Patents Examined by Matthew Theis
  • Patent number: 9678489
    Abstract: A device includes a case for holding a mobile computer against a user's body so that a camera of the mobile computer faces away from the user's body. The device includes a wedge assembly, including a hinge and a wedge piece for contacting the user's body. The mobile computer can cause the wedge piece to rotate about the hinge, thereby positioning the case to an angle with respect to the user's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Udi Manber, Matthew Amacker, Nandan Dixit
  • Patent number: 9635914
    Abstract: A sling bag is provided with a bag body; a carrying handle secured to the bag body and adapted to wear over the shoulder of a wearer; and a chest strap having one end secured to the bag body and the other end releasably secured to the carrying handle. The carrying handle is adapted to wear over the shoulder of the wearer with the chest strap winding around the chest of the wearer and resting the bag body on the back of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: KRONGTHIP INNOVATION INC.
    Inventor: Kazumi Fujikura
  • Patent number: 9623808
    Abstract: A storage unit capable of being mounted on a shelf on the rear of a vehicle is designed to protrude from the rear of the vehicle to provide more storage space. The storage unit is further designed to be removable, and may be subdivided with movable partitions. The storage unit may be further designed to provide a controlled temperature environment inside. It may be further designed specifically for use on the rear of a golf cart type vehicle, which may include adjustable feet to help hold the storage unit on the rear of the golf cart type vehicle. The storage unit may also be designed to allow for foldability, such that it can be more compactly folded and shipped, stored or transported. There may also be a storage box provided to store the folded storage unit above a vehicle such as a golf cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Inventor: Frank Philip Bonenberger
  • Patent number: 9566994
    Abstract: A shopping-cart hook includes a substantially-cylindrical housing formed of a plurality of spaced, C-shaped collars that are dimensioned to tightly encompass a shopping cart handle. Between each adjacent pair of collars is a hinged, C-shaped hanger that is deployable to a substantially-vertical position for suspending a personal item. A distal end of each hanger is configured to neatly and seamlessly conform to a rib disposed between adjacent collars when the hanger is in a raised position. Therefore, when the hangers are raised, the housing assumes a unitary, cylindrical configuration that aesthetically blends with the shopping-cart handle, and which is easily transported or stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Inventor: Yvette B Leslie
  • Patent number: 9545159
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a seat flap for supporting a baby's buttocks and thighs. The seat flap has a top edge, a bottom edge having a shorter length than a length of the top edge and generally curved side edges. A first strap is joined to a first corner of the top edge for adjustably joining to an upper portion of a baby carrier. A second strap is joined to a second corner of the top edge for adjustably joining to the upper portion. Attachments adjustably join the bottom edge about a lower portion of the baby carrier, wherein the baby sits upright, the baby's legs protrude about the generally curved side edges and are supported at least ninety degrees from the lower portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Inventor: Suling Wang
  • Patent number: 9517874
    Abstract: To provide a valve structure in which a valve sheet is not fused to outer sheets when heat-sealing to a sealed bag. The left and right sides of three valve constituting sheets are side-sealed, and opposed valve constituting sheets are brought into close contact with each other to restrict a fluid from moving. The inside and outside of a bag body are partitioned by a partition seal, the valve is disposed across the inside and outside of the bag body, and welded to the bag body by the partition seal. One of the opposed surfaces of the valve constituting sheets is formed of a non-weldable film that is not welded by welding of the side seals and the partition seal. The side seals become non-welded portions and side-entering preventive sealed portions that block flows of the fluid into the movement channel are provided continuously to the partition seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: KASHIWARA SEITAI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshifumi Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 9511922
    Abstract: Bags, containers, apparatus, systems and methods of storing produce, such as fruits and/or vegetables in sealable plastic bags that are each placed into zippered fabric bags having compartments to preserve the fruit and vegetable contents and delay spoilage of the stored fruits and vegetables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Inventor: Ray Breedwell
  • Patent number: 9402456
    Abstract: A bridging device for securing a load carried by a user over a vest having interior side facing the user and exterior side facing away from the user that comprises a first axle capable of being coupled to the load in an area proximal to the exterior side, a second axle capable of being coupled to a support element worn by the user in an area proximal to the interior side; and at least one connecting element connecting the first axle to the second axle, wherein the connecting element is capable of maintaining a tension between the load and the support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: MAROM DOLPHIN LTD.
    Inventor: Yehonatan Shtriker
  • Patent number: 9398781
    Abstract: A headgear appliance mounting and retention system is provided. The system utilizing specially designed clips that include at least two small clips and at least one large clip. The clips are attachable to headgear, particularly protective headgear, headwear or helmets such as, but not limited to, helmets worn by firefighters, utility workers, industrial/construction workers, or the like. The small clips are configured to receive and retain a strap of an accessory and the large clip is configured to simultaneously receive and retain straps of multiple accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher McCorkle
  • Patent number: 9375074
    Abstract: A clip system includes a first resilient clip member having a curved rear wall portion and finger gripping portions sufficiently resilient that when pressed together by the fingers of an operator, the jaw portions will open and when released will be urged toward an abutted condition, the curved rear wall portion having a first aperture with a concave recess at an outer surface, a slot extending from the first aperture to a second aperture located a predefined distance from the first aperture where the slot is narrower than the first aperture and the second aperture, and a detent connected to the clip member and adjacent to the slot, and a tether member rotationally and pivotally connected to and retained in the first aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Patent number: 9346506
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle has a seat on which an occupant sits, a pair of right and left footboards provided diagonally below and in front of the seat and allowing the occupant to place his or her feet thereon, and a projecting portion provided between the footboards and projecting upward, wherein an engagement portion for fixing a load mounted on the projecting portion is provided on an upper face side of each of the footboards. The engagement portion for fixing the load is readily visible, and hence workability in operation of mounting and dismounting the load on the vehicle body increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Shigeta
  • Patent number: 9326587
    Abstract: A holster for an electronic device may have a pair of flexible hollow cushions that may hold the device in the holster. The cushions may be flexible enough to allow the device to be held in the holster both with and without a protective cover over the device. The cushions may have a hollow portion that collapses when compressed during insertion of the device. The cushion material may be a molded silicone that may have a nonslip surface finish. In some embodiments, the cushion may protrude through a bottom surface of the holster to provide a nonslip foot when the holster is used as a stand support for the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: OTTER PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Gronewoller, Cameron Magness
  • Patent number: 9321406
    Abstract: A collapsible bicycle rack to be transported at the rear of a motor vehicle for carrying bicycles that are aligned vertically with their front wheels facing up. The bicycle rack includes an upper front wheel support having stationary front wheel holders and oppositely-aligned adjustable front wheel holders that can be moved relative to the stationary front wheel holders to vary the distance therebetween in order to support the front wheels of bicycles having different diameters. The bicycle rack also includes a lower rear wheel support that rotates simultaneously with the upper front wheel support between an unfolded deployed configuration extending outwardly from an upstanding main support bar and a collapsed compact configuration lying adjacent the upstanding main support bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Danik Industries Limited
    Inventor: Strahan Lingjerde Loken
  • Patent number: 9321407
    Abstract: A collapsible bicycle rack to be transported at the rear of a motor vehicle for carrying bicycles that are suspended vertically and upside down relative to one another. The bicycle rack includes a vertical main support bar. An upper front wheel support basket is pivotally coupled to the main support bar to receive and retain the front wheels of the bicycles. A lower rear wheel support arm is pivotally coupled to the main support bar below the upper front wheel support basket to receive the rear wheels of the bicycles. The upper front wheel support basket and the lower rear wheel support arm are simultaneously rotated from an expanded deployed configuration extending outwardly from the vertical main support bar to a compact folded configuration lying generally side-by-side the vertical main support bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Danik Industries Limited
    Inventor: Strahan Lingjerde Loken
  • Patent number: 9297612
    Abstract: A wallet style holster for holding and concealing a handgun includes an elongated panel including a top flap portion and a bottom flap portion having a handgun retaining element attached to the bottom flap portion where the handgun retaining element includes a trigger guard retention portion and a forward block. At least one protrusion is separated from the forward block by a channel, where the channel and the protrusion are formed to receive a handgun trigger and trigger guard which is held between the protrusion and the forward block. The top flap portion of the elongated panel may be folded over the bottom flap portion to form a wallet, sized so as to be adapted to cover a handgun and fit in a pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Inventor: Kevin Lee Schmadeka
  • Patent number: 9277803
    Abstract: Implement lock assembly for retaining batons, nightsticks, and other handheld devices within a holster. The assembly includes a base, a lock, and a release. Operation of the assembly is by a user applying pressure to the lock, pivotally moving the lock from an open position to a closed position. In the normal open position, an implement may be inserted or removed from the holster. In the closed position, the lock retains the implement within the holster. The lock may be opened by applying pressure to the release. The lock may engage and retain a baton along the length of the baton grip, allowing a user to adjust the position of the baton within the holster when the baton is retained by the lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Rogers Holster Co., LLC
    Inventors: Norman E. Clifton, Jr., James H. Radney
  • Patent number: 9266575
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide container mounts for mounting water bottles, bento boxes, tool holders or other containers in an aerodynamic position. According to one embodiment, the container mount can include an attachment member to attach to the bicycle frame or aerobars. One or more container support members are coupled to the attachment member in a fixed orientation or in a manner that allows the position of the support member to be adjusted. The container mounts can be configured so that the container is positioned within the aerodynamic profile of the rider's torso between the rider's arms (when viewed from the front) and is accessible by the rider while the rider maintains aerodynamic form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: HED Cycling Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Arthur Hed
  • Patent number: 9241582
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a baby and toddler carrier and in particular to a novel and improved baby and toddler carrier to be used by a parent or other caretakers for carrying a baby in a secure and comfortable way, both for the adult and for the baby, in various carrying positions, the carrier includes an elastic back and neck support, harness straps, and buckles, all of which enable carrying the baby in at least five different carrying positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Inventors: Galit Gilboa, Ronit Bachar
  • Patent number: 9173473
    Abstract: Shoulder strap retention devices that are used to secure the shoulder straps of an article in position relative to a separate chest panel or protector so that they do not slip off the chest panel or the shoulders of a user carrying the article are disclosed. In one embodiment, the shoulder strap retention devices include a retention strap and anchoring strips that are secured to the retention strap and used to attach the shoulder strap retention device to an article having shoulder straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mystery Ranch
    Inventor: Dana W. Gleason
  • Patent number: 9162629
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an extendable vehicle rack arrangement (10) comprising a first and a second load carrier foot (3, 4) and comprising a stationary part (12) attached to said first and second load carrier foot (3, 4) and a displaceable part (11). The stationary part (12) is pivotally connected to at least one of the load carrier feet (3, 4). The extendable vehicle rack arrangement (10) is advantageously an extendable vehicle top rack arrangement. The present invention provides for a solution which effectively reduces or neutralizes the intrinsic forces which can be imparted to an extendable vehicle rack arrangement during or after attachment to a vehicle, thereby providing an easier extension of the displaceable part (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: THULE SWEDEN AB
    Inventor: Anders Lundgren