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).
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Patent number: 12351971Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 12225854Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: The Ames Companies, Inc.Inventors: Robert James Stein, Aaron Daniel Abbott, Jeffrey Joseph Fegley, Gregory J. Blaszczak
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Publication number: 20240360610Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Alexander Daniel James, David Scott Dunn, Aaron Daniel Abbott, Kenneth G. Rudolph
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Patent number: 12091807Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20230383453Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Bryan T. Snook, Aaron Daniel Abbott
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Publication number: 20220243386Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Alexander B. Leibman, V V Anil Bhaskar Prasad Seereddy, Venkata Chakradhar Rangu, Aaron Daniel Abbott, Byron James Dollar, James Conrad Nickell
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Publication number: 20220243385Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Alexander B. Leibman, V V Anil Bhaskar Prasad Seereddy, Venkata Chakradhar Rangu, Aaron Daniel Abbott, Byron James Dollar, James Conrad Nickell
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Publication number: 20210386013Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Robert James STEIN, Aaron Daniel ABBOTT, Jeffrey Joseph FEGLEY, Gregory J. BLASZCZAK
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Patent number: 11118299Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Holzen, Aaron Daniel Abbott
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Patent number: 11076526Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: The Ames Companies, Inc.Inventors: Robert James Stein, Aaron Daniel Abbott, Jeffrey Joseph Fegley, Gregory J. Blaszczak
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Patent number: 11053630Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Erick Flores Islas, Aaron Daniel Abbott
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Publication number: 20200362500Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2019Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventor: Aaron Daniel Abbott
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Publication number: 20200283944Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Erick Flores Islas, Aaron Daniel Abbott
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Publication number: 20200256001Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Thomas Holzen, Aaron Daniel Abbott
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Publication number: 20200248386Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Erick Flores Islas, Aaron Daniel Abbott
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Publication number: 20180116103Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Robert James STEIN, Aaron Daniel ABBOTT, Jeffrey Joseph FEGLEY, Gregory J. BLASZCZAK
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Patent number: 9854735Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 18, 2014Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: THE AMES COMPANIES, INC.Inventors: Robert James Stein, Aaron Daniel Abbott, Jeffrey Joseph Fegley, Gregory J. Blaszczak
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Patent number: D769681Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: The Ames Companies, Inc.Inventors: Robert James Stein, Aaron Daniel Abbott, Jeffrey Joseph Fegley, Gregory J. Blaszczak
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Patent number: D962569Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Aaron Daniel Abbott
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Patent number: D1046328Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Aaron Daniel Abbott