Abstract: A product display may include a product swatch frame having a plurality of convex surfaces extending towards a front surface and defining product swatch support surfaces configured to support a swatch including a product identifier; and a flange configured to position the swatch provided between an adjacent pair of convex surfaces. A product merchandising system may include a housing having a front surface; and a product display disposed proximate the front surface.

Abstract: Display case is provided that includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion has a rim defining an opening, a substantially cylindrical portion extending from the rim, and a curvilinear portion extending from the substantially cylindrical portion and terminating in a substantially flat portion. The lower portion includes a first surface having a first receiving portion formed therein, a sealing surface extending from the first surface and configured to be inserted into of the opening and engage with the substantially cylindrical portion, and a second surface opposite the first surface which forms a second receiving portion. The first receiving portion and the second receiving portion are substantially the same size and configured to receive a base of a toy.

Abstract: A merchandising tray used for displaying product containers includes a base defining a support surface, and a single side wall divider connected to the base. The single side wall divider has a vertical wall provided with a rearward end and a forward end, a first retaining structure formed between the rearward end and the forward end, and the forward end being formed with a supporting wall having a second retaining structure. The merchandising tray is adapted to be suspended upon a group of like adjacently disposed merchandising trays such that the first retaining structure is engaged with the second retaining structure. A merchandising tray arrangement and methods of using the merchandising trays are also disclosed.

Abstract: This disclosure discloses various merchandisers, mats, hang tabs, and methods of manufacture and use thereof.

Abstract: The neck support pillow includes a main pillow body and a neck support member releasably engaged to the main pillow body. The neck support member includes a first body portion covering at least part of a first face of the main pillow body adjacent an edge of the main pillow body for supporting the neck in use and a second body portion extending from the first portion over the edge of the main pillow body towards a second face of the main pillow body. The neck support member provides a raised surface relative to the main pillow body surface for supporting the neck in use. Neck support members and uses of the neck support members are also described.

Abstract: A cushion including a pillow portion useable for supporting the head of a user of the cushion and an elongate trunk portion that extends away from the pillow portion and which is usable for supporting the chin of the user. Wherein the pillow portion is shaped so that it is useable to extend from at least a position on the back of the neck of a user whose head is being supported by the pillow portion that is less than three centimetres from the mid-point of the back of the neck to at least a position where it contacts an ear of the user, and wherein in this use of the pillow portion the trunk portion extends away from the pillow portion towards the chin of the user.

Abstract: A cereal bowl assembly that includes a base bowl, where the base bowl includes a first diameter; and a cereal bowl, where the cereal bowl includes a second diameter and the second diameter smaller than the first diameter, where the cereal bowl is adapted to fit into the base bowl. Advantageously the cereal bowl includes a plurality of holes within a bottom surface. The cereal bowl may further include support brackets extending from the cereal bowl, where the support brackets extend over a lip of the base bowl and down the outside of the base bowl. The cereal bowl may also include a handle extending from an edge, where the support brackets and handle are adapted to support the cereal bowl over the base bowl.

Abstract: An agitating device is provided that extracts food particles from food suspended in a liquid. The agitating device includes a rim, an interior portion having a plurality of apertures and a plurality of projections that extend from the interior portion, and a plurality of tabs that mechanically couple the rim and the interior portion. Furthermore, an infusion device is provided that infuses food flavors from food suspended in a liquid. The infusion device includes a lid, a container having an open end and a closed end, and the agitating device placed between the lid and the container. The plurality of projections extends from the interior portion toward the closed end of the container. The interior portion of the agitating device includes a surface that supports the plurality of projections oriented between 0° and 180° relative to the surface.

Abstract: Provided is a glass that includes a support, a bowl that is configured to contain a fluid and defining a central axis. The glass may also include a labile connector fastened to the support and to the bowl, the labile connector allowing the cup to rotate eccentrically with respect to the support.

Abstract: A drinking container is provided that can include a lid member and a cup member. The lid member can include a base member and a spout extending up from the base member. The spout can provide a fluid passageway from outside the drinking container to the volume of the cup member so that a child may drink liquid contained within the cup member. When the lid member is removably coupled to the cup member, two or more seals are created around the circumference of the drinking container between the lid member and the cup member to decrease the likelihood of leakage from between the cup member and the lid member when the lid is coupled to the cup member.

Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of finger-mountable utensils and related methods. In an exemplary embodiment, a utensil generally includes a handle for supporting a utensil piece. The handle has a distal stem portion and an opening proximal to the distal stem portion. The opening is configured to receive one or more user fingers to support the handle and utensil piece without the received one or more fingers having to contact the distal stem portion during use of the utensil.

Abstract: A culinary knife block assembly includes a block containing a series of knife holders, each knife holder including one or more friction ribs for engagement with a knife and including a resilient latch for releasably attaching the knife holder to the block.

Abstract: A beverage glass transport apparatus holds and transports multiple beverage glasses, each having a narrow base portion and a wider upper portion. The apparatus includes a unitary fork body with two spaced apart arms defining a slot therebetween, with an opening at one end of the fork body. Optionally, each arm may include an inner band and an outer band joined to the inner band. The inner bands have upper surfaces which cooperate to define a plane. Each of the outer bands extends in a direction away from the plane, which may be downwardly. The fork body also includes a bridge interconnecting the arms, the bridge disposed at an end of the fork body opposite the opening. The fork body also includes a handle attached to the bridge portion, for being grasped by a user to carry the apparatus. A method of using the apparatus to transport beverages is also described.

Abstract: A chair shaped device including an aperture for receiving and holding a beverage container.

Abstract: A bracket is described for securely storing a bottle is disclosed. The bracket may include a clip configured to receive a neck of the bottle, and a mounting face configured to securely mount the bracket to a vertical mounting surface. In some examples, the mounting surface may further include a base configured to receive a body of the bottle.

Abstract: An electric wine decanter comprises a housing, an air pump, a spout, the retaining base and a control switch. The retaining base is provided with a vent hole for communicating with the air in the wine container and a wine guide tube for extending to a bottom of the wine container. The housing further includes a directional control valve therein for controlling an air flow switch of the air pump and a drive device for controlling the operation of the directional control valve. The directional control valve includes a valve body and a valve seat mounted to a bottom of the valve body. It is only necessary to install the electric wine decanter on the mouth of the wine container. By the opening and closing of the different valve mouths, the flow path of the air flow is changed to realize the functions of pressure-holding, vacuumizing and decanting.

Abstract: A hanger rod assembly for hanging clothes in a wardrobe. The hanger rod assembly includes a hanger rod frame having a first hanger rod, a second hanger rod and a third hanger rod. The first hanger rod, the second hanger rod and the third hanger rod are each parallel to one another. A plurality of stabilization rods is movably affixed to the first hanger rod. An elongation frame can be telescopically secured to the hanger rod frame, allowing the wardrobe hanger rod assembly to extend to fit wardrobes of diverse sizes. A plurality of hooks is affixed to the hanger rod frame and the elongation frame.

Abstract: A clothes hanger may be configured with extension rods that are adapted to cause a lower portion of a garment hung on the hanger to be pulled tautly between the extension rods. The extension rods may be adapted to cooperate to impede wrinkling of a lower portion of the garment. The hanger may have a hook portion and a shoulder portion. The extension rods may be flexible and resilient, and may be coupled to the shoulder portion via respective torsion springs, or by a detent mechanism. The hanger may include a housing that contains the torsion springs or detent mechanism. At least one of the extension rods may be a telescoping rod. The rods may be hinged to the shoulder portion. The rods may be adapted to be folded up into the hanger to emulate the look of a conventional clothes hanger.

Abstract: This invention relates to a washable multi-component magnetic floor mat with a hidden base component. The floor mat contains a textile component and a base component. The textile component and the base component are attached to one another by magnetic attraction. The magnetic attraction is provided by incorporation of magnetic particles in both the textile and base components. The textile component is designed to be soiled, washed, and re-used, thereby providing ideal end-use applications in areas such as building entryways. The present invention eliminates the need to wash the base component of the floor mat which results in environmental, cost and labor conservation. Alignment and deployment of the textile component with the base component in an efficient manner is also described herein.

Abstract: A portable framed artistic window pane covers includes plain and textured window pane film mounted on glass or transparent polyvinyl sheet with a prismatic effect that allows incoming light to pass through a window pane while refracting the light at random or semi-random angles in a manner that distorts viewed images through window panes of any size outside a home, office, or structure to create privacy for persons inside home, office, and other structures.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a device for peeling, including a peeling means, a fixing means, a first motor, a second motor, a control device for controlling the peeling means, a three-dimensional (3D) modeling apparatus configured to acquire three-dimensional coordinates of the surface of the item to be peeled, and a processing and controlling unit, wherein the processing and controlling unit is connected to the three-dimensional modeling apparatus and configured to determine an operating parameter of the peeling means, an operating parameter of the first motor and an operating parameter of the second motor, the processing and controlling unit is further connected to the first motor and controls the first motor to drive the movement of the fixing means, the processing and controlling unit is further connected to the second motor and control the second motor to drive the movement of the peeling means.

Abstract: A steam cooking system includes a first steam cooking cavity, a second steam cooking cavity and a steam generator. The steam generator includes a steam outlet for selectively feeding steam to one or both of the first steam cooking cavity and the second steam cooking cavity, the outlet selectively connectable to feed steam to the first steam cooking cavity and/or the second steam cooking cavity via a valved fluid path. The valved fluid path includes a main supply valve, a first valve and a second valve configured and controllable to assure that the steam generator outlet is always connect to atmosphere by one or more paths.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for providing information available during the packaging process for a food to be available during the cooking process for the food.

Abstract: A sous-vide cooker for sous-vide cooking applications is disclosed. The sous-vide cooker is particularly suited for use in home kitchens and on small countertops. The sous-vide cooker includes a removable inner tank cooking chamber. The sous-vide cooker has a magnetic stirrer that agitates the water for better temperature homogeneity. In at least one embodiment, the sous-vide cooker can also accept multiple tank cooking chambers that each heat at different temperatures. In at least one embodiment, a temperature controller is present on the outer surface of the outer enclosure. The temperature controller may be used to control the temperature, the period of time cooking is to occur, and the degree of agitation exerted by the agitation device. In at least one embodiment, the temperature controller can be further configurable to store a number of pre-defined user settings or user-input specifications.

Abstract: A filter vessel for accommodating a filter insert made of water-permeable material and fillable with coffee grounds. The filter vessel includes a bottom; and side walls upwardly extending from the bottom and spreading outwardly. The bottom includes at least two openings through which a filtrate can pass. The bottom includes a separating element in a central region of the bottom. The separating element divides a region above the bottom into two approximately equal sized drainage chambers. Each drainage chamber includes at least one of the at least two openings for discharging the filtrate.

Abstract: A teapot is disclosed. It comprises a body having an aperture, a lip extending about the aperture, a filter element positionable so as to extend into the body through the aperture whilst being supported by the lip, and a lid to close the aperture over the filter element. The teapot also comprises a dish in which to stand the filter element upon removal of the filter element from the body. The dish is stowable, when not in use, within the filter element so that the lid extends over both the filter element and the dish.

Abstract: This invention provides a novel solution for a device and method including a hand-operated brewing press 100 and a separate brewing container 120 configured to brew a beverage. The beverage is brewed via the hand-operated brewing press 100 by first attaching the portafilter 126 container a portion of the pre-ground brewing medium onto a press plate 130. Next, the cylinder is attached onto the portafilter 126. Next, a portion of hot fluid 129 is poured into the cylinder. Next a piston 122 is inserted into the cylinder. Next, a force is applied to the lever 110 resulting in the piston 122 sliding downward inside the cylinder applying a pressure to the portion of hot fluid 129, the portion of hot fluid 129 is forced to flow into the portafilter 126 and through the portion of the pre-ground brewing medium 127 to produce the brewed beverage.

Abstract: A machine for preparing and dispensing espresso coffee or the like is described, said machine comprising: a first device for measuring the mass of an amount of ground coffee to be used for preparing an espresso coffee, a second device for measuring the mass of the brewed espresso coffee, a processing device for calculating a degree of concentration corresponding to a ratio between said mass of the amount of ground coffee and said mass of the brewed espresso coffee.

Abstract: A hand coffee maker includes a rack, a filtering device, a placement dish and a water tray. The rack includes an upright sheet, an annular top seat connected with an upper end of the upright sheet, and an annular bottom seat connected with a lower end of the upright sheet. The top seat has a center provided with a circular hole for placing the filtering device. The top seat has an outer periphery provided with a plurality of outer grooves to allow passage of a user's fingers. The bottom seat has a center provided with a circular hole for placing the placement dish. The bottom seat has an inner periphery provided with a plurality of inner grooves to allow passage of a user's fingers. The water tray is placed on the placement dish.

Abstract: A milk-frothing device may be provided that comprises a mixing chamber which is constructed such that, when the milk flows through the mixing chamber, shear forces act on the milk and lead to mechanical lysis of the proteins contained in the milk and hence effect improved frothing-up of the milk. A drinks preparer may be provided that comprises this milk-frothing device. A method may be provided for frothing-up of milk using this milk-frothing device.

Abstract: An apparatus for layering fluids in a container is provided. The apparatus may include a first component and a second component. The first component may include a first extension, a second extension, and a support portion disposed between the first extension and the second extension. When the first extension and the second extension are supported by the top of the drinking container, the support portion may be disposed at a vertical opening into the drinking container. The second component may include an upper portion defining a basin and a plurality of apertures extending between the basin and an exterior of the upper portion, a middle portion, and a lower portion. The lower portion or the middle portion may be configured to be coupled with the support portion of the first component to suspend the second component at the vertical opening into the drinking container.

Abstract: A mixed drink producing apparatus for a household refrigeration apparatus with a first dispensing container, which is formed for receiving a first liquid having a first freezing point and addable to a mixed drink by the mixed drink producing apparatus and which is connected to a dispensing unit of the mixed drink producing apparatus for conducting the first liquid from the first dispensing container to the dispensing unit, and with at least one second dispensing container, which is formed for receiving a second liquid having a second freezing point different from the first freezing point and addable to a mixed drink by the mixed drink producing apparatus and which is connected to the dispensing unit of the mixed drink producing apparatus for conducting the second liquid from the second dispensing container to the dispensing unit, wherein the first dispensing container and the second dispensing container are formed as chambers in an overall container, and the chamber of the first dispensing container is separa

Abstract: A collapsible and portable fireplace apparatus is described herein that includes a housing that is expanded and opens to create an open space for forming a fire, the housing being supported by a lightweight base wire frame assembly that also maintains the housing in an expanded state while in use. Once the base wire frame assembly is removed, the fireplace easily folds or collapses at a number of pivot points for ease of storage and transport along with the wire frame assembly. For improved operability a shelf grate is provided within the open space of the housing to support the fuel above a base panel to allow air to circulate under the burning fuel.

Abstract: Disclosure of a flipping device for cooking foods in an oven at home or at a commercial location resulting in a uniform cooking of the food as well as retaining a juicy texture uniformly within the food.

Abstract: A waffle iron plate for forming a waffle having multiple scores, the plate comprising a base having a front surface and at least two spaced-apart ribs extending from the front surface of the base and configured to form the scores, whereby the waffle may be folded along the scores so as to have a bottom portion and two side portions.

Abstract: An electric grill lighter has an electrically operated heating element that is bringable into contact with charcoal, and has a grip region for handling by a user. The grill lighter is usable without a line power connection and comprises a fan, an electric motor driving the fan, and an internal power supply for the heating element and the electric motor. A nozzle delivers air from the fan that emerges at the tip of the nozzle. The heating element is translationally displaceable such that it is displaceable between an idle position in which the heating element is inside the nozzle, and a contact position in which at least a sub-region of the heating element projects out of the tip of the nozzle and is bringable into contact with the charcoal.

Abstract: The present inventions are directed to an ash catcher system for use with a charcoal grill and having an ash catcher pan and a plurality of support clips.

Abstract: A mechanical arm and an operation system to perform a stir-frying action in cooking. The mechanical arm has motors and a plurality of links connecting with a pan. The links length and the binding angle are limited according to the pan action and the chefs' wrist through sum of sine function. In the other hands, weight and viscosity are different between different food materials. The operation system further controls the parameters, which include the velocity, the speed ratio of forward and backward, the rising time, the angel region of motor and the initial angle offset of pan, to adjust the action of mechanical arm performing the stir-flying action. It is suitable to decrease the time of food cooking and the hand burden. Therefore, the chefs can have more time to produce pre-treatment or post-production.

Abstract: A closing device able to be associated with a cooking apparatus of the type where the food product is totally or partly immersed in a cooking liquid, for example a deep fryer, with a main body defining an internal chamber and with a mouth to which a tube to discharge the cooking liquid is coupled. The closing device comprises at least one insert which can be selectively associated with an end open toward the outside of the discharge tube, a closing element which can be selectively associated with the insert, and a gasket interposed between the insert and the closing element.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooking food products, comprising a main body, a containing chamber suitable to contain a cooking liquid, an exit element of the cooking liquid from said containing chamber, and a removal device.

Abstract: Grinders, analyzers, and related technologies are described herein. The grinders can hold foodstuff that is periodically ground. The analyzers can analyze the foodstuff to determine information about the state of the foodstuff. Algorithms can be used to determine how to process the foodstuff, how to use the foodstuff, and/or when to discard the foodstuff. The grinder can be a portable, rechargeable electric coffee grinder configured to monitor the freshness of the coffee beans. When coffee beans become stale, they can be discarded and the coffee grinder can be refilled with fresh coffee beans.

Abstract: A system and method for coffee bean processing that includes a bean refinement chute with a bean grind inlet and a refined grind outlet; a filter system integrated into at least one surface within the chute; a vibration system operable in an active state that agitates bean grinds during progression from the bean grind inlet to the refined grind outlet; a refined grind chamber positioned adjacent to the refined grind outlet and thereby collects refined grinds; and a filtered grind chamber positioned beneath the filter system and thereby collects filtered grinds.

Abstract: A blender comprises a base, a blending mechanism and a fixing mechanism. The blending mechanism is formed by the encirclement of a plurality of thin and long curved blending units. The end portions of the two ends of each of the blending units are respectively inserted into the base. Parts of the end portions of all blending units in connection with the base are positioned on the same circumference. The clearances between two adjacent blending units are equal or similar. The fixing mechanism comprises a plurality of fixing units corresponding to the blending units one-to-one, and the fixing units are inserted into the base and fix the end portions of the corresponding blending unit that extend into the base in the base. The blender has the advantages of stable operation and uniform blending of the pulp and mediums after blending and beating.

Abstract: The invention has for its main object to provide a toothbrush holder assembly that is capable of holding and keeping a toothbrush clean with the head of the tooth-brush upsidedown so that water droplets from the tooth-brush can make direct way down to a washbowl of a washstand, the interior of a kitchen sink, and the floor of a bathroom, and that is capable of preventing the toothbrush held from coming down abruptly on the floor of the bathroom. A toothbrush holder assembly 1 comprises a pedestal 2, a shaft 3 that extends upwardly from the pedestal 2, a holder 4 that is attached in a position of the shaft 3 near the pedestal 2 in such a way as to be rotatable about the axis of the shaft 3, and a support 5 that is attached in a position of the shaft 3 near its upper end in such a way as to be rotatable about the axis of the shaft 3.

Abstract: A portable soap dispenser apparatus having a container bottle for liquid soap 11 having a lanyard 14 with a slider cord locking device 15, which can be used to suspend the soap bottle from typical shower appurtenances, with means of storing said lanyard for portability while not in use.

Abstract: Disclosed is a shower head assembly including a pipe section for attaching between a shower pipe and a shower head, said pipe section including a mounting block disposed thereon, said mounting block having a recess formed therein. A hanger arm is configured to be inserted into the recess for being removably attached to the pipe section and being held by the pipe section in a non-vertical orientation. When attached the hanger arm supports hangers for hanging items such as clothes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates a dyer that includes a front case including a first opening surrounded by an air guide that protrudes forward and a plurality of exhaust holes formed around the first opening, a rear case coupled to the front case and including a second opening surrounded by a housing guide protrudes backward, the second opening overlapping the first opening, a fan housing that is coupled to the first and second openings, is moveable in forward and backward directions along the air guide and the housing guide, and includes a blast fan therein, and a heater that is formed on the fan housing and heats and ejects wind generated by the blast fan, and a direction of the wind ejected from the heater is changed depending on forward and backward movement of the fan housing.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intelligent closestool including a closestool stand, a closestool seat, a closestool lid, a sensor and a controller. The sensor is configured to sense whether there is an object approaching, or moving away from, the closestool stand, and in the case that there is an object approaching the closestool stand, detect a standing direction of the object relative to the closestool stand. The controller is configured to open/close the closestool lid in the case that the sensor has sensed that the object approaches/moves away from the closestool stand; flip the closestool seat up in the case that the sensor has sensed that the object faces the closestool stand, and flip the closestool seat down in the case that the sensor has sensed that the object turns his or her back to the closestool stand.

Abstract: A toilet apparatus according to an embodiment includes a toilet seat, a main part, a toilet, a tank, and a radio wave sensor. The toilet seat is pivotally supported by the main part to be openable and closable. The toilet is provided under the main part. The main part is placed on the toilet. The tank is provided inside the toilet. Water for washing the toilet is stored in the tank. The radio wave sensor is disposed higher than the tank. The radio wave sensor detects a human body by radiating a radio wave frontward of the main part.

Abstract: A toilet apparatus according to an embodiment includes a human body detector and a controlled part. The toilet apparatus is mounted to a toilet. The human body detector radiates a radio wave and detects a human body based on the signal that is obtained. The human body detector outputs a control signal based on the detection result. The controlled part is controlled based on the control signal. The human body detector has two or more establishment times from when the signal is obtained until when the detection result based on the signal is established.