Patents Examined by Nicholas Leo Seneczko
  • Patent number: 11490574
    Abstract: A flower water receiver includes a main body formed in a cylindrical shape with an open top to store water, a self-watering module installed on a central portion of a bottom of the main body to form water by condensing moisture in the air, a support formed on a part of the main body in the vicinity of a circumference of the self-watering module to support a circumference of a lower portion of a flower pot placed in an upper portion of the main body, and a wick support member, when the flower pot is placed in the upper portion of the main body, supporting a wick configured to absorb water in the lower portion of the main body and transfer the water to the inside of the flower pot, to be inserted into an inside of a drain hole of the lower portion of the flower pot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: REPUBLIC OF KOREA(MANAGEMENT : RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION)
    Inventors: Jae Soon Kim, Seung Won Han, Na Ra Jeong, Gyung-Mee Kim, Sun-Jin Jeong, Hye-Sook Jang
  • Patent number: 11484020
    Abstract: An integrated protective fishing case for storing and protecting fishing rod, reel, line and pretied lure. The protective fishing case includes a handle section and a rod sleeve section thereby forming a protective case with an outwardly protruding belly section. The case includes the features: The handle section cover with an outwardly protruding section having an internal cavity for covering and protecting a fishing reel; the internal cavity includes a protective double padded section, internal protective right hand and left hand pockets for storing pretied lures; perforated material allowing ventilation and moisture to escape, thereby protecting the fishing tackle stored in the case from rust; to custom fit fishing rod blanks of varying lengths, the rod tip section length is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventor: Gregory Louis Mousis
  • Patent number: 11470837
    Abstract: An animal trap stabilizing system includes a body trap having a pair of jaws, a trigger engaging the jaws, and a torsion spring being attached to the jaws. The torsion spring is engaged with a plate. The plate has a top side, a bottom side, a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge. The torsion spring includes a plurality of loops. The loops are attached to the plate such that arms of the torsion spring extend away from the fourth edge. The third edge is positioned on a ground surface such that an animal receiving orifice of the body trap is vertically orientated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Keith Schallenkamp
  • Patent number: 11464222
    Abstract: A rodent trap comprising: a cage having an entrance configured to allow a rodent to enter the cage; a control circuit board; discharge plates on an inner surface of the cage and spaced apart from each other, wherein the control circuit board is configured to establish a voltage between the discharge plates; a first infrared sensor comprising a first infrared emitter and a first infrared receiver, wherein the rodent prevents an infrared light beam emitted by the first infrared emitter from reaching the first infrared receiver when the rodent steps on adjacent pair of the discharge plates; and a second infrared sensor comprising a second infrared emitter and a second infrared receiver placed apart from the first infrared sensor. The invention also relates a method of using a rodent trap having a first discharge plate and a second discharge plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: OWLTRA TECH CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Hongguang Chen
  • Patent number: 11457617
    Abstract: The fishing line cleaner comprises a clip and a brush. The clip may removably couple to a fishing rod between a reel and a line guide. A fishing line may pass through the brush such that debris is swept from the fishing line as the fishing line is reeled onto the reel. As non-limiting examples, the debris may comprise aquatic plants and algae. The fishing line may be removed from the brush and the clip may be rotated around the fishing rod or repositioned along the fishing rod to reduce friction on the fishing line for casting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventors: Boyd Boswell, Leon Boswell
  • Patent number: 11445713
    Abstract: A fishing rod holder and retainer include a top plate that includes a main opening, and a retainer opening. A cylindrical tube extends downwardly at an angle away from the top plate. A rod retainer includes a retainer cable having a retainer clasp adjacent the retainer opening. A retainer channel is coupled to the top plate and aligned with the retainer opening and configured to extend downwardly to guide the retainer cable so that the cable extends down into the retainer channel. A biasing device is coupled to the retainer cable and configured to bias the retainer cable downwardly within the retainer channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Randy Truitt
  • Patent number: 11439140
    Abstract: An enclosure for debilitating an animal is disclosed herein. The enclosure can include a compressing plate, a plurality of structural supports, a support surface, and a sensory deprivation shield. The compressing plate can be configured to receive a force causing the compressing plate to move in the direction of the force. The compressing plate can then debilitate the target animal within an internal region between the compressing plate and the support surface. The enclosure provides convenience and control for the hunter over the target animal, while avoiding the use of weapons or traps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SLICE A LIFE ARCHERY L.L.C.
    Inventor: Edward Jay Flanagan
  • Patent number: 11425886
    Abstract: A pet restraint system includes a vehicle floor and a vehicle seat supported by the vehicle floor. The vehicle seat defines a seat-rearward direction. A pet restraint device includes a frame having a lower portion disposed on the vehicle floor and an upper portion supported by the lower portion. The pet restraint device includes a partition supported by the upper portion and is elongated in the seat-rearward direction from the upper portion to the vehicle seat. The partition is telescopic in the seat-rearward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Parakrama Valentine Weerappuli, Saeed David Barbat, Derek Board
  • Patent number: 11412726
    Abstract: A reversible rod holder apparatus and method consists of a frame with a front, a back, a top side, a bottom side, a left side and a right side. An attachment plate is connected with the back of the frame. A support is provided where the support and the attachment plate are removably connectable and a rod sleeve is connected with the front of the frame at an angle from the left side to the right side of the frame such that a rod placed in the rod sleeve is held at that angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventors: Taylor Lee Edwards, John D. Martelli
  • Patent number: 11412705
    Abstract: Described herein is an animal handling device in the form of a cattle crush with automated headbail capture, back bar operation and positional sensing along with methods of use thereof. The crush and method offer automation for functions that in the art have been largely manual and inherently labour intensive, physical and even potentially dangerous for the operator and/or animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Te Pari Products Limited
    Inventor: Nicholas Mark Blampied
  • Patent number: 11399528
    Abstract: A wearable rod holder having a holder portion rotatably connected to a strap clip portion is provided. The strap clip portion engages a strap or a belt a fisherperson may be wearing so that two spaced apart cradle hooks provided by the holder portion may support a fishing pole, hands-free. An elastic cord provided by the holder portion helps secure the fishing rod to the cradle hooks when the fisherperson goes hands-free and/or when rotating the holder portion relative to the strap clip portion to selectively position the fishing rod in a locked engagement with the wearable rod holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: O'PROS, LLC
    Inventor: David Jacobson
  • Patent number: 11399506
    Abstract: A pet feeding device includes an accommodating body, a cover, a pivoting assembly and a counterweight. The accommodating body has an accommodating space. The cover is pivotally connected to the accommodating body and to close or open the accommodating space. The pivoting assembly is connected to the accommodating body and the cover and for pivotally connecting the cover on the accommodating body. The counterweight is separately connected to the accommodating body and includes a swinging end and a positioning end. The swinging end has a curved surface and is disposed on one end of the counterweight. The positioning end is disposed on the other end of the counterweight. When the swinging end of the counterweight contacts a ground, the pet feeding device is in a rolling state, and when the positioning end of the counterweight contacts the ground, the pet feeding device is in a positioning state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: CHANG YANG MATERIAL CORP.
    Inventors: Ming-Hua Huang, Lung-Hsun Song, Dong-Jhou Lee, Kuan-Ting Chen, Chia-Hui Chen
  • Patent number: 11395475
    Abstract: A stalling cage having a box suitable for containing an animal, a receptacle that contains a liquid to be administered to the animal in the box, and a monitoring device suitable for continuously monitoring the consumption of liquid from the receptacle. The monitoring device has a level condenser with two electrodes in co-planar configuration in contact with the receptacle in order to measure the capacitance variation caused by the variation of the level of liquid relative to the air in the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventors: Fabio Casarola, Roberto Ciccocioppo, Adolfo Russo, Matteo Piersantelli
  • Patent number: 11388885
    Abstract: A rearing cage unit includes an animal residential area defined by a floor, a ceiling, and a wall; an excrement collection area adjacent to the animal residential area; and an excretion sheet in the excrement collection area to receive excrement of the animal. At least one of the floor and the wall is made of a material including resin, and has an excretion hole to allow the excrement in the animal residential area to be discharged to the excrement collection area, and the excretion hole has a size that prevents four feet of the animal from entering the excretion hole. The excretion sheet faces the excretion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
    Inventors: Toshimasa Ochiai, Makoto Ohira, Yusuke Hagiwara, Hiroaki Kodama, Hirochika Murase, Masaki Shirakawa, Dai Shiba, Hiroyasu Mizuno, Akane Yumoto
  • Patent number: 11388897
    Abstract: A deck mount fishing rod holder apparatus for securing fishing rods without clamps includes a base having a base top side, a base bottom side, a mounting portion and a plurality of arm portions. A plurality of mounting apertures receives an engagement portion of a seat post of a seat on a boat to secure the base to rest on a deck of the boat. A plurality of rod holders is pivotably coupled to the base top side of the arm portions. A holder bottom side of each rod holder is angled to rest flush on the base top side in a fish position. A cylindrical holder sidewall extends away from the base top side at an angle greater than 90°. Each rod holder secures a fishing rod and is pivotable back towards the base top side to allow for hook setting without removing the fishing rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventor: James Young
  • Patent number: 11382322
    Abstract: Various planer boards are provided that include a body having a tapered leading end, a guiding assembly located at a trailing end of the body, and a gripping assembly extending away from a front surface of the body. The planer boards may be securely attached to a fishing line via the guiding assembly and the gripping assembly in order to bias the line to one side when the planer board is moved through water. To allow a user quickly and easily attach/remove a fishing line, the planer board may include a single-release actuator that opens only the gripping assembly and a dual-release actuator that simultaneously releases both the guiding assembly and the gripping assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: KCSR LLC
    Inventors: Karl Chapel, Robert Chapel, Shane Ruboyianes, Michiel Vandeven
  • Patent number: 11375702
    Abstract: A knot tying device is described. Embodiments of the knot tying device can include, but are not limited to, a shaft, a spring, a slide member, an elastomeric member, and a nut. The shaft can include a slot for receiving a fishing line therethrough and trapping the fishing line between the slide member and the elastomeric member of the knot tying device. When the fishing line is secured to the knot tying device, the knot tying device can be implemented to thread the fishing line through and around the fishing line based on a type of knot being tied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventor: Nathanael Wills
  • Patent number: 11363808
    Abstract: A fishing rod holder formed from a rod holder base securable to a vessel having a protective cover that attaches to the rod holder base. The protective cover shields the rod holder base fasteners from direct exposure to the elements. The protective cover can be replaced without disturbing the rod holder base attachment. The protective cover conceals the rod holder base and mounting bracket, providing an aesthetically pleasing appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Rupp Marine, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald Karpanty
  • Patent number: 11350619
    Abstract: An outrigger positioner for moving an outrigger pole from a stowage position to a deployed position, and from the deployed position to a stowage position. The outrigger driver positioner has a top assembly including a main arm pivotally attached to a base configured for receipt of an outrigger pole. A worm gear assembly is in the pivot arm is moved by a motor, causing the main arm to elevate from a horizontal position to an elevated position. A second motor is coupled to a worm gear assembly in the base assembly which is coupled to the base of the top assembly. The motor rotates the top assembly from a position parallel to a centerline of the boat to a desired position off the beam of the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Rupp Marine, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Rupp, Ronald Karpanty
  • Patent number: 11350611
    Abstract: A poultry-farming battery cage farming has at least two horizontal cage rows, formed with cage enclosures, arranged alongside one another, that are formed with double cages made up of cages that back on to one another. Under each row extends a droppings receptacle, over which air-fanning flaps are longitudinally spaced apart, each air-fanning flap having an upper force-transmission part and a lower fan part mounted on a transverse axis arranged near an upper air-fanning-flap end. The two cages of each double cage have cage bottoms extending away from one another transversely and are separated from one another by a common vertical longitudinal rear wall arranged at a vertical spacing above the upper air-flap end. The fan part of the air-fanning flap is arranged under the associated cage bottoms. The air-fanning-flap end is arranged in a double-cage area, from which the cage bottoms extend away from one another transversely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Salmet GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gregor Zimmerer