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| US12156575B2 |
Bracelet clasp
A bracelet clasp including a first rigid strip of which a first end is hinged on a first end of a second folding strip configured to receive a first strand of the bracelet at the second end thereof, and of which the second end of the first strip is hinged on a first end of a third folding strip from which first and second arms extend, and a cap hinged at one of the strips. The clasp is provided with first and second push-pieces. The clasp includes a banking which is housed between the first and second arms of the third strip in the closed position of the clasp, so as to ensure a symmetrical opening of the arms when simultaneous pressures are exerted on the push-pieces. |
| US12156573B2 |
Fastening system and method(s)
A fastening system for an object (e.g., a wearable such as footwear) is disclosed that includes a buckle assembly and a strap for adjusting tension. The buckle assembly includes a base and a slider engaged with the base. The strap includes an array of teeth to engage with a pawl formed on the base. The fastening system is configurable between an engaged condition and a released condition based on the positioning of the slider relative to the base. |
| US12156571B2 |
Quick connect anchoring buckle
Systems relating to a mechanical closure or locking device configured to allow for quick connect and disconnect. The systems can be used in conjunction with compression garments. The systems can include a buckle that couples to an anchor. The buckle and anchor can include complementary features that can mechanically interface to secure the buckle and anchor together. The buckle and anchor can include complementary magnetic elements to secure the buckle and anchor together. The buckle can be manipulated to tighten or loosen an adjustable strap. |
| US12156565B2 |
Variable helmet
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. |
| US12156563B2 |
Headgear
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. |
| US12156562B2 |
Hard hat with impact protection material
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. |
| US12156552B2 |
Protective device for use with a glove
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. |
| US12156549B2 |
Shorts with integrated liner
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. |
| US12156548B2 |
Pant-type wearable article
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. |
| US12156547B2 |
Electronic device for producing an aerosol for inhalation by a person
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. |
| US12156546B2 |
Aerosol-generating device with puff detection and method for puff detection
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. |
| US12156537B2 |
Aerosol generating article with wrapper comprising aerosol-forming material
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. |
| US12156533B2 |
Nicotine salt formulations for aerosol devices and methods thereof
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. |
| US12156529B2 |
Liquid condiment containing solid ingredient
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. |
| US12156528B2 |
Sweetening compositions
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. |
| US12156527B2 |
Sweetening compositions
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. |
| US12156523B2 |
Plant disease control agent
A plant disease control agent which contains a compound represented by formula (1) as an active ingredient. |
| US12156522B2 |
Wet preservation of tissue
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. |
| US12156518B2 |
Fishing storage device
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. |
| US12156513B2 |
Movable livestock grazing enclosure
A movable livestock grazing enclosure is disclosed for regenerative grazing in agriculture. An example movable livestock grazing enclosure may include a front boom, and a first side boom and a second side boom both attached to the front boom to form a contained grazing paddock. The movable livestock grazing enclosure may also include a trough on at least one of the front boom, the first side boom, and the second side boom. The trough provides at least one of water, food, and food supplements for livestock. The movable livestock grazing enclosure may also include a head unit attached to the front boom. The head unit is configured to move the contained grazing paddock to a predetermined location for grazing the livestock within the contained grazing paddock. In an example, the head unit is at least partly automated. |
| US12156510B2 |
Corrective collar utilizing geolocation technology
The disclosed technology includes a collar that can output a first corrective action having a first correction magnitude, detect feedback information, and determine a second correction magnitude based at least in part on the feedback information. The collar can output a second corrective action responsive to determining that the collar is within a predetermined distance from an adverse device. The collar can receive map data and automatically determine a first geographical area in which it is permissible for a collar to be located and/or a second geographical area in which it is impermissible for the collar to be located, the collar being related to the system. |
| US12156508B2 |
Pulley system allowing for passage of object attached to line
A pulley system for enabling an object attached to a line to pass around a rotating pulley at least partially enclosed by a housing, without causing the object to encounter interference from the housing structure as the object passages through. An inward beveled edge of the housing structure may act to guide the line into the pulley groove. An object passthrough window for allowing the object to pass around the pulley while the pulley is rotating, without encumbrance of the object, may comprise a substantially solid, or continuous, inner surface formed of the inward beveled edge and the pulley groove. An exemplary use of the pulley system is in drive or transfer pulleys, or both, in systems utilizing pulley arrangements: for example, in systems such as lure coursing systems that continuously loop a line having a lure attached, for the enjoyment of domesticated animals. |
| US12156506B2 |
Inflatable harness assembly
An assembly includes an inflatable harness having a first loop of webbing, a second loop of webbing, and a panel connecting the first loop of webbing to the second loop of webbing. The assembly includes an inflatable tether extending from the first loop of webbing, the inflatable tether in fluid communication with the inflatable harness. The assembly includes a latch plate fixed to the inflatable tether, the latch plate defining a fluid passage in fluid communication with the inflatable tether to provide inflation medium to the inflatable harness. |
| US12156505B2 |
Pet seat apparatus for ATVs
A pet seat apparatus for an ATV. The pet seat apparatus includes a seat base with at least one customized side to closely fit contours of a part of the ATV. The seat base includes a first support side for supporting a pet in the ATV and a second support side. The pet seat apparatus also includes a support apparatus for holding the seat base at a desire position in the ATV. |
| US12156500B2 |
Dispersion comprising EU2+ doped inorganic luminescent nanoparticles for greenhouse applications and sheet structures and coatings for greenhouses comprising such nanoparticles
A luminescent layer is described comprising an Eu2+ doped inorganic luminescent material comprising or consisting essentially of the elements Al and/or Si and the elements O and/or N, the doped inorganic luminescent material converting radiation of the UV region between 200 nm and 400 nm of the solar spectrum into the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) region (400 nm-700 nm) of the solar spectrum, wherein the Si concentration in the inorganic luminescent material is selected between 0 and 45 at. %, the Al concentration between 0 and 50 at. %, the O concentration between 0 and 70 at. %, the N concentration between 0 and 60 at. % and the Eu2+ between 0.01 and 30 at. %. |
| US12156498B2 |
Light source for plant cultivation
A light source includes a controller configured to turn on or off a plurality of light sources depending on a light period. The controller can be configured to turn on the light sources during each of a plurality of light periods such that the light sources emit a light having a spectrum with a plurality of peaks toward the plant. At least one light period can include a first period and a second period and the first period preceding or following the second period. The controller can adjust the spectrum of the light between the first period and the second period and/or during different light periods. |
| US12156495B2 |
Hand rakepan
The disclosure provided herein is directed to a hand rakepan having a handle, a head, and plurality of tines. The handle, in some aspects, is ergonomically provided to accommodate a variety of grips during use that facilitate manipulation of the hand rakepan as a hand tool using only a single hand. Likewise, in certain aspects, the head of hand rakepan has one or more grooves and notches to provide various grip's to be used during one-handed manipulation of the hand rakepan during raking, collecting, and transporting. |
| US12156494B2 |
Autonomous lawn mower and a system for navigating thereof
A system and method for an autonomous lawn mower comprising a mower body having at least one motor arranged to drive a cutting blade and to propel the mower body on an operating surface via a wheel arrangement, wherein the mower body includes a navigation system arranged to assist a controller to control the operation of the mower body within a predefined operating area, wherein the mower body further includes a signal detecting module arranged to detect a signal representative of a navigational marker. |
| US12156492B2 |
Planting control for grouped seed placement
A row unit has a seed meter and a seed delivery system. A target seed population is obtained and a motor that drives at least one of the seed meter and the seed delivery system is intermittently pulsed to plant seeds in groupings based on machine speed and target seed population. |