Patents Examined by Maria E Graber
  • Patent number: 11950568
    Abstract: A pet comb includes a handle, a mounting head and a comb body. The comb body includes a row of striped comb teeth; a blade side of the striped comb teeth includes a combing portion disposed at an outer section and a blade portion disposed at an inner section; the striped comb teeth are provided with a blade blocking portion extending in the same direction as the striped comb teeth on the side of the blade side; at least part of the combing portion exceeds the free end of the blade blocking portion, and the blade blocking portion blocks at least part of the blade portion; the combing portion is configured to provide a combing function for the comb, and the blade portion is configured to provide a function of cutting hair for the comb so as to disentangle or thin the hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NINGBO HONGDU MODEL PLASTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinchun Zhang, Xin Di
  • Patent number: 11944066
    Abstract: Provided is a pet cat excrement screening device. The pet cat excrement screening device includes a support base; a drum rotatably mounted on the support base; and a drum driving device mounted on the support base. The drum is configured to rotate between a first position and a second position under drive of the drum driving device, where the rotation angle of the drum is less than 360 degrees. A side wall of the drum body of the drum is provided with a pet inlet. The pet inlet is exposed out of the support base during a rolling process of the drum. A screening mechanism is mounted in the drum. The rear end of the drum is provided with a waste discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: PETKIT NETWORK TECHNOLOGY(SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunxin Ma, Xiaoqing Ma, Xin Shi, Weike Guo, Weixue Guo, Junchao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11930797
    Abstract: A fishing lure system includes a first member including a first end and a second end. The first end includes a fishing line connector, and the second end includes a female connector. The fishing lure system further includes a second member including a first end and a second end. The first end includes a male connector that is removably engageable with the female connector of the first member, and the second end includes a fishing hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventor: Brady Ciotola
  • Patent number: 11917987
    Abstract: A jig head for fishing, the jig head comprises a head portion comprising a tapered tip and a base, a hook having a point, a shank, and an eye adapted for attachment to a fishing line. A belly weight extending from the base comprises first and second ends defining a space between the shank and the belly weight, the space being adapted to receive a portion of a bait. The belly weight in certain embodiments is flexible such that the belly weight can be bent towards the shank and the belly weight comprises one or more shank facing barbs positioned between the first and second ends of the belly weight. The jig head comprises one or more tapered bells adapted to help secure a plastic bait in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: Steve Parks
  • Patent number: 11895984
    Abstract: The present invention is a pet training pad comprising a first end of a first conductive wire and a first end of a second conductive wire connected to a main controlling device, while a second end of the first conductive wire and a second end of the second conductive wire remain open. When a pet goes onto the pet training pad, the pet's foot makes contact with the first conductive wire and the second conductive wire at the same time, establishing an electrical circuit via the pet's foot. The main controlling device detects that the electrical circuit and then sends an electric shock current to the first conductive wire, thereby shocking the pet which will guide the pet to form a habit of not going to the position where the pet training pad is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventor: Jiaquan Hu
  • Patent number: 11889822
    Abstract: A live bait holder includes a flexible strip elongated from a first end to a second end. The flexible strip has a pair of edges extending from a first end to a second end and extending from a first surface to a second surface. The flexible strip is elastically bendable and elastically stretchable to be disposed in a wrapped position around a bait animal to define a loop. The flexible strip is perforable for perforation by a fishhook. An O-ring elastically stretches to receive the first end and the second end simultaneously when the flexible strip is in the wrapped position. The O-ring exerts an elastic force such that the flexible strip is retained in the wrapped position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventor: Kyle Jackson
  • Patent number: 11871740
    Abstract: A protective fishing hook and lure cover is provided. The protective fishing hook and lure cover includes a first receptacle and a second receptacle. The first receptacle and the second receptacle are connected by a hinge. The first receptacle and the second receptacle each have a base with a number of perimeter walls connected to it. A number of apertures are formed between the perimeter walls of the first receptacle and the perimeter walls of the second receptacle. A latch is also placed on the first receptacle and the second receptacle. The latch is designed to hold the first receptacle and the second receptacle in a closed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Linda Dishong
  • Patent number: 11871724
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pet house structure that includes a bottom plate, side plates, a top cover and a plurality of profiles, wherein the side plates and the plurality of profiles are alternately connected to define and form a frame of a polygonal structure, wherein at least one of the side plate of the frame is provided with a passage, wherein the bottom plate and the top cover are connected to the plurality of profiles of the frame through fastening devices, wherein each of the profiles has a mounting cavity extending along its length direction, the mounting cavity is equipped with an inner plug, and wherein the bottom plate and the top cover are connected with the inner plug through the fastening device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Fan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11856929
    Abstract: Flasher fishing lures are disclosed that include a fin pivotably attached to a rear portion of the flasher. In a closed configuration, the fin may be secured within a fin recess to form a substantially flat, continuous surface with the rear portion of the flasher. And, in an open configuration, the fin may extend substantially perpendicular to the surface of the rear portion. Accordingly, a user may select a fin configuration that provides optimal side-to-side, tail kicking and/or spinning motion of the lure through the water when trolled at various speeds and in any number of fishing conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Shane Ruboyianes
  • Patent number: 11856919
    Abstract: A fish hook apparatus including a head member, a shank, a bend section, a point element, and securing elements and a method for producing a controllable action in a bait are provided. The head member is defined by a top nose element, opposing side walls, and a bottom end. The head member includes a channel with openings at the top nose element and an opposing side wall for passing a fishing line. A securing element, coupled to the bottom end of the head member, secures a head of the bait. Another securing element, coupled to any location of the bait, secures one end of the fishing line exiting from the head member to the bait. Controllably tugging the fishing line curls the secured bait backwards towards the head member and springs the secured bait forwards to produce a controllable action, for example, a worm-like action in the bait.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Joseph Malooley
  • Patent number: 11812736
    Abstract: Bait stations are disclosed that include a housing having an upper casing and a lower casing coupled to form an interior cavity. A pad, gel, or variations thereof that carry food are disposed within the interior cavity. The lower casing includes a base having a peripheral flange that defines an outer edge, an outer wall that is spaced apart from the outer edge and extends upwardly from the peripheral base flange to a top edge, and an inner wall that extends from the top edge to a first surface to define a receiving space therein. The upper casing includes a plurality of apertures that are configured to allow insects therethrough into the interior cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC.
    Inventors: Paul E. Furner, Greg Perkolup, Jerome Matter, Paul Diehl, Adriana Farris
  • Patent number: 11805758
    Abstract: A multifunctional birdhouse can be configured into a birdhouse or a birdfeeder and provides easy cleaning access. The multifunctional birdhouse comprises a birdhouse enclosure and a reversible drawer. The birdhouse enclosure is the main structural housing for the multifunctional birdhouse. The reversible drawer allows the multifunctional birdhouse to be configured as a birdhouse or a birdfeeder based on the orientation of the reversible drawer when engaged to the birdhouse enclosure. The reversible drawer can be slid into and out of the birdhouse enclosure when desired. Further, the reversible drawer allows for easy cleaning of the multifunctional birdhouse due to the capability to detach the reversible drawer from the birdhouse enclosure when desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Chia Wern Chong
  • Patent number: 11779001
    Abstract: A fishing lure is disclosed herein with a fishing line attachment structure comprising a hook structure, and a body structure mounted on the hook structure. The body structure has a body, a threaded neck having a cylindrical portion defining a first connector, and a head defining a second connector. The head and neck define the attachment structure. The neck includes a port for receiving the fishing line and external circumferential screw threads. The head having an aperture and internal screw threads. The fishing line is adapted to pass through the aperture of the head and the port of the neck and rest on a gripping surface from where the neck integrally mounted to the body, and the head is screwed over the neck while clenching the fishing line between the gripping surface of the body and the head. The fishing lure further comprises a weed guard and bite depth control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventor: William Fox
  • Patent number: 11766022
    Abstract: A cage for housing laboratory animals, said cage includes a bowl and a cap or cover which may be positioned on said bowl in a removable manner, wherein the cap and the bowl, with the cap positioned on the bowl, define an internal space which is closed and not accessible from the outside, wherein in the internal space a feeder is positioned, adapted to contain food adapted to feed the laboratory animals, wherein the cage is equipped with first means adapted to detect the presence and/or quantity of food in the feeder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TECNIPLAST S.P.A
    Inventors: Marco Storto, Lorena Cattaneo, Marco Garzola, Fabio Iannello, Vincenzo Carollo, Niccolò Gumiero
  • Patent number: 11744237
    Abstract: An ice fishing container and an organizer system that is useable with the ice fishing container to organize the contents within the ice fishing container. The organizer system is disposed within the interior space of the ice fishing container and is configured to neatly organize ice fishing gear and equipment within the interior space of the ice fishing container. The organizer system has a plurality of divider panels that are configured to fit within the interior space, where the divider panels of the organizer system include a plurality of longitudinal divider panels that are parallel to the side walls of the ice fishing container, and a plurality of lateral divider panels that are parallel to the front and rear end walls of the ice fishing container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: F&H Design, LLC.
    Inventors: Timothy W. Halberg, Martin T. Feil
  • Patent number: 11730157
    Abstract: A fishing rod case is provided for holding a rigged fly (or other) fishing rod. The case includes a sleeve, with distal and proximal sections and a flexible middle section, and, optionally, a reel housing on one end of the proximal section. With the reel housing open, a rigged rod may be inserted into the sleeve. The sleeve is bunched in the middle section and the rod grasped through the sleeve on opposite sides of a ferrule of the rod. The two sections of the rod may then be pulled apart at the ferrule and the sleeve folded so that the distal and proximal sections of the sleeve are adjacent and parallel to each other. One or more straps may be used to hold the two sections of the sleeve together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventor: David Alan Zieg
  • Patent number: 11723351
    Abstract: A fishing lure with optic fiber simulator for simulating the bioluminescence characteristics of sea animals typically used as bait. A housing (20) partially receiving a fiber optic casing (60) with a battery with switch assembly (40) and connected light source (50) emits light to fiber optic members (80) with photophore elements. A hook assembly (90) is hidden inside the optic members and skirt strap members. An alternate embodiment uses a cable gland to hold the fiber optic members (180) and hook assembly (190).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventor: Nestor Gomez
  • Patent number: 11716967
    Abstract: A dog run assembly for preventing tangling of leads includes a pair of bars, a pair of lines, a pair of connectors, and a pair of fasteners. Each line is engaged to and extends between the bars. Each connector is rotationally engaged to a respective bar and can engage a respective vertical support element of a pair of vertical support elements so that the pair of lines is suspended between the vertical support elements. Each fastener is slidably engaged to a respective line so that the fastener is slidable between the bars. The fastener can engage a respective lead attached to an associated animal. The pair of bars rotates as a pair of animals tethered singly to the lines travel in opposing directions relative to the pair of lines. The lines and the leads attached to the animals remain untangled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventor: Aslan Edge
  • Patent number: 11716979
    Abstract: A fishing lure includes a main body portion with a cavity provided inside of the main body portion; a plurality of elastic members with end portions attached to the main body portion; a swing member that swings and is attached to the elastic members and swings, wherein the swing member is visible from the outside of the main body portion and at least two points of the swing members are supported by the elastic members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: GLOBERIDE, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yagi
  • Patent number: 11716982
    Abstract: A fishing tool includes a main body and a holding assembly coupled to the main body. The holding assembly includes a bottom holding jaw and a top holding jaw rotatably coupled to the bottom holding jaw and movable relative to the bottom holding jaw between an open holding position and a closed holding position to selectively hold a fish hook in place. The holding assembly is rotatable relative to the main body and configured to be secured relative to the main body in a fixed number of positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: FISKARS BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Hal Hardinge, Keith Langenwalter, Charlie Hartzell, Seth Jaramus