Patents Issued in September 24, 2019
  • Patent number: 10420390
    Abstract: An insert for high-heeled footwear comprises a forefoot insert having a raised portion, and an arch insert having a generally concave base adapted to fit against the heel of the foot to prevent the foot from sliding forward. The forefoot insert and arch insert are placed in high-heeled footwear. The raised portion is adapted to fit under the three middle toes to prevent forward movement of the foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Virve Tuulikki Georgeson
  • Patent number: 10420391
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper, a midsole, and a support assembly positioned beneath the midsole. The support assembly includes a plurality of primary support members having a substantially Z-shaped cross-section extending transversely across the support assembly. The support assembly may include a plurality of secondary support members having an inverted V-shaped cross-section, extending longitudinally along the support assembly, and intersecting with the primary support members. An outsole is positioned beneath the support assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Barnes, Margarita Cortez, Zachary Elder, Fred Fagergren, Lee Peyton
  • Patent number: 10420392
    Abstract: A sole structure with an integrated cleat member includes a plate member with a protruding portion that forms a first portion of the cleat member. A second portion of the cleat member is attached to the first portion and may be made of a less rigid material than the first portion. A supporting structure can be disposed inside the protruding portion. A method of forming the sole structure can include reshaping a portion of a plate member to form a protruding portion, molding a cleat tip portion onto the protruding portion and molding a supporting structure into a concave inner portion of the protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas C. Foxen
  • Patent number: 10420393
    Abstract: [Technical Problem] To provide a footwear sheet and a footwear that can increase the efficiency at which a user trains to be able to assume an ideal posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignees: Uchida Hanbai System, Ltd., Tatsuo Saito, Hiroko Uchida
    Inventors: Tatsuo Saito, Hiroko Uchida
  • Patent number: 10420394
    Abstract: An article of footwear may include an insert configured to receive a foot of a wearer. The insert may consist essentially of a casing configured to at least partially enclose a foot of a wearer and including a casing material and a high heat capacity material. The article of footwear may also include an outer assembly configured to receive the foot of the wearer when the foot is received within the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Mankowski, Jeffrey C. Spanks
  • Patent number: 10420395
    Abstract: A loosening prevention lace which overcomes the problems where the lace is slackened or undone upon the lace being tied up through the eyelets for fastening the shoes, garment and as such and which brings unforeseen effect on design or appearance as well. The loosening prevention lace is provided by weaving one picot forming linear body or a plurality of picot forming linear bodies into a tubular woven fabric in a warp yarn direction thereof and protruding one picot forming linear body or a plurality of picot forming linear bodies from a surface of the tubular woven fabric with a certain interval over a longitudinal direction of the tubular fabric in a loop form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SHINDO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Ooki
  • Patent number: 10420396
    Abstract: A shielding cup is provided for use with a self-fusing member or collapsible heat-concentrating accessory. The shielding cup is attached to a shoe heel as a temporary fix for a worn heel tip. The cup can be attached to the heel by a self-fusing member that binds to itself. The cup can also be attached by using a heat source and collapsible heat-concentrating accessory to concentrate heat on the heat-shrink version of the shielding cup. The cup can also be press fit on to the heel tip without the use of a self-fusing member or collapsible heat-concentrating accessory. Embodiments of the cup that can be press fit on to the heel tip include a rigid portion adjacent the base of the cup that engages the heel tip and a flexible portion extending away from the base of the cup. The flexible portion can be achieved by tapering the sidewalls of the cup along a longitudinal axis of the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Gogo Heel, LLC
    Inventors: Grace Hwang, Nicolas Zadno
  • Patent number: 10420397
    Abstract: Systems and processes for measuring and sizing a foot are provided. In one exemplary process, at least one image of a foot and a horizontal reference object from a first point of view is captured. A portion of the foot may be disposed against a vertical reference object. The at least one image may be displayed, where one or more camera guides are overlaid on the at least one displayed image. In response to aligning the one or more camera guides with one or more of the horizontal reference object and the vertical reference object, a measurement of the foot based on the at least one captured image from the first point of view is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: BLACK BRASS, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Hei, Vivian Chiang, Jason Warren
  • Patent number: 10420398
    Abstract: A releasable interlocking device comprising a pair of interactive plates, for fastening to apparel utilizing a system of two interactive plates which when brought together utilizes the thickness of the apparel and stud of a male plate to engage through the lips of the female plate to snap fit and lock without damage to the aforesaid apparel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Robert Drage
  • Patent number: 10420399
    Abstract: A zipper closure facilitator assembly for use with articles of apparel to permit a user person with limited arm reach and movement, such has with old age or incapacitated persons, or anyone, ease of access to the slider of the zipper closure. One of the twin bands to which complimentary zipper teeth are secured, has a free short bottom section which is not sewn to the article of apparel but removably attached thereto by magnetic attraction for ease of access to the slider. Closure facilitators using superimposed magnetic strips provides ease of engagement and removal of articles of footwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Ronie Reuben
  • Patent number: 10420400
    Abstract: An apparatus having a left-hand side slider including a left-hand side splitter and configured to slide along a left-hand side zipper chain; a right-hand side slider including a right-hand side splitter and configured to slide along a right-hand side zipper chain; the left-hand side slider and right-hand side slider, when placed in contact with each other, allow the left-hand side splitter and right-hand side splitter to act as a single splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Abdullah C. Erdal
  • Patent number: 10420401
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a collar attachment comprising a disk having a first collar band loop integrally formed with the disk along a first arcuate perimeter portion of the disk and a second collar band loop integrally formed with the disk along a second arcuate perimeter portion of the disk that is opposite the first arcuate perimeter portion of the disk; a keyhole in the disk; friction attachment means formed in an underside of the disk and configured to receive at least a first tab of an attached device and to snugly hold the first tab against the underside of the disk after rotation of the attached device in the keyhole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: MARS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Steven Eidelman, David Isbister, Todd Pelman, Stephen Senatore, Gadi Amit, Inbal Etgar, Solene Bourgeois
  • Patent number: 10420402
    Abstract: A bracelet having a channel groove is provided. The bracelet has an outer side and an inner side. A channel groove is at least partially surrounding a circumference of the outer side. A hair band may fit within the channel groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: AST DESIGN, LLC
    Inventor: Karin Zannella
  • Patent number: 10420403
    Abstract: An apparatus for carrying one or more items in the form of a wallet includes one or more compartments. The wallet includes a slot to provide access to an interior of a compartment. The slot is positioned such that the one or more items within the compartment can be contacted along their bottom edge. In this manner the slot extends from the bottom edge of the wallet upwards towards the top of the wallet. In some instances the wallet includes interior dividers that have extended edges that extend past the length of the front and back of the wallet. These dividers with extended edges may also have a notch feature. These and other features of the wallet assist in inserting and removing the one or more items from the wallet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Curtis M. Calder
  • Patent number: 10420404
    Abstract: A clip suitable for holding money, credit cards and document is described. The clip includes features that enable use of decorative leather, cloth, rubber, polyester or polyurethane covers that can be interchanged and conceal the inner, typical metal, workings of the clip. The clip further includes electronic devices held within the covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Lawrence Ernest Antinone
  • Patent number: 10420405
    Abstract: A coin bank night light apparatus comprising a coin bank and a light unit removably engageable therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Perine Lowe, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrice Lowe
  • Patent number: 10420406
    Abstract: A cover for protecting an audio port of an electronic device is provided. The cover includes a check valve, a bellows, and an air vent. The check valve moves between a first position to allow audio pressure to exit the audio port and a second position to fluidly seal the audio port. The bellows at least partially surround the audio port when the cover is attached to the electronic device and move the check valve from the first position to the second position in response to a pressure exerted on the bellows. The air vent is attached to the bellows and allows audio pressure to pass through the air vent and to restrict passage of at least some water through the air vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Otter Products, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron M. Lipner, Oscar L. Lopez, Lan Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10420407
    Abstract: A protective case and mounting system for a handheld electronic device is provided. The protective case can include a removable mounting system comprised of an interlocking member and a plurality of mounting bases. The protective case may further include a non-slip member to prevent the device from slipping on a surface and a magnet for attaching the device to a magnetic surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: ROKFORM IP LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Whitten, Bernhard Leitner, Craig Erion
  • Patent number: 10420408
    Abstract: A hair coloring brush is disclosed having a central base portion, a pick handle extending from the central base portion, and a plurality of bristles extending out from the central base portion, the bristles each have an end portion with the end portions forming a curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Jackie Richardson
  • Patent number: 10420409
    Abstract: A clipper having a digit stop edge preventing the clipping of a fingernail or toenail too close to result in laceration or infection of the tip of the digit having a nail to be clipped. A clipper having a fingertip or toetip guide to stabilize the clipping procedure, and to allow clipping of a fingernail or toenail at a pre-determined length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Wayne C. Crolley
  • Patent number: 10420410
    Abstract: The invention relates to an applicator device for applying a cosmetic product, comprising an elongate applicator head equipped with a groove having a straight portion substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the head, said groove containing a rectilinear resistive heating wire extending over the entire length of the straight portion of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: LVMH Recherche
    Inventors: Marc Chevalier, Jean-François Tranchant, Emilie Gombard
  • Patent number: 10420411
    Abstract: A retractable shoulder strap for towing wheeled luggage with minimal to no hand assistance and that can be easily stored and worn comfortably. The retractable shoulder strap includes a housing, a retraction mechanism, a shoulder strap, a strap-adjustment slide, an elastic strap, and a handle-attaching system. The housing contains and conceals the retraction mechanism. The retractions mechanism allows the shoulder strap to be automatically retracted into the housing when not be utilized by the user. The shoulder strap allows the user to carry a load on his or her shoulder. The strap-adjustment slide allows the user to adjust the length of the shoulder strap, when extended from inside the housing. The elastic strap absorbs shocks produced when the user is towing wheeled luggage. The handle-attaching system allows the user to attach the retractable shoulder strap to a handle of wheeled luggage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: RETRA PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventor: Omar Nabil Abass
  • Patent number: 10420412
    Abstract: A hip belt includes an inelastic center panel and first and second padded portions connected to the center panel and extending therefrom. Each of the first and second padded portions has a rear end proximate to the center panel, an opposed front end, and a face extending therebetween. Each also has an adjustable pulley assembly carried on the padded portion, and a strap secured to the pulley assembly over the padded portion for sliding movement along the face of the padded portion. A buckle is carried at the front end of each padded portion for coupling with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Pressio LLC
    Inventors: W. Scott Schlofman, Michael L. Williams, Jeffrey Regan
  • Patent number: 10420413
    Abstract: A bag for carrying a rifle that enables the user to secure the stock at specific location inside the bag. The bag includes a front wall with PALS grids, a back wall with a hook-and-loop pad, a front attachment means that is designed to be connected and adjusted to the PALS grid and a back attachment means that is designed to be connected and adjusted to the pad. The user connects and adjusts the front and the back attachment means at preferable locations inside the bag, places the rifle inside the bag and secure the stock by the front and the back attachment means in a way that the stock is positioned at the same place relative to the bag and by that enables the user to draw the rifle without necessity of eye contact with the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Mykola Klymenko
  • Patent number: 10420414
    Abstract: A belt and neck holder for a container such as a can of paint which offsets the container from the wearer via a double axis gimbal mechanism to provide free axial rotation of the secured container to prevent spillage. The holder is detachable from the belt and neck and provided in different sizes to hold standard containers such as a gallon can of paint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventors: Robert L. Snyder, Randy Newman, Larry Lambert, William J. Davis
  • Patent number: 10420415
    Abstract: A device and methods in the device including at least one flexible annular member coupled to at least one hook element which can be worn by a person to couple one or more containers to the hook element to reduce effort in transport of the containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: David A. Wallace
  • Patent number: 10420416
    Abstract: A paint brush system, including a number of bristles held together inside the paint catch funnel and at also a bristles holder of the base providing a paint catch funnel circumferentially and about a lower enclosed area about each of the bristles, therein forming of the catch funnels of the base of the paint brush; whereas the paint catch funnel is connected to the upper part of the head, and between a bottom head and the top connector of the flex accordion-like neck, the neck is inserted and locked into the bottom head; at the bottom of the flex accordion-like neck, linearly repeatedly and extensively an element and also providing a transversely aspect of the flex accordion-like element and providing from an uppermost to a bottommost, and of the repeatedly element accordion ends; and further a threaded nonslip handle is provided at the end of the paint brush system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Heinz Welschoff
  • Patent number: 10420417
    Abstract: A table assembly comprising a telescoping leg assembly having upper and lower ends and forming an internal passageway and further including a plurality of leg members, at least a first leg member is adapted to slide telescopically with respect to at least a second of the leg members along a substantially vertical extension axis between an extended position and a retracted position, a spring that generates a variable spring force, the spring having first and second ends, aligned substantially parallel to the vertical extension axis and located within the internal passageway, a rotatable cam member supported by the leg assembly and operatively linked with the spring, the cam member and spring applying a force tending to drive the leg assembly into the extended position, a worksurface mounted to the upper end of the leg assembly and a lock adapted to prevent leg members from sliding telescopically with respect to one another when engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: David K. Jones, Kurt Heidmann, Todd Andres
  • Patent number: 10420418
    Abstract: It is the objective of the present invention to create additional functional, flexible and accessible work and storage area in the home, office, workshop, automobile, medical and industrial environments by providing means to firmly and securely mount, store and access articles such as appliances (e.g., flat panel video displays/monitors, can openers, weighing scales) and organizing/storage vessels (e.g., spice racks, first aid kits, sewing boxes, knife blocks, tool kits) on downwardly facing surfaces, such as the underside of cabinets and shelves, and on vertical surfaces (such as cabinet doors and frames) and by enhancing access to those articles on horizontal surfaces such as countertops. The invention performs its functions using a small number of readily manufacturable, modular, standardized components. The invention also performs its functions maximizing adjustability, reliability, use of available space and ease and flexibility of installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Beanius, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Ryan H. Behroozi
  • Patent number: 10420419
    Abstract: A plurality of desktop organizers, which helps users select and optimally arrange desktop organizers on desktops in a personalized manner. The core components of the invention are a plurality of desktop organizers each having a base, an overlay and magnets as temporary fasteners, where the overlays are configured for storing different office implements, which, generally speaking, are configured as follows: the dimensions of the desktop organizers promote coupling the organizers, ensuring alignment when brought to close to each other; the magnets are located on the sides of the desktop organizers such that they align with one another; and, a set of overlays, one for each type of office implement, fitting over the top of the desktop organizers. The invention can be used to select and arrange desktop organizers in a personalized manner that promotes optimal use of the surface of a desk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Kas Kasravi
  • Patent number: 10420420
    Abstract: A slide rail bracket includes a main body and a slide component. The main body has an accommodating portion inside, and the front end of the main body is provided with two through holes. The slide component has a slide block and two positioning bolts. The slide block is slidably disposed in the accommodating portion, and the two positioning bolts are disposed on the front end of the slide block and respectively penetrate into the two through holes. The front ends of two positioning bolts respectively have a first diameter portion and a second diameter portion. The first diameter portion and the second diameter portion are arranged coaxial with each other, and the first diameter portion is disposed at the front end of the second diameter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: MARTAS PRECISION SLIDE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wan-Lai Chen
  • Patent number: 10420421
    Abstract: A slide unit for a drawer includes a middle slide rail molded through a simple process to enhance productivity. The middle slide rail of the slide unit has an improved structure to enable each of a main body-side fixed rail and a drawer-side fixed rail to more smoothly slide on the middle slide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SEGOS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Duc Hoi Kim, Sung Woo Kim, In Suk Ra, Jung Kyu Lim
  • Patent number: 10420422
    Abstract: A linkage mechanism for a reclining seating unit that provides increased back support, reduces shirt pull and decreases minimum wall clearance. The linkage mechanism may include a seat mounting plate indirectly coupled to a back bracket where the back bracket pivots around a projected pivot point located forwardly and upwardly from the back bracket when the seating unit is closed. The linkage mechanism may include an intermediate link pivotally connected to the seat mounting plate and the back bracket, a back pivot link pivotally connected to the back bracket and a rear lift link, the rear lift link pivotally connected to the seat mounting plate, and a control link pivotally connected to the back pivot link and the seat mounting plate. Forward movement of the back bracket relative to the seat mounting plate as the seating unit reclines reduces the wall clearance needed behind the seating unit below 4.5 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Gregory Mark Lawson, Walter Clark Rogers, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10420423
    Abstract: An item of seating furniture, in particular an office chair, has a seat carrier for a horizontal seat member, and a backrest carrier for a vertical backrest. The backrest carrier is constructed in a substantially U-shaped manner with two vertically orientated U-shaped members and with a horizontal upper U-shaped member. Wherein, along at least one rotation axis which extends below the seat member, a first rotary joint and a second rotary joint are provided for the lateral tilting movability of the backrest with respect to the seat carrier. The first and second rotary joints are arranged spaced apart from each other along the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Armin Sander
    Inventor: Armin Sander
  • Patent number: 10420424
    Abstract: A novel molded foam pool float (10) and ottoman (12) are formed of a continuous form of semi-rigid, pliable foam of constant density. The pool float (10) has an elongate shape which partially circumscribes a user, having an enclosed end (24) with a headrest (38), two arms (26, 28) symmetrically extending from opposite sides of the enclosed end (24), and an open end (30) disposed between ends (34, 36) of the arms (26, 28). The headrest (38) extends upward from the enclosed end (24), above the arms (26, 28) to provide both a headrest and a chin rest, depending upon the orientation of the pool float (10) to the user. The upper surfaces (58, 60) of the arms (26, 28) are preferably recessed beneath respective sides of the arms (26, 28) and have a pebbled texture. Void recesses (72, 74, 76) are provided in the lower side (16) of the pool float (10) for trapping air to provide enhanced flotation and reduce the unit costs of the foam for the pool float (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Michael L. Perry
  • Patent number: 10420425
    Abstract: A refrigerated display case (20) having at least one unit composed of a plurality of wall assemblies, namely a bottom assembly (22.3), a rear wall assembly, and a top assembly (22.1), which delimit a cooling space at the bottom, the rear, and the top, and having a cooling unit (1) whose components include at least one evaporator (11), one condenser (13, 13?), and one electric control unit (15). An environmentally friendly refrigerated display case (20) is achieved in that the cooling unit (1) includes at least two closed refrigerant circuits (10, 10?), which convey propane as a refrigerant and are each provided with a compressor (12, 12?), and in order to variably control the cooling output, at least one compressor (12, 12?) is embodied with a speed regulation and at least one compressor (12, 12?) is embodied for operation at a constant speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: AHT COOLING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventor: Reinhold Resch
  • Patent number: 10420426
    Abstract: A refrigerated display case comprising framework having four sides, each side including a C-shaped frame with a rear vertical side strut, a top side strut, and a bottom side strut; the C-shaped side frames are constructed separately and support cover panels of a bottom assembly, a rear wall assembly, and a top assembly, the cover panels being fastened by mounting elements and delimit a cooling chamber, the cooling chamber including at least one C-shaped intermediate frame between the C-shaped side frames, the at least one C-shaped intermediate frame is spaced laterally apart from the C-shaped side frames, the C-shaped intermediate frames each include a horizontal bottom intermediate strut, a vertical intermediate strut and a top intermediate strut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: AHT Cooling Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold Resch
  • Patent number: 10420427
    Abstract: A goods holder, on which a plurality of goods can be arranged one behind the other in a movable manner, in such a way that a front good of a row of goods arranged one behind the other can be moved in the direction of a front end of the goods holder and can be removed from the goods holder at said front end. The goods holder having at least one displaceably supported signal-producing means, which can be displaced as a result of a movement of a frontmost good in the direction of the front end and triggers the production of a removal signal in the event of a displacement in order to indicate a removal of the good from the good holder. Two displaceably supported signal-producing means are provided on the goods holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: INVENTORY SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventor: Georg Hachmann
  • Patent number: 10420428
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a checkout counter which includes loading areas, registration area and packing comprising; a loading area, a registration area comprising means for parallel checkout and registration of purchased goods where the means at least comprises; a first registration zone, a second registration zone, and at least one registration means adapted to register goods from the first and the second registration zone, and a packing area configured to receive goods from two registration zones in parallel. It is also disclosed a method for operation of a checkout counter according to one embodiment of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: PEOPLEPOS LTD.
    Inventor: Kay Seljeseth
  • Patent number: 10420429
    Abstract: A planar display assembly is provided with a planar display pane. A frame is provided with a dado sized to receive the planar display pane. A plurality of retainers mounts to the frame about an inner periphery of the frame to retain the planar display pane within the frame. At least one of the plurality of retainers is elastically deformable to deform during installation of the planar display into the frame, and to expand to retain the planar display pane within the frame. A plurality of apertures or a channel may be formed in the frame about the dado. The plurality of retainers may mount to the frame within the plurality of apertures or the channel of the frame to retain the planar display pane within the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Earl David Forrest, Norman Dax Allen, Jeffrey John Mathison
  • Patent number: 10420430
    Abstract: An adjustable mount assembly for supporting a convex mirror or other devices on the top of a cubicle/office partition wall. In one embodiment, the adjustable mount assembly comprises a supporting element having a vertical tubular member configured to securely hold a connecting means, such as a Z-bracket for supporting a convex mirror, an adjustable element insertable into the supporting element, and two clamping elements that when inserted into vertical slots in each of the supporting element and the adjustable element, form a clamping assembly that holds the adjustable mount assembly snugly in place on top of the partition wall. The adjustable mount assembly is adjustable to snugly fit over the top of any partition wall to support a convex mirror or other devices by means of an interchangeable mount adapter and may also comprise release buttons on the adjustable element to facilitate disassembly of an assembled mount assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lee Scott, Dale William Stier
  • Patent number: 10420431
    Abstract: An overgarment includes a single body constructed from two soft, woven fabric plies and a torso in the body. Opposed sleeves are attached to the torso at sleeve openings, and the sleeves each have a top, an opposed bottom, and a length. A marsupial pocket on a front of the torso has a top and opposed bottom, the top of the marsupial pocket is above the bottom of each sleeve, and the bottom of the marsupial pocket is below the bottom of each sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Cozy Comfort Company LLC
    Inventors: Brian Speciale, Michael Speciale
  • Patent number: 10420432
    Abstract: A beverage server having a cap and a server body. The server body includes an open top container having a handle, a chamber, a pour spout, and a cap receiving portion defining a top opening. The cap is rotatably positionable within the top opening between an on-off configuration, a closed configuration, and a pour configuration. The cap has an outer facing portion and a lip, and the cap receiving portion has an inner facing portion adjacent to a top rim. Surfaces on the cap that would otherwise engage the rim and surfaces of the cap receiving portion, are cutaway to create recesses in such surfaces, which together with the top rim and surfaces of the cap receiving portion define an air vent which allows air to pass into the chamber when beverage is dispensed from the chamber via the spout when the cap is in the pour configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Service Ideas, Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph J. Krawczyk, Benjamin A. Van Voorhis, Thomas A. Wendt, Ronald E. Rezachek
  • Patent number: 10420433
    Abstract: A liquid container lid assembly includes a straw having an internal one-way valve and a grommet seal for sealing against the straw. As a result, the disclosed liquid container lid assembly allows a consumer (such as a child) to drink from the straw while preventing accidental spillage without the need for the child to manipulate any part of the lid assembly (such as a lock or valve release). In other words, the liquid container lid assembly is always in a no-spill configuration while simultaneously allowing a consumer to drink from the straw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: IGNITE USA, LLC
    Inventors: Robert C. Coon, Paul D. Hurley
  • Patent number: 10420434
    Abstract: A drinking straw has a display arrangement mounted thereon or attached thereto, where the display arrangement bears a graphic representation, such as an advertisement or an amusing graphic representation. When the drinking straw is disposed within a cup, the display arrangement is adapted to engage an exterior surface of the cup, so that the straw remains upright in the cup adjacent the side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Israel Juarbe
  • Patent number: 10420435
    Abstract: A fabric treating system comprises an enclosure comprising a first wall, a second wall, and a fabric receiving space defined by the enclosure. The fabric treating system also comprises a support member positioned proximate to the first wall. The support member is configured to support one of a hanger configured to support a piece of fabric and the piece of fabric within the fabric receiving space. The fabric treating system also comprises a fabric tensioning system positioned at least on the second wall. The fabric tensioning system comprises at least a first fabric grasper configured to be attached to at least a first portion of the piece of fabric to apply tension to the piece of fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Joseph Roselle, Corey Michael Bischoff, Christopher Lawrence Smith, Markus Sabisch, Oliver von Sartori-Montecroce, Christof Kleemann, Stefan H. Hollinger, Benjamin Janes Beck, Robert Hans-Joachim Damaschke, Stephan James Andreas Meschkat, Heiko Ullrich, Douglas Arthur Marsden
  • Patent number: 10420436
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooking utensil for cooking food under pressure including a vessel, a lid, and a bayonet-fitting locking system, said cooking utensil includes a control member for controlling locking that is attached to said support via a mechanical coupling allowing said control member to be moved, and is connected to the lid via a movement transformation device for transforming said movement of the control member into pivoting of the lid, said mechanical coupling being configured so that said manual movement of the control member is formed by a movement in rotation about an axis of rotation (Y-Y?) parallel to the central vertical axis (X-X?) and/or by a movement in translation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Eric Chameroy, Eric Laurent Baraille, Philippe Roussard
  • Patent number: 10420437
    Abstract: A machine (1) for the preparation of liquid products via capsules has a delivery assembly (2), which comprises: —a preparation chamber that includes a first, stationary, part of chamber and a second, movable, part of chamber; —an actuation system (13, 14), controllable for causing displacements of the second part of chamber with respect to the first part of chamber, between a spaced apart position and a close position; —two guide elements, configured for co-operating with a flange of a capsule for guiding the latter towards a position that is substantially coaxial to the first part of chamber and to the second part of chamber; —an ejector member (9), slidably mounted through a through opening of a bottom of the first part of chamber (4); and—connection members (8, 9a), which connect the ejector member (9) to the second part of chamber. The guide elements are prearranged for interfering with the flange of the capsule in order to extract the capsule from the housing of the first part of chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: LUIGI LAVAZZA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Denis Rotta
  • Patent number: 10420438
    Abstract: A portion pack for preparing beverages, in particular tea or coffee, comprises a container for holding a substance suitable for beverage preparation and an adapter which can be inserted into a machine for beverage preparation. The container is liquid-permeable at least in some regions or can be perforated during the beverage preparation. The container is releasably fastened to the adapter. The adapter can be reused to prepare a plurality of beverages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: MELITTA SINGLE PORTIONS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Sandra Aus der Fuenten, Jan Pahnke
  • Patent number: 10420439
    Abstract: A single liquid protein beverage dispensing system is disclosed that automatically mixes a drink mix powder, such as protein powder, with a chilled or ambient temperature liquid, preferably water, to form a mixed protein liquid beverage or drink of uniform consistency. The system can provide for different amounts of water from a reservoir to be mixed with at least one or up to three different types of protein powders and then dispensed into a beverage container. The system has an electronic user interface by which the user can make various combinations of liquid amounts and powder selections to prepare a mixed drink. An advantageous feature of the system is that, because of the density and moisture content of every powder, the system provides vibration assistance for the powders to agitate during dispensing which prevents clumping of the powder in the liquid during mixing of the powder with the liquid to provide a beverage admixture of uniform consistency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: EZ PROTEIN LLC
    Inventors: Kurt R. Madic, Ryan J. Madic, Zachary E. Conrad