US 12,389,974 B2
Heat press apparatuses, systems, and methods
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); and Grayson Stopp, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Cricut, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US)
Filed by Cricut, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/357,017.
Application 18/357,017 is a continuation of application No. 17/653,464, filed on Mar. 3, 2022, granted, now 11,707,104.
Prior Publication US 2023/0354946 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A42C 1/08 (2006.01); B30B 9/00 (2006.01); B30B 15/06 (2006.01); B32B 37/06 (2006.01); B41F 16/02 (2006.01); D06F 75/08 (2006.01); D06F 79/02 (2006.01)
CPC A42C 1/08 (2013.01) [B30B 9/00 (2013.01); B30B 15/064 (2013.01); B32B 37/06 (2013.01); B41F 16/02 (2013.01); D06F 75/08 (2013.01); D06F 79/02 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heat press comprising:
a handle portion configured to be grasped by a user;
a heat plate coupled to the handle portion, wherein the heat plate comprises a curved engagement surface and wherein the handle portion is fixed relative to the heat plate; and
a skirt generally disposed between the handle portion and the heat plate;
wherein the heat press has a portable, integrated, handheld form-factor comprising a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, wherein the handle portion is situated at and at least partially defines the proximal end and the heat plate is situated at and at least partially defines the distal end;
wherein an exterior housing forms an outer surface of the handle portion, wherein the outer surface of the handle portion extends continuously to a lower peripheral edge of the exterior housing, wherein the lower peripheral edge of the exterior housing is adjacent an outward perimeter surface of the skirt.