Patents Examined by Alexander Thomas
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Patent number: 9339417Abstract: A long cut line 21 extending along a virtual cutting line D is arranged in a central region A of an adhesive tape 1. The length of the long cut line 21 is made longer than a length of a second adjacent cut line 22 arranged in an adjacent region B and an outer cut line 23 arranged in an outer region C. The adjacent region B and the outer region C of the adhesive tape 1 have a tensile strength that can withstand the tensile stress generated when the adhesive tape 1 is fed out.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2013Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Inventor: Makiko Ogawa
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Patent number: 9339109Abstract: Provided are a decorated lightweight decorative panel without losing its strength, and a production method therefor. The lightweight decorative panel 1 according to the present invention has an opening. A first main surface is made of a decorative stone plate 4 as a whole. A peripheral part of a second main surface surrounding the opening is made of a framing stone material 3. A part of the second main surface excluding the framing stone material is made of a porous formed-material 2 in a shape of a plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2013Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Kanaflex CorporationInventor: Shigeki Kanao
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Patent number: 9339015Abstract: The present invention leverages various dog platforms, including collars, harnesses, and leashes to provide owners a way to add style or originality to their dog's look. The invention provides removable dog accessories that attach to any platform and do not require removing the platform from the pet or permanently altering the structure of platform; provide an avenue to enhance a dog's overall day-to-day appearance or for special occasions and/or holidays.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2014Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Inventor: Caryn Susan Pinto
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Patent number: 9334662Abstract: A reinforcing drywall tape and a method of making the same, the tape having a greige combined with a laid scrim constructed in situ on the greige and bonded to the greige by a resin coating, and a pressure sensitive adhesive fully covering an inward facing surface of the greige wherein the greige is adapted for adherence to drywall sections.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Saint-Gobain ADFORS Canada, Ltd.Inventors: David L. Spanton, James Griffin, Kristyn Moreland, Francis P. Dibley
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Patent number: 9334606Abstract: A seaming element for an industrial textile and a method of manufacture. The seaming element comprises an elongate body folded along its length at a folded connection region comprising a plurality of channeled protrusions securable to corresponding channeled protrusions of a complementary seaming element affixed to an opposing seamable edge. First and second body members extend from respective edges of the folded connection region, each body member being directly securable to the first seamable edge. At least one of the body members comprises a longitudinal profiled region proximate and substantially parallel to a free edge of the respective member. The method includes providing an array of apertures to form the channeled protrusions, and the profiled region is formed in a progressive roll forming process. The seaming element enables improved consistency and reliability of bonding of the element to the textile by laser welding, adhesives or other methods.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: AstenJohnson, Inc.Inventor: Allan R. Manninen
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Patent number: 9333890Abstract: A holder for a replaceable mat used in a vehicle having a base and at least one flap with a free edge that secures the replaceable mat. The flap may be integral to the base and may also be flexible to improve the efficiency of loading the replaceable mat. In other embodiments the flap is independent from the base and operatively secured by an attachment device to the base. Other features improve the ease of use and protective capabilities of the holder. The holder also improves safety for use in vehicles and is inexpensive to manufacture. The replaceable mat is preferably absorbent and freely disposable.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Silver Plume, LLCInventor: Gwendolyn Mary Garbarino
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Patent number: 9321242Abstract: Fluids are handled with a discardable floormat stacked with an absorbent sheet that extends beyond the floormat. The floormat is compressible and resilient, and may be a single or multiple sections. Atop the floormat are trip-avoiding channels feeding a gutter on a side whose height equals or exceeds the opposite side. The floormat has a border region, and a greater central region that is flat except for the channels. The border region has a height not exceeding that of the gutter, which has a draining outlet. In some cases the gutter is mostly free to fill fully and form a single exposed stream. In other cases, tubing occupies most of the gutter length, and has some intake apertures. Fluid entering the tubing can be sucked out, while fluid arriving at the absorbent sheet will be absorbed.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Inventor: David R. Siegel
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Patent number: 9307876Abstract: A stack of interfolded absorbent sheet products comprises a plurality of absorbent sheets each of which is itself folded at least twice about axes that are perpendicular to one another. The absorbent sheets have an embossed surface relief of a predetermined pattern or design. Each of the absorbent sheets within the stack comprises at least one pair of panels sandwiched between a pair of adjacent panels of another of the absorbent sheets in the stack.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: SCA TISSUE NORTH AMERICA LLCInventors: Robert C. Hochtritt, Andrew M. Conger
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Patent number: 9302446Abstract: A skin-stiffened composite panel (1) comprising at least two essentially longitudinal stiffeners (3) arranged distant to each other in a plane with a skin (2) of a planar outer continuous composite layer (9) and an inner continuous composite layer (10). The at least two essentially longitudinal stiffeners (3) have a height “a” perpendicular to the skin (2). At least two sandwich assemblies (4) in said plane are along each one of the at least two essentially longitudinal stiffeners (3), said at least two sandwich assemblies (4) comprising each the planar outer and the inner continuous composite layers (9, 10) and a grid-type foam module (8) with openings and with a height “b”, with the foam modules (8) on the same side of the planar outer continuous composite layer (9) as the essentially longitudinal stiffeners (3) between the inner continuous composite layer (10) and the planar outer continuous layer (9).Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventor: Axel Fink
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Patent number: 9283585Abstract: A sheet of masking means (1) which extends in a first direction wherein the sheet (1) has its longest extension, comprising a plurality of flat masking means (2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) with an upperside (3a) and an underside (3b), the masking means (2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) comprising a corner portion (4a) which comprises a triangle surface which has a first side edge (5a, 6a, 7a, 8a) and a second side edge (5b, 6b, 7b, 8b) further comprising an angle ? which is defined between the first and second side edge where a first masking means (2a) has the apex of the angle ? directed perpendicular to the first direction a second masking means (2b) has the apex of the angle ? directed perpendicular to the first direction in an opposite direction in relation to the apex ? of the first masking means (2a) where the first side edge (5a) of the corner portion (4a) of the first masking means (2a) runs parallel to the first side edge (6a) of the corner portion (4a) of the second masking means (2b) a third masking means (2c) which has thType: GrantFiled: April 27, 2012Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Smart Masking ABInventor: Ebrahim Isaacs
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Patent number: 9278499Abstract: A deck board includes a main body member provided with recesses and protrusions, a top base material joined to a top side of the main body member, and a bottom base material joined to a back side of the main body member. A peripheral end of the bottom base material includes a folded portion, and a peripheral end of the top base material includes a folded portion. The folded portion of the bottom base material and the folded portion of the top base material are crushed and integrated into a tip joint, and the tip joint is joined to a side wall of the bottom base material.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: MEIWA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoru Yamamoto, Takashi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 9278500Abstract: A vehicle interior panel includes stitching sewn through a decorative skin layer of the panel. The associated sewing needle holes are sealed by an elastomeric material before a foam layer is formed on the non-visible side of the skin layer to prevent the expanding foam from leaking through the needle holes and becoming visible at the visible side of the panel. The elastomeric material is initially applied as a viscous liquid formulated to solidify and can be applied by spraying, enabling lines of stitching to be located along complex contours of the panel. A latex emulsion is one suitable type of viscous liquid.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc.Inventor: William Filipp
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Patent number: 9272286Abstract: A wear element system, primarily for rock, stone and gravel handling equipment. includes a plurality of wear elements received in support rails. The support rails being fastened to surfaces of the equipment. Side edges of two adjacent wear elements are received in one of the support rails. The wear elements and support rails are shaped to fasten the wear elements in the support rails by means of wedge elements. The wedge elements are pushed down between the wear elements inside the support rails.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ABInventor: Mats Malmberg
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Patent number: 9272486Abstract: A stitched fabric including an interior layer, a barrier layer disposed over the interior layer, the barrier layer configured to inhibit fluid flow, a batting layer disposed over the barrier layer, the batting layer configured to provide insulation, a yarn stitched through and securing together the interior layer, the barrier layer, and the batting layer, the yarn forming stitch holes in the barrier layer, and a face layer disposed over the barrier layer, a melted portion of the barrier layer bonding the face layer and the barrier layer together and filling a portion of the stitch holes in the barrier layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2014Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: SWNR Development, LLCInventors: Douglas Stanley Lumb, Daniel L. English
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Patent number: 9266718Abstract: An out-of-plane microneedle manufacturing process comprises the simultaneous creation of a network of microneedles and the creation of a polygonal shaped hat above each microneedle under formation. The process comprises the following steps: providing bridges between the hats, maintaining the bridges during the remaining microneedle manufacturing steps, removing the bridges, together with the hats, when the microneedles are formed.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2012Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: DEBIOTECH S.A.Inventors: Astrid Cachemaille, Francois Cannehan
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Patent number: 9248314Abstract: The present disclosure relates to removable, nonslip, non-adhesive coverings which are used as shelf, drawer or storage liners. In particular, the covering sheet features an improved composite material having a top decorative layer of flocked polymeric film combined to a continuous bottom layer of unsupported foam. The structure of the multilayered composite material facilitates the convenient hand tearing of the sheet to size through a grid of perforations that are obscured by a fine coating of natural or synthetic fibers.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2012Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: KITTRICH CORPORATIONInventor: Mark A. Calkins
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Patent number: 9242451Abstract: A printing module comprising a support and a self-adhesive rectangular sheet element having a first face coated with adhesive and arranged on the support and a second face configured to receive signs (PRT) by means of priming. The sheet element having preferential breaking lines which delimit a sheet binding element comprising: a rectangular element and a plurality of flexible tabs arranged as a comb which integrally extend along a first lamer side of the rectangular element.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: PRIMA S.r.l.Inventor: Francesco Rebora
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Patent number: 9243736Abstract: Provided is an inner structure of a vacuum insulator with an assembly reciprocating support to increase an insulation performance, the structure of the vacuum insulator including a top board, a bottom board, and an assembly reciprocating support installed perpendicularly between the top board and the bottom board, the assembly reciprocating support including a solid shaft, a hollow shaft, and a connection part.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Tae-Ho Song, Seong Wook Cho, Hae-yong Jung, Jongmin Kim, In-Seok Yeo, Bongsu Choi, Jae Hyug Lee, SeungWook Kim, Wookjin Lee, Shin-Woo Jang
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Patent number: 9238382Abstract: The present invention relates to greetings cards generally and to Christmas cards and novelty cards in particular. Greetings cards, usually packaged with an envelope, come in a variety of styles. There are both mass-produced as well as handmade versions that are distributed by hundreds of companies large and small. There is a belief that greetings cards are becoming bland; the sending of Christmas cards is often seen as a chore. Equally, there is an increasing number of cards which are sent to surprise the recipients, or joke cards, which may be sent to communicate emotions to a recipient. The present invention seeks to provide a solution to the problems addressed above. The present invention seeks to provide a novelty card which is simple to manufacture and can provide a novelty noise to be created when first used.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2014Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Inventor: Jamal Merdassi
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Patent number: 9237820Abstract: An ornament assembly includes an attachment clip, an elongated shaft, and an ornament. The attachment clip includes a first jaw and a second jaw. The first jaw includes a first spine and a first finger extending from the first spine. The second jaw includes a second spine and a second finger extending from the second spine toward the first finger. The elongated shaft includes a first end and a second end. The second end of the elongated shaft is coupled to each of the first spine and the second spine such that at least one of the first jaw and the second jaw rotates about the elongated shaft to move the attachment clip between an open position and a closed position. The ornament is coupled to the first end of the elongated shaft such that the ornament is spaced from the attachment clip via a length of the elongated shaft.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: TARGET BRANDS, INC.Inventors: Kathryn D. Forbes, Monica R. Rush