Granted Patent B2

US 12,742,283 · App. 18/954,385 · Granted Sep 22, 2026

Inventors: Grayson Stopp (San Francisco, CA); Thomas Crisp (Cottonwood Heights, UT); Lk Lin (Shenzen, CN); Carry Zhu (Xiamen, CN)

Assignee: Cricut, Inc.

D06F75/36D06F75/26D06F75/34D06F75/38

Abstract

Claims (18)

1 . A heat press comprising:

a body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end;

a heat plate located at the first end of the body;

a handle forming a portion of the second end of the body, the second end of the body defining a concave depression over and across which the handle extends; and

a control compartment, a display, and user controls coupled to the body;

wherein:

a perimeter of the concave depression comprises a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge opposite the first lateral edge, a front edge, and a rear edge opposite the front edge;

the perimeter of the concave depression comprises the first lateral edge connected to the front edge connected to the second lateral edge connected to the rear edge connected to the first lateral edge;

the handle extends in a lateral direction between the first lateral edge of the perimeter of the concave depression and the second lateral edge of the perimeter of the concave depression;

the display and the user controls are situated adjacent the front edge of the perimeter of the concave depression; and

a plane extending perpendicular to the heat plate and bisecting the handle along a longitudinal axis of the handle is offset from the control compartment, the display, and the user controls such that the plane does not intersect the control compartment, the display, nor the user controls.

2 . The heat press of claim 1 , wherein the concave depression comprises a curved surface that extends downward from the perimeter of the concave depression toward the first end of the body.

3 . The heat press of claim 2 , wherein the curved surface is curved about more than a single axis.

4 . The heat press of claim 1 , wherein the display and the user controls face away from the first end of the body.

5 . The heat press of claim 1 , further comprising an insulation portion positioned between the first end of the body and the concave depression.

6 . The heat press of claim 5 , wherein the insulation portion is positioned within the body between the heat plate and the concave depression.

7 . The heat press of claim 1 , wherein the control compartment disposed within the body, and wherein the display and the user controls are coupled to the control compartment.

8 . The heat press of claim 7 , wherein the control compartment, the display, and the user controls are not located on the handle and are not located in the concave depression.

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