Patents Issued in June 11, 2024
  • Patent number: 12004645
    Abstract: An articulated adjustable foot, including a support base, designed at least partially in an elastomeric manner, including a mounting surface to rest on a support surface, and a ball receptacle, which is open on one side, for a ball that is attached to the end of a shaft. The ball receptacle is delimited beneath the ball by a reinforcement disk, which is embedded into the elastomer and has a central hole, in which the underside of the ball is supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: OTTO GANTER GMBH & CO. KG NORMTEILEFABRIK
    Inventor: Thilo Hofmann
  • Patent number: 12004646
    Abstract: A rack for storing goods has supports which extend between crossbeams. The supports are downwardly open profiles having a first and a second side wall. A horizontal wall connects the side walls and forms a goods support. At least one crossbeam has two slots, each with a locking projection that engages in an opening in the respective side wall. The openings are located in short end portions of the side walls. Central portions form a majority length of the side walls. The end portions are separated from the central portions by a slot which extends from the lower edge of the side wall over a portion of the height of the side wall. The end portions have in the direction toward the lower edge thereof a wall extent which in comparison with the wall extent on the central portion is offset in the direction toward the profile center plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: NEDCON B.V.
    Inventor: Erwin Straatsma
  • Patent number: 12004647
    Abstract: An apparatus for carrying sound production components is disclosed, comprising a rigid frame including vertically interspaced first, second, and third surfaces. Each of the first surface, second surface, and third surface releasably engage with a plurality of sound production components. A first wing and a second wing are pivotally mounted to the third surface to releasably engage with at least one of the plurality of sound production components. A bag receives the rigid frame in a folded configuration and encloses the rigid frame and the plurality of sound production components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Kenneth Martini
  • Patent number: 12004648
    Abstract: A wrist support apparatus (100) for computer work, includes: a main body (110) which is a frame; and a support member (120), wherein the main body (110) includes a bottom portion (113), and side portions (111) extending upward from both sides of the bottom portion (113) in the width direction and facing each other. The support member (120) includes a support main body (121) made of an extendable material. The support main body (121) extends along the outer surfaces of the bottom portion (113) and the both side portions (111), is spaced apart from the bottom portion (113) in the upward direction so as to extend in the width direction between the both side portions (111), and forms a closed loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Eun Kyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 12004649
    Abstract: A table with a stabilizing system is disclosed. The table has a primary shaft having a bottom portion, a lower portion, and an upper portion, wherein the primary shaft has a cut-out at a bottom portion, a locking hole at a lower portion, and a stabilization mounting hole at the upper portion, a secondary shaft inserted into the primary shaft and when inserted, movably affixed to the primary shaft, wherein the secondary shaft has a bottom portion, a lower portion, and an upper portion, and wherein the secondary shaft a locking hole at the lower portion, and a stabilization mounting hole at the upper portion, a pivot positioned through the primary shaft stabilization mounting hole and the secondary shaft mounting hole to movably affix the secondary shaft to the primary shaft about a single point of movement, a lock positioned through the primary shaft locking hole and the secondary shaft locking hole, wherein the lock fastens the secondary shaft to the primary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Ronald Giery
  • Patent number: 12004650
    Abstract: A facilitated entry and exit seating system allows a person to rest in a hair salon style chair without the obstruction of a footrest. The seat portion rotates so that the footrest is at the side of the seat. The person enters and the seat is rotated to allow for use of the footrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Scott W. Brooks
  • Patent number: 12004651
    Abstract: A bed system can have an adjustable foundation and a user interface having at least one adjustment bar. The user interface can be communicatively coupled to an actuation system of the adjustable foundation such that raising a foot portion of the at least one adjustment bar can signal the actuation system to raise a foot section of the adjustable foundation, raising a head portion of the adjustment bar can signal the actuation system to raise a head section of the adjustable foundation, lowering the foot portion of the adjustment bar can signal the actuation system to lower the foot section of the adjustable foundation, and lowering the head portion of the adjustment bar can signal the actuation system to lower the head section of the adjustable foundation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
    Inventors: David Smith, Antony Kirk
  • Patent number: 12004652
    Abstract: Disclosed is a joint device of a folding bed, which includes: a first connecting arm for connecting a supporting leg of the folding bed, with a through-hole provided thereon, a second connecting arm for connecting a frame of the folding bed, the second connecting arm being connected on an upper end part of the first connecting arm through a rotating shaft, and a connection locking mechanism including two pressing pieces arranged respectively on each side of the second connecting arm, each of the pressing pieces being connected with a hook, and the two pressing pieces being slidable toward or away from each other through springs, so that the hook passes through the second connecting arm and is hooked to or detached from the through-hole, thereby allowing the second connecting arm and the first connecting arm to be locked or unlocked relatively to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Bosaidong Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tianshi Cui
  • Patent number: 12004653
    Abstract: Various sheet configurations that improve mattress fit are described. For example, sheets having elastic corners, gripping mechanisms, and faceted side panels are provided that enhance sheet-to-mattress fit. The features employed by some or all of the versions of the sheet described herein enhance interconnection of the sheet onto the mattress, wherein sheets securely interconnect to mattresses having rounded corners or maintain fit with mattresses that have portions that selectively move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: THE QUICKZIP SHEET COMPANY
    Inventor: Elizabeth Sopher
  • Patent number: 12004654
    Abstract: Compressible mattress assemblies for bed in a box applications generally include a first foam layer and a second foam layer, wherein the first foam layer has a thickness less than the second foam layer and has a property and/or a foam material that is different from the second foam layer. In other embodiments, the compressible mattress assemblies consist of a pocketed microcoil array intermediate the first and second polymeric foam layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: DREAMWELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Richard F. Gladney, Robert Hellyer, Christopher Chunglo
  • Patent number: 12004655
    Abstract: A stackable rocking chair has a seat, a back, a right front leg and a left front leg attached to the seat, a right rocker and a left rocker, a right rear leg connected to the seat and the right rocker and a left rear leg connected to the seat and the left rocker, a right arm and a left arm that extend from the back and an arm support for each arm. The lower end of each arm support is attached to a rocker and the upper end of each arm support is attached to an arm. Each arm support is adjacent and substantially parallel to one of the front legs, such that there is a gap between the front leg and the arm support. One stackable rocker can be stacked on another stackable rocker by positioning the rockers of one chair within the gaps in the other chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventor: Matthew Goodworth
  • Patent number: 12004656
    Abstract: A power shop stool that is battery powered and is a personal lifting device. The combination of components leads to a small compact device and allows a worker to adjust the seat height from 6? to 24? from floor lever in a vertical up and down fashion and it has the capability of stopping anywhere in between 6 inches and 24 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventors: Eric Brittingham, Kevin Ferguson
  • Patent number: 12004657
    Abstract: The invention discloses an automatic folding chair, comprising: a chair seat and a folding chair frame, wherein the folding chair frame comprises an automatic folding assembly, a rear supporting seat, and two front supporting seats symmetrically arranged on the left and the right; the automatic folding assembly comprises an adapter, a telescopic rod, and second connecting rods; the telescopic rod is further provided with a self-locking piece, and the self-locking piece has a locked state and an unlocked state; in the locked state, the self-locking piece can restrict the telescopic rod to expand and contract, which can improve the stability of the chair; in the unlocked state, the telescopic rod can actively expand and contract, which can simplify the user's operation and improve the convenience of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Yichen Jin
  • Patent number: 12004658
    Abstract: A shooting rest chair, components thereof, and associated methods. The shooting rest chair includes a base configured to rest on a support surface. A seat supported by the base is sized and shaped to support a shooter when the shooter is sitting in the seat. A pivot hub is supported by the base and connects the base to the seat. A weapon support arm assembly connects to the pivot hub by a first pivot connection. The weapon support arm assembly is configured to support the weapon and is pivotable with respect to the base and the seat about the first pivot connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: AOB Products Company
    Inventors: Seth Wheeler, Timothy S. Kinney, Ryan Varnum, Ryan Lovold, Aaron Wood, Michael Cottrell, Matthew Kinamore, James Tayon
  • Patent number: 12004659
    Abstract: The present invention relates to seat systems, and more specifically to seat systems suitable for supporting users sitting in a cross-legged or kneeling position during activities such as meditation. Sitting closer to the ground, cross-legged, and/or kneeling enables the brain to easily enter a parasympathetic mode, providing users of the seat system a greater sense of calmness. The Multi-Angle Knee blocks (MAKs) offer a greater level of hip support for users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: UNGLOO LLC
    Inventor: Perry E. Towle
  • Patent number: 12004660
    Abstract: A backrest includes a primary frame having a pair of laterally spaced first uprights defining a first opening therebetween, a first front surface and a first rear surface. A secondary frame includes a pair of laterally spaced second uprights defining a second opening therebetween, a second rear surface facing the first front surface of the primary frame and a second front surface, wherein the secondary frame is coupled to the primary frame, and wherein at least portions of the first and second openings are aligned. A flexible shell overlies and is coupled to the second front surface of the secondary frame. The flexible shell includes a third rear surface visible through the aligned portions of the first and second openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt R. Heidmann, Pascal Rolf Hien, Jeffrey A. Hall, John Colasanti, Michael Yancharas
  • Patent number: 12004661
    Abstract: An outdoor chair is provided that can include a seat, a pair of front legs, a pair of rear legs, a backrest, and a pair of armrests. The pair of front legs and the pair of back legs can both depend from the seat. The backrest can be disposed adjacent to the seat. The pair of armrests can be coupled to the front legs and the backrest, where each armrest can be coupled to the backrest with a flared protrusion. The rear legs can include an angled leg extension and the seat can include a plurality of horizontal slats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: FINDLAY MACHINE & TOOL, LLC
    Inventor: Nickolas Reinhart
  • Patent number: 12004662
    Abstract: A furniture system includes an office productivity structure (OPS). The furniture system also includes a sensor coupled to the OPS, the sensor operable to detect occupancy of the OPS and generate an output signal indicative of the occupancy; and a processor coupled to the sensor. The processor is operable to receive the output signal generated by the sensor, determine, based on the output signal, that the OPS is occupied, and, in response to determining that the OPS is occupied, generate a command to initiate at least one action associated with the OPS or an operator of the OPS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: MillerKnoll, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Hoyt, Daniel Rucker, Joseph Doran, Brian Alexander, Adam Daley-Fell
  • Patent number: 12004663
    Abstract: Elements of the present disclosure provide chair apparatus comprising: a seat comprising: a top portion configured to contact at least a portion of a user of the chair apparatus, and a bottom portion; a back support secured to the bottom portion, the back support configured to contact at least a portion of the user of the chair apparatus; a chair base comprising: a cylinder, a first end of the cylinder securing to the bottom portion of the seat, a cylinder base secured to a second end of the cylinder, one or more legs secured to the cylinder base; a table system comprising: a table arm revolvably secured to the cylinder such that the table arm is configured to axially rotate independently and undisturbed around the seat and the back support, and a table portion hingedly connected to the table arm and positioned above the top portion of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: L2 Furniture, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence Hough, Leonte Benton
  • Patent number: 12004664
    Abstract: A merchandise access system for a retail merchandise display is provided. The system includes a product support structure, a door and a brake. The product support structure defines a product storage area. The product storage area is formed between a front end and rear end of the product support structure. The door is transitionable between an open orientation in which selected product of the plurality of product can be removed from the product storage area and a closed orientation in which the plurality of product cannot be removed from the product storage area. The brake transitions between a braking position that prevents unselected product of the plurality of product from being moved towards the front end due to a biasing force and a release position in which the unselected product can move towards the front end due to the biasing force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin J. Campbell, Jeffrey A. Comstock, Jeffery E. Dahl
  • Patent number: 12004665
    Abstract: A display container includes (a) an enclosure having a container body and a lid mounted to the container body to enclose an interior chamber for storing botanical samples. The lid includes a lens defining an optical axis. The container body includes (i) an open top covered by the lid and defined by an opening, (ii) an interior base surface in the interior chamber and defined by an area smaller than that of the opening, the optical axis intersecting the base surface, and (iii) an interior sidewall surface sloping toward the base surface. The display container further includes (b) one or more scent ports extending through the lid, and (c) a port blocking member attached to the lid and movable between a closed position for blocking the scent ports and an open position for sampling an aroma of the botanical samples through the scent ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: All Plastic, Inc.
    Inventors: William Thomas Smith, Cheryl Ann Smith
  • Patent number: 12004666
    Abstract: A knife station includes a knife block defining a plurality of slots for receiving a plurality of cutlery objects. A locking assembly selectively locks the cutlery objects in their respective slot, e.g., using a locking pin that passes through an aperture in the blade. A controller is operably coupled to an audio device, such as a microphone, for receiving voice commands. The voice commands are converted to text commands using AI-based speech recognition technology and the text commands are compared to a database of text commands to identify a target cutlery object from the cutlery objects in the knife block. The controller may then illuminate a light emitting diode next to the target cutlery and unlock only that piece of cutlery so that the user may withdraw it from the knife block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Abdel Hamad, Srikanth Raavi Venkata, Nabil Alhaffar
  • Patent number: 12004667
    Abstract: A stemware retention device for preventing tipping of stemware includes a first plate, which is substantially planar. Each slot of a set of slots extends into the first plate from its perimeter. A spacing element, which is attached to and which extends from a lower face of the first plate, supports the first plate above a substantially horizontal surface, such as a tabletop. A plurality of panels is attached to from the first plate's lower face so that each slot is bracketed by a pair of panels. Each panel extends from the first plate to proximate to the substantially horizontal surface. The panels are resiliently flexible so that each pair of panels can engage a base of an article of stemware as its stem is inserted into a respective slot. Thus, tipping of the article of stemware relative to the substantially horizontal surface is inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: John Lord
  • Patent number: 12004668
    Abstract: A device for hanging and displaying garments in an aesthetically pleasing manner, and methods of using the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Jersey Racks LLC
    Inventor: Samuel Maccarone
  • Patent number: 12004669
    Abstract: The invention is a shoe cover dispenser (10) comprising a container (1) with two opposite containment sides (11, 12) and an opening for the insertion of a foot, and a plurality of shoe covers (2, 3) contained in said container (1), each shoe cover (2, 3) in turn comprising a covering provided with an opening (21, 31) for the insertion of a foot. Each shoe cover (2, 3) comprises a flexible strip (A, B) constrained along a part of the edge (22, 32) of said opening (21, 31) of the covering, and wherein the ends (A1, A2, B1, B2) of said strip (A, B) are respectively constrained to said opposite sides (11, 12), so that said strip is forcedly held between said sides (11, 12) while assuming the form of a U.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: V.Z. Group SAGL
    Inventor: Davide Zogno
  • Patent number: 12004670
    Abstract: Disclosed is an automated key and mail storage apparatus that includes a container with one open side; a flexible cover; a mail holder; and a plurality of key holders. The magnetic strip secures a plurality of keys within the key and mail storage apparatus. The keys include metal rings that adhere to the magnetic strip. The motor end brackets is attached at each end at the top of the container to support a shaft. Attached to the shaft is motor which rotates the shaft. The flexible cover is attached to shaft and rolls up and down based on the motor rotation. The mail holder is attached to the back of container to provide storage of the mails. The key holders are attached to the back of container to provide storage of the keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Cameron Todd Gunn
  • Patent number: 12004671
    Abstract: A temperature controlled delivery appliance and a method of operating the same are provided. The temperature-controlled delivery appliance includes a storage container, a climate control system, a sanitization assembly, and a locking mechanism. The sanitization assembly may include an ultraviolet light assembly or an ozone generator that may be selectively activated after a delivery to sanitize the delivered items. The locking mechanism locks the door of the temperature-controlled delivery appliance to prevent user access during a sanitization cycle, as well as to prevent other unauthorized access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald Gary Foster
  • Patent number: 12004672
    Abstract: A package receiving device (1) for receiving a package (3) includes a mounting panel (5a), a bottom panel (5b) and at least one side panel (7). The package receiving device (1) and corresponding panels (5,7) thereof being operable in at least one first configuration where the mounting, bottom and side panels (5a,5b,7) are collapsed onto one another into a reduced space, with the at least one side panel (7) being placeable between the bottom and mounting panels (5b,5a), and being containable within a spanning width (1) defined by the bottom and mounting panels (5b,5a). The package receiving device (1) and corresponding panels (5,7) thereof being further operable in at least one second configuration where the panels (5,7) are deployed and positioned with respect to one another in order to define a containment space being shaped and sized for containing the package (3) therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: ALEXIA HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Evangelidis, Angelo Pasto
  • Patent number: 12004673
    Abstract: A lightweight multiple plant hanger is made from flexible straps, designed to hold multiple containers of varying sizes. Predetermined size loops are made from flexible horizontal straps by cutting it to the right size and sewing the ends together. The premade flexible horizontal straps are perpendicularly attached to vertical flexible straps to form openings for the containers. Said vertical straps are hanged on a rigid support by loops made from the same vertical straps. The rigid support has cutouts to guide the vertical straps. The multiple plant hanger can be as a single column or multiple columns connected together by the same premade horizontal straps. For taller plants, an optional attachment (fabric covered wire) can be used by twisting it around the two vertical straps and cover half of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Ruta Bandzeviciene
  • Patent number: 12004674
    Abstract: A neck pillow bladder assembly includes a neck pillow that is curved into a U-shape for positioning around a user's neck. A compartment is integrated into the neck pillow and a bladder is insertable into the compartment in the neck pillow. The bladder can be filled with a fluid beverage and a tube is fluidly attachable to the bladder to receive the fluid beverage. Additionally, the tube is exposed when the bladder is positioned in the compartment to facilitate a user to drink the liquid beverage from the tube. A mouthpiece is fluidly coupled to the tube for positioning in the user's mouth to facilitate the user to drink the liquid beverage from the mouthpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Darwin Toliver
  • Patent number: 12004675
    Abstract: A mounting bracket lock may be configured to secure the mounting bracket of a window treatment housing to a rail of the housing. The mounting bracket lock may be slidably attachable to the rail and, when in a locked position, may prevent the mounting bracket from detaching from the rail. The mounting bracket lock may include a body that is mountable to the rail. The body may include a first portion that slidably attaches to the rail, and a second portion that receives a portion of the rail and a portion of the mounting bracket, thereby securing the mounting bracket in a locked position relative to the rail. The body of the mounting bracket lock may define one or more projections that extend therefrom, and that engage in a friction fit between corresponding surfaces of the mounting bracket when the mounting bracket lock is in the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventor: Brian Filko
  • Patent number: 12004676
    Abstract: A prepared for print (PFP) light-blocking element has a scoured fabric with face side and back side, and a dried and non-foamed color-masking composition on the back side at a coverage of 5-75 g/m2. This dried and non-foamed color-masking composition contains a tinting component and a film-forming polymeric binder having a Tg of less than 25° C. The light-blocking element further has a cured, crushed, and dried foamed opacifying layer disposed on the dried and non-foamed color-masking composition. The dried and non-foamed color-masking composition effectively reduces visual perception on the uncoated face side as measured by a ?E value as determined from ?L*, ?a*, and ?b* CEILAB color values, to be <2, compared to visual perception on the uncoated face side of the same treated fabric when the cured, crushed, and dried foamed opacifying layer is absent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Mridula Nair
  • Patent number: 12004677
    Abstract: A method for brewing Japanese-style iced coffee with a single-serve beverage dispenser includes dispensing heated water onto coffee grounds disposed within a brew chamber of a brew module, flowing brewed coffee from the brew chamber into an ice chamber of an iced coffee module, the brewed coffee flowing over ice within the ice chamber, and flowing the iced brewed coffee from the ice chamber into a container. A related single-serve beverage dispenser is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Alden Junge, Danister Abeygunawardana
  • Patent number: 12004678
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a beverage capsule for use in a brewed beverage machine including a piercing element, the capsule comprising: a container defining an interior volume including a base configured for being perforated upon contact with a piercing element; a filter assembly disposed in the interior volume and dividing the interior volume into a first chamber for receiving beverage ingredients and a brewing medium and a second chamber, the assembly comprising: a filter element; and a registration element disposed above the filter element and configured for disposing the filter assembly into the container, wherein the filter element separates the registration element from the second chamber and is arranged to be contacted and pierced by the piercing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Nexe Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Darren Joseph Footz, Kevin Tsuyuki Tomlinson, Kian Karimi
  • Patent number: 12004679
    Abstract: A coffee maker (10) provides a controlled release of heated water into brewing material (28). In one embodiment the coffee maker (10) includes a spiraling nozzle (74) releasing heated water over the brewing material held (74) in the coffee maker (10). The nozzle (74) provides a single release point at each instant providing improved exposure of the brewing material (28) to the heated water. In another embodiment the coffee maker (10) includes a rotating sprinkler arm (202a) releasing heated water into the brewing material (74). In either embodiment motion may be provided by the flow of heated water, or by an electric motor (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Adrian Rivera
  • Patent number: 12004680
    Abstract: A beverage brewing system with a beverage server and a brewer. The beverage server includes an information device to store a beverage recipe. The brewer includes a communication device to wirelessly read the recipe from the beverage server. During the brewing process, the brewer reads the recipe from the beverage server and sends control signals to create a brewed beverage according to the beverage recipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: BUNN-O-MATIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Josh Craig, Prashanth Sankaran
  • Patent number: 12004681
    Abstract: The disclosure introduces a beverage cooling device, including a body, a first cooling tank, a second cooling tank, a cooling pipeline, a cleaning module and a control unit. The first cooling tank is configured in the body and filled with a first coolant; the second cooling tank is configured in the body and filled with a second coolant; the cooling pipeline includes a first pipeline and a second pipeline, wherein the first pipeline is connected to an inlet end, the second pipeline is configured in the second cooling tank and connected to the first pipeline and an outlet end; the cleaning module is configured in the body and includes a cleaning pipeline and a valve body, wherein the cleaning pipeline is connected to a cleaning liquid source and the inlet end, the valve body is connected to the cleaning pipeline, the control unit is connected to the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: ELEGANCE REFRIGERATION CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsun-I Liao
  • Patent number: 12004682
    Abstract: A cookware seasoning wipe made of a natural or synthetic fabric for conditioning cast iron cookware and steel cookware to create a nonstick surface. Specifically, the present invention refers to a pre-impregnated “wipe” that releases a mix of oils and waxes to the cookware surface, that when heated, polymerizes to create a durable nonstick-like surface, commonly referred to as “seasoning” the cookware. When used to season cookware, the user wipes the surface of the cookware when heating, which naturally releases a thin, even layer of the oil and wax. This process ensures the optimal amount of oil and wax to polymerize and properly protect the cookware's surface. Overall, this is a superior seasoning method because the user no longer has to decide what to use, when to apply it, and how much is needed, all while reducing waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jordan Tyler de Geus, Blaire Lauren Burstein
  • Patent number: 12004683
    Abstract: According to one example, an article of cookware includes a substantially horizontal bottom having an interior surface and an opposing exterior surface, and a sidewall extending upward from the bottom to terminate at a rim. The bottom, the sidewall, and the rim define an interior volume for one or more food items. The sidewall has an inverted frustoconical shape with an upper portion, and a lower portion positioned below the upper portion. The upper portion has an outward tilt of less than about 10 degrees from a vertical line. The lower portion has an outward tilt that is at least about 15 degrees greater than the outward tilt of the upper portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Meyer Intellectual Properties Limited
    Inventors: Joshua Morenstein, Christopher Hibmacronan, Christian Scott Ross, Myungjae Park, Stanley Kin Sui Cheng, Stephanie Hai Yan Chen, Xi Zheng
  • Patent number: 12004684
    Abstract: A pot lid for a household cooking pot made up of a conical main body having a lid edge designed to interact with the top edge of a cooking pot or pan. The main body has a central through-opening, wherein the lid bottom side of the pot lid has a downwardly projecting spiral guide wall which extends from the lid edge to the through-opening. The pot lid has, on its lid top side, a channel which is connected to the through-opening, extends at least over part of the lid radius towards the lid edge and is open towards the lid edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Helmut Maul
  • Patent number: 12004685
    Abstract: A food heating apparatus includes a housing, a conveyor assembly, a first heating element, a second heating element, a control unit, and a power source. The housing comprises a base portion and a top portion. The base portion forms a first interior space in which the conveyor assembly is located. The top portion forms a second interior space in which the second heating element is located. The top portion further forms a tunnel. The tunnel comprises an entrance and an exit. The conveyor assembly comprises a belt, a motor, a driving pulley, and a driven pulley. The belt comprises an upper food-carrying run and a lower return run. The control unit comprises a control circuit that is configured to control a speed of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventors: William R. Stumpf, Wendy Stumpf
  • Patent number: 12004686
    Abstract: Embodiments of the application disclose a heating control method, device and apparatus. The device is internally provided with a first heating tube and a second heating tube, and a cooking cavity between the first heating tube and the second heating tube is configured to place to-be-heated food. When time reaches a switching time point, a magnitude relationship between heating temperatures of the first heating tube and the second heating tube is switched, so that the effect of turning the food can be achieved to enable the food to be heated uniformly, and prevent a situation in which the food is undercooked or burnt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventors: Weijie Huang, Zhende Zhong
  • Patent number: 12004687
    Abstract: A cooking control method of a cooking apparatus includes steps of heating a cooking chamber of the cooking apparatus to an ambient temperature by a heating unit of the cooking apparatus, detecting the ambient temperature of the cooking chamber, maintaining the ambient temperature of the cooking chamber, maintaining the ambient temperature of the cooking chamber at a predetermined set temperature by controlling the heating unit when the ambient temperature of the cooking chamber reaches the predetermined set temperature, detecting an inner temperature of an inner portion of the cooking object, and controlling the heating unit to heat the cooking chamber to maintain at an appropriate cooking temperature when the inner temperature of the cooking object reaches the appropriate cooking temperature so as to cook the cooking object at the appropriate cooking temperature in the cooking chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Hesung Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianglu Dai, Aimin He, Lihu Wei, Xuan Wang, Lu Chen
  • Patent number: 12004688
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus including a container having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a sidewall extending from the first end to the second end, an opening located that the first end, an end wall located at the second end, and a cap removably attached to the first end. The sidewall and the end wall form a compartment that is sized and shaped to receive food items. The sidewall includes a wire mesh having a plurality of wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Matthew Porraro
  • Patent number: 12004689
    Abstract: A conveyor toaster includes a toaster cabinet, an opening extending through the toaster cabinet and configured to receive a food product, and a conveyor assembly positioned in the toaster housing and associated with the feed opening. The conveyor assembly includes a conveyor belt configured to be operated by a drive motor to transport the food product past a heating element. The conveyor toaster further includes a an input sensor arranged proximate the opening and configured to detect the food product and a processor operably coupled to the input sensor and the conveyor assembly. The processor is configured to change between an operating condition with a first belt speed and an idle condition with a second belt speed based upon a signal from the input sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Lyons, Kyle Kestner, Greg Klostermann, Elizabeth Bertness, Michael Rainone, Caleb Nehls
  • Patent number: 12004690
    Abstract: A frypot of a commercial deep fat fryer includes a foam deck and a front wall that is a downward extending vertical face of the frypot. The foam deck and the front wall are formed by sheet metal that has a radius bend between the foam deck of the frypot and the front wall. The radius has a bend radius of between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: FRYMASTER, LLC
    Inventors: Justin T. Baker, Eric Pitchford, Ralph Macy, Henry Preston Hutson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12004691
    Abstract: A tool generally includes a food holding region and a handle region. The food holding section generally includes two opposing and pivotally engaged pairs of holding arms. Each pair of holding arms forms a side of the food cage, so that when the tool is in the closed position and food of appropriate dimension is inserted therein, the cage holds the food about its outer surfaces. The holding section includes a center-facing end toward the pivot structure and/or portion, and a distal end that is blunted or rounded, formed by the bent shape of the holding arms. The handle section includes handle section legs extending from the pivot structure and/or portion each to a distal end configured and dimensioned for holding and manipulating the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Robert Cross
  • Patent number: 12004692
    Abstract: A sheet product dispenser is provided that includes a housing and a packaging unit arranged in the housing. The packaging unit includes a roll of sheet products and a liquid-tight bag in which the roll is arranged. The liquid-tight bag includes a removal opening for removal of the sheet products, the removal opening being delimited by a dimensionally stable coupling ring made of a tough material. The dimensionally stable coupling ring is connected to an annular feeder encompassing a feeder opening, and the housing and the annular feeder are non-destructively and releasably connected to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Handan Oeguen, Felix Fallenstein, Andreas Eisenhut, Benno Dariz, Sebastian Camerer
  • Patent number: 12004693
    Abstract: A paper towel holder is provided, comprising: a support base; a support shaft, which is provided on the support base; a movable clamping body, which is sleeved on a first end of the support shaft, and is used to abut against a first end of the paper roll; a static clamping body, which is detachably arranged on a second end of the support shaft, and is used to abut against a second end of the paper roll; a first magnetic suction member, which is arranged on the movable clamping body; and a second magnetic suction member, which is arranged on a side proximate to the first end of the support shaft and further away from the static clamping body than the movable clamping body, wherein the second magnetic suction member and the first magnetic suction member repel each other so as to maintain the movable clamping body in a state of being held against the first end of the paper roll; or, the second magnetic suction member is arranged on a side proximate to the second end of the support shaft, the second magnetic suct
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Qiaolan Lin
  • Patent number: 12004694
    Abstract: In one example, a lifting assembly for a toilet includes at least a track arm and a track. The track arm is configured to guide a toilet seat assembly from a first position to a second position. The track is coupled to a base enclosure of the toilet and providing a track path for the track arm, and the track path has a radius of curvature to limit the range of motion of the toilet seat assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventor: Chanseol Chung