Patents by Inventor Martin Mutch

Martin Mutch 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).

  • Publication number: 20240081575
    Abstract: A coffee maker includes a frame, and a brew basket slidably mounted to the frame. The brew basket includes a beverage outlet. A drip stop mechanism operatively associated with the brew basket includes a slider slidably mounted to an underside of the brew basket and a catch member mounted on the frame. The slider is adapted to move from a sealed, closed position where the beverage outlet is closed by the slider toward a brew, open position where the beverage outlet is open as the brew basket is being mounted on the frame. The slider is adapted to move from the open position toward the closed position as the brew basket is removed from the frame. The catch member is adapted to engage the slider as the brew basket is being mounted on the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Martin Mutch, Kristopher Blake Wagner
  • Publication number: 20240074621
    Abstract: A utensil crock includes a receptacle having a base and a sidewall defining an open upper end of the receptacle. A dividing panel IS adapted to be removably positioned within an interior of the receptacle to divide the interior into separate compartments. The dividing panel has a first end portion opposite a second end portion, wherein when positioned in the interior the dividing panel has one of a first configuration where the second end portion has a first orientation relative to the first end portion, and a second configuration where the second end portion has a differing second orientation relative to the first end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Carly Cheng, Kristopher Blake Wagner, Martin Mutch
  • Publication number: 20240059459
    Abstract: A beverage container includes a vessel and a stopper. The vessel includes a body with a neck portion. The body has an outer wall and an inner wall, and the neck portion defines an open end of the vessel body. The stopper selectively seals the open end of the vessel body in a closed, sealed position and selectively unseals of the open end of the vessel body in an open position. The stopper includes a body having an outer sidewall and a bottom wall. A seal is releasably connected to the body. The seal has a seal sidewall and a rim extending inwardly from the seal sidewall. The seal sidewall sealingly engages the outer sidewall and the rim sealingly overlaps the bottom wall. The outer sidewall together with the seal define an air pathway for the flow of ambient air into an interior of the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Lev Wechsler, Martin Mutch
  • Publication number: 20230320534
    Abstract: A foldable bath tub includes a base, a rim, and a basin wall disposed between and interconnecting the base and the rim. The bottom wall has an upwardly extending crotch support. The basin wall includes at least one crease. The basin wall is configured to be positioned in one of a folded condition in which the basin wall is folded into itself at the at least one crease an extended condition in which the basin wall is configured to receive an associated child. Where in the extended condition of the basin wall a distance from the base to the at least one crease increases along a length direction of the bath tub from a first end of the bath tub to a second end of the bath tub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Martin Mutch, Elizabeth Kaye Steenwyk, Sunny Kim, Thomas Chia Hanson
  • Patent number: 11759059
    Abstract: A foldable bath tub includes a base, a rim, and a basin wall disposed between and interconnecting the base and the rim. The bottom wall has an upwardly extending crotch support. The basin wall includes at least one crease. The basin wall is configured to be positioned in one of a folded condition in which the basin wall is folded into itself at the at least one crease an extended condition in which the basin wall is configured to receive an associated child. Where in the extended condition of the basin wall a distance from the base to the at least one crease increases along a length direction of the bath tub from a first end of the bath tub to a second end of the bath tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Martin Mutch, Elizabeth Kaye Steenwyk, Sunny Kim, Thomas Chia Hanson
  • Publication number: 20230234759
    Abstract: A lid for a drinking container includes a lid body, a poppet mouthpiece and a resilient sealing member. The lid body defines a longitudinal axis and includes an outer surface with a vent hole. The mouthpiece seals against a first inner surface of the lid body via an annular seal ring. The mouthpiece is movable between a closed position and an open position to allow fluid inside the container to flow through the mouthpiece. The sealing member is fitted on the lid body to sealingly engage the lid body to an open end of the container. The sealing member includes an annular flange sealingly engaging a second inner surface of the lid body. The flange includes a groove that defines a location on the lid where ambient air flowing into the vent hole can enter a container interior as fluid flows out of the container through the mouthpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Conor McNamara, Martin Mutch, Jeff Burga
  • Patent number: 11412897
    Abstract: A foldable bath tub includes a base, a rim, and a basin wall disposed between and interconnecting the base and the rim. The bottom wall has an upwardly extending crotch support. The basin wall includes at least one crease. The basin wall is configured to be positioned in one of a folded condition in which the basin wall is folded into itself at the at least one crease an extended condition in which the basin wall is configured to receive an associated child. Where in the extended condition of the basin wall a distance from the base to the at least one crease increases along a length direction of the bath tub from a first end of the bath tub to a second end of the bath tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Martin Mutch, Elizabeth Kaye Steenwyk, Sunny Kim, Thomas Chia Hanson
  • Patent number: D969572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: James Kwon, Carly Cheng, Dzmitry Varhan, Sunny Kim, Martin Mutch
  • Patent number: D977902
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Sunny Kim, Martin Mutch
  • Patent number: D977903
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Sunny Kim, Carly Cheng, Martin Mutch, Erik Shewan
  • Patent number: D990230
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Sunny Kim, Carly Cheng, Martin Mutch, Erik Shewan
  • Patent number: D991743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Sunny Kim, Martin Mutch
  • Patent number: D996116
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Lane Stith, Jeff Burga, John Cupit, Martin Mutch, Lev Wechsler, Conor McNamara
  • Patent number: D996117
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventors: Lane Stith, Lev Wechsler, John Cupit, Martin Mutch
  • Patent number: D999630
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Lane Stith, Jeff Burga, John Cupit, Martin Mutch, Conor McNamara
  • Patent number: D1000213
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Sunny Kim, Martin Mutch, Juliette Alexia Laroche, Erik R. Shewan
  • Patent number: D1012602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Juliette Laroche, Dzmitry Varhan, Sunny Kim, Martin Mutch
  • Patent number: D1014890
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Lane Stith, Conan Zhang, Martin Mutch, John Cupit
  • Patent number: D1014891
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Lane Stith, Conan Zhang, Martin Mutch, John Cupit
  • Patent number: D1019282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Sunny Kim, Martin Mutch, Juliette Alexia Laroche, Erik R. Shewan