Patents Examined by Devin Barnett
  • Patent number: 8469207
    Abstract: A drapery rod assembly adapted to be secured to a substantially planar surface comprising a right bracket and a left bracket. The right bracket includes a substantially gamma shaped wall portion having a slot, a mounting plate that is operatively arranged to be mounted to the surface. The mounting plate is operatively arranged to complementarily engage the slot and hold the wall portion. A substantially J-shaped extension portion that extends outward from the wall portion and terminates in a rod attachment end arranged perpendicularly with respect to the mounting plate and in parallel spaced apart relation to the surface. The left bracket is an enantiomer of the right bracket. A first and second rod, each rod includes a proximate and distal end. The distal end of the first rod is releasably engaged with the left bracket, and the distal end of the second rod is releasably engaged with the right bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Umbra LLC
    Inventors: Paul Rowan, Mauricio Affonso
  • Patent number: 8464879
    Abstract: A display stand for sheet goods such as desk chair mats has a pair of upright side members and a base coupled to the side members. The base can have an upper surface to support a lower edge of sheet goods in a standing position. A protrusion can define an arcuate front lip along the retaining well. The arcuate front lip can be configured to impart a curvature to facilitate standing of the sheet goods. The upper surface of the base can be configured to have different elevations. A back member can be coupled to the upright side members, and can swing, slide, or both, between an open position to provide access to the sheet goods and a closed position to retain the sheet goods within the display. Signage panels can be coupled between the side members along a tie member to attract customers to the displayed goods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Inventors: Bailey Jean Black, Jr., Bryan F. Magee
  • Patent number: 8448793
    Abstract: A framed jewelry wall organizer for storing and displaying jewelry is disclosed. This organizer is encased in a decorative frame. The central opening of the frame holds a fabricated clear, hard, plastic sheet with clear, hard, open top, rounded plastic cups on the front side of the sheet. Vacuum forming or injection molding creates this clear plastic sheet with clear cups and makes it one plastic unit. This clear plastic unit is then placed in the frame. A mat or mirror is then sandwiched behind the clear plastic sheet to add design. The mat or mirror can be clearly seen behind the transparent plastic sheet. Finally, a cardboard backing fits behind the mat or mirror and picture frame points are inserted to hold all of the components in the frame. The framed unit will be hung on a wall with picture frame hardware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Inventor: Donna Ann Barron
  • Patent number: 8443989
    Abstract: A media rack system is disclosed that generally includes a rack configured to receive a plurality of components that are selectively connected via a plurality of media, e.g., optical fibers or any other wired communication link. An exemplary system may further include one or more media loop retention housings, which include a spool configured to selectively support one of the media, and a media loop retainer defined by the spool. The media loop retainer includes a predetermined radius for selectively retaining a loop of the media. The predetermined radius is greater than or equal to a minimum bend radius associated with the fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: James Walker, Jeffrey Duke
  • Patent number: 8430254
    Abstract: A closet insert structured to fit in a closet enclosure in its entirety—includes at least one insert module including back, top and floor panels, and two end panels. Mounting structure is provided on at least one of the panels to which a coupling device is mountable for coupling another insert module to the at least one insert module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Inventor: Steven C. Kunis
  • Patent number: 8424692
    Abstract: A supporting device for an inner supporting member of an electric household appliance, which includes a support securable, in use, by a first part thereof to a fixed guide and a second part facing the first, to a side edge of the inner supporting member. Both parts are relatively movable in a sliding direction perpendicular to the supporting member. Further included is a releasable retaining means for blocking the second part in different positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: ITW Industrial Components S.R.L.
    Inventor: Gianbattista Ala
  • Patent number: 8407918
    Abstract: A first thin insole (2) having an arch insole (2a) configured with a recess (2b) in the metatarsal region (1b) is provided on the sole body (1) of a shoe, which extends from the heel region (1a) across the metatarsal region (1b) to the front ball/toe region (1c). A foam insert (3), which has a cutout (3a) corresponding to the size of the arch insole (2a), is disposed on the first insole (2), the insert extending from the heel region (1a) to the front ball/toe region (1c). A second insole (4) in the form of a support, which has a spherical segment-shaped or ellipsoid segment-shaped hollow body (4c), which protrudes in the metatarsal region (1b) from the bottom of the insole (4) and is adapted to the arch insole recess (2b), is provided on the foam insert (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Bodyfeel-Produtos de Saude Ltd
    Inventor: Herbert Gschwender
  • Patent number: 8408404
    Abstract: A shelving system may comprise a pair of support brackets and a shelf platform supportable by the brackets. The platform includes a supporting portion, a rear flange on the supporting portion, and a front flange on the supporting portion. The shelf platform may be configured to be supported by the support brackets when a portion of the brackets extend upwardly from the platform and when a portion of the brackets extend downwardly from the platform. Optionally, a work platform is pivotable between usage and storage positions, and the brackets are pivotable between a deployed position supporting the platform in the usage position and a storage position allowing the platform to move to the storage position. Optionally, a mounting rail and at least one hook removably mountable on the rail may be provided. The hook may have a stabilizer tab that stabilizes the hook with respect to the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Inventors: Patrick D. Miller, David C. Miller, Douglas D. Miller
  • Patent number: 8403155
    Abstract: A hand tool frame has a baseboard, two clamping elements and multiple positioning elements. The baseboard has a body and a hanging panel. The hanging panel is connected to the top of the body and has a hanging hole. The clamping elements are mounted on the baseboard and each clamping element has a clamping panel. Each clamping panel has multiple clamping claws and multiple inserting holes. The positioning elements are mounted on the baseboard at intervals between the clamping elements with the same sizes and each positioning element has an elastic arm. The elastic arm is formed on and protrudes from the body and has a curved segment and a limiting segment. The limiting segment is formed on and protrudes from the curved segment to abut against a hand tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 8387805
    Abstract: A pipeline pig support rack apparatus includes a frame having a plurality of supports mounted thereon, each extending upwardly from the frame. Each pipeline pig support includes clamps that are comprised of first and second u-shaped members that are attached with a hinge. A bolted connection opposite the hinge is provided for holding the u-shaped members together in a closed position when securing a pipeline pig. Lifting eyes on the frame are provided for enabling the frame, its pig supports and any contained pipeline pigs to be lifted as a unit. A basket receptacle optionally is provided that receives the frame. The frame and basket receptacle are each independently liftable. The basket receptacle prevents spillage of hazardous materials that might be residing upon the pigs after they have been used to clean a particular pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Integris Rentals, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Pierre L. Olivier
  • Patent number: 8376153
    Abstract: A tool rack includes a base, two side boards and a frame. The base includes multiple blocks and is located between the two side boards. Each side board has an elongate slot and two ridges between which a space is defined. The elongate slot has a first recess defined in the top inner end thereof and the first recess is located higher than a top of one of the ridges. A second recess is defined in the bottom inner end of the elongate slot. The frame has multiple extensions and tools are positioned between the blocks and the extensions. Two side links extend from two ends of the frame. When the frame is mounted to the base, the side links are slidably engaged with the spaces of the side boards. The side links each have a pivot which is movably engaged with the elongate slot and each of the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Inventor: Hong-Jen Lee
  • Patent number: 8376154
    Abstract: A shelving assembly comprises a unit that comprises a base plate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The base plate has an integral one-piece configuration including a plurality of strengthening or reinforcing vertical and/or horizontal ribs disposed on the second side. A plurality of securing members are disposed in a parallel relationship on the first side. Each of the plurality of securing members has a plurality of snap fit openings. A plurality of rollers that each comprises a centrally disposed cylindrical portion and a pair of connection rods extending from opposite ends of the cylindrical portion. The connection rods are removably and fixedly insertable into a pair of oppositely disposed snap fit openings of adjacent securing members, thereby forming a row of rollers disposed on the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sungal Corporation
    Inventor: Yeyang Sun
  • Patent number: 8376157
    Abstract: A shelving system includes a plurality of vertical posts and horizontal traverses. The horizontal traverses are coupled to the vertical posts by means of a bifurcated collar that are placed on each vertical post. Each horizontal traverse includes an end piece which is configured to couple to both halves of the bifurcated collar. Each half of the bifurcated collar comprises a wedge shaped design such that when a load is placed on the traverse, forces are applied to the bifurcated collar that squeezes each half of the collar together more tightly around the vertical post. The traverses may be coupled to one or both sides of the vertical post to allow the shelving system to be extended as far as the user desires in any lateral direction. The shelving system may also be extended in a perpendicular or other angular direction by means of a wedge shaped corner connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Cambro Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Charles W. Jarvis, Johannes Le, Fred Gates, Jorge Baez, Herbert Hense
  • Patent number: 8376156
    Abstract: A shelving system includes a plurality of pultruded vertical posts and horizontal traverses. The horizontal traverses are coupled to the vertical posts by means of a bifurcated collar that are placed on each vertical post. Each horizontal traverse includes an end piece which is configured to couple to both halves of the bifurcated collar. Each half of the bifurcated collar comprises a wedge shaped design such that when a load is placed on the traverse, forces are applied to the bifurcated collar that squeezes each half of the collar together more tightly around the vertical post. The traverses may be coupled to one or both sides of the vertical post to allow the shelving system to be extended as far as the user desires in any lateral direction. The shelving system may also be extended in a perpendicular or other angular direction by means of a wedge shaped corner connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Cambro Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Charles W. Jarvis, Johannes Le, Fred Gates, Jorge Baez, Herbert Hense
  • Patent number: 8371458
    Abstract: A ceiling rack includes a pair of transverse beams parallel to each other, at least one mesh unit and at least four supporting units. Each transverse beam has a side wall and a U-shaped hook body, and an assembly groove having an opening on a top surface thereof is formed therebetween. The mesh unit has a U-shaped end body at two opposite end portions thereof, which is assembled in the assembly groove and engaged with the U-shaped hook body. The supporting units are assembled between the side walls of the two opposite end portions of the transverse beam and the ceiling. With the U-shaped end body, the U-shaped hook body and the assembly groove, the mesh unit can be assembled in the assembly groove and engaged with the U-shaped hook body without any locking element, thereby providing the convenience of assembly and disassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Clair Home Products Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Yu
  • Patent number: 8365441
    Abstract: A shoe with an outsole having at least one traction zone, the traction zone including a base surface in a first plane, a plurality of ground engaging members in a second plane and a plurality of intersecting grooves defined by a pair of opposing walls and a groove surface located in a third plane. The base surface includes a plurality of spaced apart base surface elements. The plurality of intersecting grooves are positioned adjacent the plurality of base surface segments and the ground engaging members. The first, second and third planes are positioned elevationally in spaced apart arrangement from one another. The ground engaging members project out beyond the first plane while the intersecting grooves are recessed from the first plane toward a shoe upper. Each of the ground engaging members includes side walls and an angled first surface for contacting the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Brown Shoe Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary E. Kirby, Daniel M. Doerer, Gary A. Woods
  • Patent number: 8365929
    Abstract: A cabinet frame for easy assembly includes an upper frame and a lower frame each constituted of four corner connectors and four transverse capping pieces, and four longitudinal capping pieces connected between four corners of the upper frame and the lower frame, characterized in that: sixteen prismatic rods are used for connecting corner connectors on four corners of the upper frame and the lower frame with the longitudinal capping pieces, the corner connector being provided with protrusions and countersinks, the cross section of each of the transverse capping pieces and the longitudinal capping pieces being formed into a shape, square bores on both ends of the capping pieces being inserted by the protrusions of the corner connectors. The cabinet frame of the present invention is easy for assembly and has a simple structure. The frame constituted by assembling the corner connectors with the prismatic rods has a stable structure and a large load-bearing capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Shenzhen Yeefu Precision Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cun Neng Luo
  • Patent number: 8348071
    Abstract: A base assembly for air handlers having a filter. Four metallic legs each have a distal end. The metallic legs also have first through holes at first predetermined distances from their respective distal ends. The metallic legs have a rectangular or square cross section, and each distal end mounts to a floor. First and second metallic upper frames have vertical extensions to telescopically receive the four metallic legs respectively. The first and second metallic upper frames further have braces member and air filter C-shaped tracks. The first and second metallic upper frames each further have elongated male horizontal arms and elongated female horizontal arms that join whereby the air filter C-shaped tracks face each other to receive a filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Inventor: Perez Janlert
  • Patent number: 8327598
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a modular blocking panel system for a rack. The modular blocking panel system consists of multiple standardized panels which snap-together, or slidably attach to one another, in order to fill openings of any size in a rack. The panels connect to one another so that there is a seal at the junction between the panels. The seal blocks hot air in the interior of the rack from seeping through the panels and mixing with the cold air supply on the exterior of the panels. Multiple panels can be combined to create a single modular panel to cover any sized opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Electrorack Products Company
    Inventors: Robert Scott Shew, Todd P. Schneider, Reginald E. Jonker
  • Patent number: 8322545
    Abstract: A shelf for a metal cabinet has a planar member, a ramped member extending from the planar member having a first, curved portion and a second, straight portion. The first, curved portion and second, straight portion are connected via a third, curved portion therebetween. The first curved portion has a first radius, and the second, curved portion has a second radius different from the first radius. The straight portion forms an outer wall of the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Metal Fabricating Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard J. Golias, Jr., Gary W. James, Robert J. Golias