Patents Issued in November 30, 2021
  • Patent number: 11185131
    Abstract: A buckle assembly formed of a male buckle portion and a female buckle portion. The female buckle portion has a top wall, a bottom wall, side walls, and a cavity between the top wall and the bottom wall and a locking slot in each of the side walls. The male buckle portion has a base, two locking legs and two intermediate legs between the locking legs. The locking legs extend through the locking slots in the female portion, and locking pawls at the end of the locking legs engage the edges of the locking slots to secure the buckle portions together. The free ends of the locking legs are connected to the free ends of the intermediate legs by a retaining member, so that forces acting on the locking legs are transferred to the intermediate legs by the retaining members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Duraflex Hong Kong Limited
    Inventor: Po Chu Lin
  • Patent number: 11185132
    Abstract: A slider for a zipper closure includes a separator plow that is positionable between interlocking tracks of the zipper closure to open the zipper closure by pivoting an opening end of the slider in a direction toward a notch to position the plow between the interlocking closures. The slider can be disengaged by pivoting the slider so that the plow is outside of the interlocking tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Reynolds Presto Products Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Athans, Nicholas A. DeRue, Zachary R. Thompson, Gregg Thompson, Scott Snyder
  • Patent number: 11185133
    Abstract: A slider for a waterproof slide fastener includes an upper blade and a lower blade opposing each other in an up-down direction, and a connecting post connecting the upper blade with the lower blade. Each of opposing surfaces includes a close-contact surface for sandwiching and close-contacting with a first stop in the up-down direction. At least one of the opposing surfaces includes right and left inclined surfaces provided respectively on right and left sides at a front sides of the close-contact surface and inclined in a direction widening a gap between the upper blade and the lower blade as the right and left inclined surfaces go forward. The at least one of the opposing surfaces includes an extended close-contact surface provided between the right and left inclined surfaces and extending forward from the close-contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Kayahara, Mineto Terada, Ryo Mikuma
  • Patent number: 11185134
    Abstract: A fastening system for a zipper is disclosed which includes locking or interlocking first and second zipper pull tabs. A first zipper pull tab comprises a first base, a hook extending from the first base, and a moveable gate coupled to the first base. A second zipper pull tab comprises a second base, a cover coupled to the second base, and a post extending between the second base and the cover. For interlocking, the moveable gate and hook are further coupled around the post to provide the interlocking configuration of the first and second zipper pull tabs. The first zipper pull tab may be utilized separately from the second zipper pull tab, such as to lock to a coupling ring or another component of a carrying bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Travel Caddy, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry J. Cowdery, Donald E. Godshaw, Du Hai
  • Patent number: 11185135
    Abstract: A bracelet defined by an elongated band having first and second terminal end sections that collectively define a clasp and a plurality of interconnected sockets extending along the length of the band and in each of which a rigid shell is positioned. A pair of charms each having unique indicia, such as a letter, imprinted thereon can be removably and interchangeably positioned within each shell. As an example of use, multiple friends' initials can therefore be displayed with charms positioned within each or many of the plurality of sockets forming bracelet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Gatherband, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Zanghi
  • Patent number: 11185136
    Abstract: A clasp with a mechanism to lock one or more keys is provided. The key can be affixed to an end of an ornamental item such as a chain, pendant, or charm. The clasp can include an inlet port for inserting a key and one or more channels for guiding the key towards one or more locking pockets. A compressible material can resist movement of the key along the channel and can prevent unwanted removal of the key at the locking pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: BIHURA LLC
    Inventors: Priyanki Lakshmichander Gupta, Shalini Varshney
  • Patent number: 11185137
    Abstract: Generally, this disclosure enables various earrings and methods of manufacture and use thereof. For example, some of these earrings are selectively reversible between different aesthetic appearances for wearing to different occasions. This selective reversibility is enabled through various modalities of operation (e.g., clock-like action, spinning action). These modalities of operation are technologically beneficial because these modalities of operation enable such earrings to be selectively reversed from various ear portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Venus by Maria Tash, Inc.
    Inventor: Maria Tashjian
  • Patent number: 11185138
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for managing optical characteristics of gemstones with diffractive structures are provided. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining a three-dimensional model of a gemstone including representations of surfaces of the gemstone, identifying a region on a surface of the gemstone having an optical value higher than one or more other regions on the surface of the gemstone by analyzing the three-dimensional model of the gemstone, and determining a diffractive structure to be arranged on the identified region of the surface of the gemstone, such that the gemstone with the diffractive structure has a higher optical performance than the gemstone without the diffractive structure. The method can also include fabricating the determined diffractive structure on the identified region of the surface of the gemstone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SPARKLE CUT DIAMONDS, INC.
    Inventors: George Maltezos, Mark L. de Naray
  • Patent number: 11185139
    Abstract: A flexible method to provide a variety of value-added coatings to a piece of jewelry or a group of jewelries is disclosed. Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and Molecular Layer Deposition (MLD) technique is implemented to deposit a layer of conformal coating on intended jewelry surfaces, including both exterior and interior surfaces, to enhance a vast majority of process-driven or end of use driven properties. The coating compositions include dielectrics material, metals, organic materials or organic-inorganic hybrid materials. The method steps of forming a layer of coating are straightforward and can be tailed to different purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventors: Oujie Kevin Tong, Yifei Jenny Jin, Lisa Ruosha Wang, Jian Jim Wang
  • Patent number: 11185140
    Abstract: A pole handle having a fastening mechanism for a hand strap with loop strips at variable lengths with a clamping element mounted in a recess. The recess is a through-opening of which the lower opening opens within a rear handle region, and the upper opening towards the upper side of the handle. The clamping element has a lever arranged in the through-opening and a head region projecting upwards out of the recess and has a loop opening and a pressure-exerting surface. The loop strips are guided through the through-opening, past the lever, and through a loop opening of the clamping element, the free ends of the loop strips exiting at the top. The clamping element can be secured in a clamping position in which the loop strips are clamped in a releasable manner, and the clamping action can be released by the clamping element being tilted around a rotary pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: LEKISPORT AG
    Inventor: Tobias Böing
  • Patent number: 11185141
    Abstract: The wheeled suitcase comprises: a rigid or semi-rigid suitcase body (1), mounted on wheels (30), said body (1) comprising at least three rigid or semi-rigid lateral faces (5, 9) separated by two edges (13), and a telescopic twin rod (16) comprising two arms (17), a handle and two tubes, the arms (17) being connected to the handle (18) and slidingly mounted in both tubes (21), said suitcase being characterized in that the two tubes (21) are disposed along the two edges (13) outside the body (1) of said suitcase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Marc Newson
  • Patent number: 11185142
    Abstract: An attachment for a hair dryer that is movable between a first position and a second position in order to alter one or more characteristics of the airflow therethrough. In one embodiment, an internal sliding element is movable within an outer housing in order to alter the internal flow paths inside the housing. In a second embodiment, movable arms cause changes to the shape of an outer housing made of a flexible and resilient material. Motion of the arms between positions causes a change in the shape of the attachment outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Sharkninja Operating LLC
    Inventors: James Richard Potter, Joshua Thomas Richards, Steven Luke Bailey
  • Patent number: 11185143
    Abstract: A nail printing device includes: a base; a finger placing portion provided on an upper surface side of the base; a grip portion provided on a lower surface side of the base and near a lower portion of the finger placing portion; and a print head configured to perform printing on a nail of a finger placed on the finger placing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masakazu Yoshii
  • Patent number: 11185144
    Abstract: Dispensing device for a cosmetic product stored in heterogeneous form including solid elements in suspension. The device includes a reservoir, a dispensing tip, a guide duct for transporting the product between the reservoir and the dispensing tip, and a product flow inducer configured to cause product flow from the reservoir to the dispensing tip. The guide duct includes a solid elements rupture configured to rupture the solid elements. The solid elements rupture includes a first stage at an exit from the reservoir forming a first portion of the guide duct and includes a changing transverse cross-section that has, at the exit, edges projecting within the guide duct. A second stage, near the dispensing tip, forms a second portion of the guide duct having a progressing cross-sectional restriction. The invention also relates to an assembly that includes such device and a cosmetic or care product that includes solid elements in suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
    Inventors: Nicolas Castex, Floriane Peronne, Antoine Cayron
  • Patent number: 11185145
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator for applying a composition including a cosmetic, care or pharmaceutical composition onto the keratinous substrate. The cosmetic applicator further comprises an applicator head, a stem and a closure. The applicator head includes an applying member which comprises a support body extending in along a central longitudinal axis of the applying member. The support body is curved along the central longitudinal axis and includes a first application face and a second application face opposing the first application surface. The first application face and a second application face are bounded by two lateral edges. The support body of the applying member comprises a recessed region formed at a distal portion of the first application face and a hollow region formed at a proximal portion of the second application face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: APR Beauty Group Inc.
    Inventors: Min-Yan Zheng, Feng-ying Fu, Jun Shen
  • Patent number: 11185146
    Abstract: An eyelash application practice apparatus has a head with a face section and a base for supporting the head. The face section has a plurality of eye zones. The eye zones include a plurality of displaceable parts including at least one eyelid with a closure mechanism that allows the at least one eyelid to be displaced to one of a plurality of discrete positions between a first open eye position and a second closed eye position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Eyelash Trainer Limited
    Inventor: Susan Gray
  • Patent number: 11185147
    Abstract: A hand strap bottle clip is configured for use with a bottle, and includes a clip attachable to an upper end of the bottle and having a lower end of the clip extending downwardly toward a lower end of the bottle when the clip is attached to the bottle. The clip includes upper and lower attachment locations or slots. A strap is attached to the clip at the upper and lower attachment locations to form a hand loop sized to accommodate a hand of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventors: Keith S Willows, June A. Angus, Antonio Del Rosario
  • Patent number: 11185148
    Abstract: An oral device container and bottle assembly may include a bottle having a bottle connector; and an oral device container. The oral device container may include a base portion having: a base outer wall having an opening; a base inner wall; and an oral device container connector configured to removably connect to the bottle connector. The oral device container may further include a cap portion configured to be mounted to the base portion and to rotate relative to the base portion. The cap portion may have a cap outer wall having an opening; and a cap inner wall that is received within the base inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Custom Club, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Weiss, Blair Feldman, Quinn Fitzgerald, Chloe Georgiades, Elliot Raderman
  • Patent number: 11185149
    Abstract: An inflatable portable ledge apparatus comprises an inflatable platform having a plurality of transverse baffles and a plurality of longitudinal baffles. There are a plurality of suspension straps connected to the inflatable platform. The suspension straps are connected the inflatable platform so that a load on the inflatable platform is distributed across all the suspension straps when the portable ledge apparatus is anchored at a single point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: 0950300 B.C. Ltd.
    Inventors: Tom Schindfessel, Nathan Kukathas
  • Patent number: 11185150
    Abstract: Disclosed are a makeup brush and a manufacturing method thereof. The makeup brush includes a brush head and a brush handle. A bristle sheet is tightly bonded to an outer root of the brush head, and a height of the bristle sheet is less than that of the edge of the brush head. Therefore, in the process of makeup, the layering of bristles of the brush head and the outer bristle sheet is enhanced to make the brush more stylish, contributing to a more delicate makeup effect and an increased skin touching feeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: BEAUTY YAURIENT COSMETICS ACCESSORIES (SHENZHEN) CO
    Inventor: Yuju Lin
  • Patent number: 11185151
    Abstract: A scrubbing device includes a body extending from a first end to a second end; bristle protrusions extending from a bottom surface of the body; and elongated protrusions extending from the bottom surface of the body and forming an angle between each elongated protrusion and the bottom surface; the bristle protrusions and elongated protrusions are used for cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Kara Wilk
  • Patent number: 11185152
    Abstract: An oral care implement having an arrangement of tooth cleaning elements thereon. The oral care implement may include a head extending along a longitudinal axis from a proximal end to a distal end. A plurality of tooth cleaning elements extend from the head and are arranged in groups including a first group of tooth cleaning elements that terminate in distal ends that form a concave cleaning surface and a second group of tooth cleaning elements that terminate in distal ends that form a convex cleaning surface. Furthermore, there may also be a third group of tooth cleaning elements extending transversely across the head and dividing the first group of tooth cleaning elements into first and second subgroups of tooth cleaning elements. The third group of tooth cleaning elements may be inclined relative to a surface of the head from which they extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Daniel Wainless, Eduardo Jimenez
  • Patent number: 11185153
    Abstract: An apparatus for the interdiction of periodontal disease comprising a device the size of a US quarter coin capable of being chewed by a user, and which is configured with finger protrusions having fabricated blade ends capable of removing plaque from the teeth surface and disrupting plaque accumulated in the gingivae pockets of the teeth. The device of the apparatus is additionally configured with re-fillable inserts holding hygienic formulations to limit bacterial growth and flush plaque debris out of the gingivae pockets of the teeth. Some embodiments of the device of the apparatus are wholly digestible. The device of the apparatus is portable and comes in a plurality of embodiments in different shapes, all having the basic functionality of, self-treating periodontal disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Thomas McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 11185154
    Abstract: A brushing sprayer includes a pipe body, a diverter, a control assembly and a brushing head. A pipe body includes an inlet end and an outlet opening communicating with each other. A diverter is positioned in the pipe body, and includes a first flow way, a second flow way and a third flow way communicating with each other and communicating with the inlet end and the outlet end of the pipe body. A control assembly passes through the pipe body, and is connected to the diverter. The control assembly is adapted to plug two selected from the group consisting of the first flow way, the second flow way and the third flow way, whereby a water flow could be regulated by the control assembly to outlet from the first flow way, the second flow way or the third flow way. The brushing head is positioned on the outlet end of the pipe body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: PURITY (XIAMEN) SANITARY WARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: James Wu, Alex Wu, Ce-Wen Yang
  • Patent number: 11185155
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for washing and sanitizing elongate rotary brushes used for cleaning fruit, produce, and other food products includes revolving the brushes along a travel path about a housing (14) and simultaneously spinning the rotary brushes about their individual longitudinal axis (18), applying a cleaning solution to the spinning rotary brushes in a cleaning zone of the housing, then applying a spray to the spinning rotary brushes in a spray zone of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: John Bean Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Robert R. Goetz
  • Patent number: 11185156
    Abstract: Described herein is a foldable table capable of being expanded and stably folded. The foldable table includes a table top plate; two matching frames, each including a first frame and a second frame; and two foldable table legs, each including a first support member and a second support member. Each of the first support member and the second support member includes a U-shaped bolt and a spring drum for combining with the two support members. The support member design including the U-shaped bolt and the spring drum allow the foldable table to be expanded without using excessive force. The table top plate includes a first plate body and a second plate body, each of which includes a joint portion, which allows the table to be stably folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: J.Y.MONTAGE TRADE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Shun Yang
  • Patent number: 11185157
    Abstract: A piece of computer furniture for adjustably positioning at least one computer peripheral device, with a base (1) arranged below a legroom (2) and adapted to support the piece of computer furniture on the floor, a shelf (3) for placing or holding the piece of computer peripheral device, a main stand (4) extending from the base (1) on one side and laterally adjacent the legroom (2) to the shelf (3). The main stand (4) is connected or coupled to the base (1) via a first joint (5) so as to be inclinable and fixable in a selectable inclination position. The shelf (3) is connected or coupled to the main stand (4) via a second joint (6) so as to be inclinable and fixable in a selectable inclination position. A swivel joint (7) is provided for horizontally pivoting the shelf (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Markus Bayr
  • Patent number: 11185158
    Abstract: A monitor support assembly includes a base designed to rest on an ambient floor surface. An upright frame structure is spaced forward to the rear of and extends vertically upward from the base. The frame structure includes first and second vertical members and a top frame member that extends horizontally between the first and second vertical members. A shroud assembly is mounted to the upright frame structure and includes a first central wall member and first and second additional wall members extending from the first and second lateral edges in the same direction. The first central wall member and the additional wall members form a receiving space. A mounting plate mountable to the rear surface of a displays screen is releasably supported by the upright frame structure within the receiving space. A depth dimension of the receiving space is sufficient to accommodate a display screen mounted via the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Brett Kincaid, Mark Spoelhof, Mark Schoolmeester, Duck Young Kong, John Allen, Hyun Yoo
  • Patent number: 11185159
    Abstract: A folding hard-wall locker includes a frame, a front door connected to the frame for opening and closing the locker, and accordion-like folding side-walls connected to the frame. Each of the folding side-walls has first and second edges facing away from the frame. For each of the folding side-walls, the length of the first edge plus the length of the second edge is greater than the height of the door (and of the frame). In operation, the locker may be unfolded, assembled, and positioned for use within a shelter. The combined lengths of the first and second edges is greater than any dimension of the locker before the locker is unfolded from its shipping configuration. Among other things, the unfolded, assembled locker is adapted to fit beneath an angled ceiling of a flexible shelter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Alaska Structures, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Hotes, Michael Vesper
  • Patent number: 11185160
    Abstract: A corner-cabinet arrangement having two corpus areas which are rectangular in plan view and each of which has a front with a door, the fronts running together at right angles in an inside corner such that the two corpus areas enclose between them a corner space that is rectangular in plan view, the arrangement including a shelf which extends in a first one of the corpus areas and in a part of the corner space and, when the door is open, can be pivoted out of the door opening of the corpus-area, the second corpus area also having a shelf that extends in this corpus area and in another part of the corner space, and, when the door is open, can be pivoted out of the door opening of the corpus area, wherein pivotal axes of the two shelves are different from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Ninkaplast GmbH
    Inventor: Axel Uffmann
  • Patent number: 11185161
    Abstract: A printer paper drawer door closing mechanism includes a fixed chassis defining a chassis plane, a lever arm joined to the chassis and pivotable about a lever arm pivot axis from a first lever arm limit state to a second lever arm limit state. A first bearing surface extends from the lever arm at a first lever arm distance and a second bearing surface extending from the lever arm at a second lever arm distance. The first bearing surface is at a bearing surface distance from the second bearing surface. An energy storage element is integrated with the lever arm. A cam plate is translatable toward and away from the lever arm and pivotable about a cam plate pivot axis from a first cam limit state to a second cam limit state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Brad W. Towe
  • Patent number: 11185163
    Abstract: An alignment tool that is easy to use during the installation and fastening of storage rack is disclosed herein. The alignment tool comprises a first end having a conical shape and a second end defining an opening therein, and the opening extending into said cylindrical body along the longitudinal axis. Once the storage rack is installed, the alignment tool can be easily removed with a removal tool through a hole in the alignment tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Frazier Industrial Company
    Inventor: Aaron Iellimo
  • Patent number: 11185164
    Abstract: A rotating painting apparatus includes a plurality of painting stations rotatably mounted to a base plate and each station having 2, 3, 4, or more faces on which to apply paint. A painting station includes a drive shaft rotatably coupled to the base plate. Rotation of the drive shaft causes the painting station to swivel, i.e., to rotate. The stretched frame member includes upstanding side support members extending from the bottom wall and about which a length of canvas may be stretched to form a painting station having two faces (front and rear), three faces (triangular), or four faces (cube), and so on. A chain drive operated by a drive motor enables all of the frame assemblies to be rotated together. The apparatus may include a motion sensor operable to actuate the motor and drive shaft to cause rotation when motion is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: John Schwind
  • Patent number: 11185165
    Abstract: An armchair includes a base, a backrest pivotally connected to the base by a first rotating shaft, an armrest connected to the base and an elastic assembly fixed on the armrest. The backrest and the elastic assembly are pivotally connected by a second rotating shaft. The elastic assembly is configured to provide elastic force when the backrest swings around the first rotating shaft. The elastic assembly arranged between the backrest and the armrest permits the backrest to be able to swing relative to the base. In use, the elastic assembly controls the swing amplitude of the backrest according to the pressure exerted by the user's back on the backrest. When the user reclines backward, the elastic assembly acts as a cushion to support the backrest to slowly swing backward due to the elastic force. When the user rises, the elastic force of the elastic assembly urges the backrest to reset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Libin Chen
  • Patent number: 11185166
    Abstract: An actuating drive, in particular for seat adjustment devices, comprising at least one electric motor, a downstream reduction gear, a coupling device which has a coupling engagement spring that ensures an engaged position of the coupling device during motorized operation and permits a manual disengagement against its coupling force. The coupling device has a coupling lever pivotably mounted in a pivot bearing of a bearing block. The coupling lever is connected at one end of the pivot bearing to a mechanical actuating unit and by which at the other end of the pivot bearing a coupling means can be adjusted to disengage the coupling device. The actuating drive ensures both reliable electrical and reliable manual operation, a high degree of efficiency during electrical operation and simple assembly for a generic actuating drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Weber
  • Patent number: 11185167
    Abstract: Various embodiments of collapsible canopies for chairs and other objects are described, which have a sheet of material coupled to a frame that when expanded creates the canopy. The frame preferably comprises first and second support pieces that can be coupled together at opposite ends. Each of the support pieces can comprises two or more struts that are hingedly coupled in series, such that the at least two struts can pivot or move about a hinge from (i) a collapsed configuration where one of the struts is stacked on top of the other strut to (ii) an expanded configuration where the at least two struts extend in opposite directions from the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: CleverMade, LLC
    Inventor: Allen Keith Holland
  • Patent number: 11185168
    Abstract: Disclosed are connectors and collapsible bed frames. A collapsible bed frame includes first and second frame units disposed side by side. Each of the first and second frame units comprises a plurality of bar units with adjacent bar units rotatably connected with each other. A collapsible bed frame also includes an inner lateral bar unit disposed between the first and second frame units, and rotatably connected with the first and second frame units. During contraction and expansion, the first frame unit, the second frame unit and the inner lateral bar unit remain substantially on a first plane defined by a top surface of the collapsible bed frame when it is expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Inno-Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwan Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 11185169
    Abstract: A collapsible bed frame includes a first lateral bar unit, a second lateral bar unit, and a longitudinal supporting bar unit. The first and second lateral bar units are disposed substantially parallel to each other. The first lateral bar unit includes a first coupler to removably couple with a first end of the longitudinal supporting bar unit. The second lateral bar unit includes a second coupler to removably couple with a second end of the longitudinal supporting bar unit. The collapsible bed frame also includes first and second longitudinal bar units. The first longitudinal bar unit is rotatably connected with the first ends of the first and second lateral bar units. The second longitudinal bar unit is rotatably connected with the second ends of the first and second lateral bar units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Inno-Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwan Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 11185170
    Abstract: Furniture such as a mattresses and beds containing mattresses include transducers disposed within the furniture and exposed from external surfaces of the furniture to deliver sounds or ranges of sonic frequencies in a sonic wave vibration format through the furniture to the occupant of the furniture and audible format through external speakers to an area around the furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: PPJ, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Reid Sherman, Horace Robert Eskridge, III, Philip Woods McCarty
  • Patent number: 11185171
    Abstract: Vertically lapped nonwoven material is used to provide enhanced breathability and comfort in mattresses by replacing foam material in one or more of, including all of top panel quilts, layers underneath the top panel quilts, and in side blocks which surround spring supports. The vertically lapped nonwoven may provide advantages in terms of cost, manufacturing ease, robustness in mattress design, while at the same time providing the user with a much more comfortable sleeping experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Tiritona Piana US, Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-hoon Lim, Andrea Piana
  • Patent number: 11185172
    Abstract: A crib adapted for using alongside with a bed includes a frame body which has an upper frame, a lower frame adapted for standing on a ground, a plurality of supporters coupled between the upper frame and the lower frame, and a supporting frame which is supported on the supporters; a bed cover detachably coupled to the upper frame and supported by the supporting frame for defining a receiving cavity above the supporting frame; and a supporting unit coupled to the frame body for abutting a side of the bed to avoid or reduce a gap between the crib and the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Redline Commerce Inc.
    Inventor: Mengmeng Mu
  • Patent number: 11185173
    Abstract: A baby carrier capable of carrying an infant. The baby carrier includes a belt that wraps around a caregiver's waist. A baby support portion couples to the belt and supports the infant. A first shoulder strap couples to the baby support portion and has a length adjustment device. The first shoulder strap couples the baby support portion to a caregiver's shoulder. A second shoulder strap couples to the baby support portion. The second shoulder strap couples the baby support portion to the caregiver's opposite shoulder. First and second ties of fabric slidably couple to the respective first and second loops and are secured to the baby support portion enabling adjustment and securing of the baby carrier to the caregiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Boppy Company, LLC
    Inventor: Haley Gibbons
  • Patent number: 11185174
    Abstract: A counter with air conditioning and freezing system includes a self-supporting structure (C) with a housing and a support for trays (A, B), an insulated exterior air conditioning and freezing system (D) with thermally insulated columns (D1) which extend from the self-supporting structure (C), and a thermally insulated horizontal conduit (D2), a longitudinal groove (D3) oriented towards the housing to allow the exit of air and an exterior plate (D4) to control the exit direction of the air. It includes an insulated interior air conditioning and freezing system (R) to direct an air current through the interior of the self-supporting structure (C) and which comprises a frontal return opening (R1) which connects to conduits redirecting the air towards a grill (R9) from the interior of the housing and towards the insulated exterior air conditioning and freezing system (D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: MELIUS INTEGRAL, S.L.
    Inventors: Ramon Ponce, Luis Ponce, Javier Prió
  • Patent number: 11185175
    Abstract: A self-catheterization assist device is provided. The self-catheterization assist device includes an adjustable support component; a yoke attached to the adjustable support component; a mirror surround rotatably attached to the yoke; a dual-sided mirror with a flat surface and a concave surface mounted within the mirror surround; and an independently repositionable focused-beam lamp mounted on the mirror surround. A self-catheterization assist kit is also provided. The kit includes a visual aid device and a urine containment bowl. The visual aid device has an adjustable support component; a yoke attached to the adjustable support component; a mirror surround rotatably attached to the yoke; a dual-sided mirror with a flat surface and a concave surface mounted within the mirror surround; and an independently repositionable focused-beam lamp mounted on the mirror surround. The urine containment bowl is attachable to the adjustable support component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Diane Elizabeth Sands
  • Patent number: 11185176
    Abstract: Apparatus for use in holding an artwork during transportation and storage, the artwork comprising or being mounted within a frame with a plurality of fastening devices secured to the frame, each fastening device having an aperture in a part which protrudes from a side of the frame, the apparatus comprising a substantially flat mounting panel provided with a plurality of retention members; and a plurality of securing devices for securing the fastening devices to the mounting panel, each of the securing devices comprising an engagement part for engaging the fastening device and a locking part which is rotatable about an axis from a first angular position in which it can be located adjacent a respective retention member and a second angular position in which it engages with a respective retention member, whereby each securing device can be used to secure a respective fastening device to the mounting panel by aligning the aperture in the fastening device relative to a retention member of the mounting panel, inser
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: CRATEIGHT LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Antony Farrar, John Hein, Andrew Nikita Cunynghame Stramentov, Anthony Henry Joseph Fraser
  • Patent number: 11185177
    Abstract: A sleep aid apparatus for assisting side-sleepers is disclosed herein. The apparatus greatly reduces the amount of pressure that is typically experienced by side-sleepers on the inferior portions of their upper body and their arms. The inventive apparatus alleviates these problems by improving cervical nerve decompression, reducing pressure on the side-sleeper's spine, and improving neurovascular circulation in the side-sleeper's arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Enrique Castro
  • Patent number: 11185178
    Abstract: An ice restraining drinking receptacle provides a housing that retains a fluid and ice. An ice trap in the housing restrains the ice from moving near the drinking rim of the upturned receptacle while drinking therefrom. The receptacle comprises a housing defined by an upper region having a rim, and a lower region. The housing further includes a sidewall, a base end disposed within the lower region, and a rim end disposed within the upper region. An ice trap restrains movement of ice past the upper region rim. In an embodiment, the ice trap includes a plurality of protrusions disposed in a spaced-apart relationship that allows fluid to flow between protrusions to the rim for drinking. Further, the protrusions are disposed in a circumferential relationship across the upper region and inner surface of the housing. The pointy apex of the protrusions helps restrict passage of ice to the rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Fariborz Sahebdel Nobari
  • Patent number: 11185179
    Abstract: A liquid consumption monitoring device for monitoring and encouraging consumption of a liquid includes a cup and a lid, which is selectively engageable to the cup to close a top thereof. The user is positioned to tilt the cup to dispense a liquid from the cup, through an opening positioned in the lid, into a mouth of the user. A flow meter engaged to the cup, proximate to the opening, measures a volume of the liquid passing through the opening. An interface is engaged to at least one of the cup and the lid and is operationally engaged to the flow meter. The interface receives a signal from the flow meter when the liquid passes through the opening. The interface selectively actuates at least one of a speaker and a bulb, upon receipt of the signal from the flow meter, to provide a sensory reward to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Briana Zimbelman
  • Patent number: 11185180
    Abstract: One or more personal article holders and/or mobile structures to which personal article holders can be attached or are integrated into are provided. A personal article holder comprises an elongated body comprising a hollow interior and a first open end configured for allowing a personal article to be inserted into the hollow interior. The personal article holder comprises an attachment means configured to attach the personal article holder to a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventors: Frederick Nicholas Albrecht, Frederick Steven Albrecht
  • Patent number: 11185181
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include an anti-theft system. The anti-theft system includes a netting, a male connector linkage, and a network of female connectors. The netting includes a set of safety loops along the periphery of the netting. The male connector linkage includes at least two male connectors connected by a linkage. The male connector linkage is woven through the safety loops then connected to individual female connectors within the network of female connectors. The network of female connectors is embedded within an opening on a door. The anti-theft system is operable to cling or secure a package to a door in order to prevent the theft of said package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: George Khatchikian