Patents Issued in November 20, 2018
  • Patent number: 10130107
    Abstract: A processing system for processing slaughtered and defeathered poultry bodies, comprising a plurality of processing devices which, for the processing-transport of the poultry bodies separately from a main conveyor device, is designed with a processing-holding means which is movable on a circular path. The processing system has transfer stations arranged in succession along a main conveyor line, in which the poultry bodies are transported in a suspended manner by carrier devices. Each processing device is assigned a transfer station which is formed by a transfer pair having two rotary transfer devices. The first rotary transfer device removes the poultry bodies from the carrier devices and transfers them to the processing-holding means of the processing device. The second rotary transfer device removes the processed poultry bodies from the processing-holding means of the processing device and transfers them to the carrier devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Linco Food Systems A/S
    Inventor: Antoine Jean Herman Winkelmolen
  • Patent number: 10130108
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for enhancing the product quality and product safety of meat or foodstuffs of animal or vegetable origin by means of selective pressure and temperature treatment. According to the invention, fresh or warm meat of any form is packed in portions using a film container which has recoil abilities and therefore any liquid possibly escaping from the packed product distributes itself uniformly over the surface of the product. The packed portions are then placed in a container-like treatment device which has, mounted on the surfaces coming into contact with the product, a plurality of cushions, tubes or similarly elastic structures to which a pressure and temperature control medium may be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: DEUTSCHES INSTITUT FÜR LEBENSMITTELTECHNIK E.V., TRITON GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Heinz, Fritz Kortschack
  • Patent number: 10130109
    Abstract: A method for adding ingredients to a mass of curd, comprises a step of separating whey from curd grains, a step of transferring curd grains from the separating step to a step of arranging the curd grains in a mould. A step of adding the ingredients is performed in the transferring step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventor: Harrie Spijkerman
  • Patent number: 10130110
    Abstract: A depositing machine (1) comprising a removable component, a method for inserting the removable component (10) in a machine frame (2) of a depositing machine, a method for removing the removable component (10) from a machine frame (2) of a depositing machine (1), and a kit for retrofitting a depositing machine (1) with the removable component (10). The component (10) is fastened to the machine frame (2) by a substantially horizontally arranged plug-in connection (11), in particular, a bolt connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Bühler AG
    Inventors: Ralf Klimke, Stefan Zimmermann, Frank Huperz, Michael Paul
  • Patent number: 10130111
    Abstract: A flavor station assembly can be employed to dispense snow cone flavors or other types of flavoring syrups or liquids. The flavor station assembly can include one or more saucer assemblies where each saucer assembly is configured to dispense a number of flavors. Each saucer assembly can be coupled to a support assembly that is configured to pivot thereby enabling the saucer assemblies to be positioned in a desired location relative to the structure to which the support assembly is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Snowie, LLC
    Inventors: Carl A Rupp, David Rupp
  • Patent number: 10130112
    Abstract: The method disclosed herein comprises creation of an enzymatic digest medium containing feathers which may be rendered with a meat material to form a product, or may be dried after digestion has reached a desired level and then mixed with a rendered material. The composition disclosed herein comprises a product which, whether used as animal feed or as an additive or flavor to animal feed, provides a product having at least one of an improved amino acid profile, improved digestibility and more desirable levels of protein, lysine, and ash compared to the same amount of a carrier 22 meat with which it is mixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: INNOVATIVE PROTEIN HOLDING, LLC.
    Inventors: Don Scott Darling, Jonathan Scott Darling, Greg Drollinger, Scott Clawson
  • Patent number: 10130113
    Abstract: A process for preparing a glutamine-supplemented food product by contacting water and a nutritive base that predominantly comprises meat and carbohydrate with a peptide source of glutamine to form a wet mixture and heating the wet mixture at a temperature of from about 50° C. to about 105° C. for a time sufficient to cook the nutritive base. The process forms a cooked food composition comprising from about 60% to about 85% by weight water. The product is useful for feeding to an animal to increase glutamine absorption or to strengthen immune function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Kathy Gross, Christina Khoo
  • Patent number: 10130114
    Abstract: A frozen condiment is described, chosen among the group consisting of sauces, pastes, pates, creams and pizza toppings, having hygienic and organoleptic features comparable with those of a corresponding fresh condiment, which is in the form of granules having a porous surface, having an average weight of 6.0 g or less and essentially homogeneous in size having a diameter comprised between 1 mm and 20 mm, and apt to determine a rapid and uniform thawing of the deep-frozen condiment; a process for the deep-freezing of a substantially fluid condiment is also described, which involves dividing a substantially fluid condiment into a plurality of drops, which, in a first deep-freezing step, are dosed within a liquid bath at a temperature lower than ?150° C., obtaining a plurality of partially frozen granules having a hard and deep-frozen external surface and a soft not completely deep-frozen core, and a second deep-freezing step at a temperature comprised between ?30° C. and ?90° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: AMBIENTE E NUTRIZIONE S.R.L.
    Inventor: Giuseppina Cerea
  • Patent number: 10130115
    Abstract: Technologies for controlling food dehydration in a low-oxygen environment include a control device and an enclosed drying chamber. The control device receives sensor data from environmental sensors disposed within the drying chamber. A concentration of oxygen within the drying chamber is determined based on the received sensor data. The control device controls a valve to selectively feed an amount of a combustible gas to a burner assembly disposed within the drying chamber. The burner assembly is ignited by the control device and a flame is produced. The flame depletes the concentration of oxygen within the drying chamber to an initial oxygen concentration level. The control device controls another valve to feed an amount of non-reactive gas into the drying chamber to flush the drying chamber and further deplete the concentration of oxygen within the drying chamber to a lower oxygen concentration level. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Inventor: Joshua Butler
  • Patent number: 10130116
    Abstract: A taste and flavor profile modifying composition is described. The composition includes a blend of glucosylated steviol glycosides and residual steviol glycosides which can modify the intensity of a taste and/or flavor in a food or beverage product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: PureCircle Sdn Bhd
    Inventors: Siddhartha Purkayastha, Avetik Markosyan
  • Patent number: 10130117
    Abstract: The invention discloses the use of sedoheptulose as a nutritional supplement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: C7 SUGAR GMBH
    Inventors: Arvand Haschemi, Oswald Wagner, Csorsz Nagy, Rodrig Marculescu
  • Patent number: 10130118
    Abstract: Fruit-squeezing machine with automatic fruit (7) feeder (1) and cutting and squeezing means that have a pair of rotating assemblies of three fruit (7) receiving cups (4) and a cutting assembly (5) with a blade (10) and means for extracting the rinds after squeezing the fruit, and a pair of squeezing balls (6) below the cup assemblies (4). Additionally, the machine has a juice-collecting tray (2) with a fixed? filter (8), and rind-collecting means. The cup assemblies (4) rotate towards the inside of the machine, which has motor means that synchronize the continuous movements of the feeder (1) with the movement of the cutting and squeezing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: ZUMMO INNOVACIONES MECANICAS, S.A.
    Inventors: Eugenio Contell Albert, Jorge Martinez Roca
  • Patent number: 10130119
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette vaporizer system operable in a ‘power’ mode to increase the amount of vapor produced by a vaporizer that forms part of the system, compared to normal, whilst monitoring the temperature of a heating element in the vaporizer to ensure that excessively high temperatures, associated with undesirable compounds in the vapor produced by the heating element, are not reached. The system includes a button or sensor that alters the operation of the heating element in such a way as to increase the vapor produced, compared to normal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: BEYOND TWENTY LTD.
    Inventor: Ian Murison
  • Patent number: 10130120
    Abstract: The use of pectins and/or polymers to prevent nicotine oxidation in tobacco containing products is disclosed. These polymers may be naturally occurring anionic polymers or synthetic polymers. These pectins and/or polymers prevent nicotine from oxidizing into cotinine, nicotine-cis-N-oxide, nicotine-trans-N-oxide, and/or nicotine-1,1-di-N-oxide. Molluscicides, algaecides, pesticides, and stabilized nicotine compositions comprising nicotine and pectin, anionic polymers, or combinations thereof are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra, Jason Flora, Georgios D. Karles, Christophe Claude Galopin, Diane Gee, John B. Paine, III, Douglas Antonio Fernandez
  • Patent number: 10130121
    Abstract: A method of using an aerosol-generating device is provided, including bringing a heating element of the aerosol-generating device into contact with an aerosol-forming substrate, raising a temperature of the heating element to a first temperature to heat the aerosol-forming substrate sufficiently to form an aerosol, removing the heating element from contact with the aerosol-forming substrate and heating the heating element to a second temperature, higher than the first temperature, to thermally liberate organic materials adhered to or deposited on the heating element. An aerosol-generating device is also provided, including a heating element coupled to a controller configured to heat the heating element to the first temperature and to the second temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Julien Plojoux, Olivier Greim
  • Patent number: 10130122
    Abstract: A fluid supply, can ridge fir a vapor generating device that includes an ejection head structure and a fluid reservoir body for removable attachment to the ejection head structure. The ejection head structure contains an ejection head and a flexible circuit attached to an ejection head structure for electrical communication with the ejection head. The fluid reservoir body includes a vaporizing fluid therein, a fluid supply port in fluid flow communication with the vaporizing fluid, and a fluid port seal for the fluid supply port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: James D. Anderson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10130123
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for discriminating between user blowing and drawing (sucking) in an electronic vaporization device. Described herein are electronic aerosol devices and methods of controlling or operating them which can accurately differentiate between blowing and drawing (sucking) through the mouthpiece and adjust the control of the vaporizer accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Jay Hatton, Steven Christensen
  • Patent number: 10130124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a low-temperature heat-not-burn electronic cigarette comprised of the first holder including a pipe and a mounting plate with the mounting plate connected to the external wall of the pipe. The mounting plate and the second holder are connected to form an inner cavity with a control plate fixed in the inner cavity and the second holder having a key linked to the buttons on the control plate with the buffer pads. The pipe has a corrugated internal wall and a movable cigarette cartridge. The pipe is inserted into an outer pipe. The outer pipe has an insulation retaining bracket and a battery with the insulation retaining bracket having an installation slot facing the cigarette cartridge and the heating coil on the installation slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Shanghai Green Vaper Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tan Wong, Yanmin Nie
  • Patent number: 10130125
    Abstract: A bib garment for protecting a baby's clothing is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a bib garment comprises an inner section, the inner section comprising a front layer constructed using a soft absorbent material and a liquid-proof material, the inner section further comprising a first back layer constructed using a soft hypo-allergenic material. The bib garment further comprises an outer section, the outer section comprising a back layer constructed using a liquid-proof material. A top end of the inner section and top end of the outer section are joined at a fold line. The bib garment further comprises a first strap and a second strap, each of the first and second straps having a first end attached to the fold line and a second end having removable attachment materials, wherein the second end of the first strap is removably attachable to the second end of the second strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Inventor: Gina Shami Sanguinetti
  • Patent number: 10130126
    Abstract: A mic cord access system (10) is provided in a firefighter coat (14) having a storm flap (12). The system (10) includes a pocket (24) in the coat (14) and configured to enclose a radio (18) carried in an interior of the pocket (24), the pocket (24) including a notch (22) configured to allow a mic cord (16) to extend from the interior of the pocket (24), an opening (27) adjacent the notch (22) and configured to allow a mic cord (16) to extend from the notch (22) to an interior side (32) of the storm flap (12), and an interior mic mount (30) on the interior side (32) of the storm flap (12) and configured to hold a mic (20) with the storm flap (12) in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine Elizabeth Blauser, Michelle Vicory
  • Patent number: 10130127
    Abstract: A body surgical suit to be worn by surgery patients during surgical procedures, said body surgical suit being configured to encase the limbs and torso of a patient is described. The body surgical suit has one or more openings allowing to access one or more portions of the body of a patient wearing the body surgical suit, one or more sensors configured to monitor the patient's vital signs, a control monitor configured to control operation of the sensors, and selectively operatable contractive elements arranged in the legs and/or arms portions and configured to allow peristaltic movement of blood in the arms and legs of a patient wearing the body surgical suit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: Pier Giulianotti, Arturo Vittori, Andreas Vogler
  • Patent number: 10130128
    Abstract: A cut resistant glove includes a primary layer and a plurality of enhanced sections having substantially enhanced physical characteristics in relation to the primary layer. The glove includes a palm section, a back hand section, a thumb section and a plurality of finger sections. The enhanced sections can be knitted to the primary layer by a whole garment, computer controlled slide needle knitting machine at positions on the glove where enhanced physical characteristics are desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: World Fibers, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory V. Andrews, Rayvon A. Morton, Paul W. Cornelison, John D. Simmons
  • Patent number: 10130129
    Abstract: An insulated composite fabric has an inner fabric layer, an outer fabric layer, and an insulating-filler layer enclosed there between. The insulating-filler layer is a textile fabric with at least one raised surface. One side of the insulating-filler layer comprises a first surface with relatively high pile, including regions of no pile or relatively low pile interspersed among regions of relatively high pile. The other side of the insulating-filler layer comprises a second surface with relatively high pile, including regions of no pile or relatively low pile interspersed among regions of relatively high pile. Interconnecting piles are formed with regions of the relatively high pile of the first pile surface and regions of the relatively high pile of the second pile surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: MMI-IPCO, LLC
    Inventors: Moshe Rock, James Zeiba, Gadalia Vainer, Jane Hunter, Charles Haryslak, David Costello, Shawn Flavin, Marcus Webster
  • Patent number: 10130130
    Abstract: A clasp assembly is provided. The clasp assembly includes a first clasp member, a second clasp member, a first magnet, and a metallic component. The first clasp member defines a first cavity sized to receive a first portion of a zipper, and defines a first portion extending over the first cavity. The second clasp member defines a second cavity sized to receive a second portion of the zipper, and defines an overhang. The first magnet is secured to one of the first portion of the first clasp member and the overhang of the second clasp member. The metallic component is secured to another of the first portion of the first clasp member and the overhang of the second clasp member. The overhang is sized to receive the first portion of the first member to align the first magnet and the metallic component for magnetic interaction therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Inventor: Robert Roberman
  • Patent number: 10130131
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a controller which allows a movement of a band in a first direction to be free but allows a movement of the band in a second direction to be selective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Inventor: Yang-Seog Ryou
  • Patent number: 10130132
    Abstract: A hair bundle apparatus is provided. The hair bundle apparatus includes: a first section comprising a loop member, a first end and a second end, wherein the first section is constructed of a first material comprising one of synthetic hair, an elastic band, wire, and thread; a second section comprising a locking member; and a third section comprising a third end and a fourth end, wherein the third section is constructed of a second material comprising human hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SHAKE-N-GO FASHION, INC.
    Inventors: James K. Kim, Peter Ough, Hye Sun Kim
  • Patent number: 10130133
    Abstract: A protective helmet for successive impacts includes a head cap adapted to surround and move with a wearer's head and an outer shell which surrounds the head cap. An energy absorbing flexible liner predominantly comprised of radially oriented foam columns is attached to both the head cap and outer shell. The liner establishes a preset initial relative position and spacing between the head cap and the outer shell and compliantly absorbs energy imparted to the outer shell during a helmet impact to enable the outer shell to move linearly and angularly relative to the head cap during the helmet impact and to be returned to the initial relative position with the head cap following the impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Lionhead Helmet Intellectual Properties, LP
    Inventor: Robert L. Leon
  • Patent number: 10130134
    Abstract: A protective headgear device including a fabric cap (102) into which a hard shell (120) of reinforced fibers is inserted. A foam liner 140 or foam inserts (1500) are secured to the hard outer shell 120 and serve a shock absorbing function. The foam liner (14) and/or foam inserts (120) include or form grooves and/or channels used to direct hot air towards the top center of the headgear assembly where the hot air can be vented through holes which extend through the cap (102) and hard outer shell (120). The holes may pass through the foam liner 140 or meet up with holes on channels in or between the foam inserts through which air can pass. The hard outer shell may be thinnest on top and thicker on the left and right sides. The center front and rear may be the same thickness as the top of the hard shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Inventor: Mary Lynne Blair
  • Patent number: 10130135
    Abstract: An article of footwear and a method of manufacturing the article of footwear are disclosed. The footwear may include an upper and a sole structure. The upper incorporates a textile element with edges that are joined together to define at least a portion of a void for receiving a foot. Various warp or weft knitting processes, including circular knitting, may be utilized to form the textile element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Bhupesh Dua, Edward Nathaniel Thomas
  • Patent number: 10130136
    Abstract: An article of footwear and a method of manufacturing the article of footwear are disclosed. The footwear may include an upper and a sole structure. The upper incorporates a textile element with edges that are joined together to define at least a portion of a void for receiving a foot. Various warp or weft knitting processes, including flat knitting, may be utilized to form the textile element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Bhupesh Dua, Edward Nathaniel Thomas
  • Patent number: 10130137
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes at least a first outsole member and a second outsole member, and at least one flex member secured to the first outsole member and the second outsole member and having sufficient flexibility to permit the first outsole member to move relative to the second outsole member to expand the article of footwear from a first size to a second, larger size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Inventors: D'Wayne Edwards, Wichaya Chantarasamee
  • Patent number: 10130138
    Abstract: A walking boot and a boot frame. The boot frame can be formed to receive the walking boot. The walking boot can be secured within the boot frame via one or more buckles. The walking boot can have an externally mounted tongue that can be tensioned via the use of one or more laces and associated tensioning mechanisms. The tongue can be molded to conform to a user's foot and leg while the tensioning mechanisms secure the user's foot and leg within the walking boot. In some embodiments, the boot frame has an open heel to capture the walking boot. In some other embodiments, the boot frame has a rotatable heel configured to pivot away from the toe and receive a heel of the walking boot for easy coupling of the walking boot to the boot frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: APEX SPORTS GROUP, LLC
    Inventor: Roger Thompson Neiley
  • Patent number: 10130139
    Abstract: A women's high-heel shoe and a non-removable insole to be incorporated therein, the insole having an arch fill, a 3-degree rearfoot post and a layer of a closed-cell foam material, such as ethylene vinyl acetate. The arch support extends below the arch and may be positioned along an inside edge of the insole. The 3-degree rearfoot post is configured to extend below an outside edge of a user's foot. The rearfoot post may be integral to the bottom layer of the insole and have a durometer of approximately 55. The rearfoot post may extend the full length of the insole but may have a width that is substantially smaller than the width of the insole. The insole may extend varying lengths, including the full length of the sole of the shoe or to a location adjacent a user's digital sulcus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Marion Parke Designs, LLC
    Inventor: Marion Garrett Parke
  • Patent number: 10130140
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to articles of footwear and components thereof, including outsoles, which can be used in conditions normally conducive to the accumulation of soil on the outsoles. In particular, the disclosure relates to articles of footwear and components thereof including an outsole with a ground-facing crosslinked polymeric network film having a swell thickness increase at 1 hour greater than 20%. The outsoles can prevent or reduce the accumulation of soil on the footwear during wear on unpaved surfaces such as sporting fields. When the outsoles are wetted with water, the outsoles can become more compliant and/or can rapidly uptake and/or expel water, which can prevent soil from adhering to the outsole and/or can assist in shedding soil present on the outsole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Caleb W. Dyer, Zachary C. Wright, Jeremy D. Walker, Myron Maurer, Denis Schiller, Hossein A. Baghdadi
  • Patent number: 10130141
    Abstract: An article of footwear has a sole member with an exposed central torsion bar or rod connecting the heel region of the sole member to the forefoot region of the sole member. The torsion bar or rod may be supported at either end by sockets of the sole member. The torsion bar or rod may also be supported at one or more intermediate points by a hollow component. This hollow component may itself be supported by ribs extending to the medial and lateral sides of the sole member, respectively. The torsion bar or rod, the sockets, the hollow component and the ribs form a suspension structure connecting the forefoot region of the sole member to the heel region of the sole member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Cavaliere, Giovanni Adami, Timothy J. Smith
  • Patent number: 10130142
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes a sole structure and an upper that is attached to the sole structure. The upper includes a forefoot region that is configured to receive a plurality of toes of a foot. The upper includes a first zone having a first elasticity, a second zone having a second elasticity, and a third zone having a third elasticity. The third zone is disposed between the first zone and the second zone. The third elasticity is greater than the first elasticity and the second elasticity. The third zone is configured to bias the first zone and the second zone toward each other. The third zone is biased generally toward the sole structure and configured to be received in a space located between two of the plurality of toes of the foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Adrian Meir
  • Patent number: 10130143
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes a cleat system with removable cleat members. The removable cleat members are fastened onto cleat receiving portions of a sole structure using fasteners. The removable cleat members can be placed at various angular positions and fastened in place to maintain the angular positions. The removable cleat members can be asymmetric to allow for different operating configurations of the cleat system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Cavaliere, Giovanni Adami
  • Patent number: 10130144
    Abstract: A method for making a shoe in a three dimensional manner includes: a step of sewing and weaving, a step of prototyping, a step of inserting an insole, a step of seaming, a step of inserting a shoe tree, a step of pressing which includes: preparing a sole mold filled with a semi-cured sole, and a decorative-member mold filled with a semi-cured decorative member, pushing the decorative-member mold against the vamp with the semi-cured decorative members and the semi-cured sole pressed against the bottom surface; and a step of heating which includes: heating the cloth sleeve to melt the semi-cured sole and decorative members; the decorative members and the sole will be fully cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Dah Lih Puh Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jui-Fen Shiao
  • Patent number: 10130145
    Abstract: A fabric fastener provided by the invention of the present application exerts a decorative design function due to many variations created by fabric itself. In particular, the fastener can be, according to this fastener, easily handled without damaging the fabric in handling the fabric. Furthermore, the fastener exerting a high fabric looseness prevention effect even after a long-term use is provided. According to an employed configuration, the fabric fastener includes a substantially tubular body having a substantially C-shaped cross section, the substantially tubular body being provided with a slit portion (40) provided at an insertion path (10) for tucking and fixing inserted fabric (100). The substantially tubular body is provided with opening portions (20) and a drawing hole (30). The opening portions (20) have substantially V-shaped or U-shaped constrictions provided on an upper and lower sides in order to guide a finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Miwaku Corporation
    Inventor: Rikako Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10130146
    Abstract: A buckle assembly may include a first connection member, and a second connection member configured to receive at least a portion of the first connection member in order to removably connect the first connection member to the second connection member. The second connection member includes an outer frame defining a central opening that is configured to allow monitoring of alignment and connection between the first and second connection members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Kolasa, David A. Shereyk
  • Patent number: 10130147
    Abstract: An accessibility-enhanced instant locking fastener system comprising of a cylindrical tongue and a catch with funnel-shaped opening, enabling easy insertion and pushing for locking, without precise alignment or directional orientation. The omni-directional locking clasp system, a typical use of which may be for seat belt buckling systems, are configured so that the once the tip of the tongue meets the opening of the hole in the clasp, latching can be accomplished by simply pushing the tongue into the funnel-shaped opening without the necessity to precise directional alignment unlike the flat tongue plates of locking buckles typically found in conventional seat belt harnesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Inventor: Jaenam Coe
  • Patent number: 10130148
    Abstract: A snap button has a female portion formed from a cap and a socket that are connected together with a piece of fabric in between. The cap is formed from a base body having a circumferential flange with interruptions therein so that the flange can be bent outward during assembly. The socket is formed by a disc having a central aperture and a peripheral rim, as well as an annular insert disposed within the socket. The cap is connected to the socket by pressing the socket onto the cap until the flange bends around the annular insert to anchor the cap to the socket with the fabric trapped between. A male portion having a stud is connected to the female portion by snapping the stud into the socket such that the stud extends entirely through the socket and into the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Duraflex Hong Kong Limited
    Inventors: Wai Leung Au, Yick Fai Chan
  • Patent number: 10130149
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel airtight and waterproof slide fastener woven from nylon, comprising a fastener tape and a fastener element. The nylon fastener element is woven on a tape made of high-strength polyester threads. A thermoplastic polyurethane eslatormer (TPU) layer is formed on the fastener tape on the back of the slide fastener. The TPU layer is permeated into gaps on the fastener tape and into gaps on the fastener element, and the TPU layer on the back of the fastener element has a thickness greater than that of the TPU layer at the location of the fastener tape to form a first TPU ridge. The first TPU ridge is cut from the middle. The surface of the first TPU ridge is heated and then squeezed to form a second TPU ridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Inventor: Xiong Liping
  • Patent number: 10130150
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a luggage assembly, and frame, wherein the luggage assembly includes a luggage item and a wheel assembly. The wheel assembly includes at least one front wheel, and rear wheels which are all moveable between a folded and an unfolded position. The folded positions of the wheels are within the luggage assembly. The unfolded position of the rear wheels is behind the luggage assembly and the unfolded position of the front wheel is below the luggage assembly. When the wheels are in the unfolded position and the luggage assembly is arranged on the wheels on the ground, the luggage item is tilted and a projected point of gravity of the luggage item is in between the wheels. The disclosed luggage assembly is suitable for being pushed and being pulled, is very stable and provides a stable road behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: ROYALTY BUGABOO GMBH
    Inventors: Machiel Gerardus Theodorus Marie Barenbrug, Erik Geert Spoek, Jacob Geert Arie Den Boer, Marc Constantijn Van Zijl
  • Patent number: 10130151
    Abstract: A hard-shell luggage includes two shells connected together to form a storage space therein. Each of the shells has a rigid panel and an annular frame connected together. Two stop mechanisms are provided on the shells to be abutted against the rigid panels respectively to stop a movement of the panels so as to increase a structural strength of the luggage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Inventor: Wei-Hung Lai
  • Patent number: 10130152
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment, an electronic luggage device may be disclosed. The electronic luggage device may be fully TSA and FAA compliant. The device may be capable of communicating both wirelessly and by wired connection(s) to other devices. The electronic luggage device may also charge other devices by battery and in turn be charged by other electric power facilities. The electronic luggage device may have GPS capabilities, an intelligent “sleep-mode,” multiple various charging and communicatory ports, a recessed telescoping handle fixture, a hidden battery compartment, and a high capacity removable battery. The removable battery may be retained by any locking means understood by a person having ordinary skill in the art. The removable battery may be automatically or manually ejected. This may be accomplished by a spring-loaded force, a slot and rail system, or equivalents as would be understood by a person having ordinary skill in the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: ARLO SKYE, Inc.
    Inventors: Mayur Bhatnagar, Mauricio Issa Llano, Denielle R. Wolfe
  • Patent number: 10130153
    Abstract: A valve for injecting a fluid into a bowl has a vent with an inlet and a flexible diaphragm for covering the discharge opening of the vent. The diaphragm is connected to a vessel body of a bowl, and the vent is connected to a stand of a bowl. The diaphragm has a closing area for closing the discharge opening and a connecting area for connecting the diaphragm with the vessel body spaced to the vent. At least one window is provided between the closing area and the connecting area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: KAO GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Mitsugo Iwatsubo, Peter Lamboy
  • Patent number: 10130154
    Abstract: A drawing apparatus includes a drawing device provided with at least one pen or nozzle configured to perform a drawing on a nail, a processor which controls operations of the pen or the nozzle, and a cleaning pad provided to clean a tip of the pen or the nozzle. The processor causes the tip of the pen or the nozzle to be cleaned by bringing the tip of the pen or the nozzle into a pressed state where the tip of the pen or the nozzle is pressed against the cleaning pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tamotsu Irie
  • Patent number: 10130155
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an applicator comprising: —a gripping member (7), —a stem (6), of longitudinal axis X, connected by its first end to the gripping member (7), —an applicator element (20) connected to a second end of the stem (6) by an articulation comprising a ball joint (206), characterized in that the articulation comprises a rotation axis that coincides with the longitudinal axis X of the stem (6), and the stem (6) is in one piece, and the applicator element (20) is made of metal, ceramic or glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Marc Ramet, Michel Limongi
  • Patent number: 10130156
    Abstract: A deodorant dispenser having a tub including a sidewall and a rim. The sidewall defines an elongated slot. The dispenser also has a platform at least partially circumscribed by the sidewall. The dispenser also preferably includes a projection fixed to and extending outward from the platform through the elongated slot. The projection is moveable within the elongated slot to adjust the position of the platform with respect to the rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Kickstart Logic, LLC
    Inventor: James Blake