of the main line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventor: Kevin A. Hill
  • Automatic water delivery apparatus
    Patent number: 10893658
    Abstract: Water delivery apparatuses and associated methods that minimize the amount of time and preparation and/or maintenance work required for a user to supply water to one or more animals are disclosed. In an aspect, water delivery apparatuses and associated methods of use are disclosed that are configured to maintain a substantially consistent water quantity within at least one water reservoir that provides drinkable water to one or more animals. The substantially consistent water quantity may be maintained by configuring at least one float mechanism that comprises at least one sealing element to at least partially block at least one orifice associated with at least one water supply inlet connected to a continuous water supply once the water within the reservoir reaches a certain level, thereby slowing and/or stopping the incoming water flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Fred Bray, LLC
    Inventor: Fred Eugene Bray, Jr.
  • Handheld crabtrap system
    Patent number: 10888072
    Abstract: A handheld crabtrap for catching crabs includes a shaft having a handle with a lever on a proximal end, a trap head with a lid at a distal end of the shaft, and a linkage within the shaft attached to the lever and the trap head. The handle further includes a crab alert bell attached to a cable that also extends to and into the trap head, where it ends in a clip to which the crabber's bait is attached. The trap head is held open via the linkage and lever until a crab pulls on the bait ringing the bell and alerting a crabber to pull on the lever and close the trap head via a string therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventor: Arnold Bethea
  • Feeding tray
    Patent number: 10888065
    Abstract: A feeding tray belongs to the technical field of pet products. The feeding tray includes a tray body and a base. The tray body is detachably fixed to the base. A plurality of through-holes are provided in the tray body. Each of the through-holes penetrates through the tray body in a thickness direction. The feeding tray further includes a plurality of connecting pillars. Each of the connecting pillars is inserted into a corresponding one of the through-holes, and each of the connecting pillars is capable of rotating about its own axis. Each of the connecting pillars is provided with a first boss on the outer surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventors: Tianle Yang, Yibao Zeng
  • In-ground water distribution assembly
    Patent number: 10888053
    Abstract: An in-ground water distribution assembly includes a ground water capture cup with a top rim defining an open end, a location spike fitted to the bottom of the ground water capture cup, the location spike extending downward orthogonally from the bottom of the capture cup, a plurality of vertical support risers connected or seated in riser seats distributed about the inside wall of the capture cup, the vertical risers extending upward and at angle inward toward center of the capture cup and fitted to a vertical feeder tube, and a water pressure flow regulator having an inline feeder nozzle and an egress pressure valve mechanism connected to the feeder tube at top center of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventor: Henry W Rued
  • Adjustable hollow food-leaking toy
    Patent number: 10888068
    Abstract: Provided is an adjustable hollow food-leaking toy. The adjustable hollow food-leaking toy includes a housing and an inner container; the inner container is a hollow shell made of a hard material; a food eaten by a pet is accommodated in the inner container; a window configured to leak the pet food is formed on the sidewall of the inner container; the window can be switched between a sealed state and a non-sealed state. The housing is a hollow shell; the inner container is held in the housing; a space for moving the pet food is provided between the housing and the inner container; and multiple food-leaking holes for leaking the pet food are formed on the sidewall of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: ZHUHAI HENGQIN SUPER TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Tianle Yang, Yibao Zeng
  • Animal back support apparatus
    Patent number: 10881082
    Abstract: An animal back support apparatus includes a main back support, a chest harness and an optional lumbar support component. The main back support features relatively rigid stays placed over the spine and one on each side of the spine and foam inlays to conform to the pets back between the pets back and the rigid stays. The animal back support apparatus also includes a first side panel on one side of the main back support and a second side panel on an opposite side of the main back support where the first and second side panels extend towards the abdomen of the animal and interact with each other to encircle the torso of the animal. The chest harness attaches to the main support layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventor: Renee Mills
  • Capturing plate, on-orbit device and method for capturing
    Patent number: 10882643
    Abstract: A capturing plate is attached to an on-orbit device, and the capturing plate is attached to a part of the on-orbit device where a capturing device bonds to the on-orbit device in space with a bonding component, including adhesive, of the capturing device. A method for capturing the on-orbit device includes moving the capturing device including the bonding component to the on-orbit device and letting the bonding component of the capturing device adhere to the on-orbit device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Astroscale Japan Inc.
    Inventor: Mitsunobu Okada
  • Nutritionally and botanically enhanced mycelial mass
    Patent number: 10881055
    Abstract: The invention is an important innovation in mushroom culture in which not only are mycelia beneficially grown on the novel combination of a grain (or seed) and an herb, in the preferred embodiment of the invention the mycelial mass is grown in a co-fermentation with all of a grain (or seed), an herb and a juice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: BYO HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Hines Miller, Jordan Seth Rubin
  • Satellite system and method for global coverage
    Patent number: 10875668
    Abstract: A non-geostationary satellite system and method for weather and climate monitoring, communications applications, scientific research, and similar tasks. The satellite system provides global coverage using a constellation of six satellites in two orthogonal, 24 sidereal hour orbits (geosynchronous) with inclinations of 70° to 90°, and eccentricities of 0.275-0.45. By placing three of the satellites in a first orbit with an apogee over the north pole, and three of the satellites in a second, orthogonal orbit with an apogee over the south pole, global coverage may be obtained. As well, the satellites in these orbits avoid most of the Van Allen Belts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TELESAT CANADA
    Inventors: Andre E Bigras, Peter Megyeri, Jack Rigley, Alireza Shoamanesh, Paul Ng, Surinder Pal Singh
  • Toilet for cattle, in particular for cow
    Patent number: 10874085
    Abstract: A urine collection device for a cow, comprising a positioner, a urine container coupled to positioner, a sensor for detecting a cow position, a stimulator for stimulating a stimulation region of a cow, wherein stimulation region is ventral with respect to a vulva of a cow, and a controller, wherein the controller is functionally coupled to the sensor for receiving a position of the cow. The controller is configured for controlling the position the stimulator at the stimulation region for stimulating the cow when a cow is positioned within a predefined range. When stimulation starts an urination, the positioner positions the urine container from a storage position to a working position for receiving a subsequent flow of urine from the stimulated cow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: HANSKAMP AGROTECH B.V.
    Inventor: Hendrik Jan Hanskamp
  • Interactive reciprocating pet toy
    Patent number: 10869461
    Abstract: A pet toy is provided for the pet toy having an elongated housing with a flat lower surface secured to a bottom of said elongated housing and adapted to allow the elongated housing to sit flat and securely on a planar surface. A reciprocating mechanism contained within said center section and comprising a motor that physically communicates a linear reciprocating motion of a rack and pinion gear to a pair of opposed targets aligned along the centerline and extend outward from said first egress orifice. The target appendages are each comprised of a flexible, conformable and compressible member adapted to be withdrawn into the respective egress orifice and alternately extend outward from the respective egress orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: COSMIC PET LLC
    Inventors: Brian Kreischer, Steven Tsengas
  • Device for holding bait for rodents
    Patent number: 10869470
    Abstract: An apparatus for holding bait for rodents that includes a housing that can be inserted into a manhole, the housing having one or more bait platform, a passage through the housing for rodents to access the bait platform, and optionally a mechanism to prohibit exposure of bait on the bait platform to the environment containing the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bittlinger, Jürgen Buchstaller
  • Modular plant growth apparatus
    Patent number: 10863679
    Abstract: A modular plant growth apparatus for large-scale commercial and residential uses having a housing with a top portion which is a flat panel, a bottom portion and two sides, each side having several hinges which can hingedly connect to a corresponding side of another flat panel, the top portion having a front side with removable plant wells, the bottom portion being angled to act as a stability support portion. The apparatus also including a light source and at least one plant in each plant well. Several housings can be hingedly connected to corresponding other housings so various modular configurations can be formed so as to maximize plant growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Fork Farms Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Alexander R. Tyink
  • Fishing tool
    Patent number: 10856534
    Abstract: The fishing tool includes an elongated member having a handle disposed at a first end thereof. The handle includes an open lower end. Indicia indicating various length measurements are disposed along the length of the elongated member. A scale is disposed within the elongated member, wherein the scale includes a hook operably affixed thereto, the hook extending through the open lower end. A mounting member is removably affixed to an exterior surface of the elongated member, wherein the mounting member can secure the elongated member to a mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: Jeffery Waters
  • Electroreceptor six senses fishing attractor
    Patent number: 10856533
    Abstract: A fishing attractor that communicates through a fish's electroreceptor lateral line that is used in water to attract nearby fish by appealing to the fish's six senses. The fishing attractor includes a wire shaft, a copper bead, a propeller having one or more blades and a central portion with a first magnet inside and a second magnet arranged in reverse polarity to the first magnet. Embodiments include a fishing attractor that when moved, the blades of the propeller begin to rotate and the copper bead and propeller move in a linear motion as well causing the first magnet to rotate and move up and down along the wire shaft, producing an electric potential pulse from the electromagnetic field created by the first and second magnets in opposing relation and from exciting electrons in the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: Kenneth R. Jacobson
  • Pet carrier
    Patent number: 10842125
    Abstract: A pet carrier including a bottom portion and a top portion having an attachment portion secured to the back wall of the bottom portion and extending away from the back wall of the bottom portion distal the front wall of the bottom portion, wherein the attachment portion of the bottom portion rotatably secures to the attachment portion of the top portion, a first lobe extends from a portion of the first side wall distal the ceiling, and a second lob extends from a portion of the second side wall distal the ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: Nathan Christian
  • Damping structures for tiltrotor aircraft wings
    Patent number: 10843788
    Abstract: A wing airframe for a wing of a tiltrotor aircraft includes a wing airframe core assembly and a wing skin assembly disposed on the wing airframe core assembly. The wing skin assembly includes an outer skin and a damping sublayer, the damping sublayer interposed between the outer skin and the wing airframe core assembly. The tiltrotor aircraft includes a pylon assembly subject to aeroelastic movement during forward flight. The wing is subject to deflection in response to the aeroelastic movement of the pylon assembly. The damping sublayer reduces the deflection of the wing, thereby stabilizing the wing during forward flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Clement Parham, Jr., Jeffrey Bosworth, Gary Miller, Frank Bradley Stamps, Jouyoung Jason Choi, Paul K. Oldroyd, Richard Erler Rauber, Michael Scott Seifert
  • Perch for a bird feeder
    Patent number: 10842133
    Abstract: A U-shaped perch for a bird feeder which is selectively movable between retracted and extended positions with respect to the bird feeder. The perch is horizontally slidably mounted in a support at the lower end of a feed port positioned in a feed opening formed in the bird feeder. The perch is selectively locked in its extended position. The perch and the support cooperate to limit the outward extension of the perch with respect to the support. The perch may also be movably mounted on the bird feeder which does not have a feed port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: Paul L. Cote