Patents Examined by Daniel P Cahn
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Patent number: 11913269Abstract: A folding wall partition includes foldable panel assemblies. Each panel assembly includes an upper panel and a lower panel. The upper and lower panels extend substantially in a common vertical plane when in a deployed position, and extend laterally outwardly of the common vertical plane in a stacked relationship when in a stored position. A moving mechanism engages the panel assemblies to displace them between the stored and deployed positions. A cover assembly has cover panels. The cover panels extend in a first common horizontal plane when in the deployed position and are substantially coplanar with the ceiling to conceal a cavity. The cover panels extend in a second common horizontal plane higher than the first common horizontal plane and within the cavity when the cover panels are in the stored position.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: SKYFOLD INC.Inventor: Mark McDonald
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Patent number: 11903486Abstract: A step stool is provided in various embodiments. A step stool in an embodiment includes a first top panel rotatably connected to a second top panel. It includes a front panel rotatably connected to the first top panel and a rear panel rotatably connected to the second top panel. It further includes a first side panel rotatably connected to the front panel and a second side panel rotatably connected to the first side panel and rotatably connected to the rear panel. It also includes a third side panel rotatably connected to the front panel and a fourth side panel rotatably connected to the third side panel and rotatably connected to the rear panel. It further includes a center support member having a first center panel rotatably connected to an underside of the first top panel, a second center panel rotatably connected to an underside of the second top panel and rotatably connected to the first center panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Inventor: Bijan Dokhanian
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Patent number: 11898401Abstract: In one aspect, a covering for an architectural structure may include a shade panel and a bottom rail assembly coupled to the shade panel. The bottom rail assembly may include a rail housing and a roller extending within the rail housing, with the shade panel being looped around the roller such that the bottom rail assembly is vertically supported by the shade panel as the panel is moved between extended and retracted positions. In addition, the relative positioning of the roller within the rail housing may be adjusted, as desired, between the top and bottom ends of the bottom rail housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.Inventor: Michael S. Goldberg
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Patent number: 11891284Abstract: An aerial device data collection apparatus is described. The aerial data collection apparatus includes a power source, a data capture device, a wireless transmitter, and a housing. The data capture device is connected to the power source. The wireless transmitter is connected to the power source and is communicably coupled to the data capture device. The wireless transmitter is configured to transmit data captured by the data capture device. The power source and the wireless transmitter are contained within the housing. The housing is configured to couple to a surface of an aerial bucket.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: The Heil Co.Inventor: Kelly Lee Genzer
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Patent number: 11891854Abstract: A covering for an architectural feature having generally horizontal vane elements coupled to and located between generally front and rear generally vertical support members, which in preferred embodiments are adjustable to control the amount of light transmitted through the covering. In one embodiment the covering has three dimensional multi-layered, cellular vanes, and in another embodiment, the one or more support members are formed of a dark color, the rear support member(s) may be formed of material that is darker than the front support member(s), or vise versa. In another embodiment, the support members, e.g., sheers, have an openness factor, preferably as low as about sixty-five percent (65%) to as large as about ninety percent (90%). Other embodiments include structure, assemblies and methods for controlling the closure of the covering as well as embodiments of bottom rail assemblies. Also provided is a method of manufacturing the covering.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: HUNTER DOUGLAS INC.Inventors: Wendell B. Colson, Ko Kuperus, Bonnie Earl, Kelly Rahn, Kent A. Smith
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Patent number: 11891855Abstract: In one aspect, a leveling assembly for adjusting the levelness or skew angle of a bottom rail of a covering for an architectural structure includes at least one movable or slideable component configured to be moved or slid laterally relative to the bottom rail or a headrail of the covering to adjust the length(s) along which one or more of the lift cords extend within the bottom rail or headrail, which, in turn, adjusts the effective length of such lift cord(s) defined between the bottom rail and the headrail of the covering. Such adjustment of the effective length(s) of the lift cord(s) results in the horizontal orientation or skew angle of the bottom rail being varied, thereby allowing the levelness of the bottom rail to be adjusted, as desired.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Levolor, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Travis Stout, Alberto Alexander Gonzalez, Justin Lin Zhu, Kevin Macaraeg Daffon
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Patent number: 11889827Abstract: A deer stand support device for supporting the floor of a deer stand device from below the floor by anchoring to a vertical support includes an anchoring member configured for positioning in an anchoring position in abutment with a vertical support such that a receiving member coupled to the anchoring member extends away from the vertical support and upward. A support strap secures the anchoring member to the vertical support in the anchoring position. An inserting member is telescopically received into the receiving member and lockable in each of a plurality of locking positions. A floor support member is coupled to the inserting member and is configured for securely clamping to a floor of a deer stand via a clamp.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Inventor: Dennis Day
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Patent number: 11885181Abstract: A ladder having a first box rail having a first side, and a second side extending perpendicularly from the first side. The first side having a first hole. The second side having a first hole in alignment with the first hole of the first side. The ladder having a second box rail, at least a portion of which is in parallel and spaced relation with the first box rail. The ladder comprises a first hollow tube disposed in the first box rail in alignment with the first hole of the first side and the first hole of the third side. The ladder comprises a bracket having a first bracket hole in alignment with the first hole of the first side. The ladder comprises a first fastener extending through the first hole of the third side, the first hollow tube, the first hole of the first side and the first hole of the bracket which attaches the bracket to the first box rail. A method for using a ladder. A method for producing a ladder.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Werner Co.Inventors: Thomas W. Parker, Kevin McIntire, Steve Dings, Robert D. Beggs, David Plotner
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Patent number: 11885180Abstract: A modular ladder system includes a first ladder module comprising a first plurality of ladder steps; a second ladder module comprising a second plurality of ladder steps; and a ladder base, the modular ladder system is configurable in an unassembled configuration and an assembled configuration; wherein: in the unassembled configuration, the first ladder module is detached from the second ladder module and the first and second ladder modules are stacked on the ladder base; and in the assembled configuration, the first ladder module is coupled to the ladder base and the second ladder module is attached to the first ladder module opposite the ladder base to define a ladder extending upward from the ladder base.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Inventor: Charles J. MacKarvich
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Patent number: 11883719Abstract: A tree stick mount attachment assembly includes a tree stick body. A panel has a front side, a back side, and a perimeter edge extending between the front and back sides. The backs side faces and is attached to the tree stick body. The perimeter edge has a plurality of slots therein and each of the slots extends through the front and back sides. The slots removably receive a tether extending around the tree to retain the tree stick body on the tree. The tether is attached to the tree stick body and extended around the tree. Thereafter, the tether is then extended into the slots to secure the tree stick body to the tree.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Inventors: Walter Ernest Power, II, Gregory Alan Godfrey, Shawn Paul Chadwick
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Patent number: 11885178Abstract: A screen device intended for a window or a door in a building or vehicle. The device includes a first elongated frame part having two ends; a further frame part and a third one, respectively, being arranged at each end of the first frame part at right angles to the first frame part and connected to a first one of its two ends. Two crossbars are arranged in parallel to the fixedly arranged first frame part and movable independently of each other along the two further frame parts. A pleated screen element is arranged between the first crossbar and the second crossbar, and the crossbars are guided by guide cords. At least one of the crossbars is formed by two profiles that are arranged in parallel to each other and leave a space between them in which a strip provided with holes for respective ones of the guide cords is received.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Inventor: Hans Grützner
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Patent number: 11878193Abstract: A multi-curtain assembly includes: first and second curtain segments, each having a leading edge and side edge; an edge fastener having first and second fastener portions proximate the side edge of the first and second curtain segments, respectively, the first fastener portion of the first curtain segment being connectable to the second fastener portion of the second curtain segment to produce a seam as the curtain segments are moved to their closed positions; a motor driving one or more of the barrel assemblies; a synchronizing mechanism synchronizing the barrel assemblies. An overlap fastener, arranged proximate edges of the curtain segments in an overlap region, has aligning portions that align as the side edges are brought into alignment by the edge fastener, to mask at least one side of the fastener seam as the fastener portions are connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: MCKEON ROLLING STEEL DOOR CO., INC.Inventors: Andrew C. Lambridis, Ashraf Gomaa, Oscar Escobar
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Patent number: 11873681Abstract: A window blind includes an upper beam and a lower beam linked by two ladder-like ropes. The ladder-like rope has a front vertical portion, a rear vertical portion, transverse portions connected between the vertical portions, first ring portions connected to the front vertical portion, second ring portions connected to the rear vertical portion, and third ring portions connected to the front vertical portion. The transverse portion supports a slat from below. The slat has two ends thereof each provided with a through hole and a slot communicated with the through hole. To assemble the slat, the third ring portion of the ladder-like rope has one segment inlaid into the through hole of the slat through the slot, and then the third ring portion is mounted around the front edge of the slat. Also disclosed is a method for assembling the slats of the window blind.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: UNION WINNER INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Ming-Tsung Pai
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Patent number: 11866995Abstract: A ladder having a right box rail having an outer web with an outer opening and an inner web with an inner opening. The ladder having a left box rail in parallel and spaced relation with the right box rail. The ladder comprises a hollow collar disposed in between the inner opening of the inner web and the outer opening of the outer web. The collar having a stem having a plurality of segments. The segments separated by slots. The ladder having a first rung attached to the right and left box rails. The first rung having a right end that extends through the outer opening, the collar and the inner opening. A method for using a ladder by a user. A method for forming a ladder.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Werner Co.Inventor: Thomas W. Parker
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Patent number: 11851930Abstract: A hinge for movably attaching parts together incudes a first gear, a second gear, a cover configured to attach the first gear to the second gear, first and second sliding surfaces on the cover wherein the first gear slides on the first sliding surface and the second gear slides on the second sliding surface when the hinge is operated, and an area on the first gear with no teeth configured to slide past the second gear to allow the first gear to enter the cover. Assembling a hinge includes moving a surface without gear teeth on a first gear past a toothed surface on a second gear, moving the first and second gears into a cover, meshing a tooth on the first gear with a tooth on the second gear, and holding the first and second gears together with the cover.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Overhead Door CorporationInventor: Bradley J. Lee
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Patent number: 11850452Abstract: A harness with continuous lineman's loop includes a saddle having an upper strap and a lower strap. The saddle has a front side, a back side, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge wherein the first and second lateral edges are used to engage a bridge line such that the bridge line can be secured to a tree. A pair of lineman's loops is attached to the saddle and used to engage a lineman's rope. Each of the lineman's loops is positioned adjacent to one of the first and second lateral edges. The lineman's loops are comprised of a continuous loop of webbing including an upper portion is attached to the upper strap and a lower portion is attached to the lower strap. The lineman's loops are formed of lateral portions of the continuous loop extending between the upper and lower portions.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Inventors: Walter Ernest Power, II, Gregory Alan Godfrey, Carl Eugene Kossuth, III
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Patent number: 11850922Abstract: A door seal and sensor assembly for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The assembly includes sealing members that can create seals between vehicle doors and the body of a vehicle. The assembly further includes pressure sensitive components that can detect pinching between vehicle doors and the body of the vehicle. The pressure sensitive components can be retained within retaining portions of lateral sealing members. Relatively rigid connecting members are used to connect the ends of the pressure sensitive components to corresponding wire harnesses. In vehicles that use a dual sliding door assembly, the assembly can be mounted around the entire periphery of an opening in the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Ritesh Suresh, Hiroshi Shingu
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Patent number: 11850453Abstract: A safety harness comprises shoulder straps, a waist strap, and a weight distribution assembly interconnecting the shoulder straps and the waist strap. The weight distribution assembly is configured and arranged to transfer a load from proximate the shoulder straps to proximate the waist strap.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: D B Industries, LLCInventor: Judd J. Perner
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Patent number: 11840883Abstract: Embodiments of an end tip configured to travel in a track of a shade system are disclosed. The end tip includes a body portion having a diameter and including a first section and a second section. The first section has a head portion and is made of a first material having a first hardness, and the second section is made of a second material having a second hardness. The head portion has a width that is wider than the diameter of the body portion, and the first hardness is higher than the second hardness. Also disclosed is a shade system including first and second tracks, a shade, and end tips. The first and second sections of the end tips are configured to separate when a threshold load is applied to the end tips.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: InPro CorporationInventors: Calvin T. Rupnow, Matthew G. Bennett
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Patent number: 11834897Abstract: A pet door system is provided including a casing configured to attach the pet door system to a building and a flexible door attached to the casing. In some embodiments, the door is segmented and comprises a plurality of interlocking segments that are rotatable with respect to each other. In some embodiments, the pet door system further includes a rotating cylinder attached to the flexible door and rotatably connected to the casing and a motor comprising a gear head, where the gear head is attached to the rotating cylinder, such that when the motor is activated, the gear head is rotatable in a first direction to wind the flexible door around the rotating cylinder. In some embodiments, the pet door system may be operated by a pet-worn collar and/or may be remotely controlled via a mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Inventor: Nicholas Jay Bonge, Jr.