Patents Examined by Daniel J Rohrhoff
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Patent number: 11191351Abstract: A folding lock mechanism for furniture legs having a first connecting member arranged at an end portion of a first leg part and a second connecting member arranged at an end portion of a second leg part. The end portions of the leg parts are hingedly connected to each other such that the leg parts are arrangeable in a straight or a folded position. The first member includes a peg accommodated in a recess of the second leg part when the first and second leg parts are arranged in the straight position. The second member includes a spring biased pin arranged to be guided in a hole of the second leg part such that the pin can be engaged with the peg when the peg is accommodated in the recess of the second leg end part, thereby releasably locking the first and second leg parts in the straight position.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: PANELTERRA INVESTMENTS LTD.Inventor: Greger Scholander
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Patent number: 11191357Abstract: A removable self-unlocking structure includes a case and a frame body. The case has a latching portion. The frame body includes a frame plate, and the frame plate is disposed with a positioning structure. The positioning structure includes a slot and an elastic arm exposed in the slot. When the frame body is exerted by an external force, and the elastic arm is capable of positioning at the latching portion or detaching from the latching portion, so that the frame body can slide relative to the case for increasing the convenience of use.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: AIC INC.Inventors: Siang-An Jhou, Wei-Shih Wu
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Patent number: 11186409Abstract: A reconfigurable pallet/dolly platform includes a top deck that includes a product support surface and an opposing underside. The underside includes pallet support leg attachment areas for receiving pallet support legs when configured as a pallet, and dolly wheel attachment areas for receiving dolly wheels when configured as a dolly. The product support surface includes pallet support leg receiving areas aligned with the pallet support leg attachment areas and configured to engage the pallet support legs from an identical platform stacked thereon when configured as a pallet. The product support surface also includes dolly wheel receiving areas aligned with the dolly wheel wells and configured to engage the dolly wheels from an identical platform stacked thereon when configured as a dolly. Each dolly wheel receiving area partially overlaps with one of the pallet support leg receiving areas.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: CHEP Technology Pty LimitedInventors: Matthew Wood, Paul Barnswell, Bradley Wayne Daubenspeck, Craig Rolland Norman
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Patent number: 11181313Abstract: A household appliance includes at least one appliance body which has at least one wall element that at least partly delimits at least one isolation chamber. At least one fixing element is disposed on the wall element and is provided in order to fix at least one component to the wall element. In order to provide the device with improved assembly properties, the fixing element protrudes in a direction facing away from the isolation chamber beyond a plane spanned by the wall element.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Michael Krapp, Andreas Kemmer, Michael Seelmeier
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Patent number: 11167882Abstract: A pallet includes a top deck divided into quadrants, and pallet support legs coupled to an underside of the top deck and forming an opening below the top deck for receiving a lifting member. The top deck includes at least one deck scoop area on an underside thereof in each quadrant. A thickness of the top deck is reduced in each deck scoop area to reduce influence of top deck deflection on ability of the lifting member to pass through the opening below the top deck.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: CHEP Technology Pty LimitedInventors: Bradley Wayne Daubenspeck, Daniel Aaron Gorsky, Craig Rolland Norman
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Patent number: 11168935Abstract: A refrigeration cabinet assembly for a refrigeration appliance (1) comprises an insulated cabinet (20) having five closed faces and an open front face providing access to an interior of the cabinet. A torsionally stiff structure fixed to one of the five closed faces (23) or a structure (31) is added to one of the five closed faces (23) so that together with that closed face a torsionally stiff structure results. The torsional stiffness of the assembly is thereby increased beyond that of the cabinet alone so that the insulated cabinet has an improved ability to resist twisting.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Inventors: Richard Wong, Ian Campbell McGill, Kenneth William Foster, Yunchao Hou
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Patent number: 11160376Abstract: A desk or table shield includes a clear face and two wings, is individually assignable, easily attached to a desk or table top, and include elbow openings preventing or reducing interference with arms during use. Clips are permanently attached to the desk or table top, and the shield engages and disengages from the clips to attach and detach from the desk or table. A template facilitates portioning the clips for attachment to the desk or table top. The wings are attached to the face by flexible hinges. Cable cutouts are provided for cabling. Carrying handles are provided by slots in the face and wings which align when the wings are folded against the face for carrying.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Inventors: Brian Gass, Steve Ehret
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Patent number: 11154131Abstract: Embodiments of a side deployable keyboard tray systems that may include a height adjustment system. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Inventor: Barry Seibel
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Patent number: 11140978Abstract: An attachable table leg apparatus is disclosed. Specific implementations of a table leg apparatus may include a first portion including a plurality of recesses. The plurality of recesses may be configured to receive a table support. The table support may include a first table leg and a second table leg. The table leg apparatus may also include a second portion configured to removably couple over the first portion. The first portion and the second portion may also fully enclose the first table leg and the second table leg of the table support.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Table Transform, LLCInventor: Benjamin Scott Baker
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Patent number: 11129470Abstract: A table has a tabletop, a vertical support, and a mounting frame disposed at a top end of the vertical support and attached to the tabletop. The mounting frame includes a fixing base, a rotating frame rotatably connected to the fixing base, and a rotating handle assembly rotatably connected to the rotating frame. The rotating frame is operable to rotate between a horizontal position and a vertical position. The rotating handle assembly includes an abutting block that engages the lower embedding notch in the fixing base when the rotating frame is in the horizontal position. The rotating handle assembly has a lower edge that engages the upper embedding notch in the fixing base when the rotating frame is in the vertical position. A handle, which extends outwardly from the rotating handle assembly, is configured to be operated by a user to move the rotating frame between the vertical position and the horizontal position.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Dongguan Shichang Metals Factory Ltd.Inventor: Chen-Kang Lin
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Patent number: 11118617Abstract: An assembly includes an elongated channel member, a clip and a leg. The clip includes a hook proximate the first end of the clip, a fastener proximate the second end of the clip, and a pivot protrusion disposed between the first and second ends of the clip. The clip is attached to the first end of the elongated channel member. The leg is oriented at a first angle to the elongated channel member and adjacent the first end of the elongated channel member. The leg includes an opening. The hook of the clip is configured for insertion into the opening of the leg. Using the fastener to move the second end of the clip toward a surface of the elongated channel member causes the hook of the clip to rotate about the pivot protrusion, thereby engaging a surface of the leg. A method is described for assembling a structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: VALLEY DESIGN ENTERPRISES INCInventors: Loren Leslie Isensee, Duane Eric Solberg, Timothy Michael Simpson
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Patent number: 11118303Abstract: A hinge bracket to couple a hinge to a lid of a laundry appliance comprising: an elongated slot receiving a connector portion of a hinge; first fastener receivers extending from the elongated slot laterally inward toward a midline of a cabinet of the laundry appliance and configured to cooperate with fastener receivers of the hinge to receive fasteners that fasten the hinge to the hinge bracket; second fastener receivers on an opposite side of the hinge bracket as the first fastener receivers and configured to cooperate with the fastener receivers through a C-shaped lip of the lid to receive fasteners fastening the lid to the hinge bracket; and an indented portion formed laterally away from the elongated slot and facing the curved portion of the hinge. The laundry appliance can further include a hinge receiver to couple the hinge to a cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Iftkhar Ahamad, Neyda Eliza Leon Lopez, Raghavendran Prabhakaran, Suraj Dilip Shelar
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Patent number: 11103060Abstract: The present invention provides an extended table for use as a piece of furniture, comprising a table with a top surface, two or more leaves lying at least partially parallel on adjacent planes in the unextended position, and being possible to draw the leaves apart in a plan view and each leaf is supported by a crank arm which is obliquely placed at a certain degree on the leaf, a gear assembly is housed in the table base connects the cranks arms together so that they can be moved angularly simultaneously with respect to one another. In the extended position, the leaves lie in the same plane as the table surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: ELITE MODERNInventor: Robinson Ho
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Patent number: 11097869Abstract: Disclosed herein is an aluminum assembly pallet. This includes a plurality of upper plates each having a predetermined length, a binding device coupled at an upper end thereof to a lower portion of each upper plate, with a sliding protrusion formed on a lower end of the binding device, and a middle plate disposed under each of the upper plates to be perpendicular thereto and assembled with the binding device. The middle plate includes a sliding groove formed to allow the sliding protrusion to be movable inwards in a longitudinal direction of the middle plate, a plurality of entrance holes formed in an upper end of the sliding groove to allow the sliding protrusion to go in and out, and a connecting hole connecting the entrance holes to each other and having a width that is smaller than a diameter of each of the entrance holes.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Inventor: Jin Seop Kim
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Patent number: 11089871Abstract: The invention refers to a furniture panel assembly (200, 200? 200?, 200??) comprising a furniture panel (300, 300? 300?, 300??) and a wheelhouse cassette (100, 100?, 100?, 100??). The furniture panel (300, 300? 300?, 300??) has a slot (23) extending in a plane in parallel with and at least partly between the major surfaces of the furniture panel (300, 300? 300?, 300??) and the wheelhouse cassette (100, 100?, 100?, 100??) is positioned in the slot (23). The wheelhouse cassette (100, 100?, 100?, 100??) comprises a wheelhouse (1; 1?; 1?; 1??) and a wheel (2) adapted to be inserted into and retainably engage the wheelhouse (1; 1?; 1?; 1??).Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: IKEA Supply AGInventor: Matias Pakarinen
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Patent number: 11085691Abstract: A standoff assembly for an appliance includes a trim breaker that defines a channel. A standoff feature is disposed on a bottom surface within the channel. The standoff feature includes a base with at least one horizontal flange and at least one vertical tapered projection extending therefrom. An adhesive is disposed within the channel that is defined by the trim breaker. An outer wrapper has an outer edge. The outer edge is disposed within the channel that is defined by the trim breaker.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Jacob Charles Ickes, Dustin Michael Miller, Abhay Naik, Aaron Michael Stewart
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Patent number: 11083284Abstract: A double top-plate desk comprises a lower or first top plate 10, leg parts 40 for supporting the first top plate 10, and an upper or second top plate 20 which is substantially the same in size and shape as the first top plate 10, disposed above and substantially in parallel with the first top plate 10, slidably toward the rear (R) of the desk. The top plate 20 is slidable relative to the first top plate 10, from a state in which the two top plates are laid to overlap one above the other, toward the rear of the desk. To this end, a slide mechanism 30 is provided between the upper surface of the first top plate 10 and the lower surface of the second top plate 20 while supporting the second top plate 20 slidably toward the rear of the desk above the first top plate 10.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: RE-LEAF Inc.Inventor: Takeshi Koga
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Patent number: 11076688Abstract: A height adjustable table can include a plurality of legs, a lower portion, a worksurface, a height adjustable surface, and a linkage. The worksurface can be supported by the plurality of legs and can include a fixed surface and a height adjustable surface. The fixed surface can be secured to at least one of the lower portion and the plurality of legs, and the fixed surface can define a recessed portion. The height adjustable surface can be movable between a raised position and a lowered position so that the height-adjustable surface retracts into the recessed portion when in the lowered position so that the height adjustable surface is coplanar with the fixed surface. The linkage can be configured to move the height adjustable surface between the lowered position and the raised position so that the height adjustable surface remains parallel to the fixed surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.Inventors: Mustafa Ali Ergun, John William Theis, Michael John Mullen
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Patent number: 11083108Abstract: An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure and a customizable side air dam kit. The frame structure includes a front frame, a rear frame, front-to-back frame members connecting corners of the front and rear frames together, reinforced bracket structures located near ends of the cross members, and extruded horizontal mounting rails parallel to, but inward from, the front-to-back frame members. The ends of the horizontal mounting rails are connected to the reinforced bracket structures. Panels are installed in longitudinal slots in the front-to-back frame members and horizontal mounting rails, each of which is extruded. The customizable side air dam kit includes a framework of horizontal and vertical frame pieces, adapted to connect to the frame structure, and a customizable air dam panel supported by the framework. A plurality of the frame pieces are provided to an installer for use in constructing the framework to fit the specific frame structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: Richard Evans Lewis, II, William Drew Krietzman
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Patent number: 11078700Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a cabinet, a door and a hinge body. A guide block is provided on the door, a rotation shaft is provided on the hinge body, and rotation shaft grooves are provided on the guide block. With the structure of the hinge body, the gravity of the door and the friction force may be shared onto the first and second plate bodies of the hinge body, thereby reducing abrasion and prolonging the service life of the door of the refrigerator.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.Inventors: Enpin Xia, Hao Zhang, Xiaobing Zhu