Patents Issued in January 30, 2024
  • Patent number: 11882937
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, a plurality of floor to ceiling units are provided, with each unit supporting a portion of an article/object to be supported, such as a television or shelving. Each floor to ceiling unit may include a lower leg assembly and an upper leg assembly that are telescopically connected to one another. In use, they extend from a floor to a ceiling, and are provided with mounting assemblies for engaging the floor and ceiling. Arm assemblies provide the direct support for the article to be supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Wayne Robert Hoyt
  • Patent number: 11882938
    Abstract: A method for packaging a bed includes disassembling a headboard into a first headboard, a second headboard, a third headboard, and a fourth headboard; placing one of the first headboard and the second headboard with a back thereof facing upward; placing one of the first headboard and the second headboard with a back thereof facing upward to allow an opening of a first accommodating groove or a second accommodating groove on the back thereof to face upward; placing the third headboard and the fourth headboard side by side with a back facing upward into the accommodating groove, allowing openings of a third accommodating groove and a fourth accommodating groove to face upward; placing stacked slats into the third accommodating groove and the fourth accommodating groove, and placing a first transverse keel, a second transverse keel, and support legs into the third accommodating groove and the fourth accommodating groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: YICHUN YUHONG FURNITURE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bo Yang
  • Patent number: 11882939
    Abstract: A modular furniture system is for a variety of purposes and includes at least one furniture base module consisting of a backrest element, a seat base module, two upholstery elements and a plurality of foot elements. The backrest element and the seat base module are capable of being connected and fastened by the foot elements without the use of tools, so that the furniture base module is capable of being packed ready for assembly in a shipping carton with low dimensions, in particular with dimensions up to 120 cm×60 cm×60 cm, and with a reduced weight, in particular with a weight of less than 30 kg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: VETSAK GMBH
    Inventors: Max Gansow, Marco Heimann, Hubertus Kläs, Thomas Kirn
  • Patent number: 11882940
    Abstract: A cushion body for sitting is provided which can offer good feeling of sitting even to many unspecified users of various body shapes and allow them to be seated more comfortably. A cushion body for sitting (1) includes: a base part (2) having a sitting surface (S1) formed of a curved surface that is curved concavely to support, from below, the buttocks of a seated person in a seated posture; and a pair of side supporting portions (3) each having a side supporting surface (S2) formed of a curved surface that is curved continuously from the sitting surface (S1) of the base part (2), where the pair of side supporting portions (3) project from sides of the base part (2) such that the side supporting portions (3) can be bent and deformed by a load applied to the side supporting surfaces (S2), so as to support both the left and right parts of the buttocks of the seated person in the seated posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: JSP Corporation
    Inventor: Seishiro Murata
  • Patent number: 11882941
    Abstract: A chair structure with electronics support frame includes: a chair body, which includes an armrest; and an electronics support frame, which is located at one side of the armrest. The electronics support frame includes a mounting piece, a foldable pedestal, a claw part, a drive mechanism, and an image capturing device. The mounting piece is formed with an opening. The pedestal is arranged on the mounting piece. The pedestal includes multiple support arms rotatably connected to each other. The pedestal is switchable between a folded condition and an expanded condition. The claw part is arranged at one end of the pedestal and rotatable relative to the pedestal. The drive mechanism is electrically connected with the pedestal and the image capturing device. The image capturing device identifies a face position toward which the claw part is moved by the drive mechanism driving the pedestal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: OXTI PTE LTD
    Inventor: Chih-Feng Ho
  • Patent number: 11882942
    Abstract: An assembly for a seat includes a pivot hub defining multiple rotation axes, and a displacing module attached to the pivot hub. Extendable legs are rotatably coupled to the pivot hub and comprise locking devices movable between an unlocked position, in which the legs, when extended, are enabled to retract, and a locked position, in which the legs, when extended, are prevented from retracting. The legs are rotatable between an intermediate position and a deployed position. When the legs are extended, and when in the intermediate position, the displacing module engages the locking devices to move the locking devices from the locked position to the unlocked position. When the legs are extended, rotating the legs from the intermediate position to the deployed position brings the displacing module out of contact with the locking devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: HILLSOUND EQUIPMENT, INC.
    Inventor: Chang Sun Kang
  • Patent number: 11882943
    Abstract: An adjustable child carrier includes waist belt, a main body, shoulder straps, side attachment tabs, and thigh supports. The side attachment tabs provide lower attachment points for the shoulder straps. The thigh supports cooperate with a seat center portion to form an adjustable bucket seat configurable in a plurality of bucket seat configurations adapted to ergonomically support a child in a corresponding size range in a spread squat position. The upper end portions of the thigh supports can be selectively coupled to the side attachment tabs at multiple mid-section width setting locations and the lower end portions of the thigh supports can be selectively coupled to the waist belt at multiple base width setting locations. The thigh supports are adjustable to set a mid-section width of the adjustable child carrier and a base width of the adjustable bucket seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: The ERGO Baby Carrier, Inc.
    Inventor: Rodney V. Telford
  • Patent number: 11882944
    Abstract: A diaper changing device which can assist parents or other caregivers in changing an infant or other subject's diaper may include a base. The base may be flat. At least one diaper retainer tab may be provided on the base. The at least one diaper retainer tab may be configured to engage and secure a diaper in place on the base. The base and the at least one diaper retainer tab may be used by a caregiver to maintain the diaper in an easily reachable, strategically placed position as the diaper on an infant or adult is changed, allowing a caregiver to operate a front end of the diaper and wrap the front end over the subject. The caregiver may easily and rapidly pull the base frontward from the diaper to disconnect the diaper changing device from the diaper and finalize the diapering process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Rion Hilliard
  • Patent number: 11882945
    Abstract: A child crib includes a frame body, a corner component, a cloth component and a covering member. The cloth component at least partially covers the frame body. The corner component is connected to a handrail and a post of the frame body and exposed out of the cloth component. A first ring-shaped opening structure and a second ring-shaped opening structure are respectively formed by a first side and a second side of a covering body of the covering member. When the first side of the covering body is connected to a first side of the cloth component, by positioning the second side of the covering body on a second side of the cloth component, the first side and the second side of the cloth component are respectively enclosed by the first ring-shaped opening structure and the second ring-shaped opening structure, and the covering member covers the corner component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Lei Xiao, Bo Wu
  • Patent number: 11882946
    Abstract: A child accommodating apparatus is provided and includes a frame, an armrest tube and an armrest rotating mechanism. The armrest tube is rotatably connected with the frame. The armrest rotating mechanism is for rotating the armrest tube. The armrest rotating mechanism includes an engagement device and an operation device. The engagement device is disposed between the armrest tube and the frame and for positioning the armrest tube relative to the frame. The operation device is disposed on the armrest tube and connected with the engagement device. The operation device utilizes a movement of a housing or a movement of a button body to disengage the armrest tube from the frame, which enables the armrest tube to be adjusted relative to the frame between a lifted using configuration and a lowered access configuration. The child accommodating apparatus has advantages of simple structure, reliable locking design, and easy unlocking design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Bambino Prezioso Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Da Liang Zhang, Ganqing Fang
  • Patent number: 11882947
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for displays are disclosed. The display includes a header and a stand, where the stand may be configured to house a plurality of consumer products. The header is movable between a shipping configuration and a display configuration, wherein it is shorter in the shipping configuration and requires little assembly to move to the display configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventor: Terry A. Chow
  • Patent number: 11882948
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a device may include a mounting base and a slidable rack. The mounting base may be configured to couple to a structure and may include a guide extending from the mounting base. The slidable rack may be movably coupled to the guide of the mounting base. The slidable rack can include a substantially triangular base and a member including a proximal end coupled to the substantially triangular base and including a distal end. The slidable rack may further include a first arm assembly coupled to the member and extending adjacent to the substantially triangular base. The first arm assembly includes a plurality of notches that open toward the substantially triangular base. The slidable rack further includes a second arm assembly coupled to the distal end of the member. The second arm assembly may include a plurality of notches that open outward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Quality Wood Designs Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Honermann, Victor Honermann
  • Patent number: 11882949
    Abstract: A frame apparatus for displaying a flat article and a combined frame apparatus and flat article. In one aspect, the frame apparatus includes a display frame defining a rabbet, a stack positioned in the rabbet, and a spacer apparatus. The rabbet is defined by a floor and a wall. The wall includes an engagement feature which may be a channel. The spacer apparatus is positioned in the rabbet and engagement features thereof extend into the channel in the wall od the rabbet to couple the spacer apparatus to the display frame. The spacer assembly may also be in contact with the stack to hold the stack in the rabbet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Scott Kressin, Changhong Huang, Brad William Huff, Weisha Yu
  • Patent number: 11882950
    Abstract: This present invention relates a beverage container carrier comprising a cylindrical vessel receiver for receiving a beverage container, one or more of a tension tab, and one or more of a tension fin. When a beverage container is inserted into the cylindrical vessel receiver it contacts the tension fin. The tension fin and tension tab flex outward creating space within the cylindrical vessel receiver for the beverage container and applying retaining pressure to the beverage container holding it securely within the cylindrical vessel receiver. In exemplary embodiments, the beverage container carrier further comprises a handle slot proximate to the open-top rim for receiving the beverage container handle, and an attachment panel having concealed magnet retention slots. One or more magnets are secured in each of the magnet retention slots and orientated such that the magnets secure the beverage container carrier to ferrous metal objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BevMate, LLC
    Inventors: William D. Bowen, Michael C. Bowen, John W. Bowen
  • Patent number: 11882951
    Abstract: A baseball cap storage device for storing and displaying baseball caps includes a base and a shell. A first mold and an end plate are engaged to and extend from an upper face of the base proximate to a first and second ends of the base, respectively. A second mold is slidably attached to the base and is selectively positionable between the first mold and the end plate. A biaser is attached to the end plate and biases the second mold toward the first mold. The first mold abuts a concave face of a plurality of baseball caps, which are folded and nested. The second mold abuts a convex face of the plurality of baseball caps to fixedly position the plurality of baseball caps between the first and second molds. A shell, which has an open bottom, is selectively positionable upon the base to cover the plurality of baseball caps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Andy Caldwell
  • Patent number: 11882952
    Abstract: A hanger storage device. The hanger storage device may include a container base, the container base may include a floor and one or more sidewalls. The hanger storage device may further include one or more compartments defined at least partially by the floor and the one or more sidewalls; one or more alignment pegs disposed in the one or more compartments, wherein the one or more alignment pegs may be formed in the floor and extend perpendicularly upward therefrom, and wherein the one or more alignment pegs may be configured to receiving a hook portion of the hanger; and a lid, wherein the lid may be configured to secure atop the one or more sidewalls thereby enclosing the one or more compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Neil Reithinger
  • Patent number: 11882953
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a cabinet and an apparatus. The cabinet includes a cabinet housing, a door coupled to the cabinet housing to form a cabinet storage compartment, and a support member mounted in the cabinet storage compartment, the support member having a front surface having a first mounting element. The apparatus has a second mounting element and a locking element. The locking element is alterable between: (1) an unlocked state in which the second mounting element of the apparatus can be coupled and decoupled from the first mounting element of the support member of the cabinet; and (2) a locked state in which the second mounting element of the apparatus is prohibited from being decoupled from the first mounting element of the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: Robern, Inc., Kohler Co
    Inventors: James L Stanley, Jr., Howard Katz, Marwan Estiban, James A. DeHope, Travis Andren
  • Patent number: 11882954
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flower arrangement support system for helping arranged flowers to maintain their shape. The flower arrangement support system includes a box-type frame having a provided on the upper surface of the box-type frame, a support means to support arranged flowers, and a connection means connected to both the box-type frame and the support means so as to prevent the support means from escaping from the box-type frame when the support means rotates. The support means has a first row, a second row, a third row, and an N-th row, and the first row, the second row, the third row, and the N-th row each include a plurality of rotating balls each having a through hole. The connection means is wound once around the rotating balls and includes a sliding member which is located in the box-type frame to be slidable vertically and has an accommodation space therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Youngsil Yu
  • Patent number: 11882955
    Abstract: The system includes a configurable partition curtain track. The partition track may be installed further away from the ceiling to allow other equipment to more easily traverse across the room, without the need to move or adjust the partition track. Moreover, the installation being further removed from the ceiling eliminates the need for a ladder when changing the curtain. The system may include one or more of a loading bracket, an omni cube, an angled tube, a suspension hanger, a wall mount, a handle, a track and/or a telescoping track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: KleenEdge, LLC
    Inventor: Karen Goelst
  • Patent number: 11882956
    Abstract: A cooking adjustment system for a cooking appliance includes a body that defines a cooking cavity. A steam generator system is coupled to the body. The steam generator system is configured to inject steam into the cooking cavity. An air temperature sensor is disposed within the cooking cavity and configured to sense a dry bulb temperature. A food probe has multiple food temperature sensors. At least one of the food temperature sensors is configured to sense a surface temperature of a food item. A controller is communicatively coupled to the steam generator system, the air temperature sensor, and the food probe. The controller is configured to determine a wet bulb temperature utilizing the surface temperature of the food. The controller is configured to adjust relative humidity within the cooking cavity in response to at least one of the wet bulb temperature and the dry bulb temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Andrea Barbieri, Riccardo Loner
  • Patent number: 11882957
    Abstract: Provided is a coffee tamper. The coffee tamper of the disclosure includes a tamper body including a connecting hole communicated in a vertical direction, a guide portion provided in the tamper body and including an inner through-hole communicated to the connecting hole, a central connecting portion of which one side is stopped by the guide portion and of which another side penetrates the inner through-hole and extends downward, a tamping portion provided below the tamper body and configured to couple with the central connecting portion, and a compressing portion provided between the guide portion and the tamping portion and configured to downwardly compress the tamping portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Zae Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 11882958
    Abstract: The invention provides a mixing apparatus. The mixing apparatus includes a first container, wherein the first container comprises: a first port; and a mixing chamber. The mixing apparatus further includes a second container, wherein the second container is adapted to receive the first container, and a seal disposed between the first container and the second container. In addition, the mixing apparatus includes a channel between the first port and the mixing chamber, wherein the channel is defined by the seal and the first container. In some examples, the seal includes: a first seal portion; and a transition seal portion, the transition portion comprising: a seal split; and an air intake channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Britt Roumen, Bart-Jan Zwart
  • Patent number: 11882959
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an interactive beverage system and method comprised for the consumption of a beverage sample by a user before purchasing more of the same or a similar beverage. The interactive beverage system and method provide the user with a beverage data allowing the user to learn about nutritional facts, production details, ingredients, how the beverage was made, interact with the beverage manufacturer, and much more by positioning digital processing devices in various positions relative to a linking article. The linking article of the present invention serves to transmit, actively or passively, an input to the user's digital processing device resulting in a beverage data being displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Johan Eide
  • Patent number: 11882960
    Abstract: An article of cookware has an interior cooking surface that with raised linear or curvilinear bands with an outer layer of a first material that is one of ceramic or metallic in nature to provide cut and abrasion resistance. Valleys or grooves between the raised bands have an outer layer of a second material with low surface energy to facilitate food release and cleaning of debris. The bands are arranged to protect the second material from cutting and abrasion that would damage the second material. The bands aid in enhancing distribution of cooking oil to enhance searing and browning of foods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Vincent Chi-seng Cheng, Tanawat Atichat, Kam Yuen Li
  • Patent number: 11882961
    Abstract: A cooking device is provided. In one embodiment, the cooking device includes a base having a recessed cavity arranged in a top surface. The cooking device can also include a heating element arranged within the recessed cavity of the base. A first bracket can be positioned on the base, and a cooking plate can be positioned on the top surface of the base. A lid assembly can be provided and can include a cover plate configured to be removably positioned over the cooking plate. The cover plate can include a plurality of through-holes arranged therein. A second bracket can be positioned on the cover plate and it can be configured to couple to the first bracket such that the lid assembly is connected to and rotatable relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Simon Christopher Smith, Nathaniel R. Lavins
  • Patent number: 11882962
    Abstract: A live-fire grill has been developed with a central opening and one or more adjustable accessories. In one example, the central opening is covered by a central grate to provide a more typical grilling experience. In another example, the central grate is raised to prevent food loss down the central opening. Surrounding the central opening is a griddle with an outer periphery defining a retention ledge. The retention ledge serves as a backstop to prevent food falling off the griddle and onto the ground. Attached to the grill is one or more rods holding one or more adjustable accessories. The accessories automatically lock in position and may be adjusted both horizontally and vertically. In one example, the accessory is an adjustable grate with 360 degrees of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Norris Manufacturing Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Lee Norris, Daron Lee Norris
  • Patent number: 11882963
    Abstract: A grill cover is configured to be utilized with a grill having a metallic component, the grill cover includes a cover body, a magnetic fastener, and a secondary fastener. The cover body presents an outer edge disposed along a bottom side and a cover void therein configured to receive the grill therein. The magnetic fastener and the secondary fastener are each secured to the cover body. The magnetic fastener is configured to provide a magnetic force to keep the magnetic fastener selectively secured to the metallic component of the grill so as to keep the cover body in place around the grill therein. The secondary fastener is configured to reduce a cross-sectional area of the cover void so as to prevent the grill cover from being removed from the grill while the secondary fastener is emplaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MODUS LIGHT, LLC
    Inventor: Joshua Drew Walker
  • Patent number: 11882964
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are directed to automated preparation of food or consumable items, such as for preparation of fried foods. An example cooking apparatus may include processing devices for the consumable items. In some examples, a robot arm is provided that extends from a moveable base. Locators may define a relative position of the moveable base relative to processing device(s) of the cooking apparatus, such that the robot arm is configured to determine robot arm movements to move the consumable items to and from the processing device(s). In some examples, one or more zones may be used to detect movement near a robot arm, with one or more restrictions being placed upon robot arm and/or base movement in response. In some examples, a cooking apparatus provides automated transport of food ingredients for preparation of food or other consumable items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Lab2Fab. LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Lewis Tanaka, Hogan Hall Hempy, Peter Elliot Ishiguro, Shawn Michael Lange, Cory David Lent, John Paul Norman
  • Patent number: 11882965
    Abstract: A micro puree machine has a mixing shaft attachable to a blade that is subject to both linear and rotational movement. A drive motor is contained within a lower portion of the machine housing and operatively couples to a first gear that engages a second gear on the mixing shaft for rotation of the mixing blade. A position motor within the upper housing operates to move the mixing blade linearly to engage the ingredients in the bowl. During both axial and rotational movement of the mixing shaft, the drive motor and the position motor remain stationary within their respective positions in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
    Inventors: Ping Chu, Thomas Zhang, Yanfeng Wang, Ming Li Shi, Xu Sheng Deng, Kai Ping Hu
  • Patent number: 11882966
    Abstract: A walk-in tub design that can also act as a standard bathtub via a hub that can be moved out of the way, and is capable of converting from a standard walk-in shower to a standard bathtub in the lowered position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Robert J. Sechrest, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11882967
    Abstract: A unit may output a content and may communicate with a user's mobile phone, tablet, personal activity tracker, wearable computer, and/or health monitor. For example, the unit may include a housing, a reflective mirror, a processor, an electronic display, a speaker, and a network interface. For example, the unit may be capable of monitoring a health factor (e.g., a heart rate) during various activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Roman Tsibulevskiy, Barry Greenbaum
  • Patent number: 11882968
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dispenser system comprising a dispenser and a replaceable liquid container, and a dispensing mechanism causing fluid to be discharged from the liquid container upon actuation and comprising a pump unit for discharging said liquid; said dispenser also comprising a detection unit for detecting displacement of said pump unit; and wherein information related to said displacement can be transmitted to an external computer unit. The pump unit is configured with a displaceable element which, upon actuation, has a linear motion during discharging of liquid, that the displaceable element interacts with a rotating gear element, and that the gear element is associated with a sensor of the magnetometer type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Dan Wanninger, Erol Searfoss, Peter Bergman
  • Patent number: 11882969
    Abstract: A robotic cleaner executing operations such as capturing data indicative of locations of objects in a workspace through which the robot moves; generating or updating a map of at least a part of the workspace based on at least the data; and navigating based on the map or an updated map of the workspace. The robotic cleaner may include a side brush with a main body with at least one attachment point and at least one bundle of bristles attached to the at least one attachment point of the main body, wherein the bristles are between 50 to 90 millimeters in length and positioned between 5 to 30 degrees with respect to a horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: AI Incorporated
    Inventor: Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi
  • Patent number: 11882970
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaning device and a sweeping assembly thereof. The sweeping assembly includes: a brush holder; a brush body arranged in the brush holder, and including a cleaning part and a connecting part connected to each other, the connecting part being further connected to the driver to rotate the brush body, the cleaning part including a brush member protruding outward therefrom; and an anti-winding structure arranged at the connecting part, and configured to fill up a gap between the brush holder and the connecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd., Beijing Rockrobo Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liang Qiao, Xing Li, Yongfeng Xia
  • Patent number: 11882971
    Abstract: An extraction cleaning machine includes a housing with a bottom portion that is adapted to rest on a surface to be cleaned, a fluid delivery system including a fluid distributor, a fluid extraction system including a suction nozzle, at least one carriage assembly mounting an agitation assembly to the housing for movement with respect thereto and with respect to the surface to be cleaned, and an ultraviolet light mounted on at least one of the housing and the carriage assembly to emit ultraviolet light onto the surface to be cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventors: Phong Hoang Tran, Charles A. Reed, Jr., Jeremy Moog, Eric C. Huffman
  • Patent number: 11882972
    Abstract: A fluid delivery system for a surface cleaning apparatus includes a fluid container configured for storing a fluid, a fluid distributor configured for delivering the fluid to a surface to be cleaned, and a flow controller configured for controlling a flow of the fluid from the fluid container to the fluid distributor. The flow controller includes an adjustable valve and is configured for operating in a first mode of operation that supplies the fluid to the fluid distributor at a first volumetric flow rate; a second mode of operation that supplies the fluid to the fluid distributor at a second volumetric flow rate that is lower than the first volumetric flow rate; and a third mode of operation that supplies the fluid to the fluid distributor at a third volumetric flow rate that is lower than the second volumetric flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventors: YunMing Huang, JianPing Ran, JingShan Wang
  • Patent number: 11882973
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus having a cleaning member movably arranged at a housing, the cleaning member having a cleaning portion for engaging a surface to be cleaned; a handle member connects with and is resiliently movable between a raised position and a lower position so that when the handle member is arranged at the raised position, a resilient member operably connecting the handle member with the housing is substantially compressed thereby applying a pressing force onto the cleaning member towards the surface to be cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Mark Kaleta
  • Patent number: 11882974
    Abstract: Proposed is ultrasonic spoon washing apparatus and method, which use ultrasonic waves generated by one or more ultrasonic oscillators provided on a vertical side wall of polygonal surfaces of a wash tub, so that spoons contained in a spoon support part rotating forward/in reverse may very efficiently and conveniently be washed while the number of revolutions changes for each washing stage, the apparatus including: a frame body; the wash tub mounted inside the frame body; one or more ultrasonic oscillators provided on an outer side of the vertical side wall; a forward/reverse rotation support part including a support shaft and a rotation support pipe; a spoon support part including a holder and a spoon accommodation container; a rinsing water supply part configured to spray the rinsing water together with a rinsing aid; and a wastewater and foreign material discharge part configured to discharge, to the outside, wastewater and foreign materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Hi Ok An
  • Patent number: 11882975
    Abstract: A dishwasher may utilize a multi-level dishwasher rack that in some instances may be reconfigurable into different configurations to optimize the rack for different types and/or combinations of utensils. A movable divider may be used in some instances to selectively expose a deep portion of a rack, and a drawer may be used in some instances to provide access utensils stored underneath a divider. A movable portion of a bottom of a rack may also be used in some instances to provide different support surfaces in the rack at different elevations. A tubular spray element or another rotatable spray tube may also be positioned relative to a multi-level dishwasher rack in some instances to facilitate concentrated washing of different facing surfaces of different utensils stored in the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Robert M. Digman, Mark W. Wilson, Garen Gibbs
  • Patent number: 11882976
    Abstract: A liquid distributor for a liquid-transfer system of a conveyor dishwasher has first, second and third connections. The liquid sprayed in at least one final-rinse zone of the conveyor dishwasher can be fed to the liquid distributor via the first connection, wherein some of the liquid fed to the liquid distributor can be discharged, via the second connection, to a line system which can be connected to the second connection, and wherein the rest of the liquid fed to the liquid distributor can be discharged, via the third connection, to at least one line system which can be connected to the third connection. The liquid distributor has an interchangeable aperture component, which defines the fraction of liquid which is fed to the liquid distributor via its first connection and is to be discharged, via the second connection, to the line system which can be connected to the second connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Frank Zoller, Matthias Lange, Gerhard Frei
  • Patent number: 11882977
    Abstract: A liquid recirculation system having a pump for recirculating liquid and a liquid filtering system for filtering the recirculating liquid. The liquid filtering system includes a filter disposed in the recirculation flow path to filter the liquid and a flow diverter or flow diverter to aid in cleaning the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Barry E. Tuller, Rodney M. Welch
  • Patent number: 11882978
    Abstract: A dishwasher for treating dishes according to a cycle of operation, the dishwasher comprising a chassis, a tub supported by the chassis and at least partially defining a treating chamber for receiving dishes, a structural element extending from the chassis along the tub and defining a socket; and a drain line extending between an inlet and an outlet and received in the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Mateusz Michal Wolowicz, Pawel Krzysztof Kolodziej, Radoslaw Pawel Jonczyk
  • Patent number: 11882979
    Abstract: An appliance includes a tub defining a wash chamber, and a centrifugal pump in fluid communication with the wash chamber. The centrifugal pump includes a motor housing, a motor disposed in the motor housing, and a fluid impeller coupled to the motor. A diffuser housing assembly includes a first diffuser housing portion and a second diffuser housing portion. The first diffuser housing portion includes a groove and the second diffuser housing portion includes an extrusion. A diffuser vane is positioned on the motor housing. The diffuser vane engages in the groove of the first diffuser housing portion. The extrusion of the second diffuser housing portion encloses the diffuser vane into the diffuser housing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Edward Durham, Adam Christopher Hofmann
  • Patent number: 11882980
    Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing chamber, a controller apparatus configured to perform a wash program from a number of wash programs for washing items to be washed arranged in the washing chamber, an optical sensor configured to capture an optical sensor signal of the washing chamber during performance of the wash program, and an evaluating unit configured to ascertain a subsequent loading of items to be washed by a user as a function of the captured optical sensor signal of the washing chamber, to determine a point in time of the subsequent loading in the wash program, and to perform a predetermined action as a function of the ascertained subsequent loading and the determined point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Maria Terrádez Alemany, Kai Paintner, Matthias Heckes, Daniel Hitzler
  • Patent number: 11882981
    Abstract: An operating assembly for use with a sink or bathtub having at least one fluid-holding basin and a basin drain includes an actuator and a housing. The housing includes a plug structure at, or near, a bottom portion of the housing for selectively blocking the basin drain and a drain valve comprising an inlet adjacent a bottom portion of the housing controlled by the actuator to be in an open position or a closed position. The inlet of the drain valve is provided on a first side of the housing, and the outlet of the drain valve is provided on a second side of the housing opposite the first side and directs fluid into the plug structure. The plug structure mates with the basin drain to prevent fluid in the basin from escaping into the drain other than through the drain valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Sink Tech, LLC
    Inventor: Declan Morgan
  • Patent number: 11882982
    Abstract: A shoe sanitizing assembly includes a pan that is positionable adjacent to an entry of a building such that the pan can to be stepped in by patrons of the building. A plurality of biasing members is each coupled to and extends upwardly from the pan. A mat is positionable on top of the plurality of biasing members such that the patrons of the building step on the mat when the patrons pass through the entry. A pair of fluid reservoirs is provided that each contains a fluid and each of the fluid reservoirs is positioned in the pan. A plurality of pumps is each positioned in the pan. Each of the pumps is actuated when the mat is stepped upon to spray a measured amount of the fluid outwardly through the mat onto soles of shoes worn by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Hakimeh Rezayi
  • Patent number: 11882983
    Abstract: A vacuum nozzle system has a vacuum nozzle with an inlet opening for engaging a surface to be vacuumed and an outlet opening for connection to a vacuum supply hose. The inlet opening is delimited by a circumferential end face. The nozzle defining a vacuum flow direction from the inlet opening to the outlet opening. A holder bracket has a holder for holding the nozzle. The holder is disposed downstream of the end face in a vacuum flow in the vacuum flow direction when the nozzle is in a retained position on the holder bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Sonny's Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Fazio, Anthony Analetto, David Guzman, Michael Doty
  • Patent number: 11882984
    Abstract: A vacuum attachment tool includes a hollow body extending from a first end to a second end and defining a flow path, and a conduit connector disposed at the second end of the hollow body. The conduit connector includes an inner collar having an inner diameter sized to receive a first vacuum conduit having a first diameter, and an outer collar having an inner diameter sized to receive a second vacuum conduit having a second diameter greater than the first diameter. The outer collar is formed separately from the inner collar and is coupled to the inner collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Matthew A. Williams, Devdatta Namdev Shingate, Bo Shi, Christopher Burch, Vikas Mahadev Jadhav, Douglas C. Schultz, Rahul Shrihari Doke
  • Patent number: 11882985
    Abstract: A vacuuming device. The device includes a sensor connected to at least a suction head, and is configured to sense a parameter of foreign object debris (FOD) in the suction head. The device also includes a positioning sensor connected to the suction head and configured to ascertain a position of the suction head within an area in which the device is located. The device also includes a computer in communication with the sensor and the positioning sensor. The computer is programmed to classify the FOD using the parameter, and use the position of the suction head to determine a pick-up location of the FOD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Rahul C. Thakkar, Robert John Rencher, Surya Pandrangi
  • Patent number: 11882986
    Abstract: A floor types identifying device for use in a vacuum cleaner is disclosed, and comprises a current sensing unit coupled and a processing and controlling module. When a suction head is moved, a driving current of a roller brush driving motor is detected by the current sensing unit, such that the processing and controlling module judges that the suction head is moved on a specific floor that has a hard surface, a short-pile-carpeted surface or a long-pile-carpeted surface according to a variation of the driving current. Therefore, for a vacuum cleaner that is integrated with the floor types identifying device of the present invention, both suction power of the vacuum cleaner and driving power of the roller driving motor can be properly adjusted in response to the floor's surficial material type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: TALENTONE HONG KONG LIMITED
    Inventors: Chia-Chang Hsu, Fu-Yuen Fong, Kwok Lit Chan