Patents Examined by David R. Dunn
  • Patent number: 11674329
    Abstract: A containment room includes a number of opaque sides, where a first opaque side of the number of opaque sides includes a door for providing access to an interior of the containment room, a second opaque side of the number of opaque sides includes a port, and the second opaque side is adjacent to the first opaque side. The containment room also includes a roof attached to the number of opaque sides. The containment room further includes a number of pockets integrated with the roof, each pocket is configured for receiving a filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL E-Z UP, INC.
    Inventor: Mark C. Carter
  • Patent number: 11674331
    Abstract: A portable barrier includes a junction assembly having a first junction support, a second junction support, and a third junction support, a first fastener, and a second fastener. The first junction support is spaced apart from the second junction support to define a first junction space. The second junction support is spaced apart from the third junction support to define a second junction space. The first fastener defines a first axis and extends through the first junction support, the second junction support, and the third junction support. The second fastener defines a second axis and extends through the first junction support, the second junction support, and the third junction support. And the first axis is spaced apart from the second axis. The portable barrier further includes a pedestal assembly including a plurality of legs that are movable with respect to each other. The plurality of legs includes a first leg and a second leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Shadiant, LLC
    Inventors: Gary A. Vandenbark, Paul J. Maginot
  • Patent number: 11667223
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a support structure, a seat surface (14) and a molded polymeric frame (18). The frame has an edge region and the seat surface (14) is mounted to the frame (18) and the frame is mounted to the support structure. At least a portion of the edge region is flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Martin Oomen, Samuel Smith, Manfred Mueller, Michael Long, Kelly Washburn, Robert A. Bratty
  • Patent number: 11670195
    Abstract: An organization and storage system and method including a hang tag piece for attachment to an object to be organized and stored and a case configured for receiving and housing the object and hang tag piece. In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention is utilized for organizing and storing flash drives. The hang tag piece includes an end slot opening leading to an inner cavity; a label; a side display configured for displaying the label within the inner cavity; a protector piece configured for protecting the label; and attachment holes on each end. The case includes an open internal space for receiving and holding the object to be organized and stored and attached hang tag piece and further includes a case label corresponding to the hang tag label and object to be organized and stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventor: Stanley Mitchell
  • Patent number: 11666157
    Abstract: A tray for attachment to first and second rising legs of a foldable chair for a child. A connection between the tray and one of the first and second legs includes a female connector depending from the underside of a tray and a male connector rising from the leg. An interlock slides between the female and male connectors and is operated by a handle integral with the interlock. Resilient arms integral with the interlock and handle keep the interlock engaged and automatically draw back the interlock after the handle slides the interlock to a disengaged position such that the tray can be removed from the legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, William D. Butterfield
  • Patent number: 11663931
    Abstract: A magnetic dishwasher status indicator, having a magnetic slider to alternately cover and reveal an indicator status label to show whether dishes are clean or dirty, the magnetic slider including a slider magnet providing for snapping the magnetic slider into place via one of a pair of base magnets within the indicator base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventor: Stewart Huntington
  • Patent number: 11663936
    Abstract: A robot includes a main body provided with a driving wheel, a neck body extending upward from a front portion of the main body, a head including a display body in which a display is provided, and a protrusion protruding from the display body and inserted into the neck body, a tilting mechanism for tilting the head, and a support frame disposed inside the neck body and supporting the tilting mechanism. The tilting mechanism includes a coupling body coupled to the protrusion, a supporter for supporting the coupling body and coupled to the support frame, and a motor for rotating the coupling body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hoseong Kang, Iljae Lee, Sunghee Han, Seungjong Park, Jaeyoung Kim, Sunil Cho, Jaemyoung Hong
  • Patent number: 11660989
    Abstract: An extendible protective element (10) for use in a child safety seat is disclosed. The extendible protective element comprises a first thread component comprising a first external thread and a first internal thread, and a second thread component comprising a second external thread, wherein the first thread component is rotatably connected to the second thread component via the first internal thread of the first thread component and the second external thread of the second thread component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BRITAX RĂ–MER KINDERSICHERHEIT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Schmitz, Richard Henseler, Florian Berg
  • Patent number: 11655650
    Abstract: Portable hunting blind is adapted for concealing and facilitating exit of hunter. Portable hunting blind including blind side panel and blind top panel. Blind side panel includes front panel, rear panel, and end panels removably mounted to front panel. Each of the front panel, rear panel and end panels includes legs. Blind top panel includes front top panel and rear top panel pivotally mounted to center brackets mounted to end panels. Front top panel comprising blind top is thrown back over rear top panel to impede rear exit for hunter, and to allow hunter to demount front panel and open front panel outward as a gate to exit portable hunting blind. Rear top panel is operated similarly to allow hunter to exit from back of portable hunting blind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Icon Outdoors, LLC
    Inventors: Tate Wood, Bobby L. Windham, Jr., James L. Spence
  • Patent number: 11654811
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat and a lower leg support. The seat includes a first end and a second end. The first and second ends are opposite to one another. The lower leg support is coupled to the seat at the second end and is movable relative to the seat between a retracted position and an extended position. A suspension assembly is coupled to the lower leg support. The suspension assembly includes a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion. The first end of the suspension assembly is coupled to a portion of the seat. The second end of the suspension assembly is coupled proximate to a distal end of the lower leg support. A distance between an interior surface of the intermediate portion and an adjacent surface of each of the seat and the lower leg support may vary based on lower leg support position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Jimmy Moua, Deeptej Kudav, S. M. Akbar Berry, Spencer Robert Hoernke, Macit Aktas, Spencer Hoin
  • Patent number: 11649004
    Abstract: A seat that includes an upper surface, a lower surface, one or more pressure sensors communicatively coupled to a controller, and a plurality of artificial muscles disposed between the upper surface and the lower surface. Each of the plurality of artificial muscles is communicatively coupled to the controller. Each of the plurality of artificial muscles includes a housing having an electrode region and an expandable fluid region, a dielectric fluid housed within the housing, and an electrode pair positioned in the electrode region of the housing. The electrode pair is actuatable between a non-actuated state and an actuated state such that actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state directs the dielectric fluid into the expandable fluid region, expanding the expandable fluid region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Maduran Palaniswamy, Michael P. Rowe
  • Patent number: 11648171
    Abstract: A mobility device positionable between a powered transport position and a powered wheelchair position is provided. The mobility device includes a frame including a pair of side rails, a pair of wheels on each side rail, a distance between each wheel on a corresponding side rail defining a length of the mobility device, a pair of arms coupled to an end of the pair of side rails, and a seat member positioned between the pair of arms. A pair of foot plates is pivotally attached to the pair of side rails and rotatable between an unfolded position in which the foot plate is horizontal and a folded position in which the foot plate is vertical. Each foot plate having a length at least substantially equal to the length of the mobility device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Institute for Creative Integration
    Inventors: Douglas A. Moore, Paul Nichols, Thomas Mitchell Dair
  • Patent number: 11642990
    Abstract: A car seat swivel assembly includes a base bracket that can be secured to a vehicle seat and a pivot bracket that is attachable to the base bracket. A chair bracket is provided which is attached to a child car seat. A pair of hinge units is each attached to the chair bracket. Each of the hinge units releasably engages the primary portion of the pivot bracket and the pivot bracket when the chair bracket is in a home position to retain the child car seat in a seated position. The chair bracket is pivotable into a pivoted position on the pivot bracket when a respective one of the hinge units is actuated into an unlocking condition. In this way the hinge units facilitate the child car seat to be directed toward a door of a vehicle thereby facilitating a child to be positioned in the child car seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: George Seifien
  • Patent number: 11639614
    Abstract: A collapsible enclosure includes a body formed by a plurality of walls including a front, a back, a first side, a second side, a top, and a bottom wall coupled to one another to form an interior. Each wall includes at least one of a plurality of deformable frame members. A window is defined in one of the front, back, first side and second side wall, and is selectively engageable with the respective wall such that the window is disposable between an open and closed position. A door is defined in one of the front, back, first side, and second side wall, and is further selectively engageable with the respective wall such that the door is disposable between an open and closed position. The front wall defines a first plane and the back wall defines a second plane, the first plane and second plane are substantially parallel to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Under the Weather, LLC
    Inventor: Eric Frank Pescovitz
  • Patent number: 11639120
    Abstract: A child safety seat comprising a base and a body rotatably connected to the base for providing a seating space. The base is rotatably connected to the body via a rotating shaft. The child safety seat further comprises an electrical pivoting structure including a base pivoting member for electrically connecting to a base electrical device in the base, and a body pivoting member for electrically connecting to a body electrical device in the body. The base pivoting member is coupled to the base and has a base conductive part. The body pivoting member is coupled to the body and has a body conductive part. The base conductive part and the body conductive part are rotatably and electrically connected in the rotating shaft. The base electrical device and the body electrical device are electrically connected to each other via electrical connection of the base conductive part and the body conductive part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: BABMINO PREZIOSO SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Zujian Liu
  • Patent number: 11639613
    Abstract: A portable room includes a number of sides, where a first side of the number of sides includes a first door, a second side of the number of sides includes a port, and the second side is adjacent to the first side. The portable room also includes a roof attached to the number of sides. The portable room further includes a number of pockets integrated with the roof, where each pocket is configured for receiving a filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL E-Z UP, INC.
    Inventor: Mark C. Carter
  • Patent number: 11634925
    Abstract: A folding canopy with a layered roof includes canopy leg tubes, a beam assembly connected between the canopy leg tubes, and a roof assembly for supporting a tarpaulin. The roof assembly includes a first roof unit in a middle portion of the roof assembly and a second roof unit surrounding the first roof unit. The first roof unit includes a first tarpaulin, a tarpaulin stay for supporting the first tarpaulin, and a linkage rod for linkage of the tarpaulin stay. A middle portion of the tarpaulin stay is hinged with a first strut, one end of the tarpaulin stay is hinged with an end of the linkage rod and the other end of the tarpaulin stay is a free end, and the other end of the linkage rod is hinged with a second strut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG JIANSHENG LEISURE PRODUCTS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yuanru Sun, Weijun Xu, Jian He
  • Patent number: 11628040
    Abstract: An identification bracelet includes a wristband securable to a wearer. The wristband includes a plurality of openings for receiving a locking rivet and one or more openings for receiving one or more color-coded pins, a housing attached to the wristband, the housing having a pair of lugs with a slit, each lug extending from each side of the housing and adapted to receive the corresponding ends of the wristband inserted into the corresponding slits. The housing comprises a snap-on cover with at least a portion of the cover being transparent, a base, and a waterproof gasket insertable into the base. The snap-on cover is configured to be snapped on the base thereby creating a hermetically sealed waterproof structure. The housing also includes an information tag insertable into the housing and visible through the transparent portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: David Pollack
  • Patent number: 11628759
    Abstract: A gap wall that includes a divider and a base. The divider includes a top end and a bottom end. The base is attached to the bottom end of the divider and the base can attach to a gap filler such that when attached on the gap filler and when the gap filler is installed between a seat and an adjacent barrier, the divider forms one wall of a pocket. The divider may be compressible. The divider may have an exterior fabric that creates an interior, and the interior may have stuffing. The exterior fabric may be leather. The gap wall may have a closable opening that can be used to adjust the amount of stuffing in the interior. The closable opening may use a zipper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Ths Private Brands LLC
    Inventor: Jonathan Hahm
  • Patent number: 11619390
    Abstract: An electric fireplace (10) includes a fireplace housing (12) and an electrical insert (40). The fireplace housing (12) includes a base panel (30) having a base opening (230A), a back panel (32), and at least one side panel (34). The electrical insert (40) is sized and shaped to fit and be supported and retained within the base opening (230A). Additionally, the electrical insert (40) can include a heater (26), and a controller (28) including a processor that is configured to control operation of the electric fireplace (10). Further, each of the base panel (30), the back panel (32) and the at least one side panel (34) can be manufactured and installed independently of one another. The fireplace housing (12) can further include a front frame (236) that is manufactured and installed independently of each of the base panel (30), the back panel (32) and the at least one side panel (34). Still further, at least one of the back panel (32) and the at least one side panel (34) can be foldable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Greentouch USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Alfred Crowe