Patents Issued in September 3, 2024
  • Patent number: 12075904
    Abstract: A wirelessly locatable tag may include a first housing member defining an exterior surface of the wirelessly locatable tag and a frame member attached to the first housing member and defining a battery cavity configured to receive a button cell battery and an opening through the frame member. The wirelessly locatable tag may further include a circuit board positioned between the first housing member and the frame member, a battery connector coupled to the circuit board and comprising a deflectable arm extending into the battery cavity through the opening in the frame member, a second housing member removably coupled to the frame member, and a biasing member configured to bias the button cell battery into the battery cavity of the frame member and against the deflectable arm of the battery connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher S. Graham, Christopher J. Walton, Ryan C. Perkins, Tatsuya Sano, Samuel B. Schaevitz, Christopher M. Werner
  • Patent number: 12075905
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses for supporting electronic devices are described. Such systems and apparatuses provide significant adaptability to position an electronic device in commonly used locations by using an interface that is readily provided in virtually any location. Furthermore, the systems and apparatuses described herein include cradles that adaptable to a wide array of electronic device dimensions, including width and depth or thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: GeeLux Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventor: Marcio Marc Abreu
  • Patent number: 12075906
    Abstract: An applicator for a container, the container for storing a substance to be applied and including an outlet through which the substance is to be discharged, wherein the applicator includes a brush head adapted to be located at the outlet; and a removable nozzle adapted to be optionally mounted over the brush head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Inventor: Liam Attenborough
  • Patent number: 12075907
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a toothbrush that enables an appropriate brushing pressure to be more reliably recognized. A head portion (10) provided on a tip end side in a long axis direction and having a bristle tufting surface (11), a grip portion (30) disposed on a rear end side from the head portion, and a neck portion (20) disposed between the bristle tufting surface and the grip portion are provided. A sound generation portion (70) that generates a click sound due to deformation when an external force in a first direction orthogonal to the bristle tufting surface exceeds a threshold value is provided on a rear end side from the bristle tufting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Lion Corporation
    Inventor: Yuya Kimoto
  • Patent number: 12075908
    Abstract: The present invention is a makeup brush with a releasably connectable ferrule and handle, so that the ferrules and handles are interchangeable. The means for releasably connecting the ferrule and the handle may be, for examples, by friction fit or by the inclusion of sliding features, such as a notch and channel, such being additional methods for releasable connectivity beyond those already patented and/or developed by the inventor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: LUMETIQUE, INC.
    Inventor: Andrea Gunness
  • Patent number: 12075909
    Abstract: A table assembly can include a table including a support portion and a mounting portion; and a mounting bracket defining a mounting slot, the mounting slot receiving the mounting portion. The support portion can be cantilevered. The mounting bracket can define a top side and a bottom side; and the mounting slot can extend from the top side to the bottom side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: FC Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Christian Evan Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 12075910
    Abstract: Provided is a stool or stoop device that is easily transitioned between a stowed position within a cabinet and a deployed or in-use position outside of a cabinet. The stool may have a streamlined design and high ease of use so that the stool may be stowed away, set up, and utilized by children, in an example. The stool can accommodate multiple cabinet designs, floor surfaces and under-cabinet structures, such as drain traps and plumbing. The stool may be flat-boxed shipped and easily assembled and installed into a cabinet structure with minimal tools or training. In an embodiment, the stool may comprise at least two legs, wherein each leg includes a concaved or recessed portion, at least one step between and connecting the at least two legs, and a pivotable bracket for facilitating the transition between a stowed and deployed positions. The stool may be mounted to an interior of a cabinet or may include a weighted base that is positionable within the interior of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Inventor: Mark Raymond Stultz
  • Patent number: 12075911
    Abstract: A device for the rotary movement has a planar bearing region relative to a bearing region of a carrier panel. The bearing region is arranged in a plane-parallel state in relation to the bearing region. As seen in the plane of the bearing surfaces, a length of the item is greater than a width of the item. Mutually facing bearing surfaces of the bearing regions have respective running channels, in which rolling-contact bodies are guided. The running channels are formed such that the item is moveable relative to the carrier panel from a starting position into an end position, in which the item has been pivoted through a predetermined angle of between 130° and 180° relative to the carrier panel and can be pivoted in a pivoting direction back into the starting position. A connecting stub projects out from one of the bearing regions and is moveable in a guide track arranged in the other of the two bearing regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Rehage, Eduard Arnst, Andreas Matthes
  • Patent number: 12075912
    Abstract: A seat device that can reliably regulates a reclining operation when in a long state where a back of a seat is along a wall. The seat device (10) that can convert the state of the seat (1) includes a reclining mechanism (50) that can tilt a backrest (3) of the seat (1), wherein an operation of tilting the backrest (3) by the reclining mechanism (50) is disabled when the seat (1) is in the long state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masanobu Nakane, Shunya Ebina, Yutaka Nagao
  • Patent number: 12075913
    Abstract: A sofa that transitions between a sitting position and a sleeping position. The sofa includes a frame with a bracket and multiple arms and support bases that allow the frame to move from the sitting position and the sleeping position, and the reverse, by allowing the multiple arms to rotate and support bases to rotate about the bracket at attachment points where the bracket and arms are connected by fasteners. In some embodiments, a back support portion of the sofa is hingedly moveable into first and second positions to optionally reduce the vertical height of the back support to allow easier transport (i.e., in boxes and shipping containers) and movement (i.e., through small doorways and spaces) of the sofa, as described herein. In some embodiments the sofa has a space or notch underneath that is configured to be fastened or otherwise affixed to a platform, such as a bump out in a recreational vehicle, wherein the notch is configured to provide the sofa with a lower profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: LIPPERT COMPONENTS MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventor: Earl Williams
  • Patent number: 12075914
    Abstract: A human body detection mat is provided to analyze a user's sleep and selectively generate heat in a partial area thereof. The human body detection mat can include a substrate, a plurality of first detection electrode lines arranged on the substrate and formed along a first direction, and a plurality of second detection electrode lines arranged on the substrate and formed along a second direction which intersects with the first direction. The first and second detection electrode lines intersect with each other within a specific area on the substrate and are formed to be flexed within the specific area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunoh Kang, Hyungyu Park, Jeongwook An
  • Patent number: 12075915
    Abstract: A sleeping and resting apparatus is disclosed that may include a bottom enclosure including a plurality of associated walls defining a first spatial region and an array of compartments positioned within the first spatial region defined by the plurality of walls associated with the bottom enclosure. Each compartment may store a predefined volume of granular material. A top enclosure may include a plurality of associated walls defining a second spatial region and an array of flexible containers positioned within the second spatial region. Each flexible container may store a predefined volume of granular material. At least one temperature controlling element may be positioned in physical proximity with the bottom enclosure to add or remove heat from the granular material stored in at least one compartment of the array of compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Inventor: Javid Rouhi
  • Patent number: 12075916
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus may include a mattress configured to receive a fluid from a pneumatic system, a graphical user interface, and a controller configured to control the pneumatic system and to communicate with the graphical user interface. The controller may control the graphical user interface to selectively display a home screen comprising a plurality of icons, the icons comprising a mattress function menu icon and a mattress function screen accessible via the mattress function menu icon. The mattress function screen may include at least one control input configured to activate a first state and a second state of the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: David Newkirk, Brandon Fisk, Gregory Shannon, Scott Corbin, Rachel L. Williamson, John Goewert
  • Patent number: 12075917
    Abstract: An inflatable bed having a main air chamber, a first pull strap group, and a second pull strap group. The main chamber includes an annular air chamber having a first annular air chamber and a second annular air chamber, which are in communication with each other. The first annular air chamber and the second annular air chamber are provided at two opposite sides of the main air chamber. The first pull strap group is connected to both an inner wall of the main air chamber and an outer wall of the first annular air chamber, and the second pull strap group is connected to both the inner wall of the main air chamber and an outer wall of the second annular air chamber. The pull strap group connections provide a pulling structure that is formed between the adjacent air chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: DONGGUAN HONGYU PLASTIC CO., LTD
    Inventor: Guohai Hou
  • Patent number: 12075918
    Abstract: A mattress including a stretchable flame-retardant textile cap incorporating a top panel of flame retardant material operatively connected to a stitch-bonded flame retardant textile skirting with machine direction stretch and recovery properties disposed over a resilient mattress core to provided flame barrier protection to the mattress core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: TIETEX INTERNATIONAL LTD
    Inventors: Martin Wildeman, Nicholas James Brownless, Robert Wade Wallace
  • Patent number: 12075919
    Abstract: A foldable chair includes a lower hub assembly and an upper hub assembly. The lower hub assembly has foldable legs for supporting the chair. The upper hub assembly has a plurality of bars, and webbing mounted on the bars. The bars are movable so that the webbing can be folded and unfolded. The webbing provides a seating area when unfolded. The chair also includes a center shaft assembly that facilitates tilting and swiveling of the seating area in relation to the lower hub assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert James Fulbright, Anthony Joseph Koch, Craig Francis Hofmann, Chinawut Paesang
  • Patent number: 12075920
    Abstract: A structure includes a first body member including a first interfacing side edge and a first interconnecting component at the first interfacing side edge and a second body member identical to the first body member, the second body member including a second interfacing side edge and a second interconnecting component at the second interfacing side edge. The first interconnecting component engages with the second interconnecting component to secure the first body member and the second body member together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Honest Structures LLC
    Inventors: Hemant Jha, Kopal Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 12075921
    Abstract: A chair includes a base and a back coupled to the base. The back includes a pair of back supports extending from the base and a back panel coupled to the pair of back supports. Each back support is configured to exhibit a first bending stiffness when bent to a first stop point, and exhibit a second bending stiffness when bent beyond the first stop point, the second bending stiffness being greater than the first bending stiffness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: HNI TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Jay R. Machael, Douglas A. Schroeder
  • Patent number: 12075922
    Abstract: An example interchangeable decorative feature described herein includes an interchangeable panel provided on a housing of a task chair. The panel provides aesthetic functionality by allowing a user to customize, modify, personalize, or otherwise alter the design, theme, or aesthetic of the example task chair. The panel is interchangeable and includes a snap fitting coupling the panel to a surface of the chair. An example interchangeable decorative feature described herein additionally or alternatively includes an interchangeable vinyl skin provided on a task chair. The vinyl skin includes an adhesive for adhering the skin to a surface of the example task chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Anthro Form, LLC
    Inventor: Steven DuFresne
  • Patent number: 12075923
    Abstract: A child seat includes a seat portion, a backrest frame, a connector, and a locking mechanism operable to rotationally lock and unlock the connector with respect to the seat portion. The seat portion is fixedly connected with a first coupling part. The backrest frame is fixedly connected with a second coupling part, the second coupling part being pivotally connected with the first coupling part about a first pivot axis so that the backrest frame is rotatable relative to the seat portion. The connector is pivotally connected with the seat portion about a second pivot axis spaced apart from the first pivot axis, the connector being operable to detachably engage with a corresponding structure provided on a child supporting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Zhiren Zhong
  • Patent number: 12075924
    Abstract: A foldable small dining chair includes a front support frame and a rear support frame which are arranged in a foldable manner. The front support frame is provided with a left sleeve member and a right sleeve member. The front support frame is provided with a left armrest connecting rod and a right armrest connecting rod. A top front end of the left armrest connecting rod is provided with a foldable left armrest, and a top front end of the right armrest connecting rod is provided with a foldable right armrest. A rotatable seat is provided between the left sleeve member and the right sleeve member. A dining tray being detachable and movable forwards and backwards is provided between the left armrest and the right armrest. A detachable backrest is provided between the left armrest connecting rod and the right armrest connecting rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: TJ(fujian) Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jianbo Yang
  • Patent number: 12075925
    Abstract: A carrying device for carrying a child on a shoulder of a person is disclosed. The device comprises a weight distribution support with a first end connected the shoulder strap and a second end connected to the back portion of the carrying device. In use, a force acting on the weight distribution support from below, pushes the shoulder strap and the shoulder support bar in an upward direction such that the first curve is further curved outwards, thus allowing the weight to be evenly distributed over the weight distribution support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: HTS HANS TORGERSEN & SØNN AS
    Inventor: Julius Andreas Winger
  • Patent number: 12075926
    Abstract: A museum showcase includes a base, with a laterally accessible technical compartment and an upper platform, and an exhibition space above the platform, delimited by vertically extended glass walls. The glass walls include at least one multi-layered special glass wall, formed of an inner glass pane and an outer glass pane. The inner glass pane extends downwards to cover the base and includes an opening at the technical compartment. The outer glass pane extends downwards only to a height such that the opening in the inner glass pane remains free. The special glass wall includes an openable door shaped and sized to form an extension of the outer glass pane downwards to cover the base. In this way, the opening of the technical compartment is accessible by opening the door, without having to open access to the exhibition space. The inner glass pane ensures that the exhibition space remains closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: GOPPION S.P.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Goppion
  • Patent number: 12075927
    Abstract: An image display device includes an approach situation information acquirer that acquires approach situation information indicating approach of at least part of a customer's body to a shelf on which a plurality of items are displayed and indicating, when there is the approach, a position of the approach on the shelf at each time; an associator that associates the approach situation information with one item of the plurality of items according to the position indicated by the approach situation information; an index value calculator that calculates an index value relating to the customer's behavior on the basis of information indicating the item associated with the approach situation information; and a display unit that displays the index value calculated by the index value calculator together with an image of the item on the basis of the association made by the associator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Kobayashi, Shigetsu Saito
  • Patent number: 12075928
    Abstract: A divided shelf for a display rack and related methods are provided. The divided shelf transforms from a knockdown configuration to an erected configuration. The divided shelf includes divider panels to divide the shelf into more than one separate compartments. The divided shelf is affixed to a display rack base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Vanguard Packaging, LLC
    Inventor: Apryl McGill
  • Patent number: 12075929
    Abstract: A phone case display and organizer can display multiple mobile phone cases so a user can see the design on the back of the cases. The display case and organizer provide a solution for the clutter of multiple phone cases in a decorative and organized way such that the design is visible, and the individual cases are easily accessible for the customer to choose from and use. Typically, phone cases can get damaged when stacked or crowded into small spaces. The display and organizer provide ample room to display the cases in a way that does not damage them while allowing the consumer to see the entire collection side by side in order to use them as fashion accessories. Having the cases displayed out in the open rather that stacked in a drawer allows the consumer to enjoy their collection and remember to use them regularly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: ABBYROSE, LLC
    Inventor: Zach Rosilier
  • Patent number: 12075930
    Abstract: A method of assembling a frame which includes positioning a first frame member adjacent to a second frame member, the first and second frame members having channel with a mounting surface; providing a reinforcement bracket having a plate with a front surface and a rear surface, a first mounting element extending from the rear surface of the plate, and a second mounting element extending from the rear surface of the plate; applying an adhesive along at least one of: (1) the mounting surfaces of the frame members; and (2) the first and second mounting elements of the reinforcement bracket; and positioning the first and second mounting elements into the channels and pressing the first and second mounting elements against the mounting surfaces to adhesively attach the reinforcement bracket to the first and second frame members and thereby couple the first and second frame members together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: MCS Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Patrick McGowan, Robert Terry Coyle, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12075931
    Abstract: This document discloses a disposable beverage cup with a non-removable straw. This disposable beverage cup and non-removable straw substantially reduce, or even eliminate, a chance that the straw will end up, on its own, polluting the world's oceans or land. This is due to the straw being non-removable and, along with the disposable beverage cup, being more likely to be properly disposed of, composted, or otherwise responsibly handled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Inventor: Michael K. Colby
  • Patent number: 12075932
    Abstract: The golf ball beverage container may comprise a flask and a funnel. The flask may resemble a golf ball in size, shape, and coloration. A screw cap may be removed from the flask to reveal a hollow interior that may be filled with a liquid. As a non-limiting example, the liquid may be a beverage. With the screw cap in place the liquid may be transported within the flask without spilling. The funnel may resemble a golf tee. The funnel may be operable to guide the liquid into a head of the golf tee through a hollow center of the golf tee and into the flask as the liquid is poured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Inventor: Mark Sharpnack
  • Patent number: 12075933
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a volumetric measurement based apparatus for dispensing powdered spice. The apparatus comprises a storage section comprising a funnel shaped section with the narrowed part of the funnel towards the side of dispensation of powdered spice. The apparatus also comprises an outer hole that is misaligned with the first hole, and in between the two holes a lever is configured to slide, with the lever having a slot. The lever is coupled to any driving mechanism that enables angular motion of the lever. When the slot and the first hole are aligned, powdered spice flows from the first hole to the second hole. The lever can then move, and when the slot is aligned with the outer hole, the powdered spice is dispensed. The quantity of powdered spice dispensed is a function of amount of overlap of the holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: EUPHOTIC LABS PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: Abhishek Ganesh, Yatinkumar Varachhia, Khushal Patel, Venkatesh Puttaswamy
  • Patent number: 12075934
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to can cooler for holding a can. The can cooler includes a vessel having a closed bottom end, an upper open end, a sidewall having an inner surface and an outer surface and a ring positioned about the upper open end. The ring having a plurality of ribs configured for holding the can in the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Real Value LLC
    Inventor: Nathaniel Haskins
  • Patent number: 12075935
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a foldable hanger assembly and a clothing storage system that accommodates foldable hanger assemblies. Foldable hanger assembly embodiments comprise: (i) a first frame component with a hook; (ii) a second frame component; and (iii) a hinge assembly connecting the first frame component and the second frame component. In some examples, the hinge assembly comprises: (i) a first hinge insert attached to the first frame component; (ii) a second hinge insert attached to the second frame component; and (iii) a hinge clip that connects the first hinge insert to the second hinge insert, where the hinge clip allows the first frame component and the second frame component to pivot relative to each other from a horizontally open configuration into a horizontally closed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: This Is An Adventure, Inc.
    Inventors: Simone Giertz, Stuart McConnel
  • Patent number: 12075936
    Abstract: In yet another aspect, a pillow generally comprises a blanket, a top, a bottom, and sides extending between the top and the bottom. The blanket is attached to the sides and has a stowed position and a use position. The top, the bottom, and the sides collectively define a first compartment sized to receive stuffing. The top defines a second compartment sized to receive the blanket in a stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Inventor: John Voegel
  • Patent number: 12075937
    Abstract: The pipe-mounted coupler enables industry standard hooks on horizontal rods and other accessories to rest at such a height as to provide uniform appearance to the top of drape walls. The pipe-mounted coupler mounts on a pipe or rod vertical end to allow one or more accessory connections to be affixed to the vertical pipe. The pipe-mounted coupler includes a locking protrusion that is insertable into a slotted opening on the pipe end to allow the pipe-mounted coupler to be secured onto the pipe end allowing minimal vertical movement or horizontal twisting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Inventor: Philip DiTrolio
  • Patent number: 12075938
    Abstract: A separable screw and a juice extractor using the same are disclosed. A separable screw according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a first module formed with slits by bars on an external circumferential side; and a second module formed with ribs inserted into the slit of the first module; wherein the first module and the second module are detachably coupled, and the rib is inserted into the slit and a gap is formed between the rib and the slit when the second module is inserted into and coupled with the first module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: HUROM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Ki Kim, Cha Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 12075939
    Abstract: A machine for preparing a beverage from an ingredient has: an extraction seat, an inlet arrangement for guiding water into the seat and a dispensing arrangement for guiding beverage out of the seat. The dispensing arrangement has a face, formed by a beverage guide structure for guiding a total flow of beverage out of a total guide exit, delimiting a downstream part of the seat. The guide structure is associated with a flow control device, having an obstruction portion and one or more control sides, configured to control the flow of beverage. The control sides suitable to delimit from the obstruction portion a passage that the total flow of beverage is passed through. The obstruction portion and the control side(s) are operable over the beverage guide structure to change a position, size and/or shape of the obstructed and unobstructed portion of the total guide entry and/or exit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventor: Nicolas Obliger
  • Patent number: 12075940
    Abstract: The present invention provides a beverage preparation machine comprising a housing; a reservoir for containing a liquid, wherein the reservoir is situated within the housing; a dispensing outlet for dispensing the liquid; a pump situated between the reservoir and the dispensing outlet; a user input means situated on an outer surface of the housing; and a pump controller configured to operate the pump for conveying liquid from the reservoir to the dispensing outlet for dispensing the liquid, wherein the input means is capable of communicating with the pump controller in order to initiate an operation of the pump; and the pump controller is configured to operate the pump based on a characteristic of the previous operation of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Luigi Lavazza S.p.A.
    Inventor: Xianghua Xu
  • Patent number: 12075941
    Abstract: A blender for processing comestible matter includes a base with a motor, a blade assembly, and a container. The blender further comprises a first safety mechanism and a second safety mechanism. The first safety mechanism functions to ensure that the container is securely attached to the blade assembly before the blade assembly can be mounted to the base. The second safety mechanism functions to ensure the motor in the base can only be powered on when the container and the blade assembly are securely mounted to the base. The blender is operable by affixing the container to the blade assembly, and then the assembly to the base, such that both safety mechanisms are released to permit the motor to be activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Capbran Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Colin Sapire
  • Patent number: 12075942
    Abstract: A device for storing food products at hot temperature, having an outer housing, an inner housing at least partially contained inside the outer housing, and a fan chamber defined within the inner housing, the fan chamber having at least one air inlet and outlet. A fan and a heating element are located inside the fan chamber. A food tray defines a space for holding the food products therein. A first air flow path for guiding a first air flow is defined from outside of the outer housing to the air inlet of the fan chamber, the first flow path extending between the outer housing and the inner housing, and a second air flow path for guiding a second air flow is defined from the air outlet of the fan chamber to the space inside the food tray, and the heating element is located in the second air flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Franke Technology and Trademark Ltd
    Inventors: Ireneusz Czapp, Andrzej Tusk, Marek Ormanin, Aleksander Majorek, Kamil Rachuba
  • Patent number: 12075943
    Abstract: A cooking system includes a housing having at least one internal compartment and a cooking container receivable within said at least one internal compartment. A cooking volume is defined within an interior of said cooking container. A bottom surface of said cooking container is angled upwardly. A heating element is associated with said at least one internal compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Christopher T. Martin, Thomas Guerin, Roger Neil Jackson, Joshua D. Anthony, Kerry Schwarz, Michaela Dubeau
  • Patent number: 12075944
    Abstract: An air fryer comprises: an air fryer basket; and an air fryer basket accessory. The fryer basket accessory comprises: a first plate configured to be supported by the air fryer basket; and a second plate rotatably connected to the first plate, the second plate configured to be supported by the air fryer basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: The Steelstone Group LLC
    Inventors: Binyumen Itzkowitz, Meilech Friedman, Joseph Deutsch, Kalman Wertzberger, Robyn De Luca, Wenhui Huang
  • Patent number: 12075945
    Abstract: A convection fryer is composed of a main oil circulating pump, a tube heat exchanger, a fry tank, a continuous oil filtration system, an oil storage holding tank filter frame and filter bag, and a main circulating pump. Cooking oil is pumped by the main circulating pump to the heat exchanger to the fry tank. Oil flows from the tank through the filter screen to the pump trough to the main circulating pump completing the oil circulating loop. At the end of the cooking day the oil is drained to the holding tank for storage while the fry tank is cleaned. In the next fry cycle the oil is pumped up out of the holding tank to the fry tank to start the cooking process all over again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Inventor: Sidney Tracy Highnote
  • Patent number: 12075946
    Abstract: A blender includes a container body in which food is accommodated, a main body provided underneath the container body and supporting the container body, a container lid detachably mounted on an upper surface of the container body and opening and closing the top of the container body, and a blade assembly of which a blade chops the food inside the container body into small pieces. O more concave grooves in a shape of “” are formed in one end portion of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ki Joong Kang, Daebong Yang, Inwoo Baek
  • Patent number: 12075947
    Abstract: The present application discloses an automated cooking system including: a cooking apparatus comprising a cooking container and a stirring motion mechanism configured to produce a motion in the cooking container as to stir, mix or distribute the food or food ingredients held in the cooking container; ingredient containers to store food ingredients; an dispensing apparatus to dispense the food ingredients from an ingredient container into the cooking container; food containers to hold a cooked food; an unloading motion mechanism to turn the cooking container to dispense cooked food from the cooking container to a food container; a transfer apparatus configured to grip and move a food container; a food container transport system; a liquid dispensing apparatus to dispense liquid ingredients into the cooking container; and a cleaning apparatus; and a computer system with algorithms to control these mechanisms and apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Inventor: Zhengxu He
  • Patent number: 12075948
    Abstract: A system includes a carousel apparatus including: first openings concentrically arranged around axis to hold first containers adapted to hold first food ingredients, second openings concentrically arranged inside the first openings to hold second containers adapted to hold second food ingredients, a holder in which the first openings and the second openings are formed, and which is adapted to support the first containers and the second containers, and a first motor coupled to the holder and adapted to rotate the holder around the axis; support structure configured to hold a receptacle; and a linear actuator apparatus configured to move the support structure and including: a linear guide which extends underneath the holder and is coupled to the support structure, and a second motor coupled to the linear guide and adapted to move the support structure along the linear guide underneath the first openings and the second openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: DoorDash, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Michael De Vitis, Kort Edward Reinecke, Naikang Kuan
  • Patent number: 12075949
    Abstract: A cutting board is provided. The cutting board includes a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, and a first channel interrupting the third surface. The first surface lies within a first plane and comprises a first perimeter. The second surface extends away from the first surface proximate to the first perimeter. The third surface lies within a second plane and includes a second perimeter. The first channel extends along the second plane and interrupts the third surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Evan Grybush, Erika Kovesdi
  • Patent number: 12075950
    Abstract: A drop assembly for a paper product dispenser is provided that transitions an upper carriage for a second roll of paper product into a primary or first position after depletion of a first or primary roll of paper product without user intervention. The drop assembly transitions the upper carriage into approximately the same position previously occupied by the lower carriage, allowing a small aperture in a front face of a dispenser to be used. Additionally, the drop assembly can include a reset connection to transition the drop assembly back to the firsts position upon opening of a dispenser front face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric M. Chalko, Jae Gu, Thomas Cahoon
  • Patent number: 12075951
    Abstract: A dispensing assembly and a method for cleaning inner buttocks using partially wet toilet paper. The dispensing assembly includes a housing and a container removably coupled to the bottom of the housing. The container can be removed, refilled, and reattached to the housing. A pump enclosed within the housing can suck liquid from the container. The pump can deliver a stream of liquid through a nozzle on the toilet paper. Sensors protruding from the housing can detect the toilet paper when in proximity to the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Inventor: Kevin Downey
  • Patent number: 12075952
    Abstract: The present invention is a toilet assembly having a central main bowl, waste bag, bag entrance guide, bag openers with clips, a roller assembly operatively associated with each of the waste bag and the bag openers, the roller assembly constructed and arranged to close and seal the waste bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Inventors: Chaim Mochkin, Spencer Greenfeder, Scott Faulkner
  • Patent number: 12075953
    Abstract: A fitting assembly for attaching an elongate member to a surface within a shower or bath area includes a clamp including a collar arranged to receive and abut the elongate member, the collar having an axially extending split, the clamp further including a finger extending outwardly from the collar adjacent one side of the split. A cover includes an aperture arranged to receive the elongate member, the cover arranged to retain the clamp within such that the collar is axially aligned with the aperture. A bracket is arranged to be fixed to the surface and to receive and retain the cover containing the clamp, the bracket comprising a receiving portion arranged to urge the finger so as to compress the collar portion at the split, thereby clamping the elongate member within the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Connolly, Richard Mead, Simon Westgate, Adam May, Robin Whitfield