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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2023
Cricut, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Kristy Lynn Barney, Lehi, UT (US);
Mitchell Alan Cheever, Brigham City, UT (US);
Yung Tseng Chen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Crisp, Cottonwood Heights, UT (US);
John Douglas Dalton, South Jordan, UT (US);
Michelle Fishberg, Redwood City, CA (US);
Kelton Gubler, South Jordan, UT (US);
Desmond Kavanagh, Wicklow, IE;
Hayley Ketch, Alpine, UT (US);
Tyler Lee, South Jordan, UT (US);
Ildefonso M. Resuello, Jr., Sacramento, CA (US);
Norman Stevenson, Dublin, IE;
Grayson Stopp, San Francisco, CA (US);
Cricut, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
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.