Patents Issued in August 4, 2020
  • Patent number: 10729171
    Abstract: A smoking article filter (20) comprises a recess (25) to receive a filter insert unit (30). The filter insert unit (30) is secured to the filter (20) once inserted. The filter (20) and the filter insert unit (30) may comprise additives such as flavourants, colourants or sorbents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Graham Penrose, Michael Malthouse, David Wake, Gary Fulcher, Michael Simpson, Aaron Brookbank, Gordon Grierson, Jon Hindley, John Sampson, Rabya Khan-Dar, Karl Kaljura, Lean Ho Ong, John Richardson, John Major, Richard Young
  • Patent number: 10729172
    Abstract: A product for holding a tobacco product or a tobacco substitute includes an integrated electronic device with: a power source; an input means comprising a sensor to generate an input signal from an external stimulus; an output means to generate an output signal; digital processing means to process the input signal and deliver a command signal to the output means based at least in part on processing of the input signal; and circuitry connecting the power source, the input means, the output means and the digital processing means; wherein the power source, the input means, the output means, the digital processing means and the circuitry are printed on a substantially flexible substrate. Use of packaging for holding a tobacco product or tobacco substitute includes such a product with an integrated electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Jürgen Kümpel, Olaf Janson
  • Patent number: 10729173
    Abstract: The package includes a box structure defining an inner cavity and a side portion. The box structure includes a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel and a second side panel. The side portion is divided into a lower retention portion, an upper retention portion, and a window recess portion. The window recess portion, the upper retention portion and the lower retention portion is configured to retain the elongated body within the side portion to display the select portion through the window recess portion. A divider panel is in the inner cavity. The divider panel has a first end and a second end, the first end of the divider panel being connected to the second side panel. The divider panel is configured to support a universal serial bus (USB) charger to maintain the USB charger in a fixed position within the inner cavity. The blank forms the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventor: Scott A. Fath
  • Patent number: 10729174
    Abstract: An electronic smoking device includes a battery portion including an electric power supply, an atomizer/liquid reservoir portion having a mouthpiece opening in an end, and a liquid reservoir adapted for accommodating a liquid. The electronic smoking device further includes an atomizer arranged at a first end face of the liquid reservoir and operable when connected to the power supply to atomize liquid to create an aerosol, wherein the atomizer comprises a plurality of openings adapted for providing the aerosol, and an actuator movable inside the liquid reservoir towards the first end face and adapted for supplying liquid to the plurality of openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.
    Inventors: Stefan Biel, Diego Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 10729175
    Abstract: A vaporizer electrical system has a mouthpiece. The mouthpiece is configured to allow a user to aspirate a flow of air through the mouthpiece. A center airflow post is connected to the mouthpiece. The center airflow post has a post opening to admit air through the center airflow post. A burning chamber frame is connected to the center airflow post. The burning chamber frame has a burning chamber frame slot for receiving material. The material is a liquid or solid. A main base connects to the burning chamber frame, and a static electrode connects to the main base. The main base, the burning chamber frame, and the static electrode have a first electrical polarity. A moving electrode is mounted to a gasket insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: Henry Chung
  • Patent number: 10729176
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a heater configured to heat smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material, wherein the heater comprises a plurality of heating projections arranged sequentially along a longitudinal axis of the heater; and the projections are configured to heat smokable material located between the projections. An elongate smokable material cartridge comprising a plurality of smokable material sections is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Vladimir Vasiliev, Lyudmila Vasilieva, Igor Kachko
  • Patent number: 10729177
    Abstract: A battery section of an electronic vaping device may include a housing extending in a longitudinal direction, the housing having a first end and a second end, a power supply in the housing, a control circuit in the housing, and a conductive contact assembly at the second end of the housing, the contact assembly electrically connecting the power supply and the control circuit. The contact assembly is configured to receive external power and at least one command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Charles Dendy, Philip Diana, Isaac Weigensberg, Kai Cao, Patrick J. Cobler, Paul Butler
  • Patent number: 10729178
    Abstract: An element for an aerosol-generating system, a cartridge for an aerosol-generating system, and an aerosol-generating system, wherein the element, the cartridge and the aerosol-generating system each include a storage portion for storing an aerosol-forming substrate and a manually operated disabling mechanism for rendering the element, the cartridge, or the aerosol-generating system irreversibly inoperable. The element, the cartridge, and the aerosol-generating system may include an aerosol generator and one or more air passages. The disabling mechanism may be configured to render at least one of the storage portion, the aerosol generator, and the one or more air passages irreversibly inoperable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventor: Tony Reevell
  • Patent number: 10729179
    Abstract: Vaporizer devices and methods for detecting inhalation through a vaporizer using a heating element are provided. A resistive heater of a vaporizer may function as both a heater and as an anemometer to detect inhalation. Alternatively or additionally, a separate resistive heater may be included in an air path through the vaporizer to detect a user inhaling through the vaporizer. A heating control mechanism utilizes the already existing heating element in an anemometric correlation to when the vaporizer is idle and when it is being used (where being used implies the user is taking a puff/inhalation on the vaporizer). Using this information, a controller of the vaporizer accordingly controls heating to the vaporizer as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Juul Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Ariel Atkins, Adam Bowen, Alexander J. Gould
  • Patent number: 10729180
    Abstract: An electronic vaporizer including one or more air vents. The electronic vaporizer includes a triangular tubular body for housing a battery, a triangular-shaped atomizer coupled to a first end of the tubular body, the atomizer including a drip tip, a base plate, and an aperture positioned at each side of the atomizer, where each vent aperture permits air to flow into the atomizer, and a triangular-shaped base coupled to an opposing end of the tubular body. The atomizer further includes an air flow control ring for controlling the amount of air drawn into and vapor escaping the atomizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: Cole Kalish
  • Patent number: 10729181
    Abstract: There is provided a heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system including a liquid storage portion configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the heater assembly including an electric heater having at least one heating element configured to heat the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol, and a capillary body configured to convey the liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the liquid storage portion of the aerosol-generating system to the at least one heating element, the at least one heating element being formed from an electrically conductive material deposited directly onto a porous outer surface of the capillary body. A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system and a method for manufacturing such a cartridge are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik, Jerome Courbat
  • Patent number: 10729182
    Abstract: A dual air flow rebuildable dripping atomizer for use with electronic cigarettes which uses a sleeve lock that allows the user to adjust and direct the air flow is provided. The adjustable air flow sleeve also allows the sleeve to be locked in place preventing the e-liquid from leaking out. Rotating the adjustable air flow sleeve in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction allows not only the direction of the air flow to be determined but how much air enters an inner air chamber of the atomizer. As a result, a user can determine, for example, the size of the vapor cloud and the intensity of the flavor. Additionally, the adjustable air flow sleeve may be adjusted to block air holes located on an inner edge surface of the adjustable air flow sleeve preventing the e-liquid from leaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: APVLAB LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Chen
  • Patent number: 10729183
    Abstract: The e-vaping device includes a housing, the housing defining one or more inlets, a power source, and a cartridge. The cartridge includes a reservoir containing a pre-vapor formulation. A heater and wick arrangement is in fluid communication with the reservoir. An annular seal is in fluid communication with the one or more inlets. The annular seal defines a first air passage. A flow restrictor is held by the annular seal. The flow restrictor defines a second air passage, the second air passage being configured to provide a desired resistance-to-draw (RTD) for the e-vaping device. A combined airflow cross-sectional area of the one or more inlets is greater than an airflow cross-sectional area of the second air passage. The flow restrictor is made from a first material that is harder than a second material for the annular seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Srinivasan Janardhan, Eric Hawes, Yezdi B. Pithawalla
  • Patent number: 10729184
    Abstract: An electronic smoking article, a method of manufacturing an electronic smoking article, and a method of achieving a smoking experience without combusting tobacco are disclosed. The electronic smoking article includes an authenticated first section, which includes an aerosol generation unit having at least one heater; an authenticated second section, which includes a power supply operable to apply voltage to the at least one heater for heating a liquid in at least a portion of the aerosol generation unit to form an aerosol; and a conductive ink circuit embedded within the first and second sections, and wherein the power supply and the aerosol generation unit are electrically connected upon joining the first and second sections, and wherein each of the first and second sections has a portion of the conductive ink circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventor: Eric Hawes
  • Patent number: 10729185
    Abstract: An aerosol delivery device is provided that includes a user interface including a pushbutton and a display. A control component contained coupled to the user interface controls operation of at least one functional element of the aerosol delivery device. The control component controls the display to present a menu including a plurality of menu items selectable using only the pushbutton. Each menu item of the plurality of menu items is associated with a respective functional element of the aerosol delivery device, and the control component is configured to navigate the plurality of menu items, and select a currently-presented menu item of the plurality of menu items for control of the respective functional element, in response to respective first and second types of presses of the pushbutton, the first and second types of presses being of different durations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Raymond Charles Henry, Jr., Glen Joseph Kimsey, Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James William Rogers
  • Patent number: 10729186
    Abstract: The present disclosure is particularly adapted for determining whether the condition of personal protection equipment PPE articles satisfies at least one criterion. A method and system provide at least one predetermined criterion that governs use of the PPE article in a working environment; a PPE article is configured with a smart tag, and a sensing device is provided that is configured to sense data in a working environment related to the predetermined criterion. Acquired data from the sensing device and the smart tag are processed in a data processing system to determine whether the condition of the PPE article satisfies the at least one predetermined criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas I. Insley, Lawrence J. Ptasienski, Neal A. Rakow, Cristina U. Thomas
  • Patent number: 10729187
    Abstract: A support shirt comprising a shirt body and a pair of shirt body sleeves positioned adjacent to an upper shirt body is provided. The sleeves are attached to the shirt body at sleeve body holes, with each of the sleeves including sleeve reinforcement regions extending at least a portion of the distance from the sleeve holes to an outer edge of the sleeves. The sleeve reinforcement regions extend substantially along a centerline extending longitudinally across the sleeves and the upper sleeve body to stabilize and provide support to the shoulders of a wearer during an upward lifting motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: John Inzer
  • Patent number: 10729188
    Abstract: The invention relates to a suit for aquatic activities, having a central part intended to cover the torso of the wearer as a close fit, the central part being formed between a ventral panel and a dorsal panel which are connected to one another laterally creating a top opening. The suit also includes two lateral openings and two lower openings with the ventral panel having a main slit extending between the upper opening and a lower end, the main slit to being equipped with a reversible opening device to allow the suit to be put on and taken off by transversely opening the ventral panel. The suit comprising an additional slit which extends in the dorsal panel between two ends, respectively an upper end and a lower end, the additional slit being equipped with a reversible opening device so as to allow the dorsal panel to be released transversely to make the suit easier to take off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: DECATHLON
    Inventors: Olivia Meillassoux, Marie-Thérèse Cotza
  • Patent number: 10729189
    Abstract: A protective garment configured to facilitate easy donning of the garment is described. The sleeves and legs are shorted and held in a donning configuration by releaseably affixing at least a portion of upper and lower segments of the interior surface of each limb. This allows the garment to be handled and donned by the wearer, without the wearer touching an exterior surface of the garment. A method of preparing a protective garment for donning and a method of donning such a garment is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Drake Smith, Frances W. Mayfield, Theresa M. McCoy, Ruthlyn M. Reyes, Normand Gagnier, Dennis Yi-Der Lee
  • Patent number: 10729190
    Abstract: Hospital gowns and methods of making hospital gowns are provided. For example, a hospital gown is provided that includes a front panel comprising an exterior surface and an opposite interior surface and a back panel comprising an exterior surface and an opposite interior surface. The front panel can be releasably securable to the back panel at different locations to create a gown with the interior surface of the front panel facing the interior surface of the back panel to form a releasable right shoulder portion, a releasable left shoulder portion, a releasable right side portion and releasable left side portion of the gown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: HAMPTON HOUSE MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Carolyn H. McCollum, Gail P. Spooner
  • Patent number: 10729191
    Abstract: A medical surgical wound support device comprising a flexible support garment designed to be worn by a patient, the flexible support garment having an inner surface that comes in direct contact with the patient and an outer surface facing outward from the patient, a plurality of permanent magnets embedded within the flexible support garment, each of which is oriented such that its north magnetic pole faces the outer surface, a rigid base component, that has an outer surface facing upward from a support on which the rigid support structure rests, a plurality of permanent magnets embedded within the outer surface of the rigid base component, each embedded magnet oriented such that the north magnetic pole faces the outer surface; and a repelling magnetic force originating from the outer surface of the flexible support garment and the outer surface of the rigid base component such that a portion of the patient wearing the flexible support garment is elevated a controllable distance above the rigid base component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: Joseph DeLise
  • Patent number: 10729192
    Abstract: An athletic glove having an inner glove with one or more protective members is discussed. Protective members may include metacarpal support members attached to the dorsal side of the inner glove configured to protect at least a portion of a metacarpal bone of the human hand; volar and dorsal metacarpal support member attached to the volar and dorsal sides of the inner glove, respectively, and configured to protect at least a portion of a carpometacarpal joint, a metacarpal bone, a metacarpal joint, and a proximal phalanx of a thumb of the human hand; and volar and dorsal distal phalange support members attached to the volar and dorsal sides, respectively, of the inner glove and configured to protect at least a portion of a distal phalanx of the thumb of the human hand. Optionally, the inner glove may include a protective strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: REINFORCE THE GAME, LLC
    Inventor: Luz Quirk
  • Patent number: 10729193
    Abstract: A necktie holder for securing, around the neck of a wearer, an article of clothing having first and second ends includes: a central portion defining a channel that passes through the necktie holder, the central portion having first and second sides; and first and second wings extending, respectively, from the first and second sides of the central portion. The first and second wings each are arranged with respect to the central portion so that the necktie holder formed by the central portion and the first and second wings is the shape of a knot of a necktie. The channel is configured to permit the first and second ends of the article of clothing to slideably, snugly, and adjustably interact with the channel, whereby the necktie holder can be drawn upwardly over the first and second ends of the article of clothing toward the neck of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas Massaro
  • Patent number: 10729194
    Abstract: An apparel garment includes a polyimide aerogel or aerogel-infused insulator 12 directly bonded to at least a portion 10 of the garment. A method for bonding an aerogel to an insulator 12 for an apparel garment includes providing a polyimide aerogel component, which may be a powder or other form, and directly bonding the polyimide aerogel component to the apparel garment. The bonding may be through at least one of thermal, chemical (adhesive/solvent), hydrogen, and mechanical bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: LUKLA INC.
    Inventors: Michael Glenn Markesbery, Rithvik Venna
  • Patent number: 10729195
    Abstract: A wearable weight support that transfers the weight of heavy garments that rely on shoulder support, off of the shoulders to the hips of the user. The device provides additional posterior radiation protection to the wearer as the back support can be made from radio-opaque materials. The device also provides lumbar support and results in less body heat containment through natural venting. The device is easily adjustable to any body type and allows the wearer to move more freely in their work environment. The invention can be used to transfer the weight of a backpack or other systems which rely on shoulder support to function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: NITMOI, LLC
    Inventors: Leroy Truelove, III, William Buchanan, Richard S. Moore, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10729196
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a garment, such as a shirt, having first and second sleeves, each of which comprises a sleeve retention mechanism that includes (a) a button affixed to an exterior surface of the sleeve and (b) a tab loop affixed to an interior surface of the sleeve. The shirt is configured so that, when the sleeve is rolled up, i.e. when the distal end of the sleeve is folded outward and toward the proximal end of the sleeve, a predetermined number of times, the tab loop is positioned substantially adjacent to the exterior button so that the tab loop may be secured to the button to retain the sleeve in the rolled-up position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: VF Jeanswear L.P.
    Inventor: Danny Brisby
  • Patent number: 10729197
    Abstract: A device to facilitate placement of accoutrements on a uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: William E. McCarville
  • Patent number: 10729198
    Abstract: A seam ripper includes a metal blade member, a handle and a slider. The blade member is supported by the handle and made of a shaft and a blade part at an end of the shaft. The slider causes the blade member to move between a retracted position and an advanced position. The shaft is housed in the handle at the retracted position. The blade part and at least a portion of the shaft are outside the handle at the advanced position. The blade part includes a cutting blade flanked by a needle portion and a ball-shaped portion. When the blade member is at the retracted position, the entirety of the needle portion is housed in the handle, and a portion of the cutting blade is exposed to the outside of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: CLOVER MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro Iwasaki, Atsushi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10729199
    Abstract: A wearable equipment is adapted for substation maintenance mobile inspection and includes a binding strap and a controlling wireless communication module. A thermal imager is disposed on one side of the binding strap. A prism display component and a voice interaction module are disposed on the other side of the binding strap. The thermal imager, the prism display component, and a microphone and a speaker of the voice interaction module are connected to the controlling wireless communication module through cables, to transmit information in a power system intranet. An application method includes mounting the wearable equipment to an electric power helmet, and automatically sending an infrared image, a visible light image, power monitoring information, voice, and a video in a power operation area to a background management controlling system for the substation maintenance mobile inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: STATE GRID HUNAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY LIMITED, STATE GRID HUNAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY LIMITED MAINTENANCE COMPANY, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA
    Inventors: Jiusong Jiang, Fuqiang Xiong, Xigui Li, Wenqi Mao, Gang Li, Ting Zhou, Peng Sun, Wen Kang, Chaofeng Zhang, Zhiping Mao, Zuosheng Li, Kai Dong, Jianli Wu, Hong Zhang, Ling Luo, Guoqi Zhang
  • Patent number: 10729200
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a tether system for use with a protective helmet worn by a user includes multiple tethers, each tether having a first end adapted to attach to a shell of the protective helmet and a second end adapted to attach to an article worn by the user, wherein the tethers limit movement of the helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Dean Sicking, Blake Feltman, James T. Houston
  • Patent number: 10729201
    Abstract: An impact protection apparatus (IPA) may include an impact switch configured to transition from an open-circuit state to a close-circuit state when a force is exerted on the IPA in a first direction and exceeds a force threshold. The IPA may further include a protective headgear and linear and rotational locks that can limit movement of the protective headgear upon a threshold level of pressure or impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: RLF Industries LLC
    Inventor: Ricardo Lewis de la Fuente
  • Patent number: 10729202
    Abstract: The present application relates to a headband arrangement comprising: an attachment structure; and a helmet mounting structure which can be selectively slid along the attachment structure, the helmet mounting structure having a lockable component, the lockable component being pivotable about a pivotal shaft between a locking position and an unlocking position, wherein a first magnetic part is secured in the lockable component, a second magnetic part is secured in the helmet mounting structure or the attachment structure, a repulsive force can be generated between the first and second magnetic parts to drive the lockable component to return from the unlocking position to the locking position and to hold the lockable component in the locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Tecmen Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ziqian Wu
  • Patent number: 10729203
    Abstract: A helmet with a mechanism for cooling comprises an inlet for allowing external air to flow into air pathways in the helmet, and a pad to hold moisture (liquid) to cool the air after the air has entered the helmet via the inlet. The helmet also contains a reservoir to hold the liquid, and a channel from the reservoir to the pad to transfer the liquid for providing moisture to the pad. Flowing air, cooled by the moistened pad, provides cooling to the wearer of the helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: AptEner Mechatronics Private Limited
    Inventor: Sundararajan Krishnan
  • Patent number: 10729204
    Abstract: A helmet removal system includes a detachable helmet liner configured to be positioned in a helmet. The helmet liner includes a central portion configured to receive a user's head therein, a frontal portion integrally formed with the central portion and configured to engage a user's frontal head portion. The helmet liner further includes dual side tab portions integrally formed with the central portion. The dual tab portions are configured to be moved between a folded position, inside of the helmet, to an unfolded position. The helmet liner further includes a top portion extending between opposing edges of the central portion. The helmet liner also includes a rear portion integrally connected to the central portion to provide balanced engagement with the back of a user's head. Helmet removal is achieved by applying lateral pulling forces to the dual tab portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: ROUX TRADING, INC.
    Inventor: Teodoro Lassally
  • Patent number: 10729205
    Abstract: Provided is a device for insertion into a heeled shoe, having a rear region positioned to underlying a wearer's calcaneal tuberosity, the rear region being shaped to accommodate a planer surface of the wearer's calcaneal tuberosity, an upper surface of said rear region having a raised portion underlying an area of the wearer's calcaneus immediately forward of the wearer's calcaneus tuberosity; and a forward region positioned to underlie at least a portion of the shafts of the wearer's metatarsals, the second upper surface of said forward region having a raised portion which gradually rises to an apex position to underlie the shafts of the wearer's second and third metatarsals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: HBN SHOE, LLC
    Inventors: Brian G. R. Hughes, Howard Dananberg
  • Patent number: 10729206
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article of footwear includes disposing a first polymer sheet and a second polymer sheet in a mold assembly, and disposing a preformed unitary outsole in the mold assembly adjacent the second polymer sheet. The method includes closing the mold assembly to compress the first and second polymer sheets and the outsole, and thermally bonding the first and second polymer sheets to one another in the mold assembly to form a cushioning component with a chamber, a top wall, a bottom wall, a medial side wall, and a lateral side wall. A bottom portion of the outsole is thermally bonded to the bottom wall, a medial side portion of the outsole is thermally bonded to the medial side wall, and a lateral side portion of the outsole is thermally bonded to the lateral side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventors: Fidencio Campos, II, Zachary M. Elder, Benjamin J. Monfils, Levi J. Patton, Lee D. Peyton, Danielle L. Taylor
  • Patent number: 10729207
    Abstract: A footwear structural assembly construction unit including a construction unit and a decorative component is provided along with an embellished shoe that incorporates the footwear structural assembly. The construction unit comprises a unit body and a weight-bearing peripheral wall extending downwardly from the unit body, which together define an interior upraised area that accommodates at least a portion of the decorative component. Thus, the decorative component is elevated above the walking surface and protected from dirt and abrasion. The decorative component may optionally extend across the arch and/or down the inner heel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: Sergio Luna
  • Patent number: 10729208
    Abstract: An article of footwear may have an upper with a knitted component. Alone or in combination, the knitted component may include regions with different degrees of stretch-resistance; the knitted component forms a collar with a half-gauge knit; the upper includes a strand with sections that are inlaid within the knitted component, and the sections are positioned immediately adjacent to each other; the strand forms a plurality of loops, pairs of the loops are positioned immediately adjacent to each other and configured to receive a lace; and the knitted component includes a thermoplastic polymer material, and the strand is unbonded to the thermoplastic polymer material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Podhajny, Benjamin A. Shaffer, Erin E. Toraya, Robert C. Williams, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10729209
    Abstract: A watch strap with a plurality of quickly interchangeable, decorative plates attached to express a person's characteristic or style. The watch strap allows for the removal of decorative plates on the watch strap via manipulating a “tab” attached to the plates. Another variation of the invention is to depress a button, attached to the plate, beneath the watch strap. The plates may also be removably secured via a plurality of screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventors: Smith Blanc, Jamarl Kevin Simon, Claude Cadet
  • Patent number: 10729210
    Abstract: A watchband can comfortably secure an electronic device to a wrist of a user. A connector can be provided along a segment of the watchband to receive and secure to another segment of the watchband. For example, a connector can include a housing with an inlet and an outlet, a first pad within the housing, and a second pad within the housing. When a watchband segment between the first and second pads is moved in a direction from the outlet toward the inlet, the first pad and the second pad move toward each other to clamp the watchband segment without plastically deforming the watchband segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Tatsuya Sano
  • Patent number: 10729211
    Abstract: A wristband locking mechanism for a wearable electronic device, a wristband, a wearable electronic device and a method of securing an article to a person. The wristband locking mechanism includes a clasp assembly with independently-operable spring-biased actuators such that the wristband locking mechanism cannot be unlocked using one hand. The use of sensors, processors, communication equipment and associated components within the wearable electronic device allows a caregiver to monitor one or more of location, environmental, physiological and activity data of a wearer of the device, while the requirement for two-handed operation for unlocking of the wristband locking mechanism provides a deterrent against intentional or unintentional removal of the attached article or wearable electronic device by the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: CAREBAND INC.
    Inventors: Adam G. Sobol, Jason R. Gebhardt
  • Patent number: 10729212
    Abstract: A light emitting earring. The light emitting earring includes a light emitting unit comprising a base having a first side and second side, one or more LEDs disposed on the first side, and a pin disposed on the second side. The pin includes one or more electrical connections configured to extend through a first side of an ear and electrically connect to one or more electrical components that contacts a second side of the ear. A retainer is included, the retainer having a clip configured to secure the pin thereto. A hypoallergenic insulating material is disposed on the one or more electrical contacts. In one embodiment, a pattern generator operably connected to the light emitting unit includes an aperture configured to receive the pin therethrough. The pattern generator is configured to cause the one or more LEDs to flash in a desired pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: John Bomhoff
  • Patent number: 10729213
    Abstract: A folding cane with a first shaft member, a second shaft member, a third shaft member, a handle member, a foot member, a first hinge, a second hinge, a first hinge lock assembly and a second hinge lock assembly is disclosed. The handle member is attached to the top of the first shaft member. The first hinge member connects the first shaft member to the second shaft member. The second hinge member connects the second shaft member to the third shaft member. The foot member is attached to the bottom of the third shaft member. The hinge lock assemblies are capable of automatically locking the hinges when the folding cane is deployed to the use position and each hinge lock assembly includes a spring biased slide tab allowing a user to unlock the hinge lock assemblies when wanting to fold the cane into a compact stored configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: AVENUE MOBILITY LTD.
    Inventors: Helen Ix FitzPatrick, Geri W. Roper, Kenneth A. Tarlow
  • Patent number: 10729214
    Abstract: A hard case for housing and transporting objects includes a first shell and a second shell, hinges for connecting the shells and enabling the latter to be arranged in a closed configuration or in an open configuration, and a closing device to lock the shells in the closed configuration. The shells include respective main panels formed by thermoforming an interwoven polypropylene sheet including a plurality of superimposed layers, each layer having oriented polypropylene fibers therein, the layers being arranged to interweave the superimposed fibers, and respective side elements including respective interface edges intended to be coupled to each other in the closed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Negrini S.r.l.
    Inventor: Graziano Negrini
  • Patent number: 10729215
    Abstract: Embodiments of a container and method thereof for fitting within a backpack or daypack. The container includes a tubular liner extending between a first end and a second end and defining an axis, the tubular liner including a flexible side wall so that the tubular liner is moveable between a collapsed state and an expanded state. The tubular liner includes multiple partitions defined therein and extends generally orthogonal relative to the axis within the tubular liner. Upon the tubular liner being in the expanded state, the tubular liner includes multiple storage regions defined, at least in part, by the multiple partitions and the flexible side wall. The flexible side wall includes a door flap moveable between an open position and a closed position such that, upon the door flap being in the open position, the door flap facilitates access to the multiple storage regions defined within the tubular liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Dzuke, LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin L. Seegmiller
  • Patent number: 10729216
    Abstract: A storage container for securely holding one or more rings is provided. The storage container includes a base with a base coupling feature that can be coupled to a lid coupling feature of a lid. Both the base and the lid have sidewalls that define respective inner regions. A post extends from a bottom portion of the base and is contained within the base inner region and the lid inner region when the base and lid are coupled together. The storage container consistent with implementations of the current subject matter provides for easy storage of rings on the post and other items that may be loosely held within the inner regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: Kimberly Ann Schafer
  • Patent number: 10729217
    Abstract: Improvements in luggage systems that better address the ways in which many people like to travel, in a style they feel most comfortable, while enjoying an unprecedented level of convenience which they will naturally welcome, while overcoming the shortcomings and drawback of prior art luggage systems, methods and technologies. Such improvements include a telescopic-handle assembly that supports a rechargeable battery power module, a set of USB DC electrical power supply ports and a DC power recharging port configured with the rechargeable battery module, and also a compression pad subsystem and a laundry bag subsystem which cooperate to provide improved performance and reduced complexity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: JRSK, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephanie Korey, Jennifer Rubio, Bret Recor, Seth Murray, Charles Weber, Ahyoung Park
  • Patent number: 10729218
    Abstract: A handheld device comprising a motor for generating an airflow through the device, the motor including: a frame for supporting a rotor assembly and a stator assembly, the frame including an inner wall and an outer wall and a plurality of diffuser vanes extending between the inner wall and outer wall; a rotor assembly including a shaft, a magnet, a bearing assembly and an impeller; and a stator assembly including a bobbin, a stator core and a winding wound around the bobbin; the frame being formed of zinc and the impeller being formed of aluminium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Matthew John Childe, Simon Alexander Locke, Martin Richard Harrex
  • Patent number: 10729219
    Abstract: A template for forming a contour on an eyebrow, having a hair-removing means, having a flat, flexible support, which has a support edge that follows the lower contour curve to be formed for the eyebrow and a hair-removing region adjoining this support edge, which is coated with a hair-removing means, and having an optical positioning aid provided on at least one lateral half of the template for positioning the template relative to the eyebrow. For a simple use of the template with reproducible results, it has a positioning aid on each of the two halves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: andmetics GmbH
    Inventor: Andrea Lehner
  • Patent number: 10729220
    Abstract: An electric nail filing device includes a cylindrical body having a battery holder attached inside in the body, a cover attached to an open end of the cylindrical body, an on/off switch attached on the cover or the cylindrical body, an electric motor having a metallic rotary filing wheel, and a safety guard cap attached and covering the wheel, shaped like a rectangular prism, a pentagonal prism, a hexagonal prism, or a multiplane prism having multiple planes and a tubular cylindrical housing inner space which has enough space to cover the wheel, in which the safety guard cap has multiple slots on the planes, and an adjustable guard tab attached at closed end of the safety guard cap. Optionally the safety guard cap is covered by a nail debris collector which is shaped like a half-dome covering all other planes of the safety guard cap except one plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventors: Jun Su Im, Young Ki Kim