Patents Issued in October 27, 2020
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Patent number: 10813375Abstract: Caffeine-adsorbing materials, caffeine-adsorbing systems, and decaffeination system suitable for removing caffeine from a solution; methods for removing caffeine from a solution; and methods of making the caffeine-adsorbing materials are described.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Decafino, Inc.Inventors: Yu-Liang Liu, Matthew Willett, Chun-Chia Kao, Muhamad Asyraaf Bin Said Muhamad Khalil
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Patent number: 10813376Abstract: Carriers suitable for transporting a plurality of articles through a microwave heating zone are provided. Carriers as described herein may include an outer frame and upper and lower support structures vertically spaced from one another to provide a cargo volume into which the articles are loaded. At least a portion of the upper and/or lower support structures may be formed of an electrically conductive material. Additionally, the carrier may include removable article spacing members, such as vertical spacing members and dividers, that can be selectively inserted to adjust the size and/or shape of the cargo volume. Carriers as described herein may be configured to receive a variety of different articles, including trays and pouches, and the articles may be loaded into the carrier in a nested or overlapping manner.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: 915 Labs, Inc.Inventors: Harold Dail Kimrey, Jr., David Behringer, Li Zhang
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Patent number: 10813377Abstract: This invention discloses methods for producing modified cellulose, modified nanocellulose, modified nanocellulose functionalized with other functional species, and derivatives thereof. The present invention also provides cellulose, nanocellulose, and their derivatives that are safe to use inside an animal or human body and are biocompatible without costly purification. These cellulose or nanocellulose materials can be used in many different applications, including carrier for pharmaceutical active agents and other medical devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Innotech Materials, LLCInventor: Wiechang Jin
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Patent number: 10813378Abstract: The invention relates to substance mixtures which contain (a) sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and (b) at least one bitter principle selected from the group consisting of xanthines, phenolic glycosides, flavanoid glycosides, hydrolysable or non-hydrolysable tannins, flavones and the glycosides thereof, caffeic acid and the esters thereof, terpenoid bitter principles, catechin, epicatechin, epigallocatechin, gallocatechin, gallocatechin-3-gallate, leucine, isoleucine, valine, tryptophan and phenylalanine, protein hydrolysates, peptides and metal salts and their mixtures, and optionally (c) dextrins, with the proviso that the components (a) and (b) are in the weight ratio of from 1:1 to 1:1,000.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2015Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: SYMRISE AGInventors: Sabine Widder, Kathrin Langer, Gerhard Krammer, Olga Pauli, Cornelia Homner
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Patent number: 10813379Abstract: A tube exchanging device of a three dimensional (3D) printer for allowing containers of multiple materials (tubes) to be used in printing includes a plurality of tubes and a holder. The holder comprises a first side wall and a first bottom wall, and a plurality of first clamping parts is installed on the first side wall. Each first clamping part fixes a tube on the holder, each first clamping part comprises two hooking parts, which are set in two front ends of the first clamping part. Each tube comprises a guiding surface and two locking surfaces. When the two hooking parts slide from the guiding surface to the two locking surfaces, the two hooking parts are limited by the two locking surfaces to fix the tube on the holder.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Shao-Hung Hsu
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Patent number: 10813380Abstract: A method and device for producing a hollow cylindrical, edible container composed of a vegetable item or fruit item (10), in particular of a cucumber, courgette or the like, which can be filled with a filling. The device has a centring means (11) for centring and fixing the fruit item (10), a hollowing-out means (21) for removing the core of the fruit item (10) and forming an internal cavity, and a peeling device for removing the outer shell of the fruit item (10).Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Raeder Capital GmbHInventor: Niels Raeder
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Patent number: 10813381Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a homogenized tobacco material, said method comprising: —pulping and refining cellulose fibres to obtain fibres having a mean size comprised between about 0.2 millimetres and about 4 millimetres; —grinding a blend of tobacco of one or more tobacco types to a tobacco powder having a mean size comprised between about 0.03 millimetres and about 0.12 millimetres; —combining the pulp with the tobacco powder blend of different tobacco types and with a binder in an amount comprised between about 1 percent and about 5 percent in dry weight basis of the total weight of the homogenized tobacco material, so as to form a slurry; —homogenizing the slurry; and—forming the homogenized tobacco material from the slurry.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Yorick Klipfel, Johannes Petrus Maria Pijnenburg, Michael Elliott Doyle, Juan David Manzur Bedoya, Pascal Rausis, Marine Jarriault
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Patent number: 10813382Abstract: A melt-blown fabric for pouching smokeless tobacco or a smokeless tobacco substitute can include melt-blown polymer fibers. The fabric can have a basis weight of less than 30 gsm and a tensile strength of at least 4 mJ in at least one predetermined direction. Method of making the fabric can include melt-blowing a polymeric material against a support surface and bonding the fibers or arranging them in a predetermined orientation. Pouched smokeless tobacco or tobacco substitute products including the fabrics provided herein can provide desirable flavor and tactile experience.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Andrew Nathan Carroll, Shannon Maxwell Black, Yan Helen Sun, William J. Burke, Christopher Joseph Dinovi, David Phillips, Jason Andrew Macko, Robert Smith
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Patent number: 10813383Abstract: A method of modifying the moisture level of (e.g., dehydrating) a tobacco plant or portion thereof, a tobacco-derived material, a tobacco product, or a tobacco additive is provided herein. The methods of dehydration disclosed herein can provide various benefits relative to traditional drying techniques, including providing retention of various beneficial components present in green tobacco (e.g., organoleptic compounds and proteins). Smoking articles and other tobacco products including such dehydrated tobacco materials are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: John-Paul Mua, Crystal Dawn Hege Byrd, Brian Keith Nordskog, Andries Don Sebastian, David Troy Turfler, Christopher Keller, Jeremy Barrett Mabe
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Patent number: 10813384Abstract: The e-vaping device includes a vaporizer assembly, which includes a heating element, a pre-vapor formulation reservoir, a pre-vapor formulation level indicator including a plurality of discrete indicator segments, and at least one processor. The pre-vapor formulation reservoir may be configured to contain a pre-vapor formulation and the at least one processor may be configured to determine a difference between a first duty cycle of power supplied to the heating element and a second duty cycle of power supplied to the heating element; and adjust the indicator based on the determined duty cycle difference.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Terrance Theodore Bache, Christopher S. Tucker, Raymond W. Lau
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Patent number: 10813385Abstract: An aerosol delivery device is provided that includes a heating element configured to convert electricity to heat and thereby vaporize components of an aerosol precursor composition, and a control component coupled to and configured to controllably power the heating element. The control component includes a buck regulator circuit coupled to the heating element, and an operational amplifier circuit coupled to the heating element and buck regulator circuit. The buck regulator circuit is configured to step down voltage and step up current from a power source to the heating element to thereby power the heating element. The operational amplifier circuit is configured to amplify an output voltage from the heating element to produce a higher voltage that is fed back to the buck regulator circuit, which is configured to use the higher voltage to regulate an output voltage from the buck regulator circuit to the heating element.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.Inventor: Rajesh Sur
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Patent number: 10813386Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a transportable mouthpiece for use in inhalation of products in gas form, and including a sealable attachment piece.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Puff CorporationInventors: Avinash Bajpai, Charlton Huang, Ryan Fitt
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Patent number: 10813387Abstract: A vaping atomizer for use with a vaping device is provided. The atomizer includes an enclosure portion and a heating-element housing extending through the interior of the enclosure portion. A first cavity for receiving vaping liquid is at least partially formed between the enclosure portion and the heating-element housing. The heating-element housing includes at least one aperture formed therein facilitating transfer of the vaping liquid from the first cavity to a second cavity formed on the interior thereof. The at least one aperture formed in the heating-element housing can be generally shaped as a triangle. The size and shape of the least one aperture can be optimized to prevent the vaping liquid from flooding the interior cavity, and to accommodate uses of various vaping liquids having different viscosities, as well as to prevent liquid-absorbing material provided in the second cavity from drying out to prevent dry hits during use of the vaping atomizer.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2020Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: FUMA INTERNATIONAL, LLCInventors: Gregory D. Conley, Daniel C. Hillenbrandt, Jr., Rebecca L. Conley
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Patent number: 10813388Abstract: Methods of detecting and reducing error of athletic sensor readouts are disclosed. Methods relate to receiving properties, such as an athlete's body mass index and a physiological property, such as heart rate. Based on a body mass index or other parameter being outside a range, selecting a protocol, such as a heart rate measurement protocol. In further embodiments, a heart rate measurement protocol may be augmented.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Jamian R. Cobbett, Monica Judge, Summer Schneider, Ariana Manesh, Simon Quay, Bill Webb, Quinn Fitzgerald, Russ Watt
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Patent number: 10813389Abstract: A garment is provided including a back panel joined with a bag panel, and a closure strap. The back panel and bag panel can be used in a wearing mode while the garment is worn, then turned inside out into a stowed mode, when the garment is to be stowed, to form a stowage bag within which the garment can be stuffed, with the closure strap movable to a closing configuration to at least partially close an opening of the stowage bag and secure the garment inside the stowage bag. Related methods of use are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Saucony, Inc.Inventor: Christopher J. Mahoney
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Patent number: 10813390Abstract: A swimsuit (1) has an outer shell (2) made of a flexible stretchable fabric and forms a tubular trunk portion (6) and two tubular thigh portions (7), the swimsuit (1) comprising two back stiffening lines (8) continuously connected to the outer shell (2) and extending each in a generally longitudinal direction of a one of the thigh portions (7) from a rear region (9) of the thigh portion (7) across a rear region of the trunk portion (6), in which said back stiffening lines (8) have a tensile stiffness greater than a tensile stiffness of said outer shell (2).Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Arena Italia S.p.A.Inventor: Michel Joseph
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Patent number: 10813391Abstract: A compact electroluminescent laminar element includes a flexible electroluminescent lamp and an electronic module which is connected in the same layer as the lower electrode to the lamp and includes at least an electronic control component, an electronic component for activating the lamp, and a battery, where the lamp and the electronic module are housed together in an encapsulating substrate consisting of a textile or plastic material, forming a closed and compact element that can be water-impermeable. The activation component is a push-button, a temperature sensor, or a movement sensor. It also comprises a reflective layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: LIGHT FLEX TECHNOLOGY, S.L.Inventors: Marten Kull, Victoria Backsin, Cristina Casellas Coll, Santiago Perez De La Hoz
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Patent number: 10813392Abstract: Provided is a waist belt in which: a left inner tightening belt, with a right end portion thereof attached to the right end portion of the left body belt, is passed through the left fold ring and folded back leftward, and a left connecting ring is provided at a left end portion thereof that has passed through the right fold ring; a right inner tightening belt, with a left end portion thereof attached to the left end portion of the right body belt, is passed through the right fold ring and folded back rightward, and a right connecting ring is provided at a right end portion thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: DAIYA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masao Matsuo, Masayuki Kawakami
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Patent number: 10813393Abstract: An automated system and method for the manufacture of facemasks from a web of a textile product in a production line is provided. The web is conveyed in the production line along a machine direction. A first tie is attached at a tie attaching station to the web of the textile product, such that the first tie extends from the web in a cross-machine direction perpendicular to the machine direction. The web and first tie are cut at a cutting station in the cross-machine direction across a width of the web in the cross-machine direction to form a facemask separate from the web.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: O&M Halyard, Inc.Inventors: Joseph P. Weber, Mark T. Pamperin, Anthony S. Spencer, Eric C. Steindorf, David L. Harrington
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Patent number: 10813394Abstract: A sleep apnea prevention sleep-aid mask is described. The sleep-aid mask is configured to secure the lips of a user together in a natural state, in order to encourage the respiratory system of the user to employ the nasal passages rather than the mouth for respiration. A pad equipped with a perforated mesh or channel is positioned over the lips and mouth of the user, and secured in position on the user via an adhesive, which temporarily affixes the pad to the face of the user. The sleep-aid mask is preferably shaped and sized according to the specific size of the user's face, and is configured to limit the effective diameter of the mouth of the user, in order to cause continued use of respiration via the nasal passages.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: SOMNIFIX INTERNATIONAL LLCInventor: Andre Michalak
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Patent number: 10813395Abstract: A reversible garment includes a plurality of pieces of a fabric joined by one or more seams, each seam constructed by joining a first edge of a first piece of the fabric and a second edge of a second piece of the fabric. The fabric includes a first presenting surface having a first appearance and a second presenting surface having a second appearance, the second presenting surface being opposite the first presenting surface, and the second appearance being different from the first appearance. A main portion of the reversible garment is formed by a single layer of the fabric without a lining, and the reversible garment is configured to be worn in a first mode displaying the first presenting surface of the fabric outwardly and a second mode displaying the second presenting surface of the fabric outwardly.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Inventors: Bukola Bankole, Aderemi Lawrence Bankole
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Patent number: 10813396Abstract: A towel for use after a shower, a bath, or a swim. The towel is arranged to stay closed about a wearer's body and at the same time allows his or her hands to be free. The towel affords the wearer privacy when changing clothing, for example, in a locker room. Also, when tied about the wearer, the towel allows him or her to sit comfortably on hot ground at the beach or other outdoor swim area. The towel can also be worn as a garment with an attractive and elegant appearance, and serve a number of other useful and desirable functions.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Inventor: Bozena M. Chrzanowska
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Patent number: 10813397Abstract: A ring-shaped member is arranged for engaging with an opening of a glove to form a circumferential trough around the opening of the glove. A glove and a method of manufacturing a glove comprise a conical collar forming a circumferential trough around the opening of the glove and where the collar comprises such ring-shaped member. The ring-shaped member comprises a first annular portion of a conical shape, a second annular portion of a conical shape, and a central annular portion in between the first and the second annular portions. The ring-shaped member is foldable about the central portion to attain a folded configuration wherein the second annular portion is folded down to lie essentially alongside the first annular portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: GLOVAC INTERNATIONAL APSInventor: Jan Erik Vest Hansen
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Patent number: 10813398Abstract: An article of personal protective equipment, such as a protective glove, headgear, footwear, suit, or other protective device, wearable by a wearer for protecting the wearer against noxious agents, such as an article of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) personal protective equipment. The article of personal protective equipment may comprise a plurality of regions that cover different parts of the wearer's body and have different properties, such as different levels of protection against noxious agents, breath ability, heat loss capability, dexterity, tactility, stretchability, and/or another function.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: AirBoss Engineered Products, Inc.Inventors: Jill Vandenbosch, Jean-Francois Morissette, Jean-Luc Lemyre, Luc Dionne, Alexandre Meunier
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Patent number: 10813399Abstract: A retainer, and method for preparing a retainer, for a necktie to receive the ends of the necktie looped over, or to be looped over, the neck of a user or, comprising a piece of flexible fabric having a center section and end sections, the material being fitted at reverse opposite end sections with connecting members and shaped to form a frustum-shaped retainer when one end section is folded over the other end section and the connecting members are secured to each other whereby the retainer can then slide over the received necktie ends to move the retainer upwardly to the neck of the user.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Inventor: Marion A. Murray
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Patent number: 10813400Abstract: Various examples are provided for pants, shorts and skirts including a hip pocket. In one embodiment, among others, a pair of pants includes first and second pant legs and a hip pocket positioned along an outer portion of the first pant leg and adjacent to a front pocket of the pair of pants. The hip pocket can have an opening that is substantially perpendicular to a seam extending along a length of the first pant leg. In another embodiment, a skirt includes a waistband that secures around a waist of a wearer of the skirt and a hip pocket positioned along a side portion of the skirt and adjacent to a hip of the wearer. The hip pocket can have an opening that is substantially parallel to the waistband of the skirt.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Inventor: Vinh D Doan
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Patent number: 10813401Abstract: A composite multi-axial impact protection liner for a helmet is provided that reduces rotational acceleration, rotational strain rate, and rotational strain that cause concussions. In a protective helmet so equipped, one or more layers of fluid polymer, including strain thinning and strain thickening polymers, are positioned between the wearer's head and a hard helmet shell. The liner offers greater injury protection, performance, and personal comfort using the rate dependent and combined effect of strain thinning and strain thickening of fluid polymer layers.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: ZYMPLR LCInventors: Abraham Pannikottu, Abu Abraham
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Patent number: 10813402Abstract: A protective helmet comprises an inner layer and an outer layer separated from the inner layer by a space. An interface layer is positioned in the space between the inner layer and the outer layer and includes an impact absorbing material that non-linearly deforms in response to an incident force on the protective helmet. For example, the impact absorbing material includes multiple filaments each having an end proximate to the inner layer and another end proximate to the outer layer interface, with the filaments configured to non-linearly deform in response to an incident force on the helmet.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignees: University of Washington, VPG Acquisition Co, LLCInventors: Jonathan D. Posner, John T. Dardis, II, Paul C. Leonard, Per G. Reinhall
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Patent number: 10813403Abstract: A NOCSAE-certified football helmet having a plastic shell, internal padding attached to an inner surface of the shell, and a face guard attached to the shell, is configured and designed to have a Predictive Concussion Incidence below 1.90, or 0.75 plus or minus 0.25, or in the range of 0.50 to 1.90, as measured by the 2018 Adult Football STAR Methodology. The face guard is attached to the shell at a plurality of attachment points below a line constructed through the midpoint of the height of the helmet and has an upper portion which contacts the shell above the face opening, without being attached to the shell at that point. The internal padding includes a front pad attached within the shell above the face opening, defining a first zone of a first stiffness and, adjacent to and above the first zone, a second zone of a second stiffness lower than the first stiffness. The internal padding also includes helmet liners which are not inflatable, and which contain slow response microcellular polyurethane pads.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Kranos IP CorporationInventors: Louis Anthony Vanhoutin, Vincent R. Long, Robert Erb, Richard Groff, III
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Patent number: 10813404Abstract: Low-profile dance shoes and associated methods of manufacture are disclosed herein. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a dance shoe that includes an integrated heel member that provides increased support, stability, and shock-absorption for the dancer. The dance shoe can further include a support member configured to provide lateral support to the foot and/or ankle, and a shock-absorption member.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: ORZAPRO LLCInventor: Seth Orza
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Patent number: 10813405Abstract: A rapid-entry shoe allows the shoe to be rapidly entered and readied for wearing by the user. The shoe may be any of a wide variety of shoe types, including shoes of a wide variety of styles and functions. The rapid entry features of the shoes utilize various movable elements that are attached to a sole portion or other portion of the shoe and allow movement of a portion of the shoe under pressure to allow rapid entry of the user's foot into the shoe. The moveable elements may include flexible elements, elements having constructed to have a memory of a native position, magnetic elements, and/or elastic elements.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: FAST IP, LLCInventor: Michael Pratt
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Patent number: 10813406Abstract: A flexible shoe including an outer sole assembly and an upper, the outer sole assembly including a damping sole extending lengthwise from a rear end to a front end, widthwise between a lateral side and a medial side, and heightwise from a lower surface to an upper surface, the lower surface having lower grooves, the upper surface having upper grooves, the lower grooves of the lower surface being opposite the upper grooves of the upper surface. The lower grooves of the lower surface and the upper grooves of the upper surface correspond to the main articulations of the foot. The lower grooves of the lower surface and the upper grooves of the upper surface demarcate platforms of the damping sole.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: SALOMON S.A.S.Inventors: Marlène Giandolini, René Borel, Simon Bartold
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Patent number: 10813407Abstract: An article may include a first polymeric material layer having a surface. A first conductive trace may form at least a portion of the first layer surface. The article may further include a second polymeric material layer. The second layer may have a first surface, a portion of the second layer first surface being bonded to a portion of the first layer surface. The second layer may have a portion of a channel defined therein, the channel at least partially coinciding with a portion of the first conductive trace. The article may also include a first patch interposed between the first layer surface and the second layer first surface. The first patch may span the channel and cover a portion of the first conductive trace.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Steven H. Walker, Chin-yuan Cheng
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Patent number: 10813408Abstract: A tactile feedback shoe sole for footwear comprising a main body that defines a toe portion, an arch portion and a heel portion. A first chamber filled with a fluid is disposed in the toe portion. A second chamber comprising a second chamber upper wall, a second chamber lower wall and projections is disposed in the heel portion. A channel is disposed at the arch portion between the first chamber and the second chamber. If the first chamber is pressurized first before exerting pressure on the second chamber, which is likely to happen when the user of the sole runs following a forefoot running technique, the fluid from the first chamber flows to the second chamber and the fluid in the second chamber does not allow contact of the heel of the user to come in contact of the projections present in the inflated second chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Inventor: Adam Michaels Urbin
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Patent number: 10813409Abstract: A vacuum formed knit sole system for an article of footwear incorporating a knitted component is described. The article of footwear includes a knitted component including a lower portion forming the knit sole system and an upper portion forming a portion of the upper of the article of footwear. A method of vacuum forming the knitted component using an insert member to form the knit sole system is also described. The insert member can be used to form the shape of the knit outsole, including the shape of cleat members, as well as remain within the interior of the upper to reinforce the knit sole system.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventor: Tory M. Cross
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Patent number: 10813410Abstract: A tunnel spring structure three-dimensionally printed on a base layer. The tunnel spring structure includes three tubular structures and two connecting portions. A connecting portion is disposed between two tubular structures. A tensile strand extends through the tubular structures. Tension applied to the tensile strand forces the tubular structures to adjoin due to the flexibility of the connection portions.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Stefan E. Guest, Matthew J. Holmes, Yoav Sterman
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Patent number: 10813411Abstract: Provided is a lace adjustment device for adjusting a lace provided at a shoe or clothes, the device including: a housing having a lace insertion hole into which the lace is inserted; a fixing lever, disposed in the housing, for fixing the lace inserted into the housing; and an elastic member disposed in the housing and providing an elastic force to the fixing lever such that the fixing lever presses the lace inserted into the housing. According to the lace adjustment device according to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a user may conveniently adjust a length of a lace provided at a shoe, clothes, or the like by simply pressing a button instead of directly pulling and tying, from both sides, the lace attached to the shoe, the clothes, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Inventor: Hyo Seok Jeon
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Patent number: 10813412Abstract: A spike is operable to be removably coupled to an article of footwear. The spike includes a first portion that is substantially rigid. The spike also includes a second portion that is resilient.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey L. Johnson
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Patent number: 10813413Abstract: A buckle that includes a frame with a first slot and a tongue assembly with a second slot. A terminal section of a strap can be passed through the first and second slots and turned back on itself to form a loop.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Matthew S. Stephenson, Judd J. Perner
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Patent number: 10813414Abstract: In a cover of a buckle device, an engagement hook of a side wall of an upper cover is fit together with an engagement groove of a side wall of a lower cover to assemble the upper cover to the lower cover. When the side wall of the upper cover receives an external force, a holder of a buckle switch is sandwiched between a side plate of a buckle body and a rib of the lower cover such that the side plate receives the external force. Accordingly, the rigidity at the engagement hook of the cover is able to be increased.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Tomoya Yokoi, Tomotaka Suzuki, Takahiro Osaki, Akihito Kunisada, Kentaro Yamada
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Patent number: 10813415Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a magnetic assembly structure which utilizes a magnetic attraction or repulsion effect generated by two magnetic components to make two buckle structures automatically engaged to each other. The magnetic assembly structure of the present disclosure has a first main body and a second main body, and via the hardware design of disposing magnetic components and buckle structures respectively on the first main body and the second main body, the first and second main bodies rotate in respect to each other due to the magnetic attraction or repulsion effect, so as to efficiently engage the two buckle structures each other. Thus, it actually eases the installation and uninstallation of the appliance to which the magnetic assembly structure is applied, and the costs of installation and consuming time are reduced.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: TAIWAN OASIS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Wei-Long Lee, Shih-Meng Liao
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Patent number: 10813416Abstract: A sliding-type locking buckle comprises a casing and a locking buckle body. The casing comprises an upper casing, a lower casing, and an inner cavity. The locking buckle body comprises an upper body, a lower body, and a compression spring. The upper casing is provided with an upper sliding slot. The inner wall of the upper casing is provided with a plurality of sawteeth along the length direction of the upper sliding slot. The lower body is located in the inner cavity. The top of the upper body protrudes out of the upper sliding slot. A lateral surface of the upper body is provided with a limiting protrusion. The limiting protrusion is provided with a sawtooth portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: QINGDAO GOERTEK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Wei Liu, Wenlai Zhang, Yang Yang
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Patent number: 10813417Abstract: Techniques for a snap receiver are provided. In an example, a snap receiver can include a snap receiver base, and a lock ring. The snap receiver base can include a first opening in a first major surface, the first opening configured to first receive a snap post, and a plurality of lock legs extending from a second major surface. The lock ring can include a plurality of irregular slots, configured to secure the snap receiver to a fabric. A distal end of each lock leg can be configured to pass through the fabric and through a first end of a respective slot of the plurality of irregular slots. A first rotation of the lock ring with respect to the snap receiver base can lock a distal end of each of the lock legs within a second end of the respective slot of the plurality of irregular slots.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Love Your Melon Inc.Inventors: Zachary Quinn, Charles Carlisle, Caleb Summers
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Patent number: 10813418Abstract: The lanyard described herein includes a double fastener for securely supporting an accessory, such as a watch face, phone or other item on a lanyard. The lanyard is preferably made from a traditional length of material that is intended to be worn around the neck of a wearer to provide access to an item held on an end of the lanyard near the chest of the wearer. The double fastener includes a latch strip connected to a base portion of the lanyard at one end with the other end looped back over and connected to the base portion by a hook-and-loop connection. The latch is subsequently secured by a locking mechanism which overlaps the latch and locks it in the fastened orientation. Accordingly, the double fastener not only supports the accessory with a latch but also ensures the latch does not inadvertently come undone by way of the lock.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Inventor: Francis Edward Tully
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Patent number: 10813419Abstract: A zipper head assembly structure includes a sliding member and a pull member. The sliding member includes a sliding element, an elastic member, and a locking hook, the sliding element has a base portion, a first lateral wall portion, a second lateral wall portion, and a seat portion, and an inner surface of the seat portion is configured with at least one retaining block. The first lateral wall portion and the second lateral wall portion respectively extend upward from opposite side ends of the base portion, mutually corresponding to each other, and are connected to a front end of the base portion. The seat portion is disposed on the base portion and connected to a rear end of the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: CHUNG CHWAN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.Inventor: Yu-Pau Lin
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Patent number: 10813421Abstract: An end cap structure for a cane/crutch/trekking pole includes a main body, an elastic interlayer, and a bottom layer. The elastic interlayer is disposed between the main body and the bottom layer to ensure the structural strength of the end cap. When the user swings the cane/crutch/trekking pole in all directions, the whole underside of the bottom layer is kept in contact with the ground due to the elastic interlayer to ensure that the anti-slip function is not affected, thereby improving the safety of the product when in use.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: VISION SPORTS ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.Inventor: Ming-Hsien Lee
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Patent number: 10813422Abstract: An intelligent shading umbrella comprises a base assembly, an umbrella support assembly coupled to a base assembly, a first memory, a first processor coupled to the first memory, and a computing device, wherein the computing device has a non-volatile memory having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, a second memory, and a second processor. A first processor communicates commands and/or signals to the umbrella support assembly to cause movement of the umbrella support assembly. A second processor, of the computing device, is enclosed within the intelligent shading object fetches computer-readable instructions from the non-volatile memory, loads the computer-readable instructions from the non-volatile memory into the second memory, and executes the computer-readable instructions to communicate with external computing devices and/or to generate commands and/or signals to the first processor to request movements of the umbrella shading assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Shadecraft, Inc.Inventor: Armen Sevada Gharabegian
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Patent number: 10813423Abstract: An adjustable non-view obscuring umbrella having a canopy and a support structure. The support structure having a support post, a plurality of non-articulating umbrella ribs, and at least one articulating umbrella rib. An articulating umbrella rib having an upper rib member, a lower rib member, and an umbrella rib articulation mechanism. An umbrella rib articulation mechanism having an upper bracket and a rotation actuation member, wherein the rotation actuation member is rotationally coupled to the upper bracket.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Inventors: Marilyn Teresa Hendrix, Barry Blaine Hendrix
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Patent number: 10813424Abstract: An intelligent shading charging system, includes a housing having a rechargeable battery installed therein, a lower support assembly connected to the housing and an upper support assembly, the upper support assembly including one or more arm support assemblies. The intelligent shading charging system further includes a hinging assembly connecting a lower support assembly to an upper support assembly to allow an upper support assembly to rotate with respect to the lower support assembly, one or more arms connected to the one or more are support assemblies, a shading fabric; and one or more solar cell arrays mounted on or integrated within the shading fabric.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Shadecraft, Inc.Inventor: Armen Sevada Gharabegian
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Patent number: 10813425Abstract: This invention provides a sunshade and a sunshade base thereof. The sunshade base, configured to be connected with a sunshade rod to support a sunshade top, the sunshade includes: a support, an upper side of the support is provided with a connection member for being connected with the sunshade rod; a moving assembly, rolling or sliding to drive the support to move; and a counterweight, the support has a counterweight area for supporting the counterweight. When the sunshade needs to be moved, it only needs to drive the moving assembly to roll or slide, thereby driving the support and the whole sunshade to move. Compared with the prior art in which several people is required to work together to move the sunshade, this invention greatly reduces the labor intensity of moving the sunshade, thereby making the moving of the sunshade more time-saving and labor-saving.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Zhejiang Yotrio Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Honghua Shen, Jianqiang Xie