Patents Examined by Christopher E Veraa
  • Patent number: 10021857
    Abstract: It describes an ear tag for livestock including: a plastic substrate including means to apply the ear tag to an ear of an animal; an UHF inlay coupled to a flexible flat portion of the plastic substrate, the UHF inlay including a substrate, an antenna on the substrate and a microchip connected to the antenna. The ear tag includes a plastic film; a predetermined portion of the plastic film is laminated on the plastic substrate and forms a closed pocket; the UHF inlay is enclosed in the pocket and is at least in part movable independently from the plastic substrate and the plastic film in the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: DATAMARS SA
    Inventors: Robert Douglas Bailey, Damien Pachoud
  • Patent number: 10019915
    Abstract: A unitary sheet-like merchandise labeling article that has a labeling tag flatly conjoined along a unifying flat bond zone with a flexible elastic layer that extends away from the tag and includes an elastic fastening loop. The loop sides that define the loop are wider than the thickness of the elastic layer. Further, the flexible elastic layer that extends away from the tag has a thickness greater than the thickness of the tag and has a dispersion zone adjacent the unifying flat bond zone. The dispersion zone allows dissipation of elastic loop in-line stretching forces sufficiently to reduce transmission of such forces into the bond zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Bedford Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert B. Ludlow, John B. Linquist, Colin M. O'Donnell, Ryan M. Korpela
  • Patent number: 9989992
    Abstract: An enclosure for a portable computing device is disclosed. The enclosure includes an indicium (e.g., logo) positioned in an opening extending partially through the enclosure. The enclosure includes multiple material removal processes. First, a tool (e.g., laser ablation tool) can be used to ablate the opening defining an ablation having a shape or profile similar to that of the indicium. A second material removal process can remove a region within the ablation to define an indicium support. The second material removal process may be performed by a CNC cutting tool capable of forming the indicium support to a desired precision. As a result, when the indicium is secured with the indicium support, the indicium includes a desired flatness that prevents an undesired reflectivity. In order to ensure the indicium properly fits in the opening, a third material removal process may be performed to define an indention region around the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Houtan R. Farahani, Hsinhan Wu, Lindsay D. Corbet, Hilbert T. Kwan, Katherine Spriggs, You Fu Tan
  • Patent number: 9986833
    Abstract: A modular cinema lounge chair including a seat member, a back and headrest support member that is adapted to be rockably and/or controllably and lockably displaceable between an upright/retracted position and a reclined/extended position, a left arm, a right arm, a floor-engaging frame sub-assembly, a left side, a right side, a front side or optional leg rest that is controllably and lockably displaceable between a lowered/retracted position and a raised/extended position via a hydraulic cylinder or electric motor, and a back side, wherein the frame sub-assembly includes a clean, simplified, and extremely sturdy structure which is adapted to accommodate the wear and tear associated with high volume use in today's cinemas, theaters, and auditoriums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: First Class Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Charles S. Reid, Bill Foley, George Kinsella, Ron Lamer, Ernest White, Ryan Volgelheim
  • Patent number: 9950897
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a holding apparatus for holding a card. The holding apparatus comprises at least two proximity sensors, a control unit and a motor. Each of the at least two proximity sensors are configured to determine orientation of the card when the card is present in the holding apparatus. The control unit is configured to determine status of each of the at least two proximity sensors in order to determine a position of the holding apparatus. The status of the at least two proximity sensors is at least one of open and close. The control unit is further configured to transmit a control signal to the motor based on the determined status. The motor rotates the card upon receiving the control signal, thereby orienting the card with respect to a viewer of the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Wipro Limited
    Inventors: Vijay Kumar, Balaji Sunil Kumar, Shagun Rai
  • Patent number: 9873363
    Abstract: A seat trim cover includes a flexible web and a plurality of molded clips spaced-apart at predetermined intervals along a distal edge of the web. Each of the clips includes a base attached to the web and an opposing pair of latch elements extending from the clip base. Each clip also defines a tool retention feature, such as an elongated slot. The clips are designed to be forced into engagement with a retainer of a seat cushion by engaging the tool retention feature of the clip with a tool, and applying force to the engaged tool to force the clip into engagement with the retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Velcro BVBA
    Inventors: Victor Horst Kheil, Paul Joseph Voigt, Michael Cina, Daniel Lee Janzen
  • Patent number: 9868372
    Abstract: A seatback includes a frame and a panel rotatably coupled to the frame. A support bracket is attached to the frame with a lever is rotatably coupled to the support bracket. The lever is configured to engage the panel with a frame supported actuator via a cable attached to the actuator and the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert William McCoy, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Iskander Farooq
  • Patent number: 9848718
    Abstract: An adhesive frame includes a clear flexible sheet member with an optional printed ink layer disposed on a border of a first side of the clear flexible sheet member. A semi-permanent adhesive layer is disposed on a second side of the clear flexible sheet member at the border of the clear flexible sheet member. No adhesive is disposed in the middle of the adhesive frame, either through using a patterned adhesive or through use of a liner. Such adhesive frames allow for quick and easy mounting of visual media on nearly any surface. Media can be quickly removed and replaced from underneath the adhesive frame because of the lack of adhesive in the middle portion of the adhesive frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Reel Life DVD, LLC
    Inventor: Valarie Moody
  • Patent number: 9839297
    Abstract: A split ottoman linkage having a plurality of interconnected links that move a middle ottoman and a front ottoman from a closed position to an extended position. The middle ottoman moves in a relatively constant radial arc, such that a chaise pad can be used on the chair. The middle ottoman and the front ottoman are positioned adjacent one another in the closed position, and are spaced from one another in the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Gregory Mark Lawson, Jason Allan Bryant
  • Patent number: 9844152
    Abstract: A display device includes a housing; at least one roller positioned within the housing; and a display portion including a display panel and a module cover, and the module cover is divided into a plurality of sections. The display panel and the module cover can transition from a first state where the display panel and the module cover are wound around the at least one roller to a second state where the display panel and the module cover are unwound from the at least one roller, in contact with each other, and exposed out of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinha Heo, Jihoon Han, Inkeun Ryu
  • Patent number: 9837002
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided that has multiple contiguously arranged adjustable mounting brackets that each has a proximal base portion and a distal attachment portion. There are a corresponding number of contiguously arranged display frames that are attached to the distal attachment portions of the adjustable mounting brackets. The display frames are designed to accommodate removable displays. The adjustable mounting brackets can be extended and retracted so that the display apparatus can attach to different sized mounting areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: GRAPHIC RESOURCE GROUP
    Inventors: Chester Allen Pyc, Jason Knight
  • Patent number: 9814318
    Abstract: A lordosis support for seat back rests, includes a support plate (10) held between two frame legs (14) of the back rest by tension members (12) and having on each side at least one point of attack (22) for the respective tension member (12), and an adjusting device (24) for adjusting the tension force of the tension members (12), wherein the distance between the two points of attack (22) is adjustable and the adjusting device (24) is configured to change this distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventor: Jörg Schwarzbich
  • Patent number: 9770107
    Abstract: The invention relates to an active dynamic seating (1) comprising a foot part (2) and a pendulum joint (10) which is rotatably mounted relative to the foot part (2), a seat (3) which is rotatably mounted relative to the foot part (2), and a pendulum column (4) supporting the seat (3), said pendulum column (4) being connected for conjoint rotation with the pendulum joint (10). The pendulum column (4) is designed to be resilient in a height direction H and the pendulum column (4) is provided with anti-rotation means (51, 52, 53) which rotationally immobilize the pendulum column (4) relative to the seat (3) such that the pendulum column (4) and the seat (3) can be rotated relative to the foot part (2) only together with the rotatable pendulum joint (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: aeris GmbH
    Inventor: Josef Glöckl
  • Patent number: 9765490
    Abstract: A highway road sign is described that is capable of opening and folding to display or conceal information presented on a face of the road sign. The foldable sign of the invention is further capable of being opened and closed remotely and powered with solar energy. Additionally the foldable sign is operable when subjected to cross winds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Safety Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jared Fanslow
  • Patent number: 9713975
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly for a motor vehicle has raised seatback that includes a permeable foam layer having a plurality of spaced apertures. A distribution system having airflow passages is juxtaposed against the permeable foam layer, such that the airflow passages of the distribution system are in fluid communication with the apertures in the permeable foam layer. A carrier assembly is juxtaposed against the distribution system and has an upper portion having a central annual member supported by a plurality of flexible radial arms, to which is attached a blower in fluid communication with the airflow passages of the distribution system and the apertures in the permeable foam layer. Warm air from the permeable foam layer is displaced away from the permeable foam layer and is circulated through the raised seatback by operation of the blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: S. M. Akbar Berry, Johnathan Andrew Line, Nicholas Alphonse Billardello, Richard Joseph Soyka, Marcos Silva Kondrad
  • Patent number: 9707878
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a seat back structure using a single piece of material. The method includes bending the single piece of material via a plurality of stamping processes to form the seat back structure. The seat back structure includes a web extending about a central opening, an inner flange extending about an inner perimeter of the web adjacent to the central opening, and an outer flange extending about an outer perimeter of the web. The inner flange is formed by bending via a first stamping process, and the outer flange is formed by bending via a second stamping process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Inventor: Joseph M. Kish
  • Patent number: 9669735
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a seat for vehicles, comprising a backrest part with a support frame and a respective lining; a seat part; and a chassis to which the support frame of the backrest part is firmly attached and to which the seat part is attached such that it can shift forward or backward, the backrest part being provided with a rotating vane between the support frame and its lining, with an upper end attached in an articulated manner to the frame or to the chassis and with a lower end provided with a slide where a thrust pin arranged in the rear area of the seat part slides, such that the rotation of the vane with respect to the frame or the chassis shifts the seat and modifies the profile of the lining in the area covering the vane and therefore the shape of the support surface that the backrest part offers the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: FABRICACION ASIENTOS VEHICULOS INDUSTRIALES, S.A.
    Inventor: Juan Singla Casasayas
  • Patent number: 9669742
    Abstract: An apparatus for covering a bench seat may have a seat cover with an installed configuration in which the seat cover is secured to the bench seat via a plurality of anchoring elements. The seat cover may have a support portion securable to a support member of the bench seat, and a backrest portion securable to a backrest member of the bench seat. The support portion may define a support recess, and the backrest portion may define a backrest recess. The backrest portion may have two rear backrest panels that define an intermediate backrest gap that is spanned by a rear flexible strap. Other anchoring elements may include one or more flexible connectors secured to a rigid feature of the vehicle, blocking member connectors extending between adjoining portions of the support portion and the backrest portion, and/or draw string elements that tighten the seat cover around the bench seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Truck Shields, LLC
    Inventor: Clark C. Bailey
  • Patent number: 9659509
    Abstract: A labeling device that can be affixed to articles of different shapes by more than one method and can provide information regarding the contents of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: MULTI PACKAGING SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Jon Luea
  • Patent number: 9576509
    Abstract: A unitary sheet-like merchandise labeling article that has a labeling tag flatly conjoined along a unifying flat bond zone with a flexible elastic layer that extends away from the tag and includes an elastic fastening loop. The loop sides that define the loop are wider than the thickness of the elastic layer. Further, the flexible elastic layer that extends away from the tag has a thickness greater than the thickness of the tag and has a dispersion zone adjacent the unifying flat bond zone. The dispersion zone allows dissipation of elastic loop in-line stretching forces sufficiently to reduce transmission of such forces into the bond zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: BEDFORD INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert B. Ludlow, John B. Linquist, Colin M. O'Donnell, Ryan M. Korpela