Patents Examined by Nicholas A Ros
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Patent number: 11974703Abstract: An apparatus for a portable toilet includes a film storage compartment and a plurality of transport wheels. The film storage compartment is configured to store a liner having a tubular shape. The plurality of transport wheels is configured to transport the liner through a serpentine space. At least one of the plurality of transport wheels includes a high friction area and a hollow area.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Michael Luettgen, Yogesh Pansare, Swapnil Borade
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Patent number: 11959267Abstract: The present invention provides for an apparatus and a method for automating the dispensing a liquid agent into a toilet.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Inventor: Dennis Lee Sternitzky
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Patent number: 11959266Abstract: A hands-free flushing device and method of using same to allow a user to flush a toilet with their foot instead of their hands, thereby avoiding the spread of germs and bacteria. The hands-free flushing device is removably attached to the toilet flush handle of an existing toilet with little to no modification, allowing for easy installation. An embodiment of the hands-free flushing device comprises a foot pedal configured to suspend above the floor which allows for easy cleaning and avoids of the transmission of germs and bacteria.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Inventor: Brandon Russell
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Patent number: 11944578Abstract: A bedpan having a housing including a chamber, a top portion including an opening to the chamber and having a circumferential edge, a proximal surface including an apron surrounding the opening, the apron extending from a circumferential edge of the proximal surface to the circumferential edge of the opening, and an angled side wall surrounding the apron, and a bottom portion including a distal surface opposite the proximal surface, and a distal edge of the distal surface, the chamber positioned interior to the housing, the side walls of the chamber being interior to the side wall such that there is space between the walls of the chamber and the side wall, the side wall angled outward as it extends from the circumferential edge of the proximal surface towards the distal edge of the distal surface, and a first handle formed on a first portion of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Inventor: Maciej Witkos
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Patent number: 11931151Abstract: Disclosed herein is an automated urinary output measuring system. The automated urinary output measuring system includes an automated urinary output measuring device configured to be suspended from a rim of a sanitary hardware device and receive a volume of voided urine. The automated urinary output measuring device can include a receiving trough having an opening, a door configured to cover the opening in a fluid tight seal, the door coupled to the receiving trough by a hinge, and a lip extending from the receiving trough configured to detachably couple the automated urinary output measuring device to the sanitary hardware device. The system can further include an ultrasonic measuring system having a console coupled to one or more ultrasonic sensors, and a flushing mechanism coupled to the sanitary hardware device.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Jason Jishen Cheng, Trevor Dimicco, Audrey Earnshaw, Juan C. Tapia
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Patent number: 11913248Abstract: Described is a hinged sliding assembly for a pool cover assembly including a slider member having a rod member and defining an opening, wherein the slider member is coupleable to a pool cover; and a hinged rope lock member coupled to the rod member and positioned at least partially within the opening, wherein the hinged rope lock member is coupleable to a rope of the pool cover.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Latham Pool Products, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Barlocker, Mathew Dalton
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Patent number: 11913204Abstract: A handshower cradle assembly includes a waterway body, a handshower cradle, and an actuator. The handshower cradle is coupled to the waterway body. The actuator is configured to reduce a flow rate of water through the waterway body in response to a handshower being received within the handshower cradle. In some embodiments, the handshower cradle is configured to engage with the actuator under the weight of the handshower to adjust a position of the actuator with respect to the waterway body.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: KOHLER CO.Inventor: Matthew J. Ball
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Patent number: 11885112Abstract: A toilet infectious airborne particulate filtration and disinfection system is provided. The system includes a modified toilet seat assembly, with circumferentially arranged grooves on an underside of the modified toilet seat assembly. The system also includes a seat air filtration unit configured to mate with the grooves. The system further includes a modified toilet lid assembly, with grooves on an underside of the lid. The system includes a lid air filtration unit configured to mate with the grooves. The system also includes an internally arranged disinfectant dispersing mechanism, with a disinfectant fluid reservoir, positioned internally to a toilet bowl enclosure. The system also includes a plurality of spray nozzles positionable about the toilet bowl enclosure and a plurality of disinfectant fluid delivery tubes positioned internally to the toilet bowl. The system includes a disinfectant propellant mechanism and activation control device. System is adaptable to a urinal.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Inventor: Clayton Punnett
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Patent number: 11879525Abstract: A wave machine (8) that produces different shapes of standing, parabolic-shaped waveforms (150) used by surfers (200). The parabolic waveforms (150) have different face angles and depths. The machine (8) includes a rotating container (10) partially filled with a fluid 140. When the container (10) is rotated, a standing, parabolic waveform 150 is created in the fluid (140). In one embodiment, the container (10) is bowl container (11) with curved panels (60) and terminate at an upper edge (16). On or near the upper edge (16) of the sidewall (14) is upper flange (18) that partially extends into the bowl container (11). The bowl container (11) is coupled to a speed adjustable drive mechanism (50). As the bowl container (11) is rotated, fluid (14) is forced outward against the sidewall (14) and forms a parabolic waveform (150). As the speed of rotation is increased, the fluid (140) flows upward over the sidewall (14) and against the upper flange (18).Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Inventor: Rodney J Busto
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Patent number: 11879242Abstract: An educator assembly for a toilet includes a suction reservoir, a flow driving device, a first nozzle, a second nozzle, and a discharge outlet. The suction reservoir is configured to store a supply of water. The flow driving device is configured to supply a flow of water to the eductor assembly and in fluid communication with the suction reservoir to create a suction port proximate to the flow driving device and the suction reservoir. The first nozzle is at the end of the flow driving device. The second nozzle is downstream of the suction port. The discharge outlet is coupled to a trapway of the toilet and configured to receive discharge from the second nozzle downstream of the suction port.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Clayton C. Garrels, Jeremiah J. Rauwerdink, Randal S. Graskamp
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Patent number: 11872173Abstract: Provided is a main unit of a nursing machine, including a sewage bucket accommodating sewage, a water blocking device, a first water tank, a second water tank, a water pump, a first waterway, a second waterway, and a third waterway. The water blocking device includes a labyrinth-type channel communicating with a water storage cavity and a float accommodation cavity, and multiple division boards extending up and down to perform separation to form the labyrinth-type channel. The labyrinth-type channel is located between the water storage cavity and the float accommodation cavity, and communicates between the water storage cavity and the float accommodation cavity. The second water tank is provided with a first water inlet and a first water outlet. The water pump joins the third waterway.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: SUZHOU ALTON ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Weidong Lu, Qiang Song, Xinxin Xu, Zhouen Li
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Patent number: 11873635Abstract: A drain device for a wet room having a plate element having an upper side, an underside and an opening, a drain body which can be installed in the opening of the plate element and which, in the usage position, has an upper inlet opening into which the waste water can enter and a lower outlet opening from which the waste water can exit, an adapter, which can be fitted onto the drain body, having an opening for transferring the waste water exiting the outlet opening of the drain body, a seal for producing a watertight connection with a pipe which receives the waste water. The seal can be inserted into the outer pipe stub of the adapter and seals the pipe with respect to the adapter with a degree of flexibility that allows the adapter to be fit onto the pipe and sealed in a watertight manner.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: WEDI GMBHInventor: Stephan Wedi
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Patent number: 11866920Abstract: A flush valve assembly comprising a flush valve comprising a flush valve body extending from a flush valve inlet to a flush valve outlet; a flush valve seal having a top face and a bottom face; and a flush actuator comprising a rigid linkage; wherein the bottom face of the flush valve seal is configured to enclose the flush valve inlet; and wherein the rigid linkage is coupled to the top face of the flush valve seal and is configured to lift the flush valve seal to open the flush valve and to lower the flush valve seal to close the flush valve. A rigid linkage is configured to lift a flush valve seal and to lower a flush valve seal at a controlled rate.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: AS America, Inc.Inventors: Steven D. Kappus, Behnam Heydari, Mahendra Gunawardena, Verne H. Myers, Niloy Talukder, Nitin S Kolekar, Eric B. Soberano
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Patent number: 11865066Abstract: A pedicure chair with a basin having an auto-fill system for depositing water into the basin while eliminating spillover is disclosed. The auto-fill system has a controller, a water supply valve, and a water level sensor. The water level sensor can be a proximity sensor attached to an external surface of the basin. The water level sensor can send a signal to a controller when the water level sensor detects a predetermined water level in the basin. The controller can be configured to shut on and off the water supply to the basin by sending a signal to actuate the water supply valve.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: CL CAPITAL INVESTMENTS GROUP LLCInventors: Christopher L. Luong, Quang Nguyen, Long Luong
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Patent number: 11857479Abstract: A bedpan liner with drawstring including a liner assembly, a conduit assembly, and a drawstring assembly. The bedpan liner is a flexible liner The bedpan liner has a shape that conforms to the shape of a bedpan. The liner assembly includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion is used as a waste compartment. The conduit assembly includes a conduit, a first opening and a second opening. The drawstring assembly includes a drawstring. The drawstring is inserted into said first or second opening and goes through the conduit. The drawstring emerges from the first opening and second opening of the edge portion. The drawstring surrounds the edge of the bedpan liner. The conduit slidably contracts along said drawstring to close said liner to secure the bedpan liner during removal and disposal.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Inventor: Sylvia Johnson
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Patent number: 11828053Abstract: A urine containment and deodorizing device having a funnel portion having a top side, left side, right side, bottom side, left side raised funnel portion, right side raised funnel portion, funnel portion upper side and funnel portion underneath side wherein the top side is wider than the bottom side; a bottom portion having a shaped portion, a narrower tapered portion, a bottom portion upper side, a bottom portion underneath side and at least one opening between the bottom portion upper side and the bottom portion underneath side; and a connecting portion between the narrower tapered portion of the bottom portion and the bottom side of the funnel portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Inventor: Scott Dalton
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Patent number: 11821231Abstract: A rolling cover for a spa or a pool, which can be a rolled-up into generally cylindrical configuration, and an unrolled into a generally flat configuration. The rolling cover includes a flexible top cover, a flexible sealed insulation bag, a bag support structure, a top cover support structure and a cover tightening arrangement. Further, a spa including the rolling cover.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Masterspas, LLCInventor: Nathan Coelho
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Patent number: 11814866Abstract: A protective pool assembly for protecting a pool from external debris or contamination. The protective pool assembly comprises a flexible cover and a bladder. The flexible cover comprises a top layer configured to resist weather. The flexible cover is attached to or rests on and protects the bladder. The bladder rests on a bottom layer of the flexible cover, or directly on the surface of the water. The bladder is inflatable via an air valve to expand the bladder in a dome-like shape. The flexible cover is pushed upward into the dome-like shape so that external debris, rain, snow, and ice shed off of the flexible cover. A skirt extends from a perimeter of the flexible cover to further direct the debris or contaminates over the side of the pool. A plurality of securing elements are used to secure the protective pool assembly in place over the pool.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Inventor: Aaron Hockenberry
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Patent number: 11814865Abstract: A pool cover spring wrap is described. The pool cover spring wrap can comprise a substantially rectangular member having two sides and a fastener. Various types of fasteners may be used. In some embodiments, the fastener comprises a first fastener element and a second fastener element. When the first fastener element is engaged with the second fastener element, the rectangular member forms an encircling member having a first opening on a first end of the encircling member and a second opening on a second end of the encircling member remote from the first opening. The pool cover spring wrap can be wrapped around the spring coil and the faster elements can be attached to affix the wrap to the spring.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: JDSports WM, LLCInventor: Sean Wenke
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Patent number: 11814831Abstract: A waste outlet having a top section, with an inlet and an outlet, and a bottom section, with an inlet and an outlet. The top section and the bottom section are both mounted upon a substantially elongate member. A tubular seal element encloses the outlet of the top section and the inlet of the bottom section and one of the top section and the bottom section is connected to the elongate member and the other of the top section and the bottom section is slidably mounted on the rigid elongate member so that it can slide therealong to adjust the distance between the respective sections.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: ELLSI LIMITEDInventor: Paul Delaney