Patents Examined by Bradley H Duckworth
  • Patent number: 7681859
    Abstract: A portable terminal device includes a supporting leg which makes it possible to watch television in a standing state of the terminal device. The portable terminal device comprises a main body having a mounting groove formed in a rear surface thereof to have a predetermined length, the mounting groove having a plurality of catching grooves formed in one inner side surface thereof; and a supporting leg assembly having an end rotatably supported in the mounting groove. The supporting leg assembly comprises a supporting leg including a leg portion having a predetermined length, and a hollow head portion formed at one end of the leg portion and having one side opened. A cam member is inserted and supported in the head portion of the supporting leg with a spring received therein to be movable within a certain section in an axial direction. The cam member has a cam protrusion protruding outward to be caught to one of the catching grooves by an elastic force of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Dong Han Kim
  • Patent number: 7677524
    Abstract: The invention relates to a self-stabilizing support assembly (14) for an item of furniture, such as a table, stool or chair. The assembly includes a support structure (16) for connection at an upper end thereof to an upper portion of an item of furniture. The support structure has a first pair of feet (50) at a lower end (22) thereof. An elongated guides pin (38) projects from a lower end of the support structure. A displaceable support member (30), which has a second pair of feet (32), is provided with a housing (36) defining a guide passage, in which guide passage the guide pin is longitudinally slidably received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Hedera AB
    Inventor: Rory Brooke
  • Patent number: 7665707
    Abstract: The hanger with photo display is a support hook(s) incorporating a display adjunct. The hook is fabricated from a flat sheet of material. The material is capable of a high degree of flexing without breaking. Double-sided tape is employed to mount the sheet on a flat, vertical surface such as a wall or door. The sheet is sized to neatly present a display item. The display item may take the form of a photograph, an advertisement, a message, or the like. The display item can be easily changed without causing the double-sided mounting tape to release. The hook is designed to support a load of pre-determined maximum weight. If the pre-determined weight is exceeded, the hook will bend (without breaking) to release the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Inventor: David J. Morrison
  • Patent number: 7665706
    Abstract: A suction-adhered device includes a main body, suction cup units, and suction power detection units. The main body is provided with chambers. Each of the suction cup units includes a suction cup received in the chamber, and a safety lever projected from the upper side of the main body and movably connected to the suction cup with an elastic element mounted between them. Each of the suction power detection units includes a probe received in a long hole near the chamber to partially project from the long hole, and an indicating member visible via a window formed on a top of the main body above the long hole. When the suction cup is loosened from a mounting surface, the indicating member is turned by an elastic element to show a warning indicating zone thereof, so that a user may be timely warned to re-mount the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Inventors: Li-Sheng Chien, Ho Chien-Chang
  • Patent number: 7658359
    Abstract: A force adjustment assembly for use within a telescoping subassembly that includes a first elongated member and a second elongated member that is supported by the first elongated member for sliding motion along an extension axis, the subassembly further including a force equalizer assembly that includes a strand having first and second ends that are supported by the second and first elongated members, respectively, the adjustment assembly comprising a preloader supported by at least one of the first and second elongated members and supporting at least a portion of the strand, the preloader applying a preload force via the strand when the second elongated member is in a fully extended position and an adjuster for adjusting the preload force applied by the preloader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: David K. Jones, Kurt Heidmann, Todd Andres
  • Patent number: 7648115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a seat slide locator for a seat mount assembly on a tractor, riding mower, or off-road utility vehicle. The seat slide locator has a first end, a second end, and a raised portion dimensioned to slidingly fit in a guide slot in the seat support. Each end has an aperture through which the seat securing member may be inserted. The seat slide locator provides a simple, economical component that helps maintain the seat securing members properly aligned and positioned so that the assembly can slide within the guide slot as the seat position is manually adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: John Paul Lambert, John Lee Thompson, Brian David Seegert
  • Patent number: 7644901
    Abstract: A dive tank support device for supporting a dive tank while a diver is attempting to attach the dive tank to the diver's body immediately before jumping from a vessel and beginning a dive. The dive tank support device may be formed from a body having a bottom support adapted to support a dive tank and at least one sidewall extending up from the bottom support and configured to limit tilting of the dive tank relative to the bottom support. The body supports the dive tank and the recess enables the dive tank to be easily pulled from the dive tank support device once a diver has attached the dive tank to himself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Scuba Mate, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Scheper, Michael Scheper
  • Patent number: 7631849
    Abstract: A transversal suspension rod for a ceiling fan is primarily composed of an extensible tube rack set, an assembly member, and a wiring box. Upon implementing, the extensible tube rack set is supported between two parallel beams, then the wiring box is locked below the extensible tube rack set using the assembly member, and finally a bracket is locked at a bottom of the wiring box with screws to hang a ceiling fan, so as to decrease a difficulty in assembling with the assembly member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Inventor: Bi-Ju Chen
  • Patent number: 7624960
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, a cup holder assembly includes a support frame, a cup holder and a dampener. The support frame has spaced apart walls. The cup holder is slidably engaged with the walls of the support frame for movement between a stowed position disposed between the walls of the support frame and a use position extending outwardly from the support frame. The dampener is coupled to the walls of the support frame. The dampener has an arcuate spring member formed integrally therewith to provide an interference fit with the cup holder for dampening the sliding movement of the cup holder relative to the sleeve between the stowed and use positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: N. Antonio Saenz
  • Patent number: 7621487
    Abstract: A support is provided for conduit held on a channel member having a C-shaped cross section with lips extending toward the back wall of the channel. The support has a base with one surface adapted to fasten to the conduit. The second surface has a twist-lock fastener that includes a first and second plate, each having a width sized to fit through the space between the lips and having a length about the same as the distance between the sides of the channel. Two V-shaped deformable members join these plates adjacent the ends on the longest side of the plates. Each V-shaped member is joined to a different plate and the bends at the juncture of the two legs of the V-shaped member abut the side walls of the channel. The bends are adjacent the ends and extend beyond the plates to wedge against the channel sides as a screw draws the plates together and moves the legs of the V shaped member toward each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Securus, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Brown, Dennis Hart
  • Patent number: 7621496
    Abstract: A lightweight, structurally strong, hanging storage tray adapted to be suspended from a conventional classroom chair, a ladder or other implement for holding various forms of articles. When used with a conventional classroom chair, the tray is well suited to store books, laptop computers, notebooks, 3-ring binders, etc. The tray can be easily attached or moved from a conventional chair or ladder without any tools or independent fastening elements. The tray is further shaped such that it is stackable with other trays when it is to be stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Inventors: Alison P. Cancilliari, Dino M Cancilliari, Michael D. Baldwin, Michael I. Witucki
  • Patent number: 7614596
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a support stand for a display device is formed by attaching a stand cover to two stand members. Each of the two stand members includes a first member and a second member upward extending therefrom. The second member has a structure in which an attachment portion is bent at substantially right angles with respect to a base portion that opposes the base portion of the first member. The second member is secured to the first member by inserting bolts through bolt holes formed through three flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Mitsuyoshi Takao
  • Patent number: 7604212
    Abstract: A collapsible frame has a base mechanism. The base mechanism comprises a first connector and a second connector which are pivotally connected to the bottom of the collapsible frame. The first connector is pivotally connected with first reinforcement legs. The bottom of the first connector is formed with a first trough. The second connector and the first connector are overlapped and engaged with each other. The second connector is pivotally connected with a second reinforcement legs. The top of the second connector is formed with a second trough. The first and second reinforcement legs are pivotally connected to the bottom of the collapsible frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Inventor: Ming-Liang Tsai
  • Patent number: 7597204
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a support adapted to support a comestible fluid container on a comestible fluid container rack, and a container rack having such a support. The support can include a first portion extending from a stretcher of the comestible fluid container rack and a second portion extending substantially laterally from the first portion to support the comestible fluid container thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: SHURflo, LLC
    Inventors: Steven T. Jersey, William W. Chung, Larry D. Broyles, Michael D. Henry, Michael R. Smith
  • Patent number: 7597290
    Abstract: A tilting apparatus is provided which can make a moving section perform a tilting operation with stability or in which a moving section can exercise its functionality as expected, and an electronic apparatus equipped with the tilting apparatus is provided. In a tilting apparatus, with first and second tilting operations, one side of a first panel holder is angularly displaced with respect to the other side from a reference position. This can prevent the first panel holder from making any extra operation other than the first and second tilting operations with respect to a device body. Unlike any existing technology, in the invention, even when the first and second tilting operations are put into action, a first chassis is not displaced against the device body unless it is desired, e.g., displaced along front, and juts from the device body, thereby favorably leading to the operation with stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited
    Inventors: Yuzuru Sugiura, Yukio Shimizu, Tetsuo Sano, Shogo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7594637
    Abstract: A holder is disclosed which provides for the storage of a piece of stemware, in a boat, trailer or recreational vehicle, in a manner which permits convenient access to such stemware, and at the same time, safeguards against damage when the boat trailer or recreational vehicle is in transit. The holder comprises a mounting bracket and a clip. The clip is connected to the mounting bracket and is adapted to releasably receive the piece of stemware. The clip includes opposed first and second gripping fingers which, when the clip is in the releasable receipt of the piece, grip there between the stem of the piece to stably hold the piece at a storage position. The clip can also be formed integrally with the boat, trailer or recreational vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Inventor: Werner Krueger
  • Patent number: 7594458
    Abstract: A skid for supporting stackable workpieces is provided. The skid includes a first and a second support member and a first and a second connecting member. The first and second support members extend in a first direction in a substantially parallel spaced relationship with respect to one another. Each support member includes a base member and a plurality of extension members extending from the base member, wherein a length of the first support base member and the second support base member is greater than a width between a pair of side guides of a stacking system. The extension members are configured to support stackable workpieces thereon. Each connecting member extends in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. Each connecting member has an end portion disposed on the base member of the first support member between extension members. The other end portion of each connecting member is disposed on the base member of the second support member between extension members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Inventor: Stanislaw J. Kozera
  • Patent number: 7591442
    Abstract: A pipe clamp is used to secure an elongate article, such as a pipe, to a structural channel. The pipe clamp includes a pair of elongate clamping straps for positioning about the article. Each strap includes an attachment end for attaching to the structural channel an intermediate portion for wrapping around the article and a connection end. A threaded fastener extends through the connection ends to couple the strap around the article. Each connection end is of different length and includes a receiving aperture therethrough such that the fastener extending through the apertures extends at an oblique angle with respect to a center line passing through the article perpendicular to the structural channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.
    Inventors: Cong Thanh Dinh, Joey D. Magno, Jr., Charles E. Whipple
  • Patent number: 7578491
    Abstract: Device and related method for supporting a writing surface adapted to receive written information, the device comprising a base portion comprising a substantially planar surface which includes a writing surface and a clip portion attached to the base portion for securing the device onto a substrate, wherein the base and clip portions are angled relative to one another in a range of from about 0° to about 180°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Inventor: Raymond Axel
  • Patent number: 7546995
    Abstract: Device and related method for supporting a writing surface adapted to receive written information, the device comprising a base portion comprising a substantially planar surface which includes a writing surface and a clip portion attached to the base portion for securing the device onto a substrate, wherein the base and clip portions are angled relative to one another in a range of from about 0° to about 180°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Inventor: Ray Axel