Patents Examined by Robert H. Muromoto, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12083061
    Abstract: A strap is provided, intended for a sling for persons, where the strap is elongated with short end edges and longer lateral edges and comprises a first belt and a second belt. Each belt includes an inside and an outside, where the insides are turned towards one another, and the outsides are turned away from one another. The first belt and the second belt include warps and wefts. The strap has a longitudinal direction that is parallel to the warps, and a transverse direction that is parallel to the wefts. In the longitudinal direction of the strap there are a number of first sections, where the first belt and the second belt are interwoven, and second sections are provided between them, where the first belt and the second belt are not interwoven, so that an eye is formed in each of the second sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: V. GULDMANN A/S
    Inventors: Morten Rathke, Jørgen Guldmann
  • Patent number: 12075870
    Abstract: A protective garment is disclosed that is reusable and can be relaundered over 70 times. The garment is made from a single layer barrier fabric. Any seams on the protective fabric are covered with a seam tape. The seam tape can include an adhesive layer, a cover layer, and an optional film layer positioned between the cover layer and the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer can be a crosslinkable polyester polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Burlington Industries LLC
    Inventors: Nathaniel M. Terry, Tamara R. Mease, Nelson J. Bebo, III, William J. Dilanni
  • Patent number: 12060662
    Abstract: There are provided a towel cloth which has a bulky and fluffy texture, is less likely to undergo fluff dropping, and is excellent in water absorbency, and a manufacturing method thereof. For a towel cloth including a ground weave including a warp ground yarn and a weft ground yarn crossing each other therein, and a pile yarn locked to the ground weave, at least one of the warp ground yarn, the weft ground yarn, and the pile yarn is formed of a twisted union finished yarn, and the twisted union finished yarn includes a twisted union yarn including two or more rovings twisted in a primary twisting direction as a single yarn, one of the rovings having an even twist, and at least another of the rovings partially having a twist with irregular strand length and twisting angle, the twisted union yarn undergoing fiber opening and being puffy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: IZAWA TOWEL CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Shoji Izawa
  • Patent number: 12060663
    Abstract: A reed (16) including multiple slats (20), which are arranged in a transverse direction (Q) at a distance from one another is disclosed. Each slat (20) extends from an upper end (21) to a lower end (22). The upper ends (21) are connected by an adhesive bond to two upper plate parts (32) of an upper holding shaft (23). The lower ends (22) of the slats (20) are connected by an adhesive bond to two lower plate parts (43) of a lower holding shaft (24). The plate parts (32, 43) are each produced from a fiber-reinforced composite material. The entire upper holding shaft (23) and the entire lower holding shaft (24) preferably are made of parts produced from a fiber-reinforced composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: GROZ-BECKERT KG
    Inventors: Johannes Bruske, Stephen Wohnhas, Peter Meinert
  • Patent number: 12054859
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing a weave, including a winder for reeling the manufactured weave to a rotating reel, wire spools arranged to release longitudinal wires to said winder, a wire spool carrier comprising a wheel and a slit extending through the wheel from a centre of the wire spool carrier to the circumference, an additional wire spool releasably attached to the wire spool carrier and arranged to release a crossing wire, and an actuator configured to move the wire spool carrier between the longitudinal wires such that the additional wire spool in turns moves to each longitudinal wire to a position where the respective longitudinal wire is located in said slit at which stage the wheel rotates around said respective longitudinal wire before moving towards a following longitudinal wire in such way that a predetermined path of the crossing wire from the additional wire spool forms the weave with the longitudinal wires from the wire spools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Aurora Propulsion Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Matti Heliö, Perttu Yli-Opas, Jaakko Laitinen, Roope Takala
  • Patent number: 12053419
    Abstract: An eye mask with movable speakers is provided. The eye mask has a mask main body and two speaker assemblies. The mask main body is configured to cover a user's eyes and ears and comprises two inner spaces. The two inner spaces correspond to the user's ears in location. The two speaker assemblies are mounted in the inner spaces respectively, and at least one of the speaker assemblies is capable of moving in the corresponding inner space. When wearing the present eye mask, the user may cover eyes first and then connect and tie two ends of the mask main body, thereby securing the eye mask on the head. In the meantime, the mask also covers the user's ears. Then, the two speaker assemblies may be moved in the inner spaces to align with the user's ears respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Manta Sleep LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Schwarz, Mark Zhang
  • Patent number: 12050086
    Abstract: A protecting jacket armor including a jacket assembly, a shirt assembly and additional protection assembly. The shirt assembly is removable attached to the jacket assembly. The jacket assembly and the shirt assembly include a para-aramid synthetic fiber to protect from some ammunition and memory foam. The para-aramid synthetic fiber covers the memory foam. The Jacket includes compartments built in the jacket. The additional protection assembly includes bullet proof plates and removable padding. The bullet proof plates are inserted onto the compartments to increase protection of the protecting jacket armor. The removable padding is removable attached to the jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Inventor: Abram Boatswain
  • Patent number: 12043928
    Abstract: A weaving method for braid edge overlock includes: first fore-and-back trip, second fore-and-back trip, third fore-and-back trip and fourth fore-and-back trip. The tissue form of the braid edge in the present application includes sinking lock sites and floating lock sites, and the structure of two side edges of the braid enables the sinking and floating of the upper and lower layers misalign properly, forming misaligned positions of warp yarns so as to make the weft yarn weave pair locks, which makes the structures of the left and right edges of the braid form shaggy, fluffy and soft round corners, so as to not scratch when contacting with the skins, and wear more comfortably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: HING MAN (LEE'S) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junhui Li
  • Patent number: 12043927
    Abstract: There is provided a system of an insulated conductor integrated into a base fabric layer for a garment. The system includes a set of wall fibres interlaced with one another to form a wall structure defining a cavity along a length, the set of wall fibres including nonconductive material; at least one conductive fibre running along the length within the cavity, such that the set of wall fibres of the wall structure encloses the at least one conductive fibre in order to electrically insulate the at least one conductive fibre from an environment along the length external to the cavity; and a set of base fibres interlaced with one another to form the base fabric layer, the base fabric layer having a first side adjacent with a first fibred interconnection to the wall structure and a second side adjacent with a second fibered interconnection to the wall structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: MYANT INC.
    Inventors: Tony Chahine, Ladan Eskandarian, Godfried Edelman
  • Patent number: 12037721
    Abstract: A terry fabric having a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface includes a first yarn having a first pile weight. The top surface has a first surface weight. The bottom surface includes a second yarn having a second pile weight. The bottom surface has a second surface weight. The first yarn is coarser than the second yarn, and the first pile weight is greater than the second pile weight. The first surface weight is greater than the second surface weight. A combined weight of the top surface and the bottom surface of the terry fabric is less than two times the first pile weight but greater than the second pile weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Sobel Westex
    Inventor: Roberto Caridi
  • Patent number: 12037722
    Abstract: A toy loom allows for children to hold warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the threads. Resulting weaves can be collected and/or used for play. The toy loom also includes metallic beads, a premium metal charm, lots of clips and clasps, and different colored threads. The toy loom helps children learn different techniques to make a variety of textured and colorful bracelets and necklaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: WeCool Toys Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Osnato
  • Patent number: 12031247
    Abstract: A towel or peshtemal made from recycled materials that do not require any chemical treatment or dyeing in which the towel has a 60% water absorption rate and has 60% pile yarn, 20% warp yarn and 20% weft yarn. Each of the pile yarn, the warn yarn and the weft yarn is a blend of polyester yarn obtained from recycled polyester waste and cotton yarn of from recycled virgin textile cotton waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Inventors: Özgür Usta, Kevser Ceren Muharrem
  • Patent number: 12017419
    Abstract: A three-dimensional orthogonal woven composite outlet guide vane and a manufacturing method are provided. Near-net-shaped manufacturing of the outlet guide vane is realized, and a vane profile-platform junction of the outlet guide vane is reinforced by designing a bifurcation of the preform. A basic structure of a three-dimensional orthogonal woven composite and a bifurcation of the vane profile-platform junction are used, so that the ultimate strength under tension, compression and bending of the outlet guide vane structure are significantly improved, and the weight of the outlet guide vane is reduced. Structural load bearing and force transmission functions of a strut are provided by the outlet guide vane while the functions of vane rectification, noise reduction and others are ensured. As a result, the weight and dimensions of an aeroengine, as well as structural complexity, are reduced by removing struts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Beihang University
    Inventors: Shibo Yan, Weijie Zhang, Yiding Li, Ying Yan
  • Patent number: 12016415
    Abstract: Hats including hair ports are disclosed herein. One hat includes a first portion, a second portion, and a set of bands coupling the first portion and the second portion. Here, the set of bands, the first portion, and the second portion create a set of ports located at a rear portion of the hat. Further, at least one port in the set of ports includes a size that allows the hair of a person wearing the hat to be placed there through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: New Vision Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Katy Craft Lim
  • Patent number: 12016411
    Abstract: A mechanism for ventilating the crack of buttocks, includes a ventilation frame made of elastic material, inserted along the crack of buttocks in the longitudinal direction to open the crack of buttocks. The ventilation frame includes elliptical frames in which plurality of elongated frames are disposed at intervals in an elliptical shape to form an ellipse in cross-section, and linear frames. The elongated frames are disposed across the plurality of elliptical frames at intervals along the outer circumferences of the elliptical frames, so that the plurality of elliptical frames are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Inventor: Seok Dong Yoon
  • Patent number: 12012674
    Abstract: A rapier weaving machine and a method for converting an existing rapier weaving machine into a rapier weaving machine, which includes an insert rapier head for inserting a weft yarn into a fabric, a receiver rapier head for receiving and holding the weft yarn and subsequently pulling the weft yarn out of the fabric in a movement direction, an opening element for opening the receiver rapier head in order to release the weft yarn, and a guiding device, positioned on the side of the receiver rapier head opposite the opening element, and comprising a guiding block for adjusting the movement direction of the receiver rapier head, and a rotatable guiding wheel for restraining the receiver rapier head when opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: VANDEWIELE NV
    Inventors: Geert Maes, Vincent Lampaert
  • Patent number: 12006599
    Abstract: A woven fabric material including an array of machine direction yarns and cross-machine direction yarns. The array includes larger denier yarns arranged in an alternating pattern with smaller denier yarns in both the machine direction and the cross-machine direction. The array of machine direction yarns and cross-machine direction yarns is arranged to allow water to pass freely through the woven fabric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Lumite, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Sutton, Ron Rooks, Greg Hendrix
  • Patent number: 12006601
    Abstract: A fabric includes flame-resistant Rayon fiber, about 10% by weight to about 20% by weight, based on an effective fabric blend; and oxidized polyacrylonitrile fiber, about 5% by weight to about 15% by weight, based on the effective fabric blend. The fabric includes para-aramid, about 5% by weight to about 15% by weight, based on the effective fabric blend; and nylon fiber, greater than about 0% by weight to about 15% by weight, based on the effective fabric blend. The fabric also includes anti-static fiber, less than 2% by weight, based on the effective fabric blend; and meta-aramid fiber, about 44% by weight to about 80% by weight, based on the effective fabric blend. The fabric has a basis weight of less than about 6.5 oz/yd2 or 220.39 g/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: National Safety Apparel, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Hines, Jr., James Jonathan Bailey, Marty Edward Odum, Toby James Bielenberg
  • Patent number: 12000068
    Abstract: A woven textile fabric, the fabric including: a warp yarn with a yarn count of 20 s to 60 s including a blend of a cotton, a recycled cotton and a recycled polyester; and a weft yarn with a yarn count of 20 s to 60 s including a blend of a cotton, a recycled cotton and a recycled polyester, wherein the total content of the recycled cotton in the fabric is at least about 15%, further wherein the fabric exhibits rating of 3 or above when the fabric is tested for pilling after 1000 rubs. The advantageous fabric realized in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure has excellent wrinkle resistance, high tensile strength, and low pilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Inventor: Sachin Jhunjhunwala
  • Patent number: 12000677
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modular ballistic protective clothing unit, in particular with splinter, puncture and/or cut protection, preferably with splinter protection, in particular for use as protective equipment, preferably for the military and/or civilian sector, preferably for in particular subsequent application to and/or donning over an outer garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: BLUCHER GMBH
    Inventors: Brigitte Baggen, Sarah Vogt