Patents Issued in September 24, 2024
  • Patent number: 12096838
    Abstract: A method of making a face mask for a face of a human user can include determining a lower eye region bound and determining an upper eye region bound by locating an upper bound of the eyeball as determined by a peak point of an arc of concavity in an upper eyelid of the at least one eye when the eye is closed. The method can also include setting a first anchor point about 0 mm to about 10 mm below the lower eye region bound, and setting a second anchor point about 0 mm to about 10 mm above the upper eye region bound; and defining at least one eye opening for a face mask having first edge that intersects the first anchor point and a second edge that intersects the second anchor point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Scott Kendyl Stanley, Andrew Paul Rapach, Jill Marlene Orr
  • Patent number: 12096839
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a makeup application system includes: a projector (22) configured to project digital content including a makeup application tutorial onto the user's facial surface; and a dynamic mapping unit (24); (30) operably coupled to the projector, wherein the dynamic mapping unit is configured to establish a dynamic correspondence between pixels of the projector (22) and features of the user's facial surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Panagiotis-Alexandros Bokaris, Michael Haddad, Loic Tran
  • Patent number: 12096840
    Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present invention is to obtain a hair clip capable of holding the hair more tightly, thereby prolonging the state of the hair being clipped with the hair clip. A hair clip 1 according to the present invention is a hair clip for clipping hair, comprising: a first clip piece 110 and a second clip piece 120, for holding the hair; and a hinge member 130 for connecting the first clip piece 110 with the second clip piece 120 in an openable and closable manner, wherein the first clip piece 110 has a plurality of first teeth of generally V-shape, the plurality of first teeth including a first tooth A 110a and a first tooth B 110b, wherein the second clip piece has a plurality of second teeth of generally V-shape, the plurality of second teeth including a second tooth A 120a and a second tooth B 120b, and wherein the first tooth A 110a is adjacent to the second tooth A 120a, and the first tooth B 110b is adjacent to the second tooth B 120b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Matsuura co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Matsuura
  • Patent number: 12096841
    Abstract: A tank carrier contains a retractable dolly and a pair of straps to allow a user to carry it on their back. The tank carrier also contains ladder hooks to allow an individual to rest the carrier on a ladder at any point. The side surfaces of the tank carrier also contains compartments to store rods or sticks. The access door to reach the tanks are also alterable to better secure the tanks in position while also providing another storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventor: Richard A. Hamon
  • Patent number: 12096842
    Abstract: Provided is a sports water bottle, including: a water bottle body and a plurality of functional accessories. A peripheral side of the water bottle body has a first outer wall and a second outer wall, and a first connecting piece or a second connecting piece is arranged on the first outer wall and/or the second outer wall. Each of the functional accessories is provided with the second connecting piece corresponding to the first connecting piece on the water bottle body; and/or each of the functional accessories is provided with the first connecting piece corresponding to the second connecting piece. The first connecting piece and the second connecting piece are matched with each other and detachably connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: NEARLOCK CO., LTD
    Inventor: Bin Yang
  • Patent number: 12096843
    Abstract: Tooth cleaning devices for portable, discrete use to improve dental hygiene as well as cosmetic appearance of teeth and processes for using same. The devices enable discrete cleaning of teeth after drinking dark-colored beverages or after eating food in social settings when conventional teeth cleaning devices are unavailable or inconvenient. In particular, these devices are designed for multiple uses, so that the same device may be used for teeth cleaning on multiple occasions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: FUNKKOFF! INC.
    Inventor: Joelle S. Flynn
  • Patent number: 12096844
    Abstract: The disclosure provides dental hygiene devices including a plurality of bristles in the form of polymer fibers, the polymer fibers having a plurality of microcapsules positioned within at least a portion of the polymer fibers, and the plurality of microcapsules comprising an oral care additive surrounded by a shell configured as one or a plurality of layers. In some aspects, the present disclosure provides processes and methods for forming toothbrush bristles including an oral care additive contained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Gerhart Huy
  • Patent number: 12096845
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a skin treatment device and an interface for, preferably detachably, attaching a brush to a skin treatment device, wherein the skin treatment device comprises a drive unit, a component part driven by the drive unit to perform a rotatory and/or oscillating movement and a hood at least partially encasing said driven component part. One of said brush and said driven component part comprises at least two protrusions which both extend through openings in the hood when the brush is attached to the skin treatment device. At least one of said protrusions engages the other of said brush and said driven component part by snap fit when the brush is attached to the skin treatment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Piesker, Xinwu Lai, Tiandong Guo
  • Patent number: 12096846
    Abstract: A multifunctional handheld applicator includes a handle having a material reservoir, an upper portion, and a lower portion. A mechanism housing is affixed to the upper portion of the handle and includes a motor operably connected to a drive gear. A pair of cam gears are mechanically engaged with and disposed on opposing sides of the drive gear. A cam is affixed to each cam gear, wherein each cam engages an opposing end of an actuator affixed to a head assembly that is operably connected to the mechanism housing. Activation of motor causes rotation of the drive gear, which causes the cams to make alternating reciprocal contact with the opposing ends of the actuator, thereby causing reciprocal side-to-side motion of the head assembly and the attached scrubbing pad. A pulley, cable, and spring assembly also causes reciprocal up-and-down motion of the head assembly via a sliding exterior handle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventor: Garry Desyr
  • Patent number: 12096847
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus can include a brush. The cleaning apparatus can also include a base portion comprising: a housing; and a hub configured to: hold a first end of the brush; and release the brush from the housing when a removal force is applied to the hub. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin W. Rose, Lauren E. Rose
  • Patent number: 12096848
    Abstract: An oral care implement that includes a handle and an oral care refill head. The oral care refill head is alterable between a first state in which it is separated from the handle and a second state in which it is coupled to the handle. The oral care refill head has a proximal edge surface that defines an opening into a sleeve cavity. The proximal edge surface is inclined with radial distance from a cavity axis of the sleeve cavity. Similarly, the handle has a gripping portion that terminates at a distal end and a stem that protrudes from the distal end. The annular shoulder that is inclined downwardly and away from a stem to facilitate mating of the oral care refill head to the handle. The oral care refill head may have features for securing the oral care refill head to the stem of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Al Aquanza Sprosta, Eduardo Jimenez, Douglas Hohlbein, Michael Rooney, Yanmei Ji, Xiangji Ding
  • Patent number: 12096849
    Abstract: A holding device for supporting and suspending a computer component below a support surface includes a holding seat, a rotating rod rotatably mounted on the holding seat about an axis, a flexible strap connected with the holding seat and the rotating rod and having a bracing section for looping and bracing the computer component, and an adjusting unit disposed on the holding seat. The adjusting unit includes a retaining ring, a coupling rotary disc and a biasing member disposed on the holding seat and arranged along the axis. With the coupling rotary disc being operated to rotate the rotating rod for reeling or unreeling the flexible strap, and with the biasing member biasing the coupling rotary disc to engage with the retaining ring for retaining the rotating rod, the adjustment of the flexible strap is convenient and safe to conduct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Modernsolid Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Jui Hung
  • Patent number: 12096850
    Abstract: A cross-brace is disclosed having an elongate rod portion and two claws, wherein a second grip-around portion of the claws can be moved relative to a first grip-around portion of the claws between an open position, in which a rod-form element is accommodated by the claws, or can be removed from the claws, and a closed position, in which the claws can grip around the rod-form element. The first and second grip-around portions are designed to grip around the rod-form element in the closed position in such a manner that a gap (S) remains between free ends of the first and second grip-around portions. Furthermore, the claws comprise an arresting mechanism, which is designed to keep the first and second grip-around portions in the closed position. A furniture-assembly kit having such a cross-brace is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: VITRA AG
    Inventors: Stefan Keller, Helmut Schütt
  • Patent number: 12096851
    Abstract: A shelf device and a storage cabinet. The shelf device comprises a shelf body (100); a support frame, the support frame comprising a lead screw (102) and a connecting support (104), the lead screw (102) being fixedly connected to the connecting support (104); a driving assembly, the driving assembly is connected to the shelf body (100), the driving assembly comprising a driving member (106) and a threaded sleeve (108), the driving member (106) being in power coupling connection with the threaded sleeve (108), and the threaded sleeve (108) being in threaded connection with the lead screw (102). The shelf device only needs to be provided with a lead screw (102), and multiple threaded sleeves (108) are sleeved thereon, and then the multiple threaded sleeves (108) are respectively connected to different shelf bodies (100), so that independent adjustment of the multiple shelf bodies (100) can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nanfei Yao
  • Patent number: 12096852
    Abstract: A pull-out guide includes a carcass rail, a drawer rail movable along a longitudinal axis in an opening and closing direction of a movable furniture part, a drive apparatus for moving the drawer rail and the movable furniture part between a closed position and an open position, and a depth adjustment device for adjusting the closed position of the drawer rail relative to the carcass rail. The depth adjustment device has a carrier, a stop element movable relative to the carrier, and a depth adjustment wheel mounted rotatably about a rotation axis on the carrier for moving the stop element along the longitudinal axis. The rotation axis of the depth adjustment wheel is parallel to the longitudinal axis, and the stop element contacts a stop-counterpart piece of the drive apparatus in the closed position and is releasable by the stop-counterpart piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Harald Sutterluetti
  • Patent number: 12096853
    Abstract: A table stabilizing device is configured to remedy wobble of a tabletop on a table. These configurations may include a slider that attaches or secures to a table leg of the table. The slider may have wedge W that interposes between the table leg and the floor. An end user can move the slider to change the position of the wedge W relative to the table leg, thus raising or lowering the table leg to stabilize the table. On a pedestal table with multiple legs, this feature will distribute weight across the other table legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventor: David Hastings Bahnson
  • Patent number: 12096854
    Abstract: A shelf assembly includes a shelf panel and a hydrophobic surface applied in a spill containment pattern on the top surface of the shelf panel adjacent to at least one of the left side, right side, front, and rear edges. The shelf panel has a top surface for supporting articles, opposite left and right side edges, and opposite front and rear edges. The spill containment pattern defines at least a portion of a boundary of a central portion of the top surface of the shelf panel. The spill containment pattern includes an outer edge containment strip disposed adjacent to at least one of the left side, right side, front, and rear edges of the shelf panel, an inner edge containment strip spaced inward from the outer edge containment strip, and a non-hydrophobic spill catch area disposed between the outer and inner edge containment strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SSW Advanced Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Patrick Driver, Matthew McMillin, Bradley M. Nall
  • Patent number: 12096855
    Abstract: A post coupler having a first body portion and a second body portion. Each body portion having an inner edge, an outer edge, a reverse flange, and at least one post alignment tab. Each reverse flange forms a post receiving slot. The first and second body portions are coupled to each other at approximately 90 degrees. A method of using the post coupler comprises the steps of a) providing a first post section and a second post section, b) inserting the first post section along the post receiving slots until the first notch interacts with the tab, and c) inserting the second post section along the post receiving slots until the second notch interacts with the tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Jaken Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Berry
  • Patent number: 12096856
    Abstract: A foundation for a bed system can include an actuator, a deck mechanism operably related to the actuator so as to be actuated between raised and lowered positions in response to actuation by the actuator, and a controller operably connected to the actuator and configured to drive the actuator to actuate the deck mechanism between a lower position and an upper position. The deck mechanism can be configured to move to a service position that is further than the upper position. The deck mechanism can expose and permit access to a serviceable component when the deck mechanism is in the service position. A method of using a foundation having a service position is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
    Inventor: Bruce William Gaunt
  • Patent number: 12096857
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems, methods, and articles for temperature conditioning a surface. An article is formed from a first layer having a plurality of openings and a second layer having a corresponding plurality of openings. At least one interior chamber constructed and configured to retain a fluid without leaking is defined between an interior surface of the first layer and an interior surface of the second layer. At least one flexible fluid supply line delivers the fluid to the at least one interior chamber. At least one flexible fluid return line removes the fluid from the at least one interior chamber. At least one control unit that is operable to selectively cool or heat the fluid is attached to the at least one flexible fluid supply line and the at least one flexible fluid return line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Sleep Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Youngblood, Tara Youngblood
  • Patent number: 12096858
    Abstract: A cushion includes a cushioning element and a coating material provided on a surface of the cushioning element. The cushioning element includes an elastomeric material forming a plurality of intersecting buckling walls defining a plurality of hollow columns in an expanded form. The coating material includes stearic acid, a metal stearate, propylene glycol, and triethanolamine. The cushioning element is configured to be compressed, such as by a roll-packing machine, into the compressed form and subsequently released from the compressed form to transform to the expanded form. Methods of forming the cushion include forming the cushioning element comprising an elastomeric material, coating a surface of the cushioning element with the coating material, and compressing the cushioning element into a compressed form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLC
    Inventors: Lars Christen Hamilton, Tanner Rick Wheadon, John Nathan Abel, Terry V. Pearce
  • Patent number: 12096859
    Abstract: A method for customizing a mattress includes acquiring a three dimensional image of a body of a user and preparing, by a processor, a three dimensional model of the body of the user using the three-dimensional image. The method also includes dividing, by the processor, the three dimensional model into a plurality of sections arranged parallel to each other and arrayed along a height of the three dimensional model, and determining a downward pressure to be exerted by each of the plurality of sections on the mattress. The method further includes determining, by the processor, one or more parameters associated with at least one portion of the mattress adapted to be arranged underneath an associated section when person lies on the mattress based on the determined downward pressure or topography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Bed Patent Holdings Limited Liability Company
    Inventor: Kevin J. Kappenman
  • Patent number: 12096860
    Abstract: A chair has a foldable chair that is movable between a folded and expanded configuration. The frame includes two backrest tubes arranged on opposite sides of the frame. Two cross tubes are arranged crosswise between the two backrest tubes. The two cross tubes are rotatably connected to each other. The top of each cross tube is rotatably connected to the corresponding backrest tube. Two backrest supporting tubes extend from a lock catch to a corresponding cross tube. Each back rest supporting tube is rotatably connected to the lock catch, and the other ends of the two backrest supporting tubes are respectively rotatably connected to different cross tubes. The bottom of each cross tube is rotatably connected to an end of a corresponding backrest transverse supporting tube. An opposite end of the backrest transverse supporting tube is rotatably connected to a backrest tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Zhejiang Hengfeng Top Leisure Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Baoqing Yang
  • Patent number: 12096861
    Abstract: A foldable metal frame sofa includes a metal frame, a seat cushion, a back cushion and two armrests. The metal frame includes a seat frame, a backrest frame and a front baffle. The backrest frame is detachably mounted on a rear edge of the seat frame and is foldable with respect to the seat frame. The front baffle is foldably mounted on a front edge of the seat frame with respect to the seat frame. The seat cushion is removably disposed on the seat frame. The back cushion is removably disposed on the backrest frame. The two armrests are respectively located at a left side and a right side of the metal frame, and each of the two armrests is detachably mounted and connected to an end portion of the seat frame and an end portion of the backrest frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: NINGBO UNION GRAND IMP AND EXP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jiyin Shao
  • Patent number: 12096862
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fastening structure for a seating foam, comprising a foam and a reinforcement fabric, and characterized in that the fastening structure is directly provided at a reinforcement fabric at a location corresponding to a fastening position, and is connected to the reinforcement fabric. The fastening structure of the present invention simultaneously meets two functional requirements of a foam, namely reinforcement of a side B of the foam and fastening of an exterior side A of the foam. The novel fastening structure of the present invention saves space, is thin and light, enhances the strength of the foam against a pull-out force, and optimizes a foam production process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Yanfeng International Automotive Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanfei Liu, Wei Xu, Ren Tang, Wenhui Ma
  • Patent number: 12096863
    Abstract: An access system includes a laterally extending frame, a carriage in operative connection with the laterally extending frame and including a drive to move the carriage laterally on the frame, a seat support attached to the carriage including a seat assembly interface and a lift to raise and lower the seat assembly interface within a range of positions, a seat assembly attached to the seat assembly interface, a controller in operative connection with the drive of the carriage and the lift of the seat support via which the position of the seat support is controllable, and a controller interface in operative connection with the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: University of Pittsburg—Of the Commonweath System of Higher Education, The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Rory Alan Cooper, Michael A. Shulock, Joshua D. Brown, Garrett G. Grindle, Benjamin Todd Gebrosky, Sayeedur Rahman, Sivan Almosnino, Lisa Garamella, Daniel Robin
  • Patent number: 12096864
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present application is a learning-to-sit chair, including a base, a backrest structure and a limit structure, in which the backrest structure, the limit structure are symmetrically mounted at a top of the base, a cushion recess is defined in a center of the base, the backrest structure is arranged around the edge of the cushion recess, a legrest portion is protrudently disposed on a side of the base away from the backrest structure, and the limit structure is mounted at a top of the legrest portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Dongguan Hongyu PLastic Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Juying Shi
  • Patent number: 12096865
    Abstract: A child carrier includes a supporting frame, a sliding base, a seat, an insert member disposed on the seat for selectively engaging with or disengaging from the sliding base, and an actuator operable to drive the insert member to be engaged with or be disengaged from the sliding base. The sliding base is disposed on the supporting frame and slidable in a substantially longitudinal direction of the supporting frame. The seat is foldably assembled with the sliding base and includes a seat portion selectively coupled to the sliding base. The seat portion includes an engaging member having an engaging portion, and the engaging portion is operable to engage with the sliding base. The actuator is able to drive the insert member to move a first distance. The supporting frame is driven to be folded up when the sliding base slides upward along the supporting frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Jian-Qun Li
  • Patent number: 12096866
    Abstract: The present invention provides an infant carrier or article carrier that includes a support part configured to support an infant or an article, a leg part which is in the form of a leg, connected from both directions to the support part through an upper portion, and configured to connect the support part to a bottom surface disposed at a lower portion, a movement assisting part which is disposed above the leg part, connected from both directions to the support part, and configured to distribute the weight of the infant on the support part or the load of the article on the support part to correspond to a movement state of a user and adjust an angle to correspond to the movement state of the user in order to facilitate movement, a knee joint part which is in the form of a knee and has one side surface coupled to the movement assisting part disposed thereabove to allow the angle adjustment corresponding to the movement state and the other side surface coupled to the leg part disposed therebelow, and a bottom sur
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: PCO NHAC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Oh Hyun Kang
  • Patent number: 12096867
    Abstract: A refrigerated merchandiser including a case having a first case section. The first and second case sections define first and second product display areas. The first case section further defines an air passageway and the second case section includes a glass panel. The air passageway supports a fan and is in fluid communication with a first airflow inlet and a second airflow outlet. An airflow flows through the first airflow outlet toward the evaporator and a second airflow outlet in communication with the first airflow inlet via an evaporator bypass channel. A first airflow portion flows through the first airflow outlet and is cooled by the evaporator, and a second airflow portion flows through the second airflow outlet to bypass the evaporator and is uncooled by the evaporator. The second airflow outlet directs the second airflow portion over an exterior of the glass panel of the second case section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventors: Moisses Navarro, Anand Ganesh Rajagopalan, Sandeep Palaksha, Al Arrosagaray, Alex J. Evdokimoff
  • Patent number: 12096868
    Abstract: An apparatus having a flat foldable trifold structure is disclosed for holding printed materials, including mailable literature. In some implementations, the apparatus includes a foldable body having a first and second portion. The first portion is folded along a lateral axis of the foldable body. The first portion has a rectangular region defined by four points and four boundaries, where three of the boundaries define incisions in the first portion such that the remaining boundary is permitted to be folded relative to a remaining area of the first portion to define a second fold extending along the lateral axis. The second portion includes a base region and a protruding region which is folded relative to the base region to define a third fold extending along the lateral axis. When the first boundary is folded relative to the remaining area of the first portion, the third fold receives an end defined by the remaining boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Dementia Society of America
    Inventor: Kevin William Jameson
  • Patent number: 12096869
    Abstract: Aspects described herein include an apparatus for retaining a bag, and a related checkout system. The apparatus comprises a base portion that is positionable, by a user, at any of a plurality of positions along a surface. The base portion comprises one or more attachment members operable by the user to removably attach the base portion to the surface at a selected position of the plurality of positions. The apparatus further comprises a support portion projecting upwardly from the base portion, and one or more arms projecting outwardly from the support portion. The one or more arms are dimensioned to receive one or more handles of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Rebecca Hsiao, Merrick Wang, Kenter Su, Wayne Liu
  • Patent number: 12096870
    Abstract: A storage device attachable to a metal surface on an appliance such as a washing machine or clothes dryer, the storage device comprising an elongated support rod with a top end and a bottom end, the top end transitioning into a top arm, the top arm being perpendicular to the support rod; and at least one magnet assembly attached to the support rod, with the magnet assembly comprising at least one magnet and engages the support rod by magnetic attraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Whitmor, Inc.
    Inventor: Gil Gaska
  • Patent number: 12096871
    Abstract: The present application discloses a hook assembly, which is used to be connected to a densely gridded rack. The hook assembly of the present application comprises a main body and a top connecting portion, wherein the main body and the top connecting portion are fixedly connected, and the top connecting portion is configured to be detachably connected to the rack. The width of the top connecting portion is greater than the spacing between adjacent longitudinal metal wires. The top connecting portion is provided with a receiving groove, the receiving groove is provided along the length direction of the top connecting portion, and the receiving groove is configured to receive a longitudinal metal wire. The shelving assembly provided in the present application can be reliably connected to the densely gridded rack without reducing the width of a top plate, so as to avoid the interference of the longitudinal metal wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: HANGZHOU GREAT STAR INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yueming Li
  • Patent number: 12096872
    Abstract: A system for supporting a privacy curtain includes a swing arm wall mount and a swing arm that are coupled together. An end stop cap support may engage the swing arm when the swing arm is in a closed position. The swing arm wall mount allows the swing arm to rotate when the swing arm is in an open position and when the swing arm is not engaged with the end stop cap support. An end stop cap may couple with the swing arm. The end stop cap engages the end stop cap when the swing arm is in the closed position. And the end stop cap does not engage the end stop cap support when the swing arm is in an open position. The swing arm may comprise a pin at one end, wherein the pin engages the swing arm wall mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CROMPTON VENTURES, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Hatton, Robert Blanford, Tom Fitzgerald, Glen R. Platner
  • Patent number: 12096873
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided of a curtain carrier forming a part of a curtain carrier assembly configured to support a curtain. The curtain carrier assembly includes an elongate track with a slot. The slot extends lengthwise along an underside of the track. A curtain carrier is slidably coupled to the track. The curtain carrier includes a spool that is slidable lengthwise along the slot. The curtain carrier also includes a stem that is pivotably coupled to the spool. In specific embodiments, at least a portion of the stem protrudes below the spool. In specific embodiments, the stem defines a hook opening sized to receive a curtain hook at a location spaced apart from the spool. The curtain carrier assembly further includes a curtain hook configured to support a portion of a sliding curtain. The curtain hook is coupled to the stem such that the curtain hook passes through the hook opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: InPro Corporation
    Inventor: Calvin T. Rupnow
  • Patent number: 12096874
    Abstract: A pressure-cooking device including: a base pot having a plurality of shells, the shells hermetically sealed together and forming a cavity therebetween and forming a receptacle thereinside; an inner pot shaped and sized to rest within the receptacle of the innermost shell and is selectably removeable therefrom, wherein the inner pot leaves a gap between the bottom of the inner pot and the bottom of the innermost shell when resting within the innermost shell; a solid cylindrical nonmetallic thermal body shaped to fit within the gap, the thermal body selectably removeable from the gap; a pressure relief mechanism; and a cover having a hollow interior, as well as a gasket shaped and positioned to hermetically seal an inside portion of the pressure-cooking device when closed, wherein the unpowered pressure-cooking device does not include any electrically powered heating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SURVIVOR PRODUCTS LLC (A DELAWARE LLC)
    Inventor: F. P. Ninow
  • Patent number: 12096875
    Abstract: A system for providing cooked food includes at least one container that stores an uncooked food product for dispensing of an aliquot of the uncooked food product; a source of milk; a source of steam; a mixing chamber configured to receive the milk and steam to increase the temperature of the milk and to dispense heated milk so that the heated milk contacts the dispensed aliquot of uncooked food product to cook the food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: The Quaker Oats Company
    Inventors: Vipin Arora, Rahul Sadashiv Kamble
  • Patent number: 12096876
    Abstract: The beverage brewing device, which is configured for use with a beverage brewer having an inlet probe for dispensing water and an outlet probe, includes a body defining a brew chamber configured to contain a dry beverage medium and at least one outlet probe receptacle extending upwardly from a bottom surface of the body. The outlet probe receptacle is sized and configured to receive an outlet probe of a beverage brewer. A lid is removably securable to the body and is engageable with the body to selectively enclose a top opening of the body. An inlet probe opening is defined in the lid for receiving an inlet probe of the beverage brewer. At least one filter is defined within in the body, wherein the filter is configured to retain a dry beverage medium within the brew chamber while allowing a brewed beverage to pass through the brew chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Universal Coffee LLC
    Inventors: Ronald R. DeMiglio, Mark J. Staudacher, Randall C. Anderson
  • Patent number: 12096877
    Abstract: A cyclic preheating coffee pot includes a main body, a brewing cavity, a water supply apparatus, a heating apparatus, a water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe mounted on the main body, and a control apparatus, a driving apparatus and a flow dividing structure mounted on the main body. The water supply apparatus is communicated with the heating apparatus, the water supply apparatus is configured to supply water to the heating apparatus, and the water outlet pipe is communicated with the heating apparatus and the flow dividing structure. The flow dividing structure includes a first branch. The water outlet pipe is communicated with the water supply apparatus via the first branch, such that the water supply apparatus, the water inlet pipe, the heating apparatus, the water outlet pipe and the first branch are communicated and form a cyclic pipeline provided with a one-way valve apparatus or a water pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU CONWIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Linbin Zhou, Xuebin Wang
  • Patent number: 12096878
    Abstract: A straw cup comprises a cup body having a hollow inner cavity; a cup lid configured to cover an opening of the cup body; a straw configured to extend into the inner cavity of the cup body, and at least a first part of the straw is connected with the cup lid; and a tea strainer comprising a first magnetic component, the cup lid comprises a second magnetic component that can magnetically attract the first magnetic component, a relative position of the second magnetic component and the first magnetic component is variable, such that the tea strainer is configured to be magnetically connected to or separated from the cup lid, and the tea strainer is connected with the straw, such that the tea strainer is configured to be able to move along the direction of longitudinal axis of the straw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventor: Yisheng Lin
  • Patent number: 12096879
    Abstract: A capsule coffee machine includes a base, a capsule channel formed at a top surface of the base, a gate, an optics lens, a guiding unit, a drip container, a collecting groove, a water injection unit connected with the guiding unit, a driving unit connected with the guiding unit, and an actuator. A bottom of the capsule channel is equipped with the gate. An inside of the capsule channel is equipped with the optics lens. The guiding unit is disposed under the gate and accommodated in the base. The drip container is connected with the guiding unit. The drip container has a mouth, a stopping wall opposite to the mouth, and a peripheral wall extended between the mouth and the stopping wall. The collecting groove is recessed towards a downward direction and in the peripheral wall of the drip container. The actuator is connected with the gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chi-Ming Tseng
  • Patent number: 12096880
    Abstract: A flavorant container for use in a beverage system is provided. The flavorant container can be retained by a beverage system to dispense flavorant, which can be mixed with carbonated and/or uncarbonated water. In one embodiment, the flavorant container includes a container, a cap, and one or more features located on the cap. The features can include an inlet that is able to receive pressurized air, and an outlet that is able to dispense a flavorant when the inlet receives the pressurized air. The features can also include at least one raised protrusion that is capable of being retained by a complimentary pattern located on a beverage system in order to properly seat the flavorant container in the beverage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Joshua David Anthony, John Kevin Clay, Daniel Taek Kim, Thomas James Launders, Stuart Mark Leslie, Luis Ramiro Gutierrez Montenegro, Joyce Chien Tu, Carl Robert Wrigglesworth, Andrew David Zdeblick
  • Patent number: 12096881
    Abstract: A beverage-making machine includes: a housing; a fluid reservoir mounted to the housing; a first pump fluidly connected with the water reservoir; a heating unit comprising a conduit having an upper end and a lower end, the lower end of the conduit fluidly connected with the first pump, the conduit configured and arranged to rise monotonically from lower end to upper end; and a brew station having a brew basket with an inlet fluidly connected with the upper end of the conduit and an outlet, and further having a receptacle platform positioned to receive fluid from the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Zhao, Adam Hanes, Koen Aidan Ambrose
  • Patent number: 12096882
    Abstract: An automatic cooking machine includes: a cooking pot; a strainer, arranged to be capable of being placed in the cooking pot to receive ingredients, wherein a bottom and sidewalls of the strainer are provided with multiple filter pores; a driving element having two bended driving arms, respectively arranged at two opposite sides of the driving element, wherein free ends of the two driving arms substantially extend downwards; and a blender having two cantilever arms, respectively arranged at two opposite sides of a top portion of the blender; and multiple blending arms, respectively extending outwards from a main body of the blender; wherein the two driving arms of the driving element are arranged to operably touch and push the two cantilever arms of the blender to drive the blender to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: BOTRISTA, INC
    Inventors: Wu-Chou Kuo, Hao-Che Hsu, Yu-Min Lee
  • Patent number: 12096883
    Abstract: Devices and methods for automating the process of making flatbread, such as roti. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a housing, an ingredient metering assembly, a mixing bowl assembly, a mixing actuator assembly, a cooking assembly, and an electronic assembly. The housing defines an interior volume and has several access openings with corresponding lids and/or covers. The ingredient metering assembly includes a flour container assembly, a flour delivery system, a water reservoir, and an oil reservoir. The mixing bowl assembly includes two bowls and a measurement system. The mixing actuator assembly includes a mixing mount, a mixing motor, a mixing paddle assembly, and a lower motor. The cooking assembly includes two platens and an actuator assembly. The electronic assembly includes a power source, a control module, and a LCD input/output screen. All components are integrated within the housing such that the apparatus is a consumer grade countertop appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: {dot over (i)}Yukti LLC
    Inventors: Sandesh B. Jadhav, Michael E. Hoyer, Steven M. Johnson, William M. Vatis
  • Patent number: 12096884
    Abstract: An air fryer comprises an air flow passage provided between an inner shell and an outer shell; a first cooking chamber having a first cooking fan in air flow communication with the first cooking chamber and a first heating element in thermal communication with the first cooking chamber. A cooling fan, when actuated, circulates air within the airflow passage. A common motor is drivingly connected to each of the cooking fan and the cooling fan, wherein a first axle portion drivingly connects the common motor to the cooking fan, a second axle portion drivingly connects the common motor to the cooling fan and, when the air fryer is positioned with the bottom on a horizontal surface, the first axle portion extends upwardly from an upper side of the common motor and the second axle portion extends downwardly from a lower side of the common motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Ernest Conrad, Dave Petersen, Nina Conrad
  • Patent number: 12096885
    Abstract: A high efficiency heating apparatus for heating fluids and cooking mediums, such as oil or shortening within a fryer, includes a natural draft (non powered) combustion chamber that is affixed to an exterior surface of a fry tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Hyper Fryer, LLC
    Inventors: David H. McFadden, David A. Bolton
  • Patent number: 12096886
    Abstract: An example portable heating device includes a container, one or more heating elements, an electronic device, one or more temperature sensors, a controller, a power supply, and a power supply controller. The one or more heating elements are in thermal contact with the container. The electronic device is configured to receive a user input selecting a target temperature to heat a substance in the container to and to display the target temperature. The controller is configured to cause the one or more heating elements to heat the substance to the target temperature in response to determining the current temperature of the substance measured by the one or more temperature sensors is less than the target temperature. The power supply is configured to provide power to the one or more heating elements, the electronic device, the one or more temperature sensors, and the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Warmer Products, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony M. Souris, Shane P. Rogers
  • Patent number: 12096887
    Abstract: A blender includes a main body provided with a motor assembly, a container detachably mounted on the main body and having an opened upper surface to form a space in which food is received, a blade mounted at a bottom surface of the container to crush food by rotation, a main lid shielding the opened upper surface of the container and formed with a through-hole which is opened to communicate with the inside of the container, an auxiliary lid inserted into the through-hole and configured to open and close the through-hole, and an air vent formed between the auxiliary lid and an inner surface of the through-hole to discharge the air inside the container to the outside, where an inlet and an outlet of the air vent are disposed on different vertical extension lines with respect to a bottom surface of the auxiliary lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunwoo Park, Jongho Lee, Kijoong Kang