Patents Examined by Stanton L. Krycinski
  • Patent number: 11793329
    Abstract: A locking case system for cosmetic products includes a fixture adapted to receive cosmetic products and a locking case adapted to be coupled to the fixture. Upon coupling the locking case to the fixture, at least one snap member of at least one side wall of the locking case is snapped into at least one receiving portion of the at least one side wall of the fixture. In addition, at least one snap member of a rear wall of the locking case is snapped into at least one receiving aperture in a top edge of a rear wall of the fixture. Further, at least one snap member of a front member of the locking case is snapped into the at least one receiving aperture of a front wall of the fixture to secure the cosmetic products to the fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Scott Fink, Nick Farinola
  • Patent number: 11798829
    Abstract: A cassette which receives a substrate, and a substrate receiving system including a chamber which receives a cassette in which a substrate is loaded are provided. The cassette which receives a substrate includes: a plurality of slot supports stacked in a first direction; and a frame connected to the plurality of slot supports and extending in the first direction, wherein the plurality of slot supports and the frame are opened in an outward direction to receive the substrate, and are closed in an inward direction after the substrate is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoon Su Kim
  • Patent number: 11793331
    Abstract: Provided is a wine rack having a mat, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The wine rack is configured to support a plurality of wine bottles between the first side wall and the second side wall. The wine rack is further configured to roll into a stowed position for storage, transportation, distribution, or advertising. Alternatively, the wine rack has a pair of scissor arms located between the first side wall and the second side wall such that the rack is configured to pivot between an extended position and a retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Michael V. Skrypek
  • Patent number: 11793307
    Abstract: A wine cabinet, whose façade is equipped with a door, has an interior volume having shelves. Each shelf is movable between two positions. Each shelf is equipped with reception spaces for a plurality of bottles, electronic detectors of the presence of a bottle and electronic devices of visualization of the presence. The power supply of those electronic detectors and electronic devices of visualization comes from a single centralized supply in the cabinet and supplies two vertical conductors placed inside a wall of the cabinet. Each shelf is electrically connected via a connecting cable flexible connect to vertical conductors. The connection shall be arranged at the level of the shelf on the inner face of the wall, the connecting cable having a sufficient length to ensure the connection when the shelf is deployed. Each shelf is equipped with elastic keeping the cable permanently stretched, whatever the position of the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Frio Enterprise
    Inventors: Didier Grychta, Nicolas Libeault, Hubert Chevalier
  • Patent number: 11793364
    Abstract: A bar mounting bath shelf device for attaching to a bar in a bath or shower for holding items on a horizontal surface includes a shelf with a clamp coupled to a bottom surface of the shelf, wherein the shelf is clampable to a cylindrical bar such that said shelf is positioned horizontally. The shelf has an aperture extending through a top surface of the shelf to the bottom surface which is configured for receiving a neck of a bottle while the shelf supports the bottle. The shelf also has a hole configured for receiving one of a toothbrush and a razor therethrough while the shelf supports the one of a toothbrush and a razor. And a slot extends from a front edge of the shelf to the hole, wherein the slot is configured for laterally receiving the one of a toothbrush and a razor into the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: Sara Fike, Justin Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11767170
    Abstract: A stack storage assembly with container stacking spaces, a charging space arranged below the container stacking spaces, and a charging vehicle movable in the charging space having a hoisting device to move a container into or out of a container stacking space. Each of the container stacking spaces has, at a lower end, a retaining device with at least one retaining element, which is movable, via an actuating device arranged on the charging vehicle, between a retaining position in which the at least one retaining element holds the container arranged in the container stacking spaces and a release position in which the container is relocated past the retaining element. The charging vehicle has at least one fixing element positionable into a fixing position to interact with the at least one retaining element located in the release position, and to hold the at least one retaining element in the release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: JUNGHEINRICH AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Michael Becker, Jörg Cavelius, Markus Liebhaber, Timm Morawietz
  • Patent number: 11760233
    Abstract: A seat adjuster drive including a stationary track that is fixed to a vehicle and a sliding track that is arranged in sliding engagement with the stationary track for movement fore and aft. A gear box, mounted to the sliding track, supports a pinion that is part of a rack and pinion drive assembly. The gear box houses a conical spiral gear set and one or more planetary gear sets. The conical spiral gear set includes a conical pinion gear that is coupled to an electric motor and a conical spiral gear that is arranged in meshing engagement with the conical pinion gear. The conical spiral gear is carried on the pinion in a sliding fit. The one or more planetary gear sets rotatably couple the conical spiral gear and the pinion through a gear reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Fisher & Company, Incorporated
    Inventors: Mircea Napau, Doina Napau, Ileana Dacia Napau, Radu Calin Napau-Stoica, Ioan Napau
  • Patent number: 11759036
    Abstract: A storage box includes a base having a bottom portion with inner and outer surfaces, and a peripheral wall surrounding the bottom portion to form a storage space with the inner surface. The outer surface has a placing slot and a knife sharpener fixing portion adjacent thereto. When the user places a knife sharpener in the storage space and closes a covering plate, the whole storage box is portable. The knife is sharpened when the covering plate is detached and embedded in the placing slot while the bottom portion is orientated upward, and the knife sharpener is disposed on the knife sharpener fixing portion. The user moves a knife back and forth between the knife sharpener by one hand and puts the other hand beside the covering plate to avoid being gashed by the knife in the knife sharpening process, thereby achieving protection purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: V NIVES, LLC
    Inventor: Isaac Vellekamp
  • Patent number: 11751684
    Abstract: A rod holder is mounted on an upright or a horizontal structure to hold a rod, such as a fishing rod. A latch is pivotally mounted on a base with a pivot pin. The rod is received in a latch aperture to pivot the latch closed. The rod is removed from the latch aperture to pivot the latch open. An arcuate slot in the base or the latch is centered about the pivot axis. A limit pin is received in the arcuate slot to stop the latch in the open and closed positions. A base magnet and a latch magnet follow arcuate paths of the same radius. The latch magnet will pass over the base magnet as the latch pivots. Like poles of the base magnet and the latch magnet repel one another to hold the latch open or closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Jean Francois Bedard
  • Patent number: 11751685
    Abstract: A storage system is described, having a rectangular platform adapted to be raised and lowered. The platform includes a top surface configured to support one or more items to be stored, a bottom surface, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side. The system also includes a first bracket, with an upper portion attached to the first side of the platform and a lower portion extending below the bottom surface. The lower portion of this first bracket is shaped in such a way as to provide a first surface on which a portion of an additional item rests. The system also includes a second bracket, likewise with an upper portion attached to the second side of the platform and a lower portion extending below the bottom surface. The lower portion of the second bracket is also shaped in such a way as to provide a second surface on which a portion of the additional item rests. In this way, the first and second brackets cooperate to support the additional item below the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Hall Labs LLC
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Douglas Mecham, Scott Skousen
  • Patent number: 11751686
    Abstract: This present invention relates to a firearm storage system comprised of a headboard cabinet for concealing firearms, ammunition and other items of value. Portions of the firearm storage system are quickly and securely repositionable between a concealed position and an open position, thereby giving the user quick access to his or her firearms in a time of need. More specifically, the secure headboard or cabinet includes an electronic lift that may be controlled by a wireless activator that raises a concealed portion of the cabinet upwards, thereby revealing the drawers or cabinets containing the firearms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Tom Mohr
  • Patent number: 11745046
    Abstract: A barbell rack (1) installable on a wall, comprising: a first upright (2) and a second upright (3) fixable to the wall and distanced from one another; a first pole (5) and a second pole (6) respectively associated to the first upright (2) and second upright (3), each of said poles (5, 6) having a plurality of holes (7) adapted to receive a support shelf (8), means for hinging (9; 10) each pole (5, 6) to the corresponding upright (2, 3) in such a way that each pole (5, 6) is movable between a use position, in which it is at a maximum distance from the corresponding upright (2, 3), and a rest position, in which it is at a minimum distance from the corresponding upright (2, 3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: LACERTOSUS SRL
    Inventor: Alessio Marazzini
  • Patent number: 11731258
    Abstract: A pneumatic tool holder apparatus and related methods of storing pneumatic tools are disclosed. The pneumatic tool holder apparatus has a housing having a bottom plate. A plurality of keyholes is formed in the bottom plate. Each of the plurality of keyholes have an enlarged side and a non-enlarged side, where the enlarged side is sized to receive an end of a pneumatic tool coupling device and the non-enlarged side is sized smaller than a collar on the end of the pneumatic tool coupling device. A plurality of interior compartments is formed within the housing. Each interior compartment corresponds to one of the plurality of keyholes. When the end of the pneumatic tool coupling device is inserted through a keyhole and into an interior compartment, the interior compartment prevents debris from gaining access to a pneumatic interior of a pneumatic tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventor: George Eleftheriou
  • Patent number: 11723458
    Abstract: A floor to ceiling wine rack post that is capable of holding multiple wine bottles in a substantially parallel manner, i.e., the label of the first wine bottle is visible to a person standing in front of the wine rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: WINE MASTER CELLARS LLLP
    Inventor: Rachel Jensen
  • Patent number: 11717135
    Abstract: A foldable kitchenware drying rack has a base section, a primary support section with pivoting rear legs pivotally connected to the base section, a secondary support section pivotally connected to pivoting rear legs, and pivoting front legs pivotally connected to the base section. The pivoting rear legs are locked in an unfolded condition by removable rear leg lock members, and the pivoting front legs are stably supported by a front cross member of the base section in an unfolded condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventor: Zak Wood
  • Patent number: 11717097
    Abstract: An example base for a retail gondola can include: a frame defining a locator configured to receive a bottom portion of the retail gondola; and a plurality of bolts held by the frame, the plurality of bolts being moveable up and down to position the frame relative to a support surface; wherein a portion of each of the plurality of bolts is configured to allow the frame to be slid along the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: American Business Forms, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory Scott Guyette
  • Patent number: 11707144
    Abstract: The method includes first connecting an upper portion of two or more vertical uprights to a first crossbar, second connecting a lower portion of the two or more vertical uprights to a second crossbar, inserting a projection of each of a pair of support brackets into a first cavity and a second cavity on respective ends of the first crossbar, the pair of support brackets each including a first engaging structure, and attaching the first engaging structure of each of the pair of support brackets to a first column and a second column of a consumer product display, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: James Buck, Mike Detenber, Dathan Zang, Adam P. Kiteley
  • Patent number: 11708219
    Abstract: A mobile, rotatable, transport mechanism may include a rotating carrier having a plurality of conveyor sections. The rotating carrier may be moved within a facility by a robotic drive unit. In addition, the rotating carrier may be rotated between a vertical orientation for transport or storage, and a horizontal orientation for transfer of items or trays. A leveling mechanism may maintain the plurality of conveyor sections in a same relative orientation during rotation of the rotating carrier. Further, a height of the rotating carrier and/or angles of the plurality of conveyor sections may be adjusted to facilitate transfer of trays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Alan Talda, Terin Thomas
  • Patent number: 11707145
    Abstract: A wig maintenance and storage system is provided. The wig maintenance and storage system includes one or more wig pods that are mountable to one or more panels, such as a door panel, a travel panel, and a shower rack panel. The wig pod is universal to each panel and is able to receive a wig thereon for washing, drying, storage and display. In one embodiment, each wig pod includes a front facing dome member extending from a base. The wig pods are reconfigurable on the door panel, travel panel, and/or shower rack panel via magnetic fasteners. In this way, the wearer can arrange the wigs and corresponding wig pods as desired. In some embodiments, the wig maintenance and storage system can be folded or disassembled for transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventor: Cynthia Johnson
  • Patent number: 11706888
    Abstract: A positioning structure adapted for installing and fixing at least two storage devices having different sizes is provided. Each storage device has a plugging end and a fixing end. The positioning structure includes a casing, a socket disposed on the casing, at least two position-limiting components protruding from the casing, and a fixing bracket detachably engaged with any one of the position-limiting components. The plugging end of each storage device is adapted to be plugged into the socket. The position-limiting components respectively keep a first distance and a second distance greater than the first distance from the socket. According to the size of the storage device to be installed, the fixing bracket is engaged with the position-limiting component keeping the first distance from the socket or the position-limiting component keeping the second distance from the socket to fix the fixing end of the storage device to the fixing bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Li-Hua Hu