Patents Examined by Peter M. Poon
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Patent number: 11684057Abstract: An insect light trap generally including a housing, a lamp for attracting insects mounted in the housing, a first space for receiving a first insect trap, and a second space contained in the housing. The second space has received therein a module including a second insect trap. The second insect trap includes an advanceable adhesive surface for trapping the insects and a motor to advance the adhesive surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: RENTOKIL INITIAL 1927 PLCInventors: Wajid Ali, Gary Heaton, Michael Best, Gary Wingett
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Patent number: 11684052Abstract: A fishing lure with actuated hooks preferably includes a fish housing, a hook retainer, a hook cam, a pull pin and at least two hooks. The hook retainer pivotally retains pivoting ends of the at least two hooks. A front of the hook retainer is retained in fish housing. The hook cam preferably includes a cone base and at least two hook loops. The pivoting ends of the at least two hooks are inserted through the at least two hook loops. The hook cam does not move axially relative to the pull pin. The fish housing includes at least two hook slots to allow the at least two hooks to extend outward. A compression spring biases the hooks to stay in the fish housing. The at least two hooks are pushed outward by axial movement of the hook cam relative to the fish housing when the pull pin is pulled.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Inventor: William C. Walsh, Jr.
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Patent number: 11678656Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for providing a decoy are disclosed. In some embodiments, the decoy is attached to a weapon via a universal mount assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: TACTACAM LLC.Inventors: Jeff Peel, Garrison Peel
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Patent number: 11678616Abstract: A plant cultivation system. The system utilizes a trolley conveyor for transport of plants in plant containers. The trolley conveyor uses straight runs of track connected by curved track portions. The straight runs of track of the trolley conveyor are spaced closely together. The trolley conveyor is used to move plant containers to a workshop for planting, fertilization, watering, cultivation, and harvesting of plants or portions thereof, and for packaging of plants or portions thereof for shipment.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: KOREA WHEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Jeong Yoon Kim, Hun Choe
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Patent number: 11672233Abstract: A toy that can be placed on an animal crate as an on-crate treat delivery system. The toy can encourage low-energy positive reinforcement for animals acclimating to a new crate. The toy can be supported by a mesh network of the crate to provide an off-the-ground design that provides a treat to an animal inside the crate and helps keep an animal bed clean by not encouraging licking or chewing the bed. The toy can also be used facing outward from the crate, utilizing the crate as an elevated post for treat consumption.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Diggs Inc.Inventors: Zel Alexander Crampton, Jacqueline Prehogan, Isaac Langleben, Benjamin J. Beck, Michael T. McDuffee, Ryan J. Donovan, Douglas A. Marsden, Courtney Armstrong
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Patent number: 11672239Abstract: Fishing tackle casting device mounts to fishing rod for casting fishing lure including housing having a groove, and a trigger mechanism including a U-shaped rod. The fishing tackle casting device mounts to the handle or fishing pole of the fishing rod. The fishing rod includes a line reel having line drawn from a line reel along the fishing pole. Line includes a fishing lure that locks to U-shaped rod through a groove causing the fishing pole to bend and store energy. The fishing pole may direct toward targeted area and the trigger mechanism actuation releases the fishing lure from U-shaped rod through the groove causing tension release of bent fishing pole, making fishing lure and line travel to targeted area. The trigger mechanism includes trigger support mechanism for connecting line from the line reel and helps control speed/release of tension on the line when the fishing lure is cast.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Inventor: Joe Crommett
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Patent number: 11666044Abstract: Lead-head jigs having a polymer keeper configured to retain a soft polymer body to the jig are disclosed therein. In one example, a lead-head jig includes a fish hook passing through a lead casting, and a polymer keeper tightly disposed around the fish hook between a head of the lead casting and a bend of the hook.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Inventor: Rex Harrison Hoyt
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Patent number: 11666034Abstract: A mat for bowls is described herein. A mat can include a planar portion, a shell structure, and an extension member shaped to form a cavity in the mat, where the cavity is to cause a partial vacuum in response to the mat being in contact with an underlying surface such that lateral displacement of the mat is restricted when in contact with the underlying surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Wazir Chand HandicraftsInventor: Prashant Babal
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Patent number: 11659829Abstract: A mole eradication system having a sleeve having a distal end for positioning in the ground, a rod having a distal end axially extending at least partially within said sleeve, at least one sharp connected near the distal end of said rod and radially extending from said rod, said sleeve and said rod axially movable in a first direction with respect to each other to radially expose said at least one sharp near a distal end of said sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Idea Orchard Partners, SARLInventor: Matthew Ciesicki
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Patent number: 11659796Abstract: There is a modular, insulated, all-in-one, plug-and-play (MIAP) aquaponics unit that includes a framework having a single base and plural walls; an aquaculture tank defined by a first portion of the single base and a first set of the plural walls; a clarifier tank defined by a second portion of the single base and a second set of the plural walls; a bio-reactor tank defined by a third portion of the single base and a third set of the plural walls; a hydroponics tank defined by a fourth portion of the single base and a fourth set of the plural walls; and piping extending through the plural walls between each two adjacent tanks for allowing water from the aquaculture tank to flow into the clarifier tank and then into the bio-reactor tank and then into the hydroponics tank and back to the aquaculture tank.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Ryan Lefers, Mahmoud Abdul-Jawad, Aftab Alam, Haitham Anbar
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Patent number: 11659813Abstract: A pet water dispenser may include a water tank having a space to store water and an upper opening, a pump installed in the space, a water supply pipe to transfer water discharged from the pump, and a water supply plate to which water is supplied from the water supply pipe. The water tank may include a wall defining the space and a water tank base supporting the wall from below. An upper end of the wall may be smaller than a lower end of the wall, as the wall may be inclined inward from the lower end to the upper end.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hyunsun Yoo, Jaehung Chun, Yousook Eun, Joogyeom Kim, Sungkyung Kim, Myongsun Kim
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Patent number: 11647735Abstract: An aquaculture system which has a pen, a control system, a water pumping mechanism coupled to the pen, and a set of buoyancy tanks coupled to the pen. The pen can be disposed in a body of water and at least temporarily stores aquatic animals during development. The control system receives electric power from a power source and provides electric power to the water pumping mechanism to provides a flow of water through the pen. A portion of the control system is in fluid communication with the set of buoyancy tanks and adjusts a volume of fluid in at least one buoyancy tank to move the pen from a first position in which the pen is partially submerged in the body of water to a second position in which the pen is fully submerged in the body of water.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Running Tide Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Jordan Odlin, Nate Merrill, Stephen Zadesky
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Patent number: 11647740Abstract: A fishing line guide member may include a line contacting surface that is in contact with a fishing line. The line contacting surface may have an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 0.4 ?m or less, the arithmetic mean roughness Ra being obtained from a roughness profile. Further, the line contacting surface may have a core roughness depth Rk of 0.3 ?m or more and 1.5 ?m or less, the core roughness depth Rk being obtained from the roughness profile.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Yuuki Toya
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Patent number: 11647736Abstract: An engineered recirculating aquaculture fish pond and a fish culture method are provided. The engineered recirculating aquaculture fish pond is simple to operate, has strong adaptability to different culture environments or culture varieties, and is not only suitable for large-scale aquaculture enterprises but also suitable for small-scale farmers. An aeration water lifting device is designed to simultaneously perform aeration and drainage, which can reduce the use of electric equipment, decrease the production and maintenance cost, improve the cost performance of single equipment, and save the internal use space of the pond. Nozzles are arranged in more than two directions, which is convenient for performing aeration in different directions, uniformly dispersing impurities carried in water in a deep ditch, intercepting to reduce local blockage, improving a single utilization rate of an intercept structure, and preventing heavier impurities from accumulating at a channel bottom of the deep ditch.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: FRESHWATER FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER, CHINESE ACADEMY OF FISHERY SCIENCESInventors: Gangchun Xu, Hongxia Li, Zhijuan Nie, Quanjie Li, Changyou Song, Lin Zhang, Yuan Yuan, Haojun Zhu, Yi Sun
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Patent number: 11641810Abstract: Vertical growing uses a plurality of shelves to support plants. The system provides nitrogen and light to help grow the plants placed on the shelves. The system also circulates air that is filtered and mixed with the nitrogen before being distributed to the plants. The filters can remove odors from the circulating air.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Pipp Mobile Storage Systems, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Lawrence Bogner, James Allen Cunningham
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Patent number: 11638403Abstract: A water cooling and salt aerosols removal system for cooling roots of a plant includes a salt water module configured to cool a salt water and to remove salt aerosols from an air stream, and a fresh water module configured to further remove salt aerosols from the air stream by using fresh water. The air stream exits the salt water module and enters the fresh water module, and wherein the salt water has a higher content of salt than the fresh water.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Ryan Michael Lefers, Mark Alfred Tester
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Patent number: 11632940Abstract: For oyster aquaculture, oysters are housed in cylindrical containers. The containers have open (e.g. mesh) sides allowing water and nutrient flow. Containers are attached at each end to a horizontal anchoring system, such as a pair of lines running near the water surface. The attachment involves rotatable connection, allowing the containers to roll. The containers include a traction surface, such as a ridged or toothed surface for traction, or another roughened or corrugated surface. This allows the containers to be rolled without disconnection from the anchoring system, for tumbling and transport. A container handling device mounted on a boat includes a ramp descending into the water and an operating area. The operating area includes a de-fouling bath and a surface on which the containers roll, facilitating tumbling. The container handling device travels along a line of containers with the anchor lines running overtop, lifting each container up and through the operating area in turn.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Inventors: Philip Ian Docker, Ernie Porter
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Patent number: 11632935Abstract: A dog collar-leash combination including a collar (1) and a leash (2) in a housing (20), which leash is made available by means of a rolling and unrolling mechanism (21). The leash (2) in the housing (20) can be unwound against a spring force. An outer end of the leash (2) has a grip (22). The collar (1) has first and second free ends (11, 12) and the housing (20) for the leash (2) is provided on the first end (11) and a loop (13), through which the leash (2) is fed, is provided on the second end (12).Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Inventor: Walburga Falkenberg
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Patent number: 11632915Abstract: Vertical growing uses a plurality of shelves to support plants. The system has an air filtration and ultraviolet (UV) air purification system. The purified and filtered air is mixed with nitrogen, which is directed towards plants. The system can include lights to help grow the plants placed on the shelves. The filters can remove odors from the circulating air.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Pipp Mobile Storage Systems, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Lawrence Bogner, James Allen Cunningham
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Patent number: 11627721Abstract: A detector for detecting a signal from one or more feeders. A processor is in communication with the can be configured with an artificial intelligence module and a library of pre-recorded action events and for comparing the signal with the library of pre-recorded action events and determining a likely action event. A warning device can be in communication with the processor for providing an output in response to the likely action event. At least one false positive sensor in communication with either the processor or the warning device or both of the processor and the warning device can be used for stopping the output from the warning device upon a predetermined condition.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: SwineTech, Inc.Inventors: Abraham Espinoza, Matthew Rooda, John Rourke, John Raid