Patents Examined by Anita M. King
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Patent number: 11892018Abstract: An apparatus for use in holding artwork during transportation or storage, comprising: a substantially flat mounting panel provided with a plurality of retention members; and at least one clamp, configured to be moveable between an unengaged state, in which artwork can be removed from the apparatus, and an engaged state, in which the clamp secures the artwork to the apparatus; wherein the clamp comprises a base, configured to be secured to the mounting panel, and a gripping section; and when artwork is secured to the apparatus, a first side of the artwork is supported on the mounting panel and the gripping section of the clamp presses on a second side of the artwork, opposite to the first side of the artwork.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: CRATEIGHT LIMITEDInventors: Peter Antony Farrar, John Hein, Andrew Nikita Cunynghame Stramentov, Anthony Henry Joseph Fraser
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Patent number: 11892179Abstract: An air conditioner outdoor device isolation structure includes a foot and a vibration isolation member. The foot includes a mounting hole. The vibration isolation member includes a first end part, a connection part, and a second end part connected in sequence, and a connection hole penetrating the first end part, the connection part, and the second end part. The connection part is located in the mounting hole, and the first end part and the second end part are located on opposite sides of the mounting hole.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA ELECTRIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Jinping Feng
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Patent number: 11884244Abstract: An exemplary fan clip device for moving and increasing the movement of air from a fan for a golf cart is presented. The fan clip device is attachable to a golf cart that can hold a fan that can provide a strong throughput of air to allow the golfer to cool off and have an enjoyable experience. The fan clip device is further easily attached and detached from the golf cart, as well as portable and reusable when a next golf outing is arranged.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Inventor: Moritz Holmes
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Patent number: 11885460Abstract: A system and method for securing a cable with decorative lights to an existing cable is disclosed. An outdoor lighting clip which comprises a curve and annular portion for securing two cables in proximity to each other. In use, the annular portion has a slot which may be secured over a first cable such that the clip hangs from the first cable. A second cable may then be hung on the curve of the clip, such that the first cable and second cable remain in proximity to each other. This allows the second cable to have lighting decorations hanging without sagging in the middle of cable and without the cable needing to be in tension between two anchor points. Many lighting decorations include a loop on their cable for hanging from hooks, and this clip is compatible with allowing the second cable to hang from the clip by the loop.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Simple Living Solutions, LLCInventor: Jamie Limber
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Patent number: 11877968Abstract: The extendable safety handle for benches is a safety device. The extendable safety handle for benches is a mobility assistance device. The extendable safety handle for benches is configured for use with the bench. The extendable safety handle for benches attaches to the bench. The extendable safety handle for benches rotates between a collapsed position and a deployed position. The extendable safety handle for benches forms a mobility assistance device when deployed. The extendable safety handle for benches rotates and collapses into a collapsed position. The extendable safety handle for benches comprises a pedestal structure and a telescopic stanchion. The pedestal structure attaches the telescopic stanchion to the bench. The telescopic stanchion rotates relative to the pedestal structure. The telescopic stanchion rotates between the deployed position and the collapsed position.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Inventor: Marilyn Roberts
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Patent number: 11872912Abstract: A seat sliding device includes a lower rail, an upper rail, a lever member, a lock member, a biasing member and an operation member. The upper rail includes a shaft member, and the lever member includes bearings engaging with the shaft member. Each of the left and right bearings has a surface in contact with the shaft member at one point in an up-down direction by being biased by the biasing member. In the pair of left and right bearings, a surface in contact with the shaft member in one bearing is formed as an arc-shaped surface with a radius slightly larger than an outer diameter of the shaft member, and a surface in contact with the shaft member in the other bearing is formed as a flat surface extending relative to the upper rail in the longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: TF-METAL Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shunsuke Kuroda
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Patent number: 11873977Abstract: A stand light includes an elongate body defining a longitudinal axis, a collar coupled to the elongate body for movement along the elongate body between a first position and a second position, and a plurality of legs coupled to the collar, the plurality of legs being collapsed against the elongate body when the collar is in the first position and being expanded apart from the elongate body when the collar is in the second position. The stand light also includes a head assembly coupled to an end of the elongate body. The head assembly includes a hub and a plurality of light heads. The hub is pivotably coupled to the end of the elongate body to pivot about a first pivot axis. Each of the plurality of light heads is pivotably coupled to the hub to pivot about a second pivot axis.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Brian Cornell, Duane W. Wenzel, David Proeber, Kevin D. White
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Patent number: 11867000Abstract: A swivel stand apparatus includes a swivel tower and a swivel mounting frame to which the swivel tower preferably removably attaches. Non-wheeled friction reducing sliders preferably form an interface between the swivel mounting frame and the frame. The flanged beams are part of a basket which can receive and connect to either a jack base or a flange base. The basket can have legs of different lengths to allow connection of the basket to the bases in only one orientation to prevent incorrect connection of the basket to the base. The basket preferably includes specially configured pipe racks for holding vertically positioned pipe or pipe joints. The jack base preferably includes multiple legs to connect to legs of the basket, and two legs to contact and support the basket without necessarily being mechanically interlocked thereto.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SWIVEL RENTAL & SUPPLY, L.L.C.Inventor: Douglas C. Burns
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Patent number: 11859860Abstract: A tube guide for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a main body formed from a pliable material, a first slit formed through the main body, and a second slit formed through the main body and traversing the first slit to define a tube support location configured to receive a range of tube sizes.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Satish Churi Veerappa, Akshay S. Baljekar, Akshat Jain
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Patent number: 11858425Abstract: A vehicle sensor attaching structure in which a plurality of kinds of external sensors for detecting an external condition of a vehicle is attached on a roof of the vehicle, the vehicle sensor attaching structure including: a common sensor unit that is fixed to the roof of the vehicle and to which at least one kind of the external sensor is attached; and an option sensor unit that is attachable to the common sensor unit in at least two directions of a vehicle left side, a vehicle right side, a vehicle upper side, a vehicle front side, and a vehicle rear side, that is detachably attached to the common sensor unit, and to which at least one kind of the external sensor is attached.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoya Higashimachi, Taro Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi Izuhara
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Patent number: 11846409Abstract: A flagpole truck system includes a flag pole truck device, including an enclosure body with a blocking protrusion, first and second pulley mounts, first and second halyard apertures, and internally mounted pulley assembly, a mounting stem assembly with first and second pin apertures, first and second blocking pins; a flagpole; a flag; a halyard; and a flag pole finial; such that the flag pole truck device is configurable in a first configuration for external halyard mounting and in a second configuration for partially internal halyard mounting; and such that the flag pole truck device is configurable for free rotation, restricted rotation, and blocked rotation.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Inventors: Daniel J. Pitcher, Lisa M. Pitcher
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Patent number: 11840177Abstract: A system for securing a user device to a body includes a magnet and an attraction plate. One of the magnet or the attraction plate is mechanically coupled to the body, and the other of the magnet or the attraction plate is mechanically coupled to the user device. The magnet is selectively activated to hold the attraction plate and, thereby, secure the user device to the body.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Sawyer I. Cohen, Jack J. Wanderman, Romain A. Teil, Mikael P. Sedlacek, Jorge C. Fialho, Kirill Kalinichev, Robert D. Silfvast, Justin D. Crosby
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Patent number: 11833340Abstract: One embodiment of a mechanism for attaching a syringe and separated plunger to a bottle and of the type having an attachment member (110) from which restraints (114) extend. In being fastened to the bottle, the restraints enable convenient drying and storage of the syringe and the separated plunger. Other embodiments are described and shown.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Born Life Hacks, LLCInventor: Jennifer Anne Born
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Patent number: 11834013Abstract: A jack stand having a rack-and-pinion gearing mechanism to extend a support member. The jack stand further comprises a latching mechanism suitable to provide a static force operable to sustain elevation of a vehicle. The jack stand further comprises a number of sleeves configured to receive a detachable handle operable to utilize the functions of the jack stand from a distance away from the underside of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignees: Bosch Automotive Service Solutions Inc., Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Robert Kochie, Robert Jensen
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Patent number: 11821207Abstract: Disclosed herein are various methods, systems, and devices relating to vertical structural supports, including acute Z-shaped piers and further including vertical structural features that provide additional structural support for various types of piers.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Priefert Mfg. Co., Inc.Inventors: William Dean Priefert, Rocky Christenberry, Tracy Metzger
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Patent number: 11815220Abstract: A bracket that includes a fixing seat and three supporting assemblies is provided. The fixing seat includes three engaging portions, each of which includes multiple first engaging structures. Each supporting assembly includes a fixing assembly, a sliding member, and an engaging member. One end of the fixing assembly is pivotally connected to the engaging portion. The sliding member is sleeved around an outer periphery of the fixing assembly. The engaging member is connected to the fixing assembly. When the sliding member slides relative to the fixing assembly, the sliding member can push against the engaging member, such that a second engaging structure of the engaging member is engaged with the first engaging structure. Further, a second retaining structure of the sliding member can be engaged with a first retaining structure of the fixing assembly for limiting a movement range of the engaging member and the fixing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: ELGATO IDISPLAY LIMITEDInventor: Yu-Cheng Chang
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Patent number: 11817763Abstract: A mount assembly for supporting an electric machine assembly is provided. The electric machine assembly includes a base and at least one elastic component disposed between the base and the electric machine assembly. The at least one elastic component dampens vibrations generated by the electric machine assembly. The electric machine assembly may be selectively arranged in at least one of a first orientation, a second orientation, and a third orientation relative to the base.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.Inventor: Patrick Gasser
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Patent number: 11806477Abstract: A conduit holding device may include a mounting mechanism having a fixed plate, and optionally, a movable plate that may be movable towards and away from the fixed plate. A rail may be coupled to the mounting mechanism, the rail having a first end, a second end, an elongated front side, and an opposing elongated back side. A platform may be movably coupled to the rail so that the platform may be repositionable between the first second ends. The platform may have one or more front conveyances and back conveyances. The platform may be movably coupled to the rail with a front conveyance in contact with the front side of the rail and with a back conveyance in contact with the back side of the rail. A clamp may be coupled to the platform, and the clamp may be configured to arrest a first portion of a conduit to the platform.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Inventor: Justin Adams
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Patent number: 11802637Abstract: An apparatus for fastening lines, in particular power cables, pipes or hoses, includes at least two interconnectible fastening parts which form a feedthrough when assembled. The fastening parts include two clamp parts which are hinged together via at least one hinge and which each receive at least one clamping block having a groove in its outer lateral surface, in which groove a portion of a clamp part is positioned, and which clamping block has, on its inner face opposite the groove, a channel, which has the shape of a cylinder-barrel portion and extends axially at a right angle to the groove, for receiving a line. A fastener is arranged at the end of a clamp part opposite the hinged connection, the fastener hook of which fastener can be brought into engagement with a mating fastener hook arranged at the end of the other clamp part opposite the hinged connection.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: WALTER STAUFFENBERG GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Ulrich Stefan Koenig, Matthaeus Schulz
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Patent number: 11796355Abstract: A device for fixing a measuring instrument for inspecting a display includes a fixed frame unit detachably mounted on the top end of a display, a moving frame extending upward and downward and mounted to be liftable on the fixed frame unit, and an elevating unit which is mounted to be liftable on the moving frame and on which a measuring instrument for inspecting a display is detachably mounted.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventor: Yong Jin Park