Patents Examined by Alfred J Wujciak
  • Patent number: 10701904
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel device and method for the retention of bags containing pet waste. The device is suitable for attachment to most types of pet leashes. The device consists of a single piece of material that is retained via friction to the leash, and which features a channel for the easy insertion and retaining of knotted bags of pet waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Inventor: Jesse L Chou
  • Patent number: 10689043
    Abstract: There is provided a method of securing a strut portion to an I-beam of a vehicle, the securing mechanism comprising a pair of opposed clamps, each including a gripping portion, a securing portion, an abutting portion and a fastener adapted to apply tension on the clamps toward each other for moving the clamps toward each other and compress the strut portion to the I-beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Transtex Inc.
    Inventors: Mathieu Boivin, Walid Deir, Georges Bassily, Swaroop Mulenahalli Kantharaju, Elizabeth Tome, Sylvain Daoust
  • Patent number: 10688888
    Abstract: A track adjuster includes a pair of tracks, a lockset configured to selectively restrict movement of the pair of tracks, a first lever configured to actuate an actuator of the lockset, a second lever configured to actuate the first lever, and a spring configured to apply a first biasing force to the first lever in a first rotational direction and apply a second biasing force to the first lever in a second rotational direction. The spring may be a torsion spring that may be wrapped at least partially around a cross member connecting the pair of tracks with a second pair of tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Wojatzki, Klaus Walter, Bernhard Bexten, Marc Laumeier
  • Patent number: 10683164
    Abstract: Lawn waste bag support devices for holding a lawn waste bag in an open position may include a device frame. A bag ring support frame may be carried by the device frame. The bag ring support frame may have at least one ring channel. A bag ring may be configured to receive and hold the lawn waste bag in an open position. The bag ring removably may be deployable in at least one ring channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Inventors: David C. Williamson, Jr., James Dickens Davis
  • Patent number: 10674813
    Abstract: The invention relates to a supporting frame with a lifting column (59) comprising telescopically arranged profiles with an upper and lower end, said upper end having a housing (60) secured thereto, and a base unit (61,62,63) with a compartment at least for partial reception of the lifting column housing (60) and a locking element (75), which when placed in a locked position exerts a squeezing force between the base unit (61,62) and the housing (60) of the lifting column (59). Thus, the housing (60) of the lifting column (59) is positioned and fixed in the base unit (61,62,63). The supporting frame further comprises means for retaining the locking element (78) in the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: LINAK A/S
    Inventor: Michael Randlov
  • Patent number: 10673215
    Abstract: A clamp includes a first member, a second member, and a fastener. The first member has a first connecting portion and a first supporting portion. The second member has a second connecting portion and a second supporting portion. The first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are twisted clockwise or counterclockwise such that a first clamping portion of the first connecting portion and a second clamping portion of the second connecting portion are tilted to the right or to the left with respect to a front-back direction when seen from above. A spiral hanger is mounted on a support wire by tightening the first member and the second member by the fastener in a state where a support wire is passed through between the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion and a spiral hanger is passed between the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: HIEN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Matsuo, Kazuyoshi Chikiri, Makoto Morishita
  • Patent number: 10632594
    Abstract: A clamp fastening device is configured to attach a work line to a work machine. The clamp fastening device includes a clamp structure with a line aperture configured to receive the line. The clamp structure is configured to releasably clamp to and retain a segment of the line within the line aperture. The clamp fastening device also includes a mount structure configured to be supported on an area of the work machine. The mount structure is moveably attached to the clamp structure to support movement of the clamp structure relative to the mount structure along at least one direction. The mount structure is configured to support movement of the clamp structure and the segment of the line relative to the area of the work machine along the at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Daniel T. Short
  • Patent number: 10624481
    Abstract: A mounting device for securing an object, such as a towel, a dish cloth, a potholder, or an oven mitt, to a handle, such as a refrigerator handle, an oven door handle, a drawer handle, or a cabinet handle, comprises a body, a hooking component formed on the body for removably hooking the device onto the handle when desired, and a connecting component formed on the body for connecting the object to the body. The object may be removably affixed to the connecting component or permanently affixed to the connecting component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SHEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Scott Henderson
  • Patent number: 10626898
    Abstract: A holder includes an elongated base having a first end, a second end and a fastening strap extending from the first end of the base to the second end of the base. The fastening strap extends around a device. A first accessory securement loop is disposed around the base for receiving a first accessory therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Kerri Cleveland
  • Patent number: 10627084
    Abstract: A plaster frame assembly includes a base plate that has a base wall and a plurality of side walls that extend substantially perpendicular to the base wall from a perimeter of the base wall. The base wall includes at least one regressed pad that has a plurality of perforations. The plurality of perforations receive one or more securing fasteners therethrough to secure or fasten the base plate to the ceiling. Furthermore, the base wall includes one or more sealing features that provide an air-tight sealing for a recessed housing can received through and retained in a can receiving opening formed in the base wall. The one or more sealing features include multiple collar sections that define a groove for receiving a sealing member, and one or more sealing tabs disposed between the multiple collar sections and configured to seal one or more adjustment apertures of the recessed housing can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Grzegorz Wronski, Steven Pyshos, Oliver Ernst, Wei Zhao, Rongxiu Huang
  • Patent number: 10619764
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cable guard device configured to be driven into ground near a transition point on an edge line delineating a yard area from a hardscape. Embodiments of the cable guard device comprise at least one stake portion, a cable guard channel configured to receive a cable, and a cable guard extension. When the cable is received through the cable guard channel and the at least one stake portion is driven into ground near the transition point on the edge line delineating the yard area from the hardscape, the cable channel guard protects from damage a first portion of the cable over the yard area and the cable guard extension protects from damage a second portion of the cable over the hardscape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Inventor: Nick Sagnella
  • Patent number: 10612718
    Abstract: A dual clamping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Really Right Stuff, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph M. Johnson, Sr., Verent Chan
  • Patent number: 10596980
    Abstract: A bracket for an on-vehicle camera includes: a camera fixing portion to which the on-vehicle camera is fixed; at least one vehicle-mount fixing portion provided integrally with the camera fixing portion and configured to be fixed to a vehicle body; and at least one weak portion arranged at a position at which the camera fixing portion is separable from the at least one vehicle-mount fixing portion by breakage of the at least one weak portion, the at least one weak portion being breakable more easily than another part of the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: FALTEC Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Uchiyama, Masanori Shiratsuchi
  • Patent number: 10598924
    Abstract: Suspension system structures and methods are provided. A system as disclosed allows for rotation of a supported object in two axes, with very little translational movement of the supported object. The system can include a base mounting structure that is joined to an intermediate or connecting structure by a first set of flexure blades. The connecting structure is in turn joined to a supported element structure by a second set of flexure blades. The first set of flexure blades can include four blades that intersect along a line that is coincident with an X axis of rotation, and the second set of flexure blades can include four blades that intersect along a line that is coincident with the Y axis of rotation. The components of the suspension system can comprise a monolithic structure that is formed from a single piece of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: Miroslaw A. Ostaszewski
  • Patent number: 10597892
    Abstract: An anchoring device for supporting a post from a support surface. The anchoring device comprises a base, at least one stanchion extending from the base, and a plate attached to the stanchion opposite the base. A plurality of side supports is included with each side support attached to and extending from the base. The side supports are also attached to the plate and extend past the plate. First and second guides are included with each guide attached to the plate and each side support. Each guide extends away from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: FOX HARDWOOD LUMBER COMPANY, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Tommy Fox
  • Patent number: 10588411
    Abstract: An assembly configured to limit movement of an apparatus having a base that rests on a surface includes a body member and a gate. The body member is configured to be secured to the surface and has an opening configured to receive the base of the apparatus. The gate is configured to be removably coupled with the body member to open and close the opening. When the gate is coupled with the body member, the gate is configured to cooperate with the body member to limit movement of the base of the apparatus relative to the surface in directions that are parallel to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: KABOB ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Karl R. Weber, Robert C. Hegedus, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10589691
    Abstract: A cable cleat system that secures cables to a ladder rack. The cable cleat system includes a mounting bracket assembly with a bracket body and a floating support bracket slidably mounted to the bracket body. A metal locking tie is positioned between the floating support bracket and the mounting bracket assembly. The mounting bracket assembly is secured to a ladder rung of the ladder rack and the floating support bracket supports the cables secured to the ladder rack. The metal locking tie wraps around the cables supported by the floating support bracket. The floating support bracket and the metal locking tie slide along the bracket body for enabling thermal expansion and contraction of the cables secured to the ladder rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventor: Rodney G. Rouleau
  • Patent number: 10578243
    Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-tilt spring mechanism and tension mounting mechanism for a ball and socket mounting device (1), consisting of an outer ball shell (16) provided with a guide member (18) disposed in an outer housing (15); an inner ball (5) disposed in the outer ball shell (16) and having a neck portion (10), a slit (9) and a slide with bore (20); a socket (24), and a cap (17), with a mounting disc (2), provided with an adjustment screw (3), being attached to the neck portion (10) of the inner ball (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Inventor: Csaba Karai
  • Patent number: 10569055
    Abstract: A tubing management apparatus that is operable to provide management of a medical tube. The tubing management apparatus includes a cord having a coiling device coupled to the first end of the cord and a clip secured to the second end of the cord. A plurality of couplers are slidably coupled to the cord intermediate the first end and second end. The plurality of couplers include a body having an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion of the body is configured to be slidably secured to the cord. The upper portion of the body of each of the plurality of couplers has an embedded magnet so as to assist in maintaining the couplers adjacent to each other. The lower portion of the body of the plurality of couplers includes various alternative embodiments that are configured to receive and retain a portion of a tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventors: Joshua Sigsworth, Matthew Gingras
  • Patent number: 10565971
    Abstract: The invention relates to a set consisting of a support plate and at least one quick-assembly support, wherein lateral feet or frame elements below the support plate form a free space, which can be used, among other things, for cabling purposes or for accommodating a power supply unit, wherein the quick-assembly support is designed and intended for mounting an in particular electronic component on the support plate, wherein the support plate comprises a plurality of elongated holes arranged in parallel in a predetermined pattern, wherein pairs of elongated holes with a first elongated hole and a second elongated hole are arranged in a predetermined grid spacing (A) perpendicular to the longitudinal extension of the two elongated holes, wherein the elongated holes comprise straight longitudinal edges extending parallel to one another, and wherein the quick-assembly support comprises a first fastening element and a second fastening element, which are arranged on the quick-assembly support at a distance matched t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Inventor: Hans-Peter Wilfer