Patents Examined by Amanda L Miller
  • Patent number: 9545156
    Abstract: An enhanced mattress for enabling passive involuntary digestive tract movement, shoulder opening and pelvis bones movement. The apparatus is configured solely for prone lying of a human body thereupon and includes a head support section which comprises an open face section, an upper main section connected to the head support section, the upper main section comprises a plurality of dedicated supporting members. A lower support section connected to the upper main section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Inventors: Ronen Yechiel Mendi, Ronen Tuchfeld
  • Patent number: 9526360
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a U-shaped travel pillow having a base cushion and raised cushion fixed to the top side of the base cushion. The inner peripheral walls of the base and raised cushions are mutually flush, while the rear walls are mutually flush and substantially flat for better contact with flat surfaces, such as a headrest, seat, or chair. Furthermore, the rear wall of the raised cushion is thinner than the sides, providing more liberty to adjust head position by easily adapting to the shape of the headrest, seat or chair. A removable cover is adapted to cover the base and raised cushions, while a drawstring with an adjustable cinch mechanism can be used for adjusting the travel pillow around the neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: CABEAU, INC.
    Inventors: David Bret Sternlight, Kyna Rose Sternlight
  • Patent number: 9530266
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for firearm storage; and more particularly, a safe and secure handgun mini-vault apparatus for a loaded handgun that allows an authorized user rapid, unobstructed and effortless access to the handgun. The handgun mini-vault system of the present invention not only provides for relative ease of assembly and aesthetically appealing appearance, it also permits access to the handgun without the need to manually manipulate a locking device. The locking system of the present invention utilizes RFID technology to allow authorized users to open the mini-vault by simply waiving an RFID chip in proximity to the mini-vault interrogator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Hornady Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Thomas Delattre, David Carson, Michael Romeo, Stephen Cunningham
  • Patent number: 9516951
    Abstract: An anatomical pillow configured for use by a woman includes a compressible body having an upper surface, lower surface, a top, a first side, a second side, a bottom, and a central recess. The relative dimensions and geometries of the segments and surfaces are selected to accommodate a woman lying prone on the pillow with her head above the upper surface and her torso lying on the bottom segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Inventor: Marnie Rustemeyer
  • Patent number: 9482036
    Abstract: A vehicle door includes an outer panel and an inner frame defining a cavity, wherein a portion of the outer panel defines a generally downward outer surface. A trim member is attached to the outer surface, wherein the trim member and the outer surface define a cylinder receptacle in communication with the cavity. A keyed cylinder is disposed within the cylinder receptacle, wherein a longitudinal axis of the keyed cylinder is substantially normal to the outer surface, and the keyed cylinder slopes downward toward an outward surface of the trim member. The vehicle door also includes an internal locking mechanism and a key aperture of the keyed cylinder, wherein the internal locking mechanism includes a drain channel that slopes toward the key aperture and the cylinder receptacle, and wherein the drain channel is positioned parallel with the longitudinal axis of the keyed cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Howard Paul Tsvi Linden, Jerry P. Bonnici, James Edward Wooten, Rajesh K. Patel
  • Patent number: 9468574
    Abstract: The ambulatory stretcher with patient lifting measures enables a patient to be loaded onto the ambulatory stretcher without moving. The ambulatory stretcher with patient lifting measures includes an outer frame that includes an opening, and which is adapted to be placed onto the ground immediately surrounding a patient. The outer frame includes a pair of patient-conveying members that extend and retract to close off or open up the opening in the outer frame. The patient-conveying members are able to extend underneath a patient while said patient is lying on the ground surface. Moreover, the patient-conveying members are able to load the patient onto the assembly without requiring any movement of the patient with respect to the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Inventor: James Phillips
  • Patent number: 9451834
    Abstract: The invention provides a portable baby supporting device designed to be used anywhere for taking care of a baby and can be easily moved and stored to anywhere. The portable baby supporting device includes a base and a platform rotatably coupled to the base. The platform can either be stowed to be in parallel with the base or opened to be perpendicular to the base. When opened to a use status, the platform provides a first supporting surface for diaper changing, food feeding, or entertaining, etc. Necessary supplies can be stored in the compartments of the base in hand. The portable baby supporting device may also be collapsed to a minimized size for storage purpose, or oriented upside down, so that a higher changing table provided by the platform is accessible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventor: Jonathan M. Pacella
  • Patent number: 9440619
    Abstract: A steering lock device includes a lock bolt configured to correspond to rotation of a key cylinder and to unlock a steering shaft, and an ignition switch configured to correspond to the rotation of the key cylinder and to perform switch operation. In the steering lock device, the lock bolt is provided to a rear side of a body in a direction of a body side orthogonal to a rotation axis of the key cylinder. Also, the ignition switch includes a first switch and a second switch and is arranged to a side part of the body in a direction different from the forward movement direction of the lock bolt. The first switch is configured as the ignition switch and the second switch is configured as a key detection switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: U-SHIN LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Sugihara
  • Patent number: 9428936
    Abstract: A lock that is inserted and fixed in a receiving body of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The lock includes a stator inside which a rotor rotatably moves. The stator is fixed to the receiving body and includes a cover plate of the rotor fixed to the front face of the stator, where the cover plate has an opening for a key. There is also an anti-pull-out mechanism borne by said cover plate and the stator to fix the cover plate to the stator and to retain the rotor axially in the stator. The anti-pull-out mechanism blocks the cover plate axially on the stator by the positioning of the cover plate and its subsequent pivoting on the stator into an assembled position. The anti-pull-out mechanism includes an element for blocking in rotation the cover plate on the stator interposed between the cover plate and the front face of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: VALEO SECURITE HABITACLE
    Inventor: Ludovic Fenayon
  • Patent number: 9427196
    Abstract: A patient table and a control device of a pallet of the patient table are provided according to the present application to facilitate achieving the switching between manual operation and automatic operation in controlling the pallet, and to improve the operation convenience. The control device includes a through-beam photoelectric switch, a shutter and a trigger connected to the shutter, the trigger is arranged on a push-pull portion of the pallet to allow the shutter to be driven to move when a hand acts on the push-pull portion, to block a light beam of the through-beam photoelectric switch. The through-beam photoelectric switch is in signal connection with the control board of the patient table and is configured to send a signal for releasing the pallet to the control board of the patient table once the light beam of the through-beam photoelectric switch is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SHENYANG NEUSOFT MEDICAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoping Shi, Yang Hu, Hong Yan
  • Patent number: 9422761
    Abstract: Device for invalidating notes of value, which comprises at least one combined dyestuff and trigger module, the dyestuff and trigger module being connectable via at least one first connecting element to a second connecting element of the value note transport container complementary to the first connecting element. The device has a dyestuff distributing unit for distributing dyestuff exiting from an outlet opening of the dyestuff and trigger module onto the notes of value. By means of the first connecting element a disconnectable plug connection to the second connecting element is establishable. Further, the disclosure relates to a cash box comprising such a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH
    Inventor: Elmar Berendes
  • Patent number: 9414689
    Abstract: A device comprising: a bed frame comprising a platform frame and a headboard frame, wherein the platform frame is T-shaped as defined via a leg portion and a platform portion, wherein the platform portion comprises a spine portion extending longitudinally over the leg portion, wherein the headboard frame defines a U-shaped channel, wherein the spine portion extends through the U-shaped channel and the headboard frame is non-perpendicularly oriented to the platform portion when the headboard frame spans between a wall and a floor, the platform portion is secured to the wall cantileveredly, and the headboard frame is secured to the wall distal to the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Inventor: Dyan Grey
  • Patent number: 9414977
    Abstract: A system for use with a bed having a frame and a supporting surface includes a sheet having a bottom surface placed above the supporting surface of the bed, a top surface, and a plurality of tether straps connected to and extending from the sheet. Each tether strap is configured for connection to the bed. The bottom surface is at least partially formed of a low friction material, and the top surface is at least partially formed of a high friction material, such that the top surface provides greater slipping resistance than the bottom surface. The tether straps include at least two pairs of tether straps, with one pair connected proximate a top edge of the sheet and another pair connected proximate a bottom edge of the sheet. The sheet may further include a sliding member on the bottom surface to assist in lateral sliding of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Sage Products, LLC
    Inventors: Larry Ponsi, James Layer
  • Patent number: 9388625
    Abstract: A safe is provided capable of destruction of stored materials upon occurrence of a theft indication. A storage part stores a recording medium by a retaining means or system, and a destroying means or system that is operative to destroy the recording medium upon an activation is also within the storage part. A theft detecting part detects unauthorized access and a driver drives the destroying means or system for destruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Inventor: Takaaki Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 9380883
    Abstract: A bedding or seating product comprises a pocketed spring assembly comprising a plurality of parallel interior strings of individually pocketed coil springs. The interior strings of springs may extend from head-to-foot or side-to-side of the product. The pocketed spring assembly further comprises at least one perimeter string of springs. Each of the springs of each perimeter string of springs has rectangular convolutions to provide edge support to the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventor: Niels S. Mossbeck
  • Patent number: 9370252
    Abstract: A pocketed spring assembly comprises a plurality of parallel strings of springs, each string joined to an adjacent string, each string comprising first and second opposed plies of fabric and a plurality of pockets formed along a length of the string by transverse seams joining the first and second plies. At least one spring is positioned in each pocket. An upper end of each transverse seam is below the upper surface of the string so as to partially separate adjacent pockets within a string of springs. Each spring has two end portions and a middle portion. The convolutions of the middle portion are greater in diameter and pitch than the convolutions of the end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Guido Eigenmann, Darrell A. Richmond, Thomas W. Wells
  • Patent number: 9359793
    Abstract: A lock and key combination includes a cylinder rotatably disposed within a shell and a sidebar within the cylinder and movable between a locked position preventing rotation of the cylinder and an unlocked position allowing rotation of the cylinder. A slider is mounted within the cylinder for movement between a first position blocking movement of sidebar from the locked position and a second position not blocking movement of said sidebar. A key has a blade configured to be inserted into a keyway of the cylinder and includes a slider-actuating element mounted within the blade for movement with respect to the blade. As the blade is inserted into the keyway, a cam element within the keyway moves the slider-actuating element to a position engaging the slider so that further movement of the key moves the slider from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: MEDECO SECURITY LOCKS, INC.
    Inventors: Peter H. Field, Glenn Hartman
  • Patent number: 9357864
    Abstract: A pillow includes a torso cushion tapering from a top end to a bottom end. A torso support surface extends from the top end to the bottom end of the torso cushion. A back surface joins to the bottom end of the torso cushion at a first elevation angle between the back surface and the support surface. A head cushion attaches to the top end of the torso cushion. The head cushion includes a back surface joined to the back surface of the torso cushion, a first angled surface joined to the back surface of the head cushion at a second elevation angle, and a second angled surface joined to the back surface of the head cushion at a third elevation angle. The first angled surface and the second angled surface join to one another along a crest extending from the top end of said torso cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Anthony Gino Campagna
  • Patent number: 9340999
    Abstract: A manually driven electronic deadbolt assembly configured with an electromechanical coupling mechanism to selectively couple a manually operable bezel to a torque blade for operation of a deadbolt mechanism. The electro-mechanical coupling mechanism is configured such that in a locked condition the manually operable bezel is drivably decoupled from the torque blade, such that the manually operable bezel is free-spinning when rotated so as to be rendered incapable of rotating the torque blade to operate the deadbolt mechanism. Also, the electro-mechanical coupling mechanism is configured to drivably couple the manually operable bezel to the torque blade when a valid code is input to a code input mechanism to facilitate the unlocked condition, such that a rotation of the manually operable bezel effects a rotation of the torque blade to operate the deadbolt mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Kwikset Corporation
    Inventor: Oscar Romero
  • Patent number: 9341004
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dual use cycle accessory which may adopt a first folded configuration in which it forms a mudguard and a second unfolded configuration in which is comprises tow free ends (101, 201) which may be locked together to form a locked loop suitable for locking a cycle, preferably a bicycle, to a stationary object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Inventor: Patrick Elson