Patents Issued in January 16, 2024
  • Patent number: 11871845
    Abstract: A shelving system including a cabinet including a product receiving zone. The product receiving zone includes a first end, a second end, a first side and a second side. A shelf member is arranged between the first side and the second side. The shelf member includes a first side portion and a second side portion. One of the first side portion and the second side portion includes a first shelf support and a second shelf support. A bi-directional slide and tilt system is mounted to one of first side and the second side of the product receiving zone. The bi-directional slide and tilt system includes a first portion receptive of the first shelf support and a second portion receptive of the second shelf support. The first portion and the second portion facilitate sliding and tilting of the shelf relative to the product receiving zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Adam Tracy, Emanuel Magallon, Ryan Braunstein
  • Patent number: 11871846
    Abstract: An assembly is to be mounted on a drawer slide to provide dampening to a drawer for an enclosure. The enclosure includes a front wall having a cutout area with merging lower and side edges. The drawer slide includes a stationary member mounted to the enclosure and a sliding member attached to the drawer. The assembly includes; a dampening mechanism having front and rear ends, the dampening mechanism configured to prevent slamming of the drawer during closing and to maintain the drawer in a closed position, the dampening mechanism having a hook that engages an activator mounted on the drawer; a front mounting bracket attached to the front end of the dampening mechanism, the front mounting bracket configured to mount to and engage the side edge of the cabinet and the stationary member of the drawer slide; and a rear mounting bracket attached to the dampening mechanism rearwardly of the front mounting bracket, the rear mounting bracket configured to mount to and engage the stationary member of the drawer slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: TENN-TEX PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventor: William Duggins
  • Patent number: 11871847
    Abstract: An apparatus including a bracket, an upper rack engagement tab, a lower rack engagement tab; and a lock pin hole. The bracket has a rack attachment member and a guard attachment member. The lock pin hole is defined by the rack attachment member and structured to receive a lock pin having a stabilizing leg coupled to a lock pin head. Each engagement tab is coupled to the rack attachment member. Each engagement tab includes a stem portion coupled to the rack attachment member and a head portion having a greater cross-sectional area than the stem portion. The guard attachment member defines a guard attachment hole positioned at a rack guard spacing distance from the rack attachment member, and the stabilizing leg has a geometry such that the lock pin head is urged toward the lock pin hole when the stabilizing leg is passed through the lock pin hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SpaceGuard Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward M. Murphy, Scott A Jump, Christopher Lee Roberts
  • Patent number: 11871848
    Abstract: A deflectable folding bracket according to the present invention includes a base and a plurality of supporting members movably connected to the base. The base includes an upper base and a lower base. The supporting members include three or more lower supporting members connected to the lower base and three or more upper supporting members connected to the upper base. The base further includes a deflection mechanism arranged between the upper base and the lower base, and the deflection mechanism includes an elastic member connected to the upper base and the lower base. In a case where the elastic member elastically deforms, the upper base deflects relative to the lower base. Since the deflection mechanism is arranged between the upper base and the lower base, the upper base can deflect relative to the lower base, which improves comfort and interest of portable furniture with the folding bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Lili Wang
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    Patent number: 11871849
    Abstract: A bed that includes a base with first and second sections each with a face and sidewalls that extend around the perimeter of and outward from one side of the face. The bed also includes a mattress and a support. The bed is selectively positionable between a first configuration and a second configuration. The first configuration includes the support positioned in the base and with the mattress supported on the base. The second configuration includes the mattress and the support positioned in the base for storage or shipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: BOB BARKER COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Gerrad Stephen Allison, Lena Renee Butterfield
  • Patent number: 11871850
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bed rail with table, which comprises a guardrail and a table board, wherein the guardrail consists of an outer frame with an inner extension arm and a fixed end which can be attached to a bed body; and the table board comprises a relatively flat table board surface and a rotation restricting part which is pivotally attached to the outer frame to rotate between a first position and a second position around a first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Xicheng Fang
  • Patent number: 11871851
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to a lightweight, collapsible, and portable wheeled seat, e.g., a wheeled office chair or stool, for travel, storage, and mobility. The seat includes a seat base member and a seat surface member collapsible between an open, extended position, which is configured to provide a seating surface, and a collapsed, closed position. The seat surface member includes a central seating surface member fixed to the seat base member that has an outer perimeter, and a pair of oppositely disposed and generally u-shaped seating surface members pivotally secured to the seat base member. Each of the generally u-shaped seating surface members include a pair of leg portions that extend from a base portion thereof, or an inward directed perimeter and a portion of each inward directed perimeter has a shape that substantially complementarily corresponds to a shape of a portion of the outer perimeter of the central seating surface member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Robert W. Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11871852
    Abstract: An inflatable lumbar support cushion for seats including a seat cushion assembly connected with an air bladder that has a hollow body and is covered by a lumbar support that is hollow. The air bladder is inflated by a pump unit assembly which includes a pump unit that blows air to the air bladder by an air hose adapting the size of the lumbar support as required and defining a lumbar support portion which provides comfort to a user. The air bladder configured as a cushion for a sofa. The pump unit can be electronic or manual. The seat cushion can be adapted to different seats by an attaching base located to a bottom surface thereof and the lumbar support may be attached to a backrest by a strap allowing to fasten the inflatable lumbar support cushion to any suitable seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventors: Charles Buchanan, Christine Riley
  • Patent number: 11871853
    Abstract: A furniture console having a base and at least one of a lighting device selectively mounted to the base, a first charging device supported by the base, a thermal energy transfer assembly configured to heat or cool a first container selectively mounted to the base, and an electricity storage assembly mounted within the base, the electricity storage assembly being configured to power the furniture console. A control assembly configured to control operation of the at least one of the lighting device, the first charging device, and the thermal energy transfer assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: THE LOVESAC COMPANY
    Inventors: Shawn D. Nelson, David M. Underwood, Clint Gibson, Jake Forman, Brian Kuchler
  • Patent number: 11871854
    Abstract: An adjustable feeding unit for providing support during a feeding activity. The adjustable feeding unit includes a stack of a plurality of positioning elements mounted one over the other such that the positioning elements define a base surface and an angularly raised surface disposed at an angular offset with respect to the base surface. One or more positioning elements are removable from the stack to adjust the angular offset between the base surface and the angularly raised surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ACUTE BABY CO.
    Inventors: Wendy Barbalinardo, Michael Barbalinardo
  • Patent number: 11871855
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for taking care of infants, and a driving mechanism. The driving mechanism comprises a support, a first motion assembly and a second motion assembly, wherein a seat is arranged on the support, and since the first motion assembly and the second motion assembly are both arranged on the support, the first motion assembly drives the seat to swing in a first direction relative to the support, and the second motion assembly drives the seat to swing in a second direction relative to the support. Since the first direction intersects with the second direction, the motion of the seat is the superposition of the swinging in the first direction and the swinging in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN CITY BOBIE BABY PRODUCT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xianfa Li
  • Patent number: 11871856
    Abstract: A pullout support assembly for merchandise display and dispensing modules positioned on a shelf, the pullout support assembly including a guide having two parallel guide walls adapted to attach to an underside of the shelf, the guide walls having two sets of aligned openings; two elongated guide members slidably positioned the aligned guide openings between a first position substantially entirely beneath the shelf and a second position pulled out with respect to the shelf, in which the guide members are adapted to support at least one merchandise display and dispensing module thereon; and a support connected to a front end of the guide members for moving the guide members between the first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Henschel-Steinau, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael D. Luberto
  • Patent number: 11871857
    Abstract: The invention relates to event furniture comprising at least one table and/or at least one chair as an event furniture component (100, 200, 250, 300, 350), wherein at least one table (11, 250), a table part (120, 300, 350) of the at least one table (11), the at least one chair (110, 200), and/or a combination of the above-mentioned event furniture components have means for carrying out an individual machine-controlled movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MACK RIDES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Günter Burger
  • Patent number: 11871858
    Abstract: The foldable shelf system comprises one or more unfolded sheets that may be folded to form a shelf system. The shelf system may be mounted on a wall and may be operable to display a publication and a token. The publication may be displayed while held in a vertical orientation. The token may be displayed while resting on a shelf. As non-limiting examples, the publication may be a comic book, a magazine such as a sports magazine, a journal, or a photograph. The token may be an action figure, autographed memorabilia such as an autographed baseball, or an award such as a trophy or a ribbon. The display of the publication and the token together on the shelf system may suggest an association between the publication and the token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Dustin Bledsoe
  • Patent number: 11871859
    Abstract: A display for displaying and positioning headwear may include a mounting plate configured to attach to a surface; a first arm extending from the mounting plate; a second arm attached to a distal end of the first arm; and a pair of fingers, each finger of the pair of fingers attached to a respective end of the second arm, wherein the second arm together with the pair of fingers is configured to support the headwear in a desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Everett Scott Morrison
  • Patent number: 11871860
    Abstract: Drinkware with active temperature control can be a mug made of metal, and optionally coated with a ceramic material. At least one heating element that can thermally communicate with a surface of the drinkware to thereby effect heat transfer through the base in the drinkware. At least one sensor is configured to sense a parameter of the liquid in the drinkware, and at least one power storage element is configured to provide power to the at least one heating element. Control circuitry is configured to control operation of the one or more heating elements, and a transceiver is configured to transmit operating information to a remote electronic device and to receive operating instructions from the remote electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ember Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton Alexander, Christopher Thomas Wakeham, Daren John Leith, Mikko Juhani Timperi, Frank Victor Baumann, Farzam Roknaldin
  • Patent number: 11871861
    Abstract: A cushion includes a cover and a cushioning element having a top surface heat-fused to the cover. The cushioning element comprises an elastomeric material having a plurality of voids formed therein. At least 60% of a bottom surface of the cushioning element is exposed such that when the cushion is disposed over a surface at least 60% of the bottom surface of the cushioning element is in direct contact with the surface. Methods of forming the cushion include disposing a cover adjacent a mold, conforming the cover to a selected shape of the mold, injecting molten elastomeric material into the mold, bonding the molten elastomeric material to the cover, solidifying the molten elastomeric material to form the cushioning element, and separating the mold from the cover. The cushioning element maintains the cover in the selected shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLC
    Inventors: Tony M. Pearce, Terry V. Pearce, Russell B Whatcott
  • Patent number: 11871862
    Abstract: A retractable arm device, system, and method with a locking mechanism for preventing items placed in a device or receptacle from getting stuck, damaged, or torn. The retractable arm includes an inner tube, a pawl, and an outer tube surrounding the inner tube. The inner tube slides within the outer tube and the pawl preventing the retractable arm from moving into an extended position under particular conditions. The retractable arm may be placed in a receptacle for items to prevent the door from being reopened before the door is fully closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventors: Joram Shenhar, Joel Locknauth Dewnandan, William Albert Tartal
  • Patent number: 11871863
    Abstract: A height-adjustable pillow includes: a cervical pillow including an outer shell and contents filled inside the outer shell, and wall parts formed to protrude from both sides of the loading part; side pillows including side-of-face contact parts, which are attached to both sides of the cervical pillow and have a plurality of elastic pads formed in the same shape and stacked therein, and fine height-adjusting parts comprising a plurality of slim pads stacked at the lower portions of the side-of-face contact parts and cover bodies which are finished by respectively encompassing the outer surfaces of the plurality of slim pads and being thermally fused to the edge portions thereof and which have friction increasing parts provided on the outer surfaces thereof; wing parts for connecting the lower portions of the cervical pillow and the side pillows; and an outer cover in which all constituent parts are accommodated and fitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Joung Gug Kim
  • Patent number: 11871864
    Abstract: A compression type ramen cooker according to an embodiment includes a main frame including side plates formed on both sides thereof, an upper main bar connecting the upper portions of the side plates, and a lower main bar connecting the lower portions of the side plates, a cooking vessel part rotatably mounted on the inner sides of the side plates, a compression chamber mounted above the upper main bar to seal or open the cooking vessel part by moving up and down, an induction heater rotatably mounted on the rear side of the cooking vessel part to heat the cooking vessel part, a ramen discharging part for discharging cooked ramen from the cooking vessel part, and a drain mounted in the lower end of the side plates on both sides to discard the water used for cleaning the cooking vessel part after cooking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventors: Seung Hun Shin, Se Yeol Choi, Young Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 11871865
    Abstract: A beverage apparatus, the beverage apparatus being hand-holdable by a user of the beverage apparatus to be portable, can include a beverage chamber housing that includes a chamber for storing a consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include a dispensing assembly that includes a receptacle. The receptacle can retain a vessel. The vessel can include an electronic tag and can contain an additive. The dispensing assembly can be operatively controllable by a controller to output the additive from the vessel into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include one or more sensors, devices, or assemblies that can be used to detect a volume of liquid in the chamber or a liquid level in the chamber. The beverage apparatus can include an apparatus processing portion (ACP) and an apparatus database portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Cirkul, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Lyons, Abraham Maclean
  • Patent number: 11871866
    Abstract: A modular brewing system is described for providing hot water and managing power to multiple brew tower modules using a single centralized boiler and power management module so as to limit the number of high-power circuits required in a coffeehouse or store. The boiler and power management module manages power of components of the centralized boiler assembly and any brew tower modules connected thereto, including the boiler heaters, the grinder motors, and the brew chamber heaters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Starbucks Corporation
    Inventors: Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Joseph Emil Gormley
  • Patent number: 11871867
    Abstract: Containers are provided for use with a beverage dispensing device. The container can include a housing defining a hollow interior and having an opening leading to the hollow interior, a cover coupled disposed over the opening, an inlet leading to the hollow interior, and an outlet spaced apart from the interior. The inlet and outlet can each have valves movable between open and closed positions for allowing fluid flow into and out of the hollow interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Simon Lewis Bilton, Joseph Butler, Timothy Christopher Stubbs
  • Patent number: 11871868
    Abstract: A coffee machine includes a grinder for grinding coffee beans, and collects wastes such as chaff and fine powder. The coffee machine includes a grinder to grind coffee beans; a separation unit to separate a waste from coffee beans; and a reservoir unit to store the waste separated from the coffee beans in the separation unit. The reservoir unit includes an outer case body and an inner case body inside the outer case body, and the inner case body has, in a circumferential wall thereof, an opening connected to the inside of the outer case body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: DAITO GIKEN, INC.
    Inventor: Toshio Saito
  • Patent number: 11871869
    Abstract: A coffee machine makes use of a valve arrangement for controlling the coupling of a water heater outlet selectively to one of two or more outlets, such as a steam delivery nozzle, a brew chamber and a water collection unit (e.g. drip tray). The valve arrangement comprises a rotatable routing element, wherein the angular position of the routing element controls the coupling of the inlet channel to one of the outlets. The rotation is driven by rotational coupling to a brew chamber motor. This coffee machine design makes use of a single valve arrangement to provide the flow control from the water heater. This provides a compact arrangement with a low component count and simple control mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: VERSUNI HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Hotze Bernhard De Vries, Rodin Enne Bruinsma
  • Patent number: 11871870
    Abstract: A spiral water filling device including a fixing base, a rotating shaft tube, a motor, a carrier frame, a reciprocating screw, a transmission gear set, a nut slider, and a water filling pipe. The rotating shaft tube is pivotally disposed on the fixing base. The motor engages with the rotating shaft tube. The carrier frame is connected with the rotating shaft tube and has a first guiding structure. The reciprocating screw is perpendicular to the rotating shaft tube and parallel to the first guiding structure. The reciprocating screw and the rotating shaft tube are non-intersected. The transmission gear set is connected between the rotating shaft tube and the reciprocating screw. The nut slider engages with the reciprocating screw. The nut slider has a water outlet and a second guiding structure. The water filling pipe passes through the rotating shaft tube and connects with the water outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: FLAVOR DRIPS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Te Lin
  • Patent number: 11871871
    Abstract: Portable cooking stations having interlocking sear grates and griddles are disclosed. An example portable cooking station includes a sear grate and a griddle. The griddle is configured to be removably interlocked to the sear grate in a side-by-side arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products LLC
    Inventors: Cassandra A.S. McVey, Romualdo Sonny Siazon, Brett Jessogne
  • Patent number: 11871872
    Abstract: A barbecue device to prolong fuel burning comprising a plurality of vertical walls that are cut from an elongate strip such that they provide fuel containment and air openings without removing or discarding any material needed to provide said air openings for the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Laurence Edward Trigg
  • Patent number: 11871873
    Abstract: A manual food shredding device for shredding of a food item includes a base, an upright bowl, and an inverted bowl. The base is positionable on a substantially horizontal surface, such as a countertop. A food item can be positioned in the upright bowl, which is attached to an upper face of the base. A plurality of first spikes is attached to and extends from a bottom toward a top of the upright bowl. The inverted bowl is circumferentially larger than the upright bowl so that the upright bowl is selectively insertable into the inverted bowl. A plurality of second spikes is attached to and extends from an upper end toward a lower end of the inverted bowl. The inverted bowl can be grasped in a hand of a user and rotated by a user, thereby causing the first spikes and the second spikes to shred the food item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Ronald Smith
  • Patent number: 11871874
    Abstract: Provided is a tumbler for beverage making including a drinking water tray including a lower tray which has an open top and a closed bottom to form a storage space for storing drinking water or a beverage therein, and an upper tray which is detachably coupled to the top of the lower tray to close the open top of the lower tray and has a drinking aperture formed therein to enable a user to drink the drinking water or beverage in the storage space; an additive tray which is detachably coupled to the bottom of the drinking water tray, and has an additive storage space for storing an additive formed therein; and a pumping unit which is mounted to penetrate through the drinking water tray and the additive tray so as to pump the additive and supply same to a drinking water storage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Moon Sik Park
  • Patent number: 11871875
    Abstract: Cookware lids are provided having a collapsible handle that is movable between a first extended configuration for use during cooking, and a second collapsed configuration with a reduced profile to enable the lids to be stored. In certain exemplary embodiments, the lids can include attachment features to allow the lids to be arranged in a stacked configuration, with the collapsible handle mated to the attachment feature on an adjacent lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Eric Arthur Miller, Nathaniel R. Lavins, Joshua D. Anthony
  • Patent number: 11871876
    Abstract: A removable handle for a cooking container having a side wall extending upward by an outwardly curved portion including a free end, the removable handle extending in a longitudinal direction and including an internal support member and an external support member designed to rest against, respectively, an inner surface and an outer surface of the side wall, an upper support member designed to rest against the free end, a lock movable in translation between an open position and a closed position, with the lock including a blocking wall designed to be separated from the internal support member when the lock is in the open position and designed to generate a force on the free end when the lock is in the closed position, a gripping body that extends along the longitudinal direction and a structural part that includes the internal support member and the upper support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventors: Michel Bouvet, Denis Gruaz, Michel Montgelard
  • Patent number: 11871877
    Abstract: A separation unit for separating a web material along preformed lines of weakness. The separation unit has a width direction and includes a first roller having a rotational axis extending in the width direction and a web width extending in the width direction, and a second roller having a rotational axis extending parallel with the rotational axis of the first roller and a web width extending in the width direction. The second roller is positioned at a distance from the first roller. Each of the first and the second rollers is provided with a plurality of protrusion elements being spaced along the rotational axes and protruding perpendicular from the axes. Each of the protrusion elements has a maximum width in the width direction, a maximum radial extension from the rotational axes, an inner portion adjacent to the rotational axes, and an outer portion remote from the rotational axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Björn Larsson, Per Moller, Lars Thoren, Jari Haukirauma, Stig Pommer, Joonas Jokitalo
  • Patent number: 11871878
    Abstract: A vertical paper towel dispenser that comprises a housing that has a moveable front wall. The moveable front wall is mounted on a plate that moves inward and outward from the housing. The plate is moved using a pulley system that that is connected to a first motor that is controlled by a controller. The plate is mounted on a plate holder that is secured to a pulley of the pulley system. The plate has a front vertical tension roller that is positioned at a front corner of the plate, and a central post that is positioned at a central position of the plate. A second motor is attached to the base of the housing at a position that is at a front corner of the base and a roller is mounted on the second motor. The second motor is controlled by the controller. A rechargeable battery powers the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Yanier Morales
  • Patent number: 11871879
    Abstract: A method of controlling a dryer stand, which includes a receptacle on which a dryer for discharging drying air is mounted and which is rotatable in a horizontal direction, and an air purification unit, are provided. The method includes detecting the dryer mounted on the receptacle, charging a battery provided in the dryer when the dryer mounted on the receptacle is detected, determining whether a predetermined condition for air purification operation is satisfied, and operating the air purification unit when it is determined that the predetermined condition for air purification operation is satisfied, whereby it is possible to purify indoor air. A method of controlling the dryer while it is not on the stand is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jekwang Youn, Youngdon Kim, Hyunsun Yoo, Jaehung Chun, Yousook Eun, Joogyeom Kim, Sungkyung Kim, Myongsun Kim
  • Patent number: 11871880
    Abstract: Disclosed are a solid-liquid separation anti-soiling toilet, a mounting method and a use. The solid-liquid separation anti-soiling toilet is composed of a processor, a solid container, a liquid reservoir and an exhaust device, where the processor is connected to the solid container, the processor includes a housing, and a clamping device and a drying device which are arranged inside the housing, excreta generated after use of the toilet enters the clamping device of the processor, a liquid in the excreta enters the liquid reservoir after passing through the clamping device, a solid in the excreta is pressed and dried into a sheet inside the clamping device, and enters the solid container, and hot air flow generated by the drying device is used for drying the solid inside the clamping device, and is exhausted outwards through the exhaust device connected to the housing of the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA ACADEMY OF AEROSPACE AERODYNAMICS
    Inventors: Wei Qu, Bangcheng Ai, Minghui Xie
  • Patent number: 11871881
    Abstract: An improved toilet seat includes an upper body includes an upper sitting surface; a lower body coupled with the upper body, where the lower body includes a lower contact surface; and at least one slideable clamp positioned between the upper sitting surface and the lower contact surface, where the at least one slideable clamp includes a clamp arm and clamp paddle coupled to the clamp arm, and where the clamp arm is configured to move between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Beale Van Varick, Donald Samuel Strum, George Benjamin Wintner
  • Patent number: 11871882
    Abstract: A space creating shower liner can have a window with a hoop fin rotatably and removably engaging a shower rod, a plurality of stiffening folds providing partial stiffness to the window, and a height less than a distance from the shower rod to a tub. Further, a liner can be removably engaged to the window, comprising a liner height less than the distance from the shower rod to the tub. The hoop fin causes the window and the liner to rotate about the shower rod, and the height and the liner height is greater than or equal to the distance from the shower rod to the tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Patrick Raymond
  • Patent number: 11871883
    Abstract: Nonwoven fabrics having desirable wiping properties while also providing pleasant tactile properties are provided. The nonwoven fabrics may include a first nonwoven outer layer, a second nonwoven outer layer, and a core layer located between the first nonwoven layer and the second nonwoven outer layer. At least one of the first nonwoven outer layer and the second nonwoven outer layer may include a plurality of blended filaments comprising a blend of a polymer and an elastomeric polyolefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: AVINTIV Specialty Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Sven Krister Erlandsson, Jerry Snider, Albert G. Dietz, III, Pierre Grondin, Ralph A. Moody, III
  • Patent number: 11871884
    Abstract: A portable vacuum cleaner includes a housing and a filter assembly. The housing includes a dust collecting cylinder, a dust blocking cover and a main body. The dust collecting cylinder is opened to form an air inlet port and a mating port. The dust blocking cover is rotatably connected to the air inlet port of the dust collecting cylinder. The main body is detachably connected to the mating port of the dust collecting cylinder. A two-way locking structure is provided between the dust blocking cover and the main body. The two-way locking structure is adapted to lock or unlock the dust blocking cover and the main body simultaneously with the dust collecting cylinder, so that when the two-way locking structure is in a locked state, the dust blocking cover cannot open the air inlet port, while the dust collecting cylinder and the main body cannot be separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: DREAME INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenke Guo, Ru Zhang
  • Patent number: 11871885
    Abstract: A mop head with a structural base and a resilient, compressible cover defining an internal void volume forming a reservoir that can be at least partially filled with a cleaning liquid through a surface opening in the cover. The structural base includes one or more liquid discharge channels which are normally closed off by spring-biased stopper members to prevent discharge of the cleaning liquid. The cleaning liquid may be selectively discharged by application of compressing force against the cover during use. The application of such compressing force displaces the stopper members thereby opening the liquid discharge channels and permitting the cleaning liquid to flow outwardly through the discharge channels and away from the mop head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEC INC.
    Inventors: Layne Ross, Preston Roe
  • Patent number: 11871886
    Abstract: A floor cleaning apparatus comprises a handle having a proximal end and a distal end; a housing at the distal end of the handle; a plurality of wheels at a bottom of the housing that rotate relative to the housing when a force is applied to the handle; a plurality of interchangeable and removable surface-cleaning rollers at the housing that rotate relative to the housing and the wheels, and that rotate at a different rate of rotation than the wheels; and a gear assembly that communicates with the wheels to rotate adjacent surface-cleaning rollers in different directions relative to each other to mimic a scrubbing motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Lisa Lloyd
  • Patent number: 11871887
    Abstract: A dishwasher thermometer captures temperature data of temperature sensed within a dishwasher during a wash cycle. The dishwasher thermometer includes a wireless communication interface that transmits the captured temperature data to one or more of a server and a monitor device. When the captured temperature data indicates that the wash cycle did not achieve defined temperature threshold(s), an alert is generated at the server and/or the monitor device indicating that the wash cycle did not meet appropriate washing conditions. In embodiments, the temperature data may be accessible to a third party for certification of the dishwasher wash cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: EWIG INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL CO. LIMITED
    Inventor: Luk Wah Jackson Chu
  • Patent number: 11871888
    Abstract: A cleaning roller mountable to a cleaning robot is featured. The cleaning roller includes an elongate member extending along a longitudinal axis of the cleaning roller, and a vane extending outward from the elongate member. The vane includes a first vane portion attached to the elongate member, and a second vane portion attached to the first vane portion. The first vane portion extends from the elongate member at a location intersecting a radial axis of the cleaning roller. The first vane portion extends along a first axis angled relative to the radial axis and away from the radial axis in a tangential direction. The second vane portion extends along a second axis angled relative to the first axis. A first angle between the first axis and the radial axis is greater than a second angle between the second axis and the radial axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Burbank, Timothy R. Ohm, Erik Amaral
  • Patent number: 11871889
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning robot. The cleaning robot includes a body, a traveling assembly, a rolling brush assembly and a dust suction assembly. The traveling assembly, the rolling brush assembly and the dust suction assembly are arranged on the body. The dust suction assembly includes a dust box arranged in front of the rolling brush assembly in the advancing direction of the cleaning robot. The rolling brush assembly is configured for sweeping garbage on a ground. The dust box is configured for receiving garbage swept by the rolling brush assembly. The present application is beneficial to increasing the volume and storage space of the dust box, reducing the number of times of cleaning the dust box by the user, and improving the user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: YUNJING INTELLIGENCE INNOVATION (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., YUNJING INTELLIGENCE (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junbin Zhang, Weijing Lin, Minzhao Xie, Minhua Sheng, Yun Chen, Zhaoqun Zhu, Yu Ai, Xingyan Li
  • Patent number: 11871890
    Abstract: A cleaner includes: a main body that has an opening; a suction motor that is disposed in the main body and generates suction force; and a filter unit that includes an exhaust filter for filtering air discharged from the suction motor, the filter unit being inserted into the main body through the opening and being separated from the main body, wherein when the filter unit is combined with the main body, a portion of the filter unit protrudes out of the main body, and a portion of the exhaust filter is positioned inside the main body and the other portion of the exhaust filter is positioned outside the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Bohyun Nam, Namhee Kim, Jinju Kim, Hyeonjeong An, Jungbae Hwang, Philjae Hwang, Mantae Hwang, Eunji Sung, Taekgi Lee
  • Patent number: 11871891
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning robot including: a driving unit configured to move the cleaning robot; an obstacle sensor configured to sense an obstacle; and a controller configured to reduce, if a distance between the cleaning robot and the obstacle is shorter than or equal to a reference distance, a driving speed of the cleaning robot so that the driving speed of the cleaning robot is lower than a shock absorbing speed when the cleaning robot contacts the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Soo Jung, Chin Woo Kang, Kyong Su Kim, Kyu Ha Lee, Jong Gap Lee, Jeong Gon Song
  • Patent number: 11871892
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus includes an upright body and a base adapted for movement across a surface to be cleaned, a fluid delivery system, and a recovery system. The surface cleaning apparatus can be configured to clean multiple surfaces, including hard and soft surfaces, and for different cleaning modes, including wet cleaning, dry vacuum cleaning, and self-cleaning. Methods for self-cleaning a surface cleaning apparatus are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Resch, Jacob S. Boles
  • Patent number: 11871893
    Abstract: An endoscopic visualization system (10) includes an endoscopic subsystem (26) comprising an endoscope having an optical channel and an illumination channel, an image sensor operatively coupled to receive light from the optical channel and a solid-state light source operatively coupled to transmit light through the illumination channel; at least one electrical cable extending from the endoscopic subsystem; and a monitor subsystem (12) comprising a frame defining an inner compartment, a display screen and at least one port configured to receive the at least one electrical cable connected to the endoscopic subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Conmed Corporation
    Inventors: Eric J. Peterson, Walter M. DiBacco
  • Patent number: 11871894
    Abstract: A biological information management system includes a first information device including a first communication unit and a second information device including a second communication unit. The first information device is attached to a portion of a subject where a positional relationship with a reference position of the subject changes. The second information device is attached to the reference position or a portion where the positional relationship with the reference position changes. The first information device outputs biological abnormality/normality determination information based on a radio field intensity and a signal waveform of a radio wave received by transmission of a first signal between the first communication unit and the second communication unit when the first information device and the second information device have a predetermined positional relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: TATSUMI RYOKI CO., LTD
    Inventor: Toyoshi Kondo