Patents Examined by Bradley Duckworth
  • Patent number: 11973299
    Abstract: A cord management device securable to objects lacking a cord management system. An embodiment includes a flexible substratum on which two outwardly facing hooks are secured in a longitudinally spaced manner. An embodiment further includes a receptacle adapted to receiving and temporarily house the prongs on an electrical cord. The flexible substratum preferably includes an adhesive, magnet, or fastener to temporarily or permanently secure the device to objects. The device is thereby attachable to an object to aid in the securement of an electrical cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Brian M. Aumiller
  • Patent number: 11971155
    Abstract: The present invention is a mounting bracket that may be secured on top of a hollow piling, pipe, or pole and then used to mount a lighting fixture or other fixture thereto. It includes inner and outer walls extending downward from a flat base, where the walls of the piling, pipe, or pole may be disposed in the space between the inner and outer walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Donald Blajda
  • Patent number: 11970144
    Abstract: One embodiment of an outrigger footpad retainer system is described and depicted. The system may include a spider assembly that has an upper unit and a lower unit. The upper unit may have a retainer portion and two legs extending from the portion. The lower unit may have a retainer portion and two legs extending from the portion. The upper portion may at least partially overlap the lower portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Bil-Jax, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Warren Reyes, Keith Raymond Bruner, Michael John Docis
  • Patent number: 11971136
    Abstract: A corner mounting system for self-aligning and self-leveling mounting of a mounting object in a corner between a left adjoining wall and a right adjoining wall includes: a left corner mounting device with left front and rear mounting surface; a right corner mounting device with right front and rear mounting surfaces; and optionally left and right lower support members; such that the left and right corner mounting devices can be connected between respectively the left and right adjoining walls, and left and right rear sides of the mounting object, using double-sided tape or screws, which can slide into notches of the left and right left corner mounting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Leroy Eldridge, Jonathan David Eldridge
  • Patent number: 11970872
    Abstract: A post connection adapter for detachably fastening a scaffolding post to a support includes a fastening body having first and second fastening-body fasteners in first and second fastening-body fastening positions, respectively, and detachably fastenable to the support selectively by the first or second fastener. The first and second positions have a fastening position distance between each other of 72 mm. The post connection adapter includes a post connection body extending toward the post connection body axis and fastened to the fastening body. An imaginary center plane containing an imaginary center point between the first and second positions is offset by 20 mm perpendicular to the center plane and to the post connection body axis, with respect to a post connection body axis plane extending parallel to the center plane and containing the post connection body axis. A device has two identical post connection adapters detachably fastened to a support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Wilhelm Layher Verwaltungs-GmbH
    Inventor: Wolf Christian Behrbohm
  • Patent number: 11967729
    Abstract: Illustrative examples of an apparatus may be directed to a mounting apparatus for a device. The apparatus may include a support comprising a plurality of mounting apertures aligned on a mounting plane. The support may be configured to be mounted to a wall member such that the mounting plane is parallel and adjacent to the wall member. The support may also include a load bearing feature extending away from the mounting plane to support the device. The support may further include a blind guide configured to guide a device tab extending downward into a receiving space defined by the blind guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLP
    Inventors: Akshay Kishor Murkute, Khaled Bahei-Eldin
  • Patent number: 11963617
    Abstract: Torso devices comprise a body having a central opening, interposed between an integral body front member and body rear member, for placement of user's torso therein. The front member has a top or table surface, and the front and rear members comprise surface areas for contacting the user's torso. The front and rear members are configured to impose a compression force against the user's torso. Together the front and rear member surface area and the compression force function to maintain a desired placement position of the front member relative to the user when placed in the central opening, e.g., perpendicular to the user's torso or parallel to the floor on which the user is standing, when the user moves from a sitting to a standing position and/or when the user is walking, to thereby provide a readily available table surface for facilitating certain tasks or activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Zenoff Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Zenoff
  • Patent number: 11959594
    Abstract: An end cap holder may include a base block and a holding block. The base block may be configured to provide an end cap, which may be at a nozzle of the gas cylinder, with a torque for combining/separating the end cap with/from the nozzle. An angle correction groove may be formed at a first surface of the base block oriented toward the end cap. The holding block may be rotatably receivable in the angle correction groove to hold the end cap. The holding block may selectively make point contact with the base block to transmit the torque of the base block to the end cap. Thus, the holding block may accurately hold the end cap tilted to a vertical axis or a horizontal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minyoung Kim, Kwangjun Kim, Kyeongsup Byeon, Byungjun An, Huigwan Lee, Byeongchan Jeong, Hyungho Choi
  • Patent number: 11962139
    Abstract: A cable retaining apparatus includes a body defining at least one aperture for receiving a respective cable, a first insulator device arranged in the, or each, aperture for preventing electrical conduction from a cable to a surface of the body facing the cable, and a second insulator device for preventing electrical conduction from a cable to a surface of the body facing away from the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CMP PRODUCTS LIMITED
    Inventors: David Robinson, Lee Frizzell
  • Patent number: 11946592
    Abstract: A bracket is provided. The bracket includes a fixing seat and a holding seat. The fixing seat has a first extending direction and includes at least one first contacting end surface, and a first angle is contained between the at least one first contacting end surface and the first extending direction. The holding seat is detachably connected to the fixing seat with a bend angle to form a bend structure, and the holding seat includes at least one second contacting end surface corresponding to the at least one first contacting end surface. The at least one first contacting end surface and the at least one second contacting end surface are located near or at a bend portion of the bend structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lan-Chun Yang, Bing-Chun Chung, Li-Hsien Peng, Yi-Chieh Lin
  • Patent number: 11947391
    Abstract: Structures and systems are disclosed for supporting tablets or displays. A core arm that is configured to have a range of rotation based on angle length of a track or tunnel, an angle length of a joint rotation stop structure, and an angle length of a floating stop key. The core extends from a rear end to a front end of the structure. The core arm can also include a floating stop key that is movable with the track or tunnel of the core arm structure. The structures and systems can thus be readily configured for light or heavy configurations, with or without the use of an extension arm, and can conceal cable routing, which is accessible, via snap fit covers, for easy installation and maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: GCX Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Rene Borloz, Joshua Kawarii Littlefield, Robert Peter Glaser
  • Patent number: 11938905
    Abstract: Provided herein is a security mounting bracket device that can be used to securely connect a crossbar to a mounted object. The device is shaped to form a contoured fit with the crossbar and adapted for use with a security nut and bolt rendering both nut and bolt unexposed outside of the device and inaccessible to tools that may be used to forcibly remove the mounted object. The security mounting bracket device can be used as an antitheft device as a security socket is required to remove the nut from the security mounting bracket. The contoured fit reduces the movement of the crossbar within the security mounting bracket device therefore reducing vibrationally induced failure of the mount and loss of mounted object. The security mounting bracket device smooth edges and unexposed nut and bolt also make it a safer bracket for the user in assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: Ian William Lane-Lohse
  • Patent number: 11940089
    Abstract: A wall mount for a tool box includes a base, the base being at least substantially planar and defining a volume dimensioned to receive a tool box, at least one support extending outwardly from a lower portion of the base, the at least one support constructed to at least substantially bear a weight of a tool box received by the wall mount, and at least one receiver extending outwardly from an upper portion of the base, the at least one receiver being constructed to engage a correspondingly dimensioned and positioned feature of a tool box to prevent outward rotation of a tool box about the at least one support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: Frank Joseph Tortorella, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11940001
    Abstract: An attachable hanger for hanging equipment includes a body defining a receiving cavity and a coupling portion. An end portion or an end of a shaft can be inserted into the receiving cavity while a projection of the shaft is coupled to the attachable hanger via the coupling portion. A hanger portion is connected to the body to allow the attachable hanger to be suspended from an elevated object, such as a wall hook or rail. Optionally, the coupling portion may include a securing slot and a coupler through-hole, each adapted to selectively attach the attachable hanger to a variety of equipment shafts having various connecting and alignment features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: David P. Dault
  • Patent number: 11925284
    Abstract: A chopsticks holder structure includes a chopsticks holder body, a placement portion and a pick-up portion. The chopsticks holder body includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The placement portion is laterally arranged at the top portion of the chopsticks holder body. The pick-up portion is longitudinally arranged at the top portion of the chopsticks holder body and is in communication with the placement portion, and a height of the pick-up portion is lower than that of the placement portion. Thus, the overall size of the chopsticks holder structure can be reduced, the chopsticks are placed at the placement portion during use, and the design that the height of the pick-up portion is lower than that of the placement portion allows fingers to easily pick up the chopsticks for use from the pick-up portion, achieving convenience for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LANAN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsunenobu Tokura
  • Patent number: 11927234
    Abstract: A vibration proofing device includes a bracket having an internal space, and a vibration proofing member inserted into the internal space. The internal space is open on an outer surface of the bracket. At least a pair of facing-each-other surfaces, against which the vibration proofing member is pressed, is formed in an inner surface of the bracket. A distance between the pair of the facing-each-other surfaces on a far side in an insertion direction of the vibration proofing member is the same, in at least some regions of the bracket, as that on a near side in the insertion direction. This provides the vibration proofing device and the bracket to allow for compactly configuring the device as a whole, while sufficiently securing a retaining force between the bracket and the vibration proofing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: YAMASHITA RUBBER CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kadowaki, Masataka Hirano, Yusuke Arai
  • Patent number: 11913597
    Abstract: A product-display system for displaying and securing a retail product. The system may include a retainer having a retainer bracket and a retainer body coupled to the retainer bracket. A retaining cable may be coupled to the retainer body at an opening in the retainer body. A fastener that may be unfastened to release the product from the retainer may only be accessed through the opening of the retainer body such that when the retaining cable is coupled to the opening, no fasteners of the retainer may be visible or accessible. The system may also include a display stem for holding the retainer and product. The display stem may include a recess for receiving at least a portion of the retainer body. The retaining cable may extend through the display stem and may simultaneously transmit power and data to a displayed product. The retainer may be returned to and held on top of the display stem using a retaining cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng Yang, Eric W. Wang, Steven C. Michalske, Olivia Ching, Clayton R. Woosley, Samuel Wing Man Yuen, Paul Joseph Hack, Ricardo A Mariano, Chien Tsun Chen, George Tziviskos, Charles A. Schwalbach
  • Patent number: 11913596
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a binocular/tripod adapter to releasably couple a binocular lens barrel to a photographic-type tripod. The system provides an offset mount to assist in centering the binocular assembly over the tripod. The system is hinged at the halfway point, thus allowing the device to be located centrally on the binoculars. The system does not require the binoculars to be modified from its original state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventors: Preston Owens, Brent Jacob
  • Patent number: 11914031
    Abstract: A mount for securing an element such as a radar transceiver on a vehicle includes a bracket securable to a vehicle bumper or other component. A cover plate is securable to the vehicle component opposite the bracket, and fasteners are extended through the cover plate and the bracket to clamp the bracket and the cover plate against opposite sides of the vehicle component, with the radar transceiver or other element located between the cover plate and a base of the bracket. An alignment arrangement may be included to permit changes to the positioning of the radar transceiver or other element between the cover plate and the base of the bracket for proper transceiver alignment. A process of securing a radar transceiver or other element on a vehicle is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Stephen J. Mitchell, Robert J. Custer
  • Patent number: 11903530
    Abstract: Various hanging assemblies are disclosed. The hanging assembly can be configured to hold a bathing accessory, such as a loofa or a bath sponge, to more effectively dry the bathing accessory between uses. The hanging assembly can include a hanging apparatus and an adhesive component configured to adhere the hanging apparatus to a surface, such as a shower wall. The hanging assembly can include a base portion, a hook portion, and an intermediate portion extending between the base portion and the hook portion. The base portion can include a proximal side opposite a distal side. The adhesive component can be applied to the proximal side of the base portion to adhere the hanging apparatus to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Best Cousins LLC
    Inventors: Glen Nielsen, Samantha Brandel