Adjustable Patents (Class 362/129)
  • Patent number: 11612044
    Abstract: Landscape lighting fixtures are connected to a wireless network allowing users to individually select and adjust the colored LED light display for each fixture, when employing a smart phone or other program or device. A network connection and power module associated with each fixture resides outside the fixture housing, and is enclosed and effectively waterproof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventor: Todd Hedman
  • Patent number: 11209609
    Abstract: The invention comprises a hands-free, adjustable telescoping magnifying mirror. The mirror may have a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface and can be secured to a horizontal or vertical surface using a suction cup base or can be hung over a door or ledge using a retractable hanger bracket. A telescoping rod is attached to the suction cup base. The mirror may be extended from the base by extending the telescoping rod and the mirror assembly can stand freely without falling over, whether the suction cup base is engaged or not. Additionally, one or more light sources may be disposed at a periphery of the first reflective surface or second reflective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventor: Glen Robert Boehm
  • Patent number: 10835036
    Abstract: A bathroom management apparatus includes: a cabinet having an front surface; at least one frame configured to be attached to the cabinet; and at least one function module including at least one of a towel care module, a sterilizing module, a secret box module, a refrigerating module, a charging module, and an air conditioning module configured to be installed in the at least one frame, wherein the at least one frame provides a first mounting space, a second mounting space provided beneath the first mounting space, and a third mounting space provided beneath the second mounting space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jeongyun Kim, Daeyun Park, Jinhyeon Jeon
  • Patent number: 10782037
    Abstract: A bathroom management apparatus includes: a cabinet having an open front; at least one frame configured to be installed at an inner side of the cabinet; at least one function module, wherein the at least one function module is one of a towel care module, a sterilizing module, a secret box module, a refrigerating module, a charging module, and an air conditioning module configured to be installed inside the at least one frame body, wherein guide ribs are formed at both sides of the at least one function module, and inner ribs are formed at first and second side frames of the frame, and are configured to guide and support the guide ribs when inserting the at least one function module into the at least one frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jeongyun Kim, Daeyun Park, Jinhyeon Jeon
  • Patent number: 10739022
    Abstract: A bathroom management apparatus is provided which has a storage cabinet and an integrated air conditioning, or dryer, module. The bathroom management apparatus includes: a cabinet forming an interior space whose front is open; a first dividing plate provided within the cabinet and dividing the interior space; a second dividing plate provided within the cabinet in parallel with the first dividing plate and dividing the interior space, and forming a storage chamber in the space between the first and second dividing plates; a duct connected to the first dividing plate and the second dividing plate, provided within the cabinet, and dividing the storage chamber; and the air conditioning module installed within the duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinhyeon Jeon, Daeyun Park, Inhyung Yang
  • Patent number: 10624453
    Abstract: A bathroom management apparatus is provided which can minimize the likelihood of door-sliding components being seen from the outside. The bathroom management apparatus may include a cabinet forming an interior space whose front is open; a first dividing plate provided within the cabinet and dividing the interior space; a second dividing plate provided within the cabinet in parallel with the first dividing plate and dividing the interior space, and forming a storage chamber in the space between the first and second dividing plates; and a door slidably installed on the first dividing plate and second dividing plate and opening and closing the storage chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinhyeon Jeon, Inhyung Yang, Daeyun Park
  • Patent number: 10295170
    Abstract: A multi-mirror system that includes an electrically-powered, lighted mirror having a plurality of reflective surfaces and a means with which to control the intensity of the emitted light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Inventor: Joelle Torrez
  • Patent number: 9551474
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion member includes: a heat conducting layer; a sapphire substrate having a third surface directly contact with a second surface of the heat conducting layer and the fourth surface opposite to the third surface; and a phosphor layer having a fifth surface directly contact with the fourth surface and a sixth surface opposite to the fifth surface, the phosphor layer including phosphor. At least one of an area of a first surface and an area of the second surface of the heat conducting layer is at least 2800 times as large as an area of the sixth surface of the phosphor layer. At least one of an area of the third surface and an area of the fourth surface of the sapphire substrate is at least two times as large as the area of the sixth surface of the phosphor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Nagao, Seigo Shiraishi, Yoshihisa Nagasaki, Nobuyasu Suzuki, Kazuhiko Yamanaka, Kiyoshi Morimoto, Takahiro Hamada
  • Patent number: 9528695
    Abstract: An illuminated makeup mirror set includes: a mirror unit; a surface light source with adjustable color that is used to illuminate a makeup subject; a setting unit for setting illumination conditions with the surface light source according to an input operation; an adjustment unit for adjusting color and brightness of the surface light source according to the illumination conditions set by the setting unit; a speaker; and a playback unit that stores a plurality of musical pieces as data, plays a musical piece selected from the plurality of musical pieces according to the illumination conditions and time of illumination with the surface light source, and causes the speaker to output the selected musical piece as a reproduced sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazufumi Adachi, Kazunaga Ida, Taku Ito, Harumi Nakamura, Meiji Kitamura, Takeshi Nakamura, Yosuke Sato, Takuo Shinohara
  • Patent number: 9351593
    Abstract: A first frame has a top edge and a bottom edge, and a left edge and a right edge, and an exterior face and an interior face. A first picture is on the exterior face of the first frame. A second picture is on the interior face of the first frame. A second frame has a top edge and a bottom edge, and a left edge and a right edge, and an exterior face and an interior face. A first mirror is on the interior face of the second frame. A support leg is pivotably supported on the exterior face of the second frame for resting the system on a horizontal counter top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Inventor: Anthony A. Little
  • Patent number: 9267670
    Abstract: An illumination system, in particular for illuminating tiled wall protrusions, includes at least one elongate, substantially U-shaped profile that has a base arm and two side arms projecting from the latter and arranged lying opposite one another, the first side arm being made longer than the second arm, at least one illuminant that is fastened or can be fastened within the receiving space defined by the base arm and the two side arms of the profile, and at least one elongate diffusion disc cover fastened or that can be fastened to the profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Schluter Systems L.P.
    Inventor: Werner Schlueter
  • Patent number: 8880360
    Abstract: A combination mirror and media display device assembly is provided. The combination mirror and media display device includes a mirror platform having a media display device viewing area and a media display device coupled to the mirror platform. The media display device is positioned to display images through the media display device viewing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Electric Mirror, LLC
    Inventors: James V. Mischel, Jr., James V. Mischel, Sr.
  • Patent number: 8696151
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process of determining, at a point during shipment, whether the solid phase refrigerant in a shipment is sufficient to preserve the shipment cargo, which is blood or other biological products, for the remaining shipment period, by: monitoring the temperatures encountered to said point and estimating the temperatures likely to be encountered during the remaining shipment period; determining the likelihood that the remaining refrigerant can maintain the shipment cargo within a specified temperature range during the remaining shipment period; and if the risk that the remaining refrigerant cannot maintain the shipment cargo within said range during the remaining shipment period is above a cut-off level, then taking action to preserve the value of the cargo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: TCP Reliable, Inc.
    Inventor: Maurice Barakat
  • Patent number: 8668372
    Abstract: Windows, or other types of transparent materials, may be constructed to passively allow light from alternate sources to pass therethrough, while also being able to actively produce artificial light for providing illumination from one side of the window by means of an incorporated optical waveguide that accepts light from an edge of the window and disperses it from only one side of the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC
    Inventors: Gary Lynn Duerksen, Seth Adrian Miller
  • Patent number: 7874695
    Abstract: An electrical actuator system, especially for hospital and care beds and patient beds, comprising a number of actuators (6,7; 10,11), a control box (12) with a mains-based power supply, and typically also a rechargeable battery package and a control unit with a microprocessor, a number of controls (15,16), an orientation light (17) for mounting under the bed. The system comprises at least one junction box (13,14) and the orientation lighting is, with its own control unit, located in this. This enables a flexible location of the lighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Linak A/S
    Inventor: Svend Erik Knudsen Jensen
  • Patent number: 7422356
    Abstract: A light emitting device, comprises at least: a light emitting element; a wavelength conversion member for converting the wavelength of light from the light emitting element; a bendable light guide member for guiding light from the light emitting element to the wavelength conversion member; and a heat conduction member that is thermally connected to the wavelength conversion member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Atsutomo Hama, Yukihiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 7152991
    Abstract: A make up station provides even illumination for a performer's face while minimizing glare and distracting reflections. The make up station is modular to allow the easy assembly of multiple make up stations partially sharing common lighting between adjacent stations. Light rays emanating from the forward most edge of a light source are blocked by a raised trim or reflected from the mirror surface in a direction so that they do not impinge on the user's eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Wenger Corporation
    Inventors: Michael D. Jines, Michael Smedstad, Steven E. Wiese
  • Patent number: 6632001
    Abstract: A closet hanging rod structure with an illumination function is provided having a voltage-regulating device, two fixing units, two adjustment units, and a hanging rod. The voltage-regulating device is fixedly disposed at a predetermined position inside a closet or a wardrobe. The two fixing units are fixedly disposed on a partition board of the closet or the wardrobe. The adjustment units can be joined with the two fixing units. Two ends of the hanging rod are joined at one end of the two adjustment units. The adjustment units can be used to adjust the height of the hanging rod. The voltage-regulating device is used to provide a stable voltage for supplying required electricity for the lamp tube in the hanging rod, hence achieving an untrammeled and high-brightness illumination effect and avoiding the problem of insufficient light required for selecting or discriminating clothes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Inventor: Chia-Teh Chen
  • Patent number: 5165769
    Abstract: A wardrobe casement includes a generally rectangular hollow wooden casing having on a front side an opening into the interior thereof. A stack of drawers are mounted in the casing interior. A shelf is mounted above the stack of drawers and has two recessed, generally convex bowls therein adapted for receiving various articles of personal wardrobe therein. First and a second compartments, on opposite sides of the stack of drawers, have therein an extensible, horizontally extending rod adapted to receive hanging wardrobe articles as belts and ties thereon. A generally rectangular first mirror is mounted above the shelf in the casing interior. A door is hingedly mounted on the casing. A second mirror is mounted on the outer surface of the door and covers substantially all of the outer surface of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Inventor: Deborah Wolfe
  • Patent number: 5043852
    Abstract: There is provided a bench to facilitate the self-examination, shaving, and/or cleansing of the user's pubic area. The bench includes a cavity which is covered by an operable top. A light and a mirror are received in the cavity. The bench includes one or more foot supports. The mirror is mechanically linked to the top so that when the top is opened the mirror will move out of the cavity. The mirror is adjustable to permit the user to readily observe the pubic area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Inventor: Roland W. Gerstenberger
  • Patent number: 4629264
    Abstract: A vanity cabinet is disclosed for installation as a component of prebuilt and site-assembled cabinetry, and countertop or custom built cabinets fabricated entirely on the job site. The cabinet includes a hinged cover, a folding vanity panel hinged to the underside of said cover, and a mirror and mirror support hinged to the vanity panel. The mirror and mirror support are retained for viewing in a selected, generally constant angular position with respect to the vanity panel regardless of whether the cover is raised or lowered. The vanity panel is supported by bearing assemblies such as rollers which allow that panel to automatically unfold and swing to an upright viewing position when the cover is raised. Light panels adjacent the mirror are provided for illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Inventor: Gary A. Culver