Patents by Inventor Nicholas Flower

Nicholas Flower 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: 20240138622
    Abstract: A conical burr coffee grinder can include a hopper that receives coffee beans, a grinding arrangement beneath the hopper, and a removable container beneath the grinding arrangement. The grinding arrangement can include an inner conical burr within an outer conical burr. At least one conical burr can rotate with respect to the other to grind the coffee beans into coffee grounds and dispense the coffee grounds into the container. The coffee beans and coffee grounds can follow a substantially vertical path from the hopper through the grinding arrangement and into the container, which can be multipurpose. A rotor gear can be coupled to the inner conical burr such that the rotor gear and inner conical burr rotate together as a combined unit. Additional components can include a rotational motor, a geartrain, a removable hopper lid, a grind adjustment assembly, a chute, an ionizer, a base, and a safety switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Hudak, Nicholas Terzulli, Patrick Donaghy, Matthew Flowers
  • Patent number: 11864587
    Abstract: Capsules are provided for holding material within a vaporization chamber of a personal or portable vaporization device. Each capsule comprises a cap and a cup, each with a corresponding base wall having air inlet/outlet holes therein. The capsules are provided with first and second standoff structures that position the respective capsule to avoid occlusion of the air inlet/outlet holes by surfaces of the oven and/or lid that form the vaporization chamber. During use of the vaporization device, the capsule design encourages air to flow through the material held within the capsule via the air inlet/outlet holes, rather than flowing around the capsule to bypass the material held therein. In some embodiments, the capsules include tamper-resistant features that prevent separation of the cap and cup once assembled, thereby protecting the material held within the capsule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Valley Product Concepts, LLC
    Inventors: John B. Franzone, Leo Kahl, Raymond J. Fioravante, Raymond H. Fioravante, Nicholas Flower
  • Publication number: 20220132924
    Abstract: A personal vaporization device for use with non-liquid vaporizable material, such as ground herbal material, is designed to provide for multiple vaporizing sessions with a single loading of the of the device. The device comprises an oven assembly including an oven for holding material for a single vaporizing session, and an electric heating element thermally coupled to the oven to heat the material in the oven. Vapors generated by the heated material travel through an air flow path for inhalation by a user. A hopper holds a supply of the material for at least one additional session, and the oven is resupplied for a new session by feeding material from the hopper via a flow path to the oven. The hopper can be designed to receive the vaporizable material directly or to receive a cartridge containing the supply of vaporizable material. A system for filling a plurality of cartridges is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Leo KAHL, Nicholas FLOWER, Raymond H. FIORAVANTE
  • Publication number: 20210307385
    Abstract: Capsules are provided for holding material within a vaporization chamber of a personal or portable vaporization device. Each capsule comprises a cap and a cup, each with a corresponding base wall having air inlet/outlet holes therein. The capsules are provided with first and second standoff structures that position the respective capsule to avoid occlusion of the air inlet/outlet holes by surfaces of the oven and/or lid that form the vaporization chamber. During use of the vaporization device, the capsule design encourages air to flow through the material held within the capsule via the air inlet/outlet holes, rather than flowing around the capsule to bypass the material held therein. In some embodiments, the capsules include tamper-resistant features that prevent separation of the cap and cup once assembled, thereby protecting the material held within the capsule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: John B. FRANZONE, Leo KAHL, Raymond J. FIORAVANTE, Raymond H. FIORAVANTE, Nicholas FLOWER
  • Patent number: D868367
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Valley Product Concepts, LLC
    Inventors: John B. Franzone, Leo Kahl, Raymond H. Fioravante, Nicholas Flower
  • Patent number: D868368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Valley Product Concepts, LLC
    Inventors: John B. Franzone, Leo Kahl, Nicholas Flower
  • Patent number: D869087
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Valley Product Concepts, LLC
    Inventors: John B. Franzone, Leo Kahl, Raymond J. Fioravante, Raymond H. Fioravante, Nicholas Flower
  • Patent number: D950030
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: VALLEY PRODUCT CONCEPTS, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Flower, Jacob Leavy
  • Patent number: D1021519
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Fellow Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Hudak, Nicholas Terzulli, Patrick Donaghy, Matthew Flowers, Christopher HibmaCronan, Joshua T. Morenstein, Jacob Miller, Christian Scott Ross