Patents by Inventor Aaron Curtis

Aaron Curtis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9903640
    Abstract: A storage module for storing a closed beverage container within a refrigerator including a storage bin, an opener affixed to the storage bin and configured to open the closed beverage container, and an attachment portion configured to removably attach the storage bin to a wall of the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Brent Aaron Curtis
  • Publication number: 20170321954
    Abstract: A retainer member is provided for retaining a food receptacle relative to an inner liner of an appliance cabinet or door. The retainer includes a base that is movably coupleable to the inner liner and first and second arms that extend from the base. The first and second arms are curved about an axis and define a passageway extending through the first and second arms along the axis. A free end of the first arm is spaced from a free end of the second arm to define an opening to provide radial access to the passageway through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin Paul Shrader, Brent Aaron Curtis, Jorge Luis Nino Garza, Jennifer Serino
  • Publication number: 20170307225
    Abstract: A collapsible grate for a cooktop is provided. The collapsible grate includes a plurality of support members supported at either end at spaced locations along flexible edge strips. In preferred embodiments, each edge strip includes a plurality of sockets to receive the respective ends of the support members. The flexible edge strips allow the grate to be rolled up and folded over on itself for ease of removal and cleaning the underlying cooktop surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Brent Aaron Curtis, Roddy Burgess, Sam Carr, Marek Moffett, Lee Fain
  • Patent number: 9738425
    Abstract: A storage bin includes a container portion and a two-piece lid mechanism. The two-piece lid mechanism has a front lid portion that covers the front part of the container portion and a rear lid portion that covers the rear area of the container portion. When the front lid portion is opened, the rear lid portion slides along the top surface of the front lid portion while the front lid portion fits rotatably underneath the rear lid portion in such a way that when the front lid portion and the rear lid portion are completely opened, the lid portions do not extend above the top plane surface of the two-piece lid mechanism. The storage bin may be mounted within a recess in the inner wall of a refrigerator door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Paul Shrader, Brent Aaron Curtis
  • Patent number: 9671154
    Abstract: A storage unit can include a front wall, a rear wall and a divider selectively locatable at at least three positions between the front wall and the rear wall, thereby defining at least three distinct storage areas. The front wall can include a front wall free edge that is structured to support and retain obliquely and spaced away from one another in a storage area between the front wall and the divider upper portions of at least two of a first group of substantially cylindrical articles. The divider can include a divider free edge that is structured to support and retain obliquely and spaced away from one another in a storage area between the divider and the rear wall upper portions of at least two of a second group of substantially cylindrical articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Paul Shrader, Brent Aaron Curtis, Cristhian Camacho, Ramom Eduardo Gadens Baduy, Israel Mercer Neto
  • Publication number: 20160363365
    Abstract: A storage module for storing a closed beverage container within a refrigerator including a storage bin, an opener affixed to the storage bin and configured to open the closed beverage container, and an attachment portion configured to removably attach the storage bin to a wall of the refrigerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventor: Brent Aaron Curtis
  • Patent number: 9449042
    Abstract: In various embodiments, static, dynamic, and behavioral analyzes may be performed on an application. A set of software libraries employed by the application may be determined. A set of device resources employed by the application may be determined. An application fingerprint is generated for the application. The application fingerprint encodes identifiers for the set of software libraries and identifiers for the set of device resources. Improvements can be recommended based upon an analysis of the application fingerprint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ethan Zane Evans, Christopher Lawrence Lavin, Ernist Robert Ramirez, David Allen Markley, Miguel Azancot Roque, Aaron Curtis Rubenson, Michael Anthony Frazzini, Mekka Chibuisi Okereke, Ameesh Paleja, Antonio Bianco, James Newton Adkins, III
  • Publication number: 20160131415
    Abstract: A storage bin may include a container portion and a two-piece lid mechanism. The two-piece lid mechanism has a front lid portion configured to cover the front part of the container portion and a rear lid portion configured to cover the rear area of the container portion. When the front lid portion is opened, the rear lid portion is configured to slide along the top surface of the front lid portion while the front lid portion is configured to rotatably fit underneath the rear lid portion in such a way that when the front lid portion and the rear lid portion are completely opened, the lid portions do not extend above the top plane surface of the two-piece lid mechanism. The storage bin may be mounted within a recess in the inner wall of a refrigerator door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin Paul Shrader, Brent Aaron Curtis
  • Publication number: 20140145408
    Abstract: Carts for lifting, transporting and lowering an item, such as a bucket. The carts are particularly suited for lifting, moving, and lowering 5-gallon buckets. The cart includes a lifting system that raises and lowers the item by engaging its sidewalls and any flange present on and extending out from the sidewalls. The lifting system includes an item engagement feature and a position adjustment system. The position adjustment system includes a feature that provides a displacement multiplier for lifting and lowering the engaged item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: RED DEVIL EQUIPMENT CO.
    Inventors: Thomas Midas, Aaron Curtis
  • Patent number: 8465199
    Abstract: A gyroscopic paint mixer having a rotatable frame with a clamp lock providing automatic transfer from an unclamping to a clamping condition, providing silent operation through the use of one way clutches, the mixer also having a vertical stop apparatus coupled to an access door for stopping and holding the rotatable frame in an upright position, the mixer also having a bail retainer supported by a carriage assembly mounted for rotation on a clamp plate with a cam urging the bail retainer to the side of the frame when the bail retainer is released from the paint container with the paint container in an upright position in the rotatable frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Red Devil Equipment Co.
    Inventors: Aaron Curtis, Stephen J. Carlson, Charles Ringhofer, Benjamin M. Johnson, Brent Thomas Harrold, Thomas J. Midas
  • Publication number: 20120248802
    Abstract: A removable ladder handle allows a user to carry a ladder comfortably with one hand or a shoulder strap. The removable ladder handle has a bar, one or more compression springs and one or more spring clips that have a concave downward shape. A middle section of each spring clip is coupled to the bar. The compression springs are coupled to the bar facing downward. Both end sections of each spring clip have inside hooks that face inward and upward. The spring clips and inside hooks are configured to fit over one of the side rails of a ladder and snap on to inner edges of the side rail when the removable ladder handle is engaged to the ladder by a user pushing the removable ladder handle down onto the side rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Aaron Curtis Dowler, Joseph Kenneth Jones
  • Publication number: 20120201093
    Abstract: A gyroscopic paint mixer having a rotatable frame with a clamp lock providing automatic transfer from an unclamping to a clamping condition, providing silent operation through the use of one way clutches, the mixer also having a vertical stop apparatus coupled to an access door for stopping and holding the rotatable frame in an upright position, the mixer also having a bail retainer supported by a carriage assembly mounted for rotation on a clamp plate with a cam urging the bail retainer to the side of the frame when the bail retainer is released from the paint container with the paint container in an upright position in the rotatable frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Red Devil Equipment Company
    Inventors: Aaron Curtis, Stephen J. Carlson, Charles Ringhofer, Benjamin M. Johnson, Brent Thomas Harrold, Thomas J. Midas
  • Patent number: 8157882
    Abstract: An air filter for filtering air in a refrigerating apparatus is provided, including a housing having a hollow body with at least a front wall, a pair of side walls, and a top and bottom wall. At least one wall includes at least one aperture for the passage of air. The air filter further includes at least one cantilever attaching means for removably securing the housing to the refrigerating apparatus, and a filter element for removable placement within the housing. Air enters the at least one aperture, makes contact with the filter element, and leaves the air filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Aaron Curtis, Andrew Neil Robinson
  • Patent number: D658423
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Aaron Curtis, Daniel Hartly Green, Charles David Baker, Benjamin Paul Shrader
  • Patent number: D658439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Aaron Curtis, Daniel Hartly Green, Charles David Baker
  • Patent number: D661159
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Aaron Curtis, Daniel Hartly Green
  • Patent number: D663156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Aaron Curtis, Daniel Hartly Green, Charles David Baker, Benjamin Paul Shrader, Nicolas Saeger, Hayoung Coffman
  • Patent number: D761382
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Aaron Curtis, Thomas McCollough, Benjamin Paul Shrader, Nathan Cho
  • Patent number: D761383
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Aaron Curtis, Thomas McCollough, Benjamin Paul Shrader, Nathan Cho
  • Patent number: D762812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignees: 3M Innovative Properties Company, Electrolux Home Products
    Inventors: Matt R. Branscomb, Jeffrey M. Maki, Jeremy A. Schmoll, Jon P. Kragness, Brent Aaron Curtis, Thomas McCollough, Benjamin Paul Shrader, Nathan Cho