Patents Issued in January 21, 2020
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Patent number: 10537163Abstract: A composition dispensing device engages a body surface, such as the scalp, while simultaneously dispensing a composition from an attached container on the surface. The device detachably joins a container of a composition and enable uniform dispensing and application of the composition on a body surface. The device comprises a housing that detachably joins with a container of composition. A platform having a plurality of apertures rests coplanar with the housing. A plurality of conduits, or hollow bristles, extend from the platform. The conduits include channels that are in communication with the housing and the container of composition. The conduits are arranged as inner and outer conduits, with the outer conduits being slightly longer to create a generally concave effect. The conduits terminate at an angled tip portion that engages the body surface, while simultaneously dispensing the composition from terminal openings or lateral openings formed at the tip.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Inventor: Kendy Coffee
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Patent number: 10537164Abstract: A cosmetic container with an anti-contamination function for a wiper is provided, where a ring member guides the introduction and discharge of a brush while being moved along the inner surface of a wiper by the pressure applied from a brush rod when the brush rod is introduced into and discharged from a cosmetic container. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the inner surface of the wiper from being contaminated by the contents such as mascara adhered to the brush and to ensure simplified use of the contents such as mascara. Further, since the inner surface of the wiper is not contaminated by the contents such as mascara, it is possible to ensure easy application of the contents such as mascara, which is adhered to the brush passing through the wiper.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: CTK CO., LTD.Inventors: In Yong Chung, Jung Hun Jun
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Patent number: 10537165Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for confident daily make-up application comprising a makeup compact and a client device. The system may be applied to specific facial features or entire faces for a complete style. The client device is configured to provide an interactive user experience by displaying templated instructions for makeup application. Templated instructions provide a ‘paint-by-numbers’ approach to daily makeup application. The makeup compact further comprises a client device housing, wherein the client device can be docked for the duration of makeup application and coaching. The client device housing is separated from a protective cover by a semi-transparent display that can allow for tactile interaction with the client device. The semi-transparent display, therefore, in this orientation, serves as a back projection plane, wherein the template instruction from the client device is communicated to the user as it appears on the semi-transparent display.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: L'OREALInventors: Rich Besen, Maya Kelley, Guive Balooch, Yves Behar, Qin Li, Ilgu Cha
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Patent number: 10537166Abstract: A wearable eyeglass holder that holds a temple of a folded pair of eyeglasses in a manner that resists the inadvertent unfolding of the held temple and the wearer's loss of the eyeglasses. The eyeglass holder has a connector that enables it to be attached, in a pendulous manner, to the wearer's neck, clothing, or other object. The eyeglass holder has an oblong body with a double convex shape and a longitudinal inner channel with two oblong openings on the same face of the body. A temple of a pair of eyeglasses, inserted through the upper opening, comes to rest upon a waist extending between the openings. The eyeglasses rest on the waist and a foot of the body provides a second contact point with the temple that maintains it in a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Ideaphile LLCInventor: Patrick J. Byrnes
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Patent number: 10537167Abstract: A self-adjusting holster includes first and second shell portions having opposite side panels extending substantially parallel to each other. At least one of the first and second shell portions having a bottom panel. The side panels of the first shell portion and side panels of the second shell portion are configured to telescopically mate such that the mated shell portions slidably adjust relative to each other in a first direction and together define an interior space and an open end opposite the bottom panel. An elastomeric member is configured to bias the shell portions toward each other along the first direction. An item inserted into the open end between the first and second shell portions displaces the shell portions relative to each other against biasing force provided by the elastomeric member.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Pitbull Tactical, LLCInventors: Richard Bryant, Jeffrey Brodsky
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Patent number: 10537168Abstract: A tumbler sleeve for holding a beverage container includes a first panel, a second panel, and a third panel. The first panel and the second panel are coupled along lateral edges to form a sleeve. The third panel is coupled to the first panel. The sleeve may form an upper opening and a lower opening. The upper opening is configured to receive a beverage container. The interior surface of the sleeve is configured to engage the beverage container in an interference fit when the beverage container is received by the sleeve. A handle is coupled to the sleeve in a pivoting engagement such that a user may hold the tumbler sleeve while maintaining the beverage container upright. The lower opening allows the lower end of a beverage container to directly contact a surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Colonel Littleton Ltd., Inc.Inventor: Garry A. Littleton
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Patent number: 10537169Abstract: A head for an oral care implement has at least a first row of tufts comprising a plurality of filaments having free ends and fixed ends being opposite the free ends and being fixed on a mounting surface of the head. The filaments of the at least first row of tufts extend from the mounting surface of the head in different length extensions thereby defining with the filaments' free ends an upper top cleaning surface in the form of a continuous wave-shape. The tufts of the at least first row are inclined with respect to the mounting surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Armin Tschol, Erwin Mark, Tilmann Winkler, Franziska Schmid
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Patent number: 10537170Abstract: An example folding table with simultaneously extending legs includes a table top structure. The example table also includes a plurality of table legs to support the table top structure. Each of the table legs part of a spherical four bar linkage. The example table also includes a plurality of driver links for the plurality of table legs. The driver links each part of a single driver component with a pivot at a center of the table top structure. The example table also includes a rotating coupler for on each end of the driver links. When one of the table legs is folded and unfolded, the other table legs move simultaneously in a first direction to open and in a second direction to retract.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Inventor: Lowell McDaniel
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Patent number: 10537171Abstract: A shelf attachment for use with a beach or lounge chair is formed of one-piece or has a first shelf half and a second shelf half hingedly and foldably connected to the first shelf half. An elongated member extends through interlocking projections extending from the first shelf half and from the second shelf half to hingedly connect the first and second shelf halves. A first clamp assembly is secured to the first shelf half and a second clamp assembly is secured to the second shelf half to mount the shelf to the rail of a chair.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: SHORE SHELF LLCInventor: Melanie M. Melaragno
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Patent number: 10537172Abstract: A single-column conference table includes a base, a table top, and a lifting mechanism. The lifting mechanism includes an upright column having a bottom portion fixed to the base. A first accommodating chamber is defined inside the upright column. A lifting sleeve is provided in the first accommodating chamber. A second accommodating chamber is defined inside the lifting sleeve. The lifting sleeve is fixed to the table top. A driving unit is provided in the second accommodating chamber. The driving unit is a gas spring. A bottom of the gas spring is fixed to the base together with the upright column. A top of the gas spring is fixed to the support seat. The table top connected with the support seat can be lifted or lowered through the gas spring. The conference table is more stable and reliable during the lifting operation and can prevent the table top from rotating.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Jiangyin Kao Yi Mechanization Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yen-Chun Lin
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Patent number: 10537173Abstract: A novel work station is directed to a novel workstation which incorporates an acoustical dome for increased acoustic and visual privacy for the user. The workstation further is adjustable in height such that it is able to accommodate a range of users from the 5th percentile seated female to the 95th percentile standing male according to the dictates of ANSI/HFES100-2007 national ergonomic standard. The workstation is further designed to be in electrical and data communication with other workstations to optimize the workstation density in an open working environment without compromising user privacy.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Xybix Systems, Inc.Inventors: David R. Carson, Barry R. Carson, Steve Holan
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Patent number: 10537174Abstract: A magnetic leg glide apparatus for holding an outdoor furniture article against a ground surface in windy weather conditions includes a base member that includes a mounting plate constructed of a magnetic material and having a circular and planar configuration and that includes a fastener having a linear configuration extending away from a bottom side of the base member. The magnetic leg glide apparatus includes a glide member having a bottom wall constructed of a magnetic material of an opposite polarity to the magnetic material of the base member, the glide member having a side wall extending upwardly from a peripheral edge of the bottom wall, the side wall defining an open top and an interior area accessible via the open top for operably receiving a leg of the outdoor furniture article. The base member and the glide member are magnetically attracted to one another.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Inventor: Theresa Quintong
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Patent number: 10537175Abstract: An armrest adjuster is revealed. The armrest adjuster includes an armrest disposed on a top surface of an armrest support. The armrest consists of an armrest pad, an armrest base connected to an armrest cover of the armrest pad to form an armrest body, a first component, a second component fixed between the armrest base and the top surface of the armrest support and arranged with a projecting shaft thereof in the fore-and-aft direction, a first shaft cover, a second shaft cover, and at least one damper. The armrest can not only be changed between a button-free mode and a button mode easily, but also can be installed optionally for adjustment in fore-and-aft direction or lateral direction, or rotation from side to side, with/or without damping action. Thereby the armrest is easy to be installed and the side-view height of the armrest can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: ATEC INTERNATIONAL TEAM CO., LTD.Inventor: Te-Chun Chen
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Patent number: 10537176Abstract: An armrest, in particular for an office chair, achieves improved handling and adjustability in an individual and in a particularly variable manner by providing a preferably height-adjustable armrest column, an arm support carrier which is mounted on the armrest column and which is rotatable about a first rotational axis, and an arm support which is mounted on the arm support carrier. The arm support is rotatable about a second rotational axis and is displaceable in a linear manner relative to the arm support carrier. The two rotational axes are spaced apart from one another.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: BOCK 1 GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Hermann Bock
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Patent number: 10537177Abstract: A furniture member may include a seat base frame, a seat bottom, and a seatback. The seat bottom may be attached to the seat base frame. The seatback may be attached to the seat base frame and may include a seatback frame and a seat-depth-adjustment mechanism. The seat-depth-adjustment mechanism may include a backrest support member and a seat-depth-adjustment actuator. The seat-depth-adjustment actuator may be mounted to the seatback frame and may be drivingly coupled to the backrest support member to move the backrest support member relative to the seatback frame and the seat bottom between a retracted position and an extended position.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: La-Z-Boy IncorporatedInventors: Larry P. Lapointe, Chad E. Adams, Gerald G. Stotz
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Patent number: 10537178Abstract: A furniture member may include a stationary seatback frame, a seat bottom assembly, a legrest mechanism, and a backrest support spring. The seat bottom assembly is movable relative to the seatback frame between a nominal position and a tilt position. The legrest mechanism is movable among a retracted position, a first extended position and a second extended position. A portion of the legrest mechanism contacts the seat bottom assembly when the legrest mechanism is in the first extended position and pushes the seat bottom assembly from the nominal position to the tilt position as the legrest mechanism moves from the first extended position to the second extended position. The backrest support spring includes a first end attached to the seatback frame and a second end attached to the seat bottom assembly and movable with the seat bottom assembly relative to the seatback frame.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: La-Z-Boy IncorporatedInventors: Richard E. Marshall, Eugene O. Cole, II, Chandrasekar Ramasubramanian, Stephen Andrew Brown, Jason Rains, Jason Bryson
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Patent number: 10537179Abstract: The invention is a rocker for therapeutic treatment of a user by control of actuators in the rocker and sensing biometric and mechanical conditions of and around the user. The rocker may be formed of a unitary body of translucent or transparent material. The body of the chair features a single tail floor engagement portion and a user area of seat and back. The rocker may have actuators mounted in or near the rocker to generate heat, sound, vibration or light, Sensors in and around the chair monitor movement of the rocker and biometric conditions of the user. A control panel in communication with the actuator and sensors controls and monitors conditions and communicates with a monitoring computer for storage and reporting. Predetermined patterns of actuator activation may be programmed into the computer for transmission and execution by the control panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Inventor: Jed C. Richardson
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Patent number: 10537180Abstract: A chair having a seat portion that is capable of selectively moving between a rocking position and a stop position, the seat portion being joined to a bottom support comprising a rocking section, a flat section, and a transitional section, the rocking section having a defined curvature and extending between a front end of the bottom support component and the transitional section, the flat section having a substantially flat portion extending between a back end of the bottom support component and the transitional section, in the rocking position the chair is movable along the defined curvature of the rocking section, in the stop position the chair is configured to limit movement of the chair to the stop position, wherein the chair transitions between the rocking position and stop position by rotating past the transitional section of the bottom support.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Virco Mfg. CorporationInventors: Scott Lloyd Fletcher, Man F. Hui, Peter Glass, Robert J. Mills, Douglas A. Virtue, Sergio Rodriguez
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Patent number: 10537181Abstract: The present invention relates to a chair having a subframe, a seat part supported thereon and having a seat surface and a backrest which is disposed in the region of an edge of the seat part at least approximately perpendicularly to the seat surface and contains a contact surface for the back of a person sitting on the chair, wherein the backrest is designed such that it can pivot laterally about a pivot spindle extending at least approximately perpendicularly to the contact surface of the backrest.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Inventor: Stefan Brodbeck
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Patent number: 10537182Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: RAFFEL SYSTEMS, LLCInventor: Ken Seidl
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Patent number: 10537183Abstract: A bed to a sofa conversion frame, without a seating area, a space reserved for the traditional bed, which is a conventional manufactured mattress, or ii) a conventional manufactured mattress and a box spring, or iii) a conventional manufactured mattress and a two rail frame, optionally with a box spring. The bed to a sofa conversion frame includes a backrest, a footer (optional) and a pair of armrests configured to be connected as a solid state and or assembled together to form a sofa frame around a traditional bed, wherein the backrest is movable from a sofa position to a bed position, in order to convert the frame from a sofa configuration to a bed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: BED TO A SOFA CONVERSION COMPANY, LLCInventors: Brian Nault, Brandon Kershner
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Patent number: 10537184Abstract: Adjustable mattress assemblies and processes including an adjustable mattress foundation dimensioned to support a mattress configured to accommodate two supine users during use thereof includes a foundation frame including a first sub-foundation configured with at least one motorized actuator to effect inclination or declination of the mattress support surface and an abutting second sub-foundation free of a motorized actuator. The second foundation is mechanically coupled to the first foundation such that articulation of the first sub-foundation results in a similar articulation in the second foundation. The first and second foundations have similar length, height and width dimensions, which collectively approximates the size of the oversized mattress configured to accommodate two supine users, e.g., king size, queen size, California king size, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: DREAMWELL, LTD.Inventors: Kenneth L. Kramer, Jeffrey M. Woodall, Francis Jan
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Patent number: 10537185Abstract: A self-adjusting, non-powered smart response technology mattress generally includes an accelerated calibration system comprising a valve fluidly connected to a body support device including a plurality of fluid support cells, wherein each fluid support cell includes an envelope and a reforming element disposed within the envelope; and a non-powered manifold system including a manifold conduit interconnecting at least two of the fluid support cells, and intake and exhaust valves fluidly coupled to the manifold conduit configured to dynamically open and close in response to a weight load. The accelerated calibration system is configured to selectively permit fluid flow out of the fluid support cells in the absence of a weight load upon opening of the valve. Also discloses is a process for releasing excess pressure formed as a result of temperature and barometric pressure changes in the self-adjusting, non-powered smart response technology mattress.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignees: DREAMWELL, LTD., WCW INCORPORATEDInventors: William C. Creekmuir, Scott H. Smalling, Edgar C. Gardner, Jeff Wilkinson
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Patent number: 10537186Abstract: A foam core mattress including a cushion layer having a foam with an IFD of between about 6 to about 18 and a density of between about 1.5 lb./ft3 to about 4 lb./ft3. The mattress includes a core that is coupled with a bottom surface of the cushion layer. The core includes a matrix of rebond foam pieces that includes at least 5% foam pieces having volumes of less than about 0.5 in3, at least 40% foam pieces having volumes of between about 0.5 and 2.0 in3, and at least 20% foam pieces having volumes of greater than 2.0 in3, wherein the core has an IFD of between about 21 and 36. The mattress includes a base layer coupled with a bottom surface of the core. The base layer has an IFD of between about 28 to about 70 and a density of between 1.5 lb./ft3to about 2 lb./ft3.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Denver Mattress Co., LLCInventor: Bob Rensink
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Patent number: 10537187Abstract: An augmented refrigerated display unit is provided. The refrigerated display unit includes a door being hingedly attached to the refrigerated display unit, an augmentation drive operatively connected to a hinge of the door for applying an assistive force to the door, and an initiation sensor configured to detect an application of a manual force to the door. The augmentation drive applies an assistive opening force to the door in response to detection by the initiation sensor of an application of the manual force to open the door, a holding force in response to a detection of the door reaching an open position, and an assistive closing force to the door in response to a detection of the manual force being applied to close the door.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventor: Anthony G. Wind, III
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Patent number: 10537188Abstract: The present application provides a merchandiser for dispensing a number of products. The merchandiser may include an ambient compartment with a number of ambient product columns with a number of ambient products therein, an X-Y drive device positioned beneath the ambient compartment, and a temperature controlled compartment positioned beneath the X-Y drive device, the temperature controlled compartment including a number of temperature controlled product columns with a number of temperature controlled products therein. The X-Y drive device receives an ambient product from one of the ambient product columns of the ambient compartment and delivers the ambient product to one of the temperature controlled product columns of the temperature controlled compartment.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventor: Jurgen Roekens
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Patent number: 10537189Abstract: A reception system for receiving objects comprises at least one reception device for receiving objects, a conveyor device, which has at least one conveyor belt section for conveying objects in a conveyance direction in the at least one reception device, and a sensor device, which is arranged on the at least one reception device, for detecting objects in the at least one reception device. It is provided in this case that the sensor device is designed to emit sensor signals along different signal paths over the reception device, to conclude a fill level of the reception device on the basis of an interaction of at least one of the sensor signals with objects conveyed into the reception device. In this manner, a reception system for receiving objects is provided, which enables further automation, in particular in the conveyance of objects into a reception device.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Wincor Nixdorf International, GmbHInventors: Oliver Schaefer, Guenter Baitz, Felix Neubert
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Patent number: 10537190Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure can include systems and methods for providing articulating point-of-sale (POS) apparatuses or devices, such as displays. In one embodiment, an articulating point-of-sale (POS) display assembly may include a base and a movable arm attached to the base. The movable arm may be configured to move from a first position to a second position with respect to the base. The assembly may further include a pivotable display device attached to the movable arm. The pivotable display device may be configured to pivot from a third position to a fourth position with respect to the movable arm. The assembly may also include an arm joint attaching the movable arm to the base, and a pivot joint attaching the pivotable display device to the movable arm.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: First Data CorporationInventors: William Sauway Law, Heather Lynn Klaubert, Sung Hoon Kim, Scott McKinley DeWinter, Christopher Loew, David Frederick Lyons, Leonard Speiser, John Beatty
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Patent number: 10537191Abstract: A shelf system includes first and second support rails, a wall panel disposed between the first and second support rails, first and second electrical supply rails disposed within a front surface of the wall panel and electrically insulated from the first and second support rails, a power supply electrically connected to the first and second supply rails, and at least one LED light fixture mounted on the first and second support rails, such that the light fixture is electrically connected with the first and second electrical supply rails to provide electrical current from the power source.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: WALGREEN CO.Inventors: Gerald Ford, Paul McGivern
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Patent number: 10537192Abstract: The invention relates to a fastening device having at least one positionable holding device, comprising a base plate having an extensively flat rear surface and a front surface, opposite the rear surface, wherein a first guide channel is formed on the front surface. The guide channel is delimited by side walls, wherein engagement areas are formed at least in sections on at least one of the side walls. According to the invention, a slide element is arranged in the guide channel, which can be displaced along the guide channel, wherein the slide element has a carrying element, wherein two spring elements are formed on the slide element, which can engage with the engagement surfaces of the guide channel in a blocking position, and wherein there is a movable locking element on the slide element, which fastens the spring elements at least in the blocking position.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: tesa SEInventors: Franz Fastermann, Martje Masson, Walter Heidenfels
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Patent number: 10537193Abstract: The head rest device is a cushion. The head rest device is configured to cushion the head of a person in a face-down position. The head rest device further provides accommodations to allow the person to insert a plurality of arms into the interior of the head rest device. The head rest device is further configured as a pedestal. The pedestal is a structure configured to support a personal data device in an elevated position relative to the supporting surface on which the head rest device rests. The head rest device comprises a foam curvilinear block.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Inventor: Kenneth Cayler
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Patent number: 10537194Abstract: In one embodiment, a controller determines a particular compartment of a smart postal box in which a package is to be delivered. The controller associates the particular compartment with an authorized entity. The controller provides the authorized entity access to the particular compartment by aligning rolling doors of the smart postal box with the particular compartment.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Charles Calvin Byers, Gonzalo Salgueiro, Aparna Vellala, Salini Kumar Bogadapati, Jagadish Chandra Prasad Mynampati
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Patent number: 10537195Abstract: A monitoring system is configured to monitor a property. The monitoring system includes a package holder device that is configured to receive a package at the package holder device. The package holder device is configured to secure the package. The package holder device is configured to arm the package holder device. The monitoring system includes a monitoring control unit that is configured to receive, from the package holder device, data indicating that the package holder device secured the package and that the package holder device armed. The monitoring control unit is configured to communicate, to a user device of a resident of the property, a package delivery confirmation notification indicating that the package holder device received and secured the package.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Alarm.com IncorporatedInventors: Chad Giles, Linnea Giles
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Patent number: 10537196Abstract: A package receiving system includes a cover, a back wall coupled to the cover by a movable joint, a first side wall, a second side wall, a bottom wall, and a front wall. The package receiving system is movable from a collapsed state to an expanded state.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Inventor: Shell MacPherson
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Patent number: 10537197Abstract: This invention is new because it's the first device of its kind designed to be used to prevent packages from being stolen after delivery to a consumer's house. Other methods like locking boxes or special locks either already exist, or are being developed but this device is the first locking bag for that purpose that is held securely by an extended strap that closes under a door, or secures to a physical object.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Inventor: Jeffrey B. Hopp
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Patent number: 10537198Abstract: A system and method for storing, preserving and cooking meals using the sous-vide technique. The system and method of the present invention is designed to automatically cook, upon request a meal having various ingredients by immersing bagged food in temperature controlled liquid. The cooking time may be manually or automatically programmed from downloaded cooking direction associated with the food. The cooking request may be given by a user from the physical apparatus or using a mobile device application.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Inventor: Marc Gagnon
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Patent number: 10537199Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for a digital power supply that can provide independent power control, and control variable power, for two or more electrical loads. Disclosed embodiments may reduce the magnitude of harmonic currents and/or flicker introduced into a power system. Embodiments include a microprocessor that delivers power to electric loads using phase-controlled AC current. The microprocessor may calculate a power array corresponding to a requested power for each electric load. Logic is provided for populating the power array in a pattern that reduces the magnitude of harmonic currents and flicker.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products LLCInventors: Eric Knappenberger, Julio C. Zuleta, Matthew Lerch, Jeffery C. Emmerich
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Patent number: 10537200Abstract: The present invention relates to a cold beverage preparation device (20), the device comprising an open cooling reservoir (5) for receiving a liquid beverage, cooling means (15) associated to the cooling reservoir (5) for cooling at least part of an internal surface of the cooling reservoir, a rotational stirring member (16) arranged in the cooling reservoir (5) for mixing or foaming the liquid depending on the speed of rotation of the member, and a rotational scraping member (17) arranged in the cooling reservoir (5) for scraping the internal surface of the cooling reservoir, wherein the rotational stirring member (16) and the scraping member (17) are designed for being driven independently within the cooling reservoir (5) of the device.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.Inventors: Youcef Ait Bouziad, Alexa Perrin
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Patent number: 10537201Abstract: The invention concerns beverage production system comprising a capsule (10) and a module (1) for producing a beverage from the capsule, the capsule (10) comprising an enclosure (10a) and a rim (10b), and the module (2) comprising a first capsule engagement member (3), which can be displaced relative to a second, co-operating capsule engagement member (2d) between a capsule discharge position and a beverage production position, and the displaceable first capsule engagement member (3) comprises holding means configured for holding the capsule within, the module comprising at least two means (7, 7a, 7b) for engaging the rim of the capsule extending beyond the first capsule engagement member when the first capsule engagement member (3) is displaced from the beverage production position to its capsule discharge position, and wherein the holding means are discrete hooks (341, 342) configured to engage with the rim (10b) of the capsule, and the retaining means are configured so that, during the displacement of the fType: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.Inventors: Matthieu Ozanne, Olivier Martin, Didier Vuagniaux
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Patent number: 10537202Abstract: A beverage machine that brews beverages from a beverage pod is described. The pod is container with a top surface and a bottom surface connected by a sidewall that form a cylinder. The pod contains whole brewing elements that can be ground into sub-elements by the brewing system for brewing into a beverage. The pod is actuatable between an open state and a closed state by a breaking system of the beverage machine. In the closed state the brewing elements are contained and in the open state the elements are released. The pod includes a failure mechanism on the sidewall that is engineered to fail when the pod is actuated by a breaking mechanism of the beverage machine. When actuated the failure mechanism fails such that the beverage pod can be pulled into a top portion and a bottom portion to release the brewing elements.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: SMART COFFEE TECHNOLOGYInventors: Adam Teddy Eller, Erik Charles Pfleiderer, Chad Burnham Ingerick
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Patent number: 10537203Abstract: An apparatus for preparing a beverage comprises a decoction device (5) which comprises a decoction body (50) with a chamber Avail (53) inside which a decoction chamber (54) extends axially between a pair of bottoms (51,52) lying opposite each other. The chamber wall is provided locally with a filling opening (55) for admitting into the decoction chamber at least one ingredient for the beverage to be prepared. The decoction device is coupled to drive means which during operation impart a preparation cycle to the decoction device. A first bottom (51) moves closer to a second bottom (51) here in a first direction from a first starting position. Between a second and a third state the decoction body (50) performs a displacement in the first direction in order to carry the inlet opening (55) outside the decoction chamber. In a third ejecting state the first bottom lies outside the decoction body.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: J.M. DE JONG DUKE AUTOMATENFABRIEK B.V.Inventors: Jaap Jozua Van Boxtel, Wouter De Boer, Andreas Jacobus Louis Nijsen
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Patent number: 10537205Abstract: An appliance for heating and/or frothing milk, in which steam or a mixture of steam and air acting as a heat carrier is injected into the milk, with the heating unit including an inner steam channel and an outer annular channel for the milk. The outer annular channel coaxially surrounds the inner steam channel, with hot steam or a mixture of steam and air being supplied at an upstream end of the steam channel and with milk being supplied at an upstream end of the annular channel. To improve the heat output and the energy efficiency of the heating unit and to reduce the maintenance requirement, the steam channel and the annular channel are separated from one another, with their downstream ends opening out into an outlet channel for discharging the heated and/or frothed milk.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: EVERSYS Holding SAInventor: Grégoire Locher
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Patent number: 10537206Abstract: It is disclosed a machine for coffee-based beverages. The machine comprises a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic circuit, a volume flowmeter and a processing unit. The processing unit receives a pressure dispensing profile signal indicating the trend of a configured pressure of a pressurized water during the dispensing cycle. The dispensing profile signal comprises a first volumetric portion having a first pressure trend in a first volumetric interval and comprises a second volumetric portion having a second pressure trend in a second volumetric interval. The processing unit generates a configuration signal as a function of the first and second pressure trend so as to drive the hydraulic pump, receives the volume measurement signal indicating the measure of the volume of the water at the end of the second volumetric interval and checks whether it is equal to the volume of a dose.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: G. Bezzera S.R.L.Inventor: Luca Bezzera
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Patent number: 10537207Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cooking system for cooking food, the system including a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening to the hollow chamber. A lid is attachable about the upper portion of the housing and is configured to extend across the opening to the hollow chamber. At least one heating element is associated with at least one of said housing and said lid. The cooking system is operable in a plurality of modes including a pressure cooking mode and a dry cooking mode. In the pressure cooking mode, the cooking system is operable as a pressure cooker and in the dry cooking mode, the cooking system is operable as a dry cooker.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLCInventors: Aaron Michael Gill, Ross Richardson, Naomi Kalia Williams Zabel, Da Deng, Mete Gursel, Andrew John Roy Tattersfield, Niall Christopher Denham, Roger Neil Jackson, Ronan Patrick Leahy, Evan James White, Thomas Guerin, Chris Martin, Nathaniel R. Lavins, Mackenzie Lee Swanhart, Samuel Andrew Ferguson, Scott James Stewart
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Patent number: 10537208Abstract: A cooking apparatus includes first and second griddles, each having a generally planar cooking surface for cooking food. A first lifting mechanism is configured to elevate the first griddle such that a food item on the cooking surface of the first griddle is predisposed to fall onto the cooking surface of the second griddle. A first wiper is configured to sweep the cooking surface of the first griddle to facilitate detachment of any food item attached to the cooking surface of the first griddle for transfer such food item to the cooking surface of the second griddle. The first and second griddles, first lifting mechanism, and first wiper are interconnected preferably to form a portable, integrated cooking product. These components preferably are enclosed within a housing for presenting a refined consumer product for use in a home kitchen and are arranged so as to define a compact volume and footprint.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: TECA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Andrew James Lee, Preston Moeller, Zhong Quan Si
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Patent number: 10537209Abstract: A food processor apparatus. The apparatus may include: a base having a motor; a processing bowl that is releasably couplable to the base; a lid for the processing bowl having a feed tube. A pusher device, having a body and a safety rail that extends from the body, cooperates with the feed tube. A longitudinal slot, is located about the feed tube, and has a pilot opening that is located about the top of the longitudinal slot for receiving the safety rail. A linkage assembly is located about the longitudinal slot. The safety rail engages the linkage assembly when the safety rail is at least partially inserted into the longitudinal slot. A majority of the longitudinal slot, as located below the pilot opening, has a full width of the longitudinal slot directly exposed to an interior of the feed tube.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventors: Keith James Hensel, Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don, Daniel Armstrong
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Patent number: 10537210Abstract: A whirlpool bath with descaling function is provided. The whirlpool bath 1 comprises a bathtub body 10 including a bathtub 11, suction port 20 sucking the water contained in the bathtub 11, first jet nozzles 30 jetting bubble water into the bathtub 11, a circulation pipe 40 including a water supply pipe 41 and a return pipe 42, a pump 50 installed in the circulation pipe 40, a bypass pipe 60 branched from the water supply pipe 41 and connected to the return pipe 42 to directly return the water in the water supply pipe 41 to the pump, and a second jet nozzle 70 mixing air with water passing through the bypass pipe 60 to generate and jet bubble water. The scale of the circulation pipe 40, the pump 50 and the bypass pipe 60 is removed by bubble water generated by the second jet nozzle 70.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Inventor: Changju Lee
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Patent number: 10537211Abstract: A shower scrubbing device is an apparatus that attaches to a shower wall that has three back scrubbing discs with removable scrubbing covers, located on the front of the device that rotate via a motorized gear set behind the front cover and are adjustable in height using a carriage designed to be moved along a vertical track. A shaft for each back-scrubbing disc extends through parallel elongated slots for adjusting height, and attach to a respective gear in the gear set behind the front cover. The shower scrubbing device is battery operated.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Inventor: Nick Verrengia
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Patent number: 10537212Abstract: Provided is a dispenser for coin tissue that can hygienically keep coin tissues and is easy to use. The dispenser for coin tissue includes a housing and a coin tissue accommodation portion provided in the housing and accommodating a plurality of coin tissues. The dispenser also includes a water accommodation portion provided in the housing and accommodating water and a tissue supply waiting portion provided in an upper portion of the housing and in which at least one of the plurality of coin tissues waits. The dispenser further includes a water supply portion provided in the housing and supplying the water to the tissue supply waiting portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: CLEANZONE CO., LTD.Inventor: Wan Gu Lee
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Patent number: 10537213Abstract: A hand dryer apparatus includes: a casing having an air inlet port that admits air and a nozzle that discharges the air admitted through the air inlet port; a fan that is housed in the casing and generates an airflow directed from the air inlet port toward the nozzle; and an intake air pathway body placed in the casing and forming an intake air pathway extending from the air inlet port toward the fan. The casing includes a base supporting the fan and a cover having the air inlet port and removable from the base. The intake air pathway body is fixed on the cover.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yukimichi Imai, Yasuyuki Itoigawa, Takaki Kobayashi