Patents Issued in February 16, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170042329
    Abstract: An apparatus that can be used to hold varying weights contains a planar body, a plurality of support beams, a first beam receiving channel, and a second beam receiving channel. When in use, items are stored upon a load bearing surface of the planar body. The plurality of support beams is slidably positioned in between the first beam receiving channel and the second beam receiving channel. Depending on the weight of the items, the user can adjust the number of the plurality of support beams being utilized. When the items are stored, the weight of the items are evenly distributed among the plurality of support beams. Since the plurality of support beams is positioned opposite to the load bearing surface, the items can be stored with no interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Phillip Kent Rollins, Randall Louis Berg
  • Publication number: 20170042330
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electromechanical extending device of a movable sofa, which is suitable for a movable sofa, especially for an electric rocking chair or swinging chair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Huang BRUCE
  • Publication number: 20170042331
    Abstract: A furniture system includes a base, a first linkage and a second linkage. The base is configured to be disposed on a flat surface and to be connected to an article of furniture. The first linkage is connected to the base and configured to be connected to the article of furniture. The first linkage is configured to be actuated to cause the article of furniture to translate relative to the base. The second linkage is connected to the first linkage. The second linkage is biased into a locked state in which the second linkage prevents movement of the first linkage. The second linkage is configured to be actuated by an applied force into an unlocked state in which the second linkage allows movement of the first linkage (and the article of furniture to which the first linkage is configured to be connected).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Jennie Bucove
  • Publication number: 20170042332
    Abstract: A pillow comprising two wings and a bridging section connecting the wings, so that the wings and bridging section form a substantially U-shaped shape. An elastic member and a connecting assembly connect one portion of the elastic member to a first fixing point on a wing or the bridging section and another portion of the elastic member to a second fixing point on a wing or the bridging section, so that the elastic member or the connecting assembly, or both, can pass from one wing to the other, and the elastic member can urge the wings towards one another. The invention provides a more convenient and quicker way of lengthening the elastic member or connecting assembly passing from one wing to the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: DG International Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Benjamin Atkinson, Jean-Philippe Henri Denat
  • Publication number: 20170042333
    Abstract: A back support cushion device includes a support member, at least one cushion assembly, and at least one elastic assembly. The support member includes a first groove. The cushion assembly includes a second groove. The elastic assembly is located between the support member and the cushion assembly and includes an elastic member, and first and second members. The elastic member includes first and second portions. The first portion is engaged into the first groove, and the second portion is engaged into the second groove. The first member includes a first end disposed in the first portion and a second end connected to the first groove. The second member includes a first end disposed in the second portion and a second end connected to the second groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Chi-Cheng Tsai
  • Publication number: 20170042334
    Abstract: An activating platform is disclosed. The platform includes a curved support plate. The support plate is divided into a standing area and a sitting area, the sitting area including a chair with a mounting arrangement and a seat. The curved shape of the support plate is meant to provoke the balance of a user standing or sitting on the platform, i.e. that the user has to use the muscles actively to hold the balance. Naturally, the user will rock around in a small angle around a middle position and flex in the hips and back to maintain the balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Hans Christian Mengshoel
  • Publication number: 20170042335
    Abstract: A seating device has a body providing an integral handle and a substantially planar seat pad. The seat pad is arranged with two short sides and two long sides. The seating device also has leg members at peripheral locations of the body adjacent both the long and the short sides. The leg members are extended out from the body to provide support for elevation of the seat pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: David CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20170042336
    Abstract: A ready-to-assemble bed foundation includes a pair of exterior side beams having two ends and a pair of transverse end beams having two ends. The beams can be assembled on site into a rectangular or square frame by joining one end of each side beam with one end of a transverse end beam. A drawer can be positioned between upper and lower surfaces. A protruding block on one beam is sized to fit into a gap between plates for registration of the beam to which it is being joined. At least one of the plates has a hole and the protruding block has an embedded threaded pin receiver positioned to align with the hole in the plate when a corner configuration is formed by the beams. A threaded pin passes through the hole and into the threaded pin receiver to retain the beams in a corner configuration. A single layer assembly can also employ fasteners at each corner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Larry J. Craver
  • Publication number: 20170042337
    Abstract: A bed set includes a bed frame which includes a headboard, and a footboard bench, wherein the footboard bench includes a base frame and a back frame upwardly extended from the base frame. The back frame of the footboard bench serves as a footboard of the bed frame to match with the headboard of the bed frame. In particular, an ornamental design of the back frame of the footboard bench matches with an ornamental design of the headboard of the bed frame, so as to enhance an aesthetic appearance of the bed set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Furniture of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Lei Yang
  • Publication number: 20170042338
    Abstract: A foldable mattress includes a mattress body having a top layer and a bottom layer, a core mattress support disposed between the top and bottom layers within a center portion of the mattress body, an air valve operatively coupled at the mattress body for inflating the mattress body from a folded state to an unfolded state, and a peripheral mattress support disposed at a peripheral portion of the mattress body when the mattress body is in the unfolded state. At the folded state, the mattress body is air-vacuumed that the top layer is overlapped on the bottom layer to compress the core mattress support therebetween to minimize a thickness of the mattress body. At the unfolded state, the mattress body is inflated to uncompress the core mattress support so as to fully expand the mattress body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: FURNITURE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Lei Yang
  • Publication number: 20170042339
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for modular furniture construction. The system comprises a plurality of triangular shaped foam pieces, said triangular foam pieces are covered in a fabric or other material. The triangular foam pieces are assembled in different positions to allow furniture to be constructed with varying shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: ANTHONY MONDERINE
  • Publication number: 20170042340
    Abstract: A system and method for incorporating occupancy-detecting technology into furniture is provided. More particularly, the invention relates to detecting occupancy in a recliner using a sinuous wire detection array incorporated into a seat. Further embodiments of the invention are directed to a system and method for incorporating capacitance detection technology with one or more conductive features of a recliner mechanism. In some aspects, a sensor is provided based on coupling one or more conductive features to a control component of the capacitance detector control component. A controller may determine the corresponding response based on occupancy detection and/or presence detection. A processor may receive information regarding changes in capacitance and determines when a change in voltage satisfies a threshold. Based on a determination of occupancy and/or presence, a variety of corresponding features of the adjustable recliner may be activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: RYAN EDWARD CHACON, WILLIAM ROBERT ROHR, AVINASH MADADI, GREGORY MARK LAWSON
  • Publication number: 20170042341
    Abstract: Presented slipcovers have a tight fitting cover for a pleasing appearance by aesthetically and strategically incorporating stretchable material, for example elastic, to one or more seams of the slipcover. The result is a cover that maintains the desired finished appearance with an improved ability to be slid on and off of an underlying seat. The slipcovers of the present disclosure are applied without additional forms of attachment directly to the seat and without additions or connections to, or around any external sections of the slipcovers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Crystal Scales
  • Publication number: 20170042342
    Abstract: A child carrier for carrying two children of the same or different sizes, the carrying being by only a first person in a first configuration and the carrying being by the first person and a second person in a second configuration, has first and second child carrier portions including first and second carrier pouches, respectively, each pouch attached at its bottom to a waist support, shoulder straps, and second shoulder straps independent of any child carrier portions in the first configuration and independent of any waist support such that the second shoulder straps are not directly connected to any waist support in either the first or second configuration. The first and second child carrier portions are configured to be secured to the shoulder straps in the first configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Krystal Workman
  • Publication number: 20170042343
    Abstract: A gravity feed tray is provided for use as a component of a display device for retail merchandise such as bottled soft drinks or water in a retail setting. The gravity feed tray includes a first and second support structure that are forwardly and downwardly inclined when coupled to a retail display bar. The first and second support structures having inwardly extending flanges that project into a merchandise channel formed by the first and second support structures. The inwardly extending flanges provide a surface to display retail merchandise. The support surfaces being disposed downwardly and forwardly along a straight line so that rows of retail merchandise, such as bottles, may be stocked in the merchandise channel and supported by the inwardly extending flanges, whereby removal of the bottle at the front end of the merchandise channel causes a void that the remaining bottles fill by sliding via gravitational force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Ewing, Thomas O. Nagel, Nathanael David Cox
  • Publication number: 20170042344
    Abstract: A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Stephen N. Hardy
  • Publication number: 20170042345
    Abstract: A knockdown that can be assembled into a display tray, such as that of a PDQ style tray, having a bottom, front, rear and opposing side panels, and an alignment panel having an alignment portion and a connection portion divided by a fold line. The alignment panel provides for automatic alignment of the rear and side panels from the knockdown form to the display tray form. A display tray is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Carl Jeffrey Jolley, Derek Lindsey Charles Jones
  • Publication number: 20170042346
    Abstract: An anti-theft assembly for deterring theft of a ring is provided. The anti-theft assembly includes a base that can be used to support an electronic article surveillance marker; a product engagement member including a support member that supports the ring during use and a locking member that secures the support member to the base; and an attachment member for securing the ring to the support member. In one embodiment, the support member and the locking member are a single, unitary member. In another embodiment, the support member and the locking member are separate members. Once assembled, upon applying a twisting force to the ring the engagement member rotates within the opening so that the attachment member is not broken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Feibelman, Andrew S. Feldman, David W. Brown
  • Publication number: 20170042347
    Abstract: A set of bed sheets may provide warmth for a person's legs and/or feet while he or she sleeps at night. For example, the set of bed sheets may include a fitted sheet and a full sheet. One or both sheets may include a warming section made of material that keeps the person's legs and/or feet warm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Karol Grabowiec
  • Publication number: 20170042348
    Abstract: A mattress cover and skirt system includes a skirt configured to be secured to the mattress. The skirt includes a flexible skirt panel defining an upper edge, a lower edge, and an elastic element disposed along at least a portion of the lower edge. The mattress cover system includes a mattress cover panel configured to be removably attached to the skirt. The mattress cover panel includes an upper layer, a lower layer, and a cushioning member disposed between the upper and lower layers. A connector system includes at least one first connector member disposed along the upper edge of the skirt and at least one second connector member disposed proximate the outermost edge of the mattress cover panel. The second connector member is configured to engage the first connector member so as to removably attach the mattress cover panel to the skirt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Dipali Goenka
  • Publication number: 20170042349
    Abstract: This invention relates to beach equipment and the packing thereof for conveyance by a beach-goer to and from a beach. More particularly it provides a towel and a carrier for the towel and a pillow as well as other items that a beach-goer may wish to take with them. The invention may be provided in kit form, or as a beach bag assembly that comprises a wall of flexible sheet material, comprising first and second portions, said first portion being configured to define a beach towel and the second portion being configured to define an internal stowage space suitable for stowage of said first portion. The bag may have a removable carry strap attached for ease of carrying, for example over the user's shoulder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: JULIAN BATROS
  • Publication number: 20170042350
    Abstract: A pillow is provided with an insert or inner pillow that is removable. Having removable insert or inner pillow enables filling of the removable inner pillow with a different filling material that is not amenable to washing. Thus the outer pillow that is in contact with a person's body and tends to accumulate dust and microbes among the fill can be washed after removal of the insert or inner pillow. The insert or inner pillow can be filled with a less expensive filling material such as synthetic fibers, viscoelastic foam, latex etc. whereas the outer pillow can have a superior quality filling material that is softer, fluffier and has better insulating properties such as down or down mixed/blended with feather, thus providing an affordable pillow with comfort and superior characteristics of down and can be laundered to maintain hygiene. The outer surface of the inner pillow may include a fluid impermeable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Khushboo Mittal, Mohan Meiyappan Kandhasamy
  • Publication number: 20170042351
    Abstract: The appealing abstract feature of the “Air Pillow” is the connecting internal bladder and pump. The pump allows the consumer to customize his or her pillow to their individual level of comfort and guaranteed to stay in that position until manually readjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Mavis Shields Brown
  • Publication number: 20170042352
    Abstract: A pillow comprising two wings, a bridging section connecting the wings so that the wings and bridging section form a substantially U-shaped shape, and support arms. The pillow has a first configuration in which the support arms are provided in the bridging section, and a second configuration in which the support arms are removed from the bridging section, thereby reducing the thickness of the thinnest portion of pillow in the bridging section. In the second configuration, the thickness of the thinnest portion of pillow in the bridging section is less than the thickness of the thickest portion of the pillow in the wings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: DG International Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Benjamin Atkinson, Simon Little
  • Publication number: 20170042353
    Abstract: The invention concerns a dishware item for containing food, the item being formed of two rigid layers: a first upper layer presenting a face including one or several hollow form(s) for receiving and retaining the food and a second lower layer presenting an underside forming a base, wherein the first layer has a thickness greater than or equal to 3 millimeters and is constituted essentially of a food-grade epoxy resin or a food-grade methyl polymethacrylate, the resin or polymethacrylate being colorless and translucent; the second layer has a thickness greater than or equal to 1 millimeter, still smaller than the thickness of the first layer, and is constituted essentially of an opaque epoxy resin; and the two layers are welded to each other so as to obtain a one-piece item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Mealplak
    Inventor: Mathieu Tambon
  • Publication number: 20170042354
    Abstract: A composite structure of a fixable food container is disclosed. The composite structure comprises a plurality of food containers and a fixing disc. A first connecting portion is formed on the bottom of the food container. The fixing disc is used for fixing on a surface. A second connecting portion is formed on the top of the fixing disc for connecting with the first connecting portion and a hole is formed at the center of the fixing disc. The composite structure of the fixable food container has numerous advantages such as improved non-slip capability, stability, and positioning and has compatibility that allows the fixing disc to connect with different kinds of food containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Ai Su Bonnier, Adam Bonnier
  • Publication number: 20170042355
    Abstract: A double-barreled beverage container is described. The container includes two mugs, glasses, or similar-shaped drinking containers joined together alongside one-another, with at least one hole at or near the bottom of the glasses passing between the two drinking containers at the junction. In this way, as a person drinking from one of glass of the beverage container tips the container upward, a beverage flows from the uppermost glass through the hole into the lower glass from which the person drinks. The double-barreled beverage container employs a whimsical but functional device for party or other use reminiscent of a “two-fisted drinking” activity, wherein a person holds a glass or mug in each hand and alternates drinking from each container. The double-barreled beverage container enables one who wishes to drink from two glasses at once to drink from a single device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: TWO FISTED DRINKER, LLC
    Inventor: MICHAEL J. BOLLAND
  • Publication number: 20170042356
    Abstract: A sleeve for a beverage cup comprises a main wall and bottom hingedly attached to a bottom edge of the main wall. The main wall has an open top end and a bottom end. The main wall defines a central cavity for receiving at least a portion of a beverage cup inserted into the central cavity via the open top end. The bottom comprises a circular floor portion and a plurality of fingers projecting radially from the floor portion. When the sleeve is in a deployed position for use, the floor portion is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the sleeve and closes off the bottom end of the main wall, the fingers are bent upward relative to the floor portion, and the fingers are in contact with an inner surface of the main wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: FISNIK T. HASANI
  • Publication number: 20170042357
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tray for holding items, such as containers of food or beverage, said tray comprising a lateral support plate (1; 101) and a base plate (5; 102) arranged in a substantially parallel relationship, the tray further having spacing and locking means (6; 25, 122; 104, 105, 106, 107), said spacing and locking means (6; 25, 122, 104, 105, 106, 107) interconnecting the lateral support plate (1; 101) and the base plate (5; 102). The invention is distinctive in the lateral support plate (1; 101) having at least one opening (2a; 2b; 103) being defined through said lateral support plate (1, 101), forming lateral support for at least one item (3; 4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Kjetil CHRISTOFFERSEN
  • Publication number: 20170042358
    Abstract: An artificial tree that includes a first trunk body having a first elongated projection that extends axially from a first end toward a second end and forms a first keyway; a first electrical connector anchored within the first end of the first trunk body; a second trunk body, including a second elongated projection that extends axially, the second elongated projection forming a second keyway, the second elongated projection configured to be received by the first keyway; and a second electrical connector anchored within a first end of the second trunk body. The second elongated projection is received by the first keyway, and first and second electrical terminals of the first electrical connector make electrical connection with first and second electrical terminals of the second electrical connector, when the first end of the first trunk body is coupled to the first end of the second trunk body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Willis Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Johnny CHEN
  • Publication number: 20170042359
    Abstract: A novel cookware made of clad composite materials provides novel functionalities not only for improvement in daily use, but also provides a practical way to incorporate fm structures on the surface of the clad materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Lee Lisheng Huang
  • Publication number: 20170042360
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooking at least one egg with an eggshell, comprises a housing provided with a device for providing microwave radiation in a confined space in the housing and a holder located in the confined space. The holder is provided with at least one cavity adapted to the shape of the egg with the eggshell. The holder comprises at least a first holder part and a second holder part being movable with respect to each other between a first position in which an egg with an eggshell can be positioned in the cavity to a second position wherein the holder parts enclose the cavity. The apparatus further comprises means to insert a liquid into the holder for filling the cavity with the liquid to at least partly surround the eggshell of the egg located in the cavity. The apparatus comprises a container for holding the liquid and a dosing unit to add at least one component to the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: EGGCITING PRODUCTS B.V.
    Inventors: Sander-Willem VAN SCHAIK, Edwin HANSSEN
  • Publication number: 20170042361
    Abstract: According to the present invention, provided is a Dutch coffee capsule comprising: a cylindrical cylinder (10) for accommodating coffee grains (G); a coffee extraction part (20) which is coupled to one end of the cylinder (10) such that a coffee extract flows out; a water inlet part (30) which is coupled to the other end of the cylinder (10) such that water enters therethrough; and a compressive spray part (40) which applies a compressive force to the accommodated coffee grains (G) by coming into close contact with an inner wall of the cylinder (10), and which enables a uniform amount of water to permeate therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Hyun Dae KIM
  • Publication number: 20170042362
    Abstract: A beverage brewing package includes a cup and a filter bag. The filter bag is supported in an interior region formed in the cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Zachary M Bunner, Ryan Dewig, David C Arnold, Jared B Waterman, David W Conant
  • Publication number: 20170042363
    Abstract: A drink filter system and method are disclosed. The system has a disposable drink filter having a filter portion, a first flange coupled to the filter portion, and a handle. The system also has a reusable cartridge having a cartridge housing and a cartridge lid positioned on the housing, at least one of the housing or the lid having a second flange. The first flange is shaped and configured to align the filter relative to the cartridge. The handle is shaped and configured to enable removal of the filter from the cartridge. The second flange is shaped and configured to align the lid relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: John H. Frogge
  • Publication number: 20170042364
    Abstract: Various beverage preparation machines having a multi-chambered basket unit are shown. The basket unit can be configured to accept multiple cartridge configurations. For example, some embodiments are configured to receive a first cartridge configuration in a first chamber of the basket unit and a second configuration in a second chamber of the basket unit. In various embodiments, the basket unit can rotate to allow selective accessibility of the first and second chambers. This can facilitate loading the cartridges into the appropriate chamber, such as loading the first cartridge configuration into the first chamber and the second cartridge configuration into the second chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Alan Scott Crarer, Adam Mekeel Mack, Matthew Thomas James, Philipe Roget Manoux, Diane Chia-Lin Lee, Martin Ruegg
  • Publication number: 20170042365
    Abstract: A method for preparing an infusion beverage is disclosed wherein a dried infusion substance is applied in an infusion container, the latter being present, in the first instance, in a collapsed state and being extendable into an expanded state, An infusion liquid is introduced into the infusion container, wherein the infusion container is expanded. The dried infusion substance in the infusion container is kept in contact with the infusion liquid, in order to form the infusion beverage, over a contact period. The infusion container is then returned to its collapsed state, at least in part, by compression and, in the process, at least some of the infusion beverage is expelled from the infusion container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: ARCO DESIGN GMBH
    Inventors: Roberto DEL BON, Franco DEL BON, Theodor WÜST, Mark ANDERSON, Roger DEJAKUM, Daniel F. KELLER, Christian LOCHER
  • Publication number: 20170042366
    Abstract: A portable nested cook-set includes a cook pot having a pot sidewall with a retention projection and defining an upwardly opening pot interior chamber, a press-pot piston having a piston sidewall and a lower end portion defining an upwardly opening piston interior chamber, and a storage container having an exterior portion and a selectively sealable interior storage chamber. The piston sidewall has a sidewall opening and a retention notch positioned to removably receive the retention projection therein. The press-pot piston sidewall is dimensioned to be selectively storable at least partially within the cook pot. The storage container having an exterior portion with a lower portion dimensioned to be selectively storable at least partially within the piston interior chamber. The storage container and the press-pot piston being releasably threaded together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Carl Beckman, Andrew C.F. Wahl, Evan M. Choltco-Devlin
  • Publication number: 20170042367
    Abstract: A device for extracting a substance to be brewed comprising: an extraction compartment in a first and a second portion, movable relative to the first portion to switch the compartment between a closed position and an open position; a linking device between the first and the second portion, comprising a holder with a first link so configured as to produce a rotation of the holder relative to the first portion, and a second link relative to the second portion, and the device comprises an articulation joint so configured as to successively produce, during a rotational motion of the holder about the first link in a first direction of rotation, a first tilting of the second portion in the first direction, then a second tilting of the second portion in a second direction opposite the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre LEVI, Mario LEVI
  • Publication number: 20170042368
    Abstract: A machine (M) is described for the production of beverages, for example espresso, by means of capsules containing water soluble and/or infusion products, the machine (M) comprising a housing (4, 5) for housing at least one capsule (C) during the production of a beverage by means of the capsule (C) and at least first injection means (1) and second injection means (2), wherein each of the first injection means (1) and the second injection means (2) is adapted to dispense water (A) in the capsule (C) housed in the housing (4, 5) so a to produce the beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Gino RAPPARINI
  • Publication number: 20170042369
    Abstract: A self-contained system is provided for cleaning a food flow path in a food processor. The system can be operably engaged without requiring disassembly and reassembly of the food processor or can be operably engaged after a partial disassembly of the food processor. The system includes a control assembly for directing passage of a solution through the food processor without requiring constant operator oversight. The system can employ available positive pressure water supply, such as public utility water pressure to selectively and automatically push solutions, including rinses, backwards or forwards through a food flow path in the food processor, though typically countercurrent to the normal processing food flow. A manifold assembly includes an intake manifold and a distribution manifold, with an induction port and/or access port in the distribution manifold for introducing additives or agents into a controlled motive stream passing through the manifold assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Tuchrelo, Jeffrey Cahoon, Richard T. Aab, Alfred S. Mustardo, Nathan E. Smith, Jacob R. Parisi, Edward F. Ruppel, III, Gary M. Russotti, William Salminen
  • Publication number: 20170042370
    Abstract: The present invention provides an automatic constant temperature cookware utensil, which includes a utensil body and a utensil bottom. A constant temperature layer is provided on an outer surface of the utensil body and/or the utensil bottom. Compared with the prior art, an automatic constant temperature cookware utensil of this invention has a bottom with constant temperature, which has good safety performance, protects food nutrition from destroying, effectively restrains oil and smoke, and decreases PM2.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Zhe LIAO
  • Publication number: 20170042371
    Abstract: The described “Foldable Food Grade Cooking Surface and Method of Use” provides cooks of average skill the means to cook soft and fragile items, such as eggs, omelets, crepes, etc., without breaking such items while cooking. The Foldable Food Grade Cooking Surface is made of flexible, thermally conductive, mechanically stable, food grade material such as silicone with or without reinforcing fillers. The preferred embodiment includes handles for manipulating fragile food items during cooking and serving, without the need for traditional cooking implements. Non-planar surface topology, such as ridges, on the cooking surface of the Foldable Food Grade Cooking Surface contain cooking foods within predefined areas, such as the perimeter, of the cooking surface, and can act as a mold for foods that begin in a state that can flow (e.g. liquids of varying viscosity).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Jack Lindon Skinner
  • Publication number: 20170042372
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly for the preparation of a heated beverage, comprising a case or cover or box (battery cover) (8) for mobile phone (60) or external device (6) comprising an internal seat for the corresponding insertion of at least a container (7), said container (7) comprising means (13) for the production of heat, wherein said container (7) comprises contacts (12) to electrically feed said means (13) when said container is inserted in the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Gianclaudio Purgatorio, Alessandro Purgatorio, Vito Galasso
  • Publication number: 20170042373
    Abstract: An actively heated or cooled food container can have a lid movable between an open and a closed position and an insulated body to which the lid can be attached. The insulated body can have a sidewall that defines a perimeter of the container body and a base, the sidewall and base defining one or more chambers that can be sealed by the lid. The food container can have a temperature control system that can include one or more heating or cooling elements in thermal communication with one or both of the sidewall and the base and operable to heat or cool one or both of the sidewall and the base to thereby heat or cool the one or more chambers in the food container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Clayton Alexander, Daren John Leith, Mikko Juhani Timperi, Christopher Thomas Wakeham
  • Publication number: 20170042374
    Abstract: A food container (e.g., tray) with a thermal reagent adhesively attached to its outer surfaces reacts with water. The attached reagent undergoes an endothermic (i.e., cooling) or exeothermic (i.e., heating) reaction in the presence of water. A burstable water pouch releases water for the reaction into a lower container (e.g., tray) when the food container is pressed into the lower container, with the pouch therebetween. A removable impervious plastic film may protect the attached reagent while in storage. Multiple reagent layers may be separated by a water-soluble plastic film to provide a prolonged thermal reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: James Young
  • Publication number: 20170042375
    Abstract: A sheet pan that includes a baking surface with an upwardly-extending tension bow formed therein that provides structural reinforcement to the baking surface; a sidewall portion surrounding the entire baking surface and defines an interior surface of the sheet pan and an exterior surface of the sheet pan, wherein the sidewall portion further includes a structural reinforcement rib formed therein, wherein the topmost region of the sidewall portion is rolled downward and away from the baking surface to form a rim having both an outside portion that defines the outer edge of the sheet pan, and an inside portion, and wherein the inside portion of the rim abuts the sidewall portion on the exterior surface of the sheet pan, and a reinforcing wire surrounding the upper region of the sidewall portion, wherein the wire is completely enclosed by and sealed within the rim, and wherein any significant open volume between the wire and the rim has been eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: American Pan Company
    Inventor: Jason TINGLEY
  • Publication number: 20170042376
    Abstract: An appliance cooks packaged food items, such as making pancakes, crepes, flapjacks and the like. There is a method of cooking the packaged food items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Marek SZYMANSKI
  • Publication number: 20170042377
    Abstract: A system and related method for igniting a fuel source through an ignition process with the help of a flammable support. The system comprises a housing and flammable support. The housing includes a top portion, a middle portion, and a bottom portion. The bottom portion includes a plurality of first vent holes and the middle portion includes a plurality of second vent holes. An inner lateral surface of the housing includes a plurality of stops associated with the first vent holes in the bottom portion. The plurality of second vent holes does not include stops. Each of the plurality of stops is projected towards the inner lateral surface. The flammable support is ignited utilizing an igniting means, which facilitates a rapid and uniform ignition of the fuel source inside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: William Loyd Mince
  • Publication number: 20170042378
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus is provided, comprising: a base and a lid; gas burners in the base; a grill for supporting food located above the burners; a gas supply line to the burners; a controller for controlling gas flow to the burners; an igniter to ignite the gas; and a heat tent located above one of the burners. The heat tent has an interior volume having an open side and a wall defining a top side opposite the open side. The top side has a peak extending away from the open side. The heat tent is movable to: a first position where the top side faces upward providing a shield for the burner from drippings falling from the food being cooked; and a second position where the top side faces downward and the open side face upward providing trough to hold wood chips for producing smoke for the food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: BBKEG Inc.
    Inventor: Ryan Swiderski