Patents Issued in May 28, 2019
  • Patent number: 10299599
    Abstract: A chair including a swivel assembly. The chair can include three or more arms pivotally connected to the swivel assembly and selectively moveable between an open position and closed position. The chair can also an arm lock disposed on top of the swivel assembly, where the arm lock is selectively moveable between a locked position and unlocked position. The chair can also include a seat removably connected to a distal end of each arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Chama Chairs Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Reagan Browning, Alex Cammack, Cory Emerson
  • Patent number: 10299600
    Abstract: A portable memory foam seat cushion has a seat portion and a back portion and can be rolled up into a rolled-up configuration for ease of portability. Straps secure the seat cushion in the rolled-up configuration. The seat cushion also has handle straps and a shoulder strap for carrying the seat cushion while it is in the rolled-up configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Brittany Cribbs
  • Patent number: 10299601
    Abstract: An ergonomic chair with an auto-adjusting headrest having a base assembly including floor base, a seat bottom, and vertical structure. A seat back frame and back plate are pivotally attached to the base assembly. An arc-shaped guide bar and head rest restraint are slideably disposed on the back plate. such that the back plate slides approximately parallel to the seat back frame. Arc shaped guide bar rotates as the seat back is tilted rearward and forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SV TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: John M. Speicher, Che Voigt
  • Patent number: 10299602
    Abstract: A chair has a seat, a backrest, a lift structure, a back supporting structure, and a waist supporting structure. The backrest is deposited behind the seat. The lift structure is deposited on the backrest. The back supporting structure has a bending element and multiple supporting strips. The bending element is connected with the backrest and the lift structure, and is elastic and bendable to deform. The supporting strips are deposited on the bending element at spaced intervals from a top to a bottom of the bending element. The waist supporting structure is deposited in front of the back supporting structure. The waist supporting structure has two pivoting bases and a supporting plate. The pivoting bases are deposited on the seat. The supporting plate is pivoted between the two pivoting bases, abuts the back supporting structure, and selectively abuts the backrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Yao-Chuan Wu
  • Patent number: 10299603
    Abstract: A method and apparatus include attaching a lighted cup holder to a seating arrangement. The lighted cup holder includes a cup holder body and a light-producing light source, with the cup holder body being attached to the seating arrangement and having a cup receptacle therein, the light-producing source being disposed within the cup receptacle for illuminating the receptacle. A light-sensitive element operatively connected to the light source selectively controls production of light by the light source in such a manner that illumination of the cup holder is provided only under conditions where visibility is reduced to the point that it becomes difficult to locate the cup holder. The light-sensitive element is mounted on a master lighted cup holder and controls illumination of the master lighted cup holder and one or more slave lighted cup holders operatively connected to the master lighted cup holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Raffel Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Ken Seidl
  • Patent number: 10299604
    Abstract: A massage motor suspension system incorporates a frame which is secured to a planar support. A sling supporting a massage motor is resiliently suspended from the frame. A massage holder clipped to the massage motor engages a bottom surface of a mattress on the planar support through an aperture in the planar support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: ERGOMOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Fissette, Joseph Ermalovich
  • Patent number: 10299605
    Abstract: A sofa chair includes a support frame, a seat frame supported by the support frame, and a cover disposed on the seat frame or on the seat and support frames. The support frame includes front and rear H-shaped frames, each with left and right legs connected by a lateral bar. The seat frame includes left and right bars, and connecting pieces disposed at bottoms of front and rear portions of the left and right bars. The connecting pieces are coupled to corresponding upper portions of the legs. The rear H-shaped frame is taller than the front H-shaped frame such that the seat frame is tilted upwardly with the front portions of the left and right bars positioned lower than the rear portions of the left and right bars of the seat frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Anyplace Concepts Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Kwan Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 10299606
    Abstract: A upholstered sofa covered by a form fitting upholstery sack where the upholstery sack incorporates a supportive material panel that has integrated support webbing into the material panel. The support webbing comprising a plurality of webbing straps. With the upholstery sack properly positioned on the back rest portion, the supportive material panel is positioned on the front of the back rest portion frame. The material panel with webbing is incorporated as a component of the upholstery sack where the upholstery sack is pre-formed to snugly fit over the back rest portion of a furniture frame. The back rest portion or the frame is inserted into the sack and the material panel with integrated webbing is attached to the frame. Once the material panel is positioned and fastened, the remaining components, for example, the back panels and side panels, of the upholstery sack are attached to the frame at the back rest portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: James Allen Lewis, Philip Lee Stokes, James Anthony Sudduth, Jimmy Dale Holley
  • Patent number: 10299607
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a convertible children's high chair. According to various embodiments, the convertible high chair generally comprises a first child seat supported above a floor by a high chair frame, and a second child seat configured for being removably coupled to first child seat. The second child seat is configured such that, when detached from the high chair's first child seat, it can be used apart from the high chair as a booster seat (e.g., secured to the seating surface of a standard chair or another support surface). In certain embodiments, the second child seat includes a base surface configured to stably support the second child seat on a separate support surface (e.g., without the need to be attached to or mounted on a separate base or support member).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: Jessica Kostyniak, Jacob Sclare, Daniel Corso
  • Patent number: 10299608
    Abstract: A Child Bed Fall Blocking System is an apparatus that offers safety barriers to prevent small children from falling out of a child's or adult's bed by providing full protection on all 3 exposed sides of the bed. The barriers can be raised and lowered easily to provide easy ingress and egress for adults, and can be collapsed and hidden when not in use. The Child Bed Fall Blocking System that can be installed easily, consists of 4 base plates connected with 3 wires and 2 separate reinforcing wires along the headboard side of the bed, a set of 2 tabs attached to each base plate, 6 vertical height-adjustable telescopic pole sets attached to the base plates, 3 sets of length-adjustable tube sets connecting the inner telescopic poles with hinges, 6 lock systems, and 3 adjustable fabric panels, each secured by a flat bar on the bottom of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Vivian Shi
  • Patent number: 10299609
    Abstract: An infant carrier includes a carrying handle having a coupling shell pivotally connected with a coupling portion of a seat body, and a latch assembled in the coupling shell. The carrying handle is adjustable to multiple angular positions, which include a carry position for facilitating transport of the infant carrier with the carrying handle, and a recline position inclined relative to the carry position. The latch can engage with the coupling portion for locking the carrying handle in position, or disengage from the coupling portion for allowing rotation of the carrying handle. A safety mechanism is disposed in an inner cavity defined at least partially by the coupling shell and the coupling portion, and can interact with the latch for forcing the carrying handle to stop in an intermediate safety position during adjustment of the carrying handle from the carry position toward the recline position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Taylor, Kyle S. Mason, Gregory S. Sellers, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Patrick J. G. Bowers
  • Patent number: 10299610
    Abstract: A modular display unit includes a platform that occupies a rectangular footprint and includes opposing ends being substantially parallel to each other. The modular display unit also includes at least one wall that extends upwardly from the platform. The at least one wall has a first outer panel including a planar top end, a bottom end and a pair of side ends, a second outer panel having a planar top end, a bottom end and a pair of side ends, and an inner panel positioned between the first outer panel and the second outer panel and including a top end, a bottom end and a pair of side ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Laura L. Hawkins
  • Patent number: 10299611
    Abstract: A countertop jewelry organizer configured to organize, store and display bangle bracelets and rings, having vertical columns to hold and showcase jewelry, and preferably two larger vertical columns for bracelets, and three smaller vertical columns for rings. The organizer includes an interior rim around the columns to define a tray area, adding an extra line of storage for other jewelry or items, and an exterior rim around the periphery forming a trough for further storage of other jewelry or items. These features also enable secured stack-ability of multiple organizers. An accessory in the form of a skin or overlay can be used in combination with the jewelry organizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Kathryn O'Malley
  • Patent number: 10299612
    Abstract: An article for extracting a viscous fluid from a vessel comprising a plurality of concentric annular ring portions; said ring portions connected in a stack with a series of grooves located in between them; said stack connected to a shaft; and an annular lid portion connected to said shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Russ Dean
  • Patent number: 10299613
    Abstract: A corrugating machine for forming a flexible paper drinking straw by forming annular corrugations in a tube, including a plurality of corrugating elements and means for moving the tube against the corrugating elements. Each of the corrugating elements is spaced apart from each other in both a lateral direction and a forward direction. The corrugating machine includes an assembly spool and a drum mounted to a side of the assembly spool for rotation about a common axis. A mandrel is mounted to the drum for reciprocation into and out of the spool assembly, to carry the tube against the corrugating elements mounted in an arc defined about the common axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Hoffmaster Group, Inc.
    Inventor: John P. O'Neill
  • Patent number: 10299614
    Abstract: A door hook includes a top member, a back member, a front member, a hook and a leg. The back member is attached to the first end of the top member and the front member is attached to the opposite end of the top member. The leg and hook are also attached to the front member. The leg extends below the hook. A resilient foot is attached to the leg such that the resilient foot is below the hook. The front member is configured to flex into a generally convex shape after a downward force acts on the hook and the resilient foot is configured to flex after the downward force is exerted on the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventor: William E. Adams
  • Patent number: 10299615
    Abstract: A hanger spacer tape device having a flexible elongated body and a plurality of rounded bumps or protrusions formed on one side thereof. The hanger spacer tape device allows hangers to be spaced at intervals and stay aligned to provide effective and efficient organization of hangers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Stephen P. Donegan
  • Patent number: 10299616
    Abstract: A zipper assistant device that provides consumers with an accessory to help conveniently zip-up their zippers which are often located on the back of clothing. The zipper assistant device includes an on and off switch having a casing, an ON button and an OFF button, the casing having a front facing and contains a battery to power the on and off switch, an elongated handle having a first end and a second end, the on and off switch attached to the first end of the elongated handle, a handle base attached to the second end of the elongated handle and a bulb-shaped magnetic field element attached to the handle base opposite the elongated handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Zoerene Mitchell
  • Patent number: 10299617
    Abstract: An expandable large package receiver that is placed on a vertical support outside of a business or residence. The expandable large package receiver has a vertical support. A vertical 4-sided frame is mounted on the vertical support. A pair of 4-sided mounts insert within the vertical 4-sided frame. A scissor connector connects the 4-sided mounts to each other when placed within the vertical 4-sided frame. A pair of 4-sided doors, each door attaches to each 4-sided mount. A pair of expandable domed structures, each domed structure attaches to each 4-sided mount via a set of pivots. And, a pair of handles, each handle attaches to each pivot, and each handle moves each pivot in a manner that opens and closes each domed structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Pedro Jaime Castellanos
  • Patent number: 10299618
    Abstract: A cover for an artificial tree pole includes a flexible substrate that has: a first surface and an opposite second surface, a first edge and an opposite second edge, and a first end and an opposite second end. A first decorative image is displayed on at least the first surface. A first coupling member is disposed on the first surface adjacent to the first edge. A second coupling member is disposed on the second surface adjacent to the second edge. The second coupling member is complimentary to the first coupling member and is engagable with the first coupling member so that when the flexible substrate is wrapped around the artificial tree pole, the first coupling member will be secured to the second coupling member. As a result, a portion of the artificial tree pole will be hidden behind the first decorative image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Ryan Kenny
  • Patent number: 10299619
    Abstract: Uprights and base plates provide adjustable, temporary support for drapery used to define event and theater space. An upright tube and a connected angled back support offer stabilized support to drapery lines. The upright tube extends from a support plate within a framed base plate. A hinge connector in the base plate attaches to the angled back support, which extends to a clamped connection with the upright tube. Alternative arrangements of the support plates and hinge connectors within the base plate offer multiple drapery support configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: David A. Bennett
  • Patent number: 10299620
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a juice extractor. The juice extractor of the present invention includes: a main body; a housing; a cover; a rotary brush mounted between an inner wall surface of the housing and an outer wall surface of the mesh drum, the rotary brush including at least one brush; and a feed screw connected with the drive shaft of the main body and disposed inside the mesh drum, wherein the feed screw includes a plurality of retaining slots formed on a lower circumferential bottom surface thereof and the rotary brush includes a plurality of engagement parts formed on an inner circumferential surface of a lower end portion thereof, so that the engagement parts of the rotary brush are engaged with the retaining slots of the feed screw to cause the rotary brush to be rotated together with the rotation of the feed screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Jae-Won Kim
  • Patent number: 10299621
    Abstract: A turkey cooking apparatus provides a pot and a specially configured insert (e.g., basket) that rests upon the pot bottom. A lower funnel shaped section and upper tube shaped section are provided inside the pot. The insert (e.g., basket) sits upon funnel shaped portion. The insert has a central opening that is receptive of the tubed portion. Both the insert and the tube section can have openings that enable steam to travel upwardly to cook the turkey carcass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Metal Fusion, Inc.
    Inventors: Barbara Bourgeois, Michael Bourgeois, Norman Bourgeois, Jr., Nicholas Ryan Bourgeois
  • Patent number: 10299622
    Abstract: A member with a first body having a through hole along a longitudinal axis thereof along which a beverage is fed from a percolation chamber. A first cup-shaped body is axially aligned under the first body, and a ball, which stops the flow of the beverage under the bias of a spring, is between the hole and the inside of the first cup-shaped body until the beverage reaches a given pressure. A second cup-shaped body houses the lower part of the first body and the first cup-shaped body and internally defines a chamber. A first through window is defined in the first cup-shaped body under the stopping zone of the flow in the hole; and a second through window is defined in the second cup-shaped body, through which contact between the beverage and air is made and is suited to feed the beverage from the chamber outwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: ESSSE CAFFE' S.P.A.
    Inventor: Roberto Bonanno
  • Patent number: 10299623
    Abstract: A coffee dispensing apparatus includes a base and an at least one nozzle. Further, base and nozzle are arranged such that the dispensed coffee flows via inner upstanding wall of a standard sized coffee container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Harmina Christina Zeijlstra, Job Lipsch, Mart Kornelis-Jan Te Velde, Johan Marra, Karel Johannes Adrianus Van Den Aker, Jasper De Vreede
  • Patent number: 10299624
    Abstract: Provided is a cooking device, in particular a kitchen item or an electrical cooking appliance, said cooking device comprising an inner and/or upper face that can receive food and an outer and/or lower face that is coated with a non-stick coating forming a cooking surface. The non-stick coating comprises at least one continuous thin film of non-oxide or at least partially non-oxide polymer-derived ceramic, said thin film forming the cooking surface. A method for producing such a cooking device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Simon Allemand, Stéphane Tuffe
  • Patent number: 10299625
    Abstract: The invention relates to a grill system for grilling food. The grill system includes a grill surface, a first side surface, a second side surface and a rear surface. The grill surface has four sides and is generally horizontal and surrounded on multiple sides by vertical walls to form an enclosure below the grill surface. The first side surface is adjacent to a first side of the grill surface and the second side surface is adjacent to a second side of the grill surface. The second side surface is on an opposite side of the grill surface from the first side surface. The rear surface is positioned adjacent to a third side of the grill surface and extends between the first side surface and the second side surface. The first side surface, the second side surface and the rear surface are foldable between a first generally horizontal orientation that is generally planar with the grill surface and a second generally vertical orientation that is generally perpendicular to the grill surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Carlos Antonio Cabrera
  • Patent number: 10299626
    Abstract: A charcoal grill includes a vessel configured to hold and burn charcoal for cooking food. The charcoal grill may include a receptacle moveable between a first position in which the receptacle is positioned for collecting ashes from charcoal burned in the vessel and a second position in which the receptacle is separated from the vessel for disposal of the collected ashes. Additionally, or alternatively, the vessel may define a passage extending from an exterior side of the vessel to an interior side of the vessel for permitting a starter device to be inserted into the passage for igniting charcoal within the vessel. Additionally, or alternatively, the charcoal grill may include a vent system including at least one vent opening extending through a portion of the vessel, a vent cover movable with respect to the vent opening between a closed position and an open position, and at least one calibration associated with the vent cover between the closed position and the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Phase 2, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Scott Walters, Bryce G. Rutter, Melvin Joshua Leedle, Jeffery F. Feng
  • Patent number: 10299627
    Abstract: A mechanical arm and an operation system to perform a stir-frying action in cooking. The mechanical arm has motors and a plurality of links connecting with a pan. The links length and the binding angle are limited according to the pan action and the chefs' wrist through sum of sine function. In the other hands, weight and viscosity are different between different food materials. The operation system further controls the parameters, which include the velocity, the speed ratio of forward and backward, the rising time, the angel region of motor and the initial angle offset of pan, to adjust the action of mechanical arm performing the stir-flying action. It is suitable to decrease the time of food cooking and the hand burden. Therefore, the chefs can have more time to produce pre-treatment or post-production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Ang-Tsang Cho
  • Patent number: 10299628
    Abstract: An economical blender with a removable, motor driven spindle assembly to perform blending, a motor driven elevator used to lift a cup with food or beverage up to the spindle assembly and a liquid reservoir which allows liquid to be inserted into the food or beverage during blending. The removable spindle assembly has a quick release coupler and a compression spring which connects the quick release coupler to a cup cover. Blending is accomplished by connecting a motor driven inner spindle drive shaft to a concentric outer spindle drive tube through cogged couplers. The outer spindle drive tube powers a blending tool and, like the blending tool, is removable with the spindle assembly for cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: F'Real Foods, LLC
    Inventors: Clayton G. Gardner, Jens P. Voges, Shek Fai Lau, Andrew Geppert
  • Patent number: 10299629
    Abstract: A blending system is shown and described herein. The blending system may include a base including a motor, a blade base assembly selectively and operably engaged with the base, where the motor drives a blade assembly of the blade base, and a blending container engageable with the blade base. The blade base may be configured to prevent driving of the blade assembly when the blending container is not engaged with the blade base assembly. The blade base may be engaged with the blending container and the blade assembly may mechanically engage with the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: VITA-MIX MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: James P. Bascom, Scott C. Bly, Todd Cassidy, Brenton Krivos, Jeff Ransden, Ray Adams, Christian C. Stewart
  • Patent number: 10299630
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vacuum blender configured to enhance convenience by integrating a vacuum device into the main body of the blender and to separate/store food while maintaining a storage container in a vacuum state by dualizing the vacuum space, and a method for operating the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Myounghwa Chung
  • Patent number: 10299631
    Abstract: The technology relates to a juice squeezing module for a juicer including: a juice squeezing drum mounted on a body of the juicer in such a manner as to be open on the top surface thereof and an engagement gear disposed on the edge of the periphery of the bottom surface thereof; a cap adapted to cover the top surface of the juice squeezing drum; a juice squeezing screw rotatably mounted at the inside of the juice squeezing drum; a screen drum mounted at the inside of the juice squeezing drum; a rotating brush adapted to brush the juice squeezing drum and the screen drum and having a brush ring gear connected to the engagement gear; and brush rotating means disposed on the underside of the juice squeezing drum to transmit the driving force of a driving shaft of the body to the engagement gear to rotate the rotating brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Jae Won Kim
  • Patent number: 10299632
    Abstract: A system includes a container platform configured to receive a container, a blade assembly and a blade actuator for rotating blades of the blade assembly, a blade platform, and a platform actuator for moving the blade platform between a blade engagement position and a container engagement position. A processor is configured to cause the platform actuator to move the blade platform, prior to a first actuation of the blade actuator, from the container engagement position to the blade engagement position, to cause the first actuation, to cause the platform actuator to move the blade platform towards the container engagement position, to cause the blade platform to return to the blade engagement position, to cause a second actuation of the blade actuator, and to cause the platform actuator to return the blade platform to the container engagement position subsequent to the second actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: NORTH AMERICAN ROBOTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: My Vu, Elvine Pineda, Matthew Udomphol
  • Patent number: 10299633
    Abstract: A manual frothing device to be secured inside a liquid container partially filled in by a liquid to be frothed is disclosed. The frothing device comprises an elongated hollow member having a hollow top end; a convex shaped bottom end extending outwardly and comprising a plurality of cavities sized and shaped for retaining particles of a given size and side walls having openings of a size greater than the particles of a given size and wherein froth is generated by shaking the liquid in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: DAVIDsTEA INC.
    Inventor: David Shaw
  • Patent number: 10299634
    Abstract: A hair clippings collection system for collecting hair clippings includes a sink that may be manipulated in the convention of plumbed sinks. A shroud is selectively draped over the sink to capture hair clippings from shaving or the like. In this way the shroud inhibits the sink from being contaminated with the hair clippings. A pocket is coupled to the shroud to contain objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Clinton Reyes
  • Patent number: 10299635
    Abstract: A shower pan has a first portion having a drain hole and a bottom flat surface to contact a floor and a top surface having a predetermined slope toward the drain hole; and a second portion coupled to the first portion at the drain hole, the second portion having a bottom surface with the predetermined slope and adapted to gaplessly fit with the first portion through a waterproofing pan liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Zhongri Liu
  • Patent number: 10299636
    Abstract: A valvular conduit, preferably a Tesla valvular conduit, in which a plug member is coaxially received within a bore in a sleeve member and in which passageways are defined between the plug member and the sleeve member within interior walls configured to permit mixing of fluid flowing through the passageways in at least one direction, preferably, the relatively free passage of fluid through the passageways upstream but increased the resistance to downstream flow of the fluid through each passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Andrew Jones, Zhenchun Shi
  • Patent number: 10299637
    Abstract: A holder (10) for at least two toilet-paper rolls (12, 14) which are arranged one above the other and consist of a paper web (56) wound up on a sleeve (52, 54) or a shaft, having a first and a second wall (28, 30) which are arranged at a distance parallel to each other, wherein each of the walls (28, 30) has a guide (40, 42) for receiving one end each of the shaft or of a shaft journal, which can be received in an opening in the sleeve, wherein the guide (40, 42) has a substantially vertically running supply portion (40b) for supplying a toilet-paper roll (12, 14), the supply portion merging into an unrolling portion (40c) running at an inclination with respect to the vertical in the direction of at least one first tear-off element (60, 62) or a stop (72).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: ILLE PAPIER-SERVICE GMBH
    Inventor: Eric Gottschalk
  • Patent number: 10299638
    Abstract: A rolled media dispenser is disclosed. In one example, the dispenser includes a transfer bar for automatically transferring paper from a completely depleted stub roll to a primary roll. In one example, the transfer bar includes a lift member that prevents transfer of the paper from the stub roll to the primary roll when paper in the stub roll is present and includes a cam lift member that prevents the transfer of paper from the stub roll to the primary roll as long as paper from the stub roll is present beneath the cam lift member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Essity Operations Wausau LLC
    Inventors: Mark Henson, Adam T. Elliott
  • Patent number: 10299639
    Abstract: A lid and seat assembly for a plumbing fixture includes a housing, a lid, and a seat. The housing includes a generally planar front surface and a generally planar rear surface. The lid is pivotably coupled to the housing. The seat is pivotably coupled to the housing. The front surface and the rear surface meet at a first edge located at a first end of the housing and at a second edge at a second end of the housing. The front surface, the rear surface, the first common edge, and the second common edge cooperatively define a continuous surface profile configured to facilitate single-wipe cleaning of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Karl Stevenson, Simon Mark Bickerstaffe, Keith John Thompson, Matthew Eric Batchelor, Nicholas G. Paget
  • Patent number: 10299640
    Abstract: A sanitary washing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a base plate and a body part. The base plate has a pair of mounting holes that corresponds to a pair of through-holes formed on an upper surface of a toilet bowl and is mounted on the upper surface of the toilet bowl by inserting fastening members mounted on the pair of mounting holes through the pair of through-holes. The body part incorporates a functional component that includes a washing nozzle, and is mounted on the toilet bowl via the base plate. Furthermore, a mounting part for the body part is formed only between the pair of mounting holes on the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Tomomi Rokuta, Akihiro Ashihara, Yukari Kawazu, Tomoaki Suetsugu, Masayuki Mochita
  • Patent number: 10299641
    Abstract: A toilet seat (1) with an automatic cleaning device (10), the toilet seat (1) including: a first assembly (2) with a mounting panel (7) that can be secured to a rear section of a lavatory body (8); and a second assembly (3) which includes a lavatory seat ring (9) able to be driven in the peripheral direction, a bearing frame (29) for the lavatory seat ring (9), a drive device (26) for the lavatory seat ring (9), secured to the bearing frame (29), and a cleaning device (10) for the lavatory seat ring (9), likewise secured to said bearing frame (29). The first and second assembly (3) are pivotally interconnected by means of hinge joints (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: CWS-BOCO INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Roland Käppeli, Christian Frei, Marcel Kilga
  • Patent number: 10299642
    Abstract: A blower includes a frame, a surface engaging wheel attached to the frame and a power source attached to the frame. An impeller housing is also attached to the frame, and the impeller housing defines an intake opening. The impeller housing surrounds an impeller that is rotatably connected to the power source. An exhaust chute is attached to the impeller housing. A selectively closeable aperture structure is attached to the intake opening. In further examples, the selectively closeable aperture is a pair of rotatable plates both including radial slots or an iris blade assembly. In other examples, the exhaust chute is rotatable or the impeller housing is rotatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: MTD PRODUCTS INC
    Inventors: Peter J. Buchanan, Erik Krueger
  • Patent number: 10299643
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclone assembly comprising a first stage cyclone and a second stage cyclone. The cyclone assembly has an openable end moveable between a closed position and an open position, the openable end comprising a portion of the second stage dirt collection chamber. When the openable end is in the open position, the second stage dirt collection chamber is opened and when the openable end is the closed positon, the openable end contacts a sidewall of the second stage cyclone chamber and the second stage dirt collection region is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 10299644
    Abstract: A cleaner head including a cleaner head body, a sole plate including a rear portion and flexible lateral side portions that define at least part of the periphery of a dirty air opening. The rear portion and the flexible lateral side portions are movable relative to the cleaner head body such that, in use, the rear portion and the flexible lateral side portions conform to a surface being cleaned in order to maintain a seal between the cleaner head and the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Stuart Lloyd Genn, Ashley James Hribar-Green, Matthew Jonathan Stubbs, Robert Michael Cox
  • Patent number: 10299645
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner, including a cleaner body; and a dust collector provided in the cleaner body, wherein the dust collector includes a first cyclone provided within an outer case to filter foreign matter and dust from air introduced into the dust collector; a second cyclone accommodated within the first cyclone to separate fine dust from the air introduced into the first cyclone; a screw provided at a lower side of and surrounding the first cyclone, and having at least one vane spirally extended along a flow direction of the air introduced into the outer case to induce the inflow of foreign matter and dust filtered by the first cyclone into a first storage section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kietak Hyun, Jungmin Ko, Soohan Eo, Sangchul Lee
  • Patent number: 10299646
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner, including a cleaner body; and a dust collector provided in the cleaner body, wherein the dust collector includes a first cyclone provided within an outer case to filter foreign matter and dust from air introduced into the dust collector; a second cyclone accommodated within the first cyclone to separate fine dust from the air introduced into the first cyclone; and a rotatable shell provided at a lower side of the first cyclone so as to define a first storage section configured to collect foreign matter and dust filtered by the first cyclone between the rotatable shell and the outer case, and wherein the rotatable shell includes a skirt that extends downward and outward from an upper portion of the rotatable shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kietak Hyun, Jungmin Ko, Soohan Eo, Sangchul Lee
  • Patent number: 10299647
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner including a cleaner body; and a dust collector provided in the cleaner body, wherein the dust collector includes a first cyclone provided within an outer case to filter foreign matter and dust from air introduced into the dust collector; a second cyclone accommodated within the first cyclone to separate fine dust from the air introduced into the first cyclone; and a rotatable shell provided at a lower side of and surrounding the first cyclone so as to define a first storage section configured to collect foreign matter and dust filtered by the first cyclone between the rotatable shell and the outer case, wherein the rotatable shell includes a skirt having a plurality of steps arranged along a circumference of the rotatable shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kietak Hyun, Jungmin Ko, Soohan Eo, Sangchul Lee
  • Patent number: 10299648
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner including a cyclonic separating unit that includes a cyclonic separator having a separator axis and an end wall which is openable for the removal of dirt from the cyclonic separator, a screen disposed within the cyclonic separator such that it extends in the longitudinal direction of the cyclonic separator, wherein the cyclonic separator is movable relative to the screen between a first position and a second position in the longitudinal direction of the cyclonic separator; a catch arranged to secure the openable end wall in a closed position; and an actuator which is actuated to release the catch when the cyclonic separator is moved into the second position. In an alternative embodiment, there is provided a vacuum cleaner apparatus in which the actuator is enabled for subsequent release of the catch when the cyclonic separator is moved into the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Laurent James Peters, William Henry Kerr