Patents Issued in July 3, 2018
  • Patent number: 10010098
    Abstract: A micronutrient dosage unit which comprises two or more micronutrients selected from vitamin A, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin B9, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, calcium, magnesium, zinc, boron and chromium in one or more specified ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventor: Ralph Brown
  • Patent number: 10010099
    Abstract: Disclosed are steviol glycosides referred to as rebaudioside V and rebaudioside W. Also disclosed are methods for producing rebaudioside M (Reb M), rebausoside G (Reb G), rebaudioside KA (Reb KA), rebaudioside V (Reb V) and rebaudioside (Reb W).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Conagen Inc.
    Inventors: Guohong Mao, Xiaodan Yu
  • Patent number: 10010100
    Abstract: A solution for treating a surface with ultraviolet radiation is provided. A movable ultraviolet source is utilized to emit a beam of ultraviolet radiation having a characteristic cross-sectional area smaller than an area of the surface to be treated. The movable ultraviolet source can be moved as necessary to directly irradiate any portion of the surface with radiation within the characteristic cross-sectional area of the beam of ultraviolet radiation. The movement can include, for example, rotational movement and/or repositioning the movable ultraviolet source with respect to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Dobrinsky, Michael Shur, Remigijus Gaska
  • Patent number: 10010101
    Abstract: Disclosed are steviol glycosides referred to as rebaudioside V and rebaudioside W. Also disclosed are methods for producing rebaudioside M (Reb M), rebausoside G (Reb G), rebaudioside KA (Reb KA), rebaudioside V (Reb V) and rebaudioside (Reb W).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Conagen Inc.
    Inventors: Guohong Mao, Xiaodan Yu
  • Patent number: 10010102
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides dietary fiber compositions comprising effective amounts of glucomannan, xanthan gum, and alginate to produce a desired viscosity. The invention also provides food products comprising an effective amount of a dietary fiber composition. In other aspects, the invention provides methods for preparing a dietary fiber composition or a food product comprising a dietary fiber composition and methods for promoting satiety, promoting weight loss, lowering blood glucose levels, or lowering blood cholesterol levels in a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Inovobiologic Inc.
    Inventors: Roland Gahler, Michael Lyon
  • Patent number: 10010103
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method to prepare a myceliated high-protein food product, which includes culturing a fungi an aqueous media which has a high level of protein, for example at least 20 g protein per 100 g dry weight with excipients, on a dry weight basis. The fungi can include Pleurotus ostreatus, Pleurotus eryngii, Lepista nuda, Hericium erinaceus, Lentinula edodes, Agaricus blazeii, Laetiporus sulfureus and combinations thereof. After culturing, the material is harvested by obtaining the myceliated high-protein food product via drying or concentrating. The resultant myceliated high-protein food product may have its taste, flavor, or aroma modulated, such as by increasing desirable flavors or tastes such as meaty, savory, umami, popcorn and/or by decreasing undesirable flavors such as bitterness, astringency or beaniness. Deflavoring and/or deodorizing as compared to non-myceliated control materials can also be observed. Also disclosed are myceliated high-protein food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Mycotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bhupendra Kumar Soni, Brooks John Kelly, James Patrick Langan, Huntington Davis, Alan D. Hahn
  • Patent number: 10010104
    Abstract: Systems, techniques and methods for estimating the metabolic state or flux, e.g., the body energy state (“BES”) of a patient, are disclosed. The BES provides a deep insight into the nutritional needs of the patient, thus allowing for a sort of exquisite glycemic control with regard to the patient. The invention discloses systems and methods for estimating fractional gluconeogenesis. The invention also discloses systems and methods for estimating and targeting patient blood lactate concentration, both as a target itself and as an intermediate step to estimating and targeting patient fractional gluconeogenesis glucose production. Nutritional support methods and formulations are also disclosed. The invention is suitable for any sort of patient, including those who are injured, such as with traumatic brain injury, ill, or have other conditions that stress the metabolic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Run Them Sweet, LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Horning, George A. Brooks
  • Patent number: 10010105
    Abstract: A juicer including a juicing device and a driving device adapted for driving a juicing device, the juicing device includes a container and a roller being rotatably mounted inside the container, the roller is adapted to be driven by the driving device, the roller includes first and second cutting plates being projected outwardly from an outer surface of the roller, a juice outlet and a residue outlet are positioned on a container wall, a plurality of cutting plate receivers is arranged on the outer surface of the roller and is adapted for allowing the first and second cutting plates to be slidingly mounted inside the cutting plate receivers, the first cutting plate includes at least one cutting member having a convex structure mounted on a surface of the first cutting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventor: Yan Kwong Wong
  • Patent number: 10010106
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for causing attrition to an outer surface of a food product to provide a removed portion of the food product and a remainder of the food product. In a first aspect, an abrasive stream contacts the outer surface of the food product, thereby separating at least a portion of the outer surface of the food product from the remainder of the food product to provide the removed portion of the food product. In a second aspect, the apparatus includes a product positioner to position the food product in an attrition zone and a nozzle for discharging the abrasive stream into contact with the food product in the attrition zone. The abrasive stream can be food grade and can include a food grade fluid and a food grade abrasive, for example, air and salt, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilfred Marcellien Bourg, Jr., Stephen Graham, Richard James Ruegg
  • Patent number: 10010107
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an ultrasonic rotary molding system that is used to form edible compositions or food products as they move along a conveyor belt. The food products are formed by an ultrasonic rotary wheel that includes one or more cutting tools that cut, and perhaps three dimensionally mold, food product strips. The system may include a movable backing plate that is located below the point where the ultrasonic rotary wheel cuts the food product strips. The movable backing plate may be spring loaded and it may exert force upwards against the conveyor belt and in turn against the food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Nagle, Alfred Camporini, David Pontzer, Paul Capar, David Fyock, John Stough, Curt Knepper, Joseph Edward Massie, Jeffrey Frantz, Carlos Aponte, Gary Lee McQuilkin
  • Patent number: 10010108
    Abstract: A method of displaying an electronic vaping device, display packages, blanks for forming a display package for containing an elongated body housing an electronic vaping device, and a method of manufacturing a display package for an electronic vaping device, include establishing a box structure having an inner cavity and a side portion, dividing the side portion into a lower retention portion, an upper retention portion, and a window recess portion, the dividing including establishing a side recess panel at a location along a first side panel of the box structure, establishing a front recess panel along a front panel of the box structure, and establishing the window recess portion by folding the first and front recess panels into the box structure. The front recess panel is attached to the side recess panel, and the front recess panel has a width greater than that of the side recess panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventor: Scott A. Fath
  • Patent number: 10010109
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of controlling resistance-to-draw of an electronic smoking article is disclosed, which includes a reusable portion and a cartomizer portion, and which includes: supplying an air flow from one or more inlets in an outer cylindrical housing of the electronic smoking article to a cartomizer via a cartomizer inlet having a fixed diameter configured to control a resistance-to-draw of the electronic smoking article and wherein the cartomizer inlet is located inside the outer cylindrical housing of the electronic smoking article, wherein a combined air flow area of the one or more inlets in the outer housing of the electronic smoking article are greater than a cross-sectional area of the cartomizer inlet; heating a liquid material from a reservoir to form an aerosol; and combining the at least initially volatilized liquid material with the air flow from the cartomizer inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Srinivasan Janardhan, Eric Hawes, Yezdi B. Pithawalla
  • Patent number: 10010110
    Abstract: A rod is provided, formed from a first sheet including an aerosol-forming material and a second sheet including a non-tobacco material, the first and second sheets being gathered together and circumscribed by a wrapper. The rod may be used as a component part of an aerosol-generating article. The second sheet preferably includes a material configured to modify an aerosol evolved from the aerosol-forming material or to modify other properties of the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Metrangolo, Pierre-Yves Gindrat, John Faulkner, Jean-Pierre Schaller, Jean-Claude Schneider
  • Patent number: 10010111
    Abstract: An e-vaping device includes a first cartomizer section including a housing body with an inner tube extending longitudinally within the housing. A tubular reservoir for storing an e-vaping liquid is positioned between the housing body and the inner tube, with a wick in fluid communication with the tubular reservoir. A heater is configured to vaporize the e-vaping liquid in the wick. The tubular reservoir is helically wound around the inner tube, and a vent hole is included in a distal end of the tubular reservoir. A cross-sectional diameter of the wick equals a cross-sectional diameter of the tubular reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventor: Ali A. Rostami
  • Patent number: 10010112
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, for use in an aerosol-generating system and an aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article. The aerosol-generating device includes a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article; a first solid-liquid phase-change material positioned about a perimeter of the cavity; and heating means configured to heat the first solid-liquid phase-change material to a temperature above the melting point of the first solid-liquid phase-change material. The aerosol-generating device further includes a second solid-liquid phase-change material, wherein the melting point of the second solid-liquid phase-change material is higher than the melting point of the first solid-liquid phase-change material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Patrick Charles Silvestrini, Marie Farine, Christopher James Rowe, Michael Roger Cane
  • Patent number: 10010113
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including a nicotine source; a volatile delivery enhancing compound source downstream of the nicotine source and including an acid; heating means for heating the nicotine source; and a physically separate heat transfer barrier between the nicotine source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source. The heating means is configured to heat the nicotine source to a temperature of between about 80° C. and about 150° C. The heat transfer barrier is configured so that the temperature of the volatile delivery enhancing compound source is less than about 50° C. when the nicotine source is heated to a temperature of between about 80° C. and about 150° C. by the heating means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
    Inventors: Gerard Zuber, Marie Farine, Patrick Charles Silvestrini
  • Patent number: 10010114
    Abstract: A charger assembly is configured to charge the electronic vaping device. The charger assembly includes a base including a housing defining a port. The port is configured to receive a tip end of an electronic vaping device. The port includes a magnetic electrical contact centrally positioned at a bottom of the port and a first pin positioned at the bottom of the port. The charger assembly also includes a microprocessor electrically connected to the magnetic electrical contact and the first pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Geoffrey Brandon Jordan, Barry S. Smith, Douglas A. Burton, Eric Hawes, Sean Sundberg, Berina Yerkic-Husejnovic
  • Patent number: 10010115
    Abstract: A shirt construction includes a pocket that is strategically located and constructed to hold an object, such as a mobile device (e.g., a smart phone). The pocket is a side pocket that is located along one side of the shirt below an armhole thereof such that when the wearer's arm is in a normal lowered position, the upper arm covers and can apply a force to the outside of the side pocket and/or to the object contained in the side pocket, thereby ensuring that the object remains in place within the side pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventors: Richard H. Carlson, Margaret A. Carlson
  • Patent number: 10010116
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dress shirt adapted with buttonholes and brackets for use with decorative fasteners, such as cufflinks, to keep the collar in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventor: Cedric Goodman
  • Patent number: 10010117
    Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to a bra with multiple pockets positioned at different locations on the bra to provide a variety of storage options. The bra comprises one or more portions comprised of layers of material where the pocket spaces are formed between the layers of material. The layers of material of the different portions are joined along their perimeter edges except for one or more select areas that form openings in communication with the pocket spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Nicole Rendone
  • Patent number: 10010118
    Abstract: An article of apparel with grasp-resistant panels includes a multilayer textile having a first fabric layer possessing a first elongation value bonded to a second fabric layer possessing a second elongation value, where the second elongation value is less than the first elongation value. In an embodiment, the first fabric layer is a stretch knit and the second fabric layer is a non-stretch woven. The second fabric layer is discontinuous, defining a plurality of panels spaced along the first fabric layer. The article of apparel selectively stretches, expanding along non-paneled areas. With this configuration, the article of apparel fits onto multiple body types, providing full range of motion while inhibiting the grasping and holding of the apparel by a non-wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle S. Blakely
  • Patent number: 10010119
    Abstract: A nursing cover for covering a mother's body and a nursing infant. The nursing cover includes a substantially cylindrical main body having an upper edge defining a top opening and lower edge defining a bottom opening and a means for adjusting the size of the top opening. The nursing cover further includes a viewing window having an upper edge positioned adjacent to the upper edge of the main body and a lower edge positioned along the main body towards the lower edge of the main body and boning positioned adjacent to the lower edge of the viewing window with the boning configured to maintain the lower edge of the viewing window away from the mother's chest such that the viewing window is disposed to cross the mother's line of sight from her eyes to the nursing infant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SKIP HOP, INC.
    Inventors: Rahnee Butler, Chelsea Carter, Ellen Diamant
  • Patent number: 10010120
    Abstract: The present invention provides a garment useful as swimwear or sun-bathing attire that has an adjustable waistband which allows the girth of the garment and waistband to be expanded or decreased by the user, according to the body size and desired fit of the user. Swim garment includes a front panel, a rear panel, and sliding adjustable straps that connect the front panel to the rear panel. Said sliding adjustable straps permit lengthening or shortening thereof by accumulation of material, in the manner of a bra strap, and compose an adjustable section of the garment's adjustable waistband.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventor: Jennifer Diane Lowe
  • Patent number: 10010121
    Abstract: A hand warmer is disclosed herein. The hand warmer has a central pocket defined by a cylindrical housing and a sealing member proximate an anterior end of the housing, wherein the sealing member is configured switch positions from a closed position to an open position with an application of a pulling or pushing force by the user in a direction parallel an arm of the user. A method of warming a user's hands is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventors: William T Kumprey, Troy Kumprey
  • Patent number: 10010122
    Abstract: This invention is an improved padding used by athletes and others to prevent or greatly reduce the instances of injury due to blows to the body. This is accomplished through the utilization of a radial expanding and contracting structure encapsulated in a foam type material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventor: Brian Kamradt
  • Patent number: 10010123
    Abstract: A hand gripping sport strap used to grip a bar or handle. One piece of strap material with two ends. Each end has two sides. The two ends are overlapped, forming a perpendicular right angle with each end placed in line with one side of the other end and secured. A 90° angle tip is formed with both ends and two sides of strap material. This tip made with two layers of strap material is now cut off making an adjustment area. The inside and outside of this adjustment area is then covered with a high-wear resistant and non-slip material, now referred to as the V area when completed. A loop of strap material created by bringing the two ends together will go on the back of the hand with the V area positioned in the palm of the hand after the hand and all five fingers are put through the loop of the strap material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventor: Rex Ronald Dwars
  • Patent number: 10010124
    Abstract: A glove includes: an inner glove knitted from a fiber yarn; an outer glove that covers an outer side of the inner glove; and a hot-melt adhesive interposed partially between the inner glove and the outer glove which are layered, the outer glove including: a base knitted from a fiber yarn; and a coating layer layered on an outer face of the base and composed of a rubber or resin as a principal component; and the inner glove and the outer glove are bonded together by first heating the hot-melt adhesive applied onto a bonding portion on the inner glove or the outer glove, and then cooling and pressurizing the bonding portion. The inner glove is preferably a knitted product. The inner glove is preferably seamless. The cooling temperature during the cooling and pressurizing is preferably no higher than a softening point of the hot-melt adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Showa Glove Co.
    Inventor: Hidetoshi Kishihara
  • Patent number: 10010125
    Abstract: A hair extension for integration with a person's head of hair is described in this disclosure. The hair extension illustratively includes a plurality of supplemental hairs and an attachment band that provides means for removably coupling the plurality of supplemental hairs to natural hairs included in the person's head of hair. The attachment band is illustratively flexible and couples to natural hairs included in the person's head of hair mechanically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Zip Loxx, LLC
    Inventor: Priel Maman
  • Patent number: 10010126
    Abstract: A helmet is disclosed for protection during an impact. An outer liner and an inner liner slidably coupled to an interior surface of the outer liner through at least one return spring. The outer liner includes an interior surface with a shelf extending inward. The shelf includes an arresting surface. The inner liner has an exterior surface, an interior surface and an edge connecting the exterior surface to the interior surface. The edge faces the arresting surface of the shelf. The inner liner is slidably movable relative to the outer liner between a first position in which the edge of the inner liner is separated from the arresting surface of the shelf by a gap, and an arrested position in which a portion of the edge of the inner liner is in contact with a portion of the arresting surface of the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Bell Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel J. Shaffer, Mark A. Busse, Rafael T. Ramirez, Eamon Briggs
  • Patent number: 10010127
    Abstract: A helmet and method for forming a helmet having a multi-density impact liner may include forming a puck with an interface surface and at least one side. The interface surface of the puck is placed in direct contact with a receiving surface of a cap located in an impact liner mold. Next, the interface surface of the puck is thermally fused directly to the receiving surface of the cap while contemporaneously an impact liner body is formed inside the mold. The impact liner body is fused to the at least one side of the puck, and to a majority of the receiving surface of the cap. The density of the puck may be greater than the density of the impact liner body. The puck and the impact liner body may be EPS, and the cap may be PC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Bell Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel J. Shaffer, Benjamin W. Penner
  • Patent number: 10010128
    Abstract: A one-piece cap comprising the cap made by a hot press forming method, including a bowl-shaped cap body and a cap visor connected with the cap body; the method of making the one-piece cap comprising steps of preheating a hot pressing die, preheating a hot pressing die, pressing and shaping materials, cutting off the excessive material, and trimming for a bound edge; the one-piece cap being made without sewing or bonding the cap body and the cap visor separately in the manufacturing process, and therefore, reducing the production procedures and costs, and saving the production time and the manual labor, thus the one-piece cap has simple structure and beautiful appearance with more round and smooth lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventor: Hongwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10010129
    Abstract: An article of footwear can include provisions for improving the operation and use of various systems associated with the article. A control device included in the article can be configured to allow manual control of a system by a user. A lockout feature that can disable manual control may be included. During periods of competitive activity, the manual controls may be disabled to allow a user wearing the article to engage in different activities without inadvertent activation of a system. In some cases, the control device and lockout feature can be used in conjunction with a motorized tensioning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Tiffany A. Beers, Andrew A. Owings
  • Patent number: 10010130
    Abstract: An article of sports footwear that changes shape in two ways. Firstly, a change of shape occurs when such footwear is used to kick a ball with the toes. This change of shape maximizes the area of contact with a ball that is kicked with the toes. Secondly, a change of shape occurs when the article of sports footwear bends during running. This change of shape shortens the entire length of the article of sports footwear in order to prevent tripping. A flexible toe cap encases the foot and parts of a traditional article of footwear and attaches at or near the tarsometatarsal joint of a wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventor: Neil Richard Fraser
  • Patent number: 10010131
    Abstract: An insole which generates an air flow during use, which assists in cooling or warming the foot of a user is disclosed. In a first embodiment, air flow facilitated by said insole provides for convective heat transfer away from the plantar surface of the foot. The insole is intended for insertion into a shoe which is ventilated, preferably an athletic shoe with a ventilated upper. The bottom layer defines a plurality of ridges and a channel lining portion which together define a plurality of air channels. The bottom layer defines a heel recess in which a heel pad is situated. In a second embodiment, an insole which collects, retains, and heats and to a user's foot is disclosed. Said insole further comprises a middle layer of thermal reflective material secured to and coextensive with a top layer and a bottom layer secured to said middle layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: IMPLUS FOOTCARE, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Lewis, David Bradley Granger, Jacob Martinez, William Sterling Wynn
  • Patent number: 10010132
    Abstract: A ventilation apparatus including a pump, a switching unit, and a fluid diffuser is provided. The pump attached to the footwear pumps fluid into and exhausts fluid from a cavity of the footwear. The switching unit in communication with the pump selectively changes modes of operation of the pump. The fluid diffuser connected to the pump within the cavity of the footwear includes a feed pipe for transferring the fluid pumped from the pump to the cavity of the footwear during a pump mode of operation and to transfer the fluid in the cavity of the footwear to an ambient environment external to the footwear during an exhaust mode of operation, for ventilating the footwear. In one or more embodiments, the fluid diffuser includes a diffusing member with one or more openings and/or a fluid distribution channel member for transferring the fluid to and from the cavity of the footwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventor: Alexander Litvinov
  • Patent number: 10010133
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper and a midsole connected to upper. The midsole includes a lattice structure with a plurality of laths. The lattice structure includes at least one hollow lath such that an inner void is formed within the at least one hollow lath. A loose granular material is provided within the inner void of the at least one hollow lath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Guyan
  • Patent number: 10010134
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper, a midsole and an outsole. The midsole is connected to the upper and to the outsole. The midsole includes a lattice structure and a resilient foam insert. The lattice structure includes a network of laths and nodes with a recess formed in the network of laths and nodes. The resilient foam insert is positioned in the recess in the lattice structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Guyan
  • Patent number: 10010135
    Abstract: A comfort system for Cowboy and work boots, including an insole chassis, an insole chassis backing board, and cushioning pads for absorbing and attenuating shocks encountered by a wearer of the boots. Cushioning pads are secured to a surface of the insole chassis backing board, and apertures in the insole chassis allow the cushions to pass through. Additional cushioning pads are retained in recesses in the midsole. Pads on insole chassis backing board and midsole are vertically aligned. A steel toe inset is utilized in conjunction with the comfort system for work boots. A rim may depend below the midsole to receive a foamed plastic pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventors: Billy Lovell, Michael Fuller, Michael McCarron
  • Patent number: 10010136
    Abstract: A plurality of fluid-filled chambers may be incorporated into sole structures of articles of footwear. The chambers may be configured to be substantially diamond-shaped. The chambers may lie within cavities formed by a lower surface of the midsole and may extend into apertures in the outsole. The apertures in the outsole may be aligned with the cavities of the midsole. The chambers may be bounded by bounding regions between and at the perimeter of the chambers. The bounding regions may be formed of a polymer foam material of the midsole. The chambers may additionally be connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Shaffer, Denis Dekovic, Bradley S. Long, Brian E. Santa Maria, Danielle L. Taylor
  • Patent number: 10010137
    Abstract: An article of footwear may include an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper, the sole structure including a midsole, an outsole secured thereto, and one or more plates embedded within the midsole. Each of the one or more plates has a downwardly-concave side and an upwardly-concave side. The downwardly-concave side may be positioned on a medial side of the footwear, and the upwardly-concave side may be positioned on a lateral side of the footwear. The undulating medio-lateral configuration of each plate may increase the overall support provided to a wearer's foot during a side-to-side or “banking” movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Foxen
  • Patent number: 10010138
    Abstract: Shoe fastening assembly for a split vamp shoe having at least a pair of opposed eyelets on either side of the split and includes an elongated rigid member with an arcuate curved lower surface and a pair of spaced apertures at each end of the member and a throat extending outwardly from each aperture, and a continuous elongated elastomeric band located in each aperture and passing beneath the member and lying on the tongue of the shoe. The band cross-section at rest is larger than each aperture and when stretched readily passes through each throat. A plurality of members and bands are provided for additional pairs of eyelets on the shoe and methods of fastening a shoe are herein included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventor: David K. Nicholson
  • Patent number: 10010139
    Abstract: A method for making a cleated plate member of an article of footwear includes forming a blade cleat assembly having an anchor member associated with a blade member, the blade member having a planar body, the body having a base portion, a head portion opposite the base portion, and a through hole formed in the base portion, a first molding material of the anchor member surrounding the base portion of the blade member and extending through the through hole formed in the base portion of the blade member, and associating the blade cleat assembly with an exposed surface of a plate body to form a cleated plate member. The base portion of the blade member further may include a pair of opposing shoulder flange portions. A blade cleat assembly may be disposed in a cleat assembly receptacle of a mold system configured to form a cleated plate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Baucom, Matthew R. Pauk
  • Patent number: 10010140
    Abstract: A last assembly includes a plurality of retractable pins and a plurality of vacuum holes, both acting to hold footwear segments to the last assembly to facilitate manufacturing of, or modification to, an article of footwear. A method of making or modifying an article of footwear includes placing footwear segments on the last assembly by associating an extension portion of at least one footwear segment with the retractable pins, modifying the footwear segments and then removing the extension portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Sam Fisher, Jared M. Kilmer, Thomas Berend, Tony H. Le
  • Patent number: 10010141
    Abstract: A safety belt buckle includes a base, a latch, two positioning members, and two elastic members. The base is formed by two symmetrically combined cases, wherein each case includes a first metal core partially clad in a first insulating layer. The latch includes a second metal core, a second insulating layer, and a tongue adapted to insert into a chamber of the base. The two positioning members are pivotally provided on the base and partially located in the chamber. When each positioning member is moved to the first position, a stopper thereof confines the tongue in a locking position to prevent the latch from being separated from the base; when each positioning member is moved to the second position, the stopper thereof is away from the tongue, allowing the latch to be disengaged from the base. The two elastic members push the positioning members toward the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: YOKE INDUSTRIAL CORP.
    Inventor: Wei-Chieh Hung
  • Patent number: 10010142
    Abstract: A touch fastener loop material has a non-woven web of fibers forming both a base and a field of high-tenacity hook-engageable loops extending outward from one broad side of the base. The fibers are distributed such that the field of loops has a particular fiber volume distribution as a function of elevation above the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Velcro BVBA
    Inventors: Mark A. Clarner, Christopher M. Gallant
  • Patent number: 10010143
    Abstract: An umbrella with a Bluetooth sound device, which includes a column having a top and a middle, a tray, a plurality of ribs, a canopy, a controlling handle disposed on the middle of the column and an electrical box having a involutory front cover and back cover. A solar receiving device is connected to the top of the column; a plurality of LED lamp strings is attached to the tray and the ribs. The PCB circuit board, the speaker, the LED lamp strings, the solar rechargeable cell and the umbrella are reasonably combined and fused into an entirety, thereby being very convenient to detach and install at the same time and convenient to change and maintain parts, the umbrella not only satisfies the daily sunshade and rain shielding of outdoor leisure facilities, but also has illumination, music playing, call answering and other functions, and is convenient to operate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Zhejiang Dingsheng Outdoor Living Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chengxi Kong
  • Patent number: 10010144
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a carry (or carrying) bag is provided that includes an interior, substantially cut-resistant security panel assembly with a matrix of wires secured between or on one or more flexible material layers. Also in various embodiments, the security panel assembly may be positioned intermediate the bag outside wall and a lining of the bag, and in other embodiments, may also take the form of an expansion panel. Second or secondary locking fasteners are also provided to lock first or primary fasteners to or within the carrying bag, to provide security for compartments and pockets. A strap with one or more security cables, and various locking fasteners, may be attached to the carry bag. Methods for forming such security panel assemblies, expansion panels, and carrying straps are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Travel Caddy, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Godshaw, Du Hai
  • Patent number: 10010145
    Abstract: An accessory device is described. The accessory device may include a base region and sidewalls that combine with the base region to secure an electronic device with the accessory device. The accessory device may include a rigid layer having openings in at least some corners of the rigid layer. In order to facilitate insertion and extraction of the electronic device, an elastic material disposed in the openings may join with two sidewalls at the corners, allowing the sidewalls to move or bend with respect to other sidewalls. The accessory device may include a protective layer embedded in a sidewall to provide support to an opening formed in the sidewall. The sidewall may include a protrusion supported by features embedded in sidewall to facilitate pressing the protruding feature, which corresponds to pressing a button of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy C. Franklin, James A. Stryker, Aaron P. Beese
  • Patent number: 10010146
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bag system with adjustable flexible straps. The bag system with adjustable flexible straps includes: a bag and one or more adjustable stretch strap systems. The bag may be a backpack, a handbag, a purse, a duffle bag, or a piece of luggage. The present invention also provides an adjustable stretch strap system. The adjustable stretch strap system includes: a flexible elongated member, one or more first members, and two or more second members; and one or more hooks for coupling to the flexible elongated member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Seattle Sports Company
    Inventor: Michael Moore
  • Patent number: 10010147
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to hair styling apparatuses and related methods. The hair styling apparatus includes a heated barrel defining a hair styling surface and a central axis, and a rotating member disposed at an end of the hair styling surface. The rotating member is configured to rotate around the central axis of the heated barrel. The rotating member includes one or more retaining elements configured to retain the hair and wind the hair around the hair styling surface. The one or more retaining elements projects away from the hair styling surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: KISS NAIL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Kyong Hak Lee