Patents Issued in June 26, 2018
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Patent number: 10004314Abstract: A flexible under-nail support device and method to apply the same that promotes long healthy fingernail growth by providing nail strength and support without any interaction or damage to the nail plate (upper nail) or the hyponychium (thickened epidermis under the nail). The device has an indention, with a preferred embodiment of an inverted V that is positioned under the fingernail and around the hyponychium. Its lateral sides are bonded to at least the nails' lateral undersides to provide extra strength to the nail. The bonded device is then clipped and filed to the natural nails length. The method includes healthy easy device removal and support replacement. As the nail grows, the process of attaching and removing supports is repeated and over time results in strong, long, healthy, aesthetically pleasing nails. For immediate nail lengthening, the device may be used as scaffolding with other technologies mitigating their respective health hazards.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventor: Donna Geraci Barnes
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Patent number: 10004315Abstract: A syringe-type cosmetic container in which a push bar for moving a piston is integrally formed on an upper end of an over cap so as to provide both a sealing function of closing a discharge hole by the over cap and a function as a pressing unit that moves the piston, such that manufacturing time may be shortened and manufacturing costs may be reduced by decreasing the number of components.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: YONWOO CO., LTD.Inventor: Seo-Hui Jung
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Patent number: 10004316Abstract: A cosmetic delivery system includes a peristaltic pump assembly having one or more wipers, the peristaltic pump assembly configured to mobilize the one or more wipers and to compress a flexible tubing received within an inner passageway partly defined by a pump casing wall, and a cosmetic applicator set having a cosmetic cartridge, the cosmetic cartridge fluidically coupled to a proximate end of the flexible tubing and an applicator connected to a distal end of the flexible tubing.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: L'OrealInventor: John Streeter
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Patent number: 10004317Abstract: A three to six sided lip balm applicator comprises a cap, a liner, and a base, having engagement assemblies for engaging the cap to the liner, the liner to the base, and a base from one lip balm applicator to an equivalent base from another lip balm applicator to form a lip balm container. The base comprises a partition with stabilizers which emerge from the partition and extend radially toward and overhang an aperture in the partition. The lip balm applicator may contain a domed lip balm, filled directly into the lip balm applicator or components thereof as a mold for manufacturing the domed lip balm, filled to a fill level approaching the partition top but not touching the partition top.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Matthew Clifton Keller, David Dombrowski, David Charles Fuhrmeister, William H. Valls, Zachariah S. Simmering, Jonathon Keith Markey
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Patent number: 10004318Abstract: An eye liner and/or eye brow cosmetic applicator device comprises a cylindrical handle segment and one or preferably two angled eye liner and eye brow cosmetic holding containers and applicators having a roller ball, tip, nib or a brush in communication with eye liner and eye brow cosmetic material contained within the containers at the angled ends of the device. The containers are removably connected to the handle for selective replacement. Caps or coverings are provided to the working tips of the containers and, in one embodiment, a smudger cap is provided, too. The caps are frictionally retained. The handle segments are preferably rotatably secured to one another for providing flexibility in rotation of each handle segment with respect to the other handle segment.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventors: Liya Levneff, Yuriy Leviyev
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Patent number: 10004319Abstract: A makeup application component includes a three-dimensional mask, a transfer layer, and a pigment layer. A surface curve of a first surface of the three-dimensional mask is corresponding to a surface curve of a face of a user. The transfer layer covers the first surface of the three-dimensional mask. The transfer layer is provided with a first surface and a second surface that are opposite each other. The first surface of the transfer layer clings to the first surface of the three-dimensional mask, and the pigment layer is attached to the second surface of the transfer layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: ZONG JING INVESTMENT, INC.Inventor: Charlene Hsueh-Ling Wong
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Patent number: 10004320Abstract: A hipbelt suspension system for use with a backpack having a back panel includes a back panel, a generally planar hipbelt coupling element, a hipbelt support plate and a hipbelt. The back panel support is coupled a lower region of the back panel. The back panel support includes an engagement region having opposing first and second stops. The hipbelt coupling element movably engages the engagement region of the back panel support to enable translational movement of the hipbelt coupling element between the first and second stops of the engagement region of the back panel. A hipbelt attachment mechanism pivotally coupled to the hipbelt coupling element about a first axis. A hipbelt is secured to the hipbelt attachment mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Amer Sports Canada Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Reid, Catherine Brown, Timothy Babcock, John Atkinson
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Patent number: 10004321Abstract: A clip on sandal tote that allows a user to carry sandals on their person instead of having to be carried in the user's hands.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventor: Donna Mae Stewart
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Patent number: 10004322Abstract: A head for an oral care implement comprises a mounting surface and at least one tuft extending from the mounting surface. The tuft comprises a first group of filaments and at least a second group of filaments. The first group of filaments is surrounded by the second group of filaments. The filaments of the first group have a first length and the filaments of the second group have a second length, the first length being different from the second length. The difference in length between the first length and the second length is about 1.1 mm to about 1.9 mm.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Uwe Jungnickel, Marlis Hubner, Kathi Ballmaier, Soeren Wasow, Fiona Harrington
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Patent number: 10004323Abstract: The hair brush with hair product-dispensing handle is adapted for use in dispensing liquids and gels. The hair brush with hair product-dispensing handle is adapted for use in the personal grooming of hair. The hair brush with hair product-dispensing handle further comprises a chamber within which a container with a liquid or gel is stored. The stored container is readily accessible during grooming activities involving the hairbrush. The hair brush with hair product-dispensing handle is hinged such that the hair brush with hair product-dispensing handle can be folded in such a manner that the profile of the hair brush with hair product-dispensing handle is reduced during transport. The hair brush with hair product-dispensing handle comprises a handle, a brush head, and a plurality of teeth.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventors: Peter Sacca, Penny Sacca
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Patent number: 10004324Abstract: A toothbrush with a handle having a base and a head and defining a cavity positioned between the base and the head. The toothbrush also includes a plurality of bristles attached to the head of the handle, a green light configured to flash for a first period of time, a yellow light configured to flash for a second period of time, and a red light configured to flash for a third period of time. The toothbrush also includes a switch coupled to the handle for activating the green light, and a circuit for automatically activating the yellow light after expiration of the first period of time and for automatically activating the red light after expiration of the second period of time.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: CHILDREN ORAL CARE, LLCInventor: Puneet Nanda
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Patent number: 10004325Abstract: An apparatus having two elongated members with ridges joined at a rotatable joint with one elongated member adapted to be attached to a paint brush and the second elongated member adapted to be attached to an extension device. When the paint brush and extension device adaptor is used in combination with a paint brush and an extension device, the painter is able to manipulate the adaptor to reach surfaces difficult to reach using traditional methods.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventors: Theodore Koyzis, Dimitrios Mastoris
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Patent number: 10004326Abstract: The invention relates to a supporting frame with a base unit comprising a compartment at least for partial reception of the housing of the lifting column (79) and a cross member (74) for mounting on the base unit (59). The supporting frame comprises a locking element (94), which when placed in-a locked position exerts a squeezing force between the base unit (59), the lifting column housing and the cross member (74), by which the lifting column housing and the cross member (74) are fixed in the base unit (59). The supporting frame further comprises means for retaining the locking element in the locked position. The lifting columns are of the type, which comprises telescopically arranged profiles with an upper and lower end to which upper end a housing is secured.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: LINAK A/SInventors: Michael Randløv, Casper Jørgensen
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Patent number: 10004327Abstract: A workstation for alternatively configuring a conventional desk for use while sitting and use while standing. The workstation includes an extendable column formed of multiple nested sections. The nested sections are configured to telescope such that the column can be extended. The workstation is configured to support a monitor and a tray. The extendable column contains a counter balance mechanism that is configured to resist collapsing of the column. A movement coupling mechanism is provided that it is such that motion of the first section relative to the second section is transmitted to the third section such that the third section moves a corresponding amount relative to the second section.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: PERFECT POSTURE LLCInventor: Robert Grant McRorie, III
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Patent number: 10004328Abstract: A movable table comprises a main body part having a table and a receiving unit; a moving part provided at a lower end of the main body part; a power supply part provided at one surface of the main body part and having a power supply unit for charging or connection to power; and an image device part provided at an upper end of the main body part so that a position or an angle thereof is adjusted and having an image unit, wherein one or more of the moving part, the power supply part and the image device part are formed as modules which are removably attached to the main body part.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: ROBOTIS, INC.Inventor: Byoung Soo Kim
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Patent number: 10004329Abstract: A work station includes a cable raceway. The cable raceway includes a basket in an interior of a base assembly, having an open upper end adjacent an access opening, and a bottom end defining openings, the basket configured to receive cables therein. A cover of the cable raceway is movable between a closed position, in which the cover is received in the access opening and covers the open upper end of the basket to inhibit access to the basket through the access opening, and an open position, in which the cover is at least partially outside the access opening to allow access to the basket through the access opening. The work station may have a work platform that is selectively adjustable in height. A portion of a footprint of the work platform may be commensurate with a corresponding portion of a footprint of the base assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Brian C. Nourse, Robert R. Cormier
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Patent number: 10004330Abstract: A bottle rack includes a panel that has a front surface and an opposing back surface, and support bars cantilevered from the panel and extending from the front surface. Each of the support bars has a linear bottle supporting portion that is positioned, and that is at an acute angle, relative to the front surface such that at least two of the support bars can support a bottle while forcing the bottle against the front surface. The rack may be a “label forward” rack. Additionally, the various joints, grooves, and slots used to join the support bars to the panel may also be used to join any the support bars and panels of any suitable bottle rack.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: STACT Wine Displays Inc.Inventor: Jamie Dennis Kasza
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Patent number: 10004331Abstract: A drawer release is described. The drawer release includes a handle portion pivotally or rotatably engaged to a fixed portion, and the fixed portion is attached to or connected to a drawer. The handle portion includes at least one engaging member that engages a lever or actuator of a drawer-slide of the drawer to open or release the drawer. The drawer release provides for the one-handed opening of the drawer.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Austin Hardware & Supply Inc.Inventors: Mark Steven Jeffries, Norman Allen Smith
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Patent number: 10004332Abstract: A shield for protecting furniture against damage that a pet can cause, includes a body and a lock. The body is expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration by moving in a first direction a first end relative to a second end. When the body is in the expanded configuration and positioned adjacent furniture, the body can cover a region of the furniture. The lock includes a first portion and a second portion, and is operable to maintain the body in the expanded configuration when the first and second portions engage each other. With the shield's body in the collapsed configuration, one can easily transport the shield to any location. With the shield's body in the expanded configuration, one can cover a region of furniture with the body and thus discourage a pet from sitting or lying on top of the shield. With the body in the expanded configuration, the shield may also be used as a barrier to protect a leg or other vertical portion of a piece of furniture.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventors: Wallis Garrett-Lindsey, Max Pham, Isaac Alexander
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Patent number: 10004333Abstract: An item of seating furniture (100), with backrest (101), seat surface (102), supporting structure and resetting mechanism (200), wherein the backrest (101) and the seat surface (102) are connected to the supporting structure. The backrest (101) is pivotable relative to the supporting structure about a pivot axis from a first position into a second position, and the backrest (101) is connected to the seat surface (102) via connector (103). The connector (103) is designed such that, when the backrest (101) pivots relative to the seat surface, the seat surface (102) is inclined relative to the supporting structure, wherein the resetting mechanism (200) are designed to exert a resetting force on the backrest (101) in the second position, the resetting force is directed in the direction of the first position, wherein the item of seating furniture (100) with setting mechanism (104) which is designed to set the resetting force.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: INNOTEC MOTION GMBHInventor: Michael Mackert
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Patent number: 10004334Abstract: A power lift-recliner chair has a base, seat and backrest sections and actuator for moving the seat and backrest sections. The seat is pivotally mounted with respect to the base section and the backrest section is pivotally mounted with respect to the seat section. A guide is associated with one of the base and the seat sections and at least one follower is associated with the other of the base and the seat sections. The guide is arcuate for relative pivoting with respect to the base about a pivot axis located at the center of curvature of the guide. The base section includes a pair of side panels on lateral sides of the chair. The seat includes a pair of side members, adjacent the side panels, which carry the guide or follower associated with the seat section.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: INTEGRATED FURNITURE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventor: Dale Robertson
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Patent number: 10004335Abstract: The invention relates to a frame furniture comprising a furniture element (14) being plate-shaped at least in some areas and having an at least partially nearly horizontal extension and being arranged on a carrier frame (18) which has a leg element (20A, 20B) on both sides, respectively, regarding a vertical furniture median plane, the leg element (20A, 20B) consisting of a tubular element bent in such a way that the tubular element forms a front and rear furniture leg (22A, 22B, 24A, 24B). The tubular elements each have an elliptical or oval cross section having a long major axis and a short minor axis, wherein the major axis and the minor axis intersect with the vertical furniture median plane over the length of the particular tubular element at an angle less than 90°.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: JAKOB GAUGER SÖHNE STUHL-UND TISCHFABRIK, INNENAUSBAU GMBH & CO.Inventor: Martin Ballendat
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Patent number: 10004336Abstract: The present invention, method and apparatus, relates to supporting normal functions of blood circulatory systems over extended periods of sitting. The invented apparatus and method help blood circulatory systems function normally, while keeping body and or sitting pose unchanged. Keeping body and or sitting pose unchanged are necessary in many circumstances involving extended periods of sitting such as driving an automobile, or sitting without being interrupted by unwanted moves from the seat.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventor: Alfred Xueliang Xin
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Patent number: 10004337Abstract: A lumbar device located inside the back of a chair that tilts back and forth as a user shifts his weight in the chair. The lumbar stimulation device includes sets of back massaging rollers to apply a focused pressure and improve the circulation of blood flowing through the lower back of the user. The lumbar stimulation device is attached to a flexible strap that extends substantially vertically inside the chair had. One end of the flexible strap is affixed to the chair base below the chair seat. The opposite end of the strap is bent backwards when the chair back tilts backwards. When the user leans back, the back of the chair will be pushed downwardly with respect to the strap and the lumbar stimulation device attached to the strap to make it appear to the user that the back massaging rollers of the lumbar stimulation device are moving upwardly along his back.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventor: James E. Grove
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Patent number: 10004338Abstract: A chair equipped with shoulder supporter is provided. The chair equipped with shoulder supporter can obtain an effect of attitude remedy by reducing the pressure applied to the spine and by inducing an upright attitude of erecting the waist vertically through a shoulder supporter which is connected to a hip supporter through a base. The shoulder supporter comprises an armpit supporter provided above a vertical supporter. The chair equipped with shoulder supporter can maximize convenience and enable the multi-purpose use by selecting the use and non-use of the arm supporter or the shoulder supporter with the direction change through up-down or forward-rearward direction rotation of the arm supporter or with the folding of the armpit supporter through a rotation shaft.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventors: Jeong rok Ha, Myung Suk Namgung
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Patent number: 10004339Abstract: A chair for use with a head-mountable display device, the chair comprising a seat portion comprising one or more connection means to allow connection to the head-mountable display device, a base portion, and a rotatable connection between the seat portion and the base portion configured so as to allow an electrical connection to pass between the seat portion and base portion, wherein the electrical connection is operable to transmit at least one of power and digital data.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Michael Karl Werle, David Uberti
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Patent number: 10004340Abstract: A bedding anchor is in the form of a single holder that has at least one open through port for receiving an edge of a bedding fabric. The single holder is elongated in shape, has a length greater than a width thereof, and has the one open port arranged closer to one end of opposed one and other ends of the single holder so that, when the single holder is flipped lengthwise, the single holder can be inserted under an overlying supporting mattress. The holder includes at least a first through port disposed adjacent the one end of the holder, and at least a second through port disposed adjacent the other end of the holder with the at least one first through port being larger in open area than the at least one second port.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventor: Phillip M. Guerin
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Patent number: 10004341Abstract: A collapsible convertible highchair and infant carrier stand device is provided. It includes basket and a base supporting the basket. The basket is configured to receive an infant carrier or to directly support a seated infant. The basket includes a bottom wall, a first end wall, a pair of sidewalls, a second end wall, a crotch panel and a back support panel. The crotch panel and the back support panel are located in the basket between the first and second end walls. Each is configured to be pivoted from a stowed position, when the device is holding an infant carrier, to an operative position when the device is directly supporting the infant. In the operative position the infant's back will rest against the back support panel and his/her legs will extend through opening in the crotch panel and a window in the first end wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Phoenix Baby LLCInventors: Kenneth Craig Waldman, Owen Chen, Gary Cheng
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Patent number: 10004342Abstract: A breathable toy may be made for people or animals. The toy may include a breathable mesh fabric integrated as part of a multi-layer fabric structure. The breathable mesh fabric increases air flow during rest or other activities with the breathable toy. The toy may include ornamental or aesthetic additions without interfering with the breathable mesh fabric. Attachments to the toys may also include the breathable mesh fabric.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: BreathableBaby, LLCInventors: Dale Richard Waters, Susan Marie Waters
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Patent number: 10004343Abstract: A mannequin head with a part having an outer surface appearing like an eye/mouth. A guide stub extends from an inner surface and one orifice is in the outer surface and has a first section. There is a second section extending from the shoulder and a holding device comprising a first magnetized element and a second element with a magnetic force. The guide stub extends from the inner surface to a depth at least equal to 4 mm and a cross section of at least 2 cm2. The first section extends from the outer surface to the shoulder to approximately to 4 mm in depth and the second section comprises a threaded portion. The screw is inserted in threaded portion of the second section and one of the elements of the holding device is attached to the guide stub and the other is secured to the screw.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: MOULAGES ET ARTS PLASTIQUES INDUSTRIELS (MAPI)Inventor: Jean-Marc Mesguich
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Patent number: 10004344Abstract: A picture hanging hook positioning and mounting device (1) for positioning, leveling, and holding picture hanging hooks while securing the picture hanging hooks to a wall with nails.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventor: Rudolph Von Williams
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Patent number: 10004345Abstract: The dish is formed by pressing a palm leaf to form a generally concave dish with a floor surrounded by sides extending to an upper edge. A rim extends laterally from this upper edge, formed as a unit with the floor and sides of the dish. A lid is provided which has a top surface with side walls extending down to a perimeter latch. This perimeter latch engages the dish, such as by snapping onto the rim. In one embodiment the perimeter latch extends downwardly from other portions of the lid and has at least one indentation which extends inwardly thereon to provide an upper recess above the indentation which is sized to receive a tip of the rim. A height of the upper recess is oversized relative to a thickness of the tip of the rim to accommodate some variation in dish thickness and some degree of dish warping.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventor: Suresh Vukkisila
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Patent number: 10004346Abstract: A drinking vessel monitor in the form of a lid with a protective disc of rigid material and a depending skirt. A key operated mechanical linkage is connected to contact members underlying the protective disc. Springs cause the contact members to pivot outwardly upon removal of the lid from a drinking vessel. Without the key to operate the mechanical linkage, the contact members hidden within the skirt cannot be retracted sufficiently to place the lid back on the drinking vessel. Optionally, an electrical circuit can be added with a signal generator which generates a visual or audible signal if tampering has occurred.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventor: Hugo Keys
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Patent number: 10004347Abstract: An electric powered flashlight configured so that one or more of the battery cells designed to fit within it may be replaced by a fluid carrying vessel that is electrically conducive so that in addition to carrying fluids internally it may be part of the energy transmission circuit within said flashlight. One or both ends of said vessel may have a removable drinking cap.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventor: Charlton Carrender
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Patent number: 10004348Abstract: A lid may include first and second openings disposed within a spout. The first opening may provide a first fluid pathway to a fluid disposed in an attached container and the second opening may provide a second fluid pathway to a fluid disposed in the container. The lid may also include a spout at least partially defined by an outer wall. First and second openings may be disposed within the spout and the openings may be at least partially defined by the outer wall of the spout. A conduit, such as a straw, may be coupled to an opening. If desired, a closure may be connected to the lid and the closure may selectively close one or more of the openings.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Runway Blue, LLCInventors: Steven M. Sorensen, David O. Meyers
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Patent number: 10004349Abstract: A cooling and sterilizing spoon that generates a flow of cool air that cools a food contained within. The spoon sterilizes the flow of cool air with ultraviolet radiation prior to the air engaging the food. In this manner, contaminants that reside in the air are inactivated. This has the effect of cooling the food with a sterile source of air. The spoon integrates a fan and an ultraviolet radiation source proximally to the food to effect the cooling and sterilizing process. A concave portion contains the food. The fan and the ultraviolet radiation source are oriented towards the concave portion. A lever cover overlays the fan and the ultraviolet radiation source on the lever, and includes at least one ventilation opening for enabling air to move to and from the fan. A motor actuates the fan. A power source and a power outlet enable powering of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventor: Jesus Daniel Vidal
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Patent number: 10004350Abstract: A knife holder is adapted for retention of a plurality of knives, and includes a main body, a lateral wall, a locking member, a locking head and a plurality of insertion holes. The main body cooperates with the lateral wall to define an insertion space. The locking member has a linkage rod having a plurality of protruding portions, and a plurality of locking plates respectively connected to the protruding portions. Movement of the linkage rod drives each locking plate to rotate between a locked position, where a lock end portion thereof extends into the insertion space for blocking removal of the knives via the insertion holes, and an unlocked position, where the lock end portion is received in the receiving space for permitting removal of the knives.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventor: Chia-Ming Liu
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Patent number: 10004351Abstract: A hot water dispenser adapter device includes a housing unit, a lid, a hinge mechanism for connecting the housing unit with the lid, an adapter, a hot water dispenser nozzle, and a nozzle latch pivotally connected to a pair of pivot pins on the adapter through a pair of pivot pin holes in the nozzle latch, wherein the nozzle latch in a closed position secures the hot water dispenser nozzle to the adapter, and wherein the nozzle latch in an open position releases the hot water dispenser nozzle from the adapter.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventor: Allan Erhart
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Patent number: 10004352Abstract: A discharge device is provided including a supporting surface to rest against a surface region of a capsule as well as at least one perforating element protruding from said supporting surface, wherein a screen element is provided in the supporting surface having a plurality of screen perforations through which the extraction product can be discharged, the extraction product escaping out of the capsule through one of the openings created by the perforating element.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2010Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: QBO COFFEE GMBHInventor: Louis Deuber
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Patent number: 10004353Abstract: A capsule for use in a brewing device is provided, the capsule having a body part, which defines a cavity, a lid which is attached to the body part and which closes the cavity, the lid having lines of weakness which define an opening region having an area of from 75 mm2 to 300 mm2; and tea material enclosed within the cavity, wherein at least 75% by weight of the tea material particles have a size of from 2 to 10 mm. A method of preparing a tea-based beverage in a brewing device using the capsule is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.Inventors: David Murray Cross, Michael Paton, Cristian Simion Popa, Alistair David Smith, Terence John Wilby
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Patent number: 10004354Abstract: A coffee making appliance includes a housing having a base for supporting a container configured to receive brewed coffee, a reservoir for receiving water to be heated, a hopper configured to receive a quantity of whole coffee beans, the hopper having an outlet, a vertically-oriented burr grinder positioned adjacent to the outlet of said hopper, the grinder being configured to transform the whole coffee beans into coffee grounds, a filter removably received by the housing for receiving the coffee grounds from the grinder, a pump configured to supply water from the reservoir to the filter, and a driving mechanism configured to rotate the filter while the water is supplied to the filter to cause the water to pass radially through the coffee grounds to produce the brewed coffee.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Conair CorporationInventors: Anthony Kit Lun Leung, Kam Fai Fung, Benjamin Lai
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Patent number: 10004355Abstract: A system for preparing milk and milk foam in drink machines, such as coffee machines and similar pieces of equipment, which are provided with a heater unit for heating the milk and/or the milk foam with steam, contains a feed for the milk and/or the milk foam and a separate feed for the steam, which is fed directly, as a heat-transfer medium, into the milk and/or the milk foam in the heater unit, which operates as an injector.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2012Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: EVERSYS HOLDING SAInventor: Frank Rimpl
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Patent number: 10004356Abstract: An improved outdoor cooking apparatus features a pot with multiple cooking inserts and burner frame that supports a burner element. One insert can be used for cooking an entire poultry carcass. Other inserts are perforated baskets that can be used to fry items.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Metal Fusion, Inc.Inventors: Norman R. Bourgeois, Michael P. Bourgeois
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Patent number: 10004357Abstract: A self-combusting ignition device comprising a hollow, funnel-shaped body made of a combustible material which is devoid of charcoal, said body having (a) a relatively narrow top opening and a relatively wide bottom opening, and (b) at least one ventilation conduit adjacent said relatively wide bottom opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventor: Tomer Haski
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Patent number: 10004358Abstract: A conveyor oven comprising a housing defining a cook chamber and a heating element adjacent the cook chamber. A controller is programmed to control a cook time based upon a current estimated temperature in the oven, wherein the current estimated temperature is a function of a heat power input during a previous time period and can also be a function of a previous estimated temperature. The oven can further include a conveyor and a motor coupled to the conveyor, wherein the controller is programmed to control a cook time of the conveyor. The controller can also be programmed to control the cook time based upon a product loading condition. The oven can further include a presence sensor for detecting the presence of food in the oven and for providing a corresponding signal. Preferably, the calculation is an eye calculation that is a function of a previous eye calculation.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2012Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: HATCO CORPORATIONInventor: Hans Anderson Wildebush
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Patent number: 10004359Abstract: A bench mixer has a combined whisk and scraper attachment. In preferred embodiments, the mixer has a processor configured to access data indicative of a respective power limit to be applied to a motor for each of a plurality of user selectable speed settings and monitors motor speed to compare against a user selected speed setting. The processor increases the power applied to the motor, up to a respective power limit if the current speed is lower than the user selected speed setting.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2013Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventors: Richard Hoare, Samuel Adeloju, Mark Thomas, Tristan Brega, Ze Kang Lai
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Patent number: 10004360Abstract: A pair of tongs, comprises: first and second arms, each arm having a gripping end and a pivot end. A hinge pivotably joins the first and second arms at the pivot ends thereof. A spring is coupled to each of the first and second arms, the spring being biased to urge the first and second arms apart, from a first, closed position, to a second, open, position. A releasable lock locks the first and second arms in the closed position, the releasable lock being operable by a single hand of a user.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Sorry Robots LLCInventors: Samantha Rose, John Laz, Tasche Streib, Brian Rose, Christian Lester, Michael Egan
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Patent number: 10004361Abstract: A device for securing an elongate article comprising four finned holder elements, each finned holder element being fabricated of an elastomeric material, the four finned holder elements being oriented in two pairs, a top pair and a bottom pair, each pair having a left and right finned holder element which are mirror images of each other. The element are upwardly disposed relative to the horizontal, and have a side portion contiguous with an upper portion, a base portion, and a back portion and a free edge having a receiving portion and a linear securing portion having a recess. A housing member having left and right cavities holds the left and right finned holder elements in opposing juxtaposition and has a rear portion with a vertical support that separates a left through-hole and a right through-hole.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Evriholder Products, LLCInventors: Joel Beebe, Nicholas Vallo, Christopher Brown, Matthew Siebert, Bret Gould, Christopher Hawker, Abraham Alexander
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Patent number: 10004362Abstract: A storage container includes a cover portion, a body portion disposed below the cover portion so as to form a storage space together with the cover portion for storing an end of an article therein, and a connecting portion connecting the cover portion and the body portion to each other and imparting a tensile force in an opening direction when the cover portion is moved in an opening direction with respect to the body portion and a tensile force in a closing direction when the cover portion is moved in a closing direction with respect to the body portion. The storage container can be provided in which a cover portion and a body portion are included, and a connecting portion is included inside the storage container to impart tensile force in connection with the cover portion. Thus, storing and withdrawing articles can be done conveniently.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventor: Kyung su Yang
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Patent number: 10004363Abstract: A bathing area accessory may be used within a bathing area. The bathing area accessory may be a bathing area shelving assembly, a bathing area bar assembly, a storage assembly, a bathing area seat assembly, or a shaving ledge assembly. The shelving assembly for use within a bathing area may include a niche and at least one shelf that is attachable to, removable from, and reattachable to the attachment portions of the niche. The niche may include attachment portions that receive and secure the at least one shelf. The niche may include two sidewalls that extend substantially vertically along a vertical length of the niche. The attachment portions may be on the two sidewalls and the at least one shelf may attach with a pair of the attachment portions that are vertically aligned with each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: KOHLER CO.Inventors: Ben Cohen, Greta Knowles, Erin Lilly, Thomas Lilly, Alan McDonald, Jeff Tempas, Luke Zimbric