Patents by Inventor Robert Andrews

Robert Andrews 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: 11481436
    Abstract: A network device is configured to (i) play back a media item indicated by a remote playback queue provided by a cloud-based computing system, (ii) receive an indication that a playback device is available for playback, (iii) display a now playing screen including (a) information identifying the media item, and (b) an icon that indicates that the network device is not in a connected state with any other network device, (iv) receive a first input selecting the icon, (v) in response to the first input, display a list of one or more available network devices including the playback device, (vi) receive a second input selecting the playback device from the list (vii) after receiving the second input, update the list to indicate that the playback device is selected for playback of the remote playback queue, and (viii) transfer playback of the remote playback queue from the network device to the playback device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek Kumar, Andrew Schulert, Robert Andrew Lambourne, Arthur L. Coburn, IV
  • Patent number: 11481435
    Abstract: A first connection state may be entered on a computing device. While the computing device is in the first connection state, actions taken on a playlist on the computing device may be applied to the playlist and not applied to a playback queue associated with a zone. An input may be received via the computing device, indicating a selection of the zone. In response to receiving the input, a second connection state may be entered. Entering the second connection state may comprise establishing a connected state between the computing device and the one or more playback devices. While the connected state is established, one or more actions taken on the playlist on the computing device may be applied to the playlist and transmitted, in a message to the zone over a network. The one or more actions may be one or more corresponding actions applied to the playback queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek Kumar, Andrew Schulert, Robert Andrew Lambourne, Arthur L. Coburn, IV
  • Publication number: 20220330984
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel personal care product and method of assembling the product including an upper product end and a lower product end, a housing at the upper product end, the housing having a housing wall and one or more windows in the housing wall, a frame member including one or more tabs, the one or more tabs coupled to the one or more windows. The number of tabs can equal the number of windows. The housing may also include notches within which the tabs are disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Andrew Kearney, Mark Peterson, Paul Lesile Warrick
  • Publication number: 20220330675
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a personal care product including a treatment sheet having a lower surface, a housing including a floor surface and a plurality of columns, and a cavity formed by a volume extending from the lower surface to the floor surface. The volume extends from an inner column wall of the housing. The plurality of columns is formed in a side wall of the housing. The cavity has a height of at least one-fifteenth of a height of the personal care product and/or a height of at least about a height of one of the columns. The columns extend upward from the floor surface of the housing or to a lower ledge of a carrier of the housing. The floor surface is flat or shaped (e.g., a dome or a cone shape). Fluid flows within the cavity, into and out of windows between the columns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Andrew Kearney, Paul Leslie Warrick
  • Publication number: 20220330674
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel personal care product including an upper product end, a housing at the upper product end, the housing having a top opening and an outer wall, a treatment sheet disposed over the top opening of the housing; and one or more windows disposed in the outer wall of the housing. Fluid flows through the windows or through a plurality of apertures in the treatment sheet or both. The fluid flow removes debris from a lower surface of the treatment sheet, a cavity of said housing, or both. The fluid flows in a direction parallel to the treatment sheet into and/or out of the one or more windows. The windows can be a polygonal or round shape and can have rounded corners. The windows may oppose each other. The outer wall is along an outer surface of the upper end of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Andrew Kearney, Paul Leslie Warrick
  • Publication number: 20220330985
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel personal care product having a treatment sheet includes a first material and a plurality of first apertures, and at least one support sheet includes a second material and a plurality of second apertures, the at least one support sheet disposed beneath the treatment sheet and desirably joined to the treatment sheet. The first apertures of the treatment sheet include cutting edges generally formed on at least a portion of an inner perimeter of the first apertures while the support sheet does not include cutting apertures. The first and second apertures are aligned such that from a top view of the product, the apertures of the support sheet are not visible, providing ease of rinsing. The support sheet assists in reducing damage to the treatment sheet (e.g., if the personal care product is dropped).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Andrew Kearney, Matthias Gester, Mark Peterson
  • Publication number: 20220332001
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel personal care product having a flat treatment sheet having an upper surface and a perimeter area on the upper surface, a frame member having an underside surface and at least one tab, wherein the frame member is disposed over the perimeter area of the flat treatment sheet and the underside surface of the frame member is coplanar with the upper surface of the flat treatment sheet and the at least one tab extends below the lower surface of the treatment sheet. An upper product end of the personal care product includes a housing having at least one housing window. The at least one tab of the frame member is bent into the housing window. The frame member includes a flat or chamfered upper surface. The flat treatment sheet treats skin, removes hair, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Andrew Kearney, Mark Peterson, Anthony William Shorey
  • Publication number: 20220332055
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel of making a personal care product including the steps of providing a treatment sheet comprised of a first material and a first plurality of apertures and joining a support structure to the lower surface of the treatment sheet. The support structure includes a support material, a support sheet, a support ring, or any combination thereof. The support sheet includes a second plurality of apertures. The support sheet is disposed beneath the treatment sheet by aligning the first plurality of apertures and the second plurality of apertures. Fluid support material is solidified such that the treatment sheet and the support sheet are bonded together. The support ring is disposed on a housing (e.g., in a groove) below the support sheet or joined to the treatment sheet via the support material prior to solidifying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Andrew Kearney, Stephen Andrew Baldwin
  • Publication number: 20220337498
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to monitoring network traffic of an embeddable browser displayed by an application executing on a mobile computing device. In some embodiments, a first layer of the application manipulates one or more user interface elements displayed in the embeddable browser. The first layer of the application then detects network requests made by one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) executed by the embeddable browser in response to the manipulating. In some embodiments, the first layer sends to a second layer of the application results of observing network requests. In some embodiments, the second layer of the application displays, in real-time, information corresponding to the results of observing network requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Caitlin Tierney Roberts, Tairan Zhang, Robert Andrew Toledo, Aaron Craig, Taylor James Harwood
  • Publication number: 20220330983
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel personal care product which having a treatment unit which includes a treatment sheet and a support structure. The treatment sheet includes apertures with cutting edges while the support structure, joined to the treatment sheet, is formed of a support material, a support sheet or a support ring, or any combination thereof. The support structure assists in reducing damage to the treatment sheet and in preventing injury to the consumer (e.g., if the personal care product is dropped).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Andrew Kearney, Matthias Gester, Mark Peterson
  • Publication number: 20220324093
    Abstract: A storage system configured includes a support member having a cleat thereon, a bracket engageable with the cleat, and a lever movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The storage system further includes an object permitted to be coupled or uncoupled relative to the bracket while the lever is in the unlocked position, the object being secured to the bracket while the lever is in the locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: J. Luke Jenkins, Robert Andrew Patrick
  • Patent number: 11457095
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to stateless communication using a stateful protocol. One or more NTMAs may establish a connection with a client computer based on data exchanged with a the client computer using the stateful protocol. The exchanged data may include validation information provided by the one or more NTMAs. The exchanged data and other information associated with the connection may be discarded from one or more memories of the one or more NTMAs. A network packet communicated over the network using the stateful protocol may be obtained. Verification information and candidate validation information may be generated based on one or more characteristics of the network packet. The network packet may be validated based on a comparison of the verification information and the candidate validation information. A reply that adheres to the stateful protocol may be provided to the client computer based on the validated network packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: F5, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Michael Thornewell, John Francis Tavares, Robert Andrew Kovalchik
  • Publication number: 20220297900
    Abstract: A closure system including a cap and a spout, where the cap and/or spout contain at least one discrete layer of barrier material. In one example, the spout includes a conduit and a seal member, the conduit being arranged about an imaginary axis and the seal member having one or more surfaces configured to be secured to a container. The cap includes an inner circumferential surface, the inner circumferential surface arranged to encompass the conduit. The cap also includes a first discrete layer of thermoplastic resin and a first discrete layer of barrier material and the seal member includes a second discrete layer of thermoplastic resin and a second discrete layer of barrier material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Winpak Ltd.
    Inventors: Manuel Jose Moreno Brociner, Mustafa Bilgen, Olivier Yves Muggli, Ashley Robert Andrews
  • Patent number: 11434988
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a pulley insert. In one example, a pulley insert for a FEAD pulley comprises a first member insertable into a pulley such that the first member is rotatable within the pulley, the first member comprising a cavity for receipt of a second member; and a second member insertable into the cavity of the first member such that, when the first member is inserted into a pulley and the second member is inserted into the cavity of the first member, the second member prevents rotation of the first member relative to the pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Andrew Wade, Ada Kwok, Thomas Fisk, Jason Moores
  • Publication number: 20220278405
    Abstract: A tripod includes a main body having a center column with a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a longitudinal axis extending through the first end and the second end, and a plurality of legs coupled to the center column. The tripod system also includes a battery receptacle supported at the first end of the center column. The battery receptacle has a first interface configured to mechanically and electrically couple to a battery pack. The tripod system further includes a head supported at the second end of the center column. The head has a second interface configured to mechanically and electrically couple to a luminaire. The second interface is complementary to the first interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Brianna E. Williams, J. Luke Jenkins, Robert Andrew Patrick
  • Publication number: 20220268223
    Abstract: An evaporative emissions control system configured for use with a vehicle fuel tank includes a purge canister, an accelerometer, first and second vent tubes that terminate at first and second vent openings, a first vent valve, a second vent valve, a vent shut-off assembly and a control module. The accelerometer senses acceleration in an x, y and z axis. The first vent valve is fluidly coupled to the first vent tube. The second vent valve is fluidly coupled to the second vent tube. The vent shutoff assembly selectively opens and closes the first and second valves. The control module estimates a location of liquid fuel based on the sensed acceleration from the accelerometer and determines which vent opening is one of submerged and about to be submerged based on the estimated location of the liquid fuel. The control module closes the vent valve associated with the determined vent opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Nikhil Nahar, Sudeep Motilal Solanki, Max Russell Franklin, Vaughn Kevin Mills, Mark Beaupre, Matthew Memmer, Robert Andrew Dayton
  • Publication number: 20220267072
    Abstract: A container and method of manufacture of a container made of a single material is provided. The container includes a base having a base perimeter with a surface, and a wall having an upper edge and a lower edge, the upper edge comprising two upper edge portions, wherein the lower edge is affixed about the entire perimeter surface, and the first upper edge portion is affixed to the second upper edge portion, thereby forming a space to hold foodstuffs. The base stock material is cut and formed into a base with the base perimeter. A seal is applied between the lower edge of the wall and the surface of the base perimeter. Another seal is applied to two vertical end portions of the wall, forming a cup-like container with an internal space. A final seal is applied between two portions of the upper edge of the wall completing the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Winpak Ltd.
    Inventors: Manuel Jose Moreno Brociner, Mustafa Bilgen, Olivier Yves Muggli, Ashley Robert Andrews
  • Patent number: 11414633
    Abstract: A method for cleaning a substrate which is or comprises a textile, the method comprising agitating the substrate and a cleaning composition comprising: i. cleaning particles comprising a thermoplastic polyamide and a hydrophilic material at least part of which is located inside the cleaning particle, said cleaning particles having an average particle size of from 1 to 100 mm; and ii. a liquid medium. An apparatus suitable for performing said method comprising a rotatable cleaning chamber and a particle storage tank containing the cleaning particles. Use of the cleaning particles for cleaning a substrate which is or comprises a textile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Xeros Limited
    Inventors: Robert Andrew Bird, Stephen Derek Jenkins, Philipp Kloke, Simon Kniesel, Shyam Sathyanarayana, Martina Schoemer
  • Patent number: 11413418
    Abstract: A drying expiratory limb of a breathing circuit is provided that is configured to increase or optimize drying of a gas to reduce or prevent condensation. The drying expiratory limb can include a wall that is at least partly made of a breathable material configured to allow transmission of water vapor but substantially prevent transmission of liquid water. The wall includes first and second openings in the wall, the openings respectively configured to receive a gas at a first temperature and a first relative humidity and to allow the gas to exit having a second temperature and a second relative humidity. The drying expiratory limb can be configured to tailor the temperature drop of the gas along the wall to maintain a relative humidity within a targeted range and/or to maintain the gas temperature above its dew point temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Robert Andrew David Milne, Timothy Dee Gierke
  • Patent number: D963936
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Twisted Foot, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Andrew Healy