Patents Issued in November 12, 2024
  • Patent number: 12137724
    Abstract: A method of producing a liquid tobacco extract is provided, the method including the steps of: preparing a tobacco starting material including natural tobacco material such that during the step of preparing the tobacco starting material, the tobacco is not subjected to any treatment adapted to alter the pH of the tobacco; heating the tobacco starting material in a flow of inert gas at an extraction temperature of between 125 degrees Celsius and 160 degrees Celsius for between 90 minutes and 270 minutes; collecting volatile compounds released from the natural tobacco starting material during the heating step; and forming a liquid tobacco extract comprising the collected volatile compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Matteo Biasioli, Marie Farine, Felix Frauendorfer, Jagoda Kuc, Sebastien Lanaspeze, Stefan Lauenstein, Benoit Mivelaz, Christel Raphoz, Patrick Charles Silvestrini, Steve Tzimoulis
  • Patent number: 12137725
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pouched smokeless oral product comprising a pouch containing the filling, said filling comprising or consisting of at least one of tobacco, non-tobacco plant material and a combination thereof; and one or more flavour capsules, wherein said flavour capsule is composed of a core material comprising NaCl as a carrier and at least one flavour component being in contact with the carrier; and a shell material coating the core, wherein said shell material comprises or consists of a hydrophobic polysaccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: REEMTSMA CIGARETTENFABRIKEN GmbH
    Inventor: Nathalie Lewerenz
  • Patent number: 12137726
    Abstract: The non-combustible tobacco vaping insert includes a filter having a first diameter, and a tobacco element with a first end contacting the filter, the tobacco element having a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter of the filter. The cartridge includes a housing, where the cartridge defines an air passage within the housing, and a vaping insert is positioned in at least one first portion of the air passage. The vaping insert is non-combustible and is configured to allow vapor to pass through the vaping insert prior to exiting the cartridge. The vaping insert includes a filter having a first diameter, and a tobacco element with a first end contacting the filter, the tobacco element having a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Ali A. Rostami, San Li, Yezdi B. Pithawalla
  • Patent number: 12137727
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aerosol-generating article including a first aerosol-generating substrate portion, a second aerosol-generating substrate portion, and a filter portion containing nicotine, and an aerosol-generating device comprising the same, wherein the second aerosol-generating substrate portion includes an absorber impregnated with a liquid aerosol-generating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: In Su Park, Dong Kyun Ko, Sang Won Choi, Sun Hwan Jung, Eun Mi Jeoung
  • Patent number: 12137728
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cardboard filter (1) for cigarettes, formed by folding, winding and gluing a cardboard strip (2). According to the invention, the cardboard strip (2) is folded to form a central portion (21) having a series of lobes (3, 4, 5, 6, 7) angularly equally distributed around a central axis (22) of the filter (2) and a peripheral portion (23) surrounding the central portion (21), the lobes (3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and the peripheral portion (23) delimiting gas passage channels (24) around the central axis (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Republic Technologies (NA) LLC
    Inventor: Olivier Partouche
  • Patent number: 12137729
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a filter for a smoking device, such as, but not limited to, a water pipe. The filter includes a body that is positionable over a mouthpiece of the smoking device, to filter impurities from smoke drawn therethrough, and a base that secures the body over the mouthpiece such that smoke is drawn therethrough, prior to inhalation by a user. The body can include one of more filtration layers, such as a first layer formed from a material selected to filter carcinogens and other impurities from the smoke prior to inhalation, and a second layer formed from a material selected to minimize or prevent the transmission of bacteria, viruses, or other contagions from a user's mouth to the smoking device. Each of the filtration layers can also be formed from one or more materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Wrap, LLC
    Inventor: Paul Vegliante
  • Patent number: 12137730
    Abstract: A cooling cigarette filter and a smoking product are provided. The cooling cigarette filter comprises a cooling section. The cooling section is provided with one or more channels connecting two ends of the cooling section, and an inner surface of each channel is coated with a cooling material. The cooling material comprises an inorganic phase change material and PEG, and the inorganic phase change material comprises at least one of Na2CO3·10H2O, CH3COONa·3H2O, CaCl2·4H2O, and Na2SO4·10H2O. The cooling cigarette filter has the advantages of ensuring the amount of smoke and lowering the temperature of the smoke entering the mouth, especially in the cooling section. Through the combination design of the structure of the cooling stick and the type and amount of the cooling material, the smoke can flow out of a smoke generation section rapidly and smoothly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA TOBACCO HUNAN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Luo, Kejun Zhong, Jianfu Liu, Lanying Xie, Liangsheng Qin, Wen Du, Jianhua Yi, Xinqiang Yin, Duo Ding, Jianhui Wen, Guoyong Xie
  • Patent number: 12137731
    Abstract: A smoking device that produces smoke by using indirect heat from a heat source such as a flame and achieves a healthier release of the desired chemical vapor from the ingredients being smoked. A smoking pipe includes a cartridge, a chamber, a barrel, a mouthpiece and a filter capable of being disassembled for cleaning and maintenance. The barrel may be indexed 1-4, so each quadrant can be heated individually and in succession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventor: Donald R. Schuett
  • Patent number: 12137732
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle powered electronic hookah system that is designed to be used by a driver or passenger while driving an automobile and while obviating the need to use traditional charcoal for heating the tobacco. The hookah system includes a coil pack for heating tobacco to produce smoke for consumption by a consumer. The coil pack can be provided power using an electronic supply such as a vehicle's electronic power using a cigarette lighter plug or USB connector. Alternatively, a built-in rechargeable battery can be used for providing power to the coil. These power sources obviate the use of charcoal for heating the tobacco and maintain a clean and sanitary smoking area without worry of ashes. The hookah system can be placed in a cupholder in the vehicle and can be rotated in any direction for convenient use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventor: Pserda Dickerson
  • Patent number: 12137733
    Abstract: A hookah device (202) which attaches to a hookah (246). The hookah device (202) comprises a plurality of ultrasonic mist generator devices (201) for generating a mist for inhalation by a user. The hookah device (202) comprises a driver device (202) which controls the mist generator devices (201) to maximize the efficiency of mist generation by the mist generator devices (201) and optimize mist output from the hookah device (202).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Shaheen Innovations Holding Limited
    Inventors: Mohammed Alshaiba Saleh Ghannam Almazrouei, Sajid Bhatti, Jeff Machovec, Clement Lamoureux, Imad Lahoud
  • Patent number: 12137734
    Abstract: A package that may be employed to store a tobacco-containing material is provided. The package may include a container including a body portion and a cover configured to engage the body portion. The body portion may define an internal space therein configured to receive a product. An internal surface of one or both of the body portion and the cover may include a wood liner. The wood liner may be a wood veneer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
    Inventors: Ercilia Hernandez Garcia, Percy D. Phillips, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, James William Rogers, Craig T. Demarest
  • Patent number: 12137735
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes an aerosol delivering device including a first cartridge in which a first material for generating an aerosol is accommodated, and a second cartridge rotatably coupled to the first cartridge, configured to accommodate a second material, and arranged such that an aerosol generated from the first material passes through the second material, and an atomizer that is connected to the first cartridge and configured to generate the aerosol by atomizing the first material and deliver the aerosol to the second cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jong Sub Lee, Min Kyu Kim, Won Kyeong Lee, Byung Sung Cho
  • Patent number: 12137736
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes an electronic cigarette body and a plurality of e-liquid storage bins configured to store e-liquid. The electronic cigarette body is provided with a plurality of atomizing cores, and a mounting chamber is arranged on the electronic cigarette body. The mounting chamber is configured to mount the e-liquid storage bins. An e-liquid outlet configured to discharge the e-liquid is formed in each of the e-liquid storage bins. Each of the e-liquid storage bins is at least partially arranged in the mounting chamber. After the e-liquid storage bins are assembled into the mounting chamber, each of the atomizing cores is communicated to the e-liquid outlet of at least one e-liquid storage bin to add the e-liquid from the e-liquid storage bin into the atomizing core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventor: Wei He
  • Patent number: 12137737
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aerosol-generating device comprising a cavity (10) for receiving an aerosol-generating article (12) containing aerosol-forming substrate (18). The device further comprises a resilient sealing element (38) having a ring shape. The resilient sealing element is arranged surrounding a downstream end of the cavity. The resilient sealing element is configured to interact with the aerosol-generating article received in the cavity by abutting the aerosol-generating article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Rui Nuno Batista, Ricardo Cali
  • Patent number: 12137738
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a first cartridge configured to accommodate a first smokable material and comprising a delivery hole through which an aerosol generated from the first smokable material is delivered; a second cartridge comprising a plurality of chambers for accommodating a second smokable material through which the aerosol delivered from the first cartridge passes, and movably coupled to the first cartridge such that a position of the second cartridge with respect to the first cartridge is changeable; a magnetic body arranged in one of the second cartridge and the first cartridge; and an electromagnet arranged in the other of the second cartridge and the first cartridge to face the magnetic body, and configured to generate magnetism toward the magnetic body such that one of the plurality of chambers is aligned with the delivery hole to form a flow path to a mouthpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Won Kyeong Lee, Min Kyu Kim, Jong Sub Lee, Byung Sung Cho
  • Patent number: 12137739
    Abstract: A fluid permeable heater assembly for aerosol-generating systems includes an electrically conductive flat filament arrangement and a first contact point and a second contact point for electrically contacting the flat filament arrangement. A longitudinal axis is defined between the first contact point and the second contact point. A center resistance Rc is the electrical resistance between two points situated on the longitudinal axis. One of the two points is situated at a distance from the first contact point equal to about 40 percent and the other one of the two points being situated at a distance from the first contact point equal to about 60 percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Oleg Mironov, Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik
  • Patent number: 12137740
    Abstract: A porous heating body includes a porous body having a first porous portion, a second porous portion and a third porous portion successively disposed in the porous body along a lengthwise direction of the porous body. A cross-sectional area of the first porous portion and a cross-sectional area of the third porous portion are both larger than a cross-sectional area of the second porous portion along a widthwise direction of the porous body. A heating element extends along the lengthwise direction of the porous body is disposed on the porous body. The heating element includes a heating portion. At least one portion of an extension length of the heating portion is overlapped with an extension length of the second porous portion. The porous body is shaped to enhance conductivity of liquid tobacco in a middle thereof, and storing liquid tobacco for replenishing at two bulge ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qing Zhang, Jun Yuan, Yunkai Zhang, Zhengfa Li, Desheng Huang, Baoling Lei, Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu
  • Patent number: 12137741
    Abstract: An atomizer and an electronic cigarette having same are provided. The atomizer includes an atomizing sleeve with a liquid storage chamber formed therein; a mouthpiece is disposed at a top end of the atomizing sleeve; an air passage pipe is disposed at a center of the atomizing sleeve; a supporter is disposed at a bottom end of the air passage pipe; a hollow heating element is disposed in the supporter longitudinally; a side wall of the supporter has at least one liquid inlet hole communicated with the liquid storage chamber and configured for allowing radial infiltration of liquid to the heating element; a sealing component is disposed between the heating element and the supporter to encircle the heating element and configured for avoiding leakage of the liquid along a longitudinal direction of the heating element. The sealing component includes an encircling sleeve with a top end opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen First Union Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yindeng Deng, Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu, Xiaoqiang Zhao
  • Patent number: 12137742
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a portable electronic vaporizing device for use in the vaporization of substances, as well as a container for holding and heating a vaporizable product. Methods of using such a device and a removably attachable vaporization module that is compatible with the device are provided. A method of heating vaporizable substances is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Puff Corporation
    Inventors: Avinash Bajpai, Siddhant Waghmare
  • Patent number: 12137743
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of coils which have different numbers of windings and generate an alternating magnetic field when alternating current is applied; a susceptor for generating an aerosol by heating adjacent aerosol-generating substrates using heat generated through the alternating magnetic fields generated from the plurality of coils; and a controller for controlling a predetermined alternating current to be supplied to each of the plurality of coils, wherein the controller controls a first portion and a second portion of the susceptor to be heated differentially by alternating current supplied to the plurality of coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Won Lee, Sang Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 12137744
    Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device including a cartridge comprising: an atomizer heating an aerosol generating material to generate aerosol; a mouthpiece through which the generated aerosol is released to outside; a main body accommodating the cartridge; and a sensor configured to detect release of the aerosol to the outside; wherein a first air channel is formed between the cartridge and the main body and guides external air introduced through an air inlet to the mouthpiece through the atomizer, and wherein a second air channel is formed in the main body such that the first air channel and the second air channel are in fluid communication, and wherein the sensor detects the release of the aerosol to the outside based on a change in air flow rate or air pressure of the second air channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jong Sub Lee, Sung Rok Oh
  • Patent number: 12137745
    Abstract: In order to provide an aerosol generating device which can determine, at an earlier stage, the occurrence of depletion or shortage pf the aerosol source, this aerosol generating device (100) includes: a storage unit (116A) which stores an aerosol source or an aerosol substrate (116B) which holds an aerosol source; a load (132) which atomizes the aerosol source by generating heat with power supplied from a power supply (110); a sensor (112) which outputs values related with the temperature of the load (132); and a control unit (106). The control unit (06), in response to an aerosol generation request, supplies power from the power supply (110) to the load (132) to carry out a power supply cycle, and, on the basis of an index based on the deviation of the output values of the sensor (112) in a single power supply cycle, determines the occurrence of depletion or shortage of the aerosol source in the storage unit (116A) or the aerosol substrate (116B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Kazuma Mizuguchi, Takeshi Akao, Takuma Nakano, Masayuki Tsuji, Hajime Fujita
  • Patent number: 12137746
    Abstract: An aerosol provision system for generating an aerosol for user inhalation comprises a cartridge comprising a housing containing an aerosolizable material, and an aerosol provision device having an interface configured operatively to receive the cartridge. The aerosol provision device is configured in use to cause the aerosolizable material to generate the aerosol for user inhalation by providing heat/power to the aerosol generating material. The cartridge includes a data storage unit configured to store information relating to the cartridge, the aerosol provision device being configured to detect the identifier stored in the data storage unit when cartridge is received by the aerosol provision device. Embodiments of the present technique can be arranged to provide a cartridge with data storage unit integrally formed with one or more walls of the cartridge's housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Patrick Moloney, Anton Korus, Will England, William Hart, Conor McGrath
  • Patent number: 12137747
    Abstract: An electrically operated smoking device configured to receive a smoking article is provided, including: a housing defining a cavity configured to at least partially receive the smoking article; and an image sensor configured to detect indicia on the smoking article, the image sensor being disposed on a periphery of the cavity and including a light source, an image detector, and a plurality of microlenses held in a support structure, the plurality of microlenses being configured to provide a mosaic of inverted images on the image detector. A smoking system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Christiane Gimkiewicz, Rolf Eckert, Edoardo Franzi, David Hasler, Ross Stanley
  • Patent number: 12137748
    Abstract: An aerosol generator includes a heater for heating a cigarette accommodated in the aerosol generator, a battery for supplying electric power to the heater, and a controller configured to: control the electric power supplied to the heater to increase a temperature of the heater to a reference temperature or greater, the reference temperature being set to be suitable for generating aerosol from the cigarette, set a target temperature of the heater, control the electric power supplied to the heater based on the target temperature such that the temperature of the heater is maintained at the reference temperature, and adjust the target temperature to compensate for the temperature of the heater when the temperature of the heater decreases below the reference temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jae Min Lee
  • Patent number: 12137749
    Abstract: A method for controlling temperature of a heating element in an electronic inhaler for vaporizing an aerosol forming substrate. The method includes, in a first stage, applying power to and increasing a temperature of the heating element from an initial temperature to a first temperature; in a second stage, controlling power to decrease the temperature of the heating element from the first temperature to a second temperature; and in a third stage, controlling the heating element to provide a constant temperature operation at the second temperature. During detection of inhalation, power to the heating element is increased to raise its temperature to a third temperature. In the third stage, the heating element increases the temperature only when suction is detected, thereby ensuring that a supply of an aerosol to the inhaler and minimize waste of electric energy and the aerosol forming substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI NEW TOBACCO PRODUCT RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xianglin Li, Bin Nie, Wenjie Lu, Jianghong Qu
  • Patent number: 12137750
    Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes a holder including: a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating article; a holder battery configured to supply electric power to the heater; and a holder processor configured to measure a remaining charge value of the holder battery; and a cradle detachably coupled to the holder and including: a cradle battery having a greater battery capacity than the holder battery; and a cradle processor configured to: identify whether the holder is coupled to the cradle, receive a remaining charge value of the holder battery from the holder processor based on the holder being coupled to the cradle, and control the cradle battery to supply electric power to the heater based on the received remaining charge value being greater than or equal to a preset reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Won Lee, Wang Seop Lim, Yong Hwan Kim, Sung Wook Yoon, Dae Nam Han
  • Patent number: 12137751
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a liquid storage configured to store a liquid material; an aerosol generating space configured to accommodate a solid material including a tobacco material and a foamable material such that an aerosol is generated as the solid material comes in contact with the liquid material in the aerosol generating space; a liquid transfer tube connected to the liquid storage and the aerosol generating space such that the liquid material moves from the liquid storage to the aerosol generating space; and a mouthpiece configured to discharge the aerosol generated in the aerosol generating space, according to a user's inhalation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeong Hoo Kim, Woo Seok Chung
  • Patent number: 12137752
    Abstract: The sock pairing system includes a loop that is attached adjacent the top edge of socks and is used to attach pairs of socks to keep a plurality of socks sorted during laundering. The effective length of the loop is the length of the loop between the ends of the loop that are attached to the sock. The effective length of the loop is selected based on the type of sock to which the sock pairing system is attached. The sock pairing system may also include an optional pocket. In its extended position the loop extends out of the pocket, and in its tucked position the loop is tucked into the pocket. The pockets may also be color-coded, such that pairs of socks can be readily identified from a plurality of socks, should the socks become separated prior to or during laundering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventor: Darrian L. Ferguson
  • Patent number: 12137753
    Abstract: An athletic bra includes a front portion and a rear portion, where the front portion includes a plurality of sections that form regions having different degrees of elasticity. The sections of the front portion are oriented such that a gradient in elasticity is imparted along the front portion between the plurality of sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventors: Lauren Smyczek, Kayla Stevens, Allison Hicks, Michael Seiz
  • Patent number: 12137754
    Abstract: A variety of body supports are disclosed for supporting a body portion, for example, for supporting a chest in a donned configuration. In some examples, the body support includes a first support panel having one or more first tongues projecting outwardly therefrom, a second support panel having one or more second tongues projecting outwardly therefrom, a connecting section, joining the first support panel to said second support panel in longitudinal spaced relationship along an imaginary longitudinal mid-line of the body support, the first tongue and the second tongue being on opposite transverse sides of a mid-line of the body support, a first fastener and a second fastener. The body support may further include a doffed configuration in which the first support panel and the second support panel are non-contiguous with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: EZBRA ADVANCED WOUND CARE LTD.
    Inventor: Efrat Roman
  • Patent number: 12137755
    Abstract: An article of apparel providing dynamic support for an appendage of a person is discussed herein. The article of apparel can include a support garment control device configured to provide dynamic support. The support garment control device can include a control lace coupled to a support portion of the article of apparel. In an example, the support garment control device configured to apply a first tension on the control lace, lock the support garment control device at the first tension to inhibit movement of the control lace in response to detecting a change in movement of the person, and unlock the support garment control device after a pre-determined event subsequent to the change in movement of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy P. Hopkins, Joe Gault, Bobby LeGaye, Mark Bruce, Peter Williams, Austin J. Orand
  • Patent number: 12137756
    Abstract: A smart cloth includes a cloth body, a control body, actuation air-permeable components, temperature sensing components, and a health-monitoring device. The health-monitoring device includes a bio-sensing module, a blood glucose sensor, a blood pressure measurement module, and a gas bag. The temperature information of the wearer is detected by the temperature sensing components and outputted to the microprocessor of the control body, so that the microprocessor controls the actuation air-permeable components to perform the gas-guiding operation to adjust an apparent temperature of the wearer for providing wearing comfortableness. The bio-sensing module, the blood glucose sensing module, and the blood pressure measurement module detect and provide the detection data information for the wearer anytime and in real-time to provide health-related information to the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Ching-Sung Lin, Chih-Kai Chen, Chi-Feng Huang, Yung-Lung Han, Chin-Wen Hsieh
  • Patent number: 12137757
    Abstract: A shirt incorporating a padded torso section formed with padding sewn onto an interior layer of an encompassing shell which in turn is sewn onto the exterior layer of the shell. Additional stitching passing through the padding and the interior and exterior layers of the shell can form a pleasing geometric pattern. The padded torso section provides comfort to the caregiver and to the infant resting on the torso of the caregiver. The padding can be secured to the interior shell member in a detachable manner to permit the removal of the padding from the upper torso section of the shirt. The shirt can be constructed as a nursing shirt, utilizing various forms of fasteners, and having an overlapping cover secured to the torso section to be used as a privacy cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventors: Seth A. Shaffer, Erin E. Shaffer
  • Patent number: 12137758
    Abstract: The knee protection assembly includes a knee pad, a pair of leg straps, and a pair of boot straps. The knee pad may be adapted to be worn by a user to protect a user's knee. As a non-limiting example, the knee pad may be worn by a worker who must kneel to perform a work task. The knee pad may be adapted to cover the front of the user's knee. The knee pad may be held in place by the pair of leg straps. The pair of boot straps may be adapted to couple the knee pad to a work boot in order to prevent the knee pad from riding up a user's leg when working on a pitched roof. Two of the knee pads may be worn as a pair—one for each of the user's knees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventor: Jacob Epp Fehr
  • Patent number: 12137759
    Abstract: A hand-worn workwear unit for scanning barcodes, including a portable control system configured to connect to an external device via a wireless signal, a sensor module having a barcode scanner, a peripheral device, and a seat fastened to a backhand portion of the hand-worn workwear unit. The portable control system and the sensor module form a structural unit configured to be inserted into and removed from the seat. The seat provides a contact point for detachably electrically connecting the peripheral device and the sensor module via one or more wires in the hand-worn workwear unit. The peripheral device has push button which is arranged outside on an index finger portion of the hand-worn workwear unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Workaround GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Guenther, Jonas Girardet, Thomas Kirchner, Alexander Grots
  • Patent number: 12137760
    Abstract: The invention relates to a size-adjustable glove (1) which has a thumb covering (4) and at least one first finger covering (5) that has a coupling element (25) in a saddle region between the thumb covering and the first finger covering, said coupling element being suitable for releasably securing the glove to a coupling device of a pole grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: LEKISPORT AG
    Inventor: Matthias Boss
  • Patent number: 12137761
    Abstract: A belt to secure an article worn by an individual. The belt includes a strap having a plurality of belt strap abutment portions configured to engage at least one buckle abutment portion of a corresponding buckle to prevent the strap from being inadvertently loosened. Preferably, the buckle abutment portion(s) is fixed and does not move. The belt strap includes an inadvertent disengagement prevention member (“IDPM”) for preventing a corresponding belt strap abutment portion from inadvertently disengaging from the at least one buckle abutment portion of the belt buckle to prevent the inadvertent loosening of the adjustable belt strap when worn. The IDPM can take the form of one, two or more metal strips or plates. Preferably, one or more metal strips has a length no greater than 12?, width of 0.5? and thickness of 0.007?. The metal strips may be removable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventor: Stanley Mulfeld
  • Patent number: 12137762
    Abstract: A hair extension for a ponytail is described. The hair extension may comprise an elastic band having a looped end and a free end. A plurality of hairs may be connected to the band by weaving or sewing the plurality of hairs into a track or weft that is then attached to the band. The elastic band may have a taut and a relaxed configuration. The track or weft may be attached to the band while the band is in the taut configuration such that when the band is relaxed, the track or weft is wavy. The looped end of the band may be formed by folding a tip of the band over and securing it to a portion of the band. The loop may have an opening through which a user's natural hair may be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventor: Monika McClain
  • Patent number: 12137763
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hair retainer for a helmet. The hair retainer comprises a helmet mounting portion configured for mounting the hair retainer to a back edge or an underside of the helmet and a hair retaining portion locatable at an underside of the helmet in a hair retaining configuration for retaining hair thereat whilst a user is wearing the helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Jonifer Enterprises Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Jon Dazeley, Jennifer Burch
  • Patent number: 12137764
    Abstract: A protective circular band assembly for helmets. The assembly includes a front portion, two side portions and one back portion as a single structure, wherein the front portion and back portion are curved from a top surface to form a curve wherein the two side portions are configured to adjust circumference of the assembly for different size helmets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventor: Ashish Kansal
  • Patent number: 12137765
    Abstract: A helmet having an outer liner with an inward-facing surface, an inner liner with an outward-facing surface that interfaces with the inward-facing surface of the outer liner, and a flexible tether coupling the outer liner to the inner. The inner liner is slidably coupled to the outer liner via a plurality of return springs, the plurality of return springs biasing the inner liner to a first position with respect to the outer liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Bell Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul A. Kele, David T. Debus
  • Patent number: 12137766
    Abstract: A helmet with adjustable rear hair support preferably includes a helmet portion, an adjustable chin strap, an adjustable head mechanism and an adjustable hair support. One end of the adjustable chin strap is sized to receive a chin and opposing ends of the chin strap are secured to opposing sides of an inside rim of the helmet portion. The adjustable head mechanism includes a left head strap, a right head strap, a head strap base and a head ratchet mechanism. Ends of the left and right head straps are secured to opposing sides of the inside rim of the helmet portion. The adjustable hair support preferably includes left and right pivot bases attached to the inside rim of the helmet portion. A hair support bar is pivotally engaged with the left and right pivot bases with left and right pivoting ratchet mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventor: Arielle Andrews
  • Patent number: 12137767
    Abstract: A method of making a midsole for an article of footwear includes forming a plurality of foam layers, arranging the plurality of foam layers in a mold to form the midsole, piercing the plurality of foam layers with pins, and introducing heat with the pins to bond the plurality of layers together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Reebok International Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Montross, Jeff Acheson, Dan Buonomo
  • Patent number: 12137768
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper, a midsole attached to the upper, and an outsole. The midsole has a footbed and a bottom surface disposed on an opposite side of the midsole than the footbed. The outsole has a ground-engaging surface, an inner surface disposed on an opposite side of the outsole than the ground-engaging surface, and a wall extending from the ground-engaging surface and surrounding the outsole. The article of footwear also includes at least two casings each containing particulate matter and having a thickness extending substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the outsole. The at least two casings are arranged in a layered configuration and received within a cavity bounded by the wall of the outsole and between the bottom surface and the inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin W. Hoffer, Cassidy R. Levy, Nicholas R. Long
  • Patent number: 12137769
    Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a bladder having an inner chamber and a peripheral chamber completely surrounding the inner chamber. The inner chamber defines a first interior void having a tensile element received therein and providing the inner chamber with a constant thickness. The inner chamber may be arcuate and curve continuously from a first end of the bladder to a second end of the bladder. The peripheral chamber extends from and completely surrounds the inner chamber, and has a variable thickness that is greater than the constant thickness of the first inner chamber. The inner chamber and the peripheral chamber are in fluid communication with each other, and the peripheral chamber includes a plurality of deformation zones configured to deform to accommodate a pressure increase within the inner chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventor: Aaron K. Seid
  • Patent number: 12137770
    Abstract: A length- and width-adjustable boot including: a forward base component (BA), a rearward base component (BP), a right side (LR), a left side (LL), and a locking system for said components. The four components (BA, BP, LR, LL) are linked together by rails. The slope of the rails of one of the bases (BP or BA), with regard to the axis of symmetry of the base of the boot, is determined by the length/width ratio of the foot. The movement of any of the four components causes a movement proportional to the width and length of the foot in the other three. The locking system locks the four components of the boot to be worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: VIDCAPP ITHEF SL
    Inventors: Rafael Vidal Rodriguez, Aleksandar Lovic Jazbec, Miguel Cappiello Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 12137771
    Abstract: An article of footwear with a dynamic support system that controls arrays of tiles in the upper of the footwear to adjust the level of support provided in different regions of the upper. Sensors in the sole of the footwear, in the upper of the footwear and/or in an article worn by the wearer of the footwear measure the level of stress or other characteristics and provide input to one or more microprocessors that control motors located in the sole or in the upper of the footwear. When the motors are activated, they may compress or loosen arrays of tiles to adjust the stiffness of the upper in one or more regions of the upper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Rushbrook, Tiffany A. Beers, Nathan T. Gilbreath
  • Patent number: 12137772
    Abstract: A ski boot including a rigid foot-case that accommodates a user's foot, a rigid cuff, which is pivotally joined to the foot-case so as to be able to rotate about a reference axis substantially perpendicular to the midplane of the ski boot, and foot-case closing means which are adapted to selectively close/tighten the foot-case against the user's foot. The foot-case closing means includes an oblong, transversal locking band that extends transversally to the midplane of the ski boot and has a first end firmly fixed to a first lateral side of the foot-case, and a manually-operated coupling assembly, which is adapted to connect the second end of the transversal locking band selectively and alternatively to the foot-case or to the cuff, at a second lateral side of the foot-case opposite to said first lateral side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: CALZATURIFICIO S.C.A.R.P.A. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Davide Parisotto, Elenio Menegon
  • Patent number: 12137773
    Abstract: A fastening device includes a case unit, a spool, a connecting unit, a knob and an engaging unit. The case unit includes a wall forming a receiving space, a partition separates the receiving space into an upper chamber and a lower chamber, a through hole located at the partition, and a base detachably connected to at least one part of the wall. The spool is located at the lower chamber. The knob is connected to the connecting unit. The engaging unit is located at the upper chamber. After the connecting unit is inserted into the spool, the through hole and the engaging unit to couple to the knob, the partition, the spool, the connecting unit, the knob and the engaging unit are connected integrally without being separated from each other while the base is separated from the at least one part of the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventor: Chin-Chu Chen