Patents Examined by Nicholas A Ros
  • Bed hair-washing station
    Patent number: 10463550
    Abstract: The bed hair-washing station is configured for use with a bedridden patient. The bed hair-washing station is configured for use in washing the hair of the patient. The bed hair-washing station is a portable structure that rolls to the bed of the patient. The bed hair-washing station comprises a basin, a source system, a drain system, and a cart. The basin, the source system, and the drain system attach to the cart. The basin receives and controls the fluid flow required to wash the hair of the patient. The source water provides fresh water for use in washing the hair of the patient. The drain system removes and stores the gray water generated by washing the hair of the patient. The cart is a wheeled structure that allows the bed hair-washing station to roll to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Inventor: Kayvan Shekarchi
  • Shower floor panel with functional element
    Patent number: 10455991
    Abstract: A shower base panel module that includes: a panel element; a continuous borehole provided on the panel element, an annular body accommodated in the borehole for inserting a drain element. The panel element has a first pan-shaped surface and a second planar surface facing away from the first surface, so that the outer edge of the panel element has a panel thickness that exceeds a panel thickness at the borehole. The annular body protrudes beyond the second planar surface in the drain direction. A reinforcement body, which receives the annular body protruding beyond the planar surface, is placed beneath the second planar surface of the panel element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Wedi GmbH
    Inventor: Stephan Wedi
  • Toilet lid and seat system and methods of use
    Patent number: 10455995
    Abstract: The toilet system described herein provides a solution for men who fail to close the toilet seat or lid after use. By automatically closing the lid or seat, the toilet system also reduces toilet access to young children and pets. Its dimensions and installation are the same as an industry standard toilet seat but with selectable automatic closure of the seat or lid after use. The power source, electronics and mechanical actuator are all located within the lid. Tilt and position sensors determine the positions of the seat and lid, distance or proximity sensors detect when the toilet is not in use and after a delay the actuator selectively moves the seat or lid to a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Inventor: James Donald Heiss
  • Bathtub wall panel extension
    Patent number: 10433678
    Abstract: The bathtub wall panel extension comprises a panel, a panel seal, and a door. The panel installs on top of a front wall of a bathtub in place of a sliding shower door. The panel may use the side tracks of the shower door to stabilize it in an upright position. The panel extends the height of the bathtub. The door may provide access to the bathtub though a door aperture when the door is in an open position. The door may comprise a door seal to provide a watertight seal with the panel when the door is in a closed position. The bathtub wall panel extension may comprise handholds, a magazine holder, a soap holder, a cup holder, and one or more shelves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Inventor: William Peters
  • Flush mechanism for toilets
    Patent number: 10428502
    Abstract: A flush mechanism for a toilet with a tank can include a float basket with a drainage port and at least one peripheral wall. A flexible conduit can be secured to the float basket to provide a liquid flow path from the drainage port to a flush port of the tank. The drainage port can be disposed eccentrically within the float basket, a top profile of the at least one peripheral wall can be inclined, or a rotatable collar can be provided to control flow of water into the drainage port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Inventor: Peter M. Parker
  • Flexible bag with opening sleeve with spout
    Patent number: 10413138
    Abstract: The pouch (10) comprises a flexible bag (12) having an opening (12A) with its edge fastened to two opposite walls (20A, 20B) of a reinforcing collar (18) projecting out from the bag, the pouch being suitable for adopting a flat configuration in which the collar is folded along a main fold line (17) connecting together its walls so that said walls are situated one against the other, and a utilization configuration in which the walls form a channel holding the opening open. The main fold line (17) presents an end portion (17A) opposite from the opening that projects laterally outwards, such that in the utilization configuration, the collar presents a nose defined by said end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SWISS SAFE COLLECT SA
    Inventor: Benoît Cailleteau
  • Electrically-powered platform pool lift
    Patent number: 10413467
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a system that provides assisted access to a pool. The system includes a platform that includes a frame, a deck, and one or more handrails. The deck is attached to the frame and sized to receive a wheelchair. The one or more handrails are attached to at least one of the frame and the deck. The system includes an upright lifting component case. The frame of the platform is substantially perpendicular to the upright lifting component case. The system includes lifting components that are at least partially disposed in the upright lifting component case and attached to the platform. The lifting components are operable to vertically move the frame between a top and a bottom of the upright lifting component case. The system includes an electrical power source operable to provide electrical power to at least a portion of the lifting components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: EVERLAST CLIMBING INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ben Tiffin, Shane Clagett, Timothy Sudeith
  • Multi-layer water sealing device and multi-layer water sealing method
    Patent number: 10392788
    Abstract: A multi-layer water sealing device, includes at least two layers of water seal sequentially arranged from top to bottom. An upper-layer water seal has a floating bell-shaped cover structure, and the floating bell-shaped cover structure includes a water sealing box and a floating bell-shaped cover arranged in the water sealing box. A lower-layer water seal is arranged in a drain pipe below the floating bell-shaped cover, and one side of the water sealing box is extended to form or connected to a communication cavity offset from the drain pipe. The floating bell-shaped cover correspondingly is extended to form or connected to a floating component floatable in the communication cavity and offset from the drain pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Kangzhiwei Zhejiang Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiangqian Chen, Furu Wei
  • Automatic faucet and kitchen
    Patent number: 10392787
    Abstract: A detachment sensor detects attachment and detachment of a water discharger to and from a retainer. An object sensor detects presence of an object. A controller causes water discharge triggered by detection of an object by the object sensor while the water discharger is attached to the retainer and suppresses water discharge triggered by detection of an object by the object sensor while the water discharger is detached from the retainer. The controller suppresses water discharge triggered by detection of an object by the object sensor after attachment of the water discharger to the retainer until a non-detection state of an object by the object sensor continues for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: LIXIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Azumi Kamata, Yuki Shirai, Mamoru Hashimoto
  • Toilet seat with wings and stabilizing members
    Patent number: 10390665
    Abstract: A commercial toilet seat for use in public facilities for adults where the improved toilet seat has a stabilizing base section which conforms to the upper rim of a toilet for stability when people, especially large adult people, sit on a toilet. The toilet seat provides a greater surface area of contact between the toilet seat and the rim of the toilet and a greater surface area to sit on. The toilet seat also has downwardly slopping wings that extend from each side of the toilet seat which allow the user to more easily lift the toilet seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: COMFORT PLUS LLC
    Inventors: Aaron H. Lewis, Douglas K. Dungee
  • Spa cover lifter system and method
    Patent number: 10370864
    Abstract: A spa cover lifting system is provided for selectively removing and replacing the cover of a spa. The spa cover lifter system has a frame configured to hold a cover of the spa and an actuator coupled to the frame. Selective actuation of the actuator by a user causes at least a portion of the frame and the cover to rotate about and between a first, closed position, in which access to the water of the spa is restricted, and a second, open position, in which access to the water of the spa is not restricted. The actuator and at least a portion of the frame are positioned below a deck that is around the outside of the spa so that the actuator and at least a portion of the frame are inaccessible to a user of the spa during normal usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Inventor: Carl Gavin
  • Flush toilet
    Patent number: 10370839
    Abstract: A flush toilet includes: a bowl including a rim formed on the top edge of a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface, a discharge path connected to the bottom of this bowl for discharging waste, and a rim spout portion disposed on this rim for spouting flush water within the bowl to form a circulating flow. The bowl further includes a shelf, formed in the circumferential direction from the rim spout portion between the waste receiving surface top edge and the rim bottom end, for guiding flush water spouted from the rim spout portion in the circumferential direction. The rim spout portion is disposed on either the left or right of either the side region or the front region of the bowl, and forms a rim spout port to spout flush water rearward. The width of the shelf is set to decrease from the side to the rear of the bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Masaaki Momoe, Yuuki Shinohara, Eiji Shiohara, Naoto Matsuo
  • Portable kiddie pool
    Patent number: 10352054
    Abstract: A portable kiddie pool includes a main basin including a floor and a perimeter wall defining a perimeter of the pool, the floor including a radial groove that extends towards the perimeter of the pool, a fountain basin disposed above the floor within a perimeter of the perimeter wall, the fountain basin including at least one fountain opening, and tubing that extends at a first end from the perimeter of the pool through the radial groove of the floor to a second end that operably connects to the at least one fountain opening of the fountain basin, the tubing including a fitting configured to connect to a pressurized water source such that water from the pressurized water source flows from the pressurized water source through the tubing and to the fountain opening of the fountain basin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Polygroup Macau Limited (BVI)
    Inventors: Alex Lei Velet, Trevor L. Jackson, Nicholas Emile Stanca, Jess Paul Carlson, David Michael Pehar
  • Waste receptacle systems and methods
    Patent number: 10352028
    Abstract: A toilet assembly is provided and includes an inlet conduit, a waste conduit, a flush-assist subsystem, and a plug. The waste conduit is configured to fluidly communicate with the inlet conduit. The flush-assist subsystem includes a flush-assist inlet and a flush-assist outlet. The flush-assist inlet is configured to fluidly communicate with the inlet conduit. The flush-assist outlet is configured to fluidly communicate with the waste conduit. The plug is disposed within the flush-assist subsystem and configured to prevent fluid communication between the inlet conduit and the waste conduit through the flush-assist subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Acorn Engineering Company
    Inventors: Darryl Boeltl, Keith Marshall, Laura Marshall, Don Morris, Tom Zinn
  • Concealed wall-mounted folding urinal
    Patent number: 10344465
    Abstract: A concealed wall-mounted folding urinal has a main body adapted to be mounted on an internal wall of a bathroom or lavatory. A tray is pivotally attached to the main body for movement between a first, standby, position and a second, ready for use, position in which the tray is ready to receive urine from a male person standing before the urinal. A sensor detects the presence of a person within a predetermined distance of the urinal, whereupon an actuating mechanism pivots the tray from the first position to the second position. When the sensor detects the absence of a person within a predetermined distance of the urinal, the actuating mechanism pivots the tray from the second position to the first position, whereupon the urinal is flushed with water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Advanced Global Innovations Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitchell Rex McIntyre
  • Stand-alone shower system
    Patent number: 10327597
    Abstract: A stand-alone shower system includes a cylindrical shower compartment with a transparent, translucent, or opaque wall and door, one or more specially configured shower nozzles, an optional storage compartment, and an optional surrounding cylindrical privacy curtain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Inventor: Vernon A. Gillem
  • Fecal collection bag retention device for use in zero gravity
    Patent number: 10329035
    Abstract: A fecal canister for use in a space application has a canister body extending from an inlet end toward a remote end. Hooks are aligned along an inner surface of the canister from the inlet end towards the remote end. In embodiments, a compaction lid, or a storage bag catch on the hooks to maintain a compacted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: James R. O'Coin
  • Urinal apparatus and urinal unit
    Patent number: 10309088
    Abstract: There is provided a urinal apparatus including: a water supplying device configured to supply water to a bowl section of a urinal; a water sprinkling device including a sprinkling hole configured to sprinkle water to a space inside the bowl section; and a human body sensing device configured to sense use of the urinal. The water sprinkling device not sprinkling the water from the sprinkling hole when the human body sensing device has transitioned from a human body non-sensing state to a human body sensing state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: TOTO, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinari Yaoka, Yoichi Murase
  • Aircraft vacuum toilet system splashguard
    Patent number: 10301805
    Abstract: A toilet bowl system for use on-board an aircraft includes a toilet bowl body comprising a toilet bowl and a shroud. The toilet bowl has a rim. A removable splash guard is positioned between the toilet bowl and the shroud, and comprises a generally flat, flexible, planar shield having a central opening. The shield includes a top portion and a rear portion, the top portion faces the shroud and the lower portion faces the toilet bowl, and the lower portion is shaped to correspond with an upper portion of the rim of the toilet bowl and is configured to secure the removable toilet splash guard to the toilet bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Hardwick, Thao Hoang, Bradley J. Buniak, Christian C. Kurshinsky
  • Bidet spray
    Patent number: 10301808
    Abstract: A bidet spray includes a fastening device for fastening the bidet spray to an associated water closet (WC) bowl, wherein the fastening device includes two openings. Also provided are a valve and a nozzle, which is connected to the valve by a pipe. The pipe extends forwardly between the two openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Carsten Willers Consulting GmbH
    Inventor: Carsten Willers