Heat press apparatuses, systems, and methods

US11707104B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Cricut, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kristy Lynn Barney · Lehi, US
• Mitchell Alan Cheever · Layton, US
• Yung Tseng Chen · San Francisco, US
• Thomas Crisp · Beaverton, US
• John Dalton · Idaho Falls, US
• Michelle Fishberg · Redwood City, US
• Kelton Gubler · South Jordan, US
• Desmond Kavanagh · Wicklow, IE
• Hayley Ketch · Alpine, US
• Tyler Lee · South Jordan, US
• Ildefonso M. Resuello, Jr. · Sacramento, US
• Norman Stevenson · Dublin, IE
• Grayson Stopp · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 3, 2022
• Grant date: Jul 25, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 3, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A42C1/04
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A heat press includes a handle portion and a curved heat plate. That handle portion may be configured to be grasped by a user, and the curved heat (i.e., having a curved engagement surface) may be configured to engage a heat-activated design implement to transfer a design of the heat-activated design implement to a curved surface of a workpiece. Also disclosed herein, according to various embodiments, is a heat press stand having a curved floor and a hat form for supporting a workpiece (e.g., a hat) during a heat-activated design transfer using the heat press. Associated methods are also disclosed herein.