The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2024
Cricut, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Vance Campbell, South Jordan, UT (US);
Thomas Crisp, Cottonwood Heights, UT (US);
Jeremy B. Crystal, Springville, UT (US);
Del Ray Doty, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Francois Laine, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Ryun Bates Noble, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Bradley Carroll Rice, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Grayson Stopp, San Francisco, CA (US);
Giacomo Michael Pasquale Strollo, San Diego, CA (US);
Zhian Wang, Holladay, UT (US);
Cricut, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Abstract
A heat press may include an upper assembly comprising a heat plate, a lower assembly comprising a platen, and a base assembly interconnecting the upper assembly and the lower assembly. The base assembly may include a drive motor that is configured to drive movement of the upper assembly relative to the lower assembly. The heat press is generally configured to heat and compress, between the heat plate and the platen, a workpiece. A method for a heat press may also include a processor perform various operations, including activating a drive motor to drive an upper assembly of a heat press toward a lower assembly of the heat press to exert a compressive force on a workpiece disposed between a heat plate of the upper assembly and a platen of the lower assembly.