Patents Examined by Daniel J Rohrhoff
  • Patent number: 11925257
    Abstract: A folding surface board is provided having at least six tiles. The folding surface board can be folded to provide working surfaces where all of the working surfaces of the folding surface board are fully exposed to being fully folded such that all of the tiles are stacked on top of each other while still connected to each other along their folded edges. The folding surface board can be divided in half, or such that only two working surfaces are exposed and a remaining number of tiles folded under the other exposed working surfaces. Sliding mechanisms are attached on an underside of the folding surface board such that the folding surface board can be locked in a fully expanded or partial configuration using the sliding mechanisms to lock and keep the desired number of tiles exposed and locked in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventors: Nancy Downey, Bernadett Boyko
  • Patent number: 11913712
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet with a plurality of walls and a compartment area for storing food within the cabinet. A door is configured to seal the compartment area. A refrigeration component is disposed within the cabinet. A wall panel is positioned within the cabinet and includes a three-dimensional molded surface with non-uniformly spaced peaks and valleys and a lighting structure. The wall panel extends from a lower end of the compartment area to an upper end of the compartment area. The wall panel separates the compartment area from the refrigeration component and is coextensive with one of the plurality of walls of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Julia B. Burke, Daniel Chow, Daniel V. Clements, Rebecca M. Goesling, Mark W. Schulz
  • Patent number: 11896118
    Abstract: A supporting frame includes a mounting assembly and a plurality of leg assemblies to support the mounting assembly. The mounting assembly includes first and second mounting units, at least one of which is extendable in a longitudinal or lateral direction of the mounting assembly. In some cases, the first and second mounting units are pivotally connected to each other and each of the leg assemblies is foldable relative to the first or second mounting unit, resulting in an extendable and foldable supporting frame. A supporting structure includes a supporting frame and first and second panels connected to the supporting frame. In some cases, the supporting structure is foldable in half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Inno-Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwan Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 11889919
    Abstract: A drawer pull-out guide includes a first guide rail and a second guide rail displaceably supported relative to one another. A supporting element is arranged on the first guide rail, and the supporting element is configured to be supported, at least temporarily, on the second guide rail. A position of the supporting element relative to the second guide rail can be adjusted by an adjustment device, and, after adjustment has been made, can be fixed relative to the first guide rail. The at least one supporting element can be adjusted in a height direction, seen in the mounted position of the drawer pull-out guide, by the adjustment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Meusburger, Pascal Berchtold
  • Patent number: 11895796
    Abstract: A quick releasing device, which is adapted to be fixed in or removed from a slot of a casing, is provided. The quick releasing device includes a frame, an arm and a handle. The frame has a hole. The arm is disposed at one side of the frame and a part of the arm corresponds to the hole. The handle is rotatably disposed at another side of the frame to rotate between a working position and a retracting position. The handle includes a pressing member whose position corresponds to the hole. The pressing member of the handle passes through the hole of the frame and pushes the arm when the quick releasing device is inserted into the slot of the casing and the handle is rotated from the working position to the retracting position, deforming the arm and interfering with a wall surface of the casing beside the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jie-Shiang Hu
  • Patent number: 11890551
    Abstract: A movable puzzle platform includes a puzzle board and a board accessible unit. The puzzle board has a bottom for supporting on a playing surface, and a top surface for playing puzzle piece thereon. The board accessible unit is coupled at the bottom of the puzzle board for sliding on the playing surface, wherein the board accessible unit provides accessibility for the puzzle board to move the puzzle board at different planar directions with respect to the playing surface. Therefore, a player is able to move the puzzle board on the playing surface at a desired orientation to assemble the puzzle pieces on the top surface of the puzzle board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventor: Xiaoling Che
  • Patent number: 11885554
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a first refrigerator including a first cabinet and a second refrigerator including a second cabinet, and operating independently from the first refrigerator. A first connector is installed on the first cabinet; and a second connector is installed on the second cabinet to correspond to the first connector. The second connector is configured to be coupled to the first connector, such that in a state in which the first connector and the second connector are coupled to each other, a movement of the first cabinet in a first direction with respect to the second cabinet is allowed, and a movement of the first cabinet in a second direction with respect to the second cabinet is restricted, with the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongwoo Joo, Hosang Park, Taekyun Kim, Wansu Park, Yountae Shin
  • Patent number: 11877650
    Abstract: Tension-stabilized table structures and frame assemblies to form simplified flat packing furniture that eliminates all fasteners, welds, support hardware and braces. Simplified assembly of pre-tensioned structures providing improved stability, uniformity of support and visual aesthetics. The support systems consist of pre-bent tubes or rods that are linked together to form spring networks that are stabilized and locked together by the balancing of tension and compression. Tabletops or tensioning elements can complete the spring networks to provide tension to the entire assembly, resulting in highly stable tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventor: David Salz
  • Patent number: 11877646
    Abstract: An article of furniture can include a work surface attachment mechanism that is configured to adjustably connect a work surface to a base of the article. The work surface attachment mechanism can be incorporated into one or more legs and be configured to facilitate attachment of different work surfaces of different thicknesses to the base for supporting the work surface above a floor. The work surface attachment mechanism can be adjustable to facilitate such functionality while avoiding large sized gaps that can detract from the aesthetic effect of the article or the base of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Knoll, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark P. Scafini
  • Patent number: 11864648
    Abstract: An overhead storage unit includes a guide member having a first horizontal segment mountable within an overhead storage area, a second vertical segment mountable below the overhead storage area, and a curved segment extending between the first and second segments. A storage assembly has storage containers each connected to at least one other storage container at common pivots. The storage containers displace along the guide member between a stored position and an accessible position. Each storage container pivots relative to an adjacent storage container on the common pivot as the storage containers are displaced between the stored and accessible positions. The storage containers are disposed within the overhead storage area and have a first orientation in the stored position. The storage containers are disposed below the overhead storage area and have a second orientation different from the first orientation in the accessible position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: 143046 CANADA INC.
    Inventor: Eleaizer Gelber
  • Patent number: 11858235
    Abstract: A vacuum insulated structure includes a trim breaker having a wrapper channel and a liner channel that extend perimetrically about the trim breaker. An inner liner is attached to the trim breaker at the liner channel. An outer wrapper is attached to the trim breaker at the wrapper channel. A metallic plate is disposed within the trim breaker and extends from a first area proximate the liner channel to a second area proximate the wrapper channel. The metallic plate defines an internal barrier to gas permeation through the trim breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Sai B. Krishna, Vishal S. Marathe, Sushilkumar R. Vishwakarma
  • Patent number: 11857074
    Abstract: A corner bracket may include a structural portion including at least one relatively rigid first material, and a sealing portion including at least one relatively elastic second material. The corner bracket may also include a first receiver including a first retainer portion configured to be coupled to an end of a first frame member, and a first sealing interface configured to provide a substantially fluid-resistant seal between a portion of the end of the first frame member and the first receiver. The corner bracket may also include a second receiver transverse to the first receiver and including a second retainer portion configured to be coupled to an end of a second frame member, and a second sealing interface configured to provide a substantially fluid-resistant seal between a portion of the end of the second frame member and the second receiver. The corner bracket may be incorporated into a cabinet frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation
    Inventors: William Julius McPhil Giraud, Brian Duane Kingsbury, Robert Tomasz Klak
  • Patent number: 11859895
    Abstract: A refrigeration unit includes a cabinet, a door coupled to the cabinet, at least one gasket coupled to the door, and a heat loop conduit. The cabinet includes a front perimeter that surrounds an opening to a storage compartment within the cabinet. The door is operable between an open position to provide access to the storage compartment and a closed position to conceal the opening to the storage compartment. The at least one gasket is configured to be compressed between the door and the front perimeter of the cabinet in the closed position of the door. The heat loop conduit has a first conduit portion that extends around a majority of the opening along the front perimeter of the cabinet and a second conduit portion that extends around the majority of the opening along the front perimeter of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Rahul Subhash Chhajed, Narendra Ashok Kapure, Jackson Felipe Karl, Abhay Naik, Abinash Sarma, Subrata Shannigrahi
  • Patent number: 11849838
    Abstract: The present patent provides a detachable table board supporting base and a splicing table thereof, which relates to the technical field of tables, so as to solve the problems in the prior art that it is not easy to package and transport the tables and it is easy to damage the tables in the transferring or transportation process. The table board supporting base comprises a base body and a base reinforcing mechanism, the base body comprises supporting legs provided at the bottom of the table board, the table board is detachably connected above the supporting legs, and the supporting legs are used to support the table board; the base reinforcing mechanism comprises a reinforcing base body, a supporting leg connecting part and a table board connecting part, and the table board connecting part is detachably connected between the reinforcing base body and the table board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Xuanbin Yang
  • Patent number: 11839302
    Abstract: A banquet table comprises a laminate tabletop with a high-pressure solid composite laminate of paper impregnated with resin. A hoop carries a perimeter of the tabletop and has a perimeter with a size and a shape substantially matching a size and a shape of a perimeter of the tabletop. Elongated runners carry an interior of the tabletop. Legs are coupled to the runners and extend to elevate the tabletop thereon. A polymer trim surrounds the perimeter of the hoop. The trim has a vertical height substantially the same as a vertical thickness of the hoop, with the tabletop extending above a height of the trim so that the tabletop has an exposed perimeter edge. The trim has a horizontal thickness extending laterally beyond the tabletop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Mity-Lite, Inc.
    Inventors: Orrin C Farnsworth, Austin T. Farnsworth, Matthew S. Pectol, Jordan D. Lundell, Aaron Barker, Mitchell V. Heath
  • Patent number: 11839292
    Abstract: An easily-assembled desk foot and a height-adjustable desk, the desk foot including: a desk foot body, which is internally hollow; an insertion opening at each end of the body and a connection hole on the desk foot body for connecting a lower end of a lifting column; and an end cover assembly at each end of the body, with insertion portions matched with the insertion openings of both ends of the body. The bottom of the insertion portion is connected with a support portion protruding downwardly and extending along a length direction of the insertion portion. The insertion portion and the support portion are integrally formed. When the insertion portion of the end cover assembly is inserted into the insertion opening, the support portion is supported at the bottom of the body. The height-adjustable desk according to the above technical solutions is simple and cost-saving to produce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: FLEXISPOT, INC.
    Inventors: Lehong Xiang, Fangyuan Li, Yibin Feng
  • Patent number: 11840373
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, an apparatus for securing boxes on a pallet may a structural member sized to run a length or a width of a pallet, the structural member having a top side and a bottom side. The structural member may be L-shaped. The structural member allows for securing a load on the pallet. The structural member also provides additional surface area for plastic wrap to secure a load. The structural member may have tabs that fit within the recesses between planks of a pallet. In various embodiments, the structural member and tabs may be formed as a single composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventor: Cole Gibson
  • Patent number: 11835290
    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 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Daewoong Kim, Bongjin Kim
  • Patent number: 11832719
    Abstract: A furniture assembly can include a tabletop with removable legs. The removable legs can be attached to the tabletop with a socket having a threaded member mounted in a non-fixed and anti-rotation registration at the bottom of the socket. The legs can be mounted to the socket by insertion and turning for threaded engagement. The floating engagement mechanism can allow the threaded fastener member to move during installation to provide for enhanced alignability between the leg and the threaded fastener member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Exemplis LLC
    Inventors: Paul DeVries, Peter Jeffery, Shane Schaffer, Ryan Dibble
  • Patent number: 11832750
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a food waste storage device for a dining table. A plurality of through holes are provided in the table top of the dining table; dish-shaped storage bucket fixing bases are provided on the lower end surfaces of the through holes; storage buckets are provided below the storage bucket fixing bases; a longitudinal partition plate is provided in each storage bucket to divide the storage bucket into two semicircular buckets; inner containers are provided in the two semicircular buckets; storage bucket upper covers are provided in the through holes; turnover covers capable of turning over symmetrically are provided on the storage bucket upper covers; and turnover shafts of the turnover covers are parallel to the partition plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Weinan Xingsheng Demolition Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaowei Guo