Patents Examined by Daniel J Rohrhoff
  • Patent number: 11267609
    Abstract: A stackable pallet display system includes a tray portion having a rectangular bottom wall, corner posts extending upward from corners of the tray portion and an interior divider panel extending upward from the tray portion. The tray, corner posts and interior divider wall of the system can be folded from blanks of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: Menasha Corporation, PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Pfeifer, William Garrett Ehlebracht, Sunitha Nair, Daniel Lee Mathews, Roberto Carlos Guerrero Kees
  • Patent number: 11266233
    Abstract: A wire management system for a table leg is provided in a cooperative assembly with a table leg having a specific shape to receive a channel member with a cavity to receive various cables and cords. The wire management system is configured to work in a cohesive assembly and in an aesthetically pleasing manner, wherein the wire management system for a table leg is provided in a specific angular shape for receipt on a cooperative angular shape of the table leg or supporting member. Accordingly, the table leg of the cooperative assembly is provided in a geometric convex kite shape when view in cross section, wherein the kite shape is a quadrilateral having contiguous sides comprising two pairs of equal length sides that are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventors: Peter LaDuke, Tod Babick
  • Patent number: 11267612
    Abstract: A pallet includes a top deck having a rectangular shape, a bottom deck having a rectangular shape, and spaced apart corner support blocks and spaced apart intermediate support blocks coupled between the top and bottom decks and forming a gap therebetween for receiving a lifting member. Centerline markings are carried by at least one of the top deck, the bottom deck, and the corner and intermediate support blocks so as to provide a visual aid to an operator of the lifting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: CHEP Technology Pty Limited
    Inventors: John Thomas Storteboom, Jeffrey Ryan Chapin, Gregory Wolos, Kenneth Brandt, Daniel J Lantz, Oivind Brockmeier, Brandon Michael D'Emidio
  • Patent number: 11259630
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods for controlling movement of a desk or table. The apparatuses, systems, and methods may include a housing arranged with the desk or table and a lever configured to initiate raising or lowering of the desk in response to a force applied by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Linak A/S
    Inventors: David B. Seal, Keith D. Alsberg
  • Patent number: 11261632
    Abstract: A door tensioning system for an oven or other appliance includes a chain and spring assembled as a pull member attached at one end to a door and at an opposite end to a base member of the appliance in a manner maintaining spring-mediated tension between the door and the base/bulk of the appliance. The pull member is routed around a bracket-assembly-mounted pulley, where the bracket assembly includes at least one movable bracket member that is movable with the pulley in a manner that will increase or decrease tension in the pull member by increasing/decreasing its effective length between its ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Middleby Marshall Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony Czarnota
  • Patent number: 11259633
    Abstract: A drawer glide mechanism can include a first elongate guide member, a second elongate glide member, a ball bearing component, and a v-notch socket. The first elongate guide member includes a distal end that is configured to fit within an opening in the v-notch socket. The drawer glide mechanism can further include one or more floating members and fixed members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: American Woodmark Management Company
    Inventors: Bradly Anderson, Edward William Roy Lachman, Jeffrey Scott Hoeft
  • Patent number: 11253057
    Abstract: An adjustable lifting column for adjusting a piece of furniture comprises a drive assembly, a threaded spindle assembly comprising at least two concentrically arranged threaded spindles, of which an outer threaded spindle concentrically surrounds at least one further threaded spindle, a telescopic tube assembly comprising three concentrically arranged telescopic tubes, and a driver mechanism having an internal thread. The threaded spindle assembly is located within the telescopic tube assembly. Two adjacent threaded spindles of the threaded assembly have a common threaded connection. One of the at least two threaded spindles in the threaded spindle assembly is connected to the drive assembly for driving this one threaded spindle. The outer threaded spindle also has an external thread in which the internal thread of the driver mechanism engages. The driver mechanism is connected to a middle telescopic tube of the three telescopic tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: REACTIVE REALITY GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Windhaber
  • Patent number: 11248833
    Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body according to the present invention includes at least one reinforcing frame which is installed along a corner of at least one of a first plate member and a second plate member constituting an inner wall and an outer wall of the vacuum adiabatic body and is provided as one body for reinforcing the strength, thereby being capable of reinforcing the strength of the vacuum adiabatic body which is applied to the three-dimensional structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Daewoong Kim, Bongjin Kim
  • Patent number: 11246433
    Abstract: Various implementations include an extended repeated-use table cover device. The device includes a roller, a non-silicone mat, a disinfecting enclosure, a table mount, and a winding mechanism. An outer surface of the roller is coupled to a first mat end such that rotation of the roller about a roller axis causes the mat to wind around the outer surface of the roller. An outer surface of the disinfecting enclosure defines an opening extending from the outer surface to a cavity defined by an inner surface of the disinfecting enclosure. The roller is disposed within the cavity, and the mat is extendable through the opening. The winding mechanism is for rotating the roller from an extended position to a retracted position. The mat is durable enough to be used for at least three months under expected standard use without needing to be replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Automat Partners, LLC
    Inventors: Madison Luker, Gerina Kim, Alyssa Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 11234516
    Abstract: A drawer pull-out guide including a first guide rail and a second guide rail displaceably supported relative to one another in a longitudinal direction of the guide rails between a closed position and an open position. A guide body is supported between the guide rails, and the guide rails are guidable relative to one another in a lateral direction in a mounted position of the drawer pull-out guide by the guide body. At least one of the guide rails includes a protrusion bearing against the guide body in the open position of the guide rails, so that at least in that region, in which the guide body and the protrusion bear against each other, the guide rails are arranged without clearance relative to one another in the lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Marc Meusburger
  • Patent number: 11236939
    Abstract: A walled structure for an appliance comprising: (i) an inner wall portion defining a reception compartment, the reception compartment having a width; (ii) an outer wall portion facing the inner wall portion and at least partially surrounding the inner wall portion, the outer wall portion separated from the inner wall portion by a space, the outer wall portion being disposed further away from the reception compartment than the inner wall portion, the outer wall portion having a width parallel to the width of the reception compartment; (iii) an interior volume including the space between the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion; and (iv) an aperture through the outer wall portion providing access to the interior volume, the aperture having a width parallel to the widths of the reception compartment and the outer wall portion that is at least 25 percent of the width of the outer wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Arunkumar Harikrishnasamy
  • Patent number: 11229287
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a shelf (1) for a storage system. The shelf is made of sheet metal and, comprises a top surface including an area with an expanded metal mesh panel. The shelf further comprises at least one unexpanded area (7) in between two expanded areas, along the length of shelf. This facilitates the attachment of reinforcement structures to the shelf which provides for a shelf capable of carrying a greater load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventor: Peter Nilsson
  • Patent number: 11224279
    Abstract: A mobile color and style application device is disclosed. The device includes a base. The device further includes an adjustable tower coupled to the base. The adjustable tower including one or more tower locks configured to adjust a vertical height of the adjustable tower. The device further includes a plate coupled to the adjustable tower. The plate includes one or more tower locks configured to adjust a tilt angle of the plate. The device further includes one or more platforms. The one or more platforms are configured to couple to a portion of the plate via a quick-connect coupling mechanism. The one or more platforms include one or more cut-outs. The one or more cut-outs are configured to conform to a portion of at least one of a neck or a head of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventor: Alisha Fox
  • Patent number: 11226153
    Abstract: An appliance cabinet includes a structural envelope having an exterior surface and an interior surface that defines an insulating cavity, wherein the insulating cavity defines an at least partial vacuum. A plurality of silica-based agglomerates are disposed within the insulating cavity, wherein each agglomerate of the plurality of silica-based agglomerates includes silica-based powder insulation material that is water-densified and is at least substantially free of a material binder. A secondary insulation material is disposed within interstitial spaces defined between the plurality of silica-based agglomerates, wherein the plurality of silica-based agglomerates defines an interior structure that resists inward compressive forces exerted as a result of the at least partial vacuum defined within the insulating cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ashish Nigam, Shayta Roy
  • Patent number: 11226151
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator which allows a pivoting bar to pivot to seal a gap between a pair of doors regardless of whether the door at which the pivoting bar is not installed between the pair of doors is open or closed. The refrigerator includes a guide device which induces the pivoting bar to pivot. Here, the guide device includes a rack that is moved forward and backward linearly depending on opening and closing of the second door and includes a second magnet built therein, a pinion gear engaged with the rack and pivoting when the rack is moved linearly, and a guide unit which includes a guide groove guiding a guide protrusion and is engaged with the pinion gear to move linearly in a direction opposite to that of the rack to allow the pivoting bar to pivot when the pinion gear pivots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Jun Yoon, Young Jae Song, Seung Yong Yang, Sung Sik Moon, Ho June Jeon, Kyung Han Jeong
  • Patent number: 11221175
    Abstract: A liner hanger includes a body wall, a first hook wall, a second hook wall, a brace wall, and an abutment wall. The body wall includes a first face and a second face. The second face is on an opposite side of the body wall relative to the first face. The first hook wall is mounted to the first face of the body wall to form a first hook channel. The second hook wall is mounted to the second face of the body wall to form a second hook channel. The brace wall includes a first end and a second end. The second end is on an opposite end of the brace wall relative to the first end. The first end is mounted to the first face of the body wall. The abutment wall is mounted to the second end of the brace wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Sub-Zero Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kari Ann Bardouche, Sean T. Petersen, Hans Vanden Berg
  • Patent number: 11219306
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a cabinet. The cabinet comprises a base and a top. The base has a substantially planar base cap. The top is positioned on the substantially planar base cap of the base. The top has a substantially planar top cap. The top comprises a plurality of electrical outlets and a plurality of Universal Serial Bus ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventor: John White
  • Patent number: 11206921
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a multi-stage height-adjustable table, including an operation control member and a table leg assembly arranged on the table board. The inner leg of the table leg assembly is sleeved in the hollow outer leg, and the inner leg has a containing groove for accommodating the elastic element. Operate the control element and move the table board according to the manipulation to drive the operation of the actuation unit of the operating wire linked to the table leg assembly. When the wire is operated on the wire, the inner leg can be lifted and lowered in the hollow outer leg. Then manipulate the operating control to make the operating wire in the pay-off state, and the actuation unit will abut one of the positioning parts of the inner leg post to form a position-fixed state, and adjust the height of the table accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Gauss Design Inc.
    Inventor: Chih-Chieh Lin
  • Patent number: 11206919
    Abstract: Electrical operating unit comprising a first and a second part, where the two parts can be mutually adjusted. The Operating unit (1) comprises a first part constructed as a housing (2), which contains the electric equipment with at least one electric switch and a second part constructed as a mounting unit (3) for the first part. The two parts are interconnected about a shaft (17), so they can rotate mutually. When the operating unit is mounted the housing (2) will assume a first position, an initial position. By pressing the housing (2) it rotates about the shaft (17) and is brought into a second position, an activation position, where the switch(es) is/are activated in that they are pressed against the second part (3). With this embodiment of the operating unit the piece of furniture can be adjusted in either direction by pressing the housing (2). The housing (2), besides from functioning as a switch, can also be equipped with other switches and displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Linak A/S
    Inventor: Jesper Madsen Wolf
  • Patent number: 11202500
    Abstract: A table has a bottom plate having a bottom plate channel and an outer wall. A bottom plate lip is perpendicular to the outer wall. A top plate has a top plate lip overlying and parallel to the bottom plate lip. A lower end of a frame is in the bottom plate channel and an upper end of the frame is in contact with the top plate. An edge piece clamps the top plate lip and the bottom plate lip together. The edge piece extends entirely around a perimeter of the top plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: NEW-TEC INTEGRATION (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Luhao Leng