Patents Examined by Nicholas A Ros
  • Patent number: 11478391
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a single-use container manufactured from sheet material, the single-use container comprising: a base, wherein the base is flat and forms a surface on which the single- use container can stand, —a front wall, a right wall, a left wall and a rear wall which extend upward from the base, wherein the front wall and the rear wall are convex, and wherein the right wall and left wall are concave, an upper end which connects the front wall, right wall, left wall and rear wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: HYGIENIUS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY B.V.
    Inventors: David Cocks, Ian Alexander Webb
  • Patent number: 11457780
    Abstract: A rear-facing toilet is a toilet having a seat which is positioned such that a user faces the tank when sitting. The toilet further has leg lifting portions which assist in elevating the knees of a user on the toilet. The top of the tank may serve as a worktable or storage tray. Footrests and foot ramps are provided about the base of the toilet permitting a user to rest his or her feet while the toilet is in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventor: Steve Wright
  • Patent number: 11400478
    Abstract: A waterfall system includes a housing. The housing comprises one or more retention legs and one or more mounting arms. Further in accordance with this aspect, the system also includes a water sprayer, a water collection attachment, and a pump coupled with the water sprayer. Still further, the housing is arranged proximal a spa and is held in place by the one or more retention legs. Additionally, a water collection attachment collects pressurized water from the spa and provides the water under pressure to the water sprayer, which is mounted above the spa by the one or more mounting arms and sprays the water into the spa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BESTWAY INFLATABLES & MATERIAL CORP.
    Inventors: Shuiyong Huang, Xinwei Chen
  • Patent number: 11391030
    Abstract: A telescoping toilet mounting assembly and a method for mounting a toilet to a floor and a wastewater pipe. Hollow bolts project from clamping plates to be received through mounting holes in an upper male flange section and through mounting holes of a toilet base. Base bolt nuts are tightened onto the hollow bolts to secure the upper male flange section to the toilet base prior to lowering the toilet and the upper male flange section into engagement with a lower female flange section. Fastening bolt structures with adjustable-length body portions and threaded tips pass through the hollow bolts and into threaded engagement with mounting members fixed to the lower female flange section fixed to the wastewater pipe and the floor. Each fastening bolt structure has a barrel bolt with an internally threaded barrel sleeve terminating in the threaded tip and a screw threadedly received into the barrel sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventors: John D. Jackman, Christopher M. Jackman, Brian F. Jackman
  • Patent number: 11377832
    Abstract: A toilet seat cover is configured to fit over a corresponding toilet seat, forming an air tight seal around the toilet seat at a lower edge of the toilet seat cover when the toilet seat cover is in a lowered position. The toilet seat cover provides a seat channel in the underside of the toilet seat cover in which the seat resides when the toilet seat cover is lowered. There is a gap between the toilet seat and the underside of the toilet seat cover in the seat channel to allow air to flow between the seat and the underside of the toilet seat cover. The toilet seat cover includes a fluid channel and a plurality of nozzles along the fluid channel which spray the toilet seat with a cleaning or sanitizing fluid when the toilet seat cover is in the lowered position. After stopping the spraying of sanitizing fluid, the toilet is flushed using suction, lowering the air pressure under the toilet seat cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Auto Cleaning Toilet Seat USA, L.L.C
    Inventors: Nuri Dorra, Maximo Dorra
  • Patent number: 11371231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a toilet flushing device using a toilet cover. More specifically, the present invention comprises: a sliding means disposed at the front side of a water tank and configured to slide forward/backward by magnetic force to allow a drain valve to operate as soon as a toilet cover is closed; and an operation lever disposed at the rear side of the sliding means so as to open or close the drain valve, wherein the drain valve is operated to flush water by a structure in which the sliding means and the operation lever operate in cooperation in response to an operation of the toilet cover after use of the toilet. Therefore, the present invention can induce the habit of covering the toilet by the toilet cover after using the toilet and thus enhance a sanitary culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Chang Hun Choi, Sun Young Choi
  • Patent number: 11365533
    Abstract: A siphon valve assembly, the assembly comprising a tubular core; a head coupled to and surrounding a top of the core; and a fluid spray initiator coupled to the head; wherein a lower end of the head defines a siphon valve inlet, a lower end of the tubular core defines a siphon valve outlet, an upper end of the tubular core comprises a weir, and the spray initiator is configured to discharge a fluid into the core to induce a siphon flow of a surrounding fluid through the siphon valve inlet, over the weir, and out the siphon valve outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: AS America, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Jensen
  • Patent number: 11365534
    Abstract: Hydraulic devices used to control timing, direction, and velocity of fluid flow are disclosed. The hydraulic device includes a flush valve. The flush valve includes one or more venturi that assist in moving the fluid through flush valve. A manifold includes a housing defining a piston cavity and a piston. The piston is moveable within the piston cavity by a piston actuator between a first position and a second position. A manifold inlet defined by the housing is configured to receive a first fluid from a supply line and is in fluid communication with the piston cavity. A manifold outlet is defined by the housing and is in fluid communication with the piston cavity in. In the first position, the piston prevents fluid communication between the manifold inlet and the manifold outlet through the piston cavity. In the second position, the manifold inlet is in fluid communication with the manifold outlet such that the first fluid can flow from the supply line to the manifold outlet through the piston cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Dirkers, Michael Grassi
  • Patent number: 11357361
    Abstract: A mobile bathroom assembly with a support frame member assembly operably configured to attach to a trailer hitch and support a lower shell and an upper shell. The lower shell includes a bottom wall and a sidewall enclosing a lower shell cavity and having a lower sidewall door. The bottom wall includes a toilet assembly coupled thereto fluidly coupled to a liquid supply tank and a circulation pump operably configured to induce a flow of liquid from the liquid supply tank to the toilet assembly. The upper shell also includes a sidewall surrounding a ceiling wall and defining an upper shell cavity, wherein the upper shell is operably configured with a motor assembly to extend upwards and contract downwards with respect to the lower shell to increase and decrease the internal assembly height and lower and upper shell cavities within the lower and upper shells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MIAMI 20512 LLC
    Inventor: William Wright
  • Patent number: 11350803
    Abstract: A toilet comprising a frame; a bowl supported by the frame; a seat also supported by the frame; a shroud covering the frame; a lift mechanism supported by the frame for adjusting the position of the seat; a foot platform positioned to support the feet of a user sitting on the seat wherein the foot platform comprises a plurality of foot platform weight sensors; a plurality of seat weight sensors between the frame and the seat for measuring the weight of a user on the seat; and a controller receiving data from the plurality of foot platform weight sensors and from the plurality of seat weight sensors; wherein the controller uses the data from the foot platform weight sensors to calculate the weight distribution of the user between the seat and foot platform; and wherein the controller uses the data from the foot platform weight sensors to calculate the weight distribution of the user between the left and right side of the foot platform; and wherein the controller uses the calculated weight distributions to cont
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Medic, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Hall, David Crismon
  • Patent number: 11345617
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for treating residuals or waste streams from a plant, such as a drinking water treatment plant. The method includes the steps of obtaining plant residuals or waste streams from a water treatment plant and irradiating the plant residuals or waste streams using microwave radiation from a microwave source. The method also includes the step of drying the plant residuals or waste streams to a predetermined moisture, volume, or weight content reduction and disposing of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    Inventors: Darren A. Lytle, Mallikarjuna N. Nadagouda
  • Patent number: 11337874
    Abstract: An assistive seating device (10) includes a frame (11) having a base (12) with rear legs (14) coupled to front legs (15) having lifting arms (21). The base also includes a first couplers (25) and second couplers (26). The frame also includes a seat portion (29) coupled to the base for reciprocal movement between a lowered, seating position and a raised, lifting position. Lifting cylinders (40) are pivotally coupled at a top end (41) to the seat portion. Each lifting cylinder also has a lower end (44) receivable within either the first or second tubular coupler. The force of the lifting cylinders upon the pivoting seat portion depends upon the selected coupling location of the lower ends of the lifting cylinders upon the base. The assistive seating device also includes a lock to prevent the seat portion from pivoting from its lowered, seating position to its raised, lifting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: LP4, LLC
    Inventors: Olof Hakan Sjogren, Jakob Carl Erik Sjogren
  • Patent number: 11326331
    Abstract: The Coakley Smart Self-Cleaning Bathroom is designed to quickly, efficiently, and safely clean and disinfect bathrooms. This technology can significantly benefit businesses (including restaurants, hotels, etc.), hospitals, airplanes, trains, residences, etc. It would eliminate manual labor in bathroom cleaning, saving time and resources; the technology would also be more efficient in cleaning than a human. Finally, safety features would be implemented to ensure the safety of humans in the proximity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventor: Eraina Shanel Coakley
  • Patent number: 11324659
    Abstract: A fitting assembly for installation in an opening in a tub shell wall of a bathing installation tub. A resilient grommet is sized to be inserted into the opening and has an interior peripheral recess defined in a wall portion, having a recess cross-sectional configuration. A fitting body has a protruding external rib having a rib cross-sectional configuration complimentary to the recess cross-sectional configuration, the rib positioned on the fitting body so that when the fitting body is inserted into the grommet, the rib is received into the recess on the grommet. The grommet and fitting are configured such that the recess and the rib are positioned behind the back surface of the shell wall when installed in the opening, and the grommet is compressed by the edge of the shell opening and pushed outwardly by the rib to lock the fitting into the shell opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Balboa Water Group, LLC
    Inventor: Graham J. Campbell
  • Patent number: 11318058
    Abstract: A lift transporting a person into and out from a water-containing structure having an interior wall includes a waterproof base assembly attached to the wall and having at least a portion thereof submerged in the structure, a waterproof seat assembly and a drive assembly. The seat assembly includes a lifting beam movably disposed with respect to a base housing and defining a seat arm chamber and a chair assembly comprising a chair arm movably connected to the lifting beam within the seat arm chamber to travel between a stowed position and a deployed position and a chair movably connected to the chair arm to travel between a stowed position and a deployed position. The drive assembly is operatively connected at least to the lifting beam and raises and lowers the lifting beam with respect to the lifting arm chamber and rotates the lifting beam with respect to the lifting arm chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventor: Malcolm Berg
  • Patent number: 11311156
    Abstract: A toilet seat with handles is disclosed. The handles include light transmitters and light receivers. The light transmitters and receivers may be used to determine blood oxygen saturation levels and heart rate of a toilet seat user. Ultrasonic transmitters and receivers in the toilet seat handle are also disclosed for determining bone density of a toilet seat user. The handles may be retractable and may include UV sanitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Medic, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Dan Allen, Andrew Davis, Justin R. Robinson
  • Patent number: 11304872
    Abstract: There is provided a bathtub, including: a bottom surface part; a side surface part surrounding the bottom surface part, extending upward from the bottom surface part, and including a backrest part; a pillow part provided to be movable vertically over a prescribed range along the backrest part; and a water discharger mounted to the pillow part, the water discharger being provided to be movable vertically along the backrest part with the pillow part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiko Izumitani
  • Patent number: 11298292
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for providing tempered water to an emergency wash system. Various embodiments include simple, reliable, low-cost flow regulators to reliably provide adequate emergency wash flows. Yet other embodiments include one or more features that consider the special needs of a person temporarily blinded, and include those persons having disabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Magarl, LLC
    Inventors: Robert B. Eveleigh, Thomas R. Baker, Cameron West, Lori Bolin
  • Patent number: 11241126
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a portable potty seat for a toilet. This disclosure aims to provide a portable potty seat, which has the advantages of simple structure, light volume and can be adapted to toilets with different sizes and specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: 1316 LLC
    Inventor: Thomas E. McConnell
  • Patent number: 11230832
    Abstract: A tankless toilet system includes a tankless toilet and a sensor. The tankless toilet is configured to receive water from a water source. The tankless toilet includes a bowl, a first supply conduit, a rim jet, a sump, a second supply conduit, and a sump. The first supply conduit is configured to receive the water from the water source. The rim jet is fluidly coupled to the first supply conduit and configured to provide the water to the bowl. The sump is configured to receive the water from the bowl. The second supply conduit is configured to receive the water from the water source separate from the first supply conduit. The sump jet is fluidly coupled to the second supply conduit and configured to provide the water to the sump. The sensor is coupled to the tankless toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventor: Michael J. Luettgen