Patents Examined by David R. Dunn
  • Patent number: 11373556
    Abstract: A shipping label is formed of a single ply and is configured to be removably adhered to a liner. The shipping label has a front face configured for the printing of indicia. The label has a back face having a first strip of adhesive, a second strip of adhesive, and a printable area. The first and second adhesive strips respectively extend along a top edge and a bottom edge of the shipping label. The printable area is between the first and second adhesive strips. The liner associated with the shipping label is configured to be removably secured to the first and second adhesive strips. The printable area is adapted to be printed while the liner is removably secured to the first and second adhesive strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Ward-Kraft, Inc.
    Inventors: Phil Quick, Roger Kraft, Jesse Crum
  • Patent number: 11373557
    Abstract: A slotted frame assembly for receiving tensionable textile media, e.g., a sign face, the textile media being tucked into frame slots in the assembly to provide attachment and tensioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: BUDNICK CONVERTING, INC.
    Inventor: Richard J. Hatton
  • Patent number: 11364831
    Abstract: A motor vehicle seat having a seat region, in particular a backrest or a seat part, wherein at least one fluid-filled hollow body connected to a first fluid inlet and outlet conduit is arranged in the seat region, wherein the at least one hollow body is part of a seat displacement device and/or a massage device and wherein the hollow body is supported by a support device also arranged in the seat region on its side facing away from an occupant sitting in the motor vehicle seat, characterized in that the support device in turn comprises at least one fluid-filled hollow support body which is arranged in the seat region and is spatially separated from the at least one hollow body, wherein the firmness of the seat and/or the strength of the massage application can additionally be adjusted by varying the filling of the hollow support body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Faurecia Autositze GmbH
    Inventor: Piotr Ceglarek
  • Patent number: 11364830
    Abstract: An apparatus of adjusting height of a headrest for a motor vehicle is provided. By forming the headrest with two divided parts, a rear portion fastened to a seatback by a stay and a front portion assembled to the rear portion movably in an up and down direction, the apparatus allows an occupant to adjust the height of the front portion according to his or her body size or preference, and thus is configured for comfortably supporting the head or neck portion of the occupant with the front portion regardless of the body size of the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Woobo Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Hee Won, Sang Ho Kim, Byeong Kwang Kim, Seok Hwan Kim, Hae II Jeong
  • Patent number: 11367370
    Abstract: A billboard framework system may have a plurality of lateral adjusters adapted to be laterally adjustable on poles. The system may also have at least one frame support attached to some of the plurality of lateral adjusters where each of the frame supports may be co-planar with one another. The system may also have a generally rectangular-shaped frame structure connected to the frame supports where the frame structure is coplanar. The frame structure may have two side portions connecting an upper portion and a lower portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Formetco Incorporated
    Inventor: Isaac Charles Innis
  • Patent number: 11363863
    Abstract: A soft terrain walking assist device and foot for the same is disclosed. The walking assist device includes an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. A handle is defined at the proximal end. A foot is attached to the distal end. The foot formed as a rounded plate having a coupling on a top surface of the rounded plate. A plurality of downwardly protruding tabs disposed in a spaced apart relation about a peripheral edge of the rounded plate. The tabs are configured to penetrate a soft terrain in a ground surface and contain a portion of the soft terrain within a containment area defined between the bottom surface and an inner face of each of the plurality of downwardly protruding tabs. The present invention allows users with a stability or strength impediment to enjoy peaceful walks on the beach while providing added stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventor: Ali Burkett Servideo
  • Patent number: 11361685
    Abstract: A header for coupling to a retail display structure includes a front panel and a rear panel. The rear panel is formed coplanarly with the front panel, bordering the front panel along a longitudinal fold line. The rear panel is folded about the longitudinal fold line to fit adjacent and be adhered to an interior surface of the front panel. Hooks are initially coplanarly formed in an interior of the rear panel and coupled to a remainder of the rear panel via a fold line. Each of the hooks is folded rearwardly away from the rear panel defining an offset portion and a downwardly extending portion. The downwardly extending portion is spaced from the rear panel to receive at least a portion of the retail display structure between the exterior surface of the rear panel and the downwardly extending portion of each of the hooks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Selina Larsen, Jacob K. Pomputis, Scott J. Fuenffinger
  • Patent number: 11361684
    Abstract: A production method for a poster device with two boards and a frame as well as a poster device. One permanently fixed board is attached to the frame. The other board is removable and can be removed without tools. The frame may be a snap frame and the removable board may be held by snapping elements of the snap frame. The removable board can be removed after the snapping elements have been opened. The method comprises the following steps: ?providing a frame and a permanently fixed board comprising a frame-like groove, ?placing the frame and the permanently fixed board horizontally, ?pouring a flowable gasket material into the frame-like groove so that the groove is completely filled with the flowable gasket material and the flowable gasket material sticks out from the groove, ?solidifying the gasket material in such a way that it will not solidify for at least minutes, preferably for at least 20 minutes, ?placing the removable board onto the solidified gasket material, ?fixing the removable board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: M.T Reklam Anonim Şirketi
    Inventor: Ali Topcuoglu
  • Patent number: 11352808
    Abstract: A rooftop tent includes a frame and a canopy, a first inlet is provided on the frame, and a side of the canopy is provided with an entrance; and a baseboard, which is inflatable and a second inlet in provided on a side of the baseboard. The frame is inflatable and air is inflated into the frame by the first inlet, such that the canopy is supported. A second inlet is located on the side of the baseboard, and the air is inflated into the baseboard through the second inlet, such that the baseboard is unfolded into a panel, which is used to support and carry the tent body. A receiving apparatus of the rooftop tent is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventors: Shuaiqi Chen, Changda Xu, Yingquan Chang, Min Zhao
  • Patent number: 11351891
    Abstract: System including a vehicle seat comprising a seating portion, a backrest pivotally mounted on the seat by a lockable hinge mechanism, the seat further comprising a motorized adjustment device connected to the backrest independently of the hinge mechanism. An electric control device synchronously controls the hinge mechanism and the motorized adjustment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Farouk Bouzid, Philippe Resende
  • Patent number: 11345266
    Abstract: A headrest suitable for being fastened to a vehicle seat having: an upper support portion, a reinforcing frame connected to the upper support portion for fastening the upper support portion to the vehicle seat, and an array of microphones comprising microphones disposed inside seats obtained in the headrest, in such a way that the microphones can be used to capture the sounds from the user sitting on the seat where the headrest is connected, as well as environmental microphones to capture the environmental noise perceived around the headrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: Maurizio Servadio, Tiziano Nili
  • Patent number: 11346123
    Abstract: A roof-top tent for a vehicle includes: a base plate detachably fixed to the roof of the vehicle, an expansion plate rotatably connected to the base plate to overlap with the base plate, a cover rotatably connected to the base plate and opening and closing an upper surface of the base plate, a tent unit connected to the base plate and spreading out when the cover is rotated from the base plate to allow the upper surface of the base plate to be opened, and a folding assistance unit for assisting the tent unit to prevent the tent unit from being exposed to an outside of the cover when the tent unit is folded back after it is spread out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: IKAMPER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Soon Gyu Park
  • Patent number: 11345213
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a seat heating system for a vehicle including: an exhaust gas inlet tube having one end communicating with a silencer hole formed in a muffler silencer, and the other end mounted on a vehicle body in a front and rear direction of a vehicle and connected to a seat rail coupled to a seat and an exhaust gas outlet tube having one end communicating with a muffler pipe of the rear end of the muffler silencer, and the other end connected to the seat rail, and the present disclosure may not require a seat interior hot wire of a vehicle, and implement a heating function using the waste heat of exhaust gas to heat the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hyun-Woo Yoon
  • Patent number: 11337523
    Abstract: An electro-mechanical automatic self-leveling device is provided for use on motorized chair seats. The device may include a pendulum assembly consisting of neodymium magnets attached to an inertia-dampened pendulum and a printed circuit board (PCB) with a hall effect sensor and processing circuitry that will develop proportional correction signals to be amplified by a high-current bi-directional motor driver. This configuration is assembled in a case attached to the motorized chair seat via a mounting bracket and clamping knob, and a cable from the device connects to the chair's seat tilt motor and power supply. Various switches may be included to reset the device in case of overheating and to switch between automatic and manual leveling. In alternative embodiments, the auto-leveling mechanism may be integrated into the motorized chair seat design rather than a separate device that can be attached to the chair seat after-market and independent of the chair's controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventor: Steven W. David
  • Patent number: 11332049
    Abstract: The invention relates to a child safety seat (100) comprising an integral harness belt (106) for restraining a child in the child safety seat (100), a deflector (102) for the harness belt (106), an elastic mechanism (104) adapted for forcing the deflector (102) from a first position (114) to a second position (112), the harness belt (106) being guided by the deflector (102), wherein due to the guidance by the deflector (102) the harness belt (106) length available for buckling in the child is shorter in the second position (112) than in the first position (114), a latch mechanism transferable between a blocking position and a release position, the latch mechanism being adapted for blocking in the blocking position the deflector (102) against a movement toward the second position (112) and for releasing in the release position the deflector (102) for a movement induced by the forcing toward the second position (112), a release mechanism adapted for transferring the latch mechanism from the blocking position to
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Britax Romer Kindersicherheit GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Frank, Janis Conrad
  • Patent number: 11326365
    Abstract: A portable barrier includes a junction assembly having a first junction support, a second junction support, and a third junction support, a first fastener, and a second fastener. The first junction support is spaced apart from the second junction support to define a first junction space. The second junction support is spaced apart from the third junction support to define a second junction space. The first fastener defines a first axis and extends through the first junction support, the second junction support, and the third junction support. The second fastener defines a second axis and extends through the first junction support, the second junction support, and the third junction support. And the first axis is spaced apart from the second axis. The portable barrier further includes a pedestal assembly including a plurality of legs that are movable with respect to each other. The plurality of legs includes a first leg and a second leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Shadiant, LLC
    Inventors: Gary A. Vandenbark, Paul J. Maginot
  • Patent number: 11318873
    Abstract: A headrest support structure has an upper panel, a collar and a sleeve. The upper panel extends in a width direction of a seatback frame at the upper part. The upper panel has a sleeve support part including upper and lower wall parts facing in a direction perpendicular to the width direction. The sleeve support part is in a U-shape open to a side opposite to a seating side in a longitudinal sectional shape. The upper and lower wall parts have upper and lower holes. The collar is in a tubular shape with a through hole. The collar is arranged between the upper wall part and the lower wall part to have the through hole communicate with the upper and lower holes. The sleeve is inserted through the upper hole, the through hole, and the lower hole. A rod-like leg portion of a headrest is insertable in the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Motohiko Ozawa, Thomas D Novitsky
  • Patent number: 11318871
    Abstract: A seating assembly of a row of seating of a vehicle comprising: (a) a seat including a frame having an inboard side; and (b) an inboard armrest assembly comprising: (i) a lower bracket attached to the inboard side of the frame of the seat; (ii) an upper bracket pivotally coupled to the lower bracket about a pivot axis extending generally forward-to-rearward; and (iii) a cushion unit mounted upon the upper bracket, the upper bracket having an inboard position and, upon application of an outboard force to the upper bracket, an outboard position further outboard than the inboard position, the upper bracket transitioning from the inboard position to the outboard position about the pivot axis. The outboard force moving the cushion unit to the outboard position removes the inboard armrest assembly from projecting into a center aisle of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Jimmy Moua, Deeptej Kudav, Benjamin Yilma, Keith Allen Godin, Nicholas Alphonse Billardello
  • Patent number: 11319725
    Abstract: A swingset frame shade has a canopy top. The canopy top is bounded by and has a canopy front support, a canopy rear support, a canopy right upper support, and a canopy left upper support. A right panel is connected to the canopy top at a canopy right upper support. A extends canopy right front support extending downwardly from the canopy right upper support and a canopy right rear support extends downwardly from the canopy right upper support. The canopy right front support and the canopy right rear support join together at a right lower tip. A left panel connects to the canopy top at a canopy left upper support. A canopy left front support extends downwardly from the canopy left upper support and a canopy left rear support extends downwardly from the canopy left upper support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventor: Samuel Chen
  • Patent number: 11312271
    Abstract: The invention relates to a child safety seat (100) comprising at least a first (104), a second (104) and a third locking mechanism (106) each being adapted for releasably locking the seat (100) to a vehicle at a respective anchorage point, wherein the anchorage points of the first locking mechanism (104) and the second locking mechanism (104) are arranged on a line, the anchorage point of the third locking mechanism (106) being spaced apart from the line a seat surface (101) of the seat (100), the seat surface (101) providing a sitting area of the seat (100), the third locking mechanism (106) being adjustable in height relative to the seat surface (101) and a coupling member (202), the third locking mechanism (106) being secured to the seat (100) via the coupling member (202), the coupling member (202) being height adjustable to enable the height adjustability of the third locking mechanism (106).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Britax Romer Kindersicherheit GmbH
    Inventors: Farid Bendjellal, Michael Fürstenberg