Patents Examined by Taylor L Morris
  • Patent number: 11255126
    Abstract: A ladder tray assembly includes a case that has a recess integrated therein. A lid is hingedly coupled to the case for opening and closing the case. A pole is extendable through the case and the pole is inserted into a rung of a ladder thereby mounting the case to the ladder. A case member is coupled to and extends away from the case and a grip is coupled to the case member. The grip extends around the pole when the pole is extended through the case and the grip extends around the rung through which the pole is extended. A pair of storage units is each attachable to the lid when the lid is in an open position to facilitate tools stored in the storage units to be accessible to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventor: Cecil Adams
  • Patent number: 11230208
    Abstract: A vehicle seat longitudinal adjuster (106) includes a seat track pair (1) with a lower seat track (2) and an upper seat track (4) that mutually engage one another for guided relative and longitudinal direction (x) movement. The lower seat track (2) has a substantially C-shaped profile (20, 22) with sections (24) that are bent downward at the ends. The upper seat track (4) has a substantially U-shaped profile (40, 42) with end sections (44) that are bent upward; the relative displaceability of the two seat tracks (2, 4) with respect to one another is limited by means of an interaction of an end stop (30) disposed on the lower seat track (2) with a stop element (48) disposed on the upper seat track (4), and wherein the end stop (30) is designed in the form of an extension of part of the downward bent sections (24) and the lower seat track (2) comprises a slotted hole (32) in the region of the end stop (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joachim Flick, Erik Sprenger, Ingo Quast, Turgay Turan
  • Patent number: 11219321
    Abstract: A hanging system and a method of hanging a support structure from a support surface. The hanging system may include a support structure and a hanging bracket for hanging the support structure from a support surface such as a wall. The support structure may include a mounting groove that accepts a portion of the hanging bracket to facilitate the coupling therebetween. The support structure may be able to slide side-to-side along the support surface while remaining coupled to the hanging bracket. The hanging system may alternatively, or additionally, include a reinforcement bracket. The reinforcement bracket may serve the dual purpose of holding the various mitered components of the support structure together and facilitating the hanging of the support structure from the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Terry Coyle, Jr., Richard Joseph Ehrhardt
  • Patent number: 11208159
    Abstract: A clamp assembly is provided for securing a panel or fairing to an I-beam, and comprises a pair of side blocks and a clamping block having a central body and a flat surface at at least one end of the central body. The side blocks and the clamping block are secured together using a single bolt. The flat surface at the end of the central body is positioned at an angle to the central body, so as to provide an angled surface for mounting of a fairing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Laydon Composites Ltd.
    Inventor: James D. Haws
  • Patent number: 11208941
    Abstract: An exhaust line element includes an exhaust volume comprising a metal enclosure with a thickness smaller than 1 mm and at least one metal plate with a thickness comprised between 0.5 and 5 mm. The metal plate comprises a central part that does not contact the metal enclosure and between 2 and 4 fastening tabs are secured to the central part. Each fastening tab is spot and transparently welded to the metal enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventors: Francois Paul Pierre Lecoester, Hongjiang Cui
  • Patent number: 11204296
    Abstract: The present invention provides a horizontal instrument, a supporting device and a method for adjusting the bearing surface of the supporting device to be horizontal. The horizontal instrument in the present invention is used for maintaining a bearing surface parallel to a horizontal plane, wherein the horizontal instrument comprises a slide-swing assembly, and a monitoring assembly, when the monitoring assembly detects that the bearing surface is not parallel to the horizontal plane, the controller instructs the driving unit to drive the slider to slide, which leads the lower end of the swinging rod to slide, and then drives the swinging rod to swing, thereby, the upper end of the swinging rod drives the bearing surface to rotate for an angle so that the bearing surface is maintained parallel to the horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventors: Chuhan Wang, Yinghao Wang
  • Patent number: 11178986
    Abstract: A device is provided which assists the positioning of wall mounted articles in their preferred orientation and stabilizing them to prevent them moving. The device comprises female and male components, each of which include mating features and magnetic elements that facilitate aligning, mating and attracting the female and male components together when the device is assembled. In a method of using the device to position and stabilize an article, such as a framed picture, on a generally vertically oriented structure, such as a wall, each of the female and male components is affixed to a respective one of the back of the article and the wall such that their mating features are exposed and align and mate with one another, and the magnetic elements attract one another, thereby holding the components together, as well as holding the article to the generally vertically oriented structure in a preferred orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventor: Darren Mark Maynard
  • Patent number: 11180920
    Abstract: A gutter hanger includes a main body; a rear clip at a first end of the main body; a front hook at a second end of the body; at least one guide tab extending from the main body, the at least one guide tab sized and positioned to align a drive tool relative to the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventor: John Pratt
  • Patent number: 11165230
    Abstract: A roller assembly for facilitating the drawing of a cable along a cable tray having a transversely-extending strut includes one roller having a rotation axis and an elongated attachment portion having a cross-sectional shape which is substantially U-shaped in form. The attachment portion is positionable about the transversely-extending strut of the cable tray by directing the opening of the U of the cross-sectional shape of the attachment portion over the strut. A fastener is used to bind the attachment portion to the strut. A second roller can mounted upon the attachment portion for rotation about an axis which is substantially normal to the rotation axis of the one roller for use at a corner or curve of the tray, and the componentry of the assembly facilitates the construction of a roller-bearing apparatus providing a multi-sided passageway through which a cable can be drawn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: iTool Equipment Holding LLC
    Inventors: David S. Jordan, Michael C. Jordan
  • Patent number: 11147368
    Abstract: A notebook computer leg support apparatus for securing a notebook computer on one leg includes a base and a pair of foldable legs coupled to the base. Each leg is hingingly coupled to the base left side and the base right side, respectively, and moves between an extended position substantially perpendicular to the base and a folded position adjacent a base bottom side. The legs in the extended position are configured to receive a user's thigh therebetween. An arm has an arm proximal end hingingly coupled to the base backside adjacent the base top side, an arm distal end, an arm left edge, an arm right edge, an arm inner side, and an arm outer side. The arm distal end is hooked and configured to secure a screen of a notebook computer. The arm moves between a use position and a store position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Inventor: Merle Vandersluis
  • Patent number: 11140979
    Abstract: The combination of: an electronic device having a monitor; and a support assembly made up of a collection of components. A first plurality of the components can be selectively changed between: a) a first state wherein at least two of the components in the first plurality of components are separated from each other and a third component; and b) a second state wherein the first plurality of components cooperatively define a first support assembly configuration with a device support surface to elevate the supported device. The first plurality of components is changeable between the first and second states without requiring use of any fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Se-Kure Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Scott Davidson, Clifford Weidler, Roger J. Leyden
  • Patent number: 11143564
    Abstract: The present invention provides a horizontal instrument, a supporting device and a method for adjusting the bearing surface of the supporting device to be horizontal. The horizontal instrument in the present invention is used for maintaining a bearing surface parallel to a horizontal plane, wherein the horizontal instrument comprises a slide-swing assembly, and a monitoring assembly, when the monitoring assembly detects that the bearing surface is not parallel to the horizontal plane, the controller instructs the driving unit to drive the slider to slide, which leads the lower end of the swinging rod to slide, and then drives the swinging rod to swing, thereby, the upper end of the swinging rod drives the bearing surface to rotate for an angle so that the bearing surface is maintained parallel to the horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Chuhan Wang, Yinghao Wang
  • Patent number: 11117418
    Abstract: A stand for holding a cylindrical receptacle at an angle including a first support, a second support positioned at an angle X in relation to first support and associated with first support at a vertex and a base, the base uniting the first support and the second support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventors: Emmet Kauffman, Caleb Kauffman
  • Patent number: 11085238
    Abstract: A safety ladder device supported by a worker to secure an extension ladder used by a worker to climb onto a roof to make repairs. The present invention is primarily used for roof repair construction on a parapet roof. The invention includes a wide section and a narrow section, one of which is hammered into a top wall of the parapet roof and extends forward off the roof to retain the extension ladder in a secure manner to prevent the ladder moving side-to-side or falling away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventor: Russell N. Bancroft
  • Patent number: 11077797
    Abstract: A rear view device for a motor vehicle includes a base portion mountable to the motor vehicle, an arm portion for carrying a head with at least one of a reflective element, a display element, and a camera, the arm portion being pivotable relative to the base portion around a bolt, the bolt providing a pivot axis, extending through an opening of the base portion and an opening of the arm portion, and fixed within the base portion, a sequence of a first base plate part, a second base plate part, and a spring, and a bearing part which is inserted into the opening of the arm portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: MOTHERSON INNOVATIONS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Paul R. Henion
  • Patent number: 11064809
    Abstract: A foldable easel blank includes a main panel defining a first side and a second side, the first side positioned opposite from the second side, the main panel defining a locking aperture extending through the main panel from a front main surface to a rear main surface; a support panel hingedly connected to the main panel, the support panel defining a locking tab configured to engage the locking aperture; a first side panel hingedly connected to the first side of the main panel by a first side hinge; a second side panel hingedly connected to the second side of the main panel by a second side hinge; and a base panel positioned between the first side hinge and the second side hinge, the base panel configured to engage the first side panel and the second side panel to form a base stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Hannah Conrad
  • Patent number: 11065401
    Abstract: A stand for an elongated medicament delivery device having a distal end and a proximal end the stand comprising a base section for supporting the stand on a support surface; a holding section for receiving the distal end of the medicament delivery device; and a body section arranged between the base section and the holding section; wherein the holding section is configured to hold the medicament delivery device in a substantially vertical orientation when the base section is positioned on the support surface. The holding section comprises an elastically deformable material for providing an elastic squeeze fit around the distal end of the medicament delivery device when received in the holding section. A system comprising an elongated medicament delivery device and a stand for supporting the medicament delivery device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventor: Lucas Carpenter
  • Patent number: 11059586
    Abstract: A rigid member configured to maintain components in spaced relationship is disclosed. An outer wall portion of the rigid member is arranged substantially concentric about a central axis and a fastener-receiving portion is arranged within the outer wall portion. The fastener-receiving member defines a central bore extending therethrough and oriented substantially concentric about the central axis. A plurality of interconnecting portions extend between the outer wall portion and the fastener-receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Nathanial C. Cuddy
  • Patent number: 11054223
    Abstract: A mounting and fastening system rail has an inboard-outboard axis, and comprises: a rail inboard surface extending transversely with respect to the axis; a rail outboard surface extending transversely with respect to the axis; at least one sidewall extending between the rail inboard and outboard surfaces and having at least one hanger mounting edge; and at least one endwall extending between the rail inboard and outboard surfaces and having an incurvate tapered surface extending between the rail inboard and outboard surfaces and tapering in an axially inboard and radially inward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Robert E. Stewart, Nicholas Strumbos
  • Patent number: 11051617
    Abstract: The telescoping adjustable leg comprises a tubular housing, a tubular toe, a cylindrical toe, a base and an externally threaded rod. The adjustable leg 10 is expandable from a fully retracted position to a fully extended position by rotation of the housing and cylindrical toe relative to the tubular toe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: COMPONENT HARDWARE GROUP, INC
    Inventor: Jenny Cheng