Patents Examined by David R. Dunn
  • Patent number: 12387635
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a mounting bracket of a wind-driven plate, and relates to the field of decoration. The mounting bracket includes brackets and mounting mechanisms. When the wind-driven plate is required to be turned over, it is only necessary to rotate the first connecting pieces and the second connecting pieces of the mounting mechanisms relative to the brackets in a first direction, and then the wind-driven plate rotates relative to the second connecting pieces around a second direction, so that the wind-driven plate can be turned over and can be hung on the second connecting pieces. According to the present invention, the wind-driven plate can be rotated and turned over through two rotating motions of the wind-driven plate, so high flexibility is achieved, and a user can make corresponding display patterns according to the actual situation, thereby achieving a good display effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Inventor: Haitao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12377901
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control system suitable for controlling a ceiling structure of a carrier. The control system includes: a processing module; a sensor module, electrically coupled to the processing module and senses an external wind-force; and a driving device, electrically coupled to the processing module and controls unfolding and folding of the ceiling structure, wherein when the processing module determines through the sensor module that the external wind-force is greater than a predetermined wind-force threshold, the driving device is controlled such that the ceiling structure shelters at least part of the carrier. Also disclosed is a carrier including a ceiling structure, and a control method suitable for controlling a ceiling structure of a carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Tao Wang, Manqun Cheng
  • Patent number: 12377760
    Abstract: A vehicle seat having a seat part, a backrest, a kinematics mechanism for transferring the vehicle seat from a use position to a not-in-use position, and back again, and a locking device to lock the kinematics mechanism in the use position. When the locking device is unlocked, the vehicle seat is transferred out of the use position into an access position and the kinematics mechanism is coupled to a drive device by a coupling device. The coupling device has an unlocking swing arm for at least indirectly unlocking the locking device. When in the use position of the vehicle seat, activation of the drive device first unlocks the swing arm to pivot, so that the locking device is unlocked, and it is only following the pivoting movement of the unlocking swing arm that the kinematics mechanism is driven by the drive device to transfer the vehicle seat into the not-in-use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Joachim Kaemmerer, Christian Wolf
  • Patent number: 12377766
    Abstract: An armrest arrangement having a support structure secured to a vehicle and having two carrier arms supported so as to be pivotably movable relative to the support structure about a pivot axis, and having a blocking device acting between the support structure and at least one carrier arm and activated by a mechanical control unit to block a pivot movement of the carrier arm. The control unit cooperates with the blocking device, depending on an acceleration or speed of the pivot movement. The support structure has, for each carrier arm, an axle carrier continuation on which one of the two carrier arms is pivotably moveably supported. The two axle carrier continuations have respective carrier arms spaced apart from each other along the pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: BOS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Göbbels
  • Patent number: 12369715
    Abstract: A piece of furniture that includes a plurality of stools that stack/nest into an enclosed table may include a top stool, a first middle stool, a second middle stool, and a bottom stool. The top stool and the bottom stool may each include a platform and legs extending downward from a bottom surface of the platform proximate to an outer edge of the platform. The first middle stool and the second middle stool may each include a platform and legs extending from an outer circumference of the platform. The middle stools may each be shorter than the top stool and the bottom stool by a distance equal to a height of the platform, such that they are configured to nest within the space created by the mating of the top stool and an inverted bottom stool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Inventor: Yvonne Hung
  • Patent number: 12365274
    Abstract: An assembly includes a seat bottom. The assembly includes a seatback supported by and movable relative to the seat bottom between an upright position and a reclined position. The assembly includes an actuator supported by the seat bottom and operatively coupled to the seatback to move the seatback from the reclined position to the upright position. The assembly includes a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to command the actuator to move the seatback to the upright position in response to detecting a pending vehicle impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Patent number: 12358411
    Abstract: Seat assemblies and subassemblies are disclosed. The subassemblies include massage and/or ventilation subassemblies that employ tubeless air distribution by fixing sheets together such as by heat-staking. The subassemblies also include a support structure for preassembling the massage, ventilation, and/or electronic components together prior to suspending them in a seat assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Blair, Joshua Hallock, David Abdella, Ashley Baisch
  • Patent number: 12351086
    Abstract: A safety belt adjustment mechanism for use on a safety seat. The seat including a backrest part and a seat part, each movable with respect to the seat base. The safety belt adjustment mechanism includes: a safety belt; a locking device on the seat part for locking the safety belt; a first pin on the seat part; and a second pin on the base; the first and second pins guide the safety belt; the safety belt passes through the locking device, around the first and second pins, and to the backrest part; and when the seat is adjusted from the sitting position to the lying position, the seat part moves toward the base to bring the first pin toward the base, such that a distance between the first and second pins shortens and the safety belt becomes loose without the locking device releasing the safety belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: BAMBINO PREZIOSO SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Yingzhong Chen
  • Patent number: 12344382
    Abstract: A locking mechanism to prevent back-drive includes a locking shaft with guide grooves. Locking shaft guides engage the guide grooves to constrain lateral motion of the locking shaft. A nut includes corresponding grooves to the locking shaft, and engages the locking shaft to prevent linear translation. The locking mechanism may be incorporated into a aircraft seat armrest to create a positive lock in the armrest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: AMI Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas E. Hoover, Keith M. Ferguson
  • Patent number: 12337732
    Abstract: A carrier for infants and young children with an improved sliding mechanism, which includes a carrier body, a rail member, a sliding member, a guide sliding member, and a positioning member. The rail member is disposed on the carrier body. The sliding member is connected to the rail member and is capable of sliding linearly. The sliding member is in rolling contact with the guide sliding member when sliding linearly with respect to the rail member. The positioning member is configured to fix a position of the sliding member after the sliding member slides linearly with respect to the rail member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Xiaolong Mo
  • Patent number: 12330541
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell and a buffering part. The seat shell includes a backrest portion having a front surface and at least one sidewall arranged at a side of the front surface, and an opening is formed in the sidewall. The buffering part is arranged at the sidewall, the buffering part being rotatable relative to the sidewall between a first position and a second position, wherein the buffering part is positioned at the sidewall such that during a sideways collision the buffering part urges the sidewall to bend inwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: BAMBINO PREZIOSO SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Xiao Long Mo, Da Liang Zhang, Zheng-Wen Guo, Ying-Zhong Chen
  • Patent number: 12318017
    Abstract: A tray for attachment to first and second rising legs of a foldable chair for a child. A connection between the tray and one of the first and second legs includes a female connector depending from the underside of a tray and a male connector rising from the leg. An interlock slides between the female and male connectors and is operated by a handle integral with the interlock. Resilient arms integral with the interlock and handle keep the interlock engaged and automatically draw back the interlock after the handle slides the interlock to a disengaged position such that the tray can be removed from the legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, William D. Butterfield
  • Patent number: 12318013
    Abstract: A height adjustment mechanism for a chair with a housing and an adjustment lever. The housing is fixed to the base of the chair and is slidably coupled to a post supporting the chair seat. The height of the seat above the base of the chair is dependent on a position of the post with respect to the housing. The adjustment lever is positioned within the housing and has two plates joined by a spring configured to bias the two plates in opposite directions. A free end of the adjustment lever is movable between a locked position and an active position. When in the locked position, the height of the seat is fixed. When in the active position, the height of the seat is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Inventor: Ronald B. Johnson
  • Patent number: 12310354
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a hunting blind with a plurality of planar panels, where the panels are arranged side-by-side and coupled together along their lateral edges to one another using selectively lockable hinges to form an elongate, essentially U or C shaped structure. The hunting blind is arranged to partially surround and define a three-dimensional space in which a hunter may be concealed from game. Support members that extend into the three-dimensional space are excluded in the disclosed hunting blind, such that the volume of usable space concealed by the blind is maximized and the hunter's position or movement within the space remains unimpeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: HIGDON OUTDOORS, LLC
    Inventors: Ben Higdon, Brook Richard, Jesse Eisenmann, James Gianladis, Adam Birk
  • Patent number: 12311690
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes recording, by a microphone of a client device, audio in an environment of a user and accessing at least a portion of the audio that includes a conversation between the user and a participant. The method further includes storing the at least the portion of the audio onto a business card of the user in the environment of the user, where the business card has (1) a body made of a lightweight material; (2) a non-transitory computer readable storage media within the body and configured to store at least a portion of an audio; and (3) one or more processors within the body and coupled to the non-transitory computer readable storage media, the one or more processors operable to provide the at least a portion of the audio recording stored on the media for playback at a time subsequent to recording of the audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Yac Inc.
    Inventor: Hunter McKinley
  • Patent number: 12311813
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an accessory and an infant seat having the accessory. The accessory includes a main body, an engaging portion, and an operating member. The engaging portion is slidably disposed on the main body. The engaging portion has a locking position for engaging with an infant seat and a releasing position for disengaging from the infant seat. The operating member is slidably disposed on the main body and abuts against the engaging portion. The operating member is operated to slide the engaging portion from the locking position to the releasing position. The accessory is convenient to operate and has a simple structure and a low manufacturing cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Bambino Prezioso Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Hongbo Chen
  • Patent number: 12311814
    Abstract: A safety seat that includes a first base, a second base positioned on the first base and rotatable relative to the first base about an axis, a seat positioned on the second base and rotatable relative to the first base about the axis, and a lock disposed on the second base. The lock has a movable lock component configured to lock the first base with the second base. The safety seat further includes an actuator configured to disengage the movable lock component from the first base and permit the second base to rotate relative to the first base, and a link comprising a first end and a second end, the link extending between the movable lock component and the actuator. The first end contacts the movable lock component and the second end contacts the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Bruce L. Williams
  • Patent number: 12296730
    Abstract: A child car seat is selectively movable between a stowed configuration in a storage area defined by a base portion of a rear passenger seat of an automobile and a deployed configuration positioned against the rear passenger seat. The car seat may be deployed when needed or stowed inside the base portion when not needed. A sun shielding assembly is mounted to a top edge of the child car seat and is adjustable according to remote control signals received from a transmitter that may be positioned near a driver of the automobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Inventor: Patricia Willis
  • Patent number: 12296724
    Abstract: A seat base for a child restraint includes a seat-base foundation adapted to rest on a vehicle seat to support the child restraint in the vehicle. The seat-base foundation has a belt-path surface configured to receive a seat belt. The seat base further includes a seat-belt retainer coupled to the seat-base foundation for movement from an opened position to a closed position to clamp a vehicle seat belt between the seat-belt retainer and the seat-base foundation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc.
    Inventors: William P. McHugh, Jason H. Johnson
  • Patent number: 12296961
    Abstract: Described are passenger seat assemblies having a first seat structure (222) that includes a non-contact sensor or sensors (106a) and a second, movable or deployable passenger seat structure (226) that contains an embedded magnetic element or elements (236a). Each magnetic element interacts with the non-contact sensor such that the embedded magnetic element causes the non-contact sensor (106a) to switch between a first state and the second state, depending on the orientation of the second structure (226) with respect to the first structure (222). The sensor can detect whether the second passenger seat structure is positioned in a stowed configuration or a deployed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventor: Tyler L. Newbold