Patents Examined by Lester L. Vanterpool
  • Patent number: 11952065
    Abstract: A vehicle restriction mechanism and a vehicle carrier including the same are provided, and the vehicle restriction mechanism is configured to be disposed on a supporting arm of the vehicle carrier and includes a base and a stem member. The base includes a sleeve portion, and the sleeve portion defines an axial direction. The stem member is adjustably positioned on the sleeve portion, and the stem member is rotatable between a restricted position and a release position relative to the base about the axial direction. One of the base and the stem member has a first guiding portion, and the other of the base and the stem member has a second guiding portion movably connected with the first guiding portion. Relative to an outermost bottom surface of the base, heights of at least two parts of the first guiding portion are different in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: YOTTA INNOVATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Stella Huang
  • Patent number: 11932205
    Abstract: The Delivery Butler is an apparatus that creates a level surface in a vehicle's passenger seat, for the purpose of transporting items like pizza, take-out food containers, cakes and flower arrangements. The apparatus has adjustable legs and a hinged connection between its base panel and rear panel, which allows the receiving surface to be adjusted to level. The apparatus is belted into a seat, and can include a non-slip receiving surface and a fence structure on the receiving surface. The apparatus does not require any modifications to a passenger seat, and can be dismantled by hand and stored virtually flat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Chicago Junction Ventures, LLC
    Inventor: George P. Rohaly, Jr.
  • Bag
    Patent number: 11925245
    Abstract: An example bag may include an outer shell comprising a front panel, a rear panel, a top sidewall, a bottom sidewall, a first sidewall, a second sidewall forming, and a closure configured to move from an open position to a closed position. The bag may also include a pair of adjustable straps. The adjustable straps can be configured to move from a first backpack carry position to a second hand carry position by releasing the adjustable straps from the outer shell of the bag from the first carry position and securing the adjustable straps to the second carry position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Erik Steven Larson, Derek G. Sullivan, Alex Baires, Jeffrey Charles Munie
  • Patent number: 11897568
    Abstract: An accessory mounting system for mounting an accessory on a vehicle is provided. The accessory mounting system includes a mounting assembly which has an elongated rail removably connectable to the vehicle. The elongated rail is provided with a slot extending therealong and which opens on a top surface of the elongated rail. The mounting assembly also includes a connector having a head portion slidably mounted within the slot, and a shank portion extending from the head and vertically above the top surface of the elongated rail. The mounting assembly also has a mounting fixture connectable to the connector and adapted to selectively have a portion of the accessory be connected thereto, the mounting fixture is connected to the connector in a manner such that moving the connector along the slot correspondingly displaces the mounting fixture along the elongated rail to adjust the position of the accessory on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: KIMPEX INC.
    Inventors: Louis-Frédéric Marchildon, Patrick L'Hérault, Nicolas Bouchard-Fortin
  • Patent number: 11889906
    Abstract: A case for a portable hand-held devices, such as binoculars. The case assembly includes a main case portion having an opening defined by a periphery and a cover. A reconfigurable member is attached to at least a portion of the cover and can be configured to correspond to an outer profile of the hand-held device being stored within the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: KUIU, LLC
    Inventor: Brendan V. Burns
  • Patent number: 11871835
    Abstract: Devices and methods for providing an integrated belt assembly providing a tie-in point for a safety retention lanyard. In some embodiments, inner and outer belts are provided as coextensive and removably attached. The outer belt has a pass-through window to accommodate a rigger loop of the inner belt. In some embodiments, a method of equipping inner and outer belts is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Eagle Industries Unlimited, Inc.
    Inventors: Kory K Brown, Caitlin Barber, Don Gallo
  • Patent number: 11859654
    Abstract: A carrying rack connecting device is provided, including a connection rod and a connection assembly. The connection rod is configured to be connected to a mounting rod. The connection assembly has a base, an urging member and an operation member. The base is positioned inside the connection rod. The base has an operation space. The urging member is movably disposed within the operation space. The urging member has a first abutting portion. The operation member is disposed through the operation space and connected with the base. The operation member has a thread portion and an enlarged portion. The thread portion is screwed to the base. The enlarged portion has a second abutting portion. The second abutting portion is configured to push the first abutting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: YOTTA INNOVATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Stella Huang
  • Patent number: 11825932
    Abstract: A drywall knife holster includes a belt hook, a back member and a knife holder. The back member couples with the belt hook. The knife holder couples with the back member through an upwardly facing U-bend that biases a pinch region of the knife holder toward the back member. Inserting a drywall knife blade between the knife holder and the back member, and seating a leading edge of the drywall knife blade within the U-bend, causes the pinch region of the knife holder to urge a handle of the drywall knife into contact with the back member. The back member and the knife holder may form a holster portion that couples with the belt hook through a swiveling connector. The holster may continue past the pinch region to form a second drywall knife holder and/or a loop member to accommodate a different tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Stephen L. Hyson
  • Patent number: 11814253
    Abstract: A furniture handling strap assembly may be used to aid in lifting and carrying a furniture item such as a chair, sofa, or loveseat, for example. The handling strap assembly may include a strap, a bracket, and a fastener. The strap may include a first handling loop and a second handling loop. The first and second handling loops may be flexible. The bracket may be attached to the strap. The fastener may be configured to be received through an aperture in the bracket and may engage the furniture item. A person may insert his/her hand through one or both of the handling loops and gasp a portion of the strap. The person may use his/her other hand to support and stabilize the furniture member as the person lifts the furniture item. Another person may assist in lifting the furniture item using another one of the handling strap assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: La-Z-Boy Incorporated
    Inventors: Jason M. Baker, Jason D. Rains
  • Patent number: 11814014
    Abstract: A long gun carrier rests on a vehicle seat, and is secured to the seat by a seat belt. A slated top of the long gun carrier slopes generally downward and forward. One or more gun-holding channels formed in slanted top, each configured to hold a long gun pointed generally forward and downward, toward the vehicle floor. The long guns may be secured in the gun-holding channels by strap assemblies. Long guns are conveniently placed into and extracted from the long gun carrier, held securely during transportation, and pointed in a safe direction during transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: NIVEL PARTS & MANUFACTURING CO., LLC
    Inventors: Robert Neal Page, Charles Dunn Kim, Jihoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11807192
    Abstract: A carrier for releasable retaining a vehicle recovery board or similar cargo including a base plate proportioned, a pivot mount member with a crossbar wherefrom a pivotally connected, activating retainment arm with a fastener end is perpendicularly disposed and a stationary mount member with a receiving latch member. Downwardly disposed planar bottoms of pivot leg(s) and fixed leg(s) proximate to a respective one or another of the pair of opposed side edges of the base plate respectively affix pivot and stationary mount members in substantially longitudinal parallel alignment such that coupled engagement of a fastener end of the retainment arm and a receiving latch member on the stationary mount member securely retains the vehicle recovery board or other cargo on the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Expedition Essentials LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey David Sikes
  • Patent number: 11805886
    Abstract: A paint gun holster assembly includes a belt that can be worn around a user's waist. A pad is integrated into the belt and the pad is worn around the user's waist. A pair of holsters is each positioned on the pad and each of the holsters receives a respective one of a pair of paint guns to inhibit the paint guns from being dropped. A pair of retractors is each slidably positioned on the belt and each of the retractors includes a cord extending outwardly from the retractors. The cord on each of the retractors is biased into the retractors and the cord on each of the retractors is urgeable outwardly from the retractors. A pair of claws is each coupled to the cord associated with a respective one of the retractors. Each of the claws is engageable to a handle of a respective one of the paint guns to secure the paint guns to the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Rene Arevalo
  • Patent number: 11794839
    Abstract: A connecting arrangement is provided for fastening lateral luggage containers on a motor vehicle, in particular to a motorcycle or a motorcycle-like vehicle, and a vehicle including the connecting arrangement. The connecting arrangement includes a rear vehicle frame section and a carrier element movably connected thereon. The carrier element extends transversely to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle frame section, and has a lateral left-hand end designed for connecting to a left-hand luggage container and at a lateral right-hand end designed for connecting to a right-hand luggage container. The invention further relates to a vehicle having a corresponding connecting arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Adrian Golling, Mathias Muehlmann
  • Patent number: 11772567
    Abstract: An improved modular vehicle accessory clamp for is disclosed. The clamp provides for gross and fine adjustment between the jaws to allow for differences in the width of vehicle roof rack cross bars. The clamp has a first body with a depending jaw and an extension portion and a second body portion also with a depending jaw and a receiving portion that receives the extension of the first body and allows for adjustment of the distance between the jaws. The clamp can be locked to the cross bar. Upper grooves in the clamp allow for easy attachment to vehicle accessories such as rooftop carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: The Eastern Company
    Inventor: Matthew Schroll
  • Patent number: 11771189
    Abstract: A shoe tote includes a first and a second shoe sock each with a first and second opposing side walls spaced apart by a bottom portion and a back portion. Each shoe sock has an exterior and an interior portion, designed to receive footwear. Each shoe socks contain a top portion opposing the bottom portion and a front portion opposing the back portion. Each shoe sock contains a closure mechanism. The shoe socks are separated by a strap. The strap has a first terminal end and a second terminal end. The strap further contains a first attachment disposed between the first terminal end of the strap and the first shoe sock. The strap also is comprised of a second attachment disposed between the second terminal end of the strap and the second shoe sock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SHOE PAC LLC
    Inventor: James Leaks, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11772539
    Abstract: A cupholder adapter configured for use with an existing cupholder on a vehicle is provided. The cupholder adapter includes a cylindrical cupholder having a hollow internal volume, a collar attached to a top portion of the cylindrical cupholder, wherein the collar includes a plurality of tabs extending perpendicularly into the hollow internal volume, and an adapter base coupled to the cylindrical cupholder, wherein the adapter base includes a plurality of legs configured to expand and retract such that the diameter of the adapter base is configured to expand from a minimum diameter to a maximum diameter. The plurality of tabs includes tabs of different lengths and widths which enables and accommodates wide, tall, and narrow beverage containers during vehicle use. The adapter base is configured to install into the recessed cupholder near the console of most vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: Benjamin Cook
  • Patent number: 11766962
    Abstract: Provided is an on-vehicle storage device 1 that includes: a storage box 2 including a box body 20 having a storage space 21 and having an upward-facing opening 22, and a box peripheral portion 25 disposed at a peripheral edge of the opening 22; and a design panel 3 disposed on an upper side of the storage box 2 and having a window portion 32 facing the opening 22, and a design window frame portion 35 that is disposed at a peripheral edge of the window portion 32 and that faces the box peripheral portion 25. The design window frame portion 35 and the box peripheral portion 25 are slidable relative to each other in a first direction intersecting an up-down direction while engaging with each other. The storage box 2 and the design panel 3 are combined with each other by sliding in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sakakibara, Kohei Yoshida, Yu Hishida
  • Patent number: 11751671
    Abstract: A pouch or pocket may act as a container and may be used to securely hold objects (e.g., cell phone, keys, wallet, etc.) during athletic activity (e.g., running). The pouch may be a standalone item or integrally formed as part of other items. The pouch may hold the object to be stored in place within the pouch or pocket. The pouch may provide some cushioning or impact force attenuation to protect the object being held within the pouch or pocket. Additionally, the pouch may be attached to a garment, such as running clothes. The pouch includes an outer envelope sealable by a closure and a one-way valve with foam layers located inside the pouch. After the object is placed in the pouch, the closure is closed, and the air within the pouch is expelled via the one-way valve by compressing the foam layers from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Cooper, Austin Orand, Nadia M. Panian, Peter P. Williams, II
  • Patent number: 11747109
    Abstract: A gun holster system includes a body having a front side and a back side forming an upper opening disposed therebetween and forming a lower opening at a lower surface of the body; a strap assembly integrally secured to the body; a first magnet disposed within a thickness of the fastener protrusion; and a second magnet disposed within a thickness of the housing. The strap assembly includes an elongated strap extending from the body; a fastener protrusion extending from a surface of the elongated strap; and a faster housing extending from an outer surface of the back side of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: JM4 Tactical LLC
    Inventor: James Myers
  • Patent number: 11723831
    Abstract: An adjustable massage structure having a back panel and at least one shoulder strap set on the back panel, the back panel having a connected upper part and a lower part, an upper end of the at least one shoulder strap is connected to the back panel at a position set on the connection line of the upper part and the lower part of the back panel, the lower end of the at least one shoulder strap is connected to the lower part of the back panel by a first webbing, the at least one shoulder strap is provided with a massage head inside, the at least one shoulder strap and the upper part of the back panel is connected with a second webbing for adjustment of the shoulder strap, the second webbing is provided with a second adjustment part for adjusting the length of the second webbing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventor: Li Zhijian