Patents Issued in July 16, 2024
  • Patent number: 12035829
    Abstract: An up-lighting floor mat includes floor matting that defines an upwardly-facing surface and an opposed downwardly-facing surface when supported atop an upwardly-facing support surface, and that is formed from a first flexible material that enables the up-lighting floor mat to be rolled up for transport or storage; and a first elongate up-lighting assembly positioned within a first elongate slot defined through the floor matting to emit light upwardly from the first elongate slot, wherein at least one elongate edge defined by the first up-lighting assembly is bonded to at least one edge of the floor matting that defines the first elongate slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: ERGOMAT, INC.
    Inventor: John Joseph Girard
  • Patent number: 12035830
    Abstract: A device for securing ornaments to a tree and equally useful as a device for securing lightweight objects to an elongated object. The device may include a looped filament; a base secured to a portion of the filament; and a toggle releasably secured to the looped filament, wherein the looped string is attached to the lightweight object and the toggle secures the looped string to a the elongated object by clamping or cinching it. The lightweight object may be a holiday ornament and the elongated object a portion of a tree branch or limb, wherein the device festoons holiday ornament on the tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventor: Ayaan Hamza Naqvi
  • Patent number: 12035831
    Abstract: A bedding system comprising a bedding insert and a bedding cover is discussed herein. The bedding insert includes a first portion of a zipper that corresponds to a second portion of a zipper found in the bedding cover. The second zipper portion is disposed on an inside portion of the bedding cover near an edge of the bedding cover. The bedding cover further includes a front panel that is connected to a back panel. Also discussed herein, is bedding cover comprising one or more zipper portions disposed on an inside portion near one or more edges of the bedding cover. The bedding cover also includes a front panel and a back panel that is connected to the front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Daisy Cutter, LLC
    Inventor: Brett Cassel
  • Patent number: 12035832
    Abstract: A pillow configured to accommodate a first user and a second user wherein the users are positioned in a lateral recumbent position. The body of the pillow includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion has an upper surface that is higher than that of the upper surface of the lower portion. The lower portion includes a first section and a second section that are contiguously formed. The first section and second section are laterally adjacent and are configured to permit the second user to lay in a left lateral recumbent position and a right lateral recumbent position. The lower surface of the body includes a passage formed therein. The passage is concave in form and includes a bottom portion and a top portion having a first branch and a second branch. The passage bifurcates proximate the lower edge of the upper portion to create a y-shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventor: Brodie Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 12035833
    Abstract: A functional pillow according to an aspect of the present invention includes a support part which has a center formed in a concave shape and supports user's head and cervical spine; and side parts which are connected to both edges of the support part, are formed to be parallel to a ground, and are higher than the support part, in which the support part includes a concave first groove extending in one direction parallel to the user's cervical spine, and a concave second groove which is connected to an edge of the first groove and extends along the one direction or another direction, and the first groove may have a lowest point that is higher than a lowest point of the second groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventor: Young Jin Baek
  • Patent number: 12035834
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a connecting rod piece, including a hollow first connecting rod unit, a connection device and a hollow second connecting rod unit. A side wall of the first connecting rod unit is provided with a first mounting slot. A side wall of the second connecting rod unit is provided with a second mounting slot. The second connecting rod unit is detachably connected to the first connecting rod unit through the connecting device, and the first mounting slot and the second mounting slot are communicated in sequence to form a mounting channel. And the mounting channel is configured to mount a curtain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventor: Yong Song
  • Patent number: 12035835
    Abstract: A multifunctional cooker, includes a cooker body and cooker covers which are connectable with the cooker body, wherein the multifunctional cooker is provided with at least two cooker covers, the cooker covers is arranged separately with respect to the cooker body, at least one cooker cover is provided with an air fryer assembly, and at least one cooker cover is provided with a pressure cooker assembly. By integrating the functions of pressure cooking and air baking, the switch between pressure cooker function and air fryer function is realized and the purpose of one cooker with multiple functions is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG SHUNDE OUNING TECHNOLOGY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenxiong Huang, Yun Yang
  • Patent number: 12035836
    Abstract: A cookware assembly including a cooking vessel with a vessel side wall and an elongated handle extending outwardly from the sidewall, a cover, an opening in at least one of the vessel side wall and the cover in an area above the elongated handle, and a utensil, where the handle of the utensil rests in relation to the elongated handle and the opening permits the utensil component to reside in the interior of the covered cooking vessel when the cover is on the cooking vessel. The cover can be placed on the cooking vessel in a plurality of positions, to allow the utensil to pass to the interior of the cooking vessel, to allow pouring from the cooking vessel with the cover on, and to seal the cover on the cooking vessel without the utensil. An auxiliary vessel can also be included as part of the cooking assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Lagom Kitchen Co.
    Inventors: Amir Tehrani, Zachary Rosner
  • Patent number: 12035837
    Abstract: An electronic device, including circuitry configured to acquire image information related to a beverage stored in a container, and to output a content from an output unit using a transition of the image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventor: Ayako Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12035838
    Abstract: Systems and methods for submerging coffee within water in a chamber directly below a filter, creating a vacuum within the chamber, removing carbon dioxide through the filter while preventing the formation of carbonic acid, and creating another vacuum within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventor: Anthony Duane Dodd
  • Patent number: 12035839
    Abstract: A machine for preparing coffee beverages comprises an infusion unit comprising an infusion chamber suitable to contain a quantity of coffee powder to be subjected to infusion, a grinding unit to grind coffee beans and obtain coffee powder, a water tank connected to the grinding unit, means for feeding and heating the water, and a dispensing unit fluidically connected to the infusion unit and configured to dispense the beverage prepared into a receptacle. The invention also concerns a method to regulate a machine for preparing coffee beverages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: DE' LONGHI APPLIANCES S.R.L. CON UNICO SOCIO
    Inventors: Simone Rosetta, Claudia Ciman, Antonio Panciera
  • Patent number: 12035840
    Abstract: A packaging device allowing for the distribution, storage and cooking of various food products, such as perishable or frozen food product(s). The packaging device includes a plurality of micro-perforations that may promote the extended shelf-life of the perishable food product and the maintenance of the quality of the perishable food product or be configured to maintain the integrity of a frozen food product. The packaging device also includes a venting system that allows the cooking of the perishable or frozen food products within the packaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventor: Nazir Mir
  • Patent number: 12035841
    Abstract: An automatic cooking machine includes: an upper portion provided with a connection port thereon; a control interface arranged to operably generate control commands based on a user's manipulations to control operation of the automatic cooking machine; a base; a heater arranged on the base; a supporting portion coupled between the upper portion and the base, and arranged to support the upper portion; a hopper for receiving materials and having a hollow feeding tube, wherein the feeding tube is detachably inserted into the connection port; a cooking pot capable of being heated on the heater; and a strainer capable of being placed in the cooking pot and receiving materials. The automatic cooking machine further comprises: a blender, comprising: two cantilever arms, multiple blending arms, a ring-shaped flange, and a positioning pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: BOTRISTA, INC.
    Inventors: Wu-Chou Kuo, Hao-Che Hsu, Yu-Min Lee
  • Patent number: 12035842
    Abstract: A portable milk warming container, having a main device and a heating device. The heating device has a heating casing, a heating element, and a first coupling socket. The main device has a casing of the main device, a power supply component, a control circuit board, and a second coupling socket coupled to the first coupling socket. The heating device can be detached from the main device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventor: Xueqing Ruan
  • Patent number: 12035843
    Abstract: An actively heated or cooled dishware or serverware device (e.g., a plate, a bowl, a serving dish, such as a platter) can have a temperature control system that can include one or more heating or cooling elements operable to heat or cool a surface of the dishware or serverware device to thereby heat or cool the food on said surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ember Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton Alexander, Daren John Leith, Mikko Juhani Timperi, Christopher Thomas Wakeham
  • Patent number: 12035844
    Abstract: A toaster oven system includes a main body, a heating element, a front door, and a top door. The main body has a cooking cavity for holding food, and in which the heating element is disposed. The main body also has a front side and a top side, with the front side defining a front opening of the main body, and the top side defining a top opening of the main body. The front door is hingedly attached to the main body and movable between a closed position and an opened position. The top door is hingedly attached to the main body and movable between a closed position and an opened position. The food is insertable or removable by the user through either the front opening or the top opening when an associated one of the front door and the top door is in the opened position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: INSYNC PRODUCTS GROUP LTD.
    Inventor: Rishi Mahtani
  • Patent number: 12035845
    Abstract: In general, cooking devices having at least one electric heating element and that are configured to cook various foods, including pizza, are provided. In some embodiments, the cooking device can include a housing having a base, a movable door coupled to the base that together define an interior cooking chamber. A cooking surface, such as a cooking stone, can be disposed proximate a heating element within the cooking chamber such that food, such as a pizza, can be placed on top of the cooking stone when inserted into the interior chamber. The heating element can be in operable communication with a controller configured to adjust the amount of heat supplied by the heating element to the interior chamber to optimize the cooking of a food, such as pizza, placed inside the interior chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Christopher T. Martin, Nicholas Chow
  • Patent number: 12035846
    Abstract: Food preparation apparatus and associated appliance modules and methods. Appliances modules can be selectively docked at docks of an appliance interface of a base. An appliance module includes a food container support surface movable between cooking and holding positions. An appliance module includes a receptacle having a holding well that can be selectively configured in a generally horizontal position or an inclined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: DUKE MANUFACTURING CO.
    Inventors: Brent Jennings, James W. Bigott, Randy Lines, David Martin
  • Patent number: 12035847
    Abstract: An adjustment assembly for a counter appliance includes a bracket that defines an opening and includes retention features defined proximate to the opening. A slider is operably coupled to the bracket and includes a knob that extends through the opening that is defined by the bracket. The slider defines a groove and a notch. A barrier member is operably coupled to the slider and is selectively coupled to the retention features of the bracket. The barrier member includes a spine that is slidably disposed within the groove defined by the slider and selectively engaged with the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Peter I. Bilionis, Kapil Gupta, Akshay Sanjay Tondwal
  • Patent number: 12035848
    Abstract: A food preparation jar has two rotary food processing tools; one at a bottom part of a vessel and one implemented by a lid. Each food processing tool is contained within the vessel which remains static in use. The lid replaces or combines with a main vessel lid to implement a second rotary food processing function, such as a juicing function, to supplement a main food processing function, such as a blending function, of the preparation jar, when mounted to a base unit of a kitchen appliance in an inverted orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Ingolf Ronald Eberhart
  • Patent number: 12035849
    Abstract: A preparation vessel for connection with a receiving area of a base unit of an electric motor-driven food processor has a pot, a pot foot that can be connected with the receiving area, and a cover that closes the pot opening of the pot. The preparation vessel has a locking assembly with a locking element for locking the pot with the cover. The pot foot has at least one activating element for activating the locking assembly. The activating element is arranged on the pot foot in such a way that it can be activated by a corresponding activating assembly of the receiving area of the food processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventors: Kevin Schmitz, Christian Bayard, Sebastian Jansen
  • Patent number: 12035850
    Abstract: A method for controlling multi-function cooking apparatus devices uses a control system with a recipe program interface to receive at least one recipe program configured to control functions of the multi-function cooking apparatus devices. For each food processing step, the recipe program provides information about the technical capabilities required, and a A program analyzer module identifies, for a particular food processing step, at least one particular slave providing a reduced functional scope with technical capabilities which are sufficient to execute said particular food processing step, and extracts from the at least one recipe program a partition. A recipe deployment module deploys the extracted partition to the at least one particular slave for execution, and further deploys the remaining program partition of the recipe program to the master.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventors: Niklas Van Teeffelen, Philipp Charopoulos
  • Patent number: 12035851
    Abstract: A fabric warming rack comprising at least one rod extending along a horizontal plane with one or more light sources integrated into the at least one rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Schwartz, Gunter Felix
  • Patent number: 12035852
    Abstract: A towel fastener is provided. The device includes a flexible strap having a first end opposite a second end. A pair of fastener plates is hingedly affixed to a first end of the flexible strap. The pair of fastener plates are movable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the pair of fastener plates are parallel when in the closed position. A complementary fastener is disposed on each of the pair of fastener plates, such that the pair of fastener plates are removably securable in the closed position. In one embodiment, a clasp is slidably positioned over the flexible strap and removably secures the flexible strap in a looped configuration about a support surface. In another embodiment, a tongue is disposed on the flexible strap, wherein the tongue slidably secures within a track system. In other embodiments, a towel is integrally affixed to a pair of towel fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventor: Joshua McCain
  • Patent number: 12035853
    Abstract: The apparatuses and methods of making and using the same are directed to bathing apparatus to support an object while bathing the object with a fluid. The bathing apparatus may comprise a support assembly constituting a support structure of the apparatus; a support surface to support the object, the support surface supported by the support portion; and a fluid catch disposed on at least three sides of the support surface, the fluid catch serving as a basin for the fluid in such manner to contain the fluid separate from the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventor: Marjory McCaffery
  • Patent number: 12035854
    Abstract: A soap container includes: a first housing member having an inner side and an outer side; and a second housing member having an inner side and an outer side; wherein the first housing member and the second housing member are releasably couplable to each other to form a housing of the soap container, and wherein the soap container is adapted to have a soap held between the inside of the first housing member and the inside of the second housing member; wherein the first housing member comprises a spacer member extending from the inside of the first housing member toward the inside of the soap container in the closed state of the soap container; and wherein the spacer member comprises a retaining member having a first magnetic property. Additionally, a coupling member has a second magnetic property, the coupling member being adapted to be mechanically coupled to the soap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Tran & Tran Holding GmbH
    Inventor: Phuc-An Tran
  • Patent number: 12035855
    Abstract: A liquid supply system for supplying liquid to one or more liquid dispensers is provided. The system comprises a water source for supply of water to the system; a concentrate reservoir for supply of concentrate to the system; and a liquid reservoir coupled to the water source and the concentrate reservoir, and configured to be coupled to one or more liquid dispensers. In use, the liquid reservoir is configured to supply liquid to the or each dispenser and is replenished via the water source and concentrate reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: DEB IP LIMITED
    Inventor: Dean Limbert
  • Patent number: 12035856
    Abstract: A mouthwash dispenser capable of automatic sensing and supply, including a housing and a cup; wherein a side of the housing defines a liquid outlet, a storage chamber is defined in the housing, and a deflector device and a control main board are arranged in the housing; the deflector device is arranged with an inlet end connected to the storage chamber and an outlet end connected to the liquid outlet; the housing is arranged with a first sensor electrically coupled with the control main board in a proximity to the liquid outlet; the cup is arranged with a second sensor; a transmission signal is generated on the second sensor in response to the second sensor approaching the first sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventor: Binglian Lian
  • Patent number: 12035857
    Abstract: An extraction cleaner may include a cleaner body including a pump and a suction motor, a supply tank configured to be removably coupled to the cleaner body and configured to receive a first cleaning fluid, an additive tank configured to receive a second cleaning fluid, a recovery tank configured to be removably coupled to the cleaner body, and a cleaning tool including a fluid applicator and a cleaning assembly, the fluid applicator is configured to deliver one of the first cleaning fluid or a mixture of the first cleaning fluid and the second cleaning fluid to a surface to be cleaned and the cleaning assembly is configured to extract at least a portion of the delivered first cleaning fluid or at least a portion of the delivered mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Lee M. Cottrell, Daniel Innes, Jordan Ridgley, Philippa Copeland, Mingliang Qin, Xuemei Liu, Ying Dong, Bin Yao, Cong Su, Dawei Liu, Xiang Zhou, Heliang Chen, Richard Dahlgren
  • Patent number: 12035858
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device for determining a region to be cleaned, a dust cleaning apparatus, a terminal for controlling a cleaning robot, and a storage medium. The method includes: determining, in an initial image of a photovoltaic panel, a gap region associated with a gap between cell pieces; assigning first preset values to pixel values of pixels located in the gap region of the initial image to obtain a first value-assigned image, wherein the first preset values are pixel values of pixels in the initial image that correspond to the cell pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingtao Xu, Jianwen Suo
  • Patent number: 12035859
    Abstract: A carpet cleaning accessory device is provided. The carpet cleaning accessory device comprises an aperture stop configured to fit between an aperture frame and an aperture gate where the aperture stop has at least a first hole and a second hole. The device also includes a conduit having at least a first opening and a second opening, where the conduit is secured inside the aperture stop such that the first opening couples with the first hole and the second opening couples with the second hole. A curtain adapted to couple to the aperture frame and the aperture gate using a coupling assembly is also included to substantially block an opening between the aperture gate and the aperture frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventor: Jacolby L. Smith
  • Patent number: 12035860
    Abstract: A cleaning article. The cleaning article has a laminate construction. The cleaning article comprises a sheet and a hydrophilic gather strip element joined together at plural bonds. The gather strip element has plural layers superimposed upon one another, providing strips extending outwardly from the bonds. Different layers are differentially bonded, to provide a construction which allows the strips to advantageously present a dynamically changing area to the target surface during cleaning, under normal usage conditions. By changing the surface area, more liquids, and associated debris, can be cleaned from the target surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Nicola John Policicchio
  • Patent number: 12035861
    Abstract: Fibrous structures containing one or more particles, and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andreas Josef Dreher, Mark Robert Sivik, Alyssandra Hope Hamad-Ebrahimpour, Gregory Charles Gordon, Brian Patrick Croll, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Paul Thomas Weisman
  • Patent number: 12035862
    Abstract: A nozzle for a cleaner includes a nozzle housing including a suction flow path through which air including dust flows and at least a portion of which extends in a front and rear direction. First and second rotation cleaning units are arranged on the lower side of the nozzle housing to be spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction. Each of the first and second rotation cleaning units includes a rotation plate adapted for attachment of a mop. A first driving device including a first driving motor drives the first rotation cleaning unit and a second driving device including a second driving motor drives the second rotation cleaning unit. A water tank mounted on the nozzle stores water to be supplied to the mop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ingyu Yang, Hyeri Kwon, Sungjun Kim, Youngsoo Kim, Jinho Kim, Kyoungho Ryou, Jungwan Ryu, Jinhyouk Shin
  • Patent number: 12035863
    Abstract: A cleaning device is provided. The cleaning device includes a power source and a pump in selective electrical communication with the power source. A storage container is provided. A valve assembly is disposed in the storage container and is in fluid communication with the pump. The valve assembly selectively flows cleaning fluid from a first portion and a second portion of the storage container. A cleaning element having a spray nozzle is in fluid communication with the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Unger Marketing International, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph K. Patterson, Paul H. Adams, Stephen P. Huda, Christopher Joseph Carballo
  • Patent number: 12035864
    Abstract: A receptacle system for a sweeper that includes a bin with a base and sidewalls that together define a receptacle space that receives items released from the sweeper, an insert attached to the bin where an upper portion of the insert slopes upward from a front side towards a rear side of the receptacle system when the insert is attached to the bin with tracks defined in the upper portion for the wheels of the sweeper to roll along the slope to position the sweeper above the bin, and where the insert covers a portion of the receptacle space, where the insert defines an opening such that items released by the sweeper pass through the opening when the wheels of the sweeper are positioned on the tracks of the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventor: Edward Thomas Haley
  • Patent number: 12035865
    Abstract: A beverage container washing system may be used for rapid washing and/or sanitizing of beverage containers, e.g., for use in a retail environment to wash and/or sanitize customer-provided beverage containers prior to filling the beverage containers with purchased beverages, among other applications. The beverage container washing system may include multiple concentric housing members supported on a base, with each having one or more openings that may be selectively aligned through driven movement of at least one of the concentric housing members to provide access to a wash chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joel Boyer, Robert M. Digman
  • Patent number: 12035866
    Abstract: A cleaning device for a vessel includes a base body, a valve, a spray body, a restoring device, a release mechanism and an actuating element. The base body includes a connector, the valve is disposed between the base body and the spray body and the valve is operable by the release mechanism against a restoring force applied by the restoring device, the actuating element being disposed on the release mechanism and the actuating element includes at least one leg forming a supporting surface for a vessel and the spray body includes a spray head disposed above and at a distance from the supporting surface, the restoring force being greater than the sum of the gravitational forces of the vessel, the release mechanism and the actuating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventor: Bernd Lölsberg
  • Patent number: 12035867
    Abstract: An acoustically insulated machine including a source of noise positioned within a housing, a first insulation member positioned within the housing and including a first porous sound absorbing layer and a first dense layer, and a second insulation member positioned within the housing and including a second porous sound absorbing layer and a second dense layer. The first insulation member being is positioned closer to the internal source of noise than the second insulation member and the first insulation member being spaced apart from the second insulation member such that an air gap is formed between the first insulation member and the second insulation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Lee Rockwell, Phillip J. Johnson, Jeffrey A. Tilton, Donald Hill
  • Patent number: 12035868
    Abstract: A dishwashing appliance includes a tub defining a wash chamber and a door rotatably mounted to the tub. The door is configured to rotate between an open position and a closed position. A user interface mounted on the door, and a controller is in signal communication with the user interface. A pulley is mounted to the tub and a cord is coupled to the door. The cord configured to rotate the pulley when the door is rotated between the open position and the closed position. A magnet is mounted to the pulley. The magnet is configured to rotate with the pulley as the door is rotated. A sensor is mounted to the tub proximate the pulley. The sensor is configured to detect the position of the magnet, and the controller is configured to disable the user interface based at least in part on the position of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Spencer Christian Paire
  • Patent number: 12035869
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a tub, a base in a lower side of the tub, a door, a cover panel that covers the door and the base, and a link module connected to the door and the cover panel and configured to move the cover panel in a length direction of the door. The link module includes a first link having a first link-bracket connection portion connected to the door and spaced apart from a door rotating shaft, a second link disposed in a rear of the first link and rotatably connected to the first link and the tub, and a third link disposed in front of the first link and rotatably connected to the first link and the cover panel. When the door is opened, the first link-bracket connection portion moves from a rear of the door rotating shaft to a front upper side of the door rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Myungwon Ko
  • Patent number: 12035870
    Abstract: A barbeque grill scraper and related methods of use that utilize a scraping end formed of a heat-responsive material to remove char and other debris from the grilling surface. The grill scraper includes a conformable scraping edge formed of the heat-responsive material. As the conformable scraping edge is drawn back and forth along the heated grilling surface, a combination of pressure applied by a user as well as the heat of the grill surface results in the formation of individual grooves along the conformable scraping edge, wherein each groove is formed to match an upper profile of the grilling surface. Over time, the grooves fully conform to the upper profile of the grilling surface such that an entire cooking surface can be scraped clean of char and debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Thompson Brothers & Company LLC
    Inventors: Nathan A Thompson, Joshua J. Thompson, Jason S. Thompson
  • Patent number: 12035871
    Abstract: A mat for removing debris and sanitizing the shoes of a person comprises a base that has a bottom side adapted for laying on a floor surface, a top side, two side edges, a front edge, and a rear edge. The top side of the base has a pair of shoe cleaning spaces that may contain recesses therein that each defines a recess side edge. A sanitizing circuit includes a power source, one or more UV sanitizing lamps each disposed for illuminating the person's shoes within one of the shoe recesses, and a switch for applying power to the UV sanitizing lamps. As such, when the person stands with his shoes in the shoe recesses and activates the switch, the UV sanitizing lamps activate to sanitize the person's shoes, and particularly the bottom sole of the shoes and the sides of the shoes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventors: Hedayat Harsini, Ronald Perry
  • Patent number: 12035872
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner including a dirty air inlet, a fluid flow path extending from the dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet, a fluid flow motor positioned in the fluid flow path, and a filter assembly positioned in the fluid flow path. The filter assembly including a first cylindrical filter and a second cylindrical filter nested within and removable from the first cylindrical filter. An inner diameter of the first cylindrical filter is smaller than an outer diameter of the second cylindrical filter such that the second cylindrical filter is compressed in order to be nested within the first cylindrical filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kirti Kant Paulla, John Bohlen, Richard Friend, Joseph Saunders, Sergey V. Makarov
  • Patent number: 12035873
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus includes a housing including 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. A brushroll is provided on the base, along with various wipers, squeegees, and/or fluid dispensers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventors: Jason W. Pruiett, Aaron Griffith, Tyler Grab
  • Patent number: 12035874
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus can include a housing adapted to move across a surface to be cleaned, an edge brush, and a brushroll driven by a brush motor. The edge brush is connectable with a drive coupling for rotating the edge brush, and is indirectly driven by the brush motor via the brushroll. In one aspect, the edge brush and drive coupling comprise a modular unit removably coupled to the housing. In another aspect, the drive coupling can include a worm and a belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventors: James Theodore Hotary, Chris J. Harmelink, John Joseph Bleau, Qian Yu Zhang, Yongsheng Liang, Christopher L. Hogg
  • Patent number: 12035875
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner has a portable cleaning unit that is removably mounted to the surface cleaning head. The vacuum cleaner is operable in a floor cleaning configuration in which the portable cleaning unit is mounted to the surface cleaning head and is part of the air flow path through the vacuum cleaner. The portable cleaning unit is also useable in a portable cleaning configuration in which the portable cleaning unit is removed from the surface cleaning head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 12035876
    Abstract: A power supply unit for a surgical instrument operated by an electric motor includes a battery-receiving housing separate and spaced apart from the surgical instrument. A fastening means or retainer fastens or retains the power supply unit to a body part of an operator. At least one power supply unit supplies power to at least one motor system. A control and monitoring device performs and/or monitors at least one function. A cable connection connects a cable for electrically coupling the power supply unit to a surgical instrument for operating the motor system thereof and/or for transmitting data and/or operating parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Roland-Alois Högerle, Uwe Mattes
  • Patent number: 12035877
    Abstract: A system for determining elapsed time for a surgical procedure conducted using an endoscope is disclosed. The system may be configured to determine elapsed time for management overseeing operating rooms to determine performance metrics of the operating room such as, but not limited to, operating room consistency and frequency of unusual procedure times to assess operating room efficiency. The system may include determining insertion of an endoscope into a patient and determining removal of the endoscope from a patient. The system may then generate an elapsed surgery time based upon the insertion time of the endoscope into the patient and the removal time of the endoscope from the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce L. Kennedy, Larry Higgins, John Batikian, Wei Yao, Craig J. Speier
  • Patent number: 12035878
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes an endoscope including at least one switch, each of which can be assigned two functions, and a controller. The controller sets a plurality of function pairs, each of which is composed of a combination of any one of a plurality of first functions and any one of a plurality of second functions, and assigns one function pair selected from the plurality of function pairs to the switch, measures a switch pressing time period after the switch is pressed, and executes the first function when the switch pressing is released before a predetermined first time period elapses after the switch is pressed and executes the second function when the switch pressing time period passes the first time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Urasaki, Koichi Niida, Masaki Kondo, Takuya Ogura, Aki Matsumoto, Ryunosuke Matsushige, Satoru Ono, Takahiro Yumoto, Hideyuki Wada, Sachiko Hashimoto, Tomomi Ouchi