Patents Examined by Hiwot Tefera
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Patent number: 9894994Abstract: A pull-out guide for pulling a pull-out furniture part out of a basic furniture structure, having at least a first and second guide rails, displaceable relative to one another in and counter to the pull-out direction. The first guide rail has a basic profile and at least one lateral-guidance unit retained on the basic profile and has a lateral-guidance part. The lateral-guidance part, which limits play of the second guide rail relative to the first guide rail in at least a transverse direction extending at right angles to the pull-out direction, interacts with a lateral-guidance surface of the second guide rail.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: FULTERER GESELLSCHAFT MBHInventors: Karl Raid, Wolfgang Muller
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Patent number: 9894807Abstract: An apparatus is provided which includes a changeable cover assembly sized to cover, at least in part, an air outlet side of an electronics rack. The cover assembly, when positioned at the air outlet side of the rack, redirects and vents airflow egressing from the air outlet side. The cover assembly includes a frame and at least one vent cover. The frame has at least one opening through which air egressing from the electronics rack passes, and the vent cover(s) is coupled to the frame and overlies, at least in part, the opening(s) in the frame to facilitate redirecting and venting the air passing through the frame. The at least one vent cover is changeable to change a direction of the vented air. For instance, the vent cover(s) may be reversible, or otherwise adjustable or changeable, to change the direction of vented air egressing from the cover assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Seth E. Bard, Frank E. Bosco, Gary F. Goth, William P. Kostenko, Steven C. McIntosh, Robert K. Mullady, John G. Torok, Allan C. VanDeventer, Xiaojin Wei
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Patent number: 9883717Abstract: Various articles, such as footwear, apparel, athletic equipment, watchbands, and the like, and methods of forming those articles are presented. The articles are generally formed, in whole or in part, using rapid manufacturing techniques, such as laser sintering, stereolithography, solid deposition modeling, and the like. The use of rapid manufacturing allows for relatively economical and time efficient manufacture of customized articles. The articles may include one or more reinforcements configured to provide added durability to various regions of the articles. In addition, the articles may be formed from two or more materials in a single rapid manufacturing process. The rapid manufacturing additive fabrication technique may also include using of varying intensities of the laser to fuse material to form the articles.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2012Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventor: Kelly B. Jarvis
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Patent number: 9872579Abstract: A storage device that hangs from a rod, rope, cable or other support member which employs tension force to hold apparel belts with prongs and buckles, or other linear items that have holding elements (rings, buckles, fabric loops or holes), to the surface of a hollow body which rotates around the shaft of the hanging hook. This is done by latching the belts or linear items to the device using eyelets, clasps, clips or closeable hooks (e.g. carabiner spring hooks or reversible wire gates or closeable rings). This device stores linear items in a space-efficient way when a plurality of items attached are hung, allows better organizing and viewing of the items stored, even in a crowded space. In addition it securely attaches the items stored to the attachment mechanism and allows retrieval of items easily without the need to remove the whole device from the support member.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Inventor: Edward Michael Flynn
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Patent number: 9861070Abstract: Self-propelled animal-shed vehicle for removing manure from a floor, and comprising a frame, a manure pick-up device, and a manure collecting bin, wherein the manure pick-up device comprises a rotating, continuous manure pick-up belt, at least two reversing parts, around which the belt can be rotatably moved, and a drive for moving the manure pick-up belt around the reversing parts, wherein the manure pick-up device during use keeps the manure pick-up belt in contact with the floor by means of a bottom reversing part, and wherein the drive is configured to move the manure pick-up belt at a peripheral speed, in such a manner that the manure pick-up belt moves from a bottom side of the bottom reversing part to a top side of the reversing part along the reversing part. Such a vehicle can keep an animal-shed floor clean in a very efficient manner.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.Inventors: Paulus Jacobus Maria Van Adrichem, Karel Van Den Berg, Willem Derreke Kok, Frank Gerard Regelink
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Patent number: 9854923Abstract: A display case has a first display case portion with walls configured so that each wall of a plurality of first fixed walls has a coupling edge arranged at the same coupling framework between the first portion and a second portion of the display case. The coupling edges of the first fixed walls are coplanar to one another and at least two of the first fixed walls are adjacent to each other and fastened together through gluing along a corner substantially perpendicular to the plane of the coupling edges. A groove is formed longitudinally on the coupling edge of each of the first fixed walls, the grooves of the first fixed walls jointly defining a channel along the coupling framework; a hoop cable is housed in the channel, closed on itself. The hoop cable contributes to keeping the walls coupled together at the coupling framework, ensuring that the walls stay in position even in the case in which the gluing with which the first fixed walls are fastened together partially or even totally gives way.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: GOPPION S.P.A.Inventor: Alessandro Goppion
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Patent number: 9854910Abstract: An adjustable wall cupboard holder group (10) for anchoring a cupboard (11) to the wall having a hook (15) situated at the free end of a hooking element (14) extending externally from the wall cupboard holder group. A regulation mechanism of the positions in depth and height of the hook (15) is associated with the hooking element (14). The wall cupboard holder group includes a central section or portion (16) containing the hooking element (14) and mechanism, and two side sections or flanges (18, 18?), at least one element (20, 20?) resistant to shear forces, protruding from at least one of said sections, where at least the other section includes at least one fixing device (19, 19?).Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: LEONARDO S.R.L.Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
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Patent number: 9854907Abstract: An assembly for holding a plurality of clothing articles includes a first mount that is configured to be fixedly attached to a support surface and at least one pivotable support that is pivotally attached to the first mount. Each pivotable support has a first face and an opposite second face. Each of the first and second faces is configured to receive and hold at least one hook element for holding one or more clothing articles along the respective first or second face.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Inventor: Theodore Best
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Patent number: 9839329Abstract: Disclosed is a frying pan holder including a frame structure including a pair of vertical frames that are spaced apart from each other and are vertically formed, and one or more horizontal frames that connect the pair of vertical frames, and a plurality of holding members, each of which includes a pair of outer holding parts, each of which has a protrusion coupled to a corresponding one of the pair of vertical frames at one end thereof and has an opposite end that is horizontally curved, and an inner holding part formed between the pair of outer holding parts, wherein the plurality of holding members are formed on one side or opposite sides of the frame structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: NA SEUNG HITECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Jonathan Chu
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Patent number: 9839303Abstract: The device is designed to be suspended from a rack to display multiple packaged products. It includes an elongated flexible plastic body with multiple, uniformly spaced truncated elongated pyramid-like raised portions. The raised portions have top surfaces. An opening in each top surface is defined in part by an edge. A member with an unattached end portion extends from the edge, in alignment with the opening. The unattached edge portion of the member is spaced from the top surface. The member end is adapted to be received within an opening in a product package such that the package is supported by the device in a manner which provides easy loading of the device at the factory, efficient shipping of the loaded device to a retail establishment, easy removal of one or more packages from the device and in which at least a portion of each displayed package is visible.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: ALLEN FIELD COMPANY, INC.Inventor: Andrew Franzone, Jr.
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Patent number: 9833068Abstract: An analytical apparatus to be installed on a substantially horizontal surface of a diagnostic laboratory is presented. The apparatus comprises a bottom side and an upper working side, the bottom side having at least three casters for rolling the apparatus on a surface and at least two feet. The casters have a fixed height and at least one caster is higher than the other casters so that the apparatus is unbalanced when it is rolled on the surface. The at least two feet are individually adjustable in height so that when the height of the feet is adjusted the upper working side is leveled and the apparatus rests on the at least two feet and the higher caster. An analytical system comprising the analytical apparatus and a method of installing the analytical apparatus and the system are also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.Inventors: Roland Bernet, Adri Grefhorst, Bruno Koch, Franz Lindegger, Jeroen Wildenbeest
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Patent number: 9832979Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial reef molded from a mixture of environmentally friendly homogenized organic and inorganic materials, cement, and 5 aggregates of sand and gravel to form thereon an artificial reef such as reef buds, reef plates, reef honeycombs and other reef structures.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2013Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Inventors: Richard E. Lim, Alejandro A Kabiling, Jr.
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Patent number: 9827663Abstract: A hand tool frame has a track base and at least one positioning mount. The track base has an elongated seat and two rail tabs. The rail tabs are formed on the elongated seat to define a rail channel between the rail tabs. The at least one positioning mount is slidably mounted on the track base and each has a sliding seat, a holding board, a positioning board, and a positioning bolt. The sliding seat is slidably mounted on the top surfaces of the rail tabs and has a through hole. The holding board protrudes from the sliding seat. The positioning board is slidably mounted in the elongated seat, selectively abuts the bottom surfaces of the rail tabs, and has a threaded hole. The positioning bolt is mounted through the through hole in the sliding seat and is screwed with the threaded hole in the positioning board.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
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Patent number: 9826829Abstract: Modular constructions made of easily assembled and disassembled light-weight materials, where the structural parts of these constructions are made of multiwall sheets that enclose a supporting structure. The supporting structure may be a plurality of bubbles, corrugated or fluted structure that respond anisotropically to pressure applied towards a bendable surface of the two surfaces along a desired line of bending. The second surface opposite the bendable surface is textured allowing printing graphics on it that is not stretched or harmed in the bending area, thereby enabling continuous flow of graphics along the entire printing area. The line of bending may be formed thermally, mechanically or in a combination of thermal and mechanic operations. The sheets are folded upon themselves to form three-dimensional structures. These structures combine together to form modular constructions such as shelf systems, cabinets, closets, vanities and cupboards.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Inventor: Oren Sitton
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Patent number: 9821451Abstract: A tool holding frame has a track base, a positioning board, and at least one positioning mount. The track base has a bottom panel and two rails. Each rail has a sliding channel. The positioning board is disposed on the track base and has multiple positioning segments and multiple first engaging segments. Each positioning segment has a curved positioning groove. The first engaging segments are arranged alternately with the positioning segments. The at least one positioning mount is slidably and rotatably mounted on the track base. Each positioning mount has an annular positioning flange and multiple second engaging segments. A curved part of the positioning flange is selectively engaged with one of the positioning segments. Two of the second engaging segments are selectively engaged with one of the first engaging segments.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2017Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
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Patent number: 9814327Abstract: A display includes at least one revolving door panel hinged to a box frame by means of a hinging means actuated by an actuation means The display has a movement component that can be coupled with the door panel to move the door panel, as well as a fast coupling/uncoupling means for the fast coupling of the movement component with the door panel to actuate the door panel by means of the actuation means, and permit the fast uncoupling of the movement component from the door panel to move the door panel manually, independently from the actuation means.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: INDUSTRIE SCAFFALATURE ARREDAMENTI—ISA S.R.L.Inventor: Marco Giulietti
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Patent number: 9807993Abstract: The present invention relates to the storage and display of objects, mainly fishing lures. The invention disclosed herein relates to the organization, management and display of objects to assist in the storage and use of lures, and other objects, through the disposition of an aperture associated with such an object over an apparatus. In the application of storage and display of fishing lures, the present disclosure allows for identification and selection of lures while maintaining the lures separately and in a hanging orientation maintaining the form or the lure consistent with how such a lure is pulled through the water when used.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Inventor: Darryl Montoya
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Patent number: 9795181Abstract: Various articles, such as footwear, apparel, athletic equipment, watchbands, and the like, and methods of forming those articles are presented. The articles are generally formed, in whole or in part, using rapid manufacturing techniques, such as laser sintering, stereolithography, solid deposition modeling, and the like. The use of rapid manufacturing allows for relatively economical and time efficient manufacture of customized articles. The articles may include one or more reinforcements configured to provide added durability to various regions of the articles. In addition, the articles may be formed from two or more materials in a single rapid manufacturing process. The rapid manufacturing additive fabrication technique may also include using of varying intensities of the laser to fuse material to form the articles.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventor: Kelly B. Jarvis
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Patent number: 9788603Abstract: Various articles, such as footwear, apparel, athletic equipment, watchbands, and the like, and methods of forming those articles are presented. The articles are generally formed, in whole or in part, using rapid manufacturing techniques, such as laser sintering, stereolithography, solid deposition modeling, and the like. The use of rapid manufacturing allows for relatively economical and time efficient manufacture of customized articles. The articles may include one or more reinforcements configured to provide added durability to various regions of the articles. In addition, the articles may be formed from two or more materials in a single rapid manufacturing process. The rapid manufacturing additive fabrication technique may also include using of varying intensities of the laser to fuse material to form the articles.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventor: Kelly B. Jarvis
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Patent number: 9795052Abstract: A handle structure includes a holding member, a press member, and a hook. The holding member includes a holding portion and a space formed in the holding portion. The press member includes a press portion and a plurality of adjustment holes. The press portion is movably disposed in the space. The adjustment holes are disposed on the other end of the press member opposite to the press portion. The hook includes a clasp portion and at least one fastening hole. The fastening hole is adjustably positioned corresponding to any of the adjustment holes, and the clasp portion is movable along with the movement of the press portion, wherein the clasp portion protrudes out of the holding member. The hook moves by pressing the press portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: SILVERSTONE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chun-Lan Hsiao, Hsin-Hung Chen, Chih-Chiang Chang