Patents by Inventor Howard Richmond
Howard Richmond 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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Publication number: 20190059439Abstract: An apparatus for preparing a smokeable product is provided. The apparatus includes an upper chamber configured to receive feed material, a feed material cutting mechanism comprising a size reducer configured to rotate in two directions, a motor configured to rotate the feed material cutting mechanism, a controller configured to selectively reverse direction of rotation of the feed material cutting mechanism, a power source configured to drive the motor, a switch for turning the power source off and on, and a fan in the uppermost chamber configured to move feed material within the uppermost chamber to a lowermost chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Manuel A. Montano, Jeffery Kunkler
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Publication number: 20180213838Abstract: A system for preparing smokeable material comprising a wall providing an upper chamber and a lower chamber with a grate between the chambers. Feed smokeable material in the upper chamber has its size reduced with a size reducer a sufficient amount such that it can pass through the grate into the lower chamber as fill smokeable material. There is an opening in the lower chamber for fill smokeable material to pass out of the lower chamber. The fill smokeable material can then be used to fill a wrapper or a smokeable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: BANANA BROS LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Manuel A. Montano, Jeffery Kunkler
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Publication number: 20180192691Abstract: The invention includes a device for smoking smokeable material. The device has a housing, a rotatable shaft for driving smokeable material towards the first end of the housing as the smokeable material is smoked, at least one radial hole through the shaft for passage of smokeable material from the burning section of the housing into the longitudinal hole of the rotatable shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: BANANA BROS, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Manuel A. Montano
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Publication number: 20180192688Abstract: The invention includes a smokeable product formed by compressing starting smokeable material by at least 20%, and forming it into a log shape. Smokeable material can have a longitudinally extending opening extending from one end partially to the opposed end, and/or can have external grooves on the outer surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: BANANA BROS, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Manuel A. Montano
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Publication number: 20180192692Abstract: The invention includes a device for smoking smokeable material. The device has a housing with a burning section and an inhalation section, a pusher in the housing for pushing the smokeable material through the burning section. The device also has a threaded rotatable shaft for driving smokeable material towards the first end of the housing as the smokeable material is smoked, and a connector for connecting the mouthpiece to the threaded rotatable shaft, where the connector is rotatable relative to the housing, so that rotation of the connector rotates the threaded rotatable shaft relative to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2017Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: BANANA BROS, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Manuel Montano
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Publication number: 20180108133Abstract: Systems and methods to visualize a registration utilize a visual aid, displayed in connection with an image, which is deformed according to the registration. A selected amount of transformation based on the registration can be applied to the image and the visual aid to generate a visualization of movement of respective portions of the image from an original state to a final state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: JAMES HOWARD RICHMOND, JERIMY BROCKWAY, PAUL DANIEL JACOBS, JONATHAN WILLIAM PIPER
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Publication number: 20180064226Abstract: A hair styling device comprising a heatable surface having a body, and a heater supported by the body, which heats the heatable surface. The heatable surface is on the body for heating and styling hair, and comprises at least one textured portion having projections with recesses between the projections. The projections are sufficiently close together that when the textured portion is wetted with water, the recesses are not wetted.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: TRADE BOX, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond
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Patent number: 9814259Abstract: A system for preparing smokeable material comprising a wall providing an upper chamber and a lower chamber with a grate between the chambers. Feed smokeable material in the upper chamber has its size reduced with a size reducer a sufficient amount that it can pass through the grade into the lower chamber as fill smokeable material. A support below the lower chamber is provided for supporting a wrapper. There is an opening in the lower chamber for fill smokeable material to pass into the wrapper. An axially moveable tamper can tamp the fill smokeable material in the wrapper. Biasing means bias the wall and tamper into the upper position. A mechanism is provided for moving the tamper from its upper position to its lower position against the biasing means for tamping the smokeable material in the wrapper.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Banana Bros. LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Manuel A. Montano
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Publication number: 20170208915Abstract: A hair styling device comprises a base having a rear handle portion and a forward styling portion, the forward styling portion comprising a plurality of projections, the plurality of projections comprising one or more of the following: bristles, comb teeth or spaced apart, plates. The device comprises a retainer arm opposed to the base, and pivotally connected to the base so that the retainer arm can pivot from an open position to receive hair and a closed position for retaining hair in the plurality of projections. The forward section of the retainer arm does not have projections and has sufficient open space that at least 50% of the hair being styled is visible to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: TRADE BOX, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond
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Patent number: 9521891Abstract: A hair styling tool includes a body, a cylinder extending from the body, the cylinder rotatable relative to the body, a motor for rotating the cylinder, a heater to heat the cylinder, and a styling arm pivotally attached to the body. The hair styling tool may have a generally clam shell configuration, wherein the styling arm is movable between an open position in which the styling arm is distant the cylinder and a closed position in which the styling arm is proximate to the cylinder, such as contacting the cylinder. The styling arm may also include a brush head with fixed or retractable bristles and/or a smoothing plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: MM&R Products, Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Ragosta, Bruno Meglio, Claudio Marino, David Richmond, Howard Richmond
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Patent number: 9516938Abstract: A hair styling and drying apparatus has a pair of pivotally connected arms, styling surfaces on the arms, air suction and discharge orifices in the styling surfaces, and a blower for blowing air through the air orifices and recycling air between the arms. At least some suction orifices of one styling surface can align with at least some discharge orifices of the other styling surface. The blowers blow air out the discharge orifices and suck air into the suction orifices, thereby recycling much of the blown air. The apparatus can include heaters for heating the blown air and for heating the styling surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: TRADE BOX, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Michael Ragosta, Bruno Meglio, Claudio Marino, Henry Yu, Jefferson McCrory
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Publication number: 20160100664Abstract: A hair styling tool includes a body, a cylinder extending from the body, the cylinder rotatable relative to the body, a motor for rotating the cylinder, a heater to heat the cylinder, and a styling arm pivotally attached to the body. The hair styling tool may have a generally clam shell configuration, wherein the styling arm is movable between an open position in which the styling arm is distant the cylinder and a closed position in which the styling arm is proximate to the cylinder, such as contacting the cylinder. The styling arm may also include a brush head with fixed or retractable bristles and/or a smoothing plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Inventors: Michael A. Ragosta, Bruno Meglio, Claudio Marino, David Richmond, Howard Richmond
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Patent number: 9259069Abstract: A hair styling tool includes a body, a cylinder extending from the body, the cylinder rotatable relative to the body, a motor for rotating the cylinder, a heater to heat the cylinder, and a styling arm pivotally attached to the body. The hair styling tool may have a generally clam shell configuration, wherein the styling arm is movable between an open position in which the styling arm is distant the cylinder and a closed position in which the styling arm is proximate to the cylinder, such as contacting the cylinder. The styling arm may also include a brush head with fixed or retractable bristles and/or a smoothing plate.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2015Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: MM&R Products, Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Ragosta, Bruno Meglio, Claudio Marino, David Richmond, Howard Richmond
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Publication number: 20160037888Abstract: A hair styling device is described that has a handle, an elongated, substantially cylindrical, heatable rod providing a curling surface and supported by the handle, a heater for heating the curling surface, a support spaced apart from the curling surface, and a rotatable member rotatable relative to the curling surface for wrapping hair around and in contact with the curling surface. The device has an opening in the rotatable member for receiving a section of a user's hair, a motor for rotating the rotatable member, and a flexible, heat-resistant clamp supported by the support and extending from the support toward the curling surface for clamping hair against the curling surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Michael A. Ragosta, Zhiyong Yu, Zhiwu Yu, Rentong Wang, Wenrui Dai
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Publication number: 20150366314Abstract: A hair styling device comprises a handle, a heatable elongated member having a longitudinal axis, a distal portion and a proximal portion. The proximal portion of the elongated member is connected to the handle. The device has a hair retention slot at the distal portion of the elongated sized to receive and retain a section of a user's hair. Also described is an attachment for a hair styling device providing such a hair retention slot and a method of using the device and the attachment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Applicant: TRADE BOX, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Manuel Montano
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Patent number: 9185957Abstract: A hair styling device is described that has a handle, an elongated, substantially cylindrical, heatable rod providing a curling surface and supported by the handle, a heater for heating the curling surface, a support spaced apart from the curling surface, and a rotatable member rotatable relative to the curling surface for wrapping hair around and in contact with the curling surface. The device has an opening in the rotatable member for receiving a section of a user's hair, a motor for rotating the rotatable member, and a flexible, heat-resistant clamp supported by the support and extending from the support toward the curling surface for clamping hair against the curling surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: TRADE BOX, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Michael A. Ragosta, Zhiyong Yu, Zhiwu Yu, Rentong Wang, Wenrui Dai
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Publication number: 20150305468Abstract: A hair styling tool includes a body, a cylinder extending from the body, the cylinder rotatable relative to the body, a motor for rotating the cylinder, a heater to heat the cylinder, and a styling arm pivotally attached to the body. The hair styling tool may have a generally clam shell configuration, wherein the styling arm is movable between an open position in which the styling arm is distant the cylinder and a closed position in which the styling arm is proximate to the cylinder, such as contacting the cylinder. The styling arm may also include a brush head with fixed or retractable bristles and/or a smoothing plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2015Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: Michael A. Ragosta, Bruno Meglio, Claudio Marino, David Richmond, Howard Richmond
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Patent number: 9149101Abstract: A hair styling device comprises a handle, a heatable elongated member having a longitudinal axis, a distal portion and a proximal portion. The proximal portion of the elongated member is connected to the handle. The device has a hair retention slot at the distal portion of the elongated sized to receive and retain a section of a user's hair. Also described is an attachment for a hair styling device providing such a hair retention slot and a method of using the device and the attachment.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2014Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Trade Box, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Manuel Montano
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Patent number: D743624Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: TRADE BOX, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Michael A. Ragosta, Zhiyong Yu, Rentong Wang, Zhiwu Yu, Wenrui Dai, Ruiju Liu, Qianli Zhou, Yiyan Feng
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Patent number: D833750Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: TRADE BOX, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Gregory Steven Thüne