Patents Issued in August 29, 2024
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Publication number: 20240285062Abstract: A wearable pouch operable to hold at least one portable battery pack and other power or communications equipment. The wearable pouch includes a main body with a front side, a back side opposite the front side, at least one scalable opening, and at least one opening for at least one lead from the at least one portable battery pack secured within the wearable pouch.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: LAT Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a MediPak Energy SystemsInventors: Laura Thiel, Giancarlo Urzi, Carlos Cid
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Publication number: 20240285063Abstract: A tool for removing the dried and hardened cosmetic product from cosmetic applicators, such as mascara brushes, includes a chamber that fits a cosmetic applicator brush and allows for a set of vertically-oriented prongs to agitate the cosmetic applicator brush while the brush is submerged in a cleaning solvent. The chamber with its cleaning solvent, cleaning prongs and rough textured inner walls allows for efficient cleaning of the cosmetic applicator brush. This acts as a reviver of the cosmetic applicator brush and increases the number of uses of the cosmetic applicator and the cosmetic product with which it is used.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Leif Rogers
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Publication number: 20240285064Abstract: Improvements in the technical field of brush manufacture are provided by a dividing-up device (1), which includes a dividing-up disc (5) with at least two dividing-up indents (6) formed at its circumference. In order for it to be possible to adapt an effective indent volume of the dividing-up indents (6) as desired, the dividing-up device (1) also includes an adjusting device (8), which is designed to adjust the effective indent volume of the dividing-up indents (6) that is available for dividing up clusters (2) of bristles.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2022Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: Zahoransky AGInventors: Christian Graf, Benedikt RENZ
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Publication number: 20240285065Abstract: A gear type pull-out table including a table frame, first and second table boards symmetrically disposed on the table frame, an extended table board, and a gear assembly, is provided. The extended table board is disposed between the first and second table boards. The gear assembly is positioned in the table frame, corresponding to the extended table board. The gear assembly includes a first toothed rack fixed to the first table board, a second toothed rack fixed to the second table board, and a gear in synchronous engagement with the first and second toothed racks. The first and second toothed racks are disposed in parallel on two sides of the gear. The first and second table boards are driven to move in opposite directions through the synchronous engagement of the first and second toothed racks and the gear to join or separate the first and second table boards.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Chaoyu Wang, Jianqiang Xie
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Publication number: 20240285066Abstract: A pull-out table with a single slide rail including a table frame, first and second table boards symmetrically disposed on the table frame, an extended table board disposed between the first and second table boards, and a sliding rail assembly, is provided. The sliding rail assembly including rope winding wheels is disposed on an inner frame on one side of the table frame along a length of the table frame. The rope winding wheel on one end of the inner frame is cooperatively linked to the rope winding wheel on the other end of the inner frame through a synchronously wound steel rope. The first and second table boards are respectively connected to an upper part and a lower part of the steel rope through respective slider seats. When one of the table boards is pulled, the other table board is driven to move in an opposite direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Zhan Zhong, Jianqiang Xie
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Publication number: 20240285067Abstract: A table and seating assembly may be used to provide a safe means for securing one or more children. The table and seating assembly may comprise a table assembly and one or more seating assemblies, wherein each seating assembly is coupled to a leg of the table assembly. A pivotable assembly may couple each seating assembly to the table assembly, wherein each pivotable assembly may enable each seating assembly to rotate between an open position and a closed position with respect to the table assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Alexis Webb
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Publication number: 20240285068Abstract: A telescoping leg assembly with a pivot apparatus having a first and second telescoping leg, each with an extension section and a sleeve component, the sleeve component divided longitudinally into a first space and second space. The leg extension sections are dimensioned to retract into and telescope from the first space in the first leg sleeve component. The telescoping legs are pivotally attached to one another by a pivot apparatus on the sleeve portions, wherein the pivot apparatus extends into the second spaces of the sleeve components.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: EVO Inventions LLCInventors: Christopher Lundin, Evan Einbender Aamodt, Michael A. Dotsey, Noah E. Dingler, Erin H. Morrissey, Jonathan N. Tackie
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Publication number: 20240285069Abstract: A food service cart comprising a removable and adjustable hinge which accommodates for the normal inconsistences that are inherent with the rotational molding process. The hinge comprises a bore which is defined off-center relative to its longitudinal axis, allowing the bore to be selectively adjusted relative to a side panel and a door of the food service cart and provide a proper alignment there between. A plurality of facets disposed on the hinge ensure that it does not further rotate as the door is being rotated relative to the side panel. The food service cart also includes an expandable end table which forms a flush service with a side panel of the cart when in a collapsed or contracted configuration. A plurality of tray supports are disposed in the food service cart along with a flume defined therein which assists in the transfer of heat through the food service cart.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Jeff Nicholson
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Publication number: 20240285070Abstract: A modular cabinet assembly has at least a first sub-cabinet and a second sub-cabinet. Each sub-cabinet includes a back board having at least two separate back board pieces that are pivotably connected to each other, a left side board pivotably connected to one of the at least two back board pieces, and a right side board pivotably connected to another of the at least two back board pieces. At least one shelf board having opposite ends is removably connected to the left side board and the right side board of either the first sub-cabinet or the second sub-cabinet. A first end board is connected to either an upper end of the first sub-cabinet or a lower end of the second sub-cabinet. A first connector removably connects the left side boards of the first and second sub-cabinets, and a second connector removably connects the right side boards of the first and second sub-cabinets.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: Seville Classics Inc.Inventors: Gary M. Lim, Yi Min Li
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Publication number: 20240285071Abstract: Load-bearing furniture (such as beds, tables, desks, benches, and the like) made from lightweight, foldable material, comprised of base supports with beveled crenellations along certain top edges of the supports, designed to securely receive beams formed in the shape of flanged triangular prisms, said beams optionally featuring ventilation holes to facilitate air circulation through beam cavities.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2022Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Michael Voorhees
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Publication number: 20240285072Abstract: Various implementations and configurations of a user configurable modular storage apparatus are disclosed. In an example implementation, a storage apparatus comprises: a side wall and a back wall which form an interior portion of a cabinet and an opening through which the interior portion is accessible; and a pair of slotted walls comprising pairs of slots configured to receive a storage module comprising a left mounting rod and a right mounting rod, wherein the storage module is insertable into the interior portion through the opening thereby enabling a user mounting and unmounting of the storage module to a pair of slots of the pair of slotted walls. In some implementations, slots comprise pockets for engaging mounting rods of storage modules. In some implementations, a slot may comprise a plurality of pockets for receiving a plurality of storage modules mounted in a stacked module configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Leslie Hill Holland
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Publication number: 20240285073Abstract: A customizable closet organization system includes support elements that can be selectively combined and arranged. A closet organization system includes a support track, a support rail, and a shelf support bracket. The support track includes apertures for mounting the support track horizontally to a wall. The support rail includes bracket mounting slots and is configured to hang from the support track so that the bracket mounting slots face the wall. The shelf support bracket includes a support arm and a mounting hook. The mounting hook is configured for insertion into one of the bracket mounting slots to secure the shelf support bracket to the support rail so that the support arm extends transversely from the support rail and away from the wall in a mounted configuration of the shelf support bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Yussif Shehata, Ashley Imsand, Alex Soriano, Jessica Casavecchia
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Publication number: 20240285074Abstract: Modular outdoor kitchen components and methods of providing modular outdoor kitchen components are described herein. The modular outdoor kitchen components include a monolithic base having: a first end; a second end opposed to the first end, the second end being configured to receive a top member thereon; and at least four walls extending between the first end and the second end. Each of the at least four walls have an interior face and an exterior face. The interior faces co-operate to define an interior cavity of the monolithic base. At least one wall of the at least four walls have an opening therein, the opening being configured to receive a first insertable component. The first insertable component extends inwardly from the opening into the cavity of the monolithic base.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Sebastian Porter
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Publication number: 20240285075Abstract: A front panel for a furniture body is accommodated in a recess and allows an end face of movable furniture parts, which end face is provided with a handlebar, to be gripped from behind, and which front panel has a chamber for accommodating an illuminant. The single-piece front panel has a base plate which is positioned opposite the front and which has an angled portion at a first end, to which angled portion a front wall is connected so as to form the chamber which remains visible when the furniture body is viewed from the front and which has a light exit opening, which is perpendicular to the base plate, at a distance from a base of the recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2022Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Roger Klinkenberg, Thorsten Gösling
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Publication number: 20240285076Abstract: A kit comprising at least a first erasable writing element wherein the erasable writing elements each having a surface adapted for writing upon with an erasable writing implement, and a non-adhesive surface for interconnecting to an existing solid surface. The kit further comprises a second element which can be used independently of the first erasable writing element or in combination thereof. The elements of the kit typically comprise a pliant layer having micro-suction elements adapted for removable interconnection to an existing structure or surface, and wherein a first element can be interconnected to the surface of a second element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: Comsero, Inc.Inventor: Anthony Franco
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Publication number: 20240285077Abstract: A support mechanism supports a user taking a nap or resting in an upright position. The first support member supports the human body from below by contacting the knee and lower leg; the second support member supports the human body from below by contacting one of buttocks and upper legs; the third support member that contacts one of upper limbs and head of the human body and supports the human body from at least one of the front and rear directions; the fourth support member supports the human body from below by contacting the sole so that the human body's foot is in an inclined posture with respect to the up and down directions; and a moving mechanism moves one or two of the first support member, the second support member, and the fourth support member relative to the other one in the up and down directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: KOYOJU PLYWOOD CORPORATIONInventors: Hironari Yamaguchi, Yoshihito Nohara, Fumitaka Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20240285078Abstract: The present invention relates to a collapsible chair. The chair includes a backrest for engaging with a sitter's back. A seat extends from the backrest and is where the sitter can sit. A retractable leg support may extend from the seat and can be extended to support the sitter's legs with feet off the ground. Advantageously, the sitter's feet may be safely off the ground away from ants and sand.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2021Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Mark Andrew FRASER
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Publication number: 20240285079Abstract: A leisure rotary swing chair including a chair frame, a base, a rotary assembly, a chute assembly, and a sliding rail assembly is provided. The base is connected to a bottom part of the chair frame to support the chair frame. The rotary assembly is rotatably connected to the base. The rotary assembly includes a fixed frame that rotates about the base and facilitates rotation of the chair frame. The chute assembly is disposed on the fixed frame of the rotary assembly. The sliding rail assembly is operably coupled to the chute assembly and disposed in the bottom part of the chair frame. The sliding rail assembly slides in the chute assembly to swing the chair frame back and forth.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Jie Chen, Jianqiang Xie
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Publication number: 20240285080Abstract: A seat element includes a carrier frame and supporting surfaces. The carrier frame comprises a left-hand sidepiece and a right-hand sidepiece. The supporting surfaces are configured as the seat surface and back surface. At least one of the supporting surfaces comprises a cover element, wherein the cover element comprises a fabric and is supported on the left-hand sidepiece and on the right-hand sidepiece of the carrier frame. The seat element comprises actuators and the cover element is supported on the left-hand sidepiece and/or on the right-hand sidepiece by means of in each case at least one of the actuator, such that a level of tensioning to which the fabric of the cover element is subjected when the actuator has been activated is greater than a level of tensioning to which the fabric of the cover element is subjected when the actuator has been deactivated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2022Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Roland ZWICK, Carola ZWICK, Burkhard SCHMITZ
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Publication number: 20240285081Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Nickolas Reinhart
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Publication number: 20240285082Abstract: A chair vivarium device is provided comprised of a chair with a built-in vivarium enclosure beneath its seat, designed to accommodate various materials including plants, animals, or decorative elements. The chair frame includes optional elements such as backrests and legs, wherein a seat of the chair doubles as a lid for the vivarium. In one embodiment, the vivarium doubles as the chair's leg structure, wherein the vivarium's environmental conditions can be adjusted through integrated lighting.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Kiran Sondhi
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Publication number: 20240285083Abstract: A recumbent headrest or leg-rest suspension system comprising a pair of frames which suspends a bridge-like fabric platform that is adjustable for height and concavity. This pillow alternative allows the user to customize the level of support to meet their anatomical alignment needs and comfort, offering adjustability for weight-bearing distribution and shifting of pressure point, in turn, promoting relaxation of local postural muscles and minimizing restlessness. The suspension frame includes: upper and lower base cross support members, clamps and base panel/framework, upper/lower vertical support member(s), an upper horizontal member(s) cantilevered and secured to upper vertical support member(s) or cross support member, a rotatable horizontal member secured to vertical member or between distal ends of the pair of horizontal extension members, and a fabric sling attached to the rotatable horizontal members. Optionally, user actuated control element(s) for adjusting height, concavity and tilt/pitch.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Evelyn Tejeda
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Publication number: 20240285084Abstract: An adjustable bed includes a frame structure having a back frame and a foot frame; a back lifting assembly comprising a back lifting bracket pivotally connected to the back frame, and a back lifting actuator pivotally connected between the back lifting bracket and the back frame for operably driving the back lifting bracket to pivotally move in an upward rotating direction or a downward rotating direction relative to the back frame; and a plurality of platforms comprising at least a head platform and a back platform hinged to the head platform supported by the back lifting bracket such that angles and positions of the head platform and the back platform are adjustable in accordance with the back lifting bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Wei Wang, Fahuan Zhang, Jian Xie
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Publication number: 20240285085Abstract: The present invention provides an easy-to-assemble bedstead, including an outer frame which includes a plurality of transverse beams and a plurality of longitudinal beams perpendicular to them, and a plurality of bed legs perpendicular to the plane formed by the plurality of transverse beams and the plurality of longitudinal beams. Each of the plurality of bed legs is fixedly provided with at least one inserting sleeve facing the directions of the plurality of longitudinal beams or the plurality of transverse beams respectively, and the two ends of at least one of the plurality of longitudinal beams or the plurality of transverse beams are fixedly provided with inserting blocks corresponding to the inserting sleeves. The rapid assembly and disassembly of the transverse beams, longitudinal beams, and bed legs can be realized through the matching of the inserting sleeves and the inserting blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: SHENZHEN QIANHAI YAHEE E-COMMERCE CO., LTDInventor: Le YANG
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Publication number: 20240285086Abstract: A bed with a three-way folding mechanism includes a frame, several bed legs and several load-bearing bars, the frame is enclosed by two horizontal bars and two vertical bars in the horizontal direction, the bed legs are mounted on the frame in the vertical direction, the horizontal bars include at least two first bars rotatably connected by an hinged structure, the two first bars are foldable in the vertical direction, the vertical bars include at least two second bars hinged together by a rotation-connecting structure, so that the two second bars are foldable horizontally toward the interior of the frame, the folding mechanism includes an assembly base, a shaft and a strip slot, the assembly base is fixed to the vertical bar with an extension portion sleeved on the outer circumference of the horizontal bar and is hinged to the slot formed on the horizontal bar through the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Shuaiyu Li, Zichen Lin
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Publication number: 20240285087Abstract: The lumbar support mechanism and an adjustable bed therewith. The lumbar support mechanism includes a lumbar support member; first, second, third and fourth support legs; a linkage member; and first and second lumbar support brackets attached onto the adjustable bed. Upper ends of the first and second support legs are pivotally connected to the lumbar support member, and lower ends of the first and second support legs are pivotally connected to the linkage member, respectively. Upper ends of the third and fourth support legs are pivotally connected to the first and second support legs, respectively, and lower ends of the third and fourth support legs are pivotally connected to the first and second lumbar support brackets, respectively. As such, a distance between the lumbar support member and the linkage member is changeable between minimal and maximal distances when the linkage member moves between first and second positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Wei Wang, Fahuan Zhang, Jian Xie, Yifan Mao
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Publication number: 20240285088Abstract: A cushioning system may include a plurality of cushioning members comprising an elastomeric material. Each cushioning member may comprise a top end, bottom end, and a plurality of walls extending from the top end to the bottom end and defining a plurality of cavities. Each cushioning member may be substantially planar with a mating profile configured to engage with a complimentary mating profile of a second cushioning member. A mattress assembly may include a cushioning system as a support layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2022Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Kevin M. Tar, Micah A. Kaufman, Stephen Wallace, Anthony G. Turoso, Gary P. Ford
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Publication number: 20240285089Abstract: An elastic module comprises a plurality of first springs. The plurality of first springs are arranged in an array or staggered, and a first one of the plurality of first springs and a second one of the plurality of first springs adjacent to the first one of the plurality of first springs contact or approach. Each of the plurality of first springs is a single spring that is pre-compressed and wrapped by a flexible material, and upper parts of the plurality of first springs have swingable spaces on side surfaces of the plurality of first springs. Multiple first springs of the plurality of first springs on an outer periphery of the elastic module are connected by one or more connectors or connecting parts extending from the flexible material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Luhao LENG
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Publication number: 20240285090Abstract: The present disclosure provides an inflatable bed, which relates to the technical field of inflatable beds. The inflatable bed includes an inflatable bed main body, wherein an air-filled chamber is arranged in the inflatable bed main body; a sponge layer is filled in the first air-filled chamber; a plurality of pulling ribs are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the inflatable bed main body in the second air-filled chamber. The air-filled chamber of the inflatable bed main body of the inflatable bed provided by the present disclosure is divided into a first air-filled chamber and a second air-filled chamber. The sponge layer is filled in the first air-filled chamber, and the pulling ribs are arranged in the second air-filled chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Yonghui Xia, Xiaohong Jin
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Publication number: 20240285091Abstract: The invention relates to a mattress (10) comprising a mattress body (1), a support surface (2o, 2u) for a person to lie upon, and a mattress edge surface (4) extending peripherally around the mattress base body, the support surface (2) and/or the mattress edge surface (4) having a plurality of elevations (3i, 3a, 3r).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2021Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Boris Biebl
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Publication number: 20240285092Abstract: Mattress assemblies and/or pillows include at least one auxetic foam layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Talya Rachel Carnrike, Brian Anderson, Eun Su Lee, Cameron Collins, Jeff Wernz, Chris Chunglo, Veni Miller
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Publication number: 20240285093Abstract: A chair for particular use in clinical or hospital environments has a frame to which a support material is secured. The frame may include a seat frame and a separate head rest frame. The support material may be provided over the seat frame and the over the head rest frame. The support material may be made from a textile of interwoven strands wherein some of the interwoven strands include copper containing particles such as copper iodide or copper oxide within the textile fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: John Charles Hepler
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Publication number: 20240285094Abstract: An engaging device and an infant seat assembly having the engaging device. The engaging device is adapted to fix the baby carrier to the high chair, the baby carrier has a crossbar and the high chair has a carrier base. The engaging device includes an engaging base and a first engaging mechanism. The engaging base is adapted to be connected to the carrier base. The first engaging mechanism is movably disposed on the engaging base. The first engaging mechanism is adapted to releasably engage the crossbar with the engaging base. The infant seat assembly includes a high chair and the aforementioned engaging device. The baby basket can be detachably mounted to the carrier base of the high chair by the engaging device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: Wonderland Switzerland AGInventors: Zhengwen GUO, Huan NING, Zhiyang HE
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Publication number: 20240285095Abstract: An adjustable child carrier includes an adjustable bucket seat that can be adjusted to accommodate children of a wide range of sizes. The child carrier includes one or more adjustments that work alone or in cooperation to adjust the depth and width of the bucket seat area provided by the child carrier. The carrier is capable of supporting children of various sizes in an ergonomic position appropriate for the child's size.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Rodney V. Telford
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Publication number: 20240285096Abstract: Cooling cabinet, comprising a cooling space (30) enclosed by upright walls (41) and having cooling means which are able and configured to generate and maintain a cooled airflow in the cooling space (30), which cooling space (30) has an elongate lateral section with a longitudinal direction in which at least one console element (60) is placed adjacently of the cooling space (30), which console element (60) comprises at least one air channel which receives the cooled airflow from the cooling means and returns it via at least one outflow opening to the cooling space (30), characterized in that the at least one console element (60) is placed on a central axis of the lateral section of the cooling space (30) and maintains on at least a first side and a second side thereof a distance to an opposite wall of the cooling space (30), that the console element (60) provides on each of the first and second side at least one outflow opening to the cooling space (30) for the cooled airflow, and that at least one product sheType: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2022Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Patrick Albert Lucas, Johannes Antonius Hubertina Van Gils
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Publication number: 20240285097Abstract: A museum display case with climate control comprises a case bottom, a display space above the case bottom, a shelf inside the display space, and a housing for hygroscopic material facing into the display space below the shelf. The housing includes a housing window open in the case bottom, a housing frame fixed to the case bottom below the housing window, and a tray mounted in the housing frame. The tray is horizontally and vertically movable between a working position where the tray is raised vertically towards the display space at the window and a service position where the tray is at least partly pulled horizontally out of the housing frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Alessandro GOPPION
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Publication number: 20240285098Abstract: An environmentally friendly peg hook made from a paper based material that can be used on a display. The paper material can be recycled or is degradable in a land fill. The peg hook includes an anchor structure for securing the peg hook to a wall of a display through a slot in the wall. The peg hook can include a single hook structure or multiple hook structures in a single row or multiple rows.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Mariah T. VanLeeuwen, Richard A. Wilson, Michael S. Wilcox, Andre N. Fortier
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Publication number: 20240285099Abstract: A point-of-sale system is provided and includes a first checkout station and associated first edge cameras. The first cameras have a primary viewing area within the first checkout station and a peripheral viewing area outside the first checkout station. The system includes a second checkout station near the first checkout station and associated second edge cameras. The second cameras have a primary viewing area within the second checkout station and a peripheral viewing area outside the second checkout station. The peripheral viewing area of one second camera is within the first checkout station. The system further includes a vision mesh network having nodes in communication with each other. Some of the first and second cameras are nodes on the vision mesh network. A first edge camera receives and processes information about the first checkout station from the at least one second camera. A method is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: JAMES L. FRANK, CHARLES RAY KIRK, JAMES WACHO SLAUGHTER, JUDITH L. ATALLAH, SRIJA GANGULY
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Publication number: 20240285100Abstract: The improved systems and methods utilize a detection and tracking device in communication with a plurality of media acquisition devices strategically placed within a defined space, which is divided in a grid fashion such that each media acquisition device senses at least three points within the space, with adjacent media acquisition devices overlap, such that the plurality covers the entire space. Objects in the space are sensed by respective media acquisition devices, annotated with a tracking identifier, and tracked while moving therein by either the media acquisition devices or the detection and tracking device. The detection and tracking device derives input data points from each media acquisition device for projection onto a groundplot of the space, clusters the input data points from corresponding media acquisition devices into a single cluster, assigns the tracking identifier to a centroid of the cluster, and tracks the object as it moves.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: DIGIT7 INDIA PRIVATE LIMITEDInventors: Chithrai Selvakumar Mani, Venkat Shiva Pandiri
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Publication number: 20240285101Abstract: A frame apparatus, a kit of parts which includes multiple frames and a connector bracket for connecting the frames together, and a method of interconnecting a plurality of frames and hanging the same from a support surface. The frame apparatus may be a front-loading frame whereby display items are inserted into a display cavity of the frame through an opening in the front surface of the frame through which the display cavity is viewed. The frame may include an outer annular wall that defines the display cavity, an inner annular wall that is spaced apart from the outer annular wall, and a floor that extends between the inner and outer annular walls. The floor may comprise a plurality of apertures to allow for attachment of the frame to various accessories including hanging brackets, connector brackets, trays, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Michael Lee Pyle, Robert Terry Coyle, JR., Matthew Scott Kressin, Jill Christine Heck, Weisha Yu, Isabel Kathleen Case, Ariane Ebba Boli, Brad William Huff
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Publication number: 20240285102Abstract: A stackable picture frame device is disclosed as it may include a first frame body and a second frame body. Each of the first frame body and the second frame body have an outside perimeter forming a boundary, and an interior area defined by an inside perimeter of the respective frame body. The interior area may be for displaying a photograph or artistic work. Substantially equally spaced projections are formed on a front face of each frame body, and substantially equally spaced cavities are formed on a back face of each frame body corresponding to the projections formed on the front face of each frame body. The projections formed on the front face of the first frame body are sized to fit within any of the cavities formed on the back face of the second frame body to connect the frame bodies and form a collage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Jomana Malone
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Publication number: 20240285103Abstract: A collectible coin can be enveloped between two sheets of thin clear flexible plastic. The two sheets, with the coin centered on and between them, can be heat sealed together around a perimeter to create a coin envelope. The coin envelope can be secured around the perimeter by a snap-together assembly including front and back parts of a holder. The coin envelope and/or the front and/or back parts of the holder can include one or more alignment features that fix the rotational alignment of the envelope along with the enveloped coin within the snap-together assembly. The front and back parts can also secure and display a certification label describing the coin. The front and back parts with the coin envelope and certification label can be securely enclosed in a tamper-evident protective clear plastic case. The sheets can be made of, for example, polyethylene terephthalate glycol or polyethylene terephthalate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2022Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Eloy Nunez, Craig Fiumara, Max Spiegel, Scott Schechter, Joseph Yanarella, Stephen Lam
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Publication number: 20240285104Abstract: Multi-purpose and decorative series of flower baskets are provided. The flower baskets each include a bottom basket storage space, a middle concave basket cover flower arrangement space, an external decoration small platform, and a handle. A small-platform type, a flower-like basket edge type, a flower bed and flower lace type, a double-sided mirror frame type, an attractive melon and fruit type, a soft decoration desktop type, a clever collage type and a hard decoration desktop type, are designed by taking the creation of a small decoration platform as a technical concept. The main connection modes involve the basket cover being supported by a frame, relief grooves being fastened together, and double-sided adhesive tape or screws being used for reinforcement. There are various ways of connecting a handle and a basket; and magnetic fasteners, other fixing fasteners, and nuts and studs are mainly selected for fixing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2021Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: WEI HE
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Publication number: 20240285105Abstract: An electric blanket comprises the electric blanket fabric provided with multiple quilting in interlaced multi-line stitches; the electric blanket fabric is provided with a heating element around the quilting stitches, and the heating element is provided with a coupler for connecting to a controller; the heating element consists of a core, an inner conductor, an intermediate layer, an outer conductor, a film layer and an outer jacket from inside to outside. The invention has the following advantages: reasonable structural design and excellent heating effects realize a comfortable customer experience of the machine washable blanket, with excellent promotion prospects.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Long Huang, Fugui Huang
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Publication number: 20240285106Abstract: A bed sheet apparatus including a fitted sheet and a top sheet wherein said sheets are coupled together. The fitted sheet is connected to the top sheet in a manner that allows for the fitted sheet to be secured onto the bed, while the top sheet traverses over the top surface of the fitted sheet. In some cases, the top sheet is coupled to the elastic band of the fitted sheet. In other cases, the top sheet is coupled near the foot of the fitted sheet. A portion of the top sheet may hang over the edge of the fitted sheet to create the illusion of a separate fitted and top sheet system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Stephen Innis McTaggart
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Publication number: 20240285107Abstract: A pillow formed by a folded over foam substrate, has attached at its respective distal end an openable inner compartment. The inner compartment can be filled with variable inserts for back of head and neck support, wherein the inserts includes loose fibrous materials or loose pieces of viscoelastic foam, either loose or in discrete closed pouches. This utilizes the softness and support of the materials, to individually vary the softness and support as the user of the pillow chooses. This promotes interchangeability of the interior pillow materials. The pillowcase may include an internal opened sleeve at one end of the pillowcase, to enhance the ease and speed of inserting pillows within pillowcases, with extra manual shoving and manipulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Robert Berney, Linda Mikell
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Publication number: 20240285108Abstract: The present invention discloses a scented straw. The scented straw has a straw body and a scented portion or a scented ring, in order to generate fragrance. When the user uses the scented straw of the present invention to absorb the odorless liquid, by scenteding the aroma of the scented portion or the scented ring, the user thinks that he has tasted a flavorful drink, which scented and taste experience are different from using a traditional straw to absorb a liquid with food additives.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Hong-Fan WEI
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Publication number: 20240285109Abstract: A container holding device, including a main body to receive at least one of a cup and a mobile device thereon, the main body including a first surface, a second surface having a size smaller than a size of the first surface and connected to the first surface, a first connecting surface disposed between the first surface and the second surface to connect the first surface to the second surface, and a second connecting surface disposed between the first surface and the second surface to connect the first surface to the second surface, a container receiving aperture disposed between the first surface, the second surface, the first connecting surface, and/or the second connecting surface to receive the cup therein and facilitate placement of the mobile device on the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface, and a handle arcuately disposed away from the first surface to facilitate gripping thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Brian Butler
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Publication number: 20240285110Abstract: A landing station guidance-and-security system can include an environmental cover and/or a guide-and-security bar. In some embodiments, the landing station guidance-and-security system is integrated into a parcel-receiving device. In some embodiments, the landing station guidance-and-security system is configured to attach to a parcel-receiving device. In some embodiments, the guide-and-security bar includes a precision rod. In some embodiments, a drone landing station includes: a magnetic centering mechanism configured to center a drone and/or a package; sliding dovetail doors; a plow bar; at least one roll-up door; a first storage locker; a second storage locker; and/or a solid rear door configured to block access to the second storage locker from the first storage locker when the first storage locker is being accessed by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Ryan Walsh, Stefan Prokuski, David Laczak, Alex Falesch
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Publication number: 20240285111Abstract: A hanging weight structure for a curtain has a hanging weight member and two cover caps. A top portion of the hanging weight member has an assembling slot configured for accepting a curtain sheet. The two cover caps are respectively jacketed onto two ends of the hanging weight member and blocks the connecting member. One of the cover caps has a connecting member toward the hanging weight member and pushing against a side of the hanging weight member, and the connecting member has a concave shape capable of accepting another hanging weight member. A dividing member connects the connecting member and the cover cap, and a separating space is defined by the dividing member, and the cover cap and another hanging weight member. Another cover cap has a positioning bar parallel to the hanging weight member and is disposed at a same side as the connecting member for positioning.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Shan-Chi Chuang