Patents Examined by Anita M. King
  • Patent number: 11234545
    Abstract: A urinal bottle holding apparatus includes a mounting hook, a urinal bottle holder, and an attachment mechanism so that a urinal bottle can be safely secured adjacent to a patient. The urinal bottle holder includes a rectangular base, an opening, and a support wall. The opening concentrically traverses through the rectangular base so that the urinal bottle can be inserted and secured. The support wall is terminally connected to a bottom edge of the rectangular base thus delineating a stronger platform to integrate a plurality of holder fastening features of the attachment mechanism. The mounting hook is integrated with a plurality of hook fastening features as the mounting hook is frictionally attached to rectangular base and the support wall through the attachment mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Inventor: Gloria Cox
  • Patent number: 11223318
    Abstract: Connectors, systems with connectors and processes with connectors are described. These include how connectors can actively hold external portions of two frames or other components together during transport and before final installation, as well as, how the connectors can be repositionable on the frame or other component so as to provide a mechanical connection in one position and not to provide a mechanical connection when moved into a second position. The connectors can also function to provide spacing or alignment or both between frames or other components grouped together using the connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SunPower Corporation
    Inventor: Lee J. Gorny
  • Patent number: 11219791
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to is a sprinkler reducer fixing apparatus formed in a one-touch open bracket form and capable of easily fixing a reducer of a sprinkler. The apparatus includes at least a main frame including a first frame support portion, a sub-frame installed to be spaced at a certain interval from the main frame and including a second frame support portion, an intermediate frame installed between the main frame and the sub-frame, a shaft extending to pass through the main frame, the intermediate frame, and the sub-frame and having one end supported by the sub-frame, and a pivoting lever connected to the other end of the shaft, which protrudes from the main frame, and configured to pull and withdraw the other end of the shaft from the main frame by pivoting to decrease a distance between the main frame and the sub-frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventor: Joo Wan Kim
  • Patent number: 11213157
    Abstract: A securing device includes an attachment plate and a holder. The attachment plate includes a first face attached to a wall or ceiling, and at least one bolt protrudes from the second face of the attachment plate. The holder includes a first part and a second part, wherein the first part is connected to the at least one bolt which is connected with a nut. The second part includes a first arm and a second arm. The first and second arms hold the curtain top rail. The wall of ceiling is not damaged while curtain top rail is held by the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: CHING FENG HOME FASHIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wen Ying Liang
  • Patent number: 11202525
    Abstract: To provide a luggage hook of improved ease of use. A luggage hook 10 that is detachably attachable to an attachment location, comprising: a base 20; a belt 81 that is attached to the attachment base 20 and wrapped around the attachment location; a primary hook member 60 comprising a cylindrical primary neck section 61 attached to the base so as to be rotatable around a central axis of rotation R, with a partially open ring-shaped primary hook body 64 being connected to the primary neck section; and a secondary hook member 70 comprising a cylindrical secondary neck section 71 rotatably fitted into the primary neck section, with a partially open ring-shaped secondary hook body 73 being connected to the secondary neck section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: VIE INTERNATIONAL. GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kinya Ota
  • Patent number: 11203304
    Abstract: A radio mount includes a front wall; a rear wall; a bottom wall extending between a lower edge of the front wall to a lower edge of the rear wall; a left wall extending between a left edge of the front wall to a left edge of the rear wall; and a right wall extending between the right edge of the front wall to a right edge of the rear wall. An upper edge of the left wall and an upper edge of the right wall has an arcuate shape sized to conform to a portion of a windshield frame of a vehicle. The front wall defines an opening sized to provide access to a radio mounted within the radio mount. The front wall and rear wall may be angled with respect to the bottom wall. The front wall defines a central portion and two lateral portions for receiving switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventor: Mark Alan Turner
  • Patent number: 11186337
    Abstract: A retaining assembly to attach one or more mobile devices to a mobile object. The retaining assembly may include a mounting plate that attaches to the mobile object by way of a mounting bracket or scorecard clip-on. The mounting bracket provides dovetails for selecting engaging the mounting plate in different orientations. The mounting plate facilitates various magnetized components to removably attach to the mobile device. If the mobile device has a third-party extensible grip, a retaining ring may be employed to attach the mobile device or the extensible grip modified to one of the various magnetized components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventors: Leslie Ronald Hamilton, John Carr
  • Patent number: 11187373
    Abstract: A television mounting bracket for hanging a television on a wall that include a first body that is designed to be connected to the wall and a second body that is designed to be connected to the television. The first body has a vertical c-profile channel that has a top opening and a vertical slot. The bottom part of the c-profile channel is narrower than the rest of it. The first body has a horizontal springy pin that is connected to its back part with a spring and protrudes from it into the c-profile channel in a way that enable the springy pin to move backward and forward. The second body has a horizontal pin with a locking piece that includes a vertical channel. The locking piece corresponds with the vertical slot and the vertical channel corresponds with the horizontal springy pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Shlomo Levy
  • Patent number: 11185185
    Abstract: A curtain rod bracket assembly with a bracket base that is configured to be mounted to a wall or a ceiling, and a bracket arm defining at least one curtain rod supporting portion that is configured to hold a curtain rod in a generally horizontal orientation, and first and second mounting locations. The first mounting location is configured to be coupled to the bracket base when the bracket base is mounted to a wall, while maintaining a curtain rod supporting portion such that it is configured to hold a curtain rod in a generally horizontal orientation. The second mounting location is configured to be coupled to the bracket base when the bracket base is mounted to a ceiling, while maintaining a curtain rod supporting portion such that it is configured to hold a curtain rod in a generally horizontal orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Kenney Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Klowan, Thomas Borawski
  • Patent number: 11181228
    Abstract: Rod fixing device with the same force irrespective of whether movement of a rod is up or down. A locking mechanism moves with a first rod inside a second rod and a stopper having a contacting surface portion contacting an inner circumferential surface of the second rod. A holder which rotatably holds the stopper so that the contacting surface portion contacts the inner circumferential surface of the second rod, and a spring imparts the stopper with a forces generating a fixing frictional force between the first rod and the second rod by causing the contacting surface portion to come into contact with the inner circumferential surface of the second rod. Movement of the first rod toward one side causes the contacting surface portion to rotate toward a side separating from the inner circumferential surface of the second rod, and movement of the first rod toward the other side is a movement against the fixing frictional force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOK, Inc.
    Inventors: Junichiro Akiba, Shin Kimura
  • Patent number: 11180258
    Abstract: A seat track fitting assembly can include a seat track having a channel sized and shaped to removably, coupleably receive a seat track fitting, which seat track fitting can include a central flange having a lug aperture which is sized and shaped to be coupleable to a payload component, and at least a pair of shear pads, with each one of the shear pads protruding outwardly from opposing sides of the central flange and including a shear flange, and a tensile flange, wherein the tensile flange and the shear flange are integrally formed with the central flange. Related methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: HARPER ENGINEERING CO.
    Inventor: David Chadwell
  • Patent number: 11178963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a book holder capable of holding books having various thicknesses and, specifically, to a book holder capable of holding a thick book open, as is, without folding the pages thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventor: Young-Chan Jeon
  • Patent number: 11173009
    Abstract: A medical device support system including a central shaft, an extension arm, and a brake assembly. The extension arm has a support for a medical device and a hub at its proximal end mounted to the central shaft for pivotable movement about the central shaft. The brake assembly is secured in the hub for rotation therewith and includes first and second discrete arc shape clamp pieces configured to flex toward and away from each other to respectively increase and decrease a frictional braking force to the central shaft. The hub includes a hub access opening configured to allow passage therethrough of at least one of the arc shape clamp pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: American Sterilizer Company
    Inventors: Lance Clark Bellows, Christopher Roy Mohr
  • Patent number: 11160217
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-theft deterrent hanger device comprises a top hook member and a bottom hook member with an elongated suspension arm therebetween. The top hook member is for placement over a top of an entry way of a building structure. Both hook members face inwardly toward the entryway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Maria Dalmolin
  • Patent number: 11156324
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a field of shooting support device, and to a clamping mechanism and a handheld gimbal. The clamping mechanism includes an upper clamping portion, a lower clamping portion opposite to the upper clamping portion, a clamping arm connected to the upper clamping portion and the lower clamping portion, a connecting aim rotably connected with the clamping arm, and a locking component. The locking component limits relative rotation of the clamping arm and the connecting arm. The locking component is disposed on a rotational connection position of the clamping armor and the connecting arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Inventors: Jinghua Shan, Yi Bing Peng
  • Patent number: 11122917
    Abstract: Apparatuses for physically securing a laptop in an open position to a tabletop of a display table or to another display surface are disclosed. In an embodiment an apparatus includes a main body and left, right, and front arms that are extendable and retractable relative to the main body. Left, right, and front side braces are attached respectively to the left, right, and front arms, and are configured to be secured to left, right, and front sides, respectively, of a lower body portion of a laptop. Fasteners extend downward from the main body and are attachable to a tabletop or to another display surface. A lock mechanism can automatically lock the arms in place after they have been at least partially retracted to secure a lower body portion of a laptop to the main body. Releasing the lock mechanism can cause the arms automatically to return to fully extended positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: OnQ Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul F. Chapuis, Steven D. Penny, Thomas M. Hopmans, William B. Tenney, Sean A. Nazerad
  • Patent number: 11109741
    Abstract: A support bracket for a portable monitor including a longitudinal frame, first and second actuators accessible through first and second openings of the longitudinal frame, first and second latches extending through at least one opening of the longitudinal frame and biased from a second to a first position, wherein force applied to the actuators translates the latches from the first to the second position. A hanger is connected to the longitudinal frame and a cradle sized and shaped to receive the portable monitor is supported from the hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: AMBU A/S
    Inventors: Line Sandahl Ubbesen, Brian Nielsen, Henrik Frengler, Kasper Rieland Jakobsen, Nai-Hua Chen
  • Patent number: 11092261
    Abstract: A bracket assembly for securing a plurality of conduits includes a base including at least one recess, the recess defined by a bottom surface and a pair of side surfaces and a securing member configured to mate with the base and extend across the recess to form a conduit-receiving area. The bracket assembly also includes at least one adapter coupled to the recess to reduce the size of the conduit-receiving area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Bickert, Sylvain Errant, Romain Mezouri
  • Patent number: 11085576
    Abstract: An auxiliary device for photo-taking and video-taking and a multifunctional support bracket. A spherical base, arranged on an upper part of the main body, includes a spherical concave shape with an upward-facing opening and provides a cooperation member for being fixedly connected to a spherical-bottomed ball head. A flat-bottomed platform, with one side face detachably fixed to the opening of the spherical base through the cooperation member, has the other side face provided with a connection member for being fixedly connected to a flat-bottomed ball head. A flat-bottomed ball head, fixedly connectable to the connection member of the flat-bottomed platform. A spherical-bottomed ball head, for being fixed in the spherical base after the flat-bottomed platform is removed, and detachably fixedly connected to the cooperation member of the spherical base. The multifunctional support bracket and the assembly thereof may be applied to both flat-bottomed ball head and spherical-bottomed ball head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG SIRUI OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Li, Xiaoyun Hu
  • Patent number: 11084409
    Abstract: This shaft-support structure for a rotary body is provided with a bearing portion disposed to a base panel and a fulcrum shaft that is disposed to a cup holder and is supported by the bearing portion in a rotatable manner. The bearing portion has slits on the side apart from the base panel. A center cover is disposed at a position facing the slits. The cup holder is configured in such a way that, when a load exceeding a predetermined level is exerted in the direction away from the base panel, the fulcrum shaft moves in a direction in which the fulcrum shaft disengages from the bearing portion through the slits and, therewith, by pressing the center cover from the inside and causing the center cover to move in the direction separating from the bearing portion, the fulcrum shaft disengages from the bearing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: NIFCO, INC.
    Inventor: Yoichi Hirano