Patents Issued in May 11, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170127852
    Abstract: A foldable mat includes a mat including a padded material and a plurality of sections, each section of the plurality of sections having substantially similar dimensions such that the plurality of sections fold together. The foldable mat also includes a rigid material disposed within at least one section of the plurality of sections of the mat and a restraining mechanism arranged to restrain a person on the mat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Justin Escajeda, Maureen Dalton
  • Publication number: 20170127853
    Abstract: A merchandising system includes slotted cross members connected by side brackets to form a shelf component. Various accessories are insertable into the slots of the cross members to form organizational components along the shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Displays Plus, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Paul Colelli, Eric Edward Oberg, Johnnie Cruz
  • Publication number: 20170127854
    Abstract: A weighted car seat pad includes a generally U-shaped main body having a pair of side protrusions that define a recessed buckle area. A retention strap extends across a portion of the recessed buckle area, and an opening is disposed along one side of the pad. A weighted pad insert is removably secured within the main body, and includes a specific weight that is matched to the age group and/or particular condition of a child with whom the pad will be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Troy Bui
  • Publication number: 20170127855
    Abstract: A duvet cover for a comforter includes a front panel and a rear panel, with an opening provided in at least one of the front panel and rear panel. The front and rear panel are sized to accommodate the size of a comforter to be installed inside the duvet cover. The opening is disposed in a center third of the respective panel. The opening is oriented in one of a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Gerald E. Wootten, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170127856
    Abstract: A sleeping hag is provided. The sleeping hag includes an elongate shell defining an inner volume sized and shaped to receive a user therein, the shell having a head portion, a foot portion, a middle portion extending longitudinally between the head and foot portions, an overlying portion adapted to overlie the user during use, and an underlying portion adapted to underlie the user during use, wherein the shell is free from zippers. The sleeping bag further includes a hood being located in the head portion of the shell, the hood including an opening such that the overlying portion of the shell adjacent the opening is spaced from the underlying portion of the shell when the sleeping bag is laid out for use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Casey Sumnicht, Michael Glavin
  • Publication number: 20170127857
    Abstract: A sleeping bag is provided. The sleeping bag includes an elongate shell defining an inner volume sized and shaped to receive a user therein, the elongate shell having an overlying portion adapted to overlie the user during use, the overlying portion having an outer layer and an inner layer, an underlying portion adapted to underlie the user during use, and an opening disposed on the elongate shell. The sleeping bag further includes a comforter attached to the overlying portion of the elongate shell for selectively closing the opening, the comforter having a pair of pockets that are configured to extend transversely beyond the extent of the elongate shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Casey Sumnicht, Michael Glavin
  • Publication number: 20170127858
    Abstract: There is provided a neck support with a plurality of independently controlled airbags. This may have the advantage that the tilt, comfort and/or support of the user's neck can be adjusted to reduce neck strain and/or the user's sleeping/waking state can be managed according to the journey progress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: TWare Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Keng Soon Teh, Wei Liang Lin, Sep Riang Lai, Xingyu Wang
  • Publication number: 20170127859
    Abstract: A portable dual-use water bottle, includes an upper cap, a bottle body, and a lower bottom. The bottle body has a lower portion and a lower bottom. The lower bottom cap has a volume, the lower bottom cap being soft, and firmly buckled to the lower portion of the bottle body by the lower bottom of the bottle body and firmly sleeved and fixed thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher James HORNUNG, Zeng Yi BAO, Tianle YANG
  • Publication number: 20170127860
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lid for containers including one or more liquids. The lid is configured to provide the user with both protection from spillage, and a natural drinking experience. The structural features of the lid include a rim, a top surface, and a reservoir. The reservoir includes one or more drink inlets positioned on a lower wall portion configured to allow the one or more liquids from the container to pass through when the lid is in a drinking position, and to drain the one or more liquids from the lid to the container when the lid is not in a drinking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Tariq Ziad KHALAF
  • Publication number: 20170127861
    Abstract: A disposable cup heat sleeve, adapted to fit around a cup, includes: an outer sleeve having an inner surface that faces the cup when the heat sleeve is fit around the cup; and an inner pouch attached to the inner surface of the outer sleeve and being activatable to causes an exothermic chemical reaction involving a reactant stored in the inner pouch, to thereby cause the inner pouch to generate heat to maintain heat of contents of the cup when the heat sleeve is fitted around the cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Madison Dawn TAMBLYN
  • Publication number: 20170127862
    Abstract: A personalized name straw of three co-linear segments, the middle one of which is in the nature of a personalized name of cursive, scripted letters hollowed out in forming a conduit between tubular first and third segments to channel liquids from a first end to a second end through the personalized name—and with the segments being either colorized or see-through as desired, when formed as a unitary component of an injection molding format manufacture process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Anthony Frassetti
  • Publication number: 20170127863
    Abstract: A holder for multiple containers, which thread into opposing open portions of one or more double container holders which hold the containers in opposed coaxial pairs. This allows for safe transport of multiple glass containers at one time by incorporating the cap, lid or top connection of several containers into one holder. This limits the movement of containers independently, restricting the motion to avoid glass on glass contact. The design could also be altered to cover or go around existing lids and caps so the connection device would be independent of the closed containers themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Lonny R. Kirby
  • Publication number: 20170127864
    Abstract: The Stadium Snack Tray is used for storing food when an individual is having a tailgate party either outside a stadium or in their home on which it is supported and a method for manufacturing same. The food tray is the core of the Snack Tray. Each tray will hold 5 oz. of the cooked food and store the food until it is ready to be served. The units will be able to be taken apart and washed and the food trays separated from the holding trays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Reginald Bernard Houston, SR.
  • Publication number: 20170127865
    Abstract: A wrinkle removal system. The wrinkle removal system includes a first jaw connected to a second jaw via a hinge having a spring, wherein the spring biases the first jaw against the second jaw in a closed position. A weighted member is removably secured to each jaw. The weighted members may be interchanged with heavier or lighter weighted members depending on the fabric or the type of garment to which the wrinkle removal system is secured. The wrinkle removal system is securable to a portion of a garment such as a shirt sleeve in order to return a garment that has been shrunk in a dryer to its original form and shape. It may also be used to prevent wrinkles from forming when the garment is hung in a closet or other storage area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: James Vaughn
  • Publication number: 20170127866
    Abstract: A hanger can include a unitary bar extending between first and second opposite ends and between top and bottom surfaces. The hanger can also include a suspending member having a shank fixed to the unitary bar. The hanger can also include a first and second series of curved notches respectively disposed at the first and second opposite ends. The hanger can also include a bidirectional notch extending into the unitary bar from the bottom surface at a position between the first and second opposite ends, The bidirectional notch can extend vertically for a. first predetermined distance and laterally for a second predetermined distance. An upwardly-facing surface can be defined by the bidirectional notch and is positioned lower than the first and second series of curved notches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Steven Sal Debus
  • Publication number: 20170127867
    Abstract: A hook rail assembly for hanging objects on a wall includes an elongated rail member for abutting the wall, at least one anchor component connected to a back side of the rail member and at least one hook member positioned at a front side of the rail member. The anchor component including a base and at least one wall penetrating retainer, the wall penetrating retainer having a wall penetrating extent that that protrudes rearwardly of the rail member and has a curved configuration. The wall penetrating extent may be arcuate and have a radius of curvature with a center point proximate a bottom side of the rail member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Dale G. Malott, Gary E. Will, Byron K. Grice, Ryan Hamblin
  • Publication number: 20170127868
    Abstract: A delivery box with a main rectilinear receiving compartment with a wedge-shaped upper area. A movable divider is hingedly attached along one side to the interior of the main compartment, and can be lowered into place to provide additional support, stability or space, thereby dividing the interior into two sections. A zippered door or flap provides access to the interior for storage of delivered packages, groceries, or similar items. The zippered door or flap may be locked. One or more hooks extend from the top of the delivery box for mounting on a door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: ASHLEY AMBER ADEWUYI
  • Publication number: 20170127869
    Abstract: The main embodiment is a system, apparatus, and method for attaching a decorative accessory, ornament, cover, disguise, and or enhancement to an item and/or fixture. The system, apparatus, and method comprising two components, one piece with magnetic properties, referred herein as first end A and second end B that can be arranged around or attached to myriad surfaces and/or items, and one piece referred herein as decorative linking component D which includes decorative housing F, magnetic element E, and various connector G, and links decorative accessory to the fixture or other item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Kellyann Parrillo Milkowski
  • Publication number: 20170127870
    Abstract: A system, method and device for cutting and peeling a root vegetable. The system includes a frame to receive a cooked root vegetable, a surface slidably connected to the frame to move linearly and reciprocally along at least a portion of the length of the frame, a wire assembly fixed to the frame and oriented perpendicular to the movement of the surface, and power to enable the surface to move toward the wire assembly. When the surface is activated, it moves the vegetable through the wire assembly which simultaneously cuts and removes the skin therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Hosan Khalil Smiley
  • Publication number: 20170127871
    Abstract: A food steamer includes a base, a cooking container receivable by said base, a lid receivable atop said cooking container, a boiler housed within the base, a steam flow pathway extending from said boiler to said lid for directing steam generated by said boiler into said container through said lid, a control unit configured to control operation of said food steamer in response to a user input. The control unit is configured to automatically deactivate the boiler when the lid is removed from the cooking container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: CONAIR CORPORATION
    Inventor: ANTHONY KIT LUN LEUNG
  • Publication number: 20170127872
    Abstract: The invention concerns a brewing unit (3) having a cavity for enclosing a food ingredient contained in a package (C), comprising first (14) and second (15) cavity parts, and fluid injection means (13), characterized in that said first and second cavity parts (14, 15) are hinged in a pivotal arrangement between open and closed positions and in that, when said cavity parts are pivoted in a closed position, the fluid injection means (13) and/or the first cavity part (14) are movable in translation relative to the second cavity part (15), between:—a closed unlocked position that allows relative pivotal movement between cavity parts, and—a closed locked position wherein said cavity parts are translated in contact with each other to close said brewing cavity, and wherein said injection means (13) protrude inside the brewing cavity to pierce a wall of the portion package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Philippe Dumur, Fabien Ludovic Agon, Youcef Ait Bouziad
  • Publication number: 20170127873
    Abstract: A loose material measuring and dispensing system including a container and dispenser. The tea container serves to store the tea leaves or grounds in a storage bin prior to activation of the system. Upon activation, the dispenser measures and loads a selected amount of tea into a hopper for dispensing, such as into a waiting cup or a tea infuser. The amount of tea may be selected based upon user operation of one of a number of quantity indicating/selection buttons provided in a user interface. The container is a sealed canister, such as a bag or jug, which is preferably impermeable to light. Furthermore, the dispenser is able to operate to load a desired amount of tea (e.g. by weight), specified by the user, into the hopper. Once the desired amount of tea is loaded into the hopper, the tea may be dispensed, such as into a waiting cup or infuser below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Eric Geier, Jim Hartman, Everett Mathis, Mehul Patel, Jerry Gotway, Cheryl Watson
  • Publication number: 20170127874
    Abstract: A coffee maker includes an injection needle producing a dispersed spray and a rotating brewing chamber. The brewing chamber may include rollers for rotating a brewing cartridge and a centered extraction needle, or may include a rotating cradle including one or more offset extraction needles. The injection needle includes radially oriented ports providing the dispersed spray into the cartridge interior. As the cartridge is rotated, the dispersed spray prevents or reduces the formation of channels or clumping of the brewing material thus providing better extraction of brewed beverage from the brewing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Adrian Rivera
  • Publication number: 20170127875
    Abstract: Pumping and foaming device (100) comprising a container compartment (20) where a foamable fluid (1) is stored, an air entry (13) through which air is provided into the device (100) and a processing compartment (10) where fluid is pumped and foamed with air, the processing compartment (10) comprising at least one movable part and a static part, movable with respect to each other; said parts being arranged in such a way that their relative movement pumps fluid by suction from the container compartment (20) respectively into the processing compartment (10), and also drives the mixture of air and fluid through a thin gap providing a certain level of shear stress which allows this mixture to foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory Savioz, Youcef Ait Bouziad, Alexa Perrin
  • Publication number: 20170127876
    Abstract: A machine for preparing beverages with frothed milk, which comprises a base structure adapted to dispense a beverage and provided with a dispensing head below which there is a dispensing region in which it is possible to arrange a container for collecting the dispensed beverage; the base structure comprises a steam outlet and a milk reservoir that can be separated from the base structure comprising a lid; the base structure comprises a Venturi block that can be separated from the base structure and is connected to the steam outlet and to the milk reservoir in order to draw the milk from the milk reservoir by the Venturi effect and to produce frothed milk; the Venturi block is interposed between the dispensing head and the lid of the milk reservoir and is connected detachably to the lid of the milk reservoir in a lateral position with respect to the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: ILLYCAFFE' SPA
    Inventors: Franciscus Benedictus Maria VAN EEDEN, Claudio GIACHIN, Bruno DELLAPIETRA, Diego BALESTIER
  • Publication number: 20170127877
    Abstract: Provided is a device (2) for producing and dispensing a boiling liquid including: a vessel (3); a heating system (4); a supply system (8) for supplying liquid from the vessel to the heating system; a dispensing system (13) configured to separate the boiling liquid and the steam resulting from said boiling, in order to dispense the boiling liquid and to discharge the steam; a first system for measuring the temperature of the liquid in the heating system; a system (24) for measuring the amount of steam discharged; and a system for controlling the supply system configured such as to control the flow of liquid supplying the heating system in accordance with said measurements of temperature and amount of steam discharged. Also provided is a method for producing and dispensing boiling liquid and to an apparatus (I) for preparing a beverage provided with such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Laurent GUEGAN
  • Publication number: 20170127878
    Abstract: A multiple compartment decanter for tank brewer having a multiple function faucet handle is disclosed having a decanter having a top and a compartment for receiving a brewed beverage through the top, the tank having a faucet assembly having a first faucet, a second faucet, and a center faucet mechanism with the first faucet and the second faucet each having a handle, respectively, which may be moved to lift an internal faucet seat which allows liquid within the compartment to be drained or dispensed from the decanter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph P. Webster, Frank W. Krockenberg
  • Publication number: 20170127879
    Abstract: A multi-power-source motor assembly for a rotisserie includes: a housing with a receiving space, in whose lower portion a battery or a mobile power pack can be mounted; a fixing base mounted in an upper portion of the receiving space; a motor and a reduction gear unit, both mounted on the fixing base, wherein the reduction gear unit has an input gear meshing with the motor and an output gear provided with an output shaft for connecting with a spit; battery connections and a mobile power pack socket, both mounted in the lower portion of the receiving space, wherein the battery connections are connectable to the battery, and the mobile power pack socket is connectable to the mobile power pack; and a power switch mounted on the housing and electrically connected to the battery connections, the mobile power pack socket, and the motor in order to control power supply to the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Huang-Hsi HSU
  • Publication number: 20170127880
    Abstract: A method for off-site manufacture of prefabricated monolithic fireplaces etc comprising a plurality of concrete blocks; the method comprising the steps of constructing a first layer of blocks, providing a steel frame and securing the same to the blocks and to a second layer of blocks constructed atop the first layer, and constructing additional layers of blocks sequentially atop the second layer each block being adhesively secured to each of its adjacent blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Raymond Paulding
  • Publication number: 20170127881
    Abstract: A fryer apparatus is disclosed herein for rapidly increasing pressure in a pressure fryer cooking chamber during a cooking cycle. Such fryer apparatus may determine whether a pressure output in the cooking chamber is closed. The fryer apparatus also determines a pressure of the cooking chamber, compares the pressure of the cooking chamber to a predetermined optimal pressure to determine whether the pressure of the cooking chamber is less than the optimal pressure, and activates a filter pump that supplies air from a drain pan into the cooking chamber in response to determining that the pressure output is closed and the pressure of the cooking chamber is less than the optimal pressure. The fryer apparatus further deactivates the filter pump when the pressure within the cooking chamber is equal to or greater than the optimal pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: David B. Winter, Gary L. Mercer, Tim A. Landwehr, Keith Lambert
  • Publication number: 20170127882
    Abstract: A continuous fryer that includes a vessel (kettle) (11) through which oil (13) flows in a predetermined direction (12). An upstream end of the kettle (11) is a flow control device (34) that at least aids in maintaining linear flow through the vessel (11) is said predetermined direction (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: TNA Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Peter Elsendoorn, Dennis Jeandor, Ton van Tol
  • Publication number: 20170127883
    Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting the pressure in a cooking chamber of a pressure fryer. The pressure inside the cooking chamber is determined in response to detecting closure of a valve that vents the cooking chamber. The pressure in the chamber is compared to a predetermined pressure. If the pressure in the chamber is less than the predetermined pressure, a pressure assist system is activated. The pressure assist system includes an air pump and/or pressure source, and when activated, supplies a gas to the cooking chamber to increase the pressure in the cooking chamber. The pressure may be determined at a predetermined time after closure of the valve, and an amount of gas to be added to the cooking chamber determined based on a difference between the measured pressure and the predetermined pressure. Use of the pressure assist system allows for optimal cooking of batches of food of many sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: William M. Casey, Ben Krupp, Bradley Loase, David B. Winter, Gary L. Mercer, Tim A. Landwehr, Keith Lambert
  • Publication number: 20170127884
    Abstract: Automatic process for calibrating the single and double dose of ground and dispensed coffee by means of a specific grinder-doser integrating a weighing device with a load cell. The process is automatically and steadily carried out during the ordinary activity, with no interruptions, adapting the grinding time according to the actually detected grammages, in order to get closer as much as possible to the desired grammage in any use condition. The process, after a preliminary phase for temporary configuring the desired grammages and the grinding time, conceives self-calibration cycles continuously repeated, each of them comprising three sequential phases: a first phase for automatically checking the dispensing with progressive weight detections, a second phase for automatically processing the detected data for determining the correct grinding time, a following third phase for the automatic setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: FIORENZATO M.C. SRL
    Inventor: Manuel ODDERA
  • Publication number: 20170127885
    Abstract: An apparatus, including a cooking pot; and a food processor including a housing having a first section and second section, a food processing attachment, and a plate. The first section houses an electric motor. The second section is elongate in shape and houses a portion of a rotating member. The second section has a first end portion, connected or attached to the first section, and a second end portion. The food processing attachment contains a food processing element connected or attached to the second end portion of the second section. The rotating member is mechanically connected or coupled to the food processing attachment. The plate is sized to be placed on, or attached to, a top of the cooking pot. The plate contains an opening for receiving the second section which is capable of being slideably moved in and through the opening in the plate in both directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: RAYMOND ANTHONY JOAO, MARY ANTONETTE SPANO a/k/a CALVI
  • Publication number: 20170127886
    Abstract: A capped bathtub system including a bathing well having a rim extending along a perimeter of an upper part of the bathing well and a rim cap configured to cover the rim. The rim cap includes a first flange that extends partially along an inner surface of the bathing well, a second flange that extends partially along an outer surface of the bathing well, and a cover portion that connects the first flange to the second flange. At least one recess is formed into a portion of the rim that is covered by the rim cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: PETER W. SWART
  • Publication number: 20170127887
    Abstract: An implement which combines several desired functions in a single personal washing tool. The implement includes a cleansing side, an exfoliating side and a lather-generating core. The first layer is an open knitted material which is especially suited for exfoliation and performs the functions of a pouf, but preferably with superior cleansing. The second layer comprises an open cell polymeric material which is able to generate substantial lather and is interposed between the first layer and a third layer. The third layer is a terry knitted material which provides superior cleansing as compared to a standard cotton washcloth. The implement of the invention functions both as a washcloth and a pouf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Stuart Harvey LEE, Adrian CANDELA, Heather STUART, Jenna EDGEMON, Heather FRITZSCHE, Kerin Frances JACOB, Kathleen Lynn MELO, Prasad Babu Deenadayalan POLUR
  • Publication number: 20170127888
    Abstract: This device is a portable, self-contained, manually operated, personal toilet hygiene device to be used externally as a portable bidet for anal and genital water-spray hygiene completion after toileting. It is a substantial modification of a two liter, plastic, manually filled and hand-pressure-pumped garden weed sprayer. Where weed sprayers are designed to spray toxic liquids AWAY from the user, this device has been modified to direct non-toxic liquids TOWARD the user; specifically, toward the anal and genital area after toileting. This device consists of a two liter, heavy walled, plastic cylindrical reservoir, a removable center-mount hand-pump, a nylon reinforced plastic hose, a hand-held hose handle with a control release lever, a plastic wand extension with 135 degree modified bend at the tip and an adjustable spray nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Steven Edwards Culton, SR.
  • Publication number: 20170127889
    Abstract: A connector material including a first mechanical connector structure and a second mechanical connector structure, the first and second mechanical connector structures being two corresponding structures, each structure being capable of forming a mechanical interconnection with said other structure, and being incapable of forming a mechanical interconnection with an identical structure, the first and second connector structures being arranged in a selected pattern. Also, a method for manufacturing a connector material, and a method for manufacturing individual connectors from a connector material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventor: Bjƶrn LARSSON
  • Publication number: 20170127890
    Abstract: A toilet brush that is self-cleaning and retractable for hygienic storage. The toilet brush includes a handle, a connecting shaft, a tubular enclosure, a removable brush, a plurality of ultraviolet (UV) light sources, and a battery. The handle is terminally connected to the connecting shaft to provide a user with a grasping element. The removable brush is adjacently and concentrically to the connected shaft, opposite the handle. The tubular enclosure houses the removable brush and is positioned concentric with the connecting shaft, adjacent to the removable brush. Additionally, the tubular enclosure is slidably mounted to the connected shat, opposite the handle. The plurality of UV light sources kills or inactivates microorganisms on the removable brush. As such, the plurality of UV light sources is distributed about an inner surface of the tubular enclosure and is powered by the battery. The battery is internally mounted within the connecting shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Timothy Sean Brittain
  • Publication number: 20170127891
    Abstract: A shutter slat cleaning accessory having a profile corresponding to the slat. The accessory can be configured to be reversibly attachable to a glove or an operating rod; and can include a C-shaped anchoring accessory, built from elastic bottom, top and connecting portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: TZVI DERI
  • Publication number: 20170127892
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a floor surface including an upright part having a user graspable handle and a base assembly including a first base part connected to the upright part and a second base part connected to the first base part. The second base part includes a cleaning member. The apparatus further includes a device for effecting movement of the first and second base parts relative to each other. The device effects movement of the second base part between respective first and second conditions and the second base part has a first passage with a respective inlet and a second passage with a respective inlet. When the second base part is in its second condition the inlet of the second passage is positioned closer to a floor surface than it is positioned when the second base part is in its first condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Waters, Charlene Reid
  • Publication number: 20170127893
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a floor surface including an upright part having a user graspable handle; a base assembly is connected to the upright part and includes a base part having a first passage with a respective inlet; and a second passage with a respective inlet. The apparatus includes a device for effecting movement of the base part between respective first and second conditions, and a suction source for providing suction to one or both of the first and second passages. As the base part is moved between its first and second conditions by the device, the suction provided to one or both of the first and second passages is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Waters, Charlene Reid
  • Publication number: 20170127894
    Abstract: A floor tool for an apparatus having a source of suction for cleaning a floor surface, the floor tool includes a base assembly including a base part having a first passage with a respective inlet, and a second passage with a respective inlet. A device for effecting movement of the base part is between respective first and second conditions, and the first and second inlets are positioned in respective planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Waters, Charlene Reid
  • Publication number: 20170127895
    Abstract: A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance, the cleaner head including a main body having an air inlet and an air outlet, an agitator supported for rotation with respect to the main body about a rotational axis, and a collector for collecting strands of hair. The collector is supported by the main body and arranged such that strands of hair drawn through the air inlet wrap around at least part of the collector. The collector is movable with respect to the main body between a hair collecting position in which the agitator is rotatable with respect to the collector and a hair removal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: David Andrew ISLEY, Gerard Matthew SHEVLIN
  • Publication number: 20170127896
    Abstract: A surface cleaning head with dual rotating agitators (e.g., a leading roller and a brush roll) may be used to facilitate capturing of debris in the air flow into a suction conduit on the underside of the surface cleaning head. The leading roller is generally positioned adjacent to and in advance of the opening of the suction conduit. The rotating brush roll may be located in the suction conduit with the leading roller located in front of and spaced from the brush roll, forming an inter-roller air passageway therebetween. The leading roller may provide a softer cleaning element than the brush roll and may also have an outside diameter that is less than the outside diameter of the brush roll. The surface cleaning head may also include debriding protrusions contacting the leading roller and/or a leading bumper that extends in front of the leading roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Paul CARTER, Adam UDY, Catriona A. SUTTER, Christopher PINCHES, David S. CLARE, Andre David BROWN, John FREESE, Patrick CLEARY, Alexander CALVINO, Lee COTTRELL, Daniel MEYER, Daniel John INNES, David JALBERT, Jason THORNE, Peter HUTCHINSON, Gordon HOWE, Nancy GAO WENXIU, David WU, David W. POIRIER
  • Publication number: 20170127897
    Abstract: A hose valve for central vacuum cleaning systems having retractable suction hoses that retract into a system vacuum pipe. The hose valve comprises a valve box, a chamber connection port, and a system pipe connection port arranged to securely engage the chamber connection port. A locking assembly is radially disposed about a locking assembly axis between the chamber connection port and the system pipe connection port. The locking assembly comprises a coaxially disposed compression cylinder having a radially outer cylinder surface arranged to define symmetrically disposed helical grooves. A cylindrical deformable sleeve is coaxially disposed adjacent the compression cylinder and is radially inwardly deformable responsive to an axial compressive force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Rod Drivstuen, Robert Lee Rawls
  • Publication number: 20170127898
    Abstract: A telescopic wand for a vacuum cleaner includes an inner tube, an outer tube, and a catch, wherein the inner tube includes multiple projections, the outer tube includes a pair of bosses, and the catch includes a locking stub. The catch pivotally attaches to the outer tube and pivots between lock and unlock positions. The locking stub projects between two of the projections in the lock position and is lifted clear of the projections in the unlock position. Applying a push or pull force to the wand when in the locked position causes a first projection to abut a side of the locking stub and the bosses to abut an opposite side thereof, and applying the push or pull force to the wand when in the unlock position causes the inner tube to slide relative to the outer tube and the second projection to pass between the bosses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Adam David LAMBERT, Paul Andrew MCLUCKIE
  • Publication number: 20170127899
    Abstract: A telescopic wand for a vacuum cleaner includes an inner tube, an outer tube, and a catch assembly. The catch assembly includes a catch and a leaf spring. The catch pivotally mounts to the outer tube and includes a button and a locking stub. The leaf spring extends between the catch and the outer tube and exerts a biasing force on the catch. The catch pivots between lock and unlock positions. The catch is biased by the force to the lock position, and depressing the button causes the catch to pivot to the unlock position. The locking stub engages the inner tube when the catch is in the lock position to prevent movement of the inner tube relative to the outer tube. The locking stub disengages the inner tube when the catch is in the unlock position to permit movement of the inner tube relative to the outer tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Adam David LAMBERT, Paul Andrew MCLUCKIE
  • Publication number: 20170127900
    Abstract: An extractor including a housing, a suction source disposed within the housing, and a suction nozzle in communication with the suction source and movable relative to the housing. The extractor also includes a recovery tank carried by the housing, and the suction source is in communication with the recovery tank for drawing fluid through the suction nozzle and storing the drawn fluid in the recovery tank. A cleaning chamber disposed on the housing receives a portion of the suction nozzle, and the cleaning chamber is configured to selectively receive a fluid along a fluid flow path in communication with the cleaning chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Wright, John Bantum, Marlee Poitinger, Rafael Davila
  • Publication number: 20170127901
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus has a fluid distribution system for storing and delivering fluid to a surface to be cleaned, and includes a steam nozzle in fluid communication with a steam generator. A pad mounting plate is adapted to mount a cleaning pad to the apparatus, and has a steam orifice in fluid communication with the steam nozzle. A flexible seal is provided between the steam nozzle and the pad mounting plate to seals a space between the steam nozzle and the steam orifice to prevent steam leaks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Gang Huang, Jian Yun Pi