Patents Issued in October 25, 2016
  • Patent number: 9474312
    Abstract: A garment of at least one layer of fabric (303) with air vents (103) and which is further characterized in that it has a set of tubes (202) attached to the inside of the garment creating space between the garment and the body (301) of the user, the tubes (202) are elongated and run continuously at least most of the length of the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: HELLY HANSEN AS
    Inventors: Kristoffer Ulriksen, Marit Johansen, Tor Jenssen
  • Patent number: 9474313
    Abstract: This invention is an improved padding used by athletes and others to prevent or greatly reduce the instances of injury due to blows to the body. This is accomplished through the utilization of a radial expanding and contracting structure encapsulated in a foam type material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Brian Kamradt
  • Patent number: 9474314
    Abstract: A stabilizing belt for use by a person in need of assisted mobility or in recreation, the stabilizing belt comprising a pad, a belt to secure the pad to a wearer, and a pair of handles attached to the pad. The pad may be uniquely contoured to provide support and comfort for the wearer. A strap may be provided for added security and comfort. The belt may further comprise handle supports for reinforcement, a cover for durability, and a pocket for versatility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: GRIP-N-RIDE, LLC
    Inventors: Jack Khorsandi, Mario Horvath
  • Patent number: 9474315
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cap which may be mainly used for the purpose of sports or leisure activities, for example, golf, mountaineering, and the like, and in particular the cap is provided with a built-in ventilation unit which may include a ventilation unit for ventilating the air inside the cap and may be easily used thanks to a dual-cap structure with a solar cells part installed on a visor of the cap wherein an inner cap part of the dual-cap structure contacting a head portion of a user wearing the cap and an outer cap part of the dual-cap structure may be detachable from the inner cap part while facilitating easier washing and caring. An electric fan is installed in the inner cap part, sucking air from outside into the cap while effectively discharging air inside the cap to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Ryan Keun Lee
  • Patent number: 9474316
    Abstract: A protective helmet which employs an inner shell, an outer shell, and dampeners positioned between the inner and outer shells which facilitate rotational movement between the inner and outer shells. The dampeners also provide shock absorption to counter the rotational acceleration caused by an impact to the helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Bret Berry
  • Patent number: 9474317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to personal safety equipment for use by athletes, military personnel, motor sports participants and the like and in particular, protective headgear adapted to minimize rotational acceleration and/or axial compressive forces incident on the head of a wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Bret Berry
  • Patent number: 9474318
    Abstract: An alpine helmet for protecting the head of a wearer while the helmet is worn over a broad temperature range includes an outer shell and an energy dissipating internal padding assembly coupled to the outer shell. The padding assembly includes a first pad layer disposed inwardly of a second pad layer which may be adjacent an inner surface of the helmet shell. The first pad layer includes an arrangement of structural alterations that affect the performance of the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Bell Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Wesson, Samuel Kass
  • Patent number: 9474319
    Abstract: A pivoting protective headgear system includes a head suspension and two pivots coupled to the head suspension. A protective headgear element is pivotally connected to each pivot. In one exemplary embodiment, two transition arms are coupled to the head suspension and extend longitudinally extending away from the head suspension, and each transition arm has a distal end and a pivot at the distal end. In another exemplary embodiment, two pivots are coupled to the head suspension and each pivot has an axis of rotation configured to be below any portion of an ear of a user. In a further exemplary embodiment, two pivots are each spaced apart from the headband and coupled to the headband, and the headband is configured to be disposed against a forehead of a user and each pivot has an axis of rotation below the headband.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Lars-Olov Ahlgren, Niklas M. S. Lilenthal, Arne O. Linderstrand
  • Patent number: 9474320
    Abstract: Articles of footwear may have an upper that includes a knit element and a tongue. The knit element defines a portion of an exterior surface and an opposite interior surface of the upper, with the interior surface defining a void for receiving a foot. The tongue is formed of unitary knit construction with the knit element and extends through a throat area of the upper. Methods of manufacturing a knitted component for an article of footwear may include knitting a tongue. The tongue is held on needles of a knitting machine. A first portion of a knit element is formed with the knitting machine while the tongue is held on the needles. The tongue is then joined to the first portion of the knit element. Additionally, a second portion of the knit element is formed with the knitting machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Daren P. Tatler, Daniel A. Podhajny
  • Patent number: 9474321
    Abstract: A bootie application device that provides booties that slide along a rail system on tabs that releasably connect the booties to the rail system. A tensioning apparatus connects the rail system to the bootie application device. When an increased tension is applied to the rail system, the tensioning apparatus permits the rail system to move away from the application device by the expansion of the tensioning apparatus. When the increased tension is removed from the rail system, the rail system is drawn back toward the application device by the contraction of the tensioning apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Protexer, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Heller
  • Patent number: 9474322
    Abstract: A system and components for allowing for selective interchanging shoe uppers with shoe soles, platforms and heels by a set of interengaging metal tracks on the bottom of the upper and a mating and longitudinally slidable track on the top of the sole, the tracks having inwardly directed resilient interlocking teeth fitting into opposed gaps of the opposed track. A simple spring steel latch extending from the bottom track captured within a recess of the top track and a release button allowing for detachment is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Donna Maryann Pearson
  • Patent number: 9474323
    Abstract: An article of footwear including a sole and an upper with an exterior and interior surface, and one or more bladders which comprises at least one of the exterior or interior surfaces of the upper. The bladder comprising sheets of polyurethane or polyester film attached together to form an airtight seal. The article of footwear also includes a inflation mechanism for selectively introducing air in the one or more bladders. The inflation mechanism is located under the foot of the wearer to be activated by the normal action of the wearer to inflate the one or more bladders. The article of footwear may also include an assembly for connecting several tubes to one under foot inflation mechanism. The article of footwear may also include inflatable laces that are inflated by an underfoot inflation mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: REEBOK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: William Marvin, Paul M. Davis, Geoff Swales, Paul E. Litchfield
  • Patent number: 9474324
    Abstract: An article of footwear with adjustable stiffness is provided. The article of footwear in the form of a snowboard boot is provided with adjustable tensioning systems that are disposed on either side of an inner liner of the snowboard boot. The adjustable tensioning system includes a comb body structure having flex portions made of a plurality of extending fingers with a flexibility that can be controlled by the adjustable tensioning system. Depending on the level of tension applied by the tensioning system, or lack thereof, a range of flex profiles having varying amounts of stiffness are available to the wearer to adjust the overall stiffness of the snowboard boot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Patricia L. Smaldone, Stephen D. Pelletier, Jr., Jeremy L. Connell
  • Patent number: 9474325
    Abstract: An improved construction for a device intended to raise the heel or heels of a user up off an associated shoe to diminish or eliminate pain and discomfort. The device is adjustable to accommodate a variety of applications and is transferable between those applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: E. James Bodmer
  • Patent number: 9474326
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes a sole incorporating an auxetic structure. The article of footwear further includes a strobel that may be placed along the auxetic structure of the sole. The strobel may restrict the motion of the auxetic structure in particular locations. The strobel may be used to provide rigidity and support in the area of the strobel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Elizabeth Langvin
  • Patent number: 9474327
    Abstract: A sole structure may include a protected region at least partially defined by side walls of one or more sole structure features. The sole structure may further include indicial features formed in the protected region. The indicial features may have shapes of information-conveying indicia. A sole structure master corresponding to the sole structure may have indicial elements corresponding to the indicial features in a master indicial region corresponding to the protected region. A mold corresponding to the sole structure may have indicial elements corresponding to the indicial features in a mold indicial region corresponding to the protected region. A sole structure master modeling a sole structure may have textures formed on one or more surfaces by a laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis D. Bunnell, Michael Hughes
  • Patent number: 9474328
    Abstract: A spacer textile material has at least a portion of a tensile strand located between a first layer and a second layer of the spacer textile material where the first layer and second layer have been joined together to form channels in which the tensile strand moves freely. The tensile strand travels through the spacer textile material in a non-linear direction. Further, the channels may be formed in the spacer textile material in non-linear directions. The spacer textile material with a tensile strand may be incorporated into an article of footwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Beye, Lysandre Follet
  • Patent number: 9474329
    Abstract: An attachment member which enables a decorative ornament to be affixed either onto a shoe, preferably at a location were a decorative ornament retained on the invention can be visible and cover at least a portion of the shoe and also a portion of the heel of the shoe. It is also a decorative ornament which can be placed around the instep location of a boot or elongated footwear where the decorative ornament can be removably affixed around the instep location of the footwear and has decorative ornaments dangling from the present invention to enable than to be visible on the boot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: A1 JEWELLERY, INC.
    Inventor: Gloria Harvey
  • Patent number: 9474330
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper with a forward covering portion and a rearward covering portion. The rearward covering portion can be adjusted between an open configuration for receiving a foot and a closed configuration for covering the foot. In the open configuration the rearward covering portion is approximately flat, while in the closed configuration the rearward covering portion has a three-dimensional shape. The rearward covering portion may be folded vertically between the open configuration and the closed configuration. A tensioning member can be used to control the configuration of the rearward covering portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Nadia M. Panian, Thomas J. Rushbrook
  • Patent number: 9474331
    Abstract: An article of footwear having printed structures disposed on the article by a three-dimensional printer is disclosed. The printed structures include extended portions and fastener receiving portions. The extended portions are at least partially embedded in the upper. The fastener receiving portions are at least partially spaced apart from an exterior surface of the upper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd A. Waatti
  • Patent number: 9474332
    Abstract: A buckle apparatus for use in adjusting a length of a strap coupled to a bag includes a slider buckle having a pair of openings and a loop member coupled to the bottom face of the slider buckle to permit the strap to extend within the loop member and through the pair of openings in the slider buckle, and an anchor buckle having a pair of openings, a pair of loop members coupled to the bottom face of the anchor buckle and at least one clip coupled to the top face of the anchor buckle. The strap extends within the loop members and openings in the anchor buckle. A user can retract an adjusted loop portion above the openings in the slider buckle and secure the loop portion to the at least one clip of the anchor buckle, thereby shortening the strap length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Richard Naranjo
  • Patent number: 9474333
    Abstract: A latching buckle assembly wherein one buckle component includes a removable cross-bar adapted to receive an attachment strap in looped relation. The cross-bar is adapted to hold the attachment strap in place during use while permitting free relative rotation. When the cross-bar is removed, the webbing can be disengaged from the buckle member to facilitate replacement if required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
    Inventors: Christopher A. J. Iannello, Martin J. Nilsen, Michael B. Grimm
  • Patent number: 9474334
    Abstract: A fastener member for mechanical affixation to a structure includes a base having first and second sides, a plurality of fastening elements integrally formed and extending from a first side of the base, and at least one affixation element extending from the second side of the base and arranged to mechanically affix to an attachment opening of a structure. A system includes a structure and a fastener member for mechanical affixation to the structure. A method includes affixing the fastener member to a structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: OSSUR HF
    Inventors: Helgi Jonsson, Arni Thor Ingimundarson, Bjorn Omarsson
  • Patent number: 9474335
    Abstract: A key ring including a continuous loop of material including a first section extending for the majority of the circumference of the continuous loop of material having a thickness of D1, and a indented second section extending for the remainder of the circumference of the continuous loop having a thickness D2 less than D1. The key ring also includes a securing device slidable about the continuous loop to cover and uncover the indented second section. One or more spring clips including a moveable arm having a tip end and a fixed member to which the movable arm is attached, the moveable arm moving between an opened position and a closed position, wherein a distance D3 is provided between the tip end of the moveable arm and a hook end of the fixed member when the moveable arm is in the opened position abutting the fixed member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Brian Heller
  • Patent number: 9474336
    Abstract: This invention provides a combination clip and hook (clip) for use generally in suspending articles having shoulder or hand straps, or carrying other accessories, such as keys, which is rotatably movable about a rotary joint between a first position in which two opposing, rotatably joined portions of the overall clip structure are oriented together to form a continuous, enclosed shape that can be secured around another strap or loop on an item or piece of clothing, and a second position in which the two portions of the structure are rotated out of the enclosed shape, and into, for example, a substantially S-shaped hook in which one portion of the structure supports the strap of the item and the other portion can be applied to a clothing hook, chair back, table surface, door top, or other supporting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Clipsy, LLC
    Inventors: Farvardin Fathi, Ehsan Arefi
  • Patent number: 9474337
    Abstract: A female component of a press stud including a monolithic body made by hot forming and defining a housing seat for a retaining member housed in the housing seat and intended to lock a corresponding male component in position selectively during use. A locking lip, integral with the monolithic body, extends from the housing seat and is deformed so as to partially close the housing seat in order to secure the retaining member therein. In order to produce the female component, the monolithic body is hot formed, and the locking lip is deformed after the introduction of the retaining member into the housing seat, by hot or cold crimping, upsetting or deformation in general.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: RIRI S.A.
    Inventor: Ernesto Violato
  • Patent number: 9474338
    Abstract: A fastening element is provided having a gripping portion, a plurality of gripping elements extending from the gripping portion, a supporting portion being defined by at least one supporting-portion wall extending from the gripping portion in a direction opposite that of the gripping elements, the supporting portion having a supporting-portion width smaller than a gripping-portion width of the gripping portion, such that a top flange is formed by the gripping portion relative to the supporting portion on at least one side of the fastening element, and an anchoring portion extending from a distal end of at least one supporting-portion wall and parallel to the gripping portion so as to form a bottom flange relative to the supporting portion on the at least one side corresponding to the top flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: APLIX
    Inventors: Quresh Sachee, John Bumgarner, Marc Woodling
  • Patent number: 9474339
    Abstract: A connecting device for manufacturing a peeling-stress-resistant connection between two components. The connecting device includes a carrier, which has a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface. The connecting device further includes a plurality of hook and loop elements which extend both from the first and the second surface of the carrier and each have at their free ends facing away from the first or the second surface of the carrier a hook and loop head, which is arranged to enter into a hook and loop connection with a component comprising a fiber-reinforced composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Soeffker, Hermann Benthien
  • Patent number: 9474340
    Abstract: A fastening system for mounting detachable covering components, like panels, on other components (17), like carriage parts (19), has at least one spacer (1) with a spacer body (3). One spacer body side can be attached to the covering component. The opposite side has an adhesive closure part (7) detachably engaged with a corresponding adhesive closure part (16) attached to the other component (17). At least on one border of the side of the spacer body (3) connected to the covering component, a flat mesh (21) abuts to enlarge the connection area between the covering component and the spacer (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: GOTTLIEB BINDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Konstantinos Poulakis
  • Patent number: 9474341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clamped type coupling element slide fastener with the structure impervious to fluid, including a pair of support tapes, two rows of coupling elements respectively clamped at the inner edge of a first surface and a second surface of each of the support tapes, at least one surface of the top and bottom surfaces of the two rows of the coupling elements is formed with a groove; and an impervious elastomeric member. The impervious elastomeric member is filled in the groove of the two rows of the coupling elements thereby forming a covering layer, and the impervious elastomeric member is filled in a slit between the two rows of coupling elements and the pair of support tapes and in a slit formed on another surface of the two rows of the coupling elements thereby respectively forming a slit filling part and an extending part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventors: Chao-Mu Chou, Shiu-Yin Cheng
  • Patent number: 9474342
    Abstract: A versatile jewelry includes a semi-rigid or rigid main body defining at least one retaining feature about the outer periphery. The main body has a semi-circular profile and defines first and second opposing end portions with a clearance therebetween. At least one hair accessory is adapted to extend over the main body and arranged to be secured by the at least one retaining feature. The main body retains the at least one hair accessory therewith, and the at least one hair accessory spans the periphery of the main body and the clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Arni Thor Ingimundarson
  • Patent number: 9474343
    Abstract: 1. Method of batch manufacturing bracelet links, characterized in that the method includes the steps of: a) taking a profile bar made of a material in which the link blanks are delimited in relation to each other transversely by slots extending in a general direction of extrusion of the profile bar; b) machining a first blank, if necessary, in the profile bar, while it is still in a single piece, c) cutting the profile bar over a determined length defining the width of the link blanks so as to obtain a ring having the link blanks at the periphery thereof; d) shaping the link blanks into the final form by a final rough machining operation; e) thinning the surface of the ring forming the connection between the link blanks until the links are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Management Services AG
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Gracia
  • Patent number: 9474344
    Abstract: A mechanism for turning over a case between two rest positions relative to a support structure includes a guide element secured to said case or to a pod receiving said case, and a complementary guide element, which cooperates with said guide element via complementary guide surfaces allowing said guide element to make a movement of translation and/or to pivot with respect to said complementary guide element under the effect of the relative movement of a cam respectively comprised in said guide element or complementary guide element, relative to a finger respectively comprised in said complementary guide element or said guide element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Montres Breguet S.A.
    Inventor: Eric Goeller
  • Patent number: 9474345
    Abstract: A cover is described that is magnetically attached to a tablet device. The cover includes at least as flap. In the described embodiment, the flap includes a plurality of segments. The cover includes a number of magnets formed into a number of magnetic arrangements that provide a number of useful features associated with the cover and the tablet device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel G. Smith, Taylor Harrison Gilbert
  • Patent number: 9474346
    Abstract: A tray assembly able to be quickly installed and removed from the handle struts of a wheeled luggage bag by a mounting engaging the struts and a tray included in the tray assembly flipped down from the mounting to provide a horizontal support for various articles such as small electronic devices such as laptops, tablets, at a selected level above the top of the luggage bag. The tray is flipped back up to minimize the size of the tray assembly for convenient storage in the luggage back itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: David F. Simon
  • Patent number: 9474347
    Abstract: A suite of cordless hairstyling devices with interchangeable, rechargeable batteries is provided. The suite includes a cordless blow dryer, a cordless curling iron, a cordless flat iron, a plurality of rechargeable, interchangeable battery packs and a recharging station. The suite of hairstyling devices each have a handle with an indentation which is configured to receive one of the rechargeable, interchangeable battery packs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher Lee Pedroarena
  • Patent number: 9474348
    Abstract: The applying material extruding container includes a movable body and a screw part in the container including a container main body and a control tube, wherein by relatively rotating the container main body and the control tube, the screw part makes the movable body move forward, and the applying material extruding container includes a leading tube. The screw part includes a female screw as a ridge spirally extending on the inner circumferential surface of the leading tube. An opening is formed on the peripheral wall of the leading tube, and the female screw is arranged so as to be continued to the opening. One side constituting the sides of the opening extends along the trajectory drawn by the female screw in the side view facing the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: TOKIWA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Patent number: 9474349
    Abstract: A cosmetic dispenser with an inner body rotatably engaged with a spiral member. An elevator cup retains a cosmetic pomade, and the spiral member has spiral formations along an inner surface thereof for engaging lugs of the elevator cup that pass through longitudinal tracks in the inner body. The inner body can have lateral and longitudinal bearing surfaces with the lateral bearing surface aligned longitudinally with a longitudinal axis of relative rotation of the spiral member and the inner body and the longitudinal bearing surface orthogonal thereto. Fingers can project inwardly from the inner body to be in slidable, frictional contact with both the longitudinal and lateral bearing surfaces so that the fingers are restrained laterally and longitudinally. The fingers can be inwardly angled establish an effective circumference with the fingers tangent thereto smaller than the circumference of the lateral bearing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Thomas F. Holloway
  • Patent number: 9474350
    Abstract: Retractable cosmetic pencil including a barrel, godet, lower threaded portion and end cap. The godet can be configured to move longitudinally within the barrel. The lower threaded portion can be configured to be coupled to the godet. The end cap can be configured to be coupled to the lower threaded portion. An injection receiving opening can formed be in the closed end of the end cap, wherein the injection receiving opening is configured to receive an injection nozzle such that the retractable cosmetic pencil can be backfilled. The godet can have an injection receiving portion in its outermost end configured to receive product. The pencil can include an outer cap comprising a sleeve which is configured to provide a seal so as to prevent passage of air through an inner portion of the outer cap when the outer cap receives an upper portion of the pencil therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL COSMETIC SUPPLIERS LTD
    Inventor: David Thompson
  • Patent number: 9474351
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator includes a head, a tube including a tube body, multiple driving teeth, a rotating sleeve disposed in the head, multiple driven teeth arranged alternately with the driving teeth, and a threaded rod threadedly connected to the rotating sleeve. Each driving tooth has driving and retarding surfaces. An angle formed between the driving surface and the tube body is smaller than that formed between the retarding surface and the tube body. Each driven tooth has driven and contact surfaces. An angle formed between the contact surface and the rotating sleeve is larger than that between the driven surface and the rotating sleeve and is different from that between the retarding surface and the tube body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Capicolor International Cosmetics Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 9474352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mascara brush for applying a mascara liquid to eyelashes and a manufacturing method thereof, including a first step to fix to a core member many first brush bristles and many second brush bristles having softening point temperatures lower than those of the first brush bristles in a state where the first brush bristles and the second brush bristles are mixed with each other and extend radially, where while bending at least a partial area in a direction encircling the core member of the first brush bristles and the second brush bristles at intermediate positions in extending from the core member, subjecting the first brush bristles and the second brush bristles to an atmosphere of a temperature lower than the softening point temperatures of the first brush bristles and higher than the softening point temperatures of the second brush bristles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SHINOHARA Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Hangai, Yasushi Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 9474353
    Abstract: Applicator (1) for applying a product to the eyelashes, comprising a core (7), comprising two arms that are twisted together along at least part of their length, the core successively holding by clamping a first applicator member (5), produced in one piece and having a plurality of applicator elements, and a second applicator member (6) comprising a plurality of bristles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Michel Fontaine
  • Patent number: 9474354
    Abstract: The beach/pool bag with hidden compartment has a hidden compartment positioned at the bottom of the bag that is equipped with a zipper-closable access. A flap is provided to cover and conceal the zipper, thereby presenting a false bottom and disguising the existence of the compartment underneath. The backpack with hidden compartment is similar to the beach/pool bag, but has shoulder straps instead of handles. A cable and lock are provided to secure the backpack to a stationary object if the backpack is to be laid aside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: David A. Ponx
  • Patent number: 9474355
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a backpack with a removable decorative flap accessory. More specifically a backpack has a hidden attachment means which allows a decorative backpack flap accessory to be attached to the top of the backpack. When the decorative flap accessory is not used, the attachment means is concealed to preserve aesthetic appeal of the backpack. A lunchbox or other secondary container with a matching decorative flap accessory can also be attached the front of the backpack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventors: Troy Chadwick, Kelly Ann Phelan
  • Patent number: 9474356
    Abstract: The present product is designed to carry personal objects in a safety way, such as cell phones, documents, identity cards, keys, money; while moving. It allows to have total control as well as to access them at any time. It adjusts to the body in an ergonomic way allowing the person feel free to move in any position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Jose Alberto Garcia Morales
  • Patent number: 9474357
    Abstract: The invention uses a strap to provide a way to associate a first item with a second item. The first item may be, for example, a high chair and the second a toy. The strap is provided with two sets of openings one near each end of the strap, and a tab, post, “T” or other shape near each end of the strap. The shape is inserted through one of the openings and is secured there by its shape, the shape of the opening, and the material with which that portion of the strap is made. The strap is made of nontoxic material and at least in part of material that is flexible and resilient, having a durometer reading of between about 40 and 60 Shore A. The strap may be equipped with at least one breakaway point, usually set for a breakaway pressure between about 3 and 7 pounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Lil' Sidekick, Inc.
    Inventor: Amy Vohs
  • Patent number: 9474358
    Abstract: The brushhead includes a brushhead base member and at least one outer ring of bristles mounted thereto, the brush base member being non-oscillating. An inner assembly is adapted to capture a solid, semi-solid, gel or the like non-Newtonian balm element having shear thinning characteristics. In an embodiment, the inner assembly is adapted to receive energy from an oscillating action of the inner assembly produced by a motor in the appliance to which the brushhead is attachable. Oscillation of the inner portion at a target frequency and amplitude is sufficient to result in the solid, semi-solid, gel or the like balm element changing to a liquid in a shear thinning effect, the liquid being useful for removal of makeup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Gerald K Brewer, Aaron D Poole, Kelly M George, Mickaël Poletti
  • Patent number: 9474359
    Abstract: A body cleansing apparatus including a base member having one or more contoured profiles that conform to a user's body part, and multiple cleansing members is provided. The cleansing members are positioned and attached at multiple locations on the contoured profiles of the base member. Each of one or more of the cleansing members includes a stem and a cluster of flexible bristles. The stem is attached to and extends outwardly from the base member. The flexible bristles curvedly branch outwards from an upper end of the stem and define a reservoir within each cluster for storing, retaining, and releasing a cleansing agent along the flexible bristles when the user's body part contacts and applies pressure on the stem, thereby allowing the user to cleanse the body part. In an embodiment, the cleansing members also include single elongated flexible bristles attached to and extending outwardly from the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventors: Kenneth Oscar Lopez, Astute Maria Aurilla
  • Patent number: 9474360
    Abstract: The liquid-dispensing shaving brush includes a number of embodiments that provide for dispensing water from the head of the brush and through the fibers or bristles of the brush. Some embodiments provide for connection to a water tap, and a hand control on the brush or a remote foot control providing for control of water flow. Other embodiments provide a portable container for water, permitting use when a source of running water is not available. The portable container may be pressurized, and flow may be controlled either by the hand-operated valve on the brush handle, or by a remote foot control. Still other embodiments are self-contained, with a liquid supply contained within the handle. All embodiments may include a hollow brush handle volume for containment of liquefied shaving soap or cream therein, and an openable brush head or cap providing access for refilling the brush handle volume as needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: UMM AL-QURA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Saleh Alsalameh
  • Patent number: 9474361
    Abstract: A device for cleaning cosmetic brushes includes first texturing features formed along a first surface region to provide a directionally neutral texture adapted for movement of a brush head substantially equally in all directions along the first surface region. Second texturing features are formed along a second surface region to provide a directionally oriented texture adapted for movement of the brush head in a predetermined direction along the second surface region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Sigma Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Rene Xavier Filho, Simone Rodrigues Oliveira Xavier