Patents Issued in March 4, 2021
  • Publication number: 20210059292
    Abstract: A method and system for printing on a surface of a plurality of food products. The system comprises a printer configured for printing edible ink on a surface of the food products and a removable debris collection tray for catching food product debris positioned within the printer and configured to capture debris generated during at least one of delivery of food products to the printer, printing on the food products, and removal of printed food products from the printer. The printer has a print head and a receiving arm supported by the printer and extendable and retractable across a path of a print head of the printer for delivery and return of food products to a position below the print head for printing thereon. The removable debris collection tray is at least partially positioned below a travel path of the food product within the printer and between the print head and receiving arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Erick Hagstrom
  • Publication number: 20210059293
    Abstract: A co-extruded, dual-texture animal food is provided. The food has a dry outer portion partially surrounding a semi-moist inner portion. The inner portion has a higher or similar moisture content and a softer texture compared to the outer portion which has a lower moisture content and harder texture. The outer portion comprises cereal grain and a legume at about 75-85% of the weight of the outer portion, and an animal-based protein contributing to about 5-10% of the weight or more of the outer portion. The inner portion has animal-derived grease mixed with lactic acid at about 3% by weight of the inner portion, along with at least one meat comprising at least 3% by weight of the inner portion. The composition inhibits moisture transference within and between individual pieces of the food. The food is shelf stable and the inner and outer portions retain their hardness and moisture profiles, post-packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: BIG HEART PET, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas James Stewart, Stephen Michalak, Binod Rijal, Daniel Ryan Cabrera
  • Publication number: 20210059294
    Abstract: A tool for making elongated rods made of compacted plant material. The tool includes rod mold with a rod cavity and a plunger configured to slide into the rod cavity. In one embodiment, a stop plate with a pin is placed inside the rod cavity. During use, the stop plate covers the rod cavity's exit opening and the pin extends axially the full length of the rod cavity. Particles of plant material are placed inside the rod cavity and around the pin. The lower end of the plunger includes a pin opening configured to receive the pin when the plunger is downward to compact the plant material. In another embodiment, the stop plate includes a pin opening that enables a pin attached to the closed end of the plunger to extend through. During use, both the plunger and the pin are forced downward in the rod cavity to compact the plant material and form an air conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Marvin Gray
  • Publication number: 20210059295
    Abstract: A tipped cigarette roller apparatus for rolling cigarettes with a glass tip includes a roller frame having a left side, a right side, and a bottom side. Each of the left side and the right side has a back axle aperture and a front axle slot extending therethrough. The left side has a tip aperture extending therethrough between the back axle aperture and the front axle slot. The tip aperture is configured to receive a collar of a glass cigarette tip. A back roller is coupled to the roller frame and has a back axle rotatably coupled within the back axle aperture of the left side and the right side. A front roller is coupled to the roller frame and has a front axle rotatably and slidably coupled within the front axle slot of the left side and the right side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Earl Brazell
  • Publication number: 20210059296
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for forming a smoke filter including a forming nozzle through which a fibrous bundle material passes. The forming nozzle includes a converging passage, at least one first internal cavity in fluid connection with a first working fluid source, and a plurality of first holes fluidly connecting the at least one first internal cavity with a working surface of the forming nozzle. The plurality of first holes are further positioned and directed such that in passing through the plurality of first holes, the first working fluid conveys the fibrous bundle material through the forming nozzle in a transport direction. A guide pin is disposed along a central axis of the converging passage, the guide pin including an elongated body which tapers in the transport direction. A bobbin disposed downstream of the forming nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Aiger Group AG
    Inventors: Dimitar YANCHEV, Kaloyan YANCHEV, Ivan IKOV
  • Publication number: 20210059297
    Abstract: A shisha device (10) comprises an aerosol-generating element (11) for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate (12). The shisha device also comprises a vessel (17) spaced from the aerosol-generating element and defining an interior for housing a volume of liquid. The vessel comprises a head space outlet (15). The shisha device also comprises an aerosol conduit (21) positioned between the aerosol-generating element and the interior of the vessel. The aerosol conduit comprises a proximal end portion defining a proximal opening (24) positioned to receive airflow from the aerosol-generating element, a distal end portion defining a distal opening (26) positioned in the interior of the vessel, and a ventilation opening (30) positioned between the proximal and distal end portions. A ratio between the total aperture area of the ventilation opening and a transverse cross-sectional area of the aerosol conduit positioned proximate to the ventilation opening is at most 1:1000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Felix Fernando, David Cross, Terence John Wilby, Ana Isabel Gonzalez Florez, Ian Sparrow
  • Publication number: 20210059298
    Abstract: An item holder primarily containing two parts: a ball shaped element and a clip. The clip can be seated neatly into a cutout in the ball shaped element. The clip can also be designed as a divot tool or a spike and contains a clamp that can be used to hold a cigar or cigarette, support a golf club or have other uses. The ball shaped element is sized to fit neatly into the ball bracket on any pull cart or motorized cart equipped with such a bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Brian P. Holmes
  • Publication number: 20210059299
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a carrying case used for an electronic cigarette and a cartridge thereof, including: a top cap, a bottom cap pivotally connected to the top cap, at least two magnets disposed in the top cap, and at least two magnets disposed in the bottom cap, where the magnet disposed in the top cap and close to a pivotal joint between the top cap and the bottom cap and the magnet disposed in the bottom cap and away from the pivotal joint between the top cap and the bottom cap attract each other; the magnet disposed in the top cap and away from the pivotal joint between the top cap and the bottom cap and the magnet disposed in the bottom cap and close to the pivotal joint between the top cap and the bottom cap repulse each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Shengyang XU
  • Publication number: 20210059300
    Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device including a case in which a heater for heating a cigarette is installed, a bracket for supporting components installed inside the case, a fastening member for fastening the case and the bracket, and a cap that is installed on an outer surface of the case in an inseparable manner to conceal the fastening member in the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hwi Kyeong AN, Kyung Moon JI, In Seoung CHUN, Won Hui SHIN
  • Publication number: 20210059301
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. The aerosol delivery device may include a housing; a first aerosol forming unit comprising: a first chamber configured to contain a first liquid composition; and a first metering orifice in fluid communication with the first chamber and configured to selectively release the first liquid composition in the form of an aerosol with particles of a first average size range; a second aerosol forming unit including: a second chamber configured to contain a second liquid composition; and a second metering orifice in fluid communication with the second chamber and configured to selectively release the second liquid composition in the form of an aerosol with particles of a second average size range that is different from the first average size range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Vahid Hejazi
  • Publication number: 20210059302
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a high-comfort electronic cigarette mouthpiece includes an electronic cigarette body, one end of the electronic cigarette body being provided with the mouthpiece, and a center of the mouthpiece being provided with a vent penetrating through the mouthpiece. Two ends of the mouthpiece are respectively an air inlet end and an air outlet end, and the cross-section of the mouthpiece gradually decreases from the air inlet end to the air outlet end in a streamlined manner, which is of a date-pit shape, an eye shape, or an oval shape that is pointed at two side portions and bulging in a middle portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hui WANG, Yao FU
  • Publication number: 20210059303
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an electronic cigarette mouthpiece with high-quality experience, including an electronic cigarette body, one end of the electronic cigarette body being provided with a mouthpiece. One end on the mouthpiece connected to an atomizer is an air inlet end, and one end connected to a lip is an air outlet end. A straight air passage penetrating through the mouthpiece from the air inlet end to the air outlet end is provided at a center of the mouthpiece, the straight air passage being provided with a first tapered structure for smoke diffusion. According to the electronic cigarette mouthpiece with high-quality experience in the embodiments of the present disclosure, it is ensured that neither smoke emits a scorching taste due to an excessively short air passage distance, nor an atomization taste fades in that smoke is liquefied and diluted due to an excessively long air passage distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hui WANG, Yao FU
  • Publication number: 20210059304
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electronic cigarette that includes a power supply unit that includes an installation slot and an elastic limit stop, and an atomizing device. A portion of the elastic limit stop is partly protruding the installation slot and the protruded portion of the elastic limit stop is configured to slide relatively along a direction perpendicular to an installation direction of the atomizing device. When the atomizing device is installed in the installation slot, the elastic limit stop is configured to buckle on the atomizing device and the atomizing device can be detachably connected to the power supply unit. When sliding the elastic limit stop, the elastic limit stop is configured to detach from the atomizing device and the atomizing device can be removed from the installation slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Junwei OUYANG
  • Publication number: 20210059305
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette device has an elongate main body including a power supply unit, electrical circuitry and a seating for a liquid reservoir. Front and back panels are slidably attached to the elongate main body and configured to move in the longitudinal direction between an extended position and a retracted position. The panels include connectors configured to slide on rail members in a longitudinal direction. The connectors include a movable portion that is movable relative to a fixed portion, and which allows movement of the panel in a direction that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the rail members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Richard Brian Clough, Stuart James King
  • Publication number: 20210059306
    Abstract: The present application provides an aerosol-generating device including a housing and a magnetic element. The housing defines an accommodating cavity capable of accommodating an aerosol-generating article. The magnetic element is disposed in the accommodating cavity and capable of generating magnetic attraction or magnetic repulsion to the aerosol-generating article to draw or push the aerosol-generating article towards a predetermined location of the accommodating cavity or in a predetermined direction. The present application also provides an aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article. The aerosol-generating article includes an element that is capable of being attracted by the magnetic attraction or repelled by the magnetic repulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: BIN CHEN, YONG-HUI LIN
  • Publication number: 20210059307
    Abstract: There is provided an inhalation device for delivering a deliverable agent in the form of an aerosol or vapour to a user. The device comprises a solid, porous carrier material, and plant material (comprising the deliverable agent) located within voids in the carrier material. The device is operable to heat the carrier material and thereby heat the plant material, such as tobacco, to vaporise the deliverable agent. Deliverable agents that may be delivered to the user include nicotine. Suitable materials for the porous carrier material include chemically bonded ceramic materials and geopolymeric materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Hakan Engqvist
  • Publication number: 20210059308
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette vaporizer comprises a housing and a bottom cap, and a vaporizing base, a vaporizing unit and a vaporizing cover part arranged within the housing. The vaporizing base is provided in a center with a rectangular groove. The vaporizing unit comprises a liquid guiding strip and a heating coil wound around a middle portion of the liquid guiding strip. The liquid guiding strip is transversely arranged above the rectangular groove. The vaporizing cover part is arranged on the vaporizing base. A vaporizing chamber is defined between the lower portion of the vaporizing cover part and the vaporizing base. The upper portion of the vaporizing cover part is provided with a conical tube with an inner diameter increasing downwardly. The upper end of the conical tube is sleeved within the inner conical tube. The mouthpiece hole is in communication with the vaporizing chamber by the conical tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Guangrong Lin, Xianbin Zheng
  • Publication number: 20210059309
    Abstract: An induction heating assembly for a vapour generating device includes an induction coil, radially inward of which a heating compartment is defined for receiving, in use, a body including a vaporisable substance and an induction heatable susceptor; and a temperature sensor located against a side of the heating compartment on the central longitudinal axis of the induction coil at an end of the heating compartment, wherein the induction coil is arranged to heat, in use, the susceptor, and the temperature sensor is arrange to monitor, in use, a temperature related to heat generated from the susceptor. There is also provided an induction heatable cartridge for use with the induction heating assembly. The cartridge includes a solid vaporisable substance; and an induction heatable susceptor held by the vaporisable substance, the susceptor being planar and having an outwardly facing edge and an inwardly facing edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: JT International S.A.
    Inventor: Mark Gill
  • Publication number: 20210059310
    Abstract: An induction heating assembly for a vapour generating device includes an outer body; an induction coil arranged inward of the outer body; a heating compartment defined inward of the induction coil and arranged to receive, in use, a body comprising a vaporisable substance and an induction heatable susceptor; wherein the separation between the outer body and the induction coil defines an air vent arranged to allow air flow around the induction coil and to the heating compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Andrew Robert John Rogan, Mark Gill
  • Publication number: 20210059311
    Abstract: An indirectly heated capillary aerosol generator comprises a capillary tube adapted to form an aerosol when liquid material in the capillary tube is heated to volatilize at least some of the liquid material therein and a thermally conductive material in thermal contact with the capillary tube. The indirectly heated capillary aerosol generator provides substantially even and uniform heating across the heated length of the capillary tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Marc D. Belcastro, Jeffrey A. Swepston
  • Publication number: 20210059312
    Abstract: Provided is a voltage output circuit. The voltage output circuit includes a processing module and N output modules, N is an integer greater than 1. The processing module includes N output ends. The N output terminals of the processing module are correspondingly connected to the N output modules, and the N output terminals of the processing module are used for respectively output control signals so as to control the corresponding output modules to output drive voltages. The voltage output circuit is provided with multiple output modules respectively controlled by multiple control signals, so that the voltage output circuit is capable of respectively providing drive voltages to multiple apparatuses of one device, and has good compatibility and high flexibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: WEIHUA QIU, CHUNJIE OU
  • Publication number: 20210059313
    Abstract: A MEMS sound generator may be used to produce high-fidelity sound for an aerosol-generating device. The MEMS sound generator may compress air to produce sound using a plurality of drivers at a plurality of frequencies. The sound may emulate the sound of one or more conventional uses of smoking materials, emulate a masking noise, or include information. The sound generated may be modulated based on a user's puff. A user interface may be provided to configure the aerosol-generating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan Lauenstein, BESSANT Michel
  • Publication number: 20210059314
    Abstract: A smoking substitute device having: a control unit; a battery configured to supply power to the smoking substitute device; a movement sensing component configured to sense movement of the smoking substitute device; and a battery level indicator configured to, when activated, provide an indication of charge remaining in the battery. The control unit is configured to activate the battery level indicator when a predetermined movement of the smoking substitute device is detected using the movement sensing component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Oliver TALBOT, Thomas SUDLOW, Jonathan MARCHBANK, Daniel HARDEN, Britt JENSEN, Brian LEACH
  • Publication number: 20210059315
    Abstract: Present invention teaches a mechanical vaporizer primarily consisting of a mouth piece, an outer tube, and inner tube wrapped by a spring. A heat sink provides the insolation between the outer tube and the heating chamber that contains a side window to show temperature by the length extension of a sensing coil and allows easy removal of used vaping material to be removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Shenzhen TopGreen Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Guobin JIA
  • Publication number: 20210059316
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a case for holding an e-cigarette and a removable filter cartridge are disclosed. The removable filter cartridge may slide into a cavity that is formed within the case to house the filter. The cavity may be formed to conform to the outer dimensions of a portion of the filter, such that the filter slides into the case. A mouthpiece may be integral to the filter to mate with the case in a manner that provides an attractive and smooth exterior when the filter is mated within the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Gary Pietryk
  • Publication number: 20210059317
    Abstract: Insulated sleeping bags suitable for use in outdoor environments in ambient temperatures at least as low as 0° F./?18° C. are disclosed. Particularly, the sleeping bags are sized to accommodate young children. The disclosed sleeping bags ensure that the young child using the sleeping bag is insulated against cold ambient temperatures during sleep and eliminates the suffocation hazards posed by previously known cold weather sleeping arrangements for young children.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Tavis Alan Malcolm
  • Publication number: 20210059318
    Abstract: Infant swaddling allows an infant to be comfortably and easily swaddled. The swaddling includes a pouch featuring a lower end that can be opened and closed to allow an infant's soiled diaper to be easily removed and replaced or to take a rectal temperature. The swaddling can include a blanket that comprises a first blanket flap and a second blanket flap and that can be removably attached to the pouch. The swaddle is used by placing one of the blanket flaps over the pouch, and then placing the other blanket flap over the pouch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Hindi R. Zeidman
  • Publication number: 20210059319
    Abstract: A swaddle garment may include a body having a back side and a front side that together define an interior space for swaddling an infant. The front side may include a first side and a second side that are selectively couplable to enclose the interior space. A harness is attached or attachable within the interior space along the backside of the body of the swaddle garment. The harness includes a back side, a torso wrap, and a diaper flap. The back side positions along a portion of the back side of the body. The torso wrap is configured wrap around a torso of an infant and may include a first side and a second side extendable from the back side of the torso wrap. The diaper flap is configured to wrap around a crotch of the infant and may be extendable from the back side of the harness from an anchor end to a securing end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: HB Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: HARVEY NEIL KARP, Nina Montée Karp
  • Publication number: 20210059320
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a core-material-containing garment, the method includes: a feeding step of feeding fabric (2) in a wound state onto a conveyor table (1) without relaxing or substantially relaxing the fabric (2); a core material application step of applying a reactive hot-melt adhesive to the fabric (2) on the conveyor table (1) to form a core material (12); an adhesive application step of applying a bonding hot-melt adhesive (13) configured to bond the fabric (2); and a drying step of drying the applied bonding hot-melt adhesive (13), and in the core material application step, the reactive hot-melt adhesive is mixed with nitrogen gas and foamed, and the reactive hot-melt adhesive is applied using an application device provided with a resin discharge unit that is movable in at least two axial directions of vertical and horizontal directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Shohei UTAKA, Yukihiro MIYAKE, Toshihide IWAI
  • Publication number: 20210059321
    Abstract: A garment structure for making a base layer or midlayer jersey for sporting activities that includes a first tubular element that corresponds to both the front and the rear zone of the torso and a second tubular element that affects arms, shoulders and part of the torso in which both the first element and the second are obtained with circular machines making a knitted fabric that provides different processing that enable functional and structural features to be given to the knitted fabric and to the garment. In particular, the first tubular element has a cylindrical conformation with a lower edge that bounds the length of the jersey and an upper end divided into a pair of profiles: a first profile defined, laterally, by the line of the sides and a second profile that leads away from the line of the sides continuing the first profile with a trapezium configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Fabio GIORGINI
  • Publication number: 20210059322
    Abstract: An apparatus for targeted fat tissue loss in the form of a garment is provided. The garment is configured, for example, as a pair of either short or long pants, and comprises an integrated elastic member. The elastic member conforms to and compresses with an inward pressure a targeted body region of the wearer's body. For example, a region proximate to the lower torso/waist of the wearer may be targeted. The garment further comprises a zipper and waistband portion. The zipper extends vertically, for example, on the side of the garment, making the garment easier to put on and take off. The waistband portion helps secure the garment to the wearer's body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Sadique ROBINSON
  • Publication number: 20210059323
    Abstract: A multi-functional cardigan that can be worn with or without baby and is meant to help free up a mother's hand by helping hold newborn babies upright, especially those with acid reflux or colic. The cardigan's main utility is its support for helping mothers hold newborn babies upright after each feeding through its connectors and draped ends. Elastic connectors on each of the cardigan's front draped ends connect each side of the cardigan around the baby by looping the elastic around a shank button located on the inside and outside of the cardigan's side seams. The intentional long draped ends tuck up, under and around the baby, securing the baby to the mother's body. The draped ends help to hide postpartum belly, act as a blanket or buffer from the public while the mother breastfeeds, and to support the mother when burping the baby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Kimberly R. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20210059324
    Abstract: A strap includes an elastomeric portion and three loci, with the first locus and the second locus being permanently attached to a garment and the third locus being removably, selectively attached to the garment. The strap includes an elastomeric portion and is configured to selectively include two pathways or one pathway, so as to retain a fabric member between a rear surface of the strap and the liner of the garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Jewel Brandy
  • Publication number: 20210059325
    Abstract: An outerwear garment includes a jacket, at least one thermoelectric module, a thermal spreading pad and a mesh cover. The jacket has a flexible garment layer conforming to all or part of the human torso. The thermoelectric module (TEM) is coupled to the garment layer and has first and second sides. The TEM provides a temperature change between the first side and the second side responsive to applied electrical operating power. The thermal spreading pad has a surface thermally coupled and substantially conforming to at least a portion of the human torso, and exchanges heat with the first side of the TEM. The flexible mesh cover is coupled to the garment layer and disposed over the TEM. The jacket also supports an electrical power source that provides electrical operating power to the TEM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Kazuaki Yazawa
  • Publication number: 20210059326
    Abstract: A garment includes an impact absorbing pad having a layer of foam material with a body-facing surface, an outer surface that is opposite the body-facing surface, and a set of voids that extend through the layer in a multiple locations. The voids have a repeating pattern of shapes. Each shape includes three void arms having equal lengths that extend from a central vertex point. The impact absorbing pad may also include a second layer overlapping the first layer. The density of the first and second layer may be the same or may be different. The second layer may also have a set of voids overlapping the first set of voids. A covering covers the outer surface of the impact absorbing pad. The impact absorbing pad has a Shore durometer value of about 25 to about 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Charles P. Larson, Shing Jiu Sheu
  • Publication number: 20210059327
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and system for limiting head movement while, for example, but not limited to, dribbling a basketball. The apparatus may comprise a chin guard module. The chin guard module may comprise a shaft submodule and a chin surface submodule. The apparatus may further comprise at least one securing means. The securing means may comprise a connecting means and a fastening means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Derrick D. Earls
  • Publication number: 20210059328
    Abstract: The utility model relates to devices for wrapping feet when wearing shoes. One variant of the device is a band made of fabric having a mid-section and end sections, wherein said mid-section has a width of approximately half the length of the user's foot and a length approximately equal to the circumference of the Metatarsophalangeal joint area of the user's foot. The end sections, that are the lengthwise continuation of the mid-section, can have different shapes and are decoratively tied or otherwise arranged after the shoes are put on. Another variant of the device is a loop made of fabric formed by connecting the ends of a band having a width approximately half the length of the user's foot and a length approximately double the circumference of the Metatarsophalangeal joint area of the user's foot. The utility model provides protection and hygiene when wearing shoes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Karine Gharagyozyan
  • Publication number: 20210059329
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for thumb protectors for serving plated food. A thumb sleeve slides over a wearer's thumb to prevent contact with food to be served.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Christian J. Valvo
  • Publication number: 20210059330
    Abstract: A garment that may be donned by a person without requiring extensive lifting of the arms. The garment comprises a front panel, a rear panel attached to the front panel at left and right shoulder junctions, and a neck hole disposed between the left and right shoulder junctions. When the garment is unfolded and oriented such that the shoulder junctions are oriented horizontally, the front panel has generally vertically oriented left and right side portions extending downwardly from the respective left and right shoulder junctions, and generally straight left and right side portions extending downwardly and inwardly from the respective vertically oriented left and right side portions. The rear panel has generally vertically oriented left and right side portions extending upwardly from the respective left and right shoulder junctions, and generally straight left and right side portions extending upwardly and outwardly from the respective vertically oriented left and right side portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Heal in Heels LLC
    Inventors: Yoko Thurston, Sidney Nobleza
  • Publication number: 20210059331
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of a waterproof submersible pocket for attachment to a garment includes a top layer of a flexible plastic or plastic-coated material impervious to water, and a bottom layer of a flexible plastic or plastic-coated material impervious to water. The top layer and the bottom layer are welded together along a weld seam defining all or part of a pouch for holding items, the weld seam being sufficiently wide for receiving stitching for attachment to the garment without the stitching invading the pouch. The pouch includes a closable opening for passing the items into the pouch or removing the items from the pouch. A waterproof closure structure is provided for the opening to preventing water from passing through the closure structure in a closed condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Dino Sakelliou, Casey Shedd
  • Publication number: 20210059332
    Abstract: A massage garment apparatus for automatically receiving massages includes a garment having a plurality of pockets. Each pocket has a pocket opening and a closure mechanism. A plurality of massage pads is each selectively engageable within the plurality of pockets. Each massage pad comprises a pad body. An array of vibrators is coupled within the pad body. A microprocessor is coupled within the pad body and is in operational communication with the array of vibrators. A battery is coupled within the pad body and is in operational communication with the array of vibrators and the microprocessor. A charge port is coupled to the pad edge and is in operational communication with the battery. A receiver is coupled within the pad body and is in operational communication with the array of vibrators, the microprocessor, and the battery. The receiver is configured to communicate with a smartphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Saul J. Fernandez
  • Publication number: 20210059333
    Abstract: A temperature-regulating garment and air exchange system including a fabric composed of a background yarn (11) which is visible on the rear and a base yarn (12) which is visible on the front of the fabric, and a third yarn (2) which allows the construction of a structure which lends the fabric the desired performance characteristics. In particular, in a zone designed to absorb and expel perspiration and be breathable, the garment features a fabric structure obtained by machining the background yarn and the base yarn with a looser knit with respect to other portions in which such performance is not required, so as to permit good passage of air, and the third yarn is added by inserting the yarn into a portion of row of knitting which is clearly defined in terms of the width thereof and which corresponds to the width of the breathable area to be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Fabio GIORGINI
  • Publication number: 20210059334
    Abstract: Articles of apparel include: (a) a garment structure having one or more fabric elements structured and arranged to provide a close fit to at least one predetermined portion of a body (e.g., area(s) of the body for which enhanced position sensing and/or feedback are desired); and (b) a body position feedback system engaged with or integrally formed as part of the garment structure. The body position feedback system may apply higher tensile or constricting (compressive) forces to selected portions of the wearer's body and/or stretch resistance, which can help stimulate or interact with nerves and deep tissue receptors located in various portions of the body. The increased forces at selected locations of the body give the wearer sensory feedback regarding the position or orientation of these parts of the body and can improve or accelerate development of “muscle memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew D. Nordstrom, Susan L. Sokolowski
  • Publication number: 20210059335
    Abstract: Provided is artificial hair including chemical fibers and a fiber treatment composition that is adhered to the surfaces of the chemical fibers. The fiber treatment composition may include an oxazoline group-containing acrylic resin and an organic-modified silicone oil. The oxazoline group-containing acrylic resin may have a main chain that includes a (meth)acrylic acid ester and styrene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoto Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20210059336
    Abstract: A human hair fiber treatment agent comprised of one or more compositions for treating human hair fibers having free ends at both ends, wherein the human hair fiber treatment agent comprises the following components (A) to (C) in the formulation thereof: (A): at least one formaldehyde derivative selected from the group consisting of formaldehyde, and the like; (B): phenol compound(s) having electron-donating group(s) on at least one of the meta positions and having hydrogen atom(s) on at least one of the ortho positions and the para position, with the proviso that the electron-donating group at the meta position optionally forms, together with a carbon atom attached thereto, a benzene ring optionally substituted with hydroxy group(s); and (C): water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junichi FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210059337
    Abstract: A method of attaching hair extensions includes sectioning, beading, securing, and stitching hair extensions into a client's hair. Sectioning allows a hairdresser to properly place the hair extension, which creates beads that are unseen. The beads may be placed so as to allow a flexible groove to place the wefts. Securing the wefts includes a pattern of stitching that places a stitch at a side, middle, opposite side, and between the beads. This stitching pattern promotes secure wefts as well as prevents damage to scalp and hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: McKenzie Turley
  • Publication number: 20210059338
    Abstract: The present utility model discloses a magnetic adsorption false eyelash, comprising a left eyelash holding handle body, a right eyelash holding handle body, an eyelash root base body, a right corner eyelash body, a left corner eyelash body, middle eyelash bodies, a right side adhesive part, a middle adhesive part, a right corner eyelash tip body, a middle eyelash tip body, a fixed magnet, an adsorption magnet, a left side adhesive part and a middle eyelash thickening surface, wherein two ends of the eyelash root base body are respectively provided with the left eyelash holding handle body and the right eyelash holding handle body, a right side of the eyelash root base body is provided with the right side adhesive part, the fixed magnet is connected to the middle of the eyelash root base body, the adsorption magnet is adsorbed to the fixed magnet, the left side of the eyelash root base body is provided with the left side adhesive part, the middle of the eyelash root base body is provided with the middle adhesi
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: XINYU TANG
  • Publication number: 20210059339
    Abstract: Disclosed are artificial eyelashes for extension which are configured to significantly improve working efficiency and to perform high-quality treatment by omitting a complicated process of applying an adhesive to eyelashes of a person to be treated and simply attaching the artificial eyelashes during eyelash extension procedure. The artificial eyelashes include a bonding member provided on a point spaced apart from in a vicinity of root portions of eyelash strands, configured to be a solid member attached to the eyelash strands at room temperature, and melted with viscosity to bond the eyelash strands to the eyelashes of the person to be treated when heat at a certain temperature or higher is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: QuadU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Myun-Woo LEE
  • Publication number: 20210059340
    Abstract: A system comprising a machine-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for collecting body measurements of a human user using a body measurement garment is provided. The body measurement garment comprises a plurality of sensors configured to produce a set of output data. The method may include receiving the set of output data from the body measurement garment and determining a plurality of body measurements from the output data. The method may further include generating a body shape model representing the shape of the body of the user. The method may also include generating a garment fit model representing the fit of a garment on the human user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Dane Glasgow, David Ramadge, Matthew Bret MacLaurin, Corinne Sherman Stewart, Timothy Carlson, Bria Selhorst
  • Publication number: 20210059341
    Abstract: A bill cap or baseball cap has a crown and a bill as conventional. Additional, the bill cap has an elastic panel affixed at an edge thereof to front and left side edges of the bill. The elastic panel is capable of being flipped between an upward position in which the panel extends upwardly from the bill, and a downward position in which the panel extends downwardly from the bill. In the downward position the panel provides additional shading for the eyes of the wearer and/or privacy for the wearer when viewed from the side, thus providing additional anonymity for the wearer such as from paparazzi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Intro-Tech Automotive, Inc
    Inventor: Henri Lenterman