Patents Assigned to Liberty Hardware Mfg. Corp.
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Patent number: 11974668Abstract: A storage assembly is provided with a pair of spaced apart brackets. A pair of hubs is each pivotally connected to one of the pair of spaced apart brackets. A rotary limit is connected to one of the pair of hubs and one of the pair of spaced apart brackets to limit the pair of hubs to a range of rotation relative to the pair of spaced apart brackets. A pair of bars is each connected to the pair of hubs to rotate with the pair of hubs to support and store articles upon the pair of bars.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.Inventors: Tara Brown, Robert Douglas Hegarty, James Allen Austin, III, Michael Witt, Jeffrey John Mathison, Margaret Rider, Rose Ford, Ethan Creasman, Gabriel Prero, Patrick William Boehnen
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Publication number: 20240039260Abstract: A biodegradable electrical enclosure is provided and has a plate having a rear mounting surface and a front appearance surface. An aperture extends through the plate for receiving an electrical component. The plate is formed of a natural fiber thermoset composite (NFTC) having at least one fire-retardant additive.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.Inventors: James Leroy DANIELS, Earl David FORREST
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Patent number: 11877707Abstract: A shower door assembly is provided with a shower door pane, and a track with a side opening. A pair of wheels is mounted for rotation upon the shower door pane. Each of the pair of wheels is sized to be received in the track for translation along the track. A diameter of each of the pair of wheels is greater than a vertical dimension of the side opening to prevent removal of the pair of wheels from the track while in a vertical orientation, and to permit the pair of wheels to be removed in an angled orientation.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.Inventors: Thomas Simek, Nathaniel Faltin Dutton Schultz
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Patent number: 11825963Abstract: A packaging assembly is provided with a product package. A plurality of retail products is supported upon the product package in an array for transportation. A plurality of dividers is connected to the product package and extends between sequential retail products for separation of the sequential retail products during shipping, wherein the dividers are removable.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.Inventors: Yasmeen Gabrielle Coan, William Matthew Hicks
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Patent number: 11771270Abstract: A wall mount towel bar assembly provides a wall mount bracket adapted to be mounted to a planar surface. A threaded shaft is supported upon the wall mount bracket for rotation relative to the wall mount bracket. A sleeve is in threaded engagement with the threaded shaft with a sleeve aperture formed therein. A bar is received for translation in the sleeve aperture. Rotation of the threaded shaft locks the bar in the sleeve to maintain a position of the bar within the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.Inventor: James Leroy Daniels
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Patent number: 11746952Abstract: A back plate assembly for home hardware is provided with a base and an attachment. The base includes at least one mount aperture and is adapted to be mounted to a support surface. The base defines a receptacle, a through-hole, a pair of grooves disposed at an outer edge of the through-hole, and a pair of ledges offset from an inner edge of the through-hole. The attachment includes a lock member with a pair of lock features and a connector member sized for insertion between the pair of ledges when the attachment is oriented in a first radial position. Each of the pair of lock features is positioned on the attachment for insertion within one of the grooves and the connector member is sized to rest upon the ledges when the connector member extends through the through-hole and the attachment is rotated to a second radial position.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.Inventors: Earl David Forrest, Neil Thomas Edwards, James Leroy Daniels
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Patent number: 11739782Abstract: A fastener assembly is provided having a cylindrical shank with a plurality of annular grooves formed along a length of the shank. A plurality of elongated ribs extends perpendicular to the grooves along the length. A fastener disc is provided with a central opening with a diameter less than a cylindrical shank diameter wherein an inner edge of the central opening includes a contact surface. The fastener disc is retained on the fastener portion in a locked position when the contact surface engages one of the plurality of grooves with a friction fit. The fastener disc is rotated to a release position so that the elongated rib contacts the inner edge thereby releasing the contact surface from the grooves.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.Inventors: Earl David Forrest, Sagar Kishor Giri, Jegatheesan Mohandoss
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Patent number: 11655658Abstract: A guide assembly for a sliding shower door is provided with a bracket sized to be fastened to a shower door opening. The bracket has a first lengthwise retainer. A guide with a second lengthwise retainer is sized to be retained by the first lengthwise retainer of the bracket. The guide has at least one channel formed therein and is sized to receive a shower door pane within the channel for translation of the shower door pane relative to the guide.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.Inventor: Thomas Simek
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Patent number: 11641956Abstract: A retail shower door display assembly is provided with a point-of-sale display unit sized to be received within a retail store aisle. A first array of shower door glass panes is oriented within the display unit. Each shower door glass pane of the first array has a height, a thickness and a width. A second array of shower door glass panes is oriented within the display unit. Each shower door glass pane of the second array has a height, a thickness and a width that is different than the width of the first array of shower door glass panes. An array of shower door tracks is oriented within the display unit. Each shower door track of the array has a common length. An array of towel bars is oriented within the display unit. Each towel bar of the array has a common length.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.Inventors: James Allen Austin, III, Matthew Klein, Patrick Boehnen, Laura Hawkins
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Patent number: 11559148Abstract: A retail display system is provided with a point-of-sale display unit sized to be received in a retail store aisle. A first and a second plurality of mirror panes are oriented within the display unit, which are formed from different material compositions. A mirror display assembly is provided with samples from the first and second pluralities of mirror panes to visually demonstrate the material composition difference between the first plurality of mirror panes and the second plurality of mirror panes. The mirror display assembly is provided with a support with a base. An image surface is mounted upon the base. A first sample mirror pane is mounted to the support and oriented at an angle relative to the image surface to reflect the image surface. A second sample mirror pane is mounted to the support and oriented at an angle relative to the image surface to reflect the image surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.Inventors: Ryan Patrick Martin, Jeffrey John Mathison, Earl David Forrest
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Patent number: 11547222Abstract: A planar display assembly is provided with a planar display pane. A frame is provided with a dado sized to receive the planar display pane. A plurality of retainers mounts to the frame about an inner periphery of the frame to retain the planar display pane within the frame. At least one of the plurality of retainers is elastically deformable to deform during installation of the planar display into the frame, and to expand to retain the planar display pane within the frame. A plurality of apertures or a channel may be formed in the frame about the dado. The plurality of retainers may mount to the frame within the plurality of apertures or the channel of the frame to retain the planar display pane within the frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.Inventors: Earl David Forrest, Norman Dax Allen, Jeffrey John Mathison
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Patent number: 11518598Abstract: A frame package including a back panel, an inside panel tab, a front panel, and an inside panel is provided. The inside panel tab extends from the back panel. The front panel extends from the back panel and defines a region to rest upon a corner portion of a frame. The inside panel extends from the front panel and includes an inside panel tab slot. The back panel, the front panel, and the inside panel are arranged with one another to fold about the corner portion of the frame and for the inside panel to extend through a frame opening such that the corner portion of the frame is covered by at least one of the back panel and the front panel. The inside panel tab is received within the inside panel tab slot to secure the back panel to the inside panel without an additional fastener.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.Inventors: Ryan Martin, Earl David Forrest
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Patent number: 11452388Abstract: A planar display pane assembly includes a frame assembly with a frame with first and second spaced apart and opposed second decorative with first and second openings to receive a planar display pane. A through opening is formed through the frame to view the planar display pane in either direction of the frame. The first opening is formed around the through opening. The second opening is formed around the through opening and facing away from the first opening. A first plurality of fasteners is formed about the first opening. A second plurality of fasteners is formed about the second opening. A plurality of retainers is sized to engage the first plurality of fasteners or the second plurality of fasteners to retain the planar display pane to the frame. The planar display pane is received within the first opening or the second opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.Inventors: Dax Allen, James Allen Austin, III
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Patent number: 11454267Abstract: A compression lock assembly for an adjustable length rod assembly with inner and outer tubes is provided. The compression lock assembly has an adapter adapted to be connected to rotate with the inner tube. An elastomeric ring with an inner opening and outer diameter is concentric and disposed coaxially with the adapter. A threaded fastener extends through the elastomeric ring and is fixed to the adapter. A lock nut is disposed about the threaded fastener and fixed to rotate with the elastomeric ring. The locking nut moves along the threaded fastener to compress the elastomeric ring and expand the outer diameter from a first diameter to a second diameter greater than the first diameter as the elastomeric ring is rotated relative to the adapter.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.Inventor: James Leroy Daniels
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Patent number: 11452390Abstract: A planar display assembly is provided with a planar display pane in a frame with apertures formed about a periphery. Base members have a post received within the apertures. A retaining wall with ratchet teeth extends from each base member. Latch members with a hoop portion with a slot receive each retaining wall for adjustment in a direction toward the frame to accommodate display panes of varying thicknesses. A tooth is formed in each latch member to engage the ratchet teeth for adjustment. A release tab is provided on each latch member for manual release of the tooth from the ratchet teeth. A flexible arm extends from each latch members to engage and retain the planar display pane within the frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.Inventors: Earl David Forrest, Ryan Patrick Martin, James Allen Austin, III
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Patent number: 11445866Abstract: A wall mount towel bar assembly provides a wall mount bracket adapted to be mounted to a planar surface. A threaded shaft is supported upon the wall mount bracket for rotation relative to the wall mount bracket. A sleeve is in threaded engagement with the threaded shaft with a sleeve aperture formed therein. A bar is received for translation in the sleeve aperture. Rotation of the threaded shaft locks the bar in the sleeve to maintain a position of the bar within the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.Inventor: James Leroy Daniels
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Patent number: 11445825Abstract: A bar assembly is provided with a bar sized to be grasped manually with a guide formed at least partially along a length. A plurality of posts is provided, each in cooperation with the guide of the bar to fasten the bar to a support surface at various fastener mounting patterns. A method to install a bar assembly aligns a post with an aperture in a support surface. A bar is provided that is sized to be grasped manually. The bar is slid into engagement with the post. A fastener is installed to the post from an inside of the support surface. The fastener is tightened until the bar is secured in the post and the post is secured to the support surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.Inventors: Kelly Nicole Pifer, Amber Dawn Richardson
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Patent number: 11439255Abstract: A retail shower door display assembly is provided with a point-of-sale display unit sized to be received within a retail store aisle. An array of various shower door frames is oriented within the display unit. An array of various shower door glass panes is oriented within the display unit. A method for displaying shower door assemblies for retail is provided by displaying various shower door frames for purchaser selection. Various shower door glass panes are provided for purchaser selection independent of the shower door frames.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG CORP.Inventors: James Allen Austin, III, Patrick William Boehnen, Matthew James Klein, Richard L. Roetken, Marcus Bosch, Geraint Krumpe, Natalie A. Schraufnagel
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Patent number: 11437798Abstract: A cover plate assembly is provided with a subplate with a substrate mounted to a wall mounted electrical device, to enclose the electrical device. A rim extends from a periphery of the substrate with a plurality of notches formed into an outer periphery of the rim. A cover plate with a substrate is adapted to be mounted upon the subplate substrate. A rim extends from a periphery of the cover plate substrate. A plurality of fasteners extends from the cover plate rim to engage the plurality of notches in the subplate to fasten the cover plate to the subplate. The plurality of fasteners is formed integrally with the cover plate and concealed within the cover plate rim.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.Inventor: James Leroy Daniels
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Patent number: D994398Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.Inventors: Lauren Brenzy, Norman Dax Allen, Kurt Weaver, Jeffrey John Mathison, Cécile Boynton