Patents Examined by Daniel J Rohrhoff
  • Patent number: 11825948
    Abstract: A furniture article includes a first panel and a second panel. The panels are positioned adjacent each other, having one or more panel fasteners therebetween. The panel fasteners include embedded magnets. The panels are positioned relative to a working surface, and are positioned such that each of the panel fasteners is hidden from view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Loftwall Inc.
    Inventors: Bryce Stuckenschneider, Jonathon Kemnitzer
  • Patent number: 11821225
    Abstract: The sand-filled umbrella holder with tabletop comprises a base, a table top, and an umbrella. When deployed, the base may be operable to hold the umbrella in an upright position and may be operable to support the table top above the ground. The base may be deployed by filling the base with a filler material to give weight and form to the base. As non-limiting examples, the filler material may comprise sand, dirt, or water. The base may collapse when not deployed for easier transportation and storage. The umbrella may provide shade when open for use. The umbrella may close for easier transportation and storage when not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Anthony Smith
  • Patent number: 11819121
    Abstract: A foldable table may include a tabletop and legs that are movable between an extended position and a collapsed position. The tabletop may include a first section and a second section that are connected by a hinge assembly. A locking mechanism may be sized and configured to lock the hinge assembly in a fixed position. The locking mechanism may include a locking member, and the locking member may be a unitary, one-piece structure. The locking member may be rotatably connected to a connector of the hinge assembly. The locking member may be connected to a locking structure that is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The locking member may be sized and configured to bias the locking structure into the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Brian Olsen
  • Patent number: 11815114
    Abstract: An enclosure can have an enclosure body, the enclosure body can include an enclosure frame, and a first enclosure flange. The enclosure can have a center post having a first end and an opposite second end, the first end can include a first center post flange having a hole extending therethrough. The enclosure can include a gasket having a gasket hole therethrough, and a threaded fastener to threadingly engage the hole. The threaded fastener can be configured to rotate in a first direction while threadingly engaged with the hole, and the threaded fastener can contact the first enclosure flange to increase a distance between the first enclosure flange and the first center post flange in order to receive the gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Ricke
  • Patent number: 11814777
    Abstract: A contactless laundry treating apparatus may include a cabinet having a front panel defining an access opening configured to receive laundry items, door attached to the front panel via a hinge assembly, where the hinge assembly may include a hydraulic system arranged on an interior of the front panel within the cabinet configured to engage with a connecting hook arranged within the door to selectively apply an outward force on the connecting hook to open the door and an inward force on the connecting hook to close the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mayuresh P. Arankalle, Mohsin M. Attar, Ameya S. Kshirsagar, Sagar Kumar, Vivek Mansing Patil, Manish Saha
  • Patent number: 11815305
    Abstract: A refrigerator with a liner body and a beam, where the beam has an end portion, and the liner body has a liner wall. An insertion groove is on the liner wall, and the end portion is configured to be inserted into the insertion groove. A limit convex pin is on the end portion and a limit groove is on the liner wall and matched with a shape of the limit convex pin. The limit convex pin is configured to be inserted into the limit groove to limit rotation of the beam relative to the liner body. By matching the limit convex pin and the limit groove, the rotation of the beam relative to the liner wall is limited by the liner wall when the beam is under uneven forces, thereby reducing the flip probability of the beam of the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Shili Huang, Chuanyang Wang, Gongming Wang
  • Patent number: 11812852
    Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator system (100) for a table (200) having at least two table legs (210) of variable length and a table top (220) held by the table legs (210), characterized in that it comprises at least two master cylinders (10), each having a cylinder (10a) and a piston (10b) movable in the cylinder (10a) and a piston rod (10c) for moving the piston (10b), wherein a slave cylinder (20) having a cylinder (20a) and a piston (20b) movable in the cylinder (20a) for changing the length of the table leg (210) is connected to each of the master cylinders (10) by means of a conduit (40) allowing fluid (30) flow between the master cylinder (10) and the slave cylinder (20), and wherein the piston rods (10c) of the master cylinders (10) are mechanically connected to each other by means of a rigid connecting element (45), and wherein a drive unit (52) in a rigid drive connection (50) with the connecting element (45) is connected to the connecting element (45) for simultaneously moving the pistons (10a)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Anna Mária Koch
  • Patent number: 11814094
    Abstract: A compact, mobile serving cart for efficient preparation and service of cocktails, beverages, food, and/or other items to be served configured for service in a mobile, serve on the go configuration or service in a compact, stationary service configuration. The mobile serving cart includes a frame, side panels, wheels, and a user handle for pushing and maneuvering the cart. The mobile serving cart further includes a cooler assembly; a designated work tray space; a garnish and tool holder assembly; and driver-side drawers openable toward a user and configured for housing various ingredients, service tools, glassware, and other objects desirable for service of beverages, food, etc. In an exemplary embodiment, the mobile serving cart further includes removable caddies and mountable service accessories for smooth transition from service on the go to a compact, stationary, full-service bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Joseph Munson
  • Patent number: 11808513
    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: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    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: 11805894
    Abstract: An assembly table includes a table plate, a table leg unit, a first connecting unit, a first mounting unit and a fastening unit. The table leg unit includes a first leg, a second leg and a third leg that are inclined with respect to the table plate, that intersect one another, and that are detachably mounted to a bottom surface of the table plate. The first connecting unit is detachably connected between the first leg and the second leg. The first mounting unit is detachably connected between the first leg and the third leg. The fastening unit includes a through hole formed through the third leg, and a penetrating fastener removably inserted through the through hole to fix the third leg to the second leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Ying-An Lin
  • Patent number: 11796245
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a refrigerator compartment with a bottom-hinged door that is operable to open and close the refrigerator compartment. In one example, the door is hingedly coupled to a bottom of the cabinet and configured to pivot between a closed state to restrict access, or an open state to permit access, to the freezer compartment. The refrigerator compartment includes a liner comprising opposing side walls. A swing-up storage assembly is pivotally and telescopically connected to the side walls and is configured to move between a lower retracted position and an upper extended position. The swing-up storage assembly includes a receptacle support body and a storage receptacle that is removably mounted to the receptacle support body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Jenkinson
  • Patent number: 11793303
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a telescopic panel component and a table, relates to the technical field of furniture, and solves the technical problem that the size of a panel component of a table is fixed and cannot be adjusted. The telescopic panel component comprises a frame, a first panel and a second panel, wherein a slideway is provided on the frame, and the second panel is slidably connected with the slideway; the panel component has a retracted state and an unfolded state, and when the second panel slides along the slideway to the side of the first panel under the action of an external force, the first panel is rotatable on the frame; the first panel turns over forward, and the first panel is rotatable below the second panel, so that the panel component is in the retracted state; the first panel turns over reversely, and the first panel is rotatable to the position where the first panel is spliced with the second panel, so that the panel component is in the unfolded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SOPHIA & WILLIAM BRANDS CO. LTD
    Inventor: Meidi Chen
  • Patent number: 11788785
    Abstract: Provided is a vacuum adiabatic body. The vacuum adiabatic body includes a mullion configured to divide a space within the refrigerator into a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, an ice maker placed in the freezing compartment, and an ice-making cool air passage passing through the mullion to connect the freezing compartment to the ice maker. Therefore, cool air may be supplied in an adiabatic state to the ice maker disposed in the refrigerating compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Bongjin Kim, Hyeunsik Nam, Deokhyun Youn, Jaehyun Bae, Jangseok Lee
  • Patent number: 11788784
    Abstract: Provided is a vacuum adiabatic body. The vacuum adiabatic body includes a cover assembly configured to cover the conductive resistance sheet. The cover assembly includes an inner cover configured to protect an inside, an outer cover configured to protect an outside, and a front cover configured to a front side, and at least one of the inner cover or the outer cover extends toward the other end of at least one of the first plate or the second plate. According to the embodiments, an edge and a side surface of the vacuum adiabatic body may be protected together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Deokhyun Youn, Daewoong Kim
  • Patent number: 11780265
    Abstract: Provided are a truckle structure and a cabinet. The truckle structure comprises: a truckle and a support, wherein the truckle includes a mounting base and a wheel rotatably mounted on the mounting base; the support is composed of a mounting portion located at a lower middle position as well as two connecting portions respectively located on two sides of the mounting portion; the two connecting portions are formed in a manner that the left side and the right side of the mounting portion are upwards bent towards the middle, the support is rotatably connected to the mounting base through the two connecting portions, and the mounting base is located between the two connecting portions; and a mounting hole is formed in the mounting portion, center of the mounting hole and center of gravity of the truckle are on a same straight line, and center of gravity of the support deviates from the straight line. The truckle structure can be directly mounted on the ground and is firmer and more durable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SHIP ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yongping Li, Xianwei Luo
  • Patent number: 11779112
    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: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: American Woodmark Management Company
    Inventors: Bradly Anderson, Edward William Roy Lachman, Jeffrey Scott Hoeft
  • Patent number: 11771216
    Abstract: A coupling system between the frame and the leg assembly of a workstation is described. The coupling system can be configured to selectively attach and detach the leg assembly from the frame. The leg assembly can include an adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism, can be configured to adjust the length of the leg. The leg assembly can include a leg coupling feature and the frame can have a frame coupling feature. The leg coupling feature can be configured to engage with the frame coupling feature, for instance to attach the leg to the frame. The workstation can include a latch configured to engage with the leg assembly. Engagement of the latch with the leg assembly can secure a position of the leg with respect to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: Mustafa Ergun, Shaun Christopher Lindblad, Michael P. Barros, Michael Anthony Apolloni, Nicholas Robert Swartz, Robert William Fluhrer
  • Patent number: 11771221
    Abstract: A motion controlled wall-mountable storage product including a storage product, such as a cabinet or a shelf, having a wall-mountable portion and a moveable portion operable to store goods. A series of plates lowers and raises the moveable portion for easy access to the store goods. A set of first plates is connected to the wall-mountable portion. Each of the first plates is moveable in a first direction relative to the wall-mountable portion. A set of second plates is connected to the set of first plates, and each of the second plates is moveable in a second direction relative to the set of first plates. A set of third plates connected to the set of second plates, and each of the third plates is moveable in a third direction relative to the set of second plates. The moveable portion of the storage product is connected to the set of third plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Novare Products LLC
    Inventor: C. Wayne Crolley
  • Patent number: 11771195
    Abstract: A mobile color and style application device is disclosed. The device includes a base. The base includes one or more vertical legs including one or more lockable wheels. 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: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: Alisha Fox
  • Patent number: 11766116
    Abstract: A structure, such as a tabletop, may be constructed from plastic, such as blow-molded. The tabletop may include an upper surface, a lower surface, and a hollow interior portion disposed between the upper surface and the lower surface. A lip may extend downwardly relative to the lower surface of the tabletop, and the lip including an outer surface and an inner surface. A plurality of supports may be disposed in the inner surface of the lip, and a plurality of joints may be disposed in the inner surface of the lip. A joint may be disposed between adjacent supports. A distal portion of the lip may include a compression edge. A lower portion of the supports may contact the compression edge, and/or a lower portion of the joints may contact the compression edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Mitch Johnson, Kevin Boydston, Leo Cai