Patents Examined by Eret C McNichols
  • Patent number: 11976773
    Abstract: A hanging system includes a bracket configured to adjustably mount at a pole and a rope extending through a pulley at the pole. The bracket includes a body defining a passageway and an arm extending from the body and including a hanging element. The passageway receives the pole. When the bracket is mounted at the pole, the rope is connected at a connecting element of the bracket, extends upward along the pole, through the pulley, and downward along a channel formed along the bracket. With no external force applied at the rope, an inner surface of the body engages the pole to, due to a frictional force between the bracket and pole, retain the bracket at a position along the pole. Responsive to an external force applied at the rope in the downward direction, the external force overcomes the frictional force and the bracket moves upward along the pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Fikkema's LLC
    Inventors: Steven J. Flikkema, Grant J. Flikkema
  • Patent number: 11979009
    Abstract: Provided herein is a cable tray apparatus including a first side rail, a second side rail spaced from the first side rail, and at least one support member having a first end and a second end. The second side rail includes a support wall and first and second tabs extending from the support wall. The support member includes side walls extending between the ends, and first and second recesses formed within each of the two side walls at each end. The support member is located between the side rails, and the tabs of the side rails are configured to engage and be located within the respective first and second recesses at the respective ends of the support member. The support member is slidable relative to the side rails along the tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Daniel Cardin, Daniel Lalancette
  • Patent number: 11970870
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for preventing a user from moving beyond a first distance from a support structure. The apparatus comprises an extension member, comprising a first end and a second end that is opposite the first end. The first end is configured to be fixed to the support structure. The second end is movable relative to the first end along a plane and the second end is configured to extend away from the first end to an extended position and retract from the extended position towards the first end to a retracted position. The apparatus also comprises a flexible tether, having a fixed length and comprising an anchor end, attached to the second end of the extension member, and a user end, configured to attach to a user. The extended position is no more than a second distance away from the first end. The sum of the fixed length and the second distance is less than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Matthew Fife
  • Patent number: 11964174
    Abstract: A mounting device may include a top plate including a cone-shaped center portion, a flange coupled to the cone-shaped center portion, a number of apertures defined in the flange, and a number of fasteners engaged with the apertures to couple the top plate to a surface of a structure. The flange seals a bottom side of the top plate to the surface of the structure. The flange includes a seal coupled to the bottom of the flange. The cone-shaped center portion has a convex paraboloid shape. The flange includes at least one surface that is parallel to a surface of the structure, and a transition between the cone-shaped center portion and the flange forms an angle. The top plate has a diameter sufficient to displace a load greater than 50 pounds over the surface of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Rooftop Anchor, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Colton Sargent, Rowdy Hans DeJong, Braxton Tyler Schindler, Kynan Dee Wynne, John David Whittington, Reese James Ferrin, Joshua Paul Adam
  • Patent number: 11965621
    Abstract: A mounting bracket includes a bracket body, a locking assembly and support foot. The bracket body is configured for component installation. The locking assembly is arranged on the bracket body, and the support foot is arranged on the bracket body. The support foot is slide along the up and down direction of the bracket body, and the locking assembly is configured to lock the support foot at a preset position. Through the above structure, the support foot is installed on the ground and used to support the bracket body, and the locking assembly locks the support foot at a preset position to correspondingly adjust the height of the bracket body from the ground, so as to adjust the suspension height of the components installed on the bracket body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN MEITU PLASTIC IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenhui Zhou, Hai Zhang, Haojia Huang, Jiafu Ma, Weinan Liang
  • Patent number: 11965542
    Abstract: The invention provides a system for positioning a viewing screen. The system comprises a base body and at least one screen body. The screen body comprises a suspension hook and, on the one hand, is configured to be rigidly connected, at least in one position of the screen body, to the base body and, on the other hand, is configured to fasten a viewing screen thereto. The system further comprises a securing body for releasably securing the rigid connection between the base body and the screen body. The base body comprises a suspension edge. The suspension hook and the suspension edge are configured to suspend the screen body from the suspension edge of the base body via the suspension hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: VOGEL'S IP B.V.
    Inventors: Ewald Van Kuijk, Alwin Einar Van Der Wolf
  • Patent number: 11959583
    Abstract: A mounting system capable of mounting objects to support structures is disclosed. The mounting system includes a wall mount including a display bracket configured to hold the object, a fixed support bracket couplable to a vertical support structure, and a linkage assembly. The linkage assembly has a low-profile stowed configuration in which the object is held in a raised position close to the support structure. The linkage assembly moves to another configuration to move the object. The object can be held in a lowered position. A biasing mechanism can facilitate convenient movement of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Manehu Product Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Newville, Lee Marc
  • Patent number: 11958686
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a new method, system, and process for the repair and management of repair of a rack system. More specifically the present disclosure relates to using braces of standard sizes, pre-Certified or not, as part of a new method, and process for the onsite repair of slightly damaged elements of wholesale or storage rack systems and associated process of qualification and certification thereof. Shaped repair braces, designed to be mechanically superior to damaged pieces they replace, allow for the off-site pre-certification, off-site selection, and installation of these braces with a possibility of automatic or semi-automatic recertification of the repaired rack system when the brace is added. The process also allows for the use of one or a set of pre-certified braces and under a controlled process of determination of which brace can be used (using a software or not) and resulting in pre-certification of the system once the brace is successfully put in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: APEX STORAGE, LLC
    Inventor: John Paul Turcich
  • Patent number: 11959584
    Abstract: A smoothly adjustable display screen bracket comprises: a first connecting seat, a connecting rod group and a second connecting seat, wherein the connecting rod group is arranged between the first connecting seat and the second connecting seat, the connecting rod group comprises a connecting rod, a force applying mechanism, a limiting sleeve, a cam member and a roller, and the roller is rotatably arranged on the second connecting seat, and one end of the force applying mechanism is connected with the first connecting seat, and the other end of the force applying mechanism is connected with the cam member, wherein a curved surface of the cam member is configured to press against the roller under the pushing action of the force applying mechanism. The limiting sleeve covers the outside of the force applying mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: DongGuan KINGEASY Hardware Technology CO., LTD
    Inventor: Bo Feng
  • Patent number: 11953814
    Abstract: A motorized bracket is intended to receive, in a support, a video projector and having a base, a first arm and a second arm. The first arm is connected to the base at a first motorized rotation axis. The second arm is connected to the first arm at a second motorized rotation axis and the second arm is connected to the support at a third motorized rotation axis. The motorized rotation axes each consist of a motor coupled to a geared motor assembly in direct engagement with the arm or the support that is to be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: XYZED
    Inventor: Maurice Rebiffe
  • Patent number: 11953129
    Abstract: An aluminum wire positioning device system for solar panel cabling and harness string cabling is provided that includes a support structure, a cable, and a wire positioning device. The wire positioning device includes a center leg, an attachment support leg, an attachment member configured to couple the wire positioning device to the solar panel frame or solar panel support structure at an attachment point, a saddle support leg, and a cable support saddle configured to support the at least one cable. The attachment member is arranged at an angle relative to the cable support saddle about the center leg, and a center-of-gravity of the wire positioning device is aligned with the attachment point, the center leg, and the saddle support leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Affordable Wire Management, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Robert Rand, Daniel Robert Smith
  • Patent number: 11946587
    Abstract: A bearing for single-axis solar tracking system includes a journal with a tube portion connected to a pair of flanges that are configured as a thrust-stop. The bearing further includes a race removably connected to the journal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SUN AND STEEL SOLAR LLC
    Inventor: Robert B. Dally
  • Patent number: 11941973
    Abstract: A doorbell including a housing and mount that can be engaged such that the housing is pivotable or otherwise movable relative to the mount for engagement with the mount and/or for activation of a doorbell switch. A latch can secure the housing to the mount so the housing is secured to the mount. A switch located in a space defined by the housing and mount can be actuated based on movement of the housing relative to the mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SimpliSafe, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Joseph Thorne, Patrick Lloyd Murphy, Michael Joseph Murray
  • Patent number: 11940090
    Abstract: An outer base of annular form surrounds an open space. The base includes a magnet for attachment of the outer base to a rear of a smartphone. A center ring surrounds the open space. This ring has a bearing on an outside edge which rotates relative to a race on an inner edge of the base, allowing the center ring to rotate relative to the base. A pair of ears extend radially inwardly into this open space, with the ears attached either to the ring or base. The ears are sized and spaced apart an appropriate distance to allow one ear to lift a crimped edge of a bottle cap while the other ear rests upon a top of the bottle cap. A loop is pivotably attached to the center ring and provides a stand or a finger loop or allows a smartphone to be suspended from a hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: E-filliate, Inc.
    Inventor: Wesley K. Sumida
  • Patent number: 11933038
    Abstract: An adjustable finishing bracket assembly for use in concealing retractable shades, screens, hangers and the like. The assembly employs an L-bracket having slots for horizontal positioning and threaded apertures for securing to a hook bracket. The hook bracket has adjustment slots for securing to the L-bracket and a U-shaped distal end. The hook bracket is securable to the L-shaped bracket and a hanger bracket. A level bolt is connected to the L-shaped bracket. The adjustable finishing bracket provides horizontal, vertical and angular positioning of the wood plank to assure the wood plank is properly aligned and provides an easily removable wood plank for access to the retractable mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Beyond The Grain, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Cost, Dale Beswick
  • Patent number: 11936331
    Abstract: A roof attachment system may comprise a mounting bracket, and a retention bracket. The mounting bracket may be configured to be attached to a roof. The retention bracket may be adjustably coupled to the bracket. The retention bracket may comprise a body portion, a first arm and a second arm. The first arm may be operatively coupled to the body portion. The first arm may also extend away from the body portion. The first arm may be substantially perpendicular to the body portion. The second arm operatively coupled to the body portion. The second arm may also extend away from the body portion. The second arm, like the first arm, may be substantially perpendicular to the body. The first arm may be parallel to the second arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Ecofasten Solar, LLC
    Inventor: Alexander Alex Morano
  • Patent number: 11933451
    Abstract: A positioning platform providing positioning of component placed thereon onto four axes includes a lower plate, an upper plate, a first adjustment member, a second adjustment member, a third adjustment member, connection members, fixing members, a first fixing block, a second fixing block, fixing plates, slot fixing members, fixing covers, a yaw screw, a spring pin, a spring, and a yaw block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ASELSAN ELEKTRONIK SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventors: Mete Anakli, Caner Turker
  • Patent number: 11879256
    Abstract: Disclosed is a roof safety anchor capable of permanent and watertight attachment to a roof. Installation of the roof safety anchor does not require the removal of roof shingles. The roof safety anchor captures a D-ring and a roof fastener between a base and a lid. The roof fastener extends through the base and a gasket to secure the roof safety anchor to the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventor: Kevin King
  • Patent number: 11878634
    Abstract: A grip assembly includes a base member, a cross beam coupled to the base member having a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion. A first grip arm is removably coupled to the first mounting portion and is independently positionable into a first position of a first plurality of lockable positions relative to the first mounting portion. A second grip arm is coupled to and is independently positionable into a second position of a second plurality of lockable positions relative to the first grip arm. A third grip arm is removably coupled to the second mounting portion and independently positionable into a third position of a third plurality of lockable positions relative to the second mounting portion. A fourth grip arm is coupled to and is independently positionable into a fourth position of a fourth plurality of lockable positions relative to the third grip arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Winkler, Collin J. Gavic, Ryan J. Andreae, Michael A. Hritz
  • Patent number: 11881696
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a wiring clip for vehicle electronics. An example wiring clip may include a base. The example wiring clip may also include a first upright extending from the base. The example wiring clip may also include an adjustable cover including a first end configured to be affixed to the first upright. The example wiring clip may also include a second upright extending from the base, wherein the wiring clip is configured to be removably affixed to a vehicle, wherein the wiring clip is configured to secure wiring of the vehicle within an area internal to the base, the first upright, the second upright, and the adjustable cover, and wherein the second upright includes a first hole and a second hole, wherein the wiring clip is configured to receive a second end of the adjustable cover through the first hole or the second hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Carlos al Alberto Becerra beltran, Juan Pablo Esquivel