Patents by Inventor Aaron Daniel Abbott

Aaron Daniel Abbott 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: 12351971
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an appliance having at least one chamber accessible via an opening and a flexible cover member for providing selective access to the opening. The flexible cover member includes a plurality of elongated rib members and a flexible skin covering surrounding the plurality of elongated rib members. The plurality of elongated rib members are aligned in a side-by-side configuration and secured together in a spatially consecutive arrangement. Further, the flexible cover member is movable between a flat, closed position that covers the opening and a curved, open position that exposes the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander B. Leibman, V V Anil Bhaskar Prasad Seereddy, Venkata Chakradhar Rangu, Aaron Daniel Abbott, Byron James Dollar, James Conrad Nickell
  • Patent number: 12225854
    Abstract: A leaf rake includes a handle having an elongated body with a first end, a medial portion, and a second end, and a head assembly including a base portion and a handle coupling, the handle coupled to the head assembly by the handle coupling. The head assembly includes a first and a second set of tines unitary with the base portion, wherein each tine of the first and second set of tines includes an elongated body having a first end, an offset portion, and a distal second end, wherein the offset portion of the first set of tines is disposed on a first side of the base portion and wherein the offset portion of the second set of tines is disposed on the first side of the base portion. A shrub rake including a coupling, a base portion and a number of tines is selectively coupled to the head assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: The Ames Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert James Stein, Aaron Daniel Abbott, Jeffrey Joseph Fegley, Gregory J. Blaszczak
  • Publication number: 20240360610
    Abstract: A laundry appliance having a front panel with a single handle recess for multiple drawers is provided. The appliance includes a drawer assembly adjacent to a control panel on a cabinet. Two drawers are vertically stacked, each forming a vertical edge. A third drawer is positioned between the stacked drawers and the control panel and forms a third vertical edge spaced apart from the first and second vertical edges. The first, second, and third vertical edges define a common recessed handle area for manipulating the first, second, and third drawers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Daniel James, David Scott Dunn, Aaron Daniel Abbott, Kenneth G. Rudolph
  • Patent number: 12091807
    Abstract: An appliance includes at least one chamber accessible via an opening and a cover member for providing selective access to the opening. The cover member includes a flexible portion and a rigid portion. The flexible portion includes a plurality of elongated rib members and a flexible skin covering surrounding the plurality of elongated rib members. The plurality of elongated rib members aligned in a side-by-side configuration and secured together in a spatially consecutive arrangement. Thus, the flexible portion is movable with respect to the rigid portion between a flat, closed position that covers a portion of the opening and a curved, open position that exposes the portion of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander B. Leibman, V V Anil Bhaskar Prasad Seereddy, Venkata Chakradhar Rangu, Aaron Daniel Abbott, Byron James Dollar, James Conrad Nickell
  • Publication number: 20230383453
    Abstract: A laundry washing machine includes a variable length agitator that is configurable in multiple configurations that provide different lengths for the agitator along its axis of rotation. The variable length agitator includes at least first and second members that are moveable relative to one another both along and about the axis of rotation to vary the length of the variable length agitator along the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Bryan T. Snook, Aaron Daniel Abbott
  • Publication number: 20220243386
    Abstract: An appliance includes at least one chamber accessible via an opening and a cover member for providing selective access to the opening. The cover member includes a flexible portion and a rigid portion. The flexible portion includes a plurality of elongated rib members and a flexible skin covering surrounding the plurality of elongated rib members. The plurality of elongated rib members aligned in a side-by-side configuration and secured together in a spatially consecutive arrangement. Thus, the flexible portion is movable with respect to the rigid portion between a flat, closed position that covers a portion of the opening and a curved, open position that exposes the portion of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander B. Leibman, V V Anil Bhaskar Prasad Seereddy, Venkata Chakradhar Rangu, Aaron Daniel Abbott, Byron James Dollar, James Conrad Nickell
  • Publication number: 20220243385
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an appliance having at least one chamber accessible via an opening and a flexible cover member for providing selective access to the opening. The flexible cover member includes a plurality of elongated rib members and a flexible skin covering surrounding the plurality of elongated rib members. The plurality of elongated rib members are aligned in a side-by-side configuration and secured together in a spatially consecutive arrangement. Further, the flexible cover member is movable between a flat, closed position that covers the opening and a curved, open position that exposes the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander B. Leibman, V V Anil Bhaskar Prasad Seereddy, Venkata Chakradhar Rangu, Aaron Daniel Abbott, Byron James Dollar, James Conrad Nickell
  • Publication number: 20210386013
    Abstract: A head assembly for a rake is provided. The head assembly includes a base portion, a handle coupling, and a number of tines. Each tine includes an elongated body. Each tine body includes a first end, a flexure portion, an offset portion, and a distal second end. The tines includes a first set of tines and a second set of tines. A number of tine bodies in the first set of tines have an offset portion lateral cross-sectional aspect ratio that is greater than 1.0. A number of tine bodies in the second set of tines have an offset portion lateral cross-sectional aspect ratio that is less than 1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Robert James STEIN, Aaron Daniel ABBOTT, Jeffrey Joseph FEGLEY, Gregory J. BLASZCZAK
  • Patent number: 11118299
    Abstract: A washing machine has a cabinet, a wash tub positioned within the cabinet, and a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub. The wash basket is accessible through an opening in the cabinet. The washing machine appliance also includes a door rotatably mounted to the cabinet such that the door is rotatable between an open position and a closed position and a gasket which sealingly engages the door when the door is in the closed position. The gasket includes an S-fold. The S-fold defines a trough and a gap between a front portion of the gasket and a back ring of the gasket. A width of the gap may be at least fifty percent of a width of the trough. A channel may be defined in the trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Holzen, Aaron Daniel Abbott
  • Patent number: 11076526
    Abstract: A head assembly for a rake is provided. The head assembly includes a base portion, a handle coupling, and a number of tines. Each tine includes an elongated body. Each tine body includes a first end, a flexure portion, an offset portion, and a distal second end. The tines includes a first set of tines and a second set of tines. A number of tine bodies in the first set of tines have an offset portion lateral cross-sectional aspect ratio that is greater than 1.0. A number of tine bodies in the second set of tines have an offset portion lateral cross-sectional aspect ratio that is less than 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: The Ames Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert James Stein, Aaron Daniel Abbott, Jeffrey Joseph Fegley, Gregory J. Blaszczak
  • Patent number: 11053630
    Abstract: A washing machine appliance equipped with a venting system is provided. The venting system includes features for venting or expelling relatively humid air from a subwasher of the washing machine appliance, e.g., at the completion of a wash cycle. In one example aspect, a door of the washing machine appliance defines a plurality of vent apertures that allow for fresh air from an ambient environment to flow into an interior volume of the subwasher. The vent apertures extend through the door and fluidly connect the ambient environment with the interior volume. The relatively low humidity fresh air that flows into the interior chamber mixes with the relatively humid air within the interior volume. The mixed air is expelled from the washing machine appliance via a venting conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Erick Flores Islas, Aaron Daniel Abbott
  • Publication number: 20200362500
    Abstract: A washing machine appliance is provided. The washing machine appliance may include a cabinet, a control panel, a tub, a wash basket, and a front ventilation line. The cabinet may include a front panel. The front panel may define an opening. The control panel may be mounted on the cabinet. The control panel may include an input and define a panel aperture. The tub may be positioned within the cabinet. The wash basket may be rotatably mounted within the tub. The front ventilation line may be in fluid communication with the tub. The front ventilation line may define an air path from an inlet at the panel aperture to an outlet in fluid communication with the tub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventor: Aaron Daniel Abbott
  • Publication number: 20200283944
    Abstract: A washing machine appliance may include a cabinet, a tub, a wash basket, a front ventilation line, and a vent damper. The cabinet may include a front panel. The front panel may define an opening and a cabinet aperture spaced apart from the opening. The tub may be positioned within the cabinet. The wash basket may be rotatably mounted within the tub. The front ventilation line may be in fluid communication with the tub. The front ventilation line may define an air path from an inlet at the cabinet aperture to an outlet in fluid communication with the tub. The vent damper may be positioned along the front ventilation line in fluid communication therewith. The vent damper may be selectively movable between a first position restricting airflow through the front ventilation line and a second position permitting airflow through the front ventilation line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Erick Flores Islas, Aaron Daniel Abbott
  • Publication number: 20200256001
    Abstract: A washing machine has a cabinet, a wash tub positioned within the cabinet, and a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub. The wash basket is accessible through an opening in the cabinet. The washing machine appliance also includes a door rotatably mounted to the cabinet such that the door is rotatable between an open position and a closed position and a gasket which sealingly engages the door when the door is in the closed position. The gasket includes an S-fold. The S-fold defines a trough and a gap between a front portion of the gasket and a back ring of the gasket. A width of the gap may be at least fifty percent of a width of the trough. A channel may be defined in the trough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Holzen, Aaron Daniel Abbott
  • Publication number: 20200248386
    Abstract: A washing machine appliance equipped with a venting system is provided. The venting system includes features for venting or expelling relatively humid air from a subwasher of the washing machine appliance, e.g., at the completion of a wash cycle. In one example aspect, a door of the washing machine appliance defines a plurality of vent apertures that allow for fresh air from an ambient environment to flow into an interior volume of the subwasher. The vent apertures extend through the door and fluidly connect the ambient environment with the interior volume. The relatively low humidity fresh air that flows into the interior chamber mixes with the relatively humid air within the interior volume. The mixed air is expelled from the washing machine appliance via a venting conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Erick Flores Islas, Aaron Daniel Abbott
  • Publication number: 20180116103
    Abstract: A head assembly for a rake is provided. The head assembly includes a base portion, a handle coupling, and a number of tines. Each tine includes an elongated body. Each tine body includes a first end, a flexure portion, an offset portion, and a distal second end. The tines includes a first set of tines and a second set of tines. A number of tine bodies in the first set of tines have an offset portion lateral cross-sectional aspect ratio that is greater than 1.0. A number of tine bodies in the second set of tines have an offset portion lateral cross-sectional aspect ratio that is less than 1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Robert James STEIN, Aaron Daniel ABBOTT, Jeffrey Joseph FEGLEY, Gregory J. BLASZCZAK
  • Patent number: 9854735
    Abstract: A head assembly for a rake is provided. The head assembly includes a base portion, a handle coupling, and a number of tines. Each tine includes an elongated body. Each tine body includes a first end, a flexure portion, an offset portion, and a distal second end. The tines includes a first set of tines and a second set of tines. A number of tine bodies in the first set of tines have an offset portion lateral cross-sectional aspect ratio that is greater than 1.0. A number of tine bodies in the second set of tines have an offset portion lateral cross-sectional aspect ratio that is less than 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: THE AMES COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert James Stein, Aaron Daniel Abbott, Jeffrey Joseph Fegley, Gregory J. Blaszczak
  • Patent number: D769681
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: The Ames Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert James Stein, Aaron Daniel Abbott, Jeffrey Joseph Fegley, Gregory J. Blaszczak
  • Patent number: D962569
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron Daniel Abbott
  • Patent number: D1046328
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron Daniel Abbott