Patents Examined by Patrick D Hawn
  • Patent number: 11882379
    Abstract: A modular mounting system for attaching multiple electronic display devices to a wall in an array. The system provides for vertical attachment of multiple electronic displays to a single module, and for vertical and horizontal attachment of multiple modules. The disclosed modular system enables multiple displays to be mounted in a virtually unlimited number of shapes as well as the standard square and rectangular arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Legrand AV Inc.
    Inventor: Jeff Bremmon
  • Patent number: 11867347
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a laser module lifting apparatus with a protecting function. The apparatus comprises a slide block for being fixedly connected with a laser module. The slide block is provided with a sliding groove, and the sliding groove is provided with a lifting slide rail in a liftable manner. A locking block is arranged between the lifting slide rail and an inner side wall of the sliding groove, and a side of the locking block away from the lifting slide rail is provided with a locking screw. By arranging the locking block at a locking end of the locking screw, a conventional way of jacking the lifting slide rail directly by using the locking screw is converted into a way of jacking the lifting slide rail by the locking block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: DONGGUAN ORTUR INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weixu Zeng
  • Patent number: 11867346
    Abstract: A device for the rapid and convenient mounting of an electronic product on a supporting rack includes a holding rack, an engaging element, and a lock mechanism. A holding plate of the holding rack engages a first edge of the supporting rack, and holds the electronic product. An extension plate with first position and second position holes is connected to the holding plate, and the engaging element can pivot on the holding plate. The lock mechanism disposed on the engaging element can be selectively inserted into the first position hole and the second position hole. When the electronic product is mounted on the supporting rack, the lock mechanism is inserted into the first position hole, the holding plate is engaged with the first edge, and the engaging element is engaged to a second edge of the supporting rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nanning FuLian FuGui Precision Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen-Han Chung
  • Patent number: 11858575
    Abstract: A bicycle rack includes a bicycle support structure that may be positioned as desired on upper and lower pivot bars. The bicycle support structure includes a wheel hoop that allows the front wheel and handlebars of a suspended bicycle to be leaned. The bicycle support structure may be pivoted relative to the upper and lower pivot bars. The upper and lower pivot bars may include a plurality of mounting points at close spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: East Mountain Outfitters, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Blake Owen, Bryce Allen Owen
  • Patent number: 11864340
    Abstract: A rack for storing electrical equipment includes a columnar frame formed by combining a vertical frame and a horizontal frame and a connecting member attached to the horizontal frame. The horizontal frame has a first portion including the connecting member and a second portion other than the first portion. The connecting member is movably attached to the second portion so that an inside of the rack is opened in the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hisahiko Narukawa, Takayuki Yokochi, Shinsuke Sato
  • Patent number: 11839315
    Abstract: A device for dispensing and locking carts disposed in a stack, comprising: a dual-lever mechanism, comprising: a locking lever which is blocking movement of a first cart of a plurality of carts disposed in a stack when in open position; a base adjacent to said locking lever which is movable forward and backward with respect to the stack; and a dispensing lever mounted on the base which is blocking movement of a second cart of the plurality of carts when in open position; and a drive belt driving the plurality of carts in parallel to movement of said base by moving forward and backward in coordination with the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Freetail Acquisition LLC
    Inventor: Arye Levin
  • Patent number: 11839298
    Abstract: A movable storage assembly includes a pair of upright frame pieces joined together by a lateral rail. The rail's opposite ends each include a T-shaped upper tab having upward and downward extending portions, and a lower tab with downwardly extending portion. The upper and lower tabs are simultaneously insertable into upper and lower openings along the uprights, and then lowerable so that the downward portions of the upper and lower tabs secure the rail to the uprights. Upward movement of the rail causes the upward portions of the upper tabs of engage the uprights above the upper openings, preventing removal of the upper tabs from the uprights. Optionally, part of a platform is supportable at the rail and cooperates with the upper tabs to prevent removal of the lateral rail from the uprights, even if the downwardly extending portions of the tabs are disengaged from the uprights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Pipp Mobile Storage Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A French, Delos A. Rockwell, Andrew B. Hartmann
  • Patent number: 11832746
    Abstract: An egg cup for cutting an egg with a knife has a main body with a base and an upwardly extending sidewall that extends upwardly to a top perimeter. The top perimeter defines an opening that allows access to an interior chamber formed by the main body, wherein the interior chamber is shaped to receive the egg. The egg cup further has a top ring having a connector that connects to the top ring to the top perimeter such that the top ring and the top perimeter form a gap therebetween. The gap is sized to receive the knife between the top ring and the top perimeter so that the knife may slice through the egg and stop at the connector of the top ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Paul David Mapp
  • Patent number: 11826004
    Abstract: A dish rack includes a dish basket and a storage surface which is attachable to the dish basket for holding an item to be washed and lockable on the dish basket. The storage surface is pivotable about an axis into different angles of inclination and able to slide along the axis. A support element is arranged on an underside of the storage surface and supports the storage surface at the different angles of inclination at a point spaced from the axis. The support element has a number of locking steps in which the support element engages the dish basket so as to support the storage surface at the different angles of inclination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Reiter, Stefan Reiter, Ralf Winkler
  • Patent number: 11825962
    Abstract: A cooler includes a cabinet having an interior volume for storing a beverage container containing a beverage and a door for providing access to the interior volume of the cabinet. The cooler further includes a lock configured to maintain door in a closed position when the lock is engaged. The cooler includes a cooling unit configured to maintain the cabinet at a predetermined temperature and a temperature sensor arranged within the cabinet that detects a temperature within the cabinet. A control unit is in communication with the cooling unit and the temperature sensor, and the control unit is configured to control the cooling unit to maintain a temperature within the cabinet at a predetermined temperature as determined by the temperature sensor. The control unit may be configured to lock the door until a temperature within the cabinet is at the predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Prashant Deshpande, Gurmeet Singh Bhutani
  • Patent number: 11820630
    Abstract: A plate assembly for mounting an electrical enclosure in a position vertically aligned atop an overhead rail used to support a traveling hoist which traverses back and forth along the rails on a trolley. The plate assembly includes a plate which is shaped like an inverted U by a central opening extending up from the bottom with mounting portions projecting normal to the plate which are configured to be attached to the enclosure when installed in the opening at the top and to respective rail pieces clamped against respective sides of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Knight Industries & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: James Zaguroli, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11821240
    Abstract: The platform and pallet storage security system is a device or apparatus in the form of a lockable security box with attached cables, cords, chains, and/or straps for securing to prevent theft from stacks or piles of materials or products stored, stowed, or placed on devices such as platforms, pallets, and crates in the material transport and stowage arts. The device or apparatus is made of tamper resistant metal and designed to fit the edges or sides of palletized materials which are connected to and secured to each other around and across the surface of said palletized materials so as to enable the securing of said palletized materials thereby preventing or resisting the theft of the secured materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: James M. Justitz
  • Patent number: 11818861
    Abstract: An electronic equipment structure includes a frame structure having a plurality of interconnected vertical and horizontal frame members, an accessory part including a recessed area and an elongate opening located therein, and a fastener. One of the vertical frame members includes a closed profile and a channel extending a length thereof, and one of the horizontal frame members is a structural member having a closed profile that includes a T-slot channel and a recessed groove extending a length thereof, the recessed groove including a row of mounting apertures arranged therein. The accessory part is arranged such that the recessed area is in alignment with the recessed groove of the structural member. The extending through the elongate opening of the accessory part and one of the mounting apertures of the recessed groove such that the fastener does not protrude beyond an outward-facing surface of the accessory part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventors: William Drew Krietzman, Preston Ellis Hennrich
  • Patent number: 11818860
    Abstract: A frame structure for an electronic equipment enclosure includes a pair of front vertical frame members, a pair of rear vertical frame members, and a plurality of horizontal frame members. The plurality of horizontal frame members includes a pair of front horizontal side-to-side members that connect respective upper ends of the pair of front vertical frame members and respective lower ends of the pair of front vertical frame members, thereby forming a front frame, a pair of rear horizontal side-to-side members that connect respective upper ends of the pair of rear vertical frame members and respective lower ends of the pair of rear vertical frame members, thereby forming a rear frame, and at least four horizontal front-to-back members that connect the front frame and the rear frame. At least one of the front vertical frame members and the rear vertical frame members includes a closed profile and a vertical channel extending a length thereof for providing access to an adjustment assembly of a leveling foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventors: William Drew Krietzman, Preston Ellis Hennrich
  • Patent number: 11818862
    Abstract: A method of installing an accessory part in an electronic equipment enclosure includes: providing an electronic equipment enclosure having a frame structure that includes a plurality of interconnected vertical and horizontal frame members, wherein at least one of the horizontal frame members includes at least one T-slot channel and at least one recessed groove extending a length thereof, the at least one recessed groove including a row of mounting apertures arranged therein; providing an accessory part including a recessed area and an elongate opening arranged in the recessed area; positioning the accessory part such that the recessed area is aligned within the at least one recessed groove; and arranging a fastener through the elongate opening of the accessory part and a selected one of the mounting apertures of the at least one recessed groove such that the fastener does not protrude beyond an outward-facing surface of the accessory part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventors: William Drew Krietzman, Preston Ellis Hennrich
  • Patent number: 11810481
    Abstract: A marking system for marking evidence at a scene is provided including a plurality of markers, and a plurality of different types of holders adapted to secure the plurality of markers in marking environments including a relatively horizontal surface, a relatively vertical surface, a relatively slanted surface, a vehicle surface, and a magnetic surface. The markers may include measurement indicia, a sequential marker identification, an index for indication of orientation, and/or a logo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Vincent J Gerace
  • Patent number: 11794986
    Abstract: A cargo optimizing device includes a rectangular frame having transverse forklift pockets; a rectangular deck housed within the rectangular frame; and stabilization rollers pivotally joined to the rectangular frame at opposing longitudinal ends. The rollers snugly engage with vertical channels of a corrugated shipping container sidewall in an extended position oblique to the rectangular frame and retract to an upright storage position abutting the rectangular frame. The cargo optimizing device forms a second stacking level in a shipping container which otherwise has an upper level of unused space. The device can be supported by legs or suspended by belts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Ingo Scholz
  • Patent number: 11793255
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide an imitation flower bouquet system. In one implementation, an imitation flower arrangement has a decorative portion and a base portion, with the decorative portion including at least one imitation flower. An imitation vase includes a plurality of panels. The base portion of the imitation flower arrangement is mounted to the plurality of panels of the imitation vase at a set of one or more connections in a translational relationship. The translational relationship creates a free standing imitation flower bouquet that is moveable between a folded position and an unfolded position by translating movement between the imitation flower arrangement and the imitation vase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LovePop, Inc.
    Inventors: Jozef Karpiel, Elana Walker, Xinzhi Jiao, Melissa Otis, Robin Rose
  • Patent number: 11786103
    Abstract: A holder for arrangement on a washing basket of a dishwasher includes: a main body and a folding element which is arranged pivotably thereon, the folding element being transferable from a use position to a non-use position and vice versa. The main body has a recess which is open at an edge thereof to receive tubular washware. The folding element has an outer contour corresponding to an inner contour of the recess and, in the use, position at least partially fills the recess flush with a supporting surface provided by the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MIELE & CIE. KG
    Inventors: Eugen Renz, Thorsten Schuette, Eugen Sgurski, Henning Krenzien, Monika Seifert, Lothar Wedeking, Andreas Haas, Oliver Fleger, Tomas Koehler
  • Patent number: 11786104
    Abstract: A removable lid rack for a dishwashing appliance includes a body including a plurality of struts extending along the lateral direction, the plurality of struts collectively defining a plurality of apertures; a mounting portion extending from the body along the vertical direction, the mounting portion including a slide tab extending along the transverse direction; a snap hook protruding from the body along the vertical direction; and a locator hook protruding from the body along the lateral direction away from the plurality of apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Aldo Vincent Kremmel