Patents Examined by Tri Mai
  • Patent number: 9750319
    Abstract: A single sheet template for folding to form a wallet with at least two card pockets. The template comprises: a) first and second pocket forming fold lines (16a, 16b) foldable in a z-fold to form inner and outer sheet portions of each of inner and outer card pockets and a bottom for each of the inner and outer card pockets, the bottom joining said inner and outer sheet portions; b) pocket side forming means (18a, 18c) foldable to form a first side of each of the inner and outer card pockets; c) a wallet edge fold line (18b) transverse to the first and second pocket forming fold lines and along which first and second segments (20a, 20b) of the template are foldable to form a second side of each of the inner and outer card pockets; and d) securing means (24a, 24b) for preventing unfolding along the wallet edge fold line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: FOLDAGE LIMITED
    Inventor: Michael Mueller-Heumann
  • Patent number: 9750321
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a case for a portable electronic device includes first and second panels and a bottom wall defining an interior storage compartment in which an internal support is coupled to the two panels. The internal support is configured to provide convenient access to and/or impact protection for a portable electronic device enclosed therein. When the case is in an open position, the internal support may provide structure and support to allow convenient use of a portable electronic device without the need to remove it from the case. Whereas, when the case is in a closed position the internal support may cradle an enclosed portable electronic device and provide impact protection. Thus, the case may be used to support a portable electronic device in an upright position, or protect it from damage during transit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Targus Group International, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael John Kandel
  • Patent number: 9743728
    Abstract: The suitcase travel organizer provides a suitcase having an organizing case disposed atop. A top end width and top end depth of the suitcase equals a case width and a case depth. A plurality of various shaped and sized openings are disposed within a top side such that a traveler may carry differing items, including those such as drinks, lotion, media players, notepad, and writing implements. A handle disposed in the top side within a cutout provides for further item carry. The handle is flush with the top side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventor: Bruce McConnell
  • Patent number: 9737128
    Abstract: An improved bottle, retaining device and associated elements for carrying items is disclosed. The retaining device is adapted for holding a container (or containers) or other items; the retaining device being adapted to affix the container by way of the retaining device to a person or a personal item so ready access is provided for the held container/item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: AMPHIPOD, INC.
    Inventors: Keith S. Willows, June A. Angus, Antonio Del Rosario
  • Patent number: 9730861
    Abstract: A feeding apparatus includes a food container. The food container includes an open end and a closed end. The food container is provided on a surface thereof with a plurality of apertures and a plurality of protrusions. The food container is made of a resilient material for use with foodstuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Dongguan Kidsme Industrial Limited
    Inventor: Fu Man Herman Lo
  • Patent number: 9717656
    Abstract: A feeding apparatus includes a food container. The food container includes an open end and a closed end. The food container is provided on a surface thereof with one or more apertures. The food container is made of a resilient material for use with foodstuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Dongguan Kidsme Industrial Limited
    Inventor: Fu Man Herman Lo
  • Patent number: 9713754
    Abstract: A modular golf bag having an external frame is provided. Poles connect a frame top capable of receiving golf clubs to a frame bottom. A pliable bag body extends between the frame top and the frame bottom such that a cavity capable of receiving golf clubs through the frame top is formed. Poles may be affixed to the pliable bag body using internally positioned pole sleeves, one or more slits in the pliable bag body, or a combination thereof. Also, storage compartments may be detachably connected between the poles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Heather L. Herron, Pierre A. Pactanac, Michael Wallans, Jeffrey W. Wear
  • Patent number: 9700110
    Abstract: A wheeled luggage case having a luggage receptacle, with two opposing major walls and having end walls forming a luggage compartment. The handle is a flexing, bending, pivoting or otherwise angular mobile linkage. In one embodiment, a major wall of the receptacle is adapted to serve as a bottom wall that faces the ground during a wheeled mode of travel. In another embodiment, the luggage case is deployable in two modes of travel. The case has two alternative attachment points for the handle, one for pulling the case along in a first mode of travel and one for pulling the case along in a second mode of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Inventors: Paul Tee Hui Lee, Marc Tee Huang Lee
  • Patent number: 9681717
    Abstract: A wheel housing (340) for a luggage case may include first and second pieces (342, 344) pivotally joined together. At least one of the first and second pieces (342, 344) supports an axle (346) that supports a wheel (348). The first piece (342) includes a surface that conforms to a first surface portion of the luggage case (100, 300), and the second piece (344) includes a surface that conforms to a second surface portion of the luggage case (100, 300). The wheel housing (340) may advantageously be coupled to a luggage case (100, 300). The first piece of (342) the wheel housing (340) may be operatively coupled to a first support portion of the luggage case (100, 300), and the second piece (344) of the wheel housing (340) may be coupled to a second support portion of the luggage case (100, 300). The first and second support portions of the luggage case (100, 300) may be defined by a single sheet of material in some examples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Samsonite IP Holdings S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Reinhard Meersschaert, Dirk Santy
  • Patent number: 9681721
    Abstract: Disclosed is a card wallet for use with cards such as identification cards, credit cards, RFID cards. The card wallet comprises a base and lower and upper arms extending from the base. The lower arm and upper arms each comprise a channel portion and a protrusion disposed at an outer end portion. The base and channel portions of the lower and upper arms form a retention area. The protrusions moveable between a non-biased position where the retention area is closed and a biased position where the retention area is open. In operation, the protrusions of the lower and upper arms are moved to the biased position upon insertion of the cards at the protrusions allowing complete insertion of the cards and then return of the protrusions of the lower and upper arms to the non-biased position where the cards are retained within the retention area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Decadent Minimalist Inc.
    Inventor: Erik P. Moon
  • Patent number: 9676508
    Abstract: An in-bottle aerator for mixing the oxygen in the air with wine as the wine is poured from its bottle. The aerator has at least one air ingress channel extending from one end of the aerator to the other, allowing air into the bottle to displace wine exiting the bottle. Air mixing channels draw air from outside the bottle and direct that air to lateral channels that intersect a central flow channel extending from one end of the bottle to another. The air mixing and air ingress channels are preferably arranged to allow the user to pour and aerate wine at the same time and with the bottle in any orientation about its axis. The aerator may be a separately formed component that can be inserted into the bottle by the bottle manufacturer, by a wine bottler or by an enduser. Alternatively, the aerator may be wholly or partly formed as part of the neck of the bottle. A completely and integrally formed aerator may be formed as a part of a plastic wine bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Mars Aerator LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Devoy, Brian Whalen
  • Patent number: 9676262
    Abstract: A protective vehicle cover is a device that is placed over the windshield or other window of a vehicle in order to protect the vehicle interior from damage due to sunlight and heat. The protective vehicle cover features a multilayer shield that repels liquid and reflects sunlight as well as an at least one intermediate layer that provides additional functions such as increasing the weight and facilitating handling of the protective vehicle cover. The protective vehicle cover is magnetically secured to metallic portions of the vehicle's roof, hood, left strut, and right strut. At least one securing flap and at least one magnetic fastener are utilized to further secure the protective vehicle cover to both the interior and the exterior portions of the vehicle's windshield or windows. The at least one securing flap is folded into the interior of the vehicle and magnetically secured in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Inventor: Prasanna S. Peries
  • Patent number: 9675154
    Abstract: A compound suitcase includes a top cover and a base which are formed with a plastic material by injection. The periphery of the top cover is formed with a side wall. The periphery of the base is formed with a side wall. Support units are connected at four corners of the top cover and the base, respectively. Each support unit includes a support board and a support member coupled to the support board. A covering fabric surrounds the outer surfaces of the four support units to form a front surface, two side surfaces, and a rear surface. The upper and lower ends of the front surface, the two side surfaces, and the rear surface are connected to the top cover and the base, respectively. The upper and lower portions of the compound suitcase are hard case configurations, and the middle portion is a soft case configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Inventor: Joy Tong
  • Patent number: 9669273
    Abstract: A golf bag is provided with a lower frame, an inner frame, two positioning support members, an upper frame, an outer support member and a cover. The two slots are provided at two opposite sides of the inner frame, the magnetic member is disposed on the inner surface of each of the slots, the first receiving cavities are formed on the lower frame, the magnetic end of the positioning support members are inserted in the slots and attracted by the magnetic members, and another end of the positioning support members are inserted in the first receiving cavities, all these arrangements contribute to strengthening the connection between the inner and lower frames, consequently stabilizing the structure of the golf bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Inventor: Wei-Hung Lai
  • Patent number: 9661904
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a travel bag having an extra storage compartment. The auxiliary storage compartment is formed of a flexible textile material and is attached to top of the travel bag in a folding manner. The auxiliary storage compartment is usually stored to be in close contact with the outside of the main body of the bag. When in use, the auxiliary storage compartment is unfolded upward for assembly so that another auxiliary storage compartment is formed. During travel, belongings such as a handbag, a camera, a cellular phone, etc. can be conveniently stored and kept temporarily during an immigration inspection at an airport or the like. Accordingly, utility of the travel bag can be more improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Heecheol Yun
  • Patent number: 9662553
    Abstract: The present invention provides a base for golf bag, comprising a base plate, an upper frame and a number of coupling pieces. The base plate is in the shape of a shell with an upward opening. Its periphery is configured with a number of inserting plates. A number of through portions are configured on the ring body at positions corresponding to the inserting plates. The upper frame is coupled on the base plate in a detachable form, with its periphery configured with a number of inserting slots with downward openings and through-holes connecting with the inserting slots. The inserting plates are to be correspondingly inserted into the inserting slots, so that the base plate and the upper frame can be combined together. The through-holes are corresponding to the through portions. The coupling pieces can be inserted into the through-holes and through portions in a detachable form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Kai-Lun Cheng
  • Patent number: 9648932
    Abstract: A handbag includes a body forming an interior compartment and an opening for accessing the interior compartment, a first hanger within the interior compartment, a second hanger within the interior compartment, a first pocket assembly removably secured to the first hanger so that the first pocket assembly hangs from the first hanger within the interior compartment and is accessible through the opening, and a second pocket assembly removably secured to the second hanger so that the second pocket assembly hangs from the second hanger within the interior compartment and is accessible through the opening. The first and second pocket assemblies are interchangeable with other pocket assemblies to easily configure the interior compartment in any desired manner for storage and they are also interchangeable with other handbags so that items stored in the pockets assemblies can be easily transferred to other handbags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Jewell LLC
    Inventors: Christy Anne Johnson, Brandi Lynn Osterman
  • Patent number: 9642424
    Abstract: A suitcase with foldable seat including a suitcase and each of a right inner leg and a left inner leg of a pair of inner legs coupled to a back side of the suitcase. A front end of each a right support member and a left support member of a pair of horizontal support members is pivotally attached to each of the right inner leg and the left inner leg, respectively, and a rear end of each of the right support member and the left support member is pivotally attached to each of a right outer leg and a left outer leg, respectively, of a pair of outer legs. A seat covering is continuously disposed between each of the pair of inner legs and the pair of outer legs. The pair of outer legs is foldable between a retracted position and an alternate extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: Baron Holmes
  • Patent number: 9615638
    Abstract: A wheeling frame for a suitcase which has its own rolling wheels includes a frame supporting a pair of leaning wheels arranged at ends of a pair of pivotable legs, with a first wheel arranged at the end of a first leg and a second wheel arranged at the end of a second leg. The leg positions are adjustable between a stowed position and a deployed, adjustable position extending at an angle to the frame. The legs have a movable pivoting axis and adjustable lengths. A handle system at a proximal end of the frame is adjustable in length and angle, and is operable in conjunction with the leaning wheels to roll the suitcase in a stable leaning position, to allow walking the suitcase on steps of a staircase, and to be converted into a suitcase table, to ease packing and unpacking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventors: Max Moskowitz, Dov Katz, Bezalel Katz
  • Patent number: 9615641
    Abstract: A container and billfold for carrying credit cards and the like is provided with security protection for shielding surreptitious remote retrieval of the information stored in magnetic means on the cards. The upper edge portions of the cards are exposed in a staggered manner in the container for ready identification, selection and removal of a particular card during use. The container has a spring-loaded cam operated compression spring hinge to maintain it in either a closed condition in a snap action or in a secure opened condition with its upper housing pivoted to a maximum opening position of generally 49 degrees relative to the plane of the lower housing. A paper currency clip is also provided in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventors: Eric Tsz Kin Yeung, Jackie Chi Ki Yeung