Biased Surface Patents (Class 108/136)
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Patent number: 11745917Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to a transportation system for carrying servers. The transportation system includes a server rack and a shock-absorbing pallet. The shock-absorbing pallet is secured under the server rack and configured to move relative to the server rack to dampen vibration during transportation of the server rack. The shock-absorbing pallet includes a top cover, a bottom cover, one or more isolation devices, and one or supporting layers. The one or more isolation devices are disposed between the top cover and the bottom cover. Each isolation device includes a shock-absorbing component coupled to the top cover and the bottom cover. The one or more supporting layers are secured between the top cover and the bottom cover around the one or more isolation devices. The one or more supporting layers have a plurality of slots for guiding a pallet lifter therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Ming-Sheng Chang, Sheng-Wei Tang, Ta-Chih Chen
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Patent number: 11628971Abstract: Proposed is an anti-vibration pallet. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to an anti-vibration pallet that is capable of realizing an effect of an air spring by using only a combination of an auxiliary mount and a main mount that are formed of elastic bodies provided between an upper plate and a lower plate, and is also capable of maximizing an anti-vibration performance by controlling an optimal anti-vibration load according to a cargo load. In order to achieve the objectives described above, the present disclosure includes: an upper plate on which cargo is loaded on a top portion thereof; a lower plate positioned below the upper plate; a main mount installed between the lower plate and the upper plate; and an auxiliary mount installed outside the main mount.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Korea Railroad Research InstituteInventor: Seung-Ho Jang
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Patent number: 11419410Abstract: A lifting table that includes a worksurface, a left table leg assembly, a right table leg assembly, a left table feet assembly, and a right table feet assembly, and a beam assembly. The right table leg assembly. The left table leg assembly and the right table leg assembly vertically support the worksurface. The left table feet assembly is connected with the left table leg assembly. The right table feet assembly is connected with the right table leg assembly. The beam assembly is horizontally connected with the left table leg assembly and the right table leg assembly. The beam assembly includes a plurality of beam components such as a spool assembly and a drive spring. The spool assembly includes an aluminium bracket, a spool, a brake gear, and a gear shaper assembly. The drive spring is connected to the spool through a spool drive rope to power the lifting table. The spool is wound with an active wire rope and an auxiliary wire rope, coiled in opposite directions.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: SHANGHAI TENGFEI COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY CO., LTDInventors: Yongfei Tang, Wenmin Pan
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Patent number: 11337516Abstract: An embodiment of the present application provides a height adjustable workstation, comprising: a base; a supporting rod assembly comprising a first supporting rod and a second supporting rod, wherein a middle of the first supporting rod is hinged to a middle of the second supporting rod, a bottom end of the first supporting rod is hinged to the base, and a bottom end of the second supporting rod is slidably and rotatably connected to the base; a tabletop, to which a top end of the first supporting rod is slidably and rotatably connected and to which a top end of the second supporting rod is hinged; a telescopic mechanism, one end of which is hinged to the first supporting rod and the other end of which is hinged to the second supporting rod. The extension or contraction of the stroke of the telescopic mechanism controls synchronous movement between the supporting rods, and the supporting rods control the lifting and lowering of the tabletop.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Inventor: Xiaodong You
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Patent number: 11318367Abstract: A card shuffler system includes an automatic card shuffler for shuffling playing cards and a shuffler transport device coupled to the automatic card shuffler to move and support the automatic card shuffler. The shuffler transport device includes a base assembly for moving along a ground surface, a vertical support, and an adjustment assembly coupled to the vertical support. The vertical support extends from the base assembly and is coupled to the automatic card shuffler to cantilever the automatic card shuffler over the base assembly. The adjustment assembly adjusts the height of the automatic card shuffler between at least a first height and a second height along a vertical axis. The vertical adjustment of the shuffler may facilitate installation of the shuffler at an installation point.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: SG Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Haven A. Mercer, Christopher J. Hannigan, Jamal Kotifani, Matthew J. Lucchetti, Paul K. Scheper, Michael Vizzo
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Patent number: 11284711Abstract: A mobile workstation comprises a wheeled base, a height-adjustable post assembly fixedly coupled to the rear end of the wheeled base, and a tray assembly fixedly coupled to the top of the post assembly. The post assembly has a four-post construction, with upper and lower vertical posts pivotally connected to a pair of linking posts. To accommodate different users, the post assembly is designed to articulate between an upper position and a lower position through a primarily vertical travel path. The four-post construction of the post assembly disperses the weight of the tray assembly, thereby reducing the manual force required to implement height adjustment. The planar, primarily vertical, travel path undertaken by the post assembly during height adjustment maintains the workstation center of gravity to a centralized location in the base, thereby minimizing the use of counterbalances to ensure stability. As a result, the workstation is lightweight and easily maneuverable.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: JACO, INC.Inventors: Alfred P. Rossini, Thomas J. Bagley, Govind Patel, David Maloney, Jeff Silverman
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Patent number: 11033102Abstract: In one example, a height adjustable desktop system is described that can include a work surface, a foot assembly and a linkage assembly that adjustably connects the work surface to the foot assembly allowing vertical adjustment of the work surface. The linkage assembly can include a pair of adjustment assemblies, each having a transverse linkage that maintains the work surface in a horizontal orientation as the work surface is elevated or lowered. A biasing mechanism, such as an extension spring or a torsion spring, biases the work surface toward the elevated position.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.Inventors: Mustafa A. Ergun, Thiem Wong, John William Theis
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Patent number: 10975574Abstract: In a mechanism for recycling energy from stairs (200), a step platform (210) is moveable between an upper and lower position. An energy storage device (220), coupled to the platform (210), stores energy when a downward force is applied thereto, causing the step platform (210) to move to the lower position. The energy storage device (220) also releases stored energy as the step platform (210) moves from to the upper position. A controllable locking mechanism (240) locks the step platform (210) in the lower position when the downward force has caused the step platform (210) to move into the lower position. A sensor (250) determines when a downward force has been applied to the next higher step platform (250). A controller (300) signals the controllable locking mechanism (242) to unlock the step platform (250) when the step platform (250) is in the lower position and when the downward force has been applied to the next higher step platform (250).Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignees: Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Emory UniversityInventors: Cheng-Yun Karen Liu, Sehoon Ha, Yun Seong Song, Lena Ting
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Patent number: 10602840Abstract: A height adjustable table can include a plurality of legs, a lower portion, a worksurface, a height adjustable surface, and a linkage. The worksurface can be supported by the plurality of legs and can include a fixed surface and a height adjustable surface. The fixed surface can be secured to at least one of the lower portion and the plurality of legs, and the fixed surface can define a recessed portion. The height adjustable surface can be movable between a raised position and a lowered position so that the height-adjustable surface retracts into the recessed portion when in the lowered position so that the height adjustable surface is coplanar with the fixed surface. The linkage can be configured to move the height adjustable surface between the lowered position and the raised position so that the height adjustable surface remains parallel to the fixed surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: ERGOTRON, INC.Inventors: Mustafa A. Ergun, John William Theis, Michael John Mullen
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Patent number: 10583960Abstract: A selectively height adjustable pallet including a first member having a first outer surface and a first inner surface, a second member having a second outer surface and a second inner surface, and a plurality of selectively adjustable supports arranged between the first member and the second member. The selectively adjustable supports being operable to establish a first distance between the first inner surface and the second inner surface in a first configuration and a second distance, distinct from the first distance between the first inner surface and the second inner surface in a second configuration. At least one cross member is selectively arranged between the first inner surface and the second inner surface when the plurality of adjustable supports are in one of the first configuration and the second configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Clinton Erie, Jason Lee, Michael MacPherson, Ryan Paske
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Patent number: 10463159Abstract: A swiveling arrangement with a swiveling element swivelable around an axis powered and damped by a gas spring having a cylinder filled with gas and divided into first and second working chambers by a piston that has a piston rod guided through the second working chamber and a guiding and sealing unit. A first connection opened during an outward stroke of the piston from the second to the first working chamber, and a second connection is opened during an inward stroke from the first to the second working chamber that has a smaller cross-sectional flow area than the first connection. An auxiliary piston separates the second working chamber from an auxiliary chamber. A third connection from the auxiliary chamber to the second working chamber opened in the end move-out stroke and a fourth connection from the second working chamber to the auxiliary chamber opened in the move-in stroke.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Stabilus GmbHInventors: Mike Oberender, Walter Schmitt
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Patent number: 10400840Abstract: A test stand for an unmanned aerial vehicle comprising: a base arranged to make contact with the ground; a frame extending from the base, the frame comprising at least a first side portion and a second side portion that define a space therebetween; and a mount slidably attached to the frame within the space, the mount configured to affix to an unmanned aerial vehicle such that the mount and the unmanned aerial vehicle slide within the defined space in a direction parallel to the frame during a test flight.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Top Flight Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Eli M. Davis, Long N. Phan
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Patent number: 10159345Abstract: A display supporting apparatus includes a supporting unit having first and second support frames, and a resilient mechanism having a guide member, a slide member removably and slidably engageable with the guide member, and a resilient member. The supporting unit is operable between folded and unfolded states, in which the first and second support frames are moved toward and away from each other, respectively. The resilient member is compressed between the first and second support frames when the supporting unit is in the folded state.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: MODERNSOLID INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Chin-Jui Hung
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Patent number: 10150521Abstract: A industrial truck with a drive part, which has a driver stand that has an L-shaped stand platform with a horizontally arranged floor element and a vertically arranged wall element, wherein the floor element is spring-mounted on the drive part by means of at least one spring element and a swing arm, and the wall element has a coupling element that acts on the movement of the stand platform.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Jungheinrich AktiengesellschaftInventor: Helmut Lohmann
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Patent number: 10068748Abstract: A method for scanning an object, the method may include moving an object by a first mechanical stage that follows a first scan pattern; introducing multiple movements, by a second mechanical stage, between the object and the first mechanical stage while the first mechanical stage follows the first scan pattern; and obtaining, by optics, images of multiple suspected defects while the first mechanical stage follows the first scan pattern; wherein a weight of the first mechanical stage exceeds a weight of the second mechanical stage.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD.Inventors: Yoram Uziel, Benzion Sender, Doron Aspir, Yohanan Madmon, Ron Naftali, Yuri Belenky
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Patent number: 10004327Abstract: A workstation for alternatively configuring a conventional desk for use while sitting and use while standing. The workstation includes an extendable column formed of multiple nested sections. The nested sections are configured to telescope such that the column can be extended. The workstation is configured to support a monitor and a tray. The extendable column contains a counter balance mechanism that is configured to resist collapsing of the column. A movement coupling mechanism is provided that it is such that motion of the first section relative to the second section is transmitted to the third section such that the third section moves a corresponding amount relative to the second section.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: PERFECT POSTURE LLCInventor: Robert Grant McRorie, III
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Patent number: 9914541Abstract: Dynamic support systems (10) include a plurality of support members (12), a base material (14), and a support layer (18). Each support member (12) has an upper support surface (20) extending from a first end of a stud (22), and a spherical member (28) extending from a second end of the stud. The base material (14) includes a plurality of receptacles (40) having a socket (42) with a recessed area (52) for positioning a spring (56). The support layer (18) also includes a plurality of apertures (64) that are positioned over the receptacles (40) and allow the studs (22) to extend there through.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2014Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Zodiac Seats US LLCInventors: Udo W. Schultheis, Foek (Phuc) Nguyen Tien Le
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Patent number: 9896141Abstract: An assembly is provided that is used to allow a bicycle to have seat height adjustment controlled by the rider while the bicycle is in motion. The seat height is adjustable to suit the needs of the operator. The assembly can include a horizontal lower channel which can be attached to a seat-post or seat-clamp of a bicycle and a horizontal upper channel that can be secured to a bicycle seat. The horizontal upper channel can be attached to the lower channel by four arms and can be raised and lowered by a control.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Inventor: Robert Austin
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Patent number: 9889894Abstract: An industrial truck with a drive part having a driver stand assembly. The driver stand assembly includes an L-shaped stand platform with a horizontally arranged floor element and a vertical wall element. The vertical wall element has a switching lever positioned on it which interacts with the spring element in a first switching position and is freely movable relative to the spring element in a second switching position, wherein in the first switching position, a spring force of the spring element acts by means of the switching lever on the stand platform.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Jungheinrich AktiengesellschaftInventor: Helmut Lohmann
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Patent number: 9826825Abstract: A table assembly comprising at least one leg assembly including a first elongated member having a length dimension parallel to a substantially vertical extension axis and at least one second elongated member supported by the first member for sliding motion along the extension axis between extended and retracted positions, a load compensator including a spring having first and second ends supported by the second elongated member and operatively coupled to the first elongated member, respectively, a table top supported by the second member and a locking assembly including a lock housing supported by the leg assembly and forming a lock housing passageway that passes there through, a first coupler supported by the leg assembly and including at least an elongated central portion that extends through the lock housing passageway and a locking member moveable between a locked position wherein the locking member is operably linked to the first coupler to restrict movement and an unlocked position wherein the locking mType: GrantFiled: July 23, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: David K. Jones, Kurt Heidmann, Todd Andres
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Patent number: 9816224Abstract: A garment steamer with an inclinable ironing board (100) comprises a base (10) and a support structure (50) that includes an upper part (51), a lower part (52) and an ironing board (60) attached to the upper part. The garment steamer further comprises an inclining structure (70) including an inclining linkage (80) that connects the upper and lower parts, wherein the upper part (51) is inclinable relative to the lower part (52) at an angle between horizontal and vertical. The inclining linkage (80) comprises first and second link arms (83,84) extending between and pivotably connecting with the upper and lower parts. The first link arm (83) is longer than the second link arm (84) such that upper part (51) assumes an inclined position relative to the lower part (52) when the upper and lower ends of the link arms (83,84) are pivoted about the upper and lower parts (51,52), respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Hee Keng Chua, Yong Jiang, Zhen Ming Jimmy Xing
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Patent number: 9769949Abstract: A self-contained mobile surveillance apparatus has applicability in a variety of short or long term settings where security and documentation of activities are needed. Integral to the apparatus is a gas shock assisted swing arm lift assembly and a removable quick connect pod platform system for use in acquiring, recording, storing, and transmitting data to one or more receive locations.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Inventor: Steven T. Kuntz
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Patent number: 9736892Abstract: A high-frequency heating cooker includes: a heating chamber; a high-frequency heating unit; a tray table; a tray table rotating shaft which includes a cylindrical shaft portion and which holds the tray table; and an electric motor which rotates the tray table. The electric motor is fixed to the heating chamber by an electric motor mounting plate, and is configured to transmit a force of an electric motor rotating shaft to the tray table rotating shaft. The tray table rotating shaft transmits a rotating force to the tray table, and is made of a resin molding material. The tray table rotating shaft includes a tray table rotating shaft protrusion formed on a side surface of the cylindrical shaft portion, thereby being configured not to be easily removed from interior of the heating chamber.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Masato Yamauchi
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Patent number: 9733644Abstract: Structures and protocols are presented for configuring an unmanned aerial device to participate in the performance of tasks, for using data resulting from such a configuration or performance, or for facilitating other interactions with such devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Elwha LLCInventors: Royce A. Levien, Richard T. Lord, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, Jr., Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
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Patent number: 9624967Abstract: A device is provided for positioning an object with respect to another object. The device includes a linkage having an extended condition and a collapsed condition, the linkage including at least one pair of links coupled to one another about a pivot rotation axis. The device also includes a friction element positioned at the pivot rotation axis of the at least one pair of links of the linkage. A spring of the device is positioned to apply bias to the links of the at least one pair of links of the linkage. The device is configured to resist unintended movement of the object from the user-adjusted position along the path and to facilitate intended movement of the object proximally toward or distally away from the other object.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: SOUTHCO, INC.Inventor: Richard E. Schlack
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Patent number: 9593481Abstract: Implementations of the present invention relate to systems, methods, and apparatus for positioning and/or selectively repositioning one or more objects within an individual space. More specifically, a functional wall module can at least partially define the individual space. Furthermore, the functional wall module can include a single or multiple movable platforms that may support or secure one or more objects. As such, movement of the movable platform(s) may position and/or selectively reposition such objects within the individual space.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2013Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: DIRTT Environmental Solutions, LTD.Inventors: Geoff Gosling, Mogens Smed
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Patent number: 9560910Abstract: A height adjustable furniture piece includes a device for connecting a belt to the furniture piece. The device includes two support elements, each including a first extension member and a second extension member that is telescopically arranged with respect to the first extension member. The belt is fixed to the first extension member and a spring element connects the belt and the first extension member. The belt is deflected by pulleys such that a relative displacement between the first extension member and the second extension member of the first support element results in a synchronous relative displacement between the first extension member and the second extension member of the second support element. The spring element includes a spring force that assists lifting of the second extension member against the force of gravity.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: KESSEBÖHMER PRODUKTIONS GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Melf Hansen
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Patent number: 9480445Abstract: An elevating column for an X-ray apparatus, the X-ray apparatus preferably being mobile, wherein the column is rotationally fixed in relation to a base of the X ray apparatus, and the column having a plurality of segments, including: a first segment, having a first end and an opposite second end, arranged at the base with the first end, and a second segment having a first end and an opposite second end; wherein the second segment is arranged at its first end with an overlap of the first segment's second end and is moveable relative the first segment; and a first elevation adjustment unit including: at least a first threaded elongate member fixed at one of the first and second segments, and a first threaded receiving element arranged at the other of the first and second segments, matingly engaged with the threaded elongate member for elevation adjustment of said column.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: SOLUTIONS FOR TOMORROW ABInventors: Mattias Guldstrand, Martin Göran Kristoffer Yngvesson, Jan Bååt
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Patent number: 9360152Abstract: The invention includes a display positioning assembly comprising a support, a display supported by the support, and a balance mechanism carried by the display and operatively connected to the support. The invention also includes an article for selectively exposing a display comprising a generally planar support surface having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. A balance mechanism operatively connected to a display may be positionable between a storage position proximate the first side of the generally planar support surface and an exposed position proximate the second side of the generally planar support surface. The invention also includes an assembly for arresting the free fall of an object. The assembly may comprise an outer slide in sliding or rolling engagement with an inner slide, and a brake comprising at least one pivot member may be coupled to the inner slide.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.Inventors: Harry C. Sweere, Mustafa A. Ergun, Robert William Fluhrer, Shaun Christopher Lindblad, Jeff Eliason, Joseph Funk
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Patent number: 9304324Abstract: A vertical axis shock and vibration isolator for a camera has first and second plates connected by linkages which allow the plates to move towards and away from each other, while keeping the plates parallel to each other. The second plate is suspended from the first plate on dampener assemblies having a spring and a fluid dampener. The isolator may be used in an under slung or an over slung position, without changing its isolation characteristics. When set up in an over slung position, the dampener assemblies may be inverted separately from the isolator so that the springs remain loaded in compression.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc.Inventor: Leonard T. Chapman
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Patent number: 9241562Abstract: A work station includes a work surface and a panel with a notch formed therein and a channel formed therethrough. A panel support base is positioned within the notch of the panel, a sliding member is positioned within the channel of the panel and extends through the work surface, a support member is positioned at an end portion of the sliding member extending through the work surface, and an arm rotatably coupled between the panel support base and the sliding member. The arm is rotatable to move the sliding member and adjust the position of the support member relative to the work surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Inventor: Scott A. Fish
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Patent number: 9188379Abstract: The present invention provides a food organizing insert for placement within an ice chest. The food organizing insert comprises a top shelf arranged for placing food items, drinks and ice, a bottom shelf attached to the top shelf by way of a plurality of posts, a plurality of threaded plugs designed to secure the plurality of posts in position and a plurality of holes positioned on the top shelf and the bottom shelf to insert the plurality of posts. Each of the plurality of posts is surrounded by a spring and the top shelf is provided with a perforated natural drip dry system on a top surface. The perforated natural drip dry system allows melted ice water to drip from the top shelf. The food organizing insert is placed within the ice chest to maintain the food items, drinks and ice in a chilled condition and elevated above the dirty water.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Inventor: Jose Rosendo Jimenez
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Patent number: 9144901Abstract: A storage device for a multilayer substrate comprises a base, a support and multiple brackets. The brackets are stacked along the support and are slidably attached to the support. The storage device for the multilayer substrate further comprises a bracket moving device, and the bracket moving device drives one or more the brackets to move up and down along the support.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2012Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Inventors: Weibing Yang, Chunhao Wu, Kunhsien Lin, Yongqiang Wang, Zhiyou Shu, Minghu Qi, Zenghong Chen, Zhenhua Guo, Yunshao Jiang
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Patent number: 9022330Abstract: An overhead slatwall mounting bracket that has an anchoring surface and a biasing surface. The anchoring surface attaches the mounting bracket to a generally horizontal installation surface. The biasing surface may either define or provide one or more elongate slots. The mounting bracket is capable of securely supporting slatwall accessories that include one or more cantilever tabs. Each cantilever tab of the slatwall accessory may be inserted into one of the one or more elongate slots and thereby mount the slatwall accessory to the mounting bracket. The invention provides a means to suspend, mount or temporarily affix the tabbed slatwall accessory from an overhead or horizontal surface by insertion and subsequent rotation of the one or more cantilever tabs extending from the slatwall accessory into the one or more elongate slots.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Inventor: Roland Edward Heersink
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Publication number: 20150014264Abstract: Apparatus (10) comprises a base (12), a plurality of posts (14) attached to the base (12), and a platform (16) defining a surface (18) for supporting at least one mail tray. The platform (16) is coupled to the four posts (14) and is moveable therealong between a first position (20) and a second position (22) (shown in phantom lines) below the first position (20) when a first object (e.g. a full tray) is supported on the surface (18) of the platform (16). As other full trays are stacked on the apparatus (10), the platform (16) is displaced further from the first position (20) until eventually it reaches the base (12). When the full trays are unloaded from the apparatus (10), the platform (16) rises upwards, returning to the first position (20) when none remain on the surface (18). As the platform (16) rises, a space (32) between the platform (16) and the base (12) opens up and is a convenient place to store empty trays.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2012Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Michael Charles Linnell, SR., Michael Charles Linnell, JR., Linda Rose Linnell, Sharon Ann Manning
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Patent number: 8919715Abstract: A folding shelf holder is strong and folds easily. A wall side member has a pin as a rotational axis of a shelf side member relative to the wall side member and a rotation limiter limiting rotation of the shelf side member relative to the wall side member. The shelf side member has a long groove for inserting the pin of the wall side member. When the folded shelf side member is opened to be approximately orthogonal to the wall side member and the shelf side member is slid toward the wall side member and in a direction where the long groove extends, the shelf side member abuts, at a back side of the pin, to the rotation limiter of the wall side member, preventing rotation of the shelf side member relative to the wall side member. Then, the shelf side member cannot fold relative to the wall side member.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Sugatsune Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masao Terada
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Publication number: 20140117197Abstract: An apparatus adaptable to automatic leveling platform devices with integral springs, which enables an operator to easily and quickly adjust the overall spring resistance to accommodate a range of loads applied to the platform. More particularly, the apparatus utilizes a sliding frame, springs and pins such that a user may engage or disengage one or more springs easily and quickly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Inventors: Carl Lee Stover, Craig T. Jones, Dennis R. Weber
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Publication number: 20140102340Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a table apparatus. The table apparatus includes a support assembly, a surface assembly and an adjustment assembly. The adjustment assembly allows for the movement of a work surface between a first bottom position and a second top position while remaining in the same, preferably, horizontal, orientation throughout the movement thereof. Additionally, the work surface is permitted to rotate about an axis that is perpendicular to the work surface. A secondary work surface is provided, which, when properly set to the same height, cooperates with the work surface to provide a matingly engaged configuration which allows for a substantially continuous joined work surface, while allowing for rotation of the work surface about an axis that is perpendicular to the work surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2010Publication date: April 17, 2014Inventors: Brett Kooistra, Maurice Fredricks, Bruce Fredricks, Benjamin Edinger, Mitchell Mulder
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Publication number: 20130036950Abstract: A stabilising arrangement to support an object (1) (such as a table) above four ground engaging means (5c-8c) (such as feet) includes an interconnection means (4) interconnecting at least three lever parts (e.g. four table legs (5-8) or beam portions (5a-8a) each connected to the interconnection means by a respective pivot (9) having a respective pivot axis (5h-8h). Each ground engaging means can be attached to or integral with one of the three lever parts where at least one of the ground engaging means is connected to the first lever part and at least one ground engaging means is connected to the third lever part. The first pivot axis and the third pivot axis are at an angle of up to thirty degrees from parallel to each other and within thirty degrees of perpendicular to the second pivot axis. The second lever part has first and second engaging regions, the first engaging region located on the opposite side of the second pivot axis to the second engaging region in plan view.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2010Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: NO ROCK CAFE TABLES PTY LTDInventors: Christopher Brian Heyring, Jonathan Ramsey Beames, John Gerard Catoni, Toby William Heyring, Richard Monk
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Patent number: 8353199Abstract: The invention is a multiple degree-of-freedom test stand for unmanned air vehicles, and is particularly useful for small or micro unmanned air vehicles. The stand is gravity balanced using springs such that no weight of any part of the stand becomes a burden to the tested vehicle when it flies while constrained to the stand. A joint and a plurality of members are used to enable multiple degrees of freedom.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Arrowhead Center, Inc.Inventors: Ou Ma, Carlos E. Ortega, Ken Ruble, Qi Lu
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Publication number: 20120318946Abstract: A support assembly includes a first member, a second member spaced apart from the first member, a third member securing the first and second members together, and a fourth member extending between the first and second members. The fourth member forces the first and second members apart to provide a tensile force in the third member and a compressive force in the fourth member, thereby stabilizing the support.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventor: Donald David Schlueter
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Publication number: 20120180200Abstract: A force limiting device comprises a housing defining an axially extending chamber containing a working fluid. A force transmitting member may be mounted for linear reciprocable movement inside the chamber under the action of external loads. An axial array of plates is floatingly disposed in the chamber between the force transmitting member and an end wall of the chamber. At rest, each plate is spaced from an adjacent plate by a gap occupied by the working fluid. When the force transmitting member is displaced towards the array of plates, the fluid in the chamber causes the plates to be successively pushed against each other, thereby causing some of the fluid to be squeezed out from between the plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Inventor: Martin GAUDET
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Publication number: 20110315053Abstract: A table assembly, the assembly comprising a first member having a length dimension parallel to a substantially vertical extension axis, a second member supported by the first member for sliding motion along the extension axis between at least an extended position and a retracted position, the second member forming an internal passageway, a table top mounted to one end of one of the first and second members, a spring that generates a variable spring force that depends at least in part on the degree of spring loading, the spring having first and second ends, aligned substantially parallel to the vertical extension axis, located at least partially within the internal passage formed by the second member and linked to each of the first and second members and a rotatable cam member engaged with the spring, the cam member and spring applying a force between the first and second members tending to drive the second member into the extended position, the cam member rotating around an axis as the second member moves betType: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Inventors: David K. Jones, Kurt Heidmann, Todd Andres
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Patent number: 7997215Abstract: The invention relates to a table (1) comprising an up-and-down movable tabletop (2) and operating provisions to move the tabletop (2) up and down, characterized in that the operating provisions are located under the tabletop (2) and that they can be reached by hand. Said operating provisions preferably comprise an operating ring (3) movable against a resilient force.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2005Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Group De Keyzer BVBAInventor: Hans De Keyzer
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Publication number: 20090095560Abstract: A materials handling vehicle is provided comprising: a frame; a set of wheels supported on the frame to allow the materials handling vehicle to move across a floor surface; a rider compartment located within the frame for receiving an operator; and an operator support assembly. The operator support assembly comprises a suspended floorboard upon which the operator may stand when located within the rider compartment and an energy absorbing structure coupled to the frame and the suspended floorboard for absorbing and dissipating at least a portion of energy resulting from disturbances encountered by the vehicle as it moves across the floor surface prior to the energy portion reaching the operator standing on the suspended floorboard, the energy absorbing structure including a damping element for effecting a dampening function.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Lewis H. Manci, Brian M. Lambert, James F. Schloemer, Gary J. May, George R. Wetterer, Eugene G. Bruns
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Patent number: 7481440Abstract: The device of this invention includes a frame assembly, a support bracket with an opening connected to the frame assembly, a first spring pivotably connected to the frame assembly, and a control mechanism. The control mechanism can be positioned into a first condition where an end of the spring is engaged to the opening in the support bracket and a second condition where the end of the spring is disengaged from the opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2005Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Inventors: Dennis R. Weber, Matthew Z. Neal
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Patent number: 7383923Abstract: An elevating load platform comprising a base member and a load supporting member interconnected by a linkage means that facilitates vertical movement of the load supporting member generally parallel to the base member, and a plurality of coil springs positioned to urge the load supporting member upwardly relative to the base member so that when the load supporting member is laden the coil springs are compressed, and as the load is progressively removed the coil springs urge the load supporting member upwards to thereby maintain the load supporting member at a desired height, the linkage means comprising a pair of spaced scissor linkages interconnected by a central cross-member, the plurality of compression springs being positioned in a spaced array interposed between the base member and the cross-member.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2005Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Amiata Holdings Pty Ltd.Inventors: Sidney A. Patten, David M. Munro
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Patent number: 7165498Abstract: A vibrating table assembly for an apparatus for filling and weighing bulk bags comprises a bag support table, a vibrating device for vibrating the bag support table, and a lifting device for raising an lowering the bag support table, the lifting device being located below the bag support table. Preferably, the lifting device comprises a convoluted air bellows. Location of the lifting device below the table overcomes problems encountered with known bag filling apparatus where the bag support table and the lifting mechanism are connected to the frame of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2003Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: Control and Metering LimitedInventors: Don Mackrill, Carmine Cacciacarro, Viren Panchal
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Patent number: 6997531Abstract: A tray apparatus for a refrigerator is provided which optimizes the use of storage space in the refrigerator. A position of the tray within a storage space of the refrigerator is varied through the use of elastic means which moves the tray toward an upper surface of the storage space as an article is stored thereon. The tray is supported by supporting links which are then connected through interlocking links so that they are integrally pivoted. The link mechanisms are supported on the upper surface of the storage space. Thus, a storage article with a relatively large bottom area can be easily stored in the vicinity of the upper surface of the storage space, which is usually out of use, thereby maximizing the use of the storage space in the refrigerator.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2004Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Han-Hyo Kim, Moon-Won Kim
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Patent number: 6817587Abstract: A mobile computer rack is constructed to include a mounting plate and a carrier plate relatively slidably coupled to each other, a spring connected between the carrier plate and the mounting plate and adapted to pull the carrier plate and the mounting plate toward each other, a front sliding track and a rear sliding track respectively located on the carrier plate and the mounting plate and adapted to hold down a mobile computer on the mobile compute rack when the carrier plate pulled out of the mounting plate, and a plurality of sliding retainers respectively mounted in the front and rear sliding tracks and adapted to secure the loaded mobile computer in position.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2002Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Inventor: Chin-Chih Lin