Patents Issued in December 3, 2024
  • Patent number: 12156518
    Abstract: A fishing system includes a container having a cavity sized to pass a jig line therethrough and to store the jig line and fasteners for releasably connecting the container to a fishing rod. The fasteners are configured to secure ends of the jig line to an exterior of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: WHYTANGLE LLC
    Inventor: Luc Leblanc
  • Patent number: 12156519
    Abstract: Arthropod lure or repellent (10), an arthropod trap (60) and a lighting device (140). The arthropod lure or repellent (10) includes a substrate (12), a fluorescent material (14) comprising different fluorophores is attached to the substrate (12), and an ultraviolet light source (16) comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) to emit different wavelengths of light are arranged to illuminate the fluorescent material (14). The fluorescent material (14) is arranged to absorb the light from the plurality of LEDs and perform a Stokes shift to create re-emitted light, wherein the re-emitted light is centered at a wavelength (20) longer than the wavelength of the ultraviolet light source (16) illuminating the florescent material (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: PESTRONIKS INNOVATIONS PTE LTD
    Inventors: Shankar Seetharam, Carl Baptista
  • Patent number: 12156520
    Abstract: One nonlimiting variation of a detection arrangement includes one or more sensors each structured to detect at least one biochemical substance indicative of biochemistry of one or more target insect species and provide a corresponding sensor signal, a controller responsive to the sensor signal of each of the one or more sensors to determine if the one or more insect species are present and generate a corresponding output signal, and an indicator responsive to the output signal to indicate the presence of the one or more insect species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Paul W. Borth, Nailah Orr, Peter N. Scherer, Brian M. Schneider, Mike P. Tolley, Christopher J. Voglewede, Gary D. Crouse, David G. McCaskill, Kerrm Y. Yau, Edward L. Olberding, Joseph J. DeMark, Marc L. Fisher
  • Patent number: 12156521
    Abstract: A barrier system includes a substantially vertical structure representing an exterior surface of a home. The barrier system also includes a coating layer disposed over and circumscribing at least 80% of the substantially vertical structure. The coating layer is in the form of a band and the substantially vertical structure includes an upper region above the coating layer that is free of the coating layer. The coating layer has a height of at least 0.25 inches, has a dried film thickness of at least 5 mils, and has an average surface roughness (Ra) of less than 10 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: 95 Applications, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Tony Gonzales, Aaron Gonzales
  • Patent number: 12156522
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for wet storage of tissue. In an embodiment, a solution for the wet preservation of tissue may include between about 0.1% to about 50% by volume dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and one or more soluble monovalent or divalent metal cationic salts. A wet-preserved tissue and method for preparing the wet-preserved tissue for ultimate use, is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Axogen Corporation
    Inventor: Mindy E. Sadik
  • Patent number: 12156523
    Abstract: A plant disease control agent which contains a compound represented by formula (1) as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: MMAG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinzo Kagabu, Kentaro Yamamoto, Ikuya Ohno, Hirotaka Nagata, Yukiko Takiguchi, Kenji Umemura, Masaaki Mitomi
  • Patent number: 12156524
    Abstract: Liquid antimicrobial disinfectant compositions for treatment of coronaviruses and specifically the Covid-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2) on skin and surfaces such as PPE (personal protective equipment) are disclosed that are highly efficacious and exhibit total eradication below detectable limits at 30 minutes (>6 log kill) against coronavirus (resulting in complete inactivation), while remaining non-toxic, safe and non-irritating (including at a cellular level and with extended contact) to skin and endogenous tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: CLYRA Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas J. Morgan, Steve Harrison, Tanya Rhodes
  • Patent number: 12156525
    Abstract: A bulk fluid monitoring system and method for monitoring milk is provided, including a plurality of sensors for providing information in relation to properties of a bulk fluid, a memory for holding data parameters including information provided by the sensors and a predetermined time-and-temperature curve for a fluid, a processor for determining whether the information in relation to properties of the bulk fluid is within the bounds of the time and temperature curve for a fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Smarta Industrial Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Ashley Jensen
  • Patent number: 12156526
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to shortening blend compositions comprising a first oil, a second oil, and an emulsifier. The disclosed shortening blend compositions can comprise a first oil with an oleic acid content of about 50% or more and a saturated fatty acid content of about 35% or less; a second oil with an oleic acid content of about 75% or more and a saturated fatty acid content of about 20% or less; wherein the first oil and the second oil are derived from different sources; and an emulsifier. Also disclosed are methods of making the disclosed shortening blends and food products comprising a disclosed shortening blend. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. MacIntosh, Gloria Cagampang, Susan S. Percival
  • Patent number: 12156527
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sweetening composition including a) acesulfam or aspartame, b) sucralose, a stevia compound, saccharin or cyclamate, c) neohesperidin, thaumatine, rubusoside, a rubusoside derivative, phloretin, trilobatin, monatin and/or hesperetin, and d) tannin in an amount in the range from 1 mg/l to 400 mg/l or wherein, based on the total weight of components a), b), c) and d), the component a) is present in an amount in the range from 10 to 50 wt-%, component b) in an amount in the range from 15 to 65 wt-%, component c) in an amount in the range from 0.1 to 4 wt-%, and component d) in an amount in the range from 5 to 50 wt-%. Moreover, the present disclosure is about the use of said sweetening compositions for sweetening and preparing beverages as well as for preparing syrups as precursors and for the preparation of such beverages. The disclosure is also about a beverage including said sweetening compositions as well as about a process for preparing such beverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Red Bull GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Nachbagauer, Manfred Urban-Klik, Volker Boehringer
  • Patent number: 12156528
    Abstract: The present disclosure also provides a sweetening composition including a) 0.1 to 50 g/l of a natural sweet-tasting carbohydrate, b) 40 to 120 g/l of a natural sweet-tasting carbohydrate different from a), and c) 30 to 300 mg/I of rubusoside or a rubusoside derivative. Moreover, the present disclosure is about the use of said sweetening compositions for sweetening and preparing beverages as well as for preparing syrups as precursors and for the preparation of such beverages. The disclosure is also about a beverage including said sweetening compositions as well as about a process for preparing such beverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Red Bull GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Nachbagauer, Manfred Urban-Klik, Volker Boehringer
  • Patent number: 12156529
    Abstract: A liquid condiment includes a seasoning liquid, a solid ingredient including one or more dried vegetables that are immersed and swollen in the seasoning liquid, and one or more selected from the group consisting of vinegar, a fruit juice, a flavoring oil, a flavor, and a spice extract. The liquid condiment includes 0 to 30% by mass of the swollen vegetables having a size of 0.5 mm or more and less than 3 mm, 0 to 60% by mass of the swollen vegetables having a size of 3 mm or more and less than 8 mm, and 0 to 30% by mass of the swollen vegetables having a size of 8 mm or more and less than 20 mm. The total amount of the swollen vegetables having a size of 0.5 mm or more and less than 20 mm is 5 to 60% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: Mizkan Holdings Co., Ltd., Mizkan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaki Ohike
  • Patent number: 12156530
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to a system for vacuum cooking a non-animal protein, High Moisture Extrusion (HME) food product using steam injection. In various instances the system may comprise: a vacuum cooking food processing system. In various instances the vacuum cooking food processing system may comprise a vacuum tumbler. In some embodiments, the vacuum tumbler may comprise: a vacuum sensor; a temperature sensor; a vacuum valve; a steam injector; and a dosing nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: The Livekindly Company Switzerland GmbH
    Inventor: Achim Knoch
  • Patent number: 12156531
    Abstract: Infant cereals play a significant role in the complementary baby feeding period. Provided is a preparation method for infant cereal, with a special focus on whole grain infant cereals as well as gluten free cereals. There is mounting evidence of many benefits of whole grain consumption for human health. Similarly, consumers often link the term whole grains to healthiness, which becomes a more important factor when selecting an infant cereal brand. Whole grain cereals ought to be presented as early as possible during infancy. Nonetheless, the greatest challenge that food manufacturers are facing is to drive consumers' acceptance, including taste. The complementary infant feeding is unquestionably key in shaping food preferences of infants. Therefore, it is a suitable period in life at which to introduce whole grain cereals for acceptance across the entire lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: KING SAUD UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Abdellatif Abdelhakim Mohamed, Mohamed Abdrabo Ibraheem, Mohamed Saleh Alamri, Shahzad Hussain Fazal Dad, Akram Ahmed Qasem
  • Patent number: 12156532
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a peanut whole-process production line and a method. The peanut whole-process production line includes a peanut cleaning system, a shell breaking system, a skin removing system, a peanut kernel classification system, an ultra-fine pulverization system and a classification packaging system; a first procedure is cleaning and impurity removal of peanuts, breaking of peanut shells is performed after the cleaning and impurity removal of peanuts, removal of peanut kernel skins and ultra-fine pulverization of the peanut shells are respectively performed after the breaking of peanut shells, classification of peanut kernels is performed after the removal of peanut kernel skins, and classification packaging of ultra-fine peanut shell powder is performed after the ultra-fine pulverization of the peanut shells; whole-process processing of peanuts is completed by using the peanut whole-process production line, and peanut resources are fully utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION, XINJIANG ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Mingzheng Liu, Changhe Li, Xinping Li, Xiangdong Liu, Huimin Yang, Yanbin Zhang, Xiaoming Wang, Yali Hou
  • Patent number: 12156533
    Abstract: A nicotine salt liquid formulation for generating an inhalable aerosol in an electronic cigarette comprising nicotine salt that forms about 0.5% to about 20% nicotine is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: JUUL LABS, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Bowen, Chenyue Xing
  • Patent number: 12156535
    Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes a substantially cylindrical cup containing a plant-based aerosol generating material and at least one inductively heatable susceptor element (26). The cup includes an open end and a bottom wall. The cup has a self-supporting moulded form and includes a flange at the open end and a closure attached to the flange. The closure and/or bottom wall is porous or includes one or more openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Andrew Robert John Rogan, Mark Gill, Takeshi Akiyama, Keisuke Matsuzaka
  • Patent number: 12156536
    Abstract: A vaporizer device may include a controller and a heater control circuitry. The controller may generate, based at least on a temperature of a heating coil in a cartridge coupled with the vaporizer device, an output signal for controlling a discharge of a battery of the vaporizer device. The battery may be discharged to the heating coil to increase the temperature of the heating coil and cause a vaporization of a vaporizable material contained in the cartridge. The heater control circuitry may determine the temperature of the heating coil. The heater control circuitry may further control, based on the output signal from the controller, the discharge of the battery to the heating coil. The heater control circuitry may be powered by a voltage rail coupled to a voltage regulator configured to regulate an output voltage of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Pax Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Fu, Christopher Loental, Marko Markovic, Alexander Weiss, Alexander Ringrose, David Carlberg, Robyn Nariyoshi, Devin Spratt, Nicholas J. Hatton, Yen Jen Chang, Chen Yu Li, Barry Tseng, Prince Wang, Thomas Germann, Andreas Schaefer
  • Patent number: 12156537
    Abstract: An aerosol generating article for use in an aerosol generating assembly, the aerosol generating article comprising a rod of aerosolizable material circumscribed by a wrapper, wherein the wrapper comprises an aerosol-forming amorphous solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Walid Abi Aoun, Thomas David Leah
  • Patent number: 12156538
    Abstract: An aerosol provision device is configured to receive a plurality of aerosolizable materials. The aerosol provision device is configured to recognize an identity and a position of the aerosolizable materials received in the device and transmit data indicating the identity and the position of the aerosolizable materials received in the device to a communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas David Leah, Bryan Allbutt, Lisa Harvey
  • Patent number: 12156539
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of forming such devices, and elements of such devices. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides devices configured for vaporization of an aerosol precursor composition that is stored in and/or transported to a heater by a porous monolith, which can be, for example, a porous glass or a porous ceramic. A heater can be in a heating arrangement with an external portion of the porous monolith or can be substantially internal to the porous monolith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael F. Davis, Ercilia Hernandez Garcia, Sawyer Hubbard, Percy D. Phillips, James William Rogers, Stephen Benson Sears, Andries Don Sebastian, Karen V. Taluskie
  • Patent number: 12156540
    Abstract: An aerosol generating system comprises an aerosol generating substrate, an inductor for generating a primary electromagnetic field, a primary susceptor configured to be inductively heated by the primary electromagnetic field and to solely heat the aerosol generating substrate, and a secondary susceptor configured to solely generate a secondary electromagnetic field. The secondary electromagnetic field is generated under the influence of the primary electromagnetic field and acts in opposition to the primary electromagnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Daniel Vanko, Branislav Zigmund
  • Patent number: 12156541
    Abstract: A microfluidic dispensing device has a plurality of chambers arranged in sequence, each having an inlet receiving a liquid to be dispensed and a nozzle for emitting a drop of liquid. An actuator in each chamber receives an actuation quantity and causes a drop of liquid to be emitted by the nozzle of the respective chamber. A drop emission detection element in each chamber generates an actuation command upon detecting the emission of a drop of liquid. A sequential activation electric circuit includes a plurality of sequential activation elements, one for each chamber, each coupled to the drop emission detection element of the respective chamber and to an actuator associated with a subsequent chamber in the sequence of chambers. Each sequential activation element receives the actuation command from the drop emission detection element associated with the respective chamber and activates the actuator associated with the subsequent chamber in the sequence of chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Domenico Giusti, Irene Martini
  • Patent number: 12156542
    Abstract: The invention relates to a personal ultrasonic atomizer device (10), which includes a cartridge (12) having a reservoir (26) for holding a liquid to be atomized, which is interchangeable prior to complete discharging of the reservoir (26) and includes an anti-tamper and anti-counterfeiting safeguard, a sonication chamber (14), placed in fluid communication with the reservoir (26), and for cavitating a liquid placed in contact with a piezoelectric oscillation piece (112); such that vape (V) and/or mist is generated without combustion and/or heating of the liquid, where the personal ultrasonic atomizer device (10) includes a liquid retention material (76) for allowing use of the personal ultrasonic atomizer device (10) in any orientation, and where the personal ultrasonic atomizer device (10) is controllable by an external electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Shaheen Innovations Holding Limited
    Inventors: Mohammed Alshaiba Saleh Ghannam Almazrouei, Imad Lahoud
  • Patent number: 12156543
    Abstract: A vaporization device includes a vaporizer body including a vaporizable material insert receptacle configured to receive a vaporizable material insert including vaporizable material. The vaporizable material insert can include an airflow pathway and an airflow control feature at least partly made out of vaporizable material. Various embodiments of the airflow control feature are described that include one or more features for controlling an amount of heat transferred from heated airflow traveling along the airflow pathway and the vaporizable material of the airflow control feature. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Ariel Atkins, Ian Garcia-Doty, Eddie G. Gonzalez, Paul R. Vieira
  • Patent number: 12156544
    Abstract: Disclosed are a quick liquid injection structure and an aerosol generating device. The quick liquid injection structure includes a valve body, a liquid-injection tube and an elastic member. A gas exhaust hole is disposed on a side wall of the valve body. The liquid-injection tube is coaxially disposed within the valve body, and the liquid-injection tube comprises a liquid-inlet port, a liquid injection passageway and a liquid-outlet hole which are fluidly communicated. The elastic member is sleeved outside the liquid-injection tube, one end of the elastic member abuts against a first abutment part that extends from an outer wall of the liquid-injection tube, and another end of the elastic member abuts against a second abutment part that extends from an inner wall of the valve body. An exhaust gap is formed between the valve body and an end of the liquid-injection tube close to the liquid-inlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN WOODY VAPES TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junwen Wang, Youming Liu, Yanming Niu
  • Patent number: 12156545
    Abstract: The electronic cigarette having a power chip with automatic closed-loop control for output comprises a vaporizer and a battery assembly which are connected with each other. The vaporizer comprises a heating element. The battery assembly comprises a battery and a control circuit board arranged with a control circuit. The control circuit comprises a microcontroller, and comprises a power chip, a microcontroller power supply unit, and a starting switch, which are electrically connected with the microcontroller, respectively. The control circuit is further arranged with a reference resistor connected with the heating element. The power chip is electrically connected with the battery, the reference resistor, and the heating element. The power chip is configured to perform automatic closed-loop control by determining the resistance value of the reference resistor and feedback for output voltage under a command of the microcontroller, to output precisely adjustable voltage to the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN HAPPY VAPING TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Guangrong Lin, Xianbin Zheng, Xiyong Zhang
  • Patent number: 12156546
    Abstract: An electrically heatable aerosol-generating device for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to form an inhalable aerosol when heated is provided, the device including: a receiving cavity to removably receive at least a portion of an aerosol-generating article including the substrate; an electrical heater to heat the substrate when the article is received in the cavity; and a puff detector including a temperature sensor to detect a temperature change of air flow in the cavity indicative of a user taking a puff, the sensor being arranged outside the cavity at a predefined distance to a test spot on an inner surface of the cavity and is further to detect a change of the temperature of the cavity at the test spot that is caused by a change of the temperature of the air flow passing along the inner surface at a place of the test spot when the user takes the puff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Dani Ruscio, Yannick Butin
  • Patent number: 12156547
    Abstract: An electronic device for producing an aerosol for inhalation has a mouthpiece and an elongate housing. The mouthpiece attaches to an upper end of the housing. The housing contains a liquid container and a mesh assembly with mesh material that vibrates when actuated for aerosolizing liquid from the container. The mouthpiece covers the mesh assembly at the upper end of the housing, and the aerosol produced by the mesh assembly may be inhaled through the mouthpiece by a person. The housing contains circuitry and a power supply, preferably are located in a lower half of the housing, for actuating vibration of the mesh material. Electrical pathways connect the mesh assembly with the circuitry and power supply. The power supply may comprise one or more batteries located at the lower end of the housing. The aerosol is produced without smoldering of the liquid and without using a compressed gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: QNOVIA, INC.
    Inventor: Mario Danek
  • Patent number: 12156548
    Abstract: A wearable article includes a front and back elastic belts, a crotch region, a waist opening, and leg openings. Each elastic belt is a laminate having an inner sheet, an outer sheet, and an elastic member. Elastic adhesive bonding continuously bonds the elastic member for at least about 10 mm in the direction of stretch adjacent the side edges of the belts. A discrete patterned adhesive bonding is applied to at least one of the inner and outer sheets to intermittently bond the inner and outer sheets. The discrete patterned adhesive bonding extends substantially along the transverse direction between the elastic adhesive bonding, and substantially along the longitudinal direction between the distal and proximal edges of the elastic belts. The same adhesive agent provides the elastic adhesive and discrete patterned adhesive bonding. Heat bonds form side seams, and the remainder of the laminate is free of heat bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shiqiao Li, Ruizhi Pei, Kaoru Ishihara, Koichi Morimoto, Xuechun Wang, Ling Tong, John Andrew Strasemeier, Vanessa Marie Melendez, Monica Renee Tournoux
  • Patent number: 12156549
    Abstract: The present invention improves upon contemporary shorts with integrated liners by providing a short with liner, the liner being affixed to the waistband of the short along a majority of the circumference of the short. A detached, dropped section along the front of the liner, has stretchable waistband that allows a user to enlarge the opening of the detached area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Saxx Underwear Co.
    Inventors: Kathleen Marie McNally, Peter Kallen, Suzanne Renee Young
  • Patent number: 12156550
    Abstract: The invention relates to a brassiere 40 customized for a user comprising two cups 41, 42 for each receiving a breast of the user, each cup 41, 42 being made of an elastic material, characterized in that each cup 41 42 is detachable and in that the brassiere comprises for each cup 41, 42 an element 26 for fitting the cup to the shape of the breast in the form of a 3D curved rod 20 produced according to the measurements of the user said that 3D curved rod being designed to contour the entire length of the shape of the inflammatory fold of the user, and extending from the vicinity of the sternum of the user to the vicinity of the armpit of the user such that said 3D curved rod 20 stretches the cup 41, 42 in such a way that it molds the shape of the breast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventor: Claire Chabaud
  • Patent number: 12156551
    Abstract: An article of clothing and a method of manufacturing thereof are disclosed. The article of clothing comprises a pair of brassiere cups and a pair of frames. Each frame further comprises a bottom member attachable to an underwire of a respective one of the brassiere cups; at least one first projection which originates from the lower member and extends beyond the upper member; at least one second projection which extends from the lower member and extends beyond the upper member. The at least one second projection is closer than the at least one first projection to an underarm region of the respective one of the brassiere cups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Regina Miracle International (Group) Limited
    Inventor: Zhenqiang Liu
  • Patent number: 12156552
    Abstract: A glove has a protective member in the thumb-crotch region and includes a textured outer surface. The protective member is configured to protected against slicing done by sharp objects. The textured outer surface enables grip ability in greasy environments. The textured outer surface may be formed via a foaming process during manufacture of the glove. There may be a colored layer between an inner liner and the protective member that establishes a color splash effect in the event that a portion of the glove ruptures or fails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SUMMIT GLOVE INC.
    Inventor: James L Hull
  • Patent number: 12156553
    Abstract: A safety glove having a protective member or insert extending around the fingertip of the safety glove is provided. The protective member may be positioned along the outer surface or the inner surface of the glove. Alternatively, the protective member may be integrally formed between two layers of glove material. The protective member terminates distally from an interphalangeal joint line to enable finger flexion in order to grasp an item, such as a slab of meat to be deskinned in a skinning machine. The glove may include a rough outer surface formed from thrice dipping the glove and allowing the glove to cure. Additionally, the glove may have a width near the wrist that is wider than the width near the palm to enable the glove to be rapidly removed (i.e., doffed) in an emergency event of the glove getting caught in a rotating blade on the skinning machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SUMMIT GLOVE INC.
    Inventor: James L. Hull
  • Patent number: 12156554
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a disposable safety glove system featuring a plurality of layers of inter-nested gloves that are worn simultaneously by a user. The improved disposable glove system of the present invention allows a user to peel away the outermost layer of gloves to reveal a new and sterile set of gloves. The glove system also features a relatively thick wristband to support the plurality of glove layers, a tab that can be used to easily peel off the outermost glove layer once the same has been used and a new pair of gloves is desired, and a numbering system that alerts the user to how many glove layers remain in the glove stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Jackson
  • Patent number: 12156555
    Abstract: An ambidextrous or hand-specific glove including a wrist region, palm region, and at least one digit region having a fingertip region and a remaining portion. A part of a 360° perimeter of the fingertip region is reduced in length relative to the perimeter of the remaining portion of that digit region. The reduced circumference fingertip region is configured to be smaller than the tip of a user's finger or thumb when inserted into the glove. The reduction in the circumference of the fingertip region may include reducing an arcuate length of a pair of opposed sections of the fingertip region. The opposed sections may be sections of the front and rear surfaces of the digit region or opposed sections of the first side surface and second side surface of the digit region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SUMMIT GLOVE INC.
    Inventors: James L Hull, Wong Fook Lin
  • Patent number: 12156556
    Abstract: A glove has a palm side and a back side joined at a side edge and a number of sections including a palm part, a finger part and a thumb part. The component parts connect and stretch material is used in certain areas of the glove to make the glove adjust to varying hand sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Zero Friction, LLC
    Inventor: John R. Iacono
  • Patent number: 12156557
    Abstract: A garment comprising a barrier layer. The barrier layer comprises a skirt and a storage region for retaining the skirt. The storage region comprises an upper flap, a lower flap, and a fastener for releasably coupling the upper flap and the lower flap to retain the skirt in the storage region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: KJUS North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Amanda Frank, Mary Stewart Waggoner, Tucker Sutter, Adam Mueller, Shogo Fujiwara, Colin Beard
  • Patent number: 12156558
    Abstract: A wound recovery garment includes a multilayer fabric. The multilayer fabric comprises a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The multilayer fabric draws moisture from the skin tissues, including wounded or burned tissue recovering from trauma. The first layer removes moisture from wounded tissue without sticking to skin. The first layer is formed from compressive, elastic material that supplies compression forces to tissue. The second layer is an absorbent layer that receives the moisture from the first layer and stores tissue moisture in a sponge-like fashion. The second layer is disposed between the first layer and the third layer. The third layer is an exterior layer and is visible to outside viewers. No body fluid or blood leaks through the third layer. Individuals recovering from trauma are able to comfortably go outside without being concerned with body fluids soaking through and being visible to others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: CREATE TO OVERCOME LLC
    Inventors: Aisha Michelle McCain, Annemarie Noelle Sheets
  • Patent number: 12156559
    Abstract: A clothes folding device includes a loading assembly which pushes in the clothes and seats the clothes on a loading conveyor for transportation, a folding assembly which transports the clothes forward or backward and performs the folding of the clothes, an unloading assembly which is provided below the folding assembly and loads the clothes discharged from the folding assembly. The unloading assembly includes an upper unloading layer where the clothes finally folded by the folding assembly is primarily dropped and seated and which includes an unloading conveyor, a rotation drive unit that rotates the unloading conveyor, an upper front-rear drive unit which moves the upper unloading layer in a forward and backward direction, a lower unloading layer where the clothes seated on the upper unloading layer are secondarily dropped and seated, and an up and down drive unit which moves the lower unloading layer in an up or down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Aekyung Chae, Keunjoo Kim, Hyungkyu Youk, Sangjo Kim
  • Patent number: 12156560
    Abstract: One or more devices for coupling lighting elements to safety headwear are described. The devices include an element that emits light, a unit that provides power, and a coupling element to couple the device to safety headwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Nicole Z. Summersett, Samuel L. Lombardi, Christian R. Braun, Todd Andrew Zeilinger, Benjamin T. Jones
  • Patent number: 12156561
    Abstract: A helmet for protecting a head of a wearer, such as a hockey, lacrosse, football or other sports player. The helmet includes an outer shell and an inner padding disposed between the outer shell and the wearer's head when the helmet is worn. The inner padding includes a plurality of shock absorbers and an interconnector interconnecting the shock absorbers, each shock absorber being deformable in response to a rotational impact on the helmet such that an outer part of the shock absorber moves relative to an inner part of the shock absorber in a direction tangential to an angular movement of the outer shell due to the rotational impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY LLC
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Laperriere, Thierry Krick, Jacques Durocher, Ryan Ouckama, Marie-Claude Genereux, Denis Cote, Philippe Jean, Ken Covo, Garnet Alexander, Jean-Marie Bidal
  • Patent number: 12156562
    Abstract: A hard hat and related impact protection layer is shown. The hard hat includes one or more feature to improve support of the impact protection layer. The impact protection layer is designed to improve impact energy absorption provided by a crushable material located within the hard hat shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph R. Worple, Abhijeet A. Khangar
  • Patent number: 12156563
    Abstract: A headgear includes a pair of noise reduction components. Each noise reduction component is configured to fit over and/or at least partially inside respective ears of a user of the headgear. The pair of noise reduction components are coupled to a first strap. The first strap is configured to retain the pair of noise-reduction components in contact with the ears of the user. Each noise reduction component of the pair of noise reduction components includes a laminated structure that includes at least one sound-reflecting layer, and at least one sound-absorbing layer that is arranged to be closer to the ear of the user than the at least one sound-reflecting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: ResMed Asia Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Wai Hoong Leng, Mohankumar Krishnan Valiyambath, Amit Arunchandra Jadhav, Angelene Marie Ozolins
  • Patent number: 12156564
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a goggle brace for a helmet. The brace includes a first bracket and an extension member. The first bracket includes a first resting member and a first supporting member. The first supporting member enables integrating the brace within the helmet. The extension member has a hole. The brace is attached on the inner surface of the helmet by a fastening member. The goggles is made to rest over the resting member. The goggles is tightened over the braces through a strap. The ends of the strap are attached to the edges of the goggles and other ends of the strap are attached over the rear surface of the helmet though a single strap or two or more buckles or latches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventor: Daniel W Plumb
  • Patent number: 12156565
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a variable helmet that can be unfolded flat and carried or kept when not in use. A configuration of the variable helmet is characterized by including a protective pad in which a plurality of unit pads are planarly coupled like a mosaic so that the protective pad is in a hemispherical shape to cover and protect a head of a wearer and is able to be unfolded flat like a plate, the protective pad having unevenness portions provided in a sawtooth shape at both ends thereof; both-end fixing means allowing the unit pads to have a hemispherical shape by tightening the both ends of the protective pad; and a chin strap allowing the protective pad to be fixed in a state in which the protective pad is covered on the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Nature Mobility Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ju Sang Lee
  • Patent number: 12156566
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes embodiments in which a knit upper in an article of footwear comprises various zones having different properties. For example, some zones may include thermoplastic yarns for bonding to other elements of the article of footwear such as a sole or a lacing system. Zones may also possess varying degrees of elasticity to, for example, accommodate a wearer's foot or provide the knit upper with stability. The knit upper may further include a visible or machine-detectable bite line to indicate the intended placement of elements of the article of footwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Hipp, Fanny Yung Ho, Bruce J. Kilgore, Thomas J. Rushbrook
  • Patent number: 12156567
    Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear having an upper includes a heel region, a forefoot region, and a mid-foot region disposed between the heel region and the forefoot region. The sole structure also includes a fluid-filled chamber including a first barrier layer cooperating with a second barrier layer to define a first segment extending between a medial side of the sole structure and a lateral side of the sole structure within the forefoot region, a second segment extending between the medial side of the sole structure and the lateral side of the sole structure within the forefoot region, and a web area disposed between and connecting the first segment and the second segment, the first barrier layer being attached to the second barrier layer within the web area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Fidencio Campos, II, Wesley K. Chan, Zachary M. Elder, Elizabeth Langvin, Lee D. Peyton
  • Patent number: 12156568
    Abstract: Disclosed are shoes including a body having a foot insertion space into which user's foot is inserted, an air passage portion protruding from a front of the body to the outside and extending in a direction in which the body extends, and a foot support portion located in a width direction of the air passage portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: NANOTECH CERAMICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Jeong, Jong Min Lim, Sung Young Park