Patents Examined by Patrick J. Lynch
  • Patent number: 11846044
    Abstract: The device (1) comprises a first roller (3) rotatable about a first rotation axis (3A) and a second roller (5) rotatable about a second rotation axis (5A), parallel to the first rotation axis (3A). The two are in mutual contact and define between them a yarn passage (7) and at least of them is motorized. The device further comprises 5 guide members (9) defining a feed path of at least a yarn (F; F1, F2, F3, F4), associated with the yarn passage (7) between the first roller (3) and the second roller (5). The guide members (9; 13) are movable with respect to the rollers (3, 5) in a direction substantially parallel to the first rotation axis (3A) and to the second rotation axis (5A), so as to take the yarn path temporarily outside the mutual contact 10 area between the rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SSM GIUDICI S.R.L.
    Inventors: Antonio Ripamonti, Giuseppe Bosisio, Roberto Badi
  • Patent number: 11832660
    Abstract: A garment, to which a blower device is detachably attachable, includes a main body and a heat insulation material. The main body includes at least an outer fabric having an attachment hole through which the blower device can be partially inserted. The main body is configured to cover at least a portion of a body of a wearer. The heat insulation material is attached to the main body at least on an inner side of the outer fabric. The heat insulation material is configured to cover at least a portion of the body. The garment is configured such that the heat insulation material is detachable from the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: MAKITA CORPORATION, TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Manabu Tokunaga, Kazuhiro Sakurai, Natsumi Hara, Nobuyoshi Miyasaka
  • Patent number: 11819753
    Abstract: A ball glove may include a front glove portion, a back glove portion and a webbing. A palm side of the webbing comprises a spin reduction texture. The spin reduction texture includes a first pattern of raised projections and/or recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventors: Ryan J. Smith, Robert T. Thurman
  • Patent number: 11819066
    Abstract: A wrap for an infant is provided. The wrap includes a first part configured as a loop having a through opening. A second part attached with the first part to seal off a portion of the opening and form a pouch configured to receive a bottom half of an infant. A portion of the first part including an elastic band configured for disposal adjacent a top of a diaper. Systems and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Leah Therese Severson
  • Patent number: 11814755
    Abstract: A method is provided for contactless optical detection of yarn at a workstation of a textile machine. The yarn moves in a sensing slot between a radiation source and an optical sensor having at least one row of radiation sensitive elements. Shading of the individual radiation sensitive elements by yarn moving through the slot is monitored and a state of the yarn is evaluated based on the monitoring, which includes monitoring and evaluating a position of the yarn in the sensing slot or a time course of the position of the yarn in the sensing slot. A change is detected in the position or in the time course corresponding to a yarn break before an end of the yarn break passes through the sensing slot. When the yarn break is sensed, a stop signal is generated for the workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Rieter CZ s.r.o.
    Inventors: Pavel Kousalik, Zdenek Beran
  • Patent number: 11807968
    Abstract: A table for use with sewing machines that attaches to the sewing machines with screws. The table has slidably attached guide plates allowing a user to have more consistent seam lines. The guide plates have provisions to provide clearance to the presser foot of a sewing machine when moved closer together. The table has ruled markings to precisely set the seams with the use of the guide plates. The guide plates are configured to be used with sewing machines. The slide plates have graded markings a depicted on the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Barbara Craig
  • Patent number: 11807969
    Abstract: A bobbin winding device has a switching motor and a switching lever connected to the switching motor. The switching motor is driven by the control unit, and the switching lever is rotated, so that the intermediate position of the detection lever is changed to one side in the rotation direction of the detection lever. This allows changing the winding diameter of the bobbin thread wound on different bobbin diameters. Here, the bobbin winding device has a color sensor which detects the outer diameter of the bobbin mounted on the spool shaft. The control unit drives the switching motor to rotate the switching lever based on the detected outer diameter of the bobbin. Therefore, the user can wind the bobbin thread around the bobbins having different outer diameters without rotating the switching lever from the initial position based on the outer diameter of the bobbins to be mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: JANOME SEWING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Shiratsuchi
  • Patent number: 11807961
    Abstract: A twisting flyer for a single-twist cable stranding machine, which is adapted to rotate about a rotation axis and includes two shoulders connected by crossmembers, and an articulated structure which has in turns a first carriage provided with elements for translation on first of the crossmembers and which supports a guide pulley for a cable, and a second carriage provided with elements for translation on second of the crossmembers, which supports a counterweight for the guide pulley The twisting flyer further includes a first pair of rods which are hinged with one end thereof to the first carriage and with another end to a second pair of rods which are hinged with one end thereof to the second carriage and with another end to the first pair of rods, balancing weights at hinge regions between the first pair of rods and the second pair of rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: W.T.M. SOCIETA' A RESPONSABILITA' LIMITATA
    Inventor: Alberto Spessato
  • Patent number: 11807966
    Abstract: An upper feed device includes a main body portion configured to be mounted to a presser bar of a sewing machine, and a presser foot configured to be detachably mounted to the main body portion. The main body portion has an upper feed dog, a first mounting portion, and a second mounting portion. The first mounting portion has a first groove opening downward, and the second mounting portion has a second groove opening downward. The presser foot has a presser plate, a first opposing portion, a second opposing portion, a first pin, a first protruding portion, a second pin, and a second protruding portion. An opening is formed in the presser plate. The first pin is configured to rotatably fit into the first groove. The second pin is configured to rotatably fit into the second groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahisa Kato, Nobuhiko Funato
  • Patent number: 11805855
    Abstract: A fastening system for an object (e.g., a wearable such as footwear) is disclosed that includes a buckle assembly and a strap for adjusting tension. The buckle assembly includes a base and a slider engaged with the base. The strap includes an array of teeth to engage with a pawl formed on the base. The fastening system is configurable between an engaged condition and a released condition based on the positioning of the slider relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ZIPZON, LLC
    Inventor: Mark S. Soderberg
  • Patent number: 11805852
    Abstract: A combined shoe and orthotic support including a bracing assembly, a closing assembly and a protective assembly. The bracing assembly includes a back side support, a left rigid brace, a right rigid brace, and a tongue that are adapted to surround the user's ankle to provide support against ankle issues such as sprains, fractures or the like. The plurality of straps included in the closing assembly allows the user to adjust the bracing assembly around the ankle with a predetermined adjustment. The front side support and the closing assembly further includes laces and a zipper, wherein the laces allow the present invention to be adjusted around the foot and the zipper allows the front side support to be widely opened, allowing the user's foot to be placed in and out of the shoe with ease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Dave Mosher
  • Patent number: 11805831
    Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to a vented upper-body garment that includes a plurality of panels that extend across a back aspect of a torso region of the garment, around first and second sides of the torso region, and at least partially across a front aspect of the torso region. Respective edges of the panels overlap each other to form vent openings that facilitate the flow of air into and out of the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald David Rafn
  • Patent number: 11805851
    Abstract: A mid-sole, or insole, particularly for shoes, is constituted by a body which has an upper surface which has a plantar-like perimetric shape. From the lower surface of the body a first plurality and a second plurality of elastically compressible protrusions protrude downward, each one having an axial cavity. During walking or running, the protrusions adapt rapidly to movements and to the shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: DIADORA SPORT S.R.L.
    Inventors: Angelo Mason, Enrico Polegato Moretti
  • Patent number: 11807972
    Abstract: An embroidery frame includes a base frame including a magnetic body, and a presser member configured to press a sewing object toward the base frame. The presser member includes a main body portion and a lever. The main body portion includes an opposing surface facing the base frame and a magnet. The lever includes a support portion, a point of application portion, and an operation portion. The support portion is rotatably supported on the main body portion to rotate around a rotational center. The point of application portion is provided on one end side of the lever with respect to the rotational center. The point of application portion is pivotable from a stand-by position to an application position in accordance with the operation portion being operated to the first side in a state where the presser member is disposed on the base frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Iida, Takahira Osamura, Akihiro Hibino
  • Patent number: 11807970
    Abstract: A device may be used to selectively and automatically thread one or more needles, such as hair sewing/weaving needles. A threader arm of a plurality of threader arms may be selected via an interface. The selected threader arm may be configured to push a portion of a thread through an eye of a needle received at a needle receptacle associated with the selected threader arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Natasha Brundage
  • Patent number: 11807054
    Abstract: Disclosed is a radial tire having a cap ply manufactured with a polyethylene terephthalate dip cord. The radial tire includes: a pair of parallel bead cores; at least one radial carcass ply wound around the bead cores; one or more inclined belt layers layered on the outer circumference of the carcass ply; and one or more cap ply layers layered in the circumferential direction of a tire on the outer circumference of the inclined belt layers, wherein the cap ply includes a dip cord manufactured using a yarn comprising 90 mol % or more of polyethylene terephthalate, and the dip cord has a shrinkage of 3.0-4.0%, a strength of 2.5-3.0 g/d at an elongation of 5%, a breaking strength of 6.5-7.5 g/d, and a dimensional stability index of 5.8-6.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventors: Kyoung Ha Lee, Cheol Kim, Jin Kyung Park
  • Patent number: 11807967
    Abstract: A sewing assembly to make a seam along a determined path on a surface of a part. The sewing assembly includes a mask adapted to be fixed to the part and a sewing machine, the mask having a guide groove adapted to be superimposed on the path. The sewing machine includes a base and a head. The head has at least one needle, a part support foot and a guide, the guide including a front guide and a rear guide arranged to interact with the mask and spaced apart from each other along the guide groove. The at least one needle and the support foot are engaged in the groove between the front guide and the rear guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE
    Inventors: RĂ©gis Beyou, Juan Medina Galarza, Juan Soriano Ponce
  • Patent number: 11806557
    Abstract: A protective garment comprising a hood with a face area, the face area provided with an elastomeric interface having an opening for engaging and demountably sealing a full-face mask or full-face respirator to the hood, the opening having a forehead edge and the chin edge that are both incurvate edges with respect to the center of the opening, and two cheek edges that are excurvate edges with respect to the center of the opening; the opening further having a centerline horizontal dimension between the first and second cheek edges and a centerline vertical dimension between the forehead edge and the chin edge; the centerline horizontal dimension to centerline vertical dimension aspect ratio being 1.5 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.
    Inventor: Roberta Espinoza Alleyne
  • Patent number: 11718940
    Abstract: An embroidery system including an embroidery frame assembly having an inner first frame (51) and an outer second frame (53), a portion of a planar formation to be processed being able to be clamped therebetween. The first frame (51) is connected by a bridge (61) to a radially outer secondary connector (57), and a connecting portion (63) of this bridge (61) bridges the second frame (53) when the latter is connected to the first frame (51). When combined with an embroidery module connected to a free arm sewing machine, the embroidery frame assembly enables in a simple manner the embroidering of pouch-type and tubular planar formations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Bernina International AG
    Inventors: Levin Sprenger, Anna-Marie Babak, Patrick R. Morin
  • Patent number: 11707095
    Abstract: A garment includes a blower device having an inlet and an outlet, an outer fabric, and an inner fabric attached to the outer fabric. The outer fabric has a mounting part to which the blower device is removably mountable in a state in which the inlet is disposed on an outer side of the outer fabric and the outlet is disposed on the inner fabric side of the outer fabric. The internal space is formed between the outer fabric and the inner fabric. The internal space is configured such that, when the garment is not worn and the blower device delivers the ambient air into the internal space at an air volume Q (cubic meter per minute: m3/min), the air volume Q and an internal pressure P (pascal: Pa) of the internal space satisfy a relationship of P?1.1Q2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: TEIJIN LIMITED, MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Tokunaga, Kazuhiro Sakurai, Nobuyoshi Miyasaka