Patents Issued in October 27, 2020
  • Patent number: 10813426
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic umbrella. The middle rod structure comprises an outer sleeve; a movable sleeve; a first elastic element; a locating element; an adjustment element; and a long rod comprising a long rod upper end and a long rod lower end; wherein the long rod upper end is abutted against the adjustment element, and the long rod lower end is located inside the movable sleeve for limiting the first elastic element from moving along a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Zhaozhan Wu
  • Patent number: 10813427
    Abstract: A strutless umbrella frame for supporting a canopy, the strutless umbrella frame comprising a central post, a plurality of ribs each pivotally mounted to the central post about a pivot axis, an actuator arranged for operating the umbrella frame between the closed and open position; and a connection arranged for hingendly connecting each of the plurality of ribs to the actuator. The actuator comprises at least one air spring and first regulator and a second fluid regulator. The actuator is configured for opening the umbrella, in response to a predetermined opening force applied initially by the pivoting movement of at least one of ribs, and for closing the umbrella in response to a predetermined closing force applied initially by the pivoting movement of the at least one of the ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: ROYAL BOTANIA
    Inventor: Kris Jan Simon Van Puyvelde
  • Patent number: 10813428
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to programmable LED handbags/wearables that contain a custom PCB with RGB LEDs with optional sensors. These PCBs display customizable colors/patterns in response to modifiable computer code, signals from other programmable LED handbags/wearables, and/or the input from the surrounding environment. These PCBs are attached to the bag with detachable fasteners to they may be easily accessed for programming, or removed to be placed in a different wearable item. Detachable fasteners and positioning element provide alignment/prevent displacement between the orifices in the wearables and LEDs on the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Debra Ansell
  • Patent number: 10813429
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cosmetic process for treating keratin fibers, preferably the hair, comprising at least the steps consisting in: a) applying to said keratin fibers a composition containing at least one substance chosen from fatty substances, non-silicone polymers and surfactants, b) applying a mechanical tension to said keratin fibers, and c) exposing said keratin fibers under mechanical tension to microwaves, at a pressure ranging from 50 000 to 250 000 Pa, in the presence of at least one solvent in vapor form on contact with the keratin fibers and without there being complete drying of the keratin fibers throughout the entire exposure to the microwaves, the solvent(s) in vapor form being entirely generated by evaporating at least one compound present, before emission of the microwaves, on contact with the keratin fibers, step a) taking place prior to step c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Gabin Vic, Maryse Chaisy, Stefania Nuzzo
  • Patent number: 10813430
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide a razor storage system, which can be used to extend a usable lifetime of a shaving razor. The razor storage system can comprise a razor platform, an air moving device, a controller in communication with the air moving device, and a hygroscopic material, all enclosed in a sealable container. The razor storage system can further comprise a power supply coupled the controller and a switch configured to activate the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SHAVE HARBOR LLC
    Inventors: Chistopher Allen Swatty, William Robert Horner
  • Patent number: 10813431
    Abstract: A drawing device, including: a drawing head which performs drawing on a drawing target; a head mover which moves the drawing head in a first direction and in a second direction which intersects with the first direction; a cap which protects the drawing head; and a processor which controls the drawing head and the head mover. Within a range where the drawing head is moved by the head mover, a drawing area where the drawing target is placed and the drawing by the drawing head is performed and a stand-by area where the cap is disposed are provided. The drawing head performs the drawing on the drawing target while the processor controls the head mover to move the drawing head in the first direction. The drawing head is protected with the cap by the processor controlling the head mover to move the drawing head to the stand-by area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daisuke Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10813432
    Abstract: A child resistant lip product material dispenser comprises a body having a first opening at a first end and external threads disposed on an external surface of the body proximate the first end. A rotary module has first internal threads configured to engage with the external threads, and a lid is disposed on the rotary module. A lip product material is at least partially disposed within the body. The rotary module further comprises a first plurality of spaced teeth arranged in a circular pattern on a surface of the rotary module facing the lid, and the lid comprises a second plurality of spaced teeth arranged in a circular pattern on a surface of the lid facing the rotary module, wherein the first and second pluralities of spaced teeth are configured to mesh together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: 14TH ROUND INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kevin Zhang, Jeremy Green, Alex Clulee
  • Patent number: 10813433
    Abstract: A jar and lid assembly that includes a jar assembly configured to hold a product. The jar and lid assembly also includes a lid assembly coupled to the jar assembly and includes an outer lid portion and an inner lid portion. The coupling of the lid assembly may be by rotation to secure the lid assembly using threads. A magnet may be positioned within the lid assembly to magnetically couple a cosmetic implement to an outer surface of the lid assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Timothy Thorpe, Adrian Apodaca, Stephen Burditt, Stephen Chen, Jenny Hsu
  • Patent number: 10813434
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator includes a container that stores a cosmetic composition, an applicator head having a linear or non-linear shape with a proximal end and a distal end, and a plurality of holes along or around the circumference of the applicator head, the distal end connected to the container. Further, the cosmetic applicator includes a plurality of slits along or around the circumference of the applicator head, the distal end connected to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Christine Marie Crane, Mikhail Motornov, Gracemarie Rose Papaleo-Trombetta, Ludovic Lecaro, Patrick Jouffret, Noemie Chaillet Piquand, Balanda Atis, Anke Hadasch
  • Patent number: 10813435
    Abstract: A noninvasive method for tightening loose neck skin embodying a non-expensive, indiscrete external tensioning device is provided. The tensioning device is adapted to physically tension and tighten the loose neck skin. The tensioning device may be an elongated thin sheath defining a first surface and an opposing second surface. The first surface provides an adhesive portion that may be adhered to the back of a user's neck is such a manner so as to pull their frontal neck skin upward and backward for effectuating a noninvasive facelift thereof. Embedded between the first and second surfaces may be an integrated memory wire adaptable to move to a pinched condition providing additional tension force between the opposing ends of the tensioning device, and in turn to the neck skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Janet Kranes
  • Patent number: 10813436
    Abstract: A customizable bag is provided that permits multiple types of customization. The bag includes a ferromagnetic platform coupled to one or more of the bag's panels. The ferromagnetic platform includes a magnetic material, a drawable surface, and may be printed with images or designs provided to the manufacturer or provider by the customer or other user. Also provided are systems for customizing a bag or creating a customizable bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: My Bag Corporation
    Inventor: Kevin Hall
  • Patent number: 10813437
    Abstract: A carrying device for carrying a hand-guided power tool by a user has a shoulder strap and a lateral leg plate with a connecting unit for coupling a power tool to the carrying device. A support strap is connected with one end to the shoulder strap and the leg plate is slidably arranged at the support strap to slide along the support strap in a longitudinal direction thereof. A fixation device is arranged between support strap and leg plate and has a release position and a blocking position. In the release position, the leg plate is slidable along the support strap; in the blocking position, the leg plate is non-slidably secured on the support strap. The blocking position is correlated with a first working mode of the power tool; the release position is correlated with a second working mode of the power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Patrick Behringer, Markus Pfeifer, Timo Förg, Bastian Lepschy, Simon Haug, Martin Nitze
  • Patent number: 10813438
    Abstract: An apparel wearable on a hand of a user is disclosed herein. The apparel includes a wrist brace, a case for supporting a device, and an activation strap for activating the device supported on the case. The wrist brace is wearable on a wrist of the user. The case is configured for housing a device therein, wherein the case can be removable attached to the wrist brace. The activation strap is anchored at a location on the case, wherein the location overlaps with an activation switch of the device, wherein the activation strap activates the activation switch on being pulled by the user. The device can be a barcode scanner, in accordance with one embodiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Valerie Herman
  • Patent number: 10813439
    Abstract: A clip of spring plate type includes a first pressing plate, a second pressing plate and a restoring elastic member. The first pressing plate includes two first lateral plates. Each of the first lateral plates has a first axial hole. The second pressing plate is assembled with the first pressing plate. The second pressing plate includes two second lateral plates. Each of the second lateral plates has a second axial hole corresponding to the first axial hole. The restoring elastic member is disposed between the first pressing plate and the second pressing plate. The restoring elastic member has a positioning portion from which two restoring arms extend. A curved portion is formed between the restoring arm and the positioning portion. The curved portion obstructs the transmission of stress so that a larger elastic force is accumulated in the restoring arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Yuh-Lin Huang
  • Patent number: 10813440
    Abstract: A cellphone attachment cord apparatus for preventing cellphone drops includes a suspension clip configured to attach to an article of clothing or a clothing accessory. An elastic coil has a proximal end coupled to the suspension clip and a distal end. A buckle is coupled to the elastic coil and comprises a male mating member coupled to the distal end of the elastic coil and a female mating member. The male mating member and the female mating member are selectively engageable. A tether is coupled to the female mating member of the buckle. A mounting card is coupled to the tether. An adhesive layer is disposed on an inner face of the mounting card and is configured to be coupled to a cellphone case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: David Hernandez
  • Patent number: 10813441
    Abstract: The invention relates to a belt (C) for transporting a medical device and maintaining same in place, said belt comprising at least one member (21) for receiving the device. The belt (C) comprises at least two bands of textile material (1; 12) connected by four removable, adjustable-length straps (8 to 11). The band of flexible material (1; 12) is a quadrilateral with a length to width ratio of at least 1.5. The invention also relates to a corresponding kit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: OXSITIS
    Inventor: Fabien Andrieux
  • Patent number: 10813442
    Abstract: A portable toothbrush having an internal water source that allows a user to brush his or her teeth while away from a bathroom or other external water source. The portable toothbrush has an internal water source for dispensing water into a user's mouth and a storage receptable for suctioning waste or rinse water from the user's mouth back into the storage receptacle for disposal after use. The toothbrush may have the toothpaste impregnated on the toothbrush head or the toothpaste may be contained in refillable receptacle as a part of the toothbrush head. The toothbrush of the present invention can be automatic (electric motor or pump) or manual. The toothbrush can be a one-time use toothbrush or multiple-use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Lance W. Schneier
  • Patent number: 10813443
    Abstract: The invention concerns a dish brush (1, 11) for conventional sweeping machines for cleaning, brushing or sweeping paved surfaces, wherein special constructed sweeping elements (4) and steel cable plugs (5) both waste and weeds remove from different types of paved surfaces. The mentioned sweeping elements (4) are fastened with welds (8,9) from the top side of the raised contour edge (2) through slit openings (6,7) and the steel cable plugs (5) are fastened with a weld (10) from the bottom side of said contour edge (2). The advantage is a well applicable sweeping and weeds removing dish brush (1,11) and which can be manufactured in a very economical way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: KOTI ONROEREND GOED B.V.
    Inventor: Michel Jozef Rene Lambert Huybreckx
  • Patent number: 10813444
    Abstract: Polishing media in the form of bristles made from a porous polymer-based material, apparatus and systems including the media, and methods of forming and using the media, apparatus, and systems are disclosed. A method of manufacturing bristles for use in polishing a workpiece which includes a non-planar surface includes the steps of combining a liquid polymer material and a foaming agent to form a foamed polymeric material, and separating the foamed polymeric material into a plurality of bristles. The foaming agent is configured to impart a porosity to the polymeric material, where the porosity is characterized by a density in the range of 0.3 to 1.2 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: JH Rhodes Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Daskiewich, Brent Muncy, James Klein, Peter Rentein
  • Patent number: 10813445
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for drying and storing brushes, each having a handle and a bundle of bristles extending therefrom. The apparatus comprises a base or sleeve retention member supporting a plurality of elastic sleeves configured to surround one of the bundles of bristles in a conforming and radially compressive relationship, and a brush retention member supporting a plurality of brush retainers configured to retain the respective brush handles. A support rod or post member connects the base and brush retention members in a spaced relationship in a longitudinal direction along the brush handles, with the brush handles retained in the brush retainers and the respective bundles of bristles positioned for engagement with the elastic sleeves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Sigma Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Rene Xavier Filho, Simone Rodrigues Oliveira Xavier
  • Patent number: 10813446
    Abstract: The present application provides for a collapsible table. The table may be constructed of a first table top section and a second table top section which may be pivotally connected together by a center support structure. The table may have two sets of legs. A first set of legs may be pivotally attached to the center support structure and a second set of legs may also be pivotally attached to the center support structure. Each set of legs may also be attached to the table top via a first and a second leg support extending from the legs to the table top sections. A shelf connection may be placed between the first and second leg support wherein, a shelf attached to each pair of legs the shelf may have a first section and second section, wherein the sections are attached to each other at opposite ends of the shelf connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Robert Wise
  • Patent number: 10813447
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a support system for a gaming table including a first support bar of a gaming-table support, a second support bar of a gaming-table support, a third support bar of a gaming-table support, and a gaming-table support locking apparatus. The third support bar has an arcuate shape and is in a pivotable connection with the second support bar. The gaming-table support locking apparatus includes a first locking bar and a second locking bar. The second locking bar is configured to be in one of two states of being: a first state that allows the third support bar to rotate with respect to the second support bar; and a second state that prevents the third support bar to rotate with respect to the second support bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Medal Sports (Taiwan) Corporation
    Inventor: Kevin Chunhao Tsai
  • Patent number: 10813448
    Abstract: A hand-operated worm gear height adjustable table includes a table top, a base mechanism, a lift mechanism, and a driving mechanism. The base mechanism includes a base and tracks on the base. The lift mechanism includes two parallel first lift arms and two parallel second lift arms which cross with each other to form X-shaped structures. The driving mechanism is connected to the upper ends of the first lift arms and includes two U-shaped slide rails and a driving shaft penetrating through the upper ends of the first lift arms. The center of the driving shaft is provided with a worm gear and a worm. The outer end surface of the worm is sleeved with a first sleeve component and a second sleeve component with a cavity provided therebetween, and the outer end surface of the first sleeve component is sleeved with the first torsional spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: QIDONG VISION MOUNTS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
    Inventor: Hairong Lu
  • Patent number: 10813449
    Abstract: A workstation comprising a chassis having a base frame (10) and a monitor frame assembly (11), said base frame (10) defining a work area (20) at its proximal end for accommodating a user therein, in use, wherein a desk unit (24) is mounted laterally across said work area and provides a work surface for use by a user accommodated in said work area (20), in use, said monitor frame assembly (11) comprising an outer frame, extending laterally across said base frame (10) and upwardly from its distal end, and an inner frame (32) mounted within said outer frame and configured to receive thereon a plurality of monitor brackets (45), wherein said desk unit (24) is longitudinally adjustable relative to said base frame (10) so as to selectively adjust its distance from the monitor frame assembly (11), and said inner frame (32) is vertically adjustable within, and relative to, said outer frame so as to selectively adjust its height relative to said base frame; and further wherein respective locking means are provided to
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventor: Samuel Paul Wanstall
  • Patent number: 10813450
    Abstract: A mobile workstation with adjustable height of the present disclosure may comprise a top assembly, an adjustment assembly, and a bottom assembly. Adjustment assembly may comprise telescopically engaged segments. One or more pulleys or pulley assemblies may be disposed within one or more of the segments to allow for withdrawing and retracting segments from one another at the same rate. Actuation of the raising or lowering of the overall height of the mobile workstation may be realized through either a manual actuation or an electronic element such as a linear actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Midmark Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel A. Albers, Connor James Osowski, Jeffrey T. DeBord, Rainer Bernhard Teufel, Todd Linthicum, Jay F. Perkins, David Simpson, Nicholas Leonard Blackburn, Jon Robert Neil Hamilton, Michael C. Couch, Darin Gregory Whittington
  • Patent number: 10813451
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a mobile device is collapsible and configurable in multiple degrees of freedom. The apparatus includes a mobile device support body, a base, a stand, a support arm, and a clamp. The stand is pivotably and/or rotatably coupled to the mobile device support body and pivotably coupled to the base. The support arm is releasably coupled to the stand and pivotably coupled to the base. The clamp is slidingly coupled to the base. The size of the mobile device support body is adjustable to receive a mobile device having different sizes and orientations. The length of the stand and the support arm can be adjusted to set a height and an angle of the mobile device support body. The mobile device support body can be rotatable to allow the mobile device support body to face backwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Hypnap LLC
    Inventors: Chloe Hill, HyukJae Henry Yoo, John Lonczak
  • Patent number: 10813452
    Abstract: An adjustable partition structure includes a guiding member, two sets of support blocks, and an adjustable partition structure. The guiding member is fixed to a rear plate. The two sets of support blocks are respectively disposed on two side plates. Each set of support blocks includes a number of support blocks arranged in a longitudinal direction of the side plates. The adjustable partition structure includes a sliding member and an adjustable partition plate. The sliding member defines a sliding hole. The guiding member is received in the sliding hole. The sliding member is slidable relative to the rear plate along the guiding member. The adjustable partition plate and the sliding member are rotationally coupled together. Two side edges of the adjustable partition plate respectively form an abutting piece. The two abutting pieces are supported by the support blocks on a same plane to support the adjustable partition plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Goldtek Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wu-Hung Yang, Shian-Wen Shiu, Yu-Chien Hu
  • Patent number: 10813453
    Abstract: A shelf assembly includes a first shelf unit having a first shelf coupleable to a first vertical support post and a second vertical support post to present a first support surface. A second shelf unit includes a second shelf coupleable to a third vertical support post and a fourth vertical support post to present a second support surface. A third shelf unit includes a third shelf coupleable to a fifth vertical support post and a sixth vertical support post to present a third support surface. A first bridge includes a first support surface and a second bridge includes a second support surface. The first bridge and the second bridge are configured such that in an assembled state of the shelving system a support surface spans an arc of 90 degrees between the first shelf and the second shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SPG INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: James Knutson, Arturo Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 10813454
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a third rail, a functional member and a movable member. The first rail is movably mounted between the third rail and the second rail. The functional member is arranged on the third rail and includes a positioning part. The movable member is arranged on the first rail and includes an engaging section elastically extended toward the third rail. When the first rail is moved relative to the third rail to an open position, the first rail is configured to be engaged with the positioning part of the functional member through the engaging section of the movable member, in order to hold the first rail at the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chien-Li Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10813455
    Abstract: A bumper assembly includes an elongate rigid shell formed of a metallic material and an elongate base. The elongate rigid shell includes an inner surface, an outer surface, a first shell edge, and a first flange protruding from the first shell edge in a direction toward the inner surface of the elongate rigid shell. The elongate base includes a base body including a first base edge and a first flexible latching element extending from the first base edge of the base body, the first flexible latching element including a first latching protrusion having a first inclined outer surface and a first shoulder. The elongate base is configured for insertion into the elongate rigid shell with the first flange compressing the first flexible latching element and engaging the first shoulder of the first latching protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: McCue Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Ustach, David S. McCue, Amanda Gene Meltzer
  • Patent number: 10813456
    Abstract: A piece of furniture includes a frame and drawers that move forward and backward between a position in which an interior space of the drawer is inaccessible and a position at least partly out of the frame in which the interior space of the drawer is accessible. A bottom front region of a lower section is more forward from a central vertical plane of the frame than a top front region of an upper section, and the lower section can have a greater front to back distance than the upper section. When the frame is in contact with a horizontal surface and the drawer is open, tipping of the frame from its position on the horizontal surface as a result of downward pressure exerted on the drawer is reduced by the lower section of the frame having the greater front to back distance than the upper section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Dooli Products, LLC
    Inventors: David M. Stravitz, Steven G. Marton
  • Patent number: 10813457
    Abstract: A recliner or lift and recliner chair is provided having a recline or lift and recline chair mechanism with preferably with at least one recline or lift-recline actuator that controls a reclining movement or a lifting and reclining movement. The chair mechanism has a recline or lift-recline base, a seat and a back connected thereto. For additional functionality, a cradle assembly is provided in order to provide a cradling movement to the recline or lift-recline base. The cradle assembly can be provided by a system of standoffs and pivot connections, which can be direct or use links, or can be configured with a track and roller or slide system in order to achieve a desired cradling movement. A cradle actuator is connected between the cradle base and the recline or lift-recline base. A controller is provided that controls movement of the cradle actuator and preferably at least one recline or lift-recline actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Golden Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick J. Kiwak, James Olcheski, James M. Kosco, W. Edward Pollard
  • Patent number: 10813458
    Abstract: A tilting mechanism (1) for chairs includes a support frame (2), a structure (4) rotationally coupled to the support frame. An elastic system (80) is interposed between the support frame and the structure to counteract a reaction to the tilting of the structure from an at-rest position to a tilted position. An adjustment system (20) is capable of varying the reaction to the tilting. The elastic system (80) includes at least one elastic element (12) and a first and a second stop element (81, 82) fastened at respective longitudinal end portions of the elastic element, respectively. In the at-rest position, the first and second stop elements are in contact with each other, and the elastic element (12) is in a deformed configuration and generates a residual elastic force that is at least partially released on the first and second stop elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: CO.FE.MO. INDUSTRIE S.R.L.
    Inventor: Sergio Moreschi
  • Patent number: 10813459
    Abstract: A seating arrangement includes a seat assembly, a control assembly, a back assembly, and a quick-connection arrangement to connect the back assembly to the control assembly, where the back assembly includes first and second reliefs and the control assembly includes first and second shafts received within the first and second reliefs respectively, and a locking arrangement that includes a primary locking member pivotable between a locked position, where the primary locking member abuts the second shaft arrangement, thereby preventing the second shaft arrangement from being removed from within the second relief, and an unlocked position, where the second shaft arrangement may be removed from within the second relief, thereby allowing the back assembly to be uncoupled from the control assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon J. Peterson, Robert J. Battey, Mark Vander Veen
  • Patent number: 10813460
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that include providing a support cushion with a plurality of cushions, a cover, an aperture disposed through the cover and between the cushions, a bottom opening in the cover, and an attachment system. The cushion system attaches to a support apparatus for use thereon by receiving the support apparatus through the bottom opening and manipulating the attachment system to reduce the bottom opening to a size smaller than a perimeter of the support apparatus. An optional object may be secured to the support apparatus and extend between the plurality of cushions and through the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Meldetress K. Turner
  • Patent number: 10813461
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a custom anatomical cushion and a device to capture pressure controlled shape is provided. The device comprises, generally, a flexible membrane enclosing floating beads adapted to be completely immersed and freely moving inside a fluid. The device further comprises a mesh adapted to stop the floating beads from going outside of the flexible membrane as a result of a pressure increase or decrease inside the flexible membrane. The device is being fluidly connected to a pressure control system adapted to increase and/or decrease the internal pressure of the flexible membrane and comprises a vibration/leveling system adapted to adjust the fluid level inside the flexible membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Equipements Sportifs Keku Inc.
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Lessard
  • Patent number: 10813462
    Abstract: A comfort layer for a bedding or seating product has slow-acting pockets characterized by the individual mini coil springs of the comfort layer being pocketed with either semi-impermeable or impermeable fabric. Each weld seam joining opposed plies of fabric around each of the coil springs of the comfort layer may be segmented, allowing air to flow between the segments, thereby increasing the luxury “feel” of the comfort layer. The method of making the comfort layer includes compressing the mini coil springs and creating pockets with a welding horn and an anvil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventor: Austin G. Long
  • Patent number: 10813463
    Abstract: A backrest includes a frame having a pair of laterally spaced upright members connected with longitudinally spaced upper and lower members. A flexible shell has opposite sides coupled to the upright members and upper and lower portions coupled to the upper and lower members. The shell includes first and second slots extending longitudinally along opposite sides of the shell inboard of locations where the shell is connected to the upright members, and one or more third slots extending laterally along the lower portion of the shell above a location where the shell is connected to the lower member. Terminal ends of the one or more third slots are spaced apart from lower terminal ends of the first and second slots. In other embodiments, the shell is a three-dimensional molded component having a plurality of openings. In various embodiments, the slots and/or openings provide different levels of compliance to the backrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt R. Heidmann, Pascal Rolf Hien, Jeffrey A. Hall, John Colasanti, Michael Yancharas
  • Patent number: 10813464
    Abstract: In one aspect, an active exercise chair comprising: a seat support, wherein the seat support is rigidly affixed to a top section of a shaft of the gas spring; a seat, wherein the seat is connected to the seat support; a seatback support, wherein the seatback support is pivotably connected to the seat support about a discrete pivot point; a seatback carriage, wherein the seatback carriage is slidably connected to the seatback support, wherein the seatback carriage is connected to a seatback, and wherein the seatback traverses a translational path defined by the geometry of the seatback carriage and the seatback support; and an adjustment carriage that enables a user to modify a torque profile exerted by a force providing element to the seatback support about a pivot connecting the seat support to the seatback support. An end of the force providing element is pivotably connected to the adjustment carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Irina L. Melnik
  • Patent number: 10813465
    Abstract: There is provided a sleeper sofa including a sofa frame, a main support frame, and a bed frame engageable with the sofa frame and main support frame. The sofa frame includes first and second arm portions, and a backrest portion extending therebetween. The main support frame is connected to at least one of the first and second arm portions to fixedly connect the main support frame to the sofa frame. The bed frame includes a first section and a second section pivotally connected to the first section via a hinge. The sleeper sofa further includes a guide plate defining an arcuate guide slot, which communicates with a guide post connected to the second section of the bed frame. The guide post travels in the guide slot to lower and raise the second section of the bed frame as the bed frame moves between the retracted and extended positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Louis Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 10813466
    Abstract: A foldable bed frame includes left and right longitudinal stands. Each of the left and right longitudinal stands includes first and second longitudinal bars pivotally connected to a third longitudinal bar at first and second pivotal points, respectively. Each of the left and right longitudinal stands also includes first, second and third vertical legs fixedly coupled to or integrally formed at the first, second and third longitudinal bars, respectively. The distance between the first vertical leg and the first pivot point is different than the distance between the second vertical leg and the second pivot point such that when folded, one of the first and second vertical legs is disposed in an interior side of the folded left or right longitudinal stand with respect to the other of the first and second vertical legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Xiamen Innovation Metal Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ju Young Jin
  • Patent number: 10813467
    Abstract: A foldable bed frame includes first and second sub-frames, and a plurality of leg assemblies. The first and second sub-frames are pivotally connected to each other at their proximal sides. The plurality of leg assemblies includes a first leg assembly disposed at a distal side of the first sub-frame, and a second leg assembly disposed at a distal side of the second sub-frame. Each of the first and second leg assemblies includes left and right legs disposed at left and right sides of the foldable bed frame, respectively, and able to rotate in a lateral direction of the foldable bed frame toward or away from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Xiamen Innovation Metal Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Juyoung Jin
  • Patent number: 10813468
    Abstract: A temperature modulation system for a bed, blanket, or other furniture includes a fluid for moderating temperature change, a number of conduit circuits for directing the fluid through respective zones, a control unit including a thermoelectric device for modulating temperature of the fluid, and a pump. Each of the conduit circuits selectively and independently directs fluid through its respective zone in order to produce a temperature within the zone that is independent of the temperature outside the zone. The system also includes an arrangement of one or more zones in an arrangement in which the control unit is programmed to vary the zone temperature over time according to a schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: YOUNGBLOOD IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Youngblood, Tara Youngblood
  • Patent number: 10813469
    Abstract: A support cushion and a method of producing a support cushion are provided. The support cushion includes a base layer having a lower surface and an upper surface, and a plurality of surface coatings positioned atop the upper surface of the base layer, the plurality of surface coatings configured to allow an amount of air to flow through the base layer and the plurality of surface coatings, and the plurality of surface coatings further configured to provide a cooling effect. The method of producing a support cushion includes the steps of providing a base layer having a lower surface and an upper surface; applying a plurality of surface coatings to the upper surface of the base layer, the plurality of surface coatings configured to allow an amount of air to flow through the base layer and the plurality of surface coatings and further configured to provide a cooling effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Tempur World, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony G. Turoso, Stephen Wallace, Beat Niederoest, Michael Mozeika
  • Patent number: 10813470
    Abstract: A method for adjusting pressure within an air bed comprises providing an air bed that includes an air chamber and a pump having a pump housing, selecting a desired pressure setpoint for the air chamber, calculating a pressure target, adjusting pressure within the air chamber until a pressure within the pump housing is substantially equal to the pressure target, determining an actual chamber pressure within the air chamber, and comparing the actual chamber pressure to the desired pressure setpoint to determine an adjustment factor error. The pressure target may be calculated based upon the desired pressure setpoint and a pressure adjustment factor. Furthermore, the pressure adjustment factor may be modified based upon the adjustment factor error determined by comparing the actual chamber pressure to the desired pressure setpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
    Inventors: Paul James Mahoney, Matthew Glen Hilden, Matthew Wayne Tilstra
  • Patent number: 10813471
    Abstract: An infant holster to carry an infant on a portion of a body of a user in a water environment, the infant holster including a main body to brace the infant against at least a portion of the body of the user, the main body including a mesh pouch disposed on at least a center portion of the main body to permit water to flow in and out of the main body, and a top flap disposed along at least a portion of an edge of the main body to receive a head of the infant thereupon, and a plurality of shoulder straps disposed along at least a portion of a top edge of the top flap to suspend the main body in response to wearing the plurality of shoulder straps on shoulders of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Amanda Lakey
  • Patent number: 10813472
    Abstract: A mobility walker includes a framework having a top portion that includes a support rail positioned parallel to the ground surface. The framework has a bottom portion that includes four support rods distributed in a square configuration and includes a plurality of vertical support members extending between the bottom and top portions such that the top portion is supported above the bottom portion. The walker includes a child support portion having a first end coupled to the support rail of the top portion and having a flexible configuration suspended from the top rail, the child support portion defining a pair of leg holes. A plurality of wheel assemblies is releasably coupled to lower ends of vertical support members. Each vertical support member defines a vertical axis oriented at an angle between 70 degrees and 90 degrees and, preferably, between 80 and 90 degrees relative to the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Minemier
  • Patent number: 10813473
    Abstract: A mattress configured to form a sleeping surface in a playard is provided, comprising: an air permeable cover; and a frame including a pair hinges; wherein the cover includes a plurality of extensions that extend over the frame and opposing extensions of the plurality of extensions are connected together by a fastener that permits adjustment of a relative position of the opposing extensions to adjust a tension applied to the cover; wherein the cover includes a pair of side segments that are configured to be fixedly secured to the frame; and wherein the pair of hinges permit movement of the mattress between an expanded state and a collapsed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Baby Trend, Inc.
    Inventors: Stellario D'Urso, Hans H. Pompen, Bradley James Mattarocci
  • Patent number: 10813474
    Abstract: A system for displaying merchandise includes a first tray member including a passage extending from a first end of the first tray member to a second end of the first tray member. The passage includes a support bed extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the passage, and a ramp extending from the support bed to the second end at an oblique angle. The system further includes a second tray member including the passage. The second tray member is received by the first end of the first tray member, and is operable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the passage has a first length and in the second position the passage has a second length. The system further includes a pusher disposed within the passage and operable between a first position adjacent the ramp, and a second position spaced apart from the ramp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: KELLOGG COMPANY
    Inventor: Jane Yu Xin Lim
  • Patent number: 10813475
    Abstract: A device for stacking, displaying, and serving one or more food items is disclosed. The device may include a base. The device may also include a shaft. The shaft may include at least a first end and a second end. The first end may be removably coupled with the base. The second end may be configured to connect with a removable cap. The device may also include a plurality of stacker pieces. Each stacker piece of the plurality of stacker pieces may be configured to support a food item along positions of the shaft. Each stacker piece may include a support member and a protrusion. The protrusion may have a diameter greater than the diameter of the shaft such that the protrusion is configured to surround the shaft. The support member may include at least one of a bowl, a spoke, a cake pop holder, a disk, or a plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Melissa Stephens