Patents Issued in March 25, 2021
  • Publication number: 20210085103
    Abstract: A picture frame hanging assembly that includes at least one bracket directly coupled to either a horizontally oriented or a vertically oriented frame element and each bracket enclosing and defining hook-receiving aperture superimposed over a frame cavity of the picture frame and with an aperture width. The assembly includes a hook component directly coupled to a building wall surface and with a cantilevered hook member extending therefrom an offset length from a front surface of the hook component to define a bracket placement zone with the bracket disposed therein and having an inner surface with an inner surface hook width spanning from terminal opposing lateral sides thereon and at least partially supporting an upper wall of the hook component, wherein the aperture width is at least approximately twice or greater than the inner surface hook width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Black Tie Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Voelker, Jonathan Batchelor
  • Publication number: 20210085104
    Abstract: A lid assembly for a beverage container is provided. The lid assembly has a lid base, a mouthpiece and a lid dome. The mouthpiece is connected to the lid base and has a first end having a generally flat surface that is provided at an angle to the top surface of the lid base, a second end adapted to receive a straw, and a drink aperture therethrough. The lid dome is pivotally connected to the lid base and pivots between an open position and a closed position. The lid dome has a protrusion that extends from an inner surface of the lid dome. The protrusion has a seal surface at an angle to the top wall to seal against the first end of the mouthpiece to close the drink aperture when the lid dome is in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Steven N. Pinelli, Jingyan Wang, Glen C. Gilmore, III, Brian M. Clemens, Micaela K. McCabe, Richard E. Ellison, Kurtis M. Sward
  • Publication number: 20210085105
    Abstract: A drinking dramatization glass (1) includes: a glass body (10) being a bottomed cylinder with a top opening (11); a fixing mechanism (16) for fixing an image display device (80) on the side face of the glass body; a transparent part (12) for viewing, from the exterior of the glass body, an image (81) displayed on an image display part (85) of the image display device; and a reflective mirror (30) placed inside the glass body; wherein the image displayed on the image display part is reflected on the reflective mirror, passes through the transparent part, and reaches the exterior of the glass body. Unlike the conventional drinking dramatization glasses, there is no need to provide a storage part or waveguide part. The drinking dramatization glass can let an individual enjoy oneself alone or together with others in remote locations, while also presenting many different dramatizing effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Makoto NISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20210085106
    Abstract: A drinking vessel has a cup with a removable lid having at least one inlet-outlet opening which receives an elastic straw-vent assembly having a flexible tubular straw or spout and a ventilation member that defines an air passageway and a vent opening. A vent actuator is operably coupled to the ventilation member and configured to change a state of the ventilation member between a ventilation state and a closed state. A cover movably mounted on top of the lid, shiftable between a closed and an open position, comprises a cam on an inward surface of the cover which is configured to contact the vent actuator during movement of the cover member to change the state of the ventilation member. In the closed position the cover engages the straw, folding the straw against the lid, and in the open position, the straw fluid passageway and the vent opening are unobstructed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Sylvain Jacques Amatoury, Lisa Edlund Tjernberg
  • Publication number: 20210085107
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to eating utensils, such as eating utensils for use by infants, toddlers, and others in early childhood development. In one embodiment, an eating utensil is provided. The eating utensil can include a handle; a utensil head comprising a top side, a bottom side, and a plurality of apertures extending through the utensil head from the top side to the bottom side; and a choke guard disposed between the handle and the utensil head. In another embodiment, an eating utensil can include a handle; a utensil head comprising: a top side comprising a first set of fork tines; and a bottom side comprising a second set of fork tines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Collin Jacob SUTTON, Anastasia Nicole DIAMOND, Kelly Elizabeth SEAGREN, Melissa Sue JACOBSON, Austin Peter LANIOSZ, Jason Wade CARDANI, Lea Marie STEWART, Alfredo David CARRENO, Kevin Thomas BAYONNET
  • Publication number: 20210085108
    Abstract: A spiral tine fork is disclosed. The spiral tine fork has a plurality of tines disposed in a spaced apart relation along a distal end of a fork. The plurality of tines includes a plurality of spiral shaped tines in which the tine is twisted about a longitudinal axis of the tine. The tine may be twisted for a plurality of revolutions to define a recess dimensioned to receive a noodle strand. The recesses facilitate retention of the noodle strand on the fork. The spiral tine fork of the present invention can reduce the incidence of soiling clothing or a dining area by retaining the noodles on the spiral tine fork, with or without rotation of the fork.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Flavio Astorga
  • Publication number: 20210085109
    Abstract: An environmentally friendly straw for easy disassembly includes a first straw half body and a second straw half body. The first straw half body has a first extended part that extends from the bottom of the first straw half body. The second straw half body has a second extended part that extends from the bottom of the second straw half body. The second straw half body is detachably coupled to the first straw half body to commonly form a hollow tubular body. The first straw half body is separated from the second straw half body when an external force is applied to the first extended part and the second extended part, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Yi-Chou Chen
  • Publication number: 20210085110
    Abstract: The application discloses an insulating device or “cooler” for a canned or bottled drink with an attached handle that itself accommodates a cylindrical, semi-cylindrical, or rectilinear object. A cigarette lighter or the like may be stored in the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Destiny Padgett
  • Publication number: 20210085111
    Abstract: A carry tray a two-part base hingedly attached in the middle along adjacent edges. A removable or detachable handle may be provided. Each base comprises a bottom with a side extending upwards along the circumference, in whole or in part Each part of the base can be polygonal, semi-circular, hemi-circular, rectilinear, curved, or combinations thereof. The tray can be folded up along the hinge into a closed position for convenient storage or transport when not in use. The base may be used with a removable template or foam insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: NATALIE JEAN BOYATT
  • Publication number: 20210085112
    Abstract: A multi-hinged tri-folding garment hanger is disclosed. In one embodiment, a garment hanger includes a central frame embodying a first arm and a second arm toward each end configured to support corresponding shoulder portions of a garment in an open state of the garment hanger. In addition, the garment hanger includes four vertical members to connect the top elements to the corresponding bottom elements of the central frame. The central frame further includes a first double hinge joint on a top portion and a second double hinge joint on a bottom portion toward each of the first end and second end around which correspondingly the arms are capable of folding back onto the central frame toward a center thereof to a folded state. A hook member pivotably attached to the top portion of the central frame may be retractably folded to a most compact state without removal of the garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: P. Vincent Zadeh
  • Publication number: 20210085113
    Abstract: A hanging dressing aid device for upper body for putting on pull-over or button-up garments, designed in particular for persons with limited mobility of upper musculoskeletal system. The hanging dressing aid comprises a base to which the body of the dressing aid is attached, provided with top rounded continuous parts lying in one plane, serving as dressing aid arms. The body can be folded and attached to the base using an interlocking element. Between the continuous parts, a part is placed on the body of the dressing aid allowing garments to be donned over the head. The plane, in which the continuous parts of the dressing aid lie, forms an angle of less than 90° from the upper part of the plane of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Jaroslav Kucera
  • Publication number: 20210085114
    Abstract: A baby accessory storage assembly comprising a portable body with a bottom wall and a sidewall surrounding the bottom wall, wherein the bottom wall and sidewall define a storage cavity. The storage assembly has one or more partition walls within the storage cavity defining a plurality of sub-storage cavities for customized storage. Further, at least two hinged clamping assemblies, each rotatably coupled to the sidewall and disposed at the rear end of the body, are operably configured to selectively adjust, through use of a fastener, a width therein between, so as to effectively clamp and attach the storage assembly to a variety of different structures. The clamp assemblies are operable to rotate to allow the clamp assemblies to lock into one of two different positions. The assembly may also include a pull-out table, additional storage compartments, and elastic bands on the inner and outer surfaces of the portable body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Kiki Business Ventures, LLC
    Inventor: Christina Hand Mandich
  • Publication number: 20210085115
    Abstract: An apparatus for fastening an end of a strap is provided. The apparatus comprises a workpiece, a first slit at a proximity of an edge of a first rectangle of the workpiece, a second slit at a proximity of an edge of a second rectangle of the workpiece opposite to first rectangle, a first fastening member affixed to a third rectangle of the workpiece perpendicular to the first and second rectangles, and a second fastening member affixed to a fourth rectangle of the workpiece opposite of the third rectangle. The fourth rectangle adapted to fold over so that the first fastening member and the second fastening member may engage to lock the strap. The strap may be inserted through the first slit and the second slit and its end held in position when the fastening members are engaged. In an embodiment, the strap is of a phylactery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Eliyahu PADAN
  • Publication number: 20210085116
    Abstract: A cross contains a sacred utensil or a wishing note and includes a transverse frame parallel with the ground, a first longitudinal frame perpendicular to the center part of the transverse frame, a first containing portion formed at the inner center of the first longitudinal frame from the lower surface of the first longitudinal frame toward the transverse and a first coupling member containing portion formed from the lower surface of the first longitudinal frame toward the outside of the first containing portion. A first frame magnet is contained in the first coupling member containing portion. A second longitudinal frame makes surface contact with the lower surface of the first longitudinal frame to be coupled thereto. A contained object support rack at the center part of the upper surface of the second longitudinal frame is positioned to correspond to the first containing portion of the first longitudinal frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: TOTAL SYSTEM CO., LTD
    Inventor: Kyung Ho SHIN
  • Publication number: 20210085117
    Abstract: A cooker that includes a base, a fire bowl with a cooking surface on top of it and, a cover/lid or dome that rests over the cooking surface. An exemplary embodiment of the cooker can be described as a naturally fired outdoor cooker constructed of a light weight, aluminum extrusions that can be reoriented to easily create the base with a minimum number of design elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Raymond Palermo
  • Publication number: 20210085118
    Abstract: A temperature regulation device for food items includes a food pan, a heating device configured to provide regulated heating of the food pan, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the food pan, and a control system. The control system is configured to control the heating device in response to at least the temperature of the food pan detected by the temperature sensor by providing a gradual warming control mode in response to the temperature sensor detecting the temperature of the food pan below a minimum preset temperature and providing a normal control mode in response to the temperature sensor detecting the temperature of the food pan above the minimum preset temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: THE VOLLRATH COMPANY, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jeremiah KOPINESS, Andrew AMRHEIN
  • Publication number: 20210085119
    Abstract: A wireless power supply system for a cooking appliance includes a power transmission device and a power reception device. The power transmission device includes a transmission coil and a coil driving circuit coupled to the transmission coil and configured to drive the transmission coil to generate an alternating electromagnetic field and vary a resonance voltage of the transmission coil. The power reception device includes a reception coil matching the transmission coil and configured to sense the alternating electromagnetic field to generate a varying induction voltage signal that varies according to the varying resonance voltage and a communication and demodulation circuit configured to demodulate the varying induction voltage signal to output demodulated data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Fan ZHANG, Yunfeng WANG, Deyong JIANG, Jun LEI, Wenhua LIU, Shufeng HUANG, Lutian ZENG
  • Publication number: 20210085120
    Abstract: The present invention provides a combination pressure cooker and air fryer lid that may be attached to a vessel. The lid may be adjustable between two general cooking positions. In the first cooking position, the lid may operate with the vessel as a pressure cooker. In the second cooking position, the may operate with the vessel as an air fryer. In performing either of the pressure cooking or air fryer cooking functions, the lid need not be replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: William Michael Kennedy, Eddy Fung
  • Publication number: 20210085121
    Abstract: A french press rod assembly configured to be operably engaged with a french press coffee pot wherein the french press rod assembly provides an element to engage therewith to stabilize the french press rod assembly during removal of the filter screen. The french press rod assembly includes a rod having a first end and a second end. A handle is secured to the first end of the rod and a filter screen is removably secured to the second end of the rod. The rod has surroundably mounted thereto proximate the second end an engagement member. The engagement member includes a central portion being surroundably secured to the rod. The engagement member includes a first lateral wing member and a second lateral wing member integrally formed with the central portion and extending outward therefrom. The first lateral wing member and a second lateral wing member include surface areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Shuijin Liang, Sterling Enyu Lyang, Zhujuan Yang, Jian Liang
  • Publication number: 20210085122
    Abstract: The document describes an assembly of a capsule (5) and brew chamber (3) for a beverage preparation machine. The brew chamber (3) has a first brew chamber part (7) including a cavity (10) for the capsule (5), and knives (11) for piercing the capsule (5). The aluminum capsule body (15) is frusto conical shaped and has a bottom (20), a side wall (21), a flange (22) and a lid (17) for closing the capsule (5). The flange (22) is configured to be held between the first and a second brew chamber parts (7, 8), to provide a seal (30) cooperating with a rim of the brew chamber parts (7, 8). The bottom (20) includes a slanted wall portion (35) under an angle with a longitudinal axis through the capsule (5), and configured for cooperating with the knives (11) which engage therewith upon closing of the brew chamber (3). This enables centering of the capsule (5) relative to the central axis of the brew chamber (3) prior to piercing of the capsule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ralf Kamerbeek, Arend Hendrik Groothornte, Hielke Dijkstra, Erik Pieter Van Gaasbeek
  • Publication number: 20210085123
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a coffee machine with coffee bean grinding function comprising a coffee machine base, a French press is arranged in front of the top of the coffee machine base, the bottom of the French press is movably connected with a cup base in a clamping manner, the cup base is fixedly arranged at the top of the coffee machine base, a hollow central column is mounted on one side of the back of the French press and at the top of the coffee machine base, a lifting device or a cover flipping device matching the opening of the French press is arranged on the central column, a water injection device is mounted on one side of the back of the central column and at the top of the coffee machine base, and a water outlet tube is arranged at the output end of the water injection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Zhongyu SHI, Shukuo LIU, Yinlu WANG
  • Publication number: 20210085124
    Abstract: A machine for preparing a hot beverage, comprising: a boiler for producing hotwater; a brewing unit installed downstream of the boiler; and at least one collection vessel installed downstream of the brewing unit, from which collection vessel a prepared hot beverage can be conducted, in particular through an outlet conduit, to at least one dispensing device in order to dispense the hot beverage when the dispensing device is opened. At least one liquid pump is adapted for conveying liquid from the at least one collection vessel towards the at least one dispensing device and for conveying liquid in the opposite direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: MELITTA PROFESSIONAL COFFEE SOLUTIONS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Bernd BUCHHOLZ, Kai HALLMANN, Jens SCHMALKUCHE
  • Publication number: 20210085125
    Abstract: A heat transfer device for thermal treatment of food items includes an enclosure defining an interior of the heat transfer device. A first and second driven conveyor systems are positioned within the enclosure. A first primary heater is arranged interior of the first chain conveyor belt. A first chain heater is arranged proximate to the first chain conveyor belt at a location of the first chain conveyor belt proximate to the opening. A second primary heater is arranged interior of the second chain conveyor belt. A second chain heater is arranged proximate to the second chain conveyor belt at a location of the second chain conveyor belt proximate to the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Prince Castle LLC
    Inventor: Steven Shei
  • Publication number: 20210085126
    Abstract: A portable cooking grill includes four folding side panels each at a respective side edge of a rectangular container which can be folded down for transport and folded up to act as a table surface at which a person can be seated. A support stand attached to the container has a first erected position in which the container is supported in a raised position for use by a plurality of seated diners at the side panels and a second collapsed position in which the support stands is folded toward the base of the container. A heat shield arrangement is located around the container to prevent overheating of the seated diners. The support stand allows the container and folded side panels to be supported in a horizontal position or in a vertical position for storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Glenn Jack Bartlett
  • Publication number: 20210085127
    Abstract: A device for grilling food is disclosed. The device comprises a wood plank having a top surface for receiving the food and a bottom surface for placing on a heat source; and a plurality of through holes defined on the wood plank, each through hole penetrating the top surface and bottom surface. The plurality of through holes enable smoke generated by the heat source or the wood plank to directly smoke a bottom side of the food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Tim Alp
  • Publication number: 20210085128
    Abstract: The present invention provides a combination pressure cooker and air fryer lid that may be attached to a vessel. The lid may be adjustable between two general cooking positions. In the first cooking position, the lid may operate with the vessel as a pressure cooker. In the second cooking position, the may operate with the vessel as an air fryer. In performing either of the pressure cooking or air fryer cooking functions, the lid need not be replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: William Michael Kennedy, Eddy Fung
  • Publication number: 20210085129
    Abstract: A blending system is shown and described herein. The blending system may include a base including a motor, a blade assembly selectively and operably engaged with the base, where the motor drives the blade assembly, and a container having a cavity. The container includes a flute protruding from an inner surface. An exaggerated flute may extend closer to the blade assembly than the flute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Richard Boozer, Stephen Rukavina
  • Publication number: 20210085130
    Abstract: A cutting sheet formed from thin material with a curb or moat around its periphery made of a paper core and spray-on food safe acrylic water repellent sheet consisting of a cutting surface and a support surface made in a rectangular configuration with a perimeter, a limiting circularly shaped curb configuration around the perimeter wherein an amount of released juices from a foodstuff are contained, a set of pleats on the perimeter to facilitate folding of the surfaces, and a set of score lines to guide a person cutting the foodstuff wherein the person can place the foodstuff on the disposable cutting sheet device and cut the foodstuff with the score lines as guides, then the person can use the pleats to guide folding the disposable cutting sheet design into a funnel, and then the person can then dispose of the disposable cutting sheet after a one-time use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Melanie Osterman
  • Publication number: 20210085131
    Abstract: A water-dissolvable and environmentally friendly pad for exfoliating the skin is obtained by mixing baking soda, powdered Foam Glass and PVA-co-VAC. Its simple manufacturing process, performed entirely at room temperature, includes mixing the powders, adding the glue, pouring the mixture into molds and letting it dry by evaporation. Due to its characteristics, the resulting pad is reusable and can be rinsed, not losing its abrasive properties as well as its ability to clean grease, remove dead skin and clean, alter use. It has a spongy, moist, elastic, flexible and resistant structure, not toxic to the skin, nor can it be absorbed by it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Marcelo Osvaldo Raidán
  • Publication number: 20210085132
    Abstract: Dry, plied roll paper is transformed into hand wetted roll paper that may be used either dry, or selectively hand wetted using a wetting device. The device is then shaped into a container filled with an anti-bacterial cleaning agent, or other agent, and assembled on the paper ply. The hand wetted paper ply can be used as paper towels or toilet paper for dry and/or wet hygienic cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Material Encapsulation Inc.
    Inventor: Charles PROCTOR, SR.
  • Publication number: 20210085133
    Abstract: A separation unit for separating a web material along preformed lines of weakness. The separation unit includes a first roller, and a second roller having a rotational axis extending parallel with the rotational axis of the first roller. The rotational axis of the second roller is positioned at a distance from the rotational axis of said first roller. Each of the first and second rollers is provided with at least one protrusion element. Outer portions of the protrusion elements on the first roller are partially overlapping with outer portions of the protrusion elements on the second roller with a radial overlap length, thus forming an undulating passage for a web material between the rollers. The distance between the rotational axes of the first and the second rollers is adjustable, enabling the radial overlap length in the undulating passage to be variable. Also, a dispenser including the separation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Björn LARSSON, Per MOLLER, David SAHLIN, Lars THORÉN
  • Publication number: 20210085134
    Abstract: A waterless toilet is provided including a toilet bowl having bowl rim and mounted on top of a feed mechanism which in turn is mounted on top of a collection chamber. The feed mechanism progressively draws a flexible tubular liner from a roll, over the bowl rim and downwardly through the bowl so that it lines the bowl, through the feed mechanism and delivers the liner and any waste the liner contains into a waste collection chamber when the toilet is flushed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Harry Welfare, Iain Purves, Marcus Comaschi
  • Publication number: 20210085135
    Abstract: A toilet seat reducer includes a hub disposed on an underside of a lid of a conventional toilet seat, a toilet seat, and at least one pair of complementary magnets configured for detachably coupling the hub and the toilet seat to each other. The toilet seat includes an aperture smaller than an opening in the conventional toilet seat, and the toilet seat is configured for mating with at least a portion of the conventional toilet seat. Each magnet of the pair of magnets is disposed on opposing locations on the hub and the toilet seat. The toilet seat reducer includes a flexible urine guard configured to collapse into at least a portion of the aperture of the toilet seat when the lid is lowered onto the toilet seat and return to an un-collapsed state when the lid and the toilet seat are separated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: John Healy, Ben Bearsch, Janet Villano
  • Publication number: 20210085136
    Abstract: An example sheet product dispenser is configured to dispense from a sheet product roll that includes a plurality of predetermined portions that are designed for providing a toilet seat cover. A line of perforations separates consecutive portions. A motor operates to drive the drive roller to cause movement of the sheet product along a dispensing pathway to position a leading predetermined portion of the sheet product into a dispensing position such that the trailing edge of the leading predetermined portion is positioned within the housing and the leading edge of the leading predetermined portion is positioned outside of the dispensing chute to enable removal of the leading predetermined portion. Staged dispensing is utilized to help maintain hygiene, while still quickly providing the dispense. Perforation tear assist features are provided to aid in proper separation of the line of perforations, such as to help maintain integrity of the dispensed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: DANIEL JOSEPH BARTMAN, JOHN PATRICK LAITALA, JOHN WILLIAM GROSZ, JR., TIMOTHY ANDREW ROBERTSON, TED ALLEN CASPER, JACOB CHARLES DAHL
  • Publication number: 20210085137
    Abstract: A reconfigurable surface cleaning apparatus has a removable portable surface cleaning unit wherein the portable surface cleaning unit has upper and lower longitudinally spaced apart mounting members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20210085138
    Abstract: A reconfigurable surface cleaning apparatus has a surface cleaning head, a support structure moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a storage position and a floor cleaning position and a portable cleaning unit removably mountable to the support structure. The support structure has a pair of laterally extending portions and the portable cleaning unit has a first mounting member comprising mating grooves which slideably receive the laterally extending portions when the portable cleaning unit is mounted to the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20210085139
    Abstract: An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises a floor cleaning head and an upright section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head. The upright section has a filtration member housing and a suction motor housing. The filtration member housing has a filtration member, an air inlet, an air outlet, an openable top wall and an openable bottom wall and the suction motor housing has a suction motor and an open top. A pre-motor filter is removably receivable in the open top of the suction motor housing. The filtration member housing is removably positionable on the suction motor housing and the filtration member housing seals the open top of the suction motor housing when the filtration member housing is positioned on the suction motor housing whereby the pre-motor filter is revealed when the filtration member hosing is removed. When the filtration member housing is positioned on the suction motor housing, the air outlet of the filtration member housing faces an upstream surface of the pre-motor filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20210085140
    Abstract: A floor nozzle for a vacuum cleaner has a housing, and a base on the housing constructed for sliding in a working direction on a floor and formed with a downwardly open slot-shaped port delimited relative to the direction between a transversely extending front port edge and a transversely extending rear port edge. The base has, extending forward from the front port edge, a part-cylindrical and downwardly convex front surface with a front radius of curvature and centered on a transversely extending symmetry axis and, extending rearward from the rear port edge, a part-cylindrical and downwardly convex rear surface having a rear radius of curvature also centered on the symmetry axis. The housing is constructed for movement of air upward through the port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Steve SANTRIZOS, Marcus CLEFF, Martin ZYDEK, Philipp RATH
  • Publication number: 20210085141
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner having a cyclone and dual inlet passages, each inlet passage extending to a tangential air inlet of the cyclone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20210085142
    Abstract: A dust suction system comprises a cyclonic dust filter component, a dust collection bucket and a load bearing frame. The dust collection bucket comprises an assembly rib, the load bearing frame comprises a frame and a support plate disposed on the frame, and the support plate comprises a through hole disposed corresponding to a dust exhausting port, and at least two assembly jaws located at two opposite sides of the through hole. Each of the assembly jaws comprises a connecting section, an extending section connecting the connecting section, and a limiting section connecting the extending section. The limiting section comprises a limiting protrusion disposed towards a direction of the through hole. When the two assembly jaws are not forced, movement of the assembly rib is restricted by the limiting section, so that the dust collection bucket is fixed on the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Bach Pangho CHEN
  • Publication number: 20210085143
    Abstract: A work system comprising a first autonomous work machine and a second autonomous work machine, wherein the first autonomous work machine includes: a detection unit configured to detect dirt on the second autonomous work machine; and a notification unit configured to, if the detection unit detects dirt, notify the second autonomous work machine of dirt information indicating the detection of the dirt, and the second autonomous work machine removes the dirt or waits in a predetermined position in response to the notification of the dirt information by the notification unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroto TAKAHASHI, Yoshiaki KOTANI, Naoki KAMEYAMA, Hiroya TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210085144
    Abstract: A robotic cleaner may include a main body, one or more drive wheels coupled to the main body, one or more surface type sensors coupled to the main body, the one or more surface type sensors being configured to receive robotic motor sound reflected from a surface to be cleaned, the robotic motor sound being generated by one or more motors of the robotic cleaner, and a controller configured to determine a surface type based, at least in part, on the reflected robotic motor sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Chad WOODROW, David HARTING, Scott A. RHODES, Sienna RAMOS, Brandon A. VASQUEZ, Paul D. BUTLER
  • Publication number: 20210085145
    Abstract: Provided is a robot cleaner using an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm and/or a machine learning algorithm in a 5G environment connected for Internet of Things (IoT). The robot cleaner includes one or more sensors, a driving wheel, a suction blower, and a controller, and the controller defines a cleaning target area, identifies a user's location and a type of the user's behavior, collects life pattern information of the user including the user's location, the type of the user's behavior, and timestamps each associated therewith during the time period of one day or more, determines a cleaning schedule of the robot cleaner based on the collected life pattern information, and controls the driving wheel and the suction blower so as to perform cleaning in accordance with the determined cleaning schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Eu Gene KIM, Kwan Young SON, Hyun Seob LEE
  • Publication number: 20210085146
    Abstract: A method for controlling a plurality of robot cleaners comprise to perform cleaning of a first area and a second area by a first robot cleaner and a second robot cleaner sequentially, respectively. The first area and the second area are included in a plurality of areas which are divided from a region to be cleaned. The second robot cleaner is controlled to start cleaning of the first area after the first robot cleaner has performed cleaning of the first area more than a predetermined standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ilsoo CHO, Hyunji KIM, Yongmin SHIN
  • Publication number: 20210085147
    Abstract: A handheld vacuum cleaner is provided, comprising: a dust-air separating unit, an airflow generating unit, a battery pack assembly, and a handle; the dust-air separating unit is provided with a dust suction port that defines a longitudinal axis extending along a front-rear direction; the airflow generating unit is provided with an air inlet side and an air outlet side, and the air inlet side communicates with the dust-air separating unit; an outer wall of the handheld vacuum cleaner is provided with an air outlet penetrating therethrough, the air outlet port and the air outlet side are connected by an air outlet channel, and the air outlet port is arranged at least partially exceeding forward beyond the airflow generating unit in the dust-air suction direction located along the longitudinal axis. When using the vacuum cleaner, the service life of the motor is lengthened and the user experience is better.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: DREAME TECHNOLOGY (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hao Yu
  • Publication number: 20210085148
    Abstract: Implementations of a floor cleaning machine are provided. The floor cleaning machine is adapted to mop floors (e.g., tile, linoleum, concrete, and like floors) and comprises: a wheeled carriage assembly having a push handle; and a mop assembly that includes an endless mop belt, moistened with a cleaning solution, that can be driven through a cleaning circuit during which the underlying floor is mopped. The floor cleaning machine is configured so that rotation of at least one wheel of the wheeled carriage assembly drives the endless mop belt through the cleaning circuit. In some implementations, the mop assembly is configured to wring out the endless mop belt as it is driven through its cleaning circuit and the floor cleaning machine further comprises a filtration and recirculation system configured to moisten the endless mop belt and collect cleaning solution wrung from the endless mop belt by the mop assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Troy Hopkins
  • Publication number: 20210085149
    Abstract: The present invention teaches multilayer cleaning articles that include a substantially dry surface contact layer and a gripping layer. The contact layer may represent one exposed major face of the cleaning article (e.g., a cleaning pad), while the gripping layer may represent the opposite exposed major face of the cleaning article. The contact layer may include abrasive synthetic fibers, so as to be effective in scrubbing soils and spills from a surface. The contact layer includes a cleaning composition pre-loaded therein. The cleaning composition is such that the contact layer feels dry to the touch prior to use, before wetting with water. The cleaning composition may include about 1% to about 40% by weight water. The gripping layer includes at least 40% by weight of pulp fibers (e.g., natural cellulose pulp fiber), and exhibits a mean hand grip value that is at least 0.015 l/in2 (reciprocal inches squared).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Elisa Calimano, Daniela Fritter, Kristina Perlas, Jason White, Chosu Khin, Janiece Hope, Bernard Hill, Stephen Fisher, Kelly Dickson, William Ouellette
  • Publication number: 20210085150
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for cleaning around an object including a handle having a first end and an opposing second end, a flexible member coupled to the second end of the handle; and a cleaning appendage coupled to the flexible member, wherein flexible member allows the cleaning appendage to move omni-directionally when encountering an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Daniel Noriega
  • Publication number: 20210085151
    Abstract: A lift-type cleaning device for a floor washer, a cleaning tool for cleaning a floor is disposed on the floor washer. The lift-type cleaning device includes a bucket for containing water, a drying member and a driver. The drying member and the driver are kept static during spin-drying and are disposed in the bucket. The cleaning tool is matched with the drying member. The driver is connected with the drying member and is able to control the drying member to rise. During cleaning, the drying member is located below. During drying, the. A support base is disposed in the bucket and supports the floor washer away from a bottom of the bucket. The support base is connected with the bottom of the bucket or is connected with the driver. The driver drives the support base to rise or fall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Fort Plastic & Metalwork (Jiaxing) Co.,Ltd
    Inventors: Jing LI, Hao CHEN, Hongwei LIU, Bin WU, Yongjian ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210085152
    Abstract: A dishwasher can be included in a home network and can be utilized to complete a cycle of operation. The dishwasher includes a controller capable of automatically determining treating at least one cycle parameter based on the communication of at least one aspect of a recipe. The at least one aspect of a recipe can be wirelessly provided to a computer system that is in communication with the dishwasher. The computer system can be the controller or any known computer system in communication with the dishwasher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Sharath Chandra Machenahalli Shashidhar