Suspended Supports Patents (Class 248/317)
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Patent number: 8596007Abstract: A panel mounting system includes a support frame having at least one longitudinal frame member with a recess and a catch. A panel has a gripping member extending along a substantial length of the panel, the gripping member having a resiliently deflectable cross-section for engaging the longitudinal frame member. In a first position the gripping member engages the recess so as to hold the panel to the frame. In a second position the gripping member engages the catch, the catch holding the gripping member in the second position, so as to free the panel from the frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2008Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Protean Design LimitedInventor: Colin Hibbs
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Patent number: 8579238Abstract: A gutter hanger system includes a gutter having an outer wall, an inner wall in spaced relation to the outer wall, and a base connecting the outer wall and the inner wall; a support surface supporting the inner wall; and a gutter hanger including opposing top and bottom ends, a coupling member located at the bottom end, and a retainer located at the top end. The gutter hanger is positioned intermediate the inner wall and the support surface, oriented in a downward direction, and the retainer is positioned atop the inner wall. A method for installing a gutter hanger system includes the steps of providing a gutter, providing a support surface to which an inner wall of the gutter is attached, inserting a gutter hanger intermediate the support surface and the inner wall of the gutter, and retaining a top end of the gutter hanger on the inner wall of the gutter.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2011Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Inventor: Dennis J. Jones
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Patent number: 8579247Abstract: A smoke ejector hanger is disclosed herein. The hanger includes a flexible pad. Hook and loop fastening means are affixed to the flexible pad for selectively retaining the flexible pad in the form of a tube. A pair of straps is affixed at the midpoints thereof to the flexible pad such that each of the straps has a pair of free ends extending outwardly from the flexible pad. One of a number of releasable fasteners is affixed to each of the free ends. Each of the releasable fasteners has a snap catch.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Weddle Tool CompanyInventor: David R. Weddle
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Patent number: 8579245Abstract: A hanger, for supporting a retail item from a separate support structure, includes a support interface portion, a transverse section, an intermediate section, and a base section. The support interface portion is configured to selectively receive the separate support structure. The transverse section extends from the support interface portion and defines a bottom edge of the transverse section. The intermediate section extends from the transverse section. The base section extends downwardly from the intermediate section. The base section defines two side edges tapered toward one another such that a width of the base section gradually decreases as the base section extends away from the intermediate section. The base section is configured to partially deflect to slide through an elongated opening of the retail item such that during use the intermediate section and the base section are positioned on opposite sides of the elongated opening and the intermediate section extends through the elongated opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Peter Foltz, Jacob Streich
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Patent number: 8573551Abstract: A fine-adjusting apparatus for an overhead projector has a mounting frame, an assembling device, a pitch-adjusting device, a left-right adjusting device and a connecting mount. The mounting frame is adapted to mount on a wall. The assembling device is detachably connected to the mounting frame and has a sliding mount and a base mount. The sliding mount is slidably mounted in the mounting frame. The base mount is pivotally connected to the sliding mount. The pitch-adjusting device is connected to the assembling device and has a pitching frame, a guiding bar and a pitch-adjusting shaft. The left-right adjusting device is connected to the pitch-adjusting device and has an adjusting frame, a left-right adjusting shaft and a linking element. The connecting mount is pivotally connected to the left-right adjusting device, is used to connect with the overhead projector and has a connecting board, two pivot frames and multiple extending arms.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Modernsolid Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chin-Jui Hung
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Publication number: 20130277525Abstract: An article support in long thin rail form (11) is described. This rail is adhesively mated to a thicker ribbon (12), the remaining adhesive major face of that ribbon is affixed adhesively to a support structure (wall, under-shelf, door) (FIG. 1, FIG. 9). A double ended hook (15, 17, 30) linked to the rail through a pierced tab (24?, 27?) formed in the rail (23, 26) or coupled directly to the rail with a spring (17) or through a hasp (14, 20?) supports the article. These items are arranged so that the double ended hook may be moved to alternate positions on the rail without use of additional equipment without disturbing adhesive bonds. Use of a thin rail conserves material and permits effective application of pressure to the ribbon-structure interface to insure bonding and permits delivery of a rail-ribbon-protective liner assembly in space saving coiled form.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2012Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventor: Stephen M. Madigan
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Patent number: 8544807Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a recessed electric fixture in a hole in a support surface having a housing and flexible member with attached spring clips to secure the housing against the support surface is disclosed. The flexible member and spring clips are attached to the recessed electric fixture by tightening members, and inward pressure applied to the tightening members causes the flexible member to bend so that the spring clips are moved inwardly towards the housing, allowing the spring clips and the flexible member to pass through the hole in the support surface. The flexible member unbends when the pressure on the tightening members is removed, allowing the spring cops to move outwardly from the housing so that a surface-bearing section of the spring clips bears against the back side of the support surface and retains the electric fixture in the support surface hole.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2008Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Pelco, Inc.Inventor: William L. Foreman
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Publication number: 20130248673Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for improved traffic control devices including a continuous central hanger support system that is integral to the traffic control device and provides a central load path. In an embodiment of the invention, the terminal housing and traffic signal housing of the traffic control device can be included in a single unit housing. A single unit housing can also include an integral backplate. Embodiments with an integral backplate can provide a solar energy generation system that utilizes a traffic signal's exterior surface as a substratum to secure thin-film photo cell laminates (TFPVL). The continuous central hanger integrated with the single unit housing can provide the traffic control device with improved securement of electrical components and structural stability for survivability during high wind events as compared to conventional traffic signal devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: CENTRAL PATH SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Robert E. Townsend, JR.
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Patent number: 8528311Abstract: A conduit link system for concealing conduit linking a power source in a ceiling to a suspended load such as a chandelier. The conduit link system generally includes an upper link member for mounting to a ceiling and electrically connecting to a power source. A first central link member will generally be interlocked and electrically connected to the upper link member. Additional central link members may be interlocked and electrically connected with the first central link member and other central link members depending on the distance from the power source to the load. A lower link member is linked and electrically connected to the lowest central link member. The lower link member may then be mounted to a load such as a chandelier. The electrical conduit is fully concealed within the housing of the link members, thus allowing the load to be suspended without the presence unsightly wires.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Inventor: Todd A. Messler
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Publication number: 20130228666Abstract: A retail assembly includes a product assembly for retail sale and a hanger. The product assembly defines rear surface and a footprint. The hanger includes an elongated plate, a hinge, and an extension member. The elongated plate defines a first elongated edge and a front surface coupled to the rear surface of the product assembly. The hinge extends from the first elongated edge. The extension member extends from the hinge in an opposite direction as the elongated plate and defines a support surface for interacting with a retail display. The hanger rotates about the hinge between an unfolded position and a folded position. When the hanger is in one of the folded position and the unfolded position, the extension member is maintained within the footprint of the product assembly. When the hanger is in the other position, the extension member extends outside the footprint of the product assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.Inventors: Peter M. FOLTZ, Timothy M. LIU, Jake STRASSBURGER, Alex TETIYEVSKY, Keith C. CEDRO
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Patent number: 8514059Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to a transponder holder for controlling the readability of a transponder by an interrogator. Embodiments of the transponder holder can be removable mounted to a support structure, such as a windshield of a motor vehicle. The transponder can be supported by a plate of the transponder holder, which can be moved to position the transponder in a readable position and an unreadable position to allow a user to select whether the transponder is readable by an interrogator.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Highway Toll Administration, LLCInventor: David Centner
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Patent number: 8511632Abstract: A suspension system for a cryostat includes a coupling mechanism, a fixation body, and a pin. The coupling mechanism is joined to an outer vessel and coupled with a strap. The fixation body is joined to an inner vessel. The fixation body extends between a front side that faces the coupling mechanism and an opposite receiving side with an interior channel extending from the receiving side to the front side. The channel defines a front opening in the front side and a rear opening in the receiving side. The pin is loaded into the fixation body through the rear opening in the receiving side of the fixation body with the strap looped around the pin and extending through the front opening to the coupling mechanism. The pin secures the coupling mechanism to the fixation body via the strap by engaging the fixation body inside the channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mark Derakhshan, William Einziger, Longzhi Jiang, Timothy Wise, Venkata Krishnan Veeraraghavan Narayanan, Charles Helms, Charles Dudley Yarborough
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Patent number: 8500077Abstract: A telescoping assembly for use with a CPU holder including a mounting track with mounting holes for securing the mounting track to the underside of a generally horizontal surface such as a desk; runners disposed in the mounting track; a telescoping track, adapted for insertion into the mounting track and to engage with the runners therein; a pivoting member, adapted for engagement with the telescoping track and to engage with a CPU holder, the pivoting member comprising a track engagement member and a CPU holder engagement member being joined for 360° rotation about a vertical axis therethrough; and wherein the telescoping track is adapted for translation along the mounting track from a retracted position to an extended position, and when the telescoping track is in the extended position a CPU retained in the CPU holder is positioned past the edge of the generally horizontal surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Inventor: Ole Falk Smed
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Patent number: 8496216Abstract: In order to enable mounting of a cabinet 1 having a display unit to a supporting base 9, axial members 121 and 131 in the shape of a regular polygonal prism are disposed in the cabinet 1 and fitting holes 91 and 92 into which the regular polygonal prisms can be fitted, respectively, are disposed in the supporting base 9. By opening and then closing, or opening and then moving the axial members 121 and 131, the user can fit or remove them into or from the fitting holes 91 and 92, respectively, so as to mount or demount the cabinet to or from the supporting base. By tilting the cabinet by an angle when fitting the axial members into the fitting holes, respectively, the user can change the rotational attitude of the cabinet 1 with respect to the supporting base. Thereby, the user can use the display unit at different times and at different positions with simple manipulations.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2008Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Isobe, Amane Mitani, Hiroki Akatsuka
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Patent number: 8485486Abstract: A display mount is provided for a vehicle, such an aircraft. The display mount includes, but is not limited to a support frame and a display accommodation device. The support frame is designed for incorporation in a supply channel, and the display accommodation device is designed to receive a display. The display accommodation device is connected to the support frame such that the display accommodation device is movable with a combined rotational movement and translational movement relative to the support frame between a first operating position and a second operating position.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2010Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Christian Riedel, Guenter Schmitz
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Patent number: 8485487Abstract: An easy-mount in-ceiling speaker mount has multiple fastening units mounted on an in-ceiling speaker. Each fastening unit has a base frame, a torsion spring securely mounted on the base frame, a pivoting member pivotally mounted on the base frame, a slider plate longitudinally movable on the base frame, and a spring holder receiving the torsion spring, pivotally mounted on the base frame and blocked by the pivoting member. When the speaker mount is moved upwardly through a ceiling, a bottom of the ceiling holds a ceiling support formed on the slider plate and the pivoting member is pushed and pivoted. After being unblocked from the pivoting member, the spring holder is pivoted to hold a top of the ceiling in completion of the mounting of the speaker mount. Accordingly, the mounting procedures of the speaker mount can be easily achieved by simply pushing it upwardly through a ceiling.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Inventor: Liang-Chih Cheng
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Patent number: 8468745Abstract: A lifting and storage mechanism for storing a component in a garage using the energy of a powered garage door opening and closing system is disclosed. The lifting and storage mechanism includes a pulley system for raising and lowering the stored components and a latching mechanism having a spring latch for securing the components in a stored condition. In order to lower the stored components from a storage position, an operator initiates manual release of the spring latch or activation of an electromechanical release combined with activation of the motor of the powered garage door opening and closing system.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Inventor: Blane A. Krause
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Patent number: 8453988Abstract: A track clip hanger assembly is composed of two parts that are mated together in a slidable manner to attach the assembly to a hanging ceiling track. Each of the two track clip hanger parts include an arrangement for mating one part to the other and each of the two parts include an arrangement for attaching the assembly to a ceiling track such that the assembly hangs from the bottom of the track when the two parts are in the mated position and the two parts of the track clip hanger assembly are mated in such a manner that the two parts will not accidentally come apart or un-mate. The track clip hanger assembly is designed to allow an electronic device to be attached to it so that the device can not accidentally become un-attached.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2007Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Inventors: Jeff Leland Simpson, Kevin P Conway, Kraig J Kruger
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Patent number: 8453989Abstract: A suspension device that suspends, from a ceiling slab, a beam member including a groove portion which extends along an axial center direction thereof and includes an opening portion narrower than an inner space of the groove portion in a cross-section orthogonal to the axial center direction, the suspension device including: a first suspension member including: a first shaft portion; a first connection portion; and a first supporting portion which supports the beam member; and a second suspension member attachable to and detachable from the first suspension member, the second suspension member including: a second shaft portion which supports the beam member.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2008Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Uhchida Yoko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Kunishita, Ryo Sugimoto
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Patent number: 8439323Abstract: Aspects of the present invention include an apparatus for hanging a display device. In one implementation, the apparatus for hanging a display device, includes an upper mount plate suitable for attaching to a flat surface having a left cable extending downward and approximately normal to a longitudinal axis of the upper mount plate and a right cable extending downward and approximately normal to the longitudinal axis of the upper mount plate. In addition, the apparatus further includes a lower mount plate attachable to a back portion of a display device. The left cable is coupled to at least two approximately vertically aligned receiving points on a left portion of the lower mount plate. The right cable is coupled to at least two approximately vertically aligned receiving points on a right portion of the lower mount plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Ka-Chunk LLCInventors: Hyon S. Bae, Gary Curtis Gehrke, William Richardson Jones, III, Ann Laurent Torres
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Patent number: 8439322Abstract: A mounting post for supporting a plurality of electronic cabinets, each having different bolt patterns, comprising a hollow post configured to receive a hollow mount at the upper end, a stabilizer plate attached to the lower end of the post, and a hollow mount selected from a plurality of hollow mounts, each having a lower end configured to mate to the post, and having a substantially planar upper surface with openings formed therein corresponding to a unique bolt pattern for an electronics cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignees: Windstream Intellectual Property Services, Inc., General Devices Co., Inc.Inventors: Michael E. Skudin, Dennis D. Davis, David W. Willis
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Patent number: 8434728Abstract: A dual sided extrusion, where one side has a different shape than the other side, and the extrusion is intended to be used in different orientations depending on the application.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2010Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Production Resource Group, LLCInventor: James Kempf
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Publication number: 20130099083Abstract: A ceiling fixture support arm includes a rotational mechanism for interfacing the arm with ceiling support system structure. An extended member of the support arm and a member perpendicular thereto may include a rotational mechanism integral thereto as a hinged portion, or tab, thereof. One or more channels of the ceiling support structure may contain a plurality of flexible sections spaced at intervals along the length of two upper flanges that are separated by a channel width. Each section comprises a cantilevered tab formed in the flange material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: Brainwave Research CorporationInventors: Jean-Guy GAGNE, James W. Rogers
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Patent number: 8418979Abstract: A rigging device includes a fixture having opposed first and second ends, opposed upper and lower faces, and a bracket extending away from the upper face of the fixture between the opposed first and second ends of the fixture to engage a hoist line of a crane. A support is mounted to the fixture proximate each of the opposed first and second ends on either side of the bracket extending away from the lower face of the fixture terminating with an engaging element movable between a disengaging position and an engaging position.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Inventor: John R. Swisher
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Patent number: 8418978Abstract: A pole-mountable electronic chassis for mounting on an equipment support pole, including at least one enclosure for electronic circuitry and at least one passage completely through the enclosure sized, shaped, and arranged for receiving the pole. A passage web surrounds the passage and may optionally provide thermal conductivity or circuit support functions. A coupling is provided for fixing the enclosure in place. The coupling may be a low-profile coupling. The enclosure may be sized and shaped to also fit in industry-standard electronics racks.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2007Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Atlas Sound LPInventor: Steven William Young
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Patent number: 8403274Abstract: An electronic display and lighting arrangement for viewing by, and illumination for, a person in a resting position includes: an electronic display assembly including a first carriage movable along a translation axis, a first pivot arm coupled to the first carriage with the first pivot arm pivotable about a first pivot axis, and an electronic display coupled to the first pivot arm; and a lighting assembly including a second carriage movable in a direction parallel to the translation axis, and a light coupled to the second carriage and adjustably positionable by movement of the second carriage. The electronic display is adjustably positionable both along the translation axis by movement of the first carriage, and about the first pivot axis by movement of the first pivot arm about the first pivot axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2012Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: TGR Intellectual Properties, LLCInventor: Shannon G. Parsons
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Publication number: 20130068910Abstract: A device that can be used to moor, tether or suspend an article has a spool mounted in a support frame. A flange of the spool may have holes or cleats so that a free end of a tape, rope, webbing, strap or the like wound on to a hub of the spool can be attached to the flange preferably by a clipping mechanism such as a carabiner attached to the free end thereby preventing the spool from rotating further. In this way the length of tape withdrawn from the spool remains fixed. Alternatively the end of the tape may be passed via a hole or cleat or the like and tensioned before being tied off.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventor: David Nicholas Lloyd Howell
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Patent number: 8393163Abstract: A cryostat, comprising an outer vacuum vessel containing cryogenic equipment suspended from the outer vacuum vessel by a number of suspension rods. At least one of the suspension rods is provided with a tensioning and retaining mechanism for holding that suspension rod in tension braced against a suspension bracket). This tensioning and retaining mechanism includes a tubular rod carrier arranged, in use, to pass through a hole or slot in the suspension bracket, the rod carrier having an axial bore through which, in use, the rod may pass; a thread on its outer surface along at least part of its length; and a rod bearing surface for, in use, transmitting force to the rod. This tensioning and retaining mechanism also comprises a tensioning nut threaded onto the thread so as to, in use, brace against the suspension bracket to urge the tubular rod carrier in the direction of the rod bearing surface so as to apply tension to the rod.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Siemens PlcInventors: Nicholas Mann, Jennifer Ridley
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Patent number: 8387934Abstract: An over-the-door game hanger system having a pair of first and second hooks capable of receiving a top edge of a standard door. An attachment plate is removably attached between the first and second hooks. A game support strap is operably secured to the attachment plate at one end and to a game panel at the other end. A balance block may be provided which is removable mounted proximate an upper edge of the game panel. The strap is disposed to extend from the game panel over the forward end of the balance block such that the strap extends at an angle therefrom toward the attachment plate proximate the top edge of said door thereby generating a moment and a force in a direction toward the door face such that the game panel hangs substantially vertically flush against the substantially vertical door face. In an alternative embodiment wherein the balance block is used, the game support strap may be supported or secured by any means proximate a top edge of a standard door.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: EastPoint Sports Ltd., LLCInventors: Michael J. Nally, Jim Lam Kwan Wing
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Publication number: 20130043363Abstract: A temporary magnetic affixing device (100) is provided. The temporary affixing device (100) includes a base portion (102) having a first surface (114) and a second surface (112). The first surface (114) of the base portion (102) includes a magnetic device (124) attached thereto. A holding handle (138) is rotatably disposed on the base portion (102).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Inventor: Danny L. Thompson
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Publication number: 20130043156Abstract: A system for hanging a gift card includes a gift card assembly suspended from a gift card holder assembly by a looped strip of flexible material. The gift card assembly includes a removeably attached gift card and the gift card holder assembly includes a gift card holder for receiving the gift card after detachment from the gift card assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: Gift Card Impressions, LLCInventor: Brett R. Glass
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Patent number: 8376302Abstract: A medical supply unit including a carrier with longitudinal edges and longitudinal faces is provided such that the longitudinal faces are provided with openings at the faces of which resilient fastener elements are provided. These resilient fastener elements engage in built-in modules forming a part of one of the longitudinal faces in order to form a positive connection with the built-in modules.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2010Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Trumpf Medizin Systeme GmbH + Co. KGInventors: Georg Bauer, Juergen Brunner, Eberhard Holz, Thomas Weisheit
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Patent number: 8376294Abstract: A swivel assembly for a tire comprises a clamp assembly adapted to be secured to a header tube, a swivel first member suspended from the clamp to pivot either parallel to or perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the header tube, a swivel second member which is suspended from the swivel first member to pivot 90° relative to the pivotal motion of the swivel first member, and a swivel third member which can rotate about the swivel second member. The swivel first member is pivotally mounted to the clamp via an upper pivot pin and the second swivel member is pivotally mounted to the swivel first member by a second lower pivot pin. Lastly, the swivel assembly can include a tether which extends over the header tube to which the clamp assembly is secured which has opposite ends secured to opposite sides of the lower pivot pin.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Miracle Recreation Equipment CompanyInventors: J. Stephen Steury, Steven B. Adkins
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Patent number: 8371458Abstract: A ceiling rack includes a pair of transverse beams parallel to each other, at least one mesh unit and at least four supporting units. Each transverse beam has a side wall and a U-shaped hook body, and an assembly groove having an opening on a top surface thereof is formed therebetween. The mesh unit has a U-shaped end body at two opposite end portions thereof, which is assembled in the assembly groove and engaged with the U-shaped hook body. The supporting units are assembled between the side walls of the two opposite end portions of the transverse beam and the ceiling. With the U-shaped end body, the U-shaped hook body and the assembly groove, the mesh unit can be assembled in the assembly groove and engaged with the U-shaped hook body without any locking element, thereby providing the convenience of assembly and disassembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2011Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Clair Home Products Inc.Inventor: Stephen Yu
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Publication number: 20130014448Abstract: A gutter hanger system includes a gutter having an outer wall, an inner wall in spaced relation to the outer wall, and a base connecting the outer wall and the inner wall; a support surface supporting the inner wall; and a gutter hanger including opposing top and bottom ends, a coupling member located at the bottom end, and a retainer located at the top end. The gutter hanger is positioned intermediate the inner wall and the support surface, oriented in a downward direction, and the retainer is positioned atop the inner wall. A method for installing a gutter hanger system includes the steps of providing a gutter, providing a support surface to which an inner wall of the gutter is attached, inserting a gutter hanger intermediate the support surface and the inner wall of the gutter, and retaining a top end of the gutter hanger on the inner wall of the gutter.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Inventor: Dennis J. Jones
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Patent number: 8348209Abstract: A universal bracket for fastening different panel elements and/or additional devices in aircraft, comprises a base plate for fastening to a substructure, a support plate connected to the base plate and a plurality of spring clips received in the support plate to provide a releasable and vibration-damping connection to the panel elements. The base plate has at least one bore screen for fastening at least one device carrier for fastening at least one additional device, in particular emergency lighting, an emergency exit sign or the like, in different positions, wherein the fastening of the device carriers is provided with a fastening device such as fastening rivets, screws or the like.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2006Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Markus Horst, Stephan Röpke
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Patent number: 8347638Abstract: A support system comprising a number of racetrack-shaped tensile support bands held in tension between a supported article and a supporting article, respective curved end portions of each tensile support band being retained by respective mounting points mounted on respective surfaces of the supported article and the supporting article, respectively. At least one of the tensile support bands is arranged so that the curved end portions lie in a plane substantially parallel to the surface upon which the respective mounting point is mounted; and at least one mounting point is a monolithic mounting point having a curved surface which is complementary to an inner curved surface of an end of the tensile support band.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2012Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Siemens PlcInventor: Nicholas Mann
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Patent number: 8336843Abstract: An attachment device useful with suspended ceiling systems is provided. In disclosed embodiments, the device comprises a clip that matingly engages a bulb of a ceiling grid tee. The device may include a reinforcing sleeve and can be used to increase the load carrying capacity of suspended ceiling systems while providing a simple, quick method of attaching the suspended ceiling grid to the true ceiling.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: USG Interiors, LLCInventors: Peder Gulbrandsen, Abraham M. Underkofler, Mark R. Paulsen
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Patent number: 8322674Abstract: A suspension system for a ceiling mount of a medical device is suggested, comprising an attachment device provided at a ceiling and a console arranged between the attachment device and the ceiling mount for movement of the ceiling mount parallel to the ceiling. Said console comprises a support plate connected to the attachment device and a carriage that is movable with respect to the support plate and is connected to the ceiling mount. This allows movement of the medical device to the greatest extent possible to all positions in the surgical area without colliding with alternately usable operating lights.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte, Ltd.Inventor: Andrzej Metelski
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Patent number: 8322673Abstract: A television mounting system includes a wall plate, at least one monitor arm mountable on the wall plate, and a locking mechanism including a rotating locking element permanently connected with the monitor arm. The rotating element is moveable, by rotation of the rotating element a portion of a revolution, between an unlocked position for enabling dismounting of the at least one monitor arm from the wall plate, and a locked position for preventing dismounting of the at least one monitor arm from the wall plate. The rotating element includes a first side having a different height than a second side. In the locked position of the locking element, the first side is less of a distance from a contact portion of the wall plate than a distance the monitor arm must be moved for dismounting the monitor arm from the wall plate, such that the locking element contacts the contact portion before the monitor can be moved for being dismounted from the wall plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Bell'O International Corp.Inventor: Steven J. Sculler
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Patent number: 8317147Abstract: A solar light stick holder comprising a single wire having a first end and a second end, a first extension arm and a second extension arm, a connecting base, a first holder-loop and a second holder-loop. The first end and second end each forms a loop for holding the solar light stick. The connecting base comprises at least one screw-loop to secure the holder to a fixture.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Inventor: Miguel Serrano
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Patent number: 8316783Abstract: A separator construction, connectable to a fluidized bed boiler having a furnace, for circulating bed material and returning the material to the furnace. The separator construction includes walls, a ceiling, an inlet conduit, an outlet conduit in flow communication with a flue gas channel located above the separator, and a suspending device connecting the separator to a supporting structure in a building housing the boiler. The suspending device is formed of a frame arranged between the flue gas channel and the separator in connection with an upper circumference of the wall of the separator, and hanger rods or wires connecting the frame directly to the supporting structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2007Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Foster Wheeler Energia OyInventor: Pentti Lankinen
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Publication number: 20120292475Abstract: A hanger bar assembly for a recessed luminaire is disclosed. The hanger bar assembly includes a first hanger bar member having a first attachment structure disposed on an end thereof, and a second hanger bar member having a second attachment structure disposed on an end thereof, the second hanger bar member being adjacent to the first hanger bar member. The first and the second attachment structures each include a first wall having a first fastener aperture and a second wall having a second fastener aperture, the first and second fastener apertures being formed about a common central longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Inventor: Grzegorz Wronski
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Patent number: 8308119Abstract: A retail product assembly includes a retail product, a bracket coupled thereto and defining an opening between the retail product and the bracket, and a hanger. The hanger includes a hanging portion configured to receive a support structure, a cross bar, a drop portion, and a tapered portion. The cross bar extends from the hanging portion and is wider than the bracket. At least a portion of the cross bar extends below the topmost sidewall of the retail product. The drop portion extends through the opening. The tapered portion extends away from the drop portion and is configured to slide through the opening to position a top edge of the tapered portion opposite the cross bar relative to the opening. The top edge of the tapered portion interacts with the bracket to support the retail product via the bracket when the hanger is hung from the support structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2010Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Peter Foltz, Jacob Streich
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Patent number: 8297578Abstract: A mount for attaching a projection device to an overhead structure includes a device interface operably attachable to the projection device and a device orientation adjustment structure operably coupled with the device interface. The device orientation adjustment structure has structure defining up to three independent axes for adjustment of projector pitch, roll, and yaw. A single selectively adjustable friction element may be provided to enable projector position to be fixed about for any one or all of the independent axes. A gear adjustment mechanism may be provided to enable fine adjustment of projector position. Moreover, any one or all of the independent axes may pass through the projector device, preferably proximate its center of gravity so that it is self balanced on the mount to ease adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2011Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLCInventors: Jay Dittmer, Paul Smith
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Patent number: 8272377Abstract: An extendable hood and mounting bracket for mounting on the underside of a microwave oven which is positioned above a cook top, the extendable hood being frictionally engaged in the bracket and selectively removable or slidably retracted when not in use, the extendable hood extending over the front burners of the cook top and capturing and directing any fumes, smoke, or odors generated from cooking on the front burners to the fan and filter unit mounted on the underside of the microwave oven.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2011Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Inventor: John Tsakiris
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Patent number: 8261912Abstract: A hangtag for a tool socket is provided. The hangtag has a body board connected to a fixing device which is inserted into and holds a tool socket. The hangtag is adapted to being displayed vertically with the body board being removably attached to a display rack hook and the fixing device with tool socket being attached to and suspended beneath the body board.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2011Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Dap LimitedInventor: Charles Ingrey-Senn
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Patent number: 8251342Abstract: An aspect of the invention involves a wheeled sports board holder for hanging a wheeled sports board on a vertical surface, the wheeled sports board including a support deck with an upper portion supported by one or more upper wheels, and having an upper edge, and a lower portion supported by one or more lower wheels. The wheeled sports board holder includes a base with a front and a rear, the rear of the base mountable to the vertical surface; a wheel holder projecting forwardly relative to the front of the base, and having a wheel guide; and a clasp projecting forwardly relative to the front of the base, above the wheel holder, the clasp configured to hold the upper edge of the wheeled sports board towards the vertical surface so that the one or more lower wheels do not contact the vertical surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2009Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Inventor: David Carl Weiner
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Patent number: 8245992Abstract: A hanger that enables an easy alignment at the time of hanging a display main body on a wall, and a display including the same are provided. The hanger includes a projecting portion that is attached to a rear surface of the display main body, and a support member that is fixed to a wall surface and connected to the projecting portion so as to support the display main body. The projecting portion includes a shaft that sticks out from the rear surface and a stopper that is attached to a tip of the shaft. The support member includes a connector to be connected to the projecting portion and a temporary holder on which the projecting portion is placed temporarily before the projecting portion and the connector are connected. The temporary holder is located at a position adjacent to the connector and formed so as to be caught between the stopper and the rear surface when the projecting portion is placed temporarily.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2007Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Hitoshi Matsui
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Patent number: 8231956Abstract: A source roll having a first layer of liner paper and a second roll of two-sided adhesive is fed through a pair of rollers having six aligned rotary die cutters sized to cut through only the adhesive layer. The excess adhesive web is peeling off and removed from the process. The liner paper with spaced apart sets of six aligned adhesive dots is then laminated with a clear plastic having two sides, one uncoated and one coated, to allow the clear plastic to be easily rolled up and then unrolled, and the liner paper is peeled off and removed from the process. The material remaining having the adhesive circular dots is cut into six long strips each having six adhesive dots which can be used to display small discrete packages.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Tru-Vision Plastics Inc.Inventors: Ted M. Dean, William R. Fuller