Patents Examined by Devin Barnett
  • Patent number: 9751659
    Abstract: A combination of beverage coolers and a beverage cooler organizer system that includes a U-shaped wire connected to a base that holds the beverage coolers in a stacked and organized manner to provide convenient access to the beverage coolers when needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Inventor: Anthony Malley
  • Patent number: 9723936
    Abstract: Plate stacking device comprising a vertical column with one or more side faces provided with plate supports. Each plate support comprises two upper projections horizontally in line with each other, and a lower projection which is longer than the two upper projections and which lies at a distance below the two upper projections. The upper projections projecting from a side face are lateral extensions of adjacent column walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: HORENA TRADING HOLLAND BV
    Inventor: Michel Nales
  • Patent number: 9723904
    Abstract: A jewelry storage system includes a first elongated section, a second elongated section, and a third elongated section. The system further includes a necklace panel, an earring panel, a ring bar, an earring shelf, a cylindrical bracelet bar, a panel, and a locking mechanism having a plurality of slots extending partially through the thickness of the first side of the second elongated section; and a tab rigidly secured to the panel and removably attached to the plurality of slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Inventor: Sabra Taylor
  • Patent number: 9699935
    Abstract: Equipment cradles, rack-mounted equipment systems, and related methods can include rack-mounted equipment, a rack-mounted equipment cabinet for storing the rack-mounted equipment, and at least one equipment cradle installed in the rack-mounted equipment cabinet for supporting the rack-mounted equipment stored therein. The equipment cradle can include telescoping rails including a right rail and a left rail, the telescoping rails being configured to extend between front and rear rails of the equipment cabinet, at least one post disposed on each of front and rear endplates of the telescoping rails, the at least one post being configured to be received by holes disposed in each of the front and rear rails of the equipment cabinet, and at least one cross brace having a first end configured to mount to the left rail and a second end configured to mount to the right rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: VCE IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Maxwell Marrs, Alva Benjamin Eaton
  • Patent number: 9661920
    Abstract: A modular storage system capable of mounting storage fixtures such as shelves, drawers, rods, desks, hampers, trash cans and the like in various configurations without the use of tools and fastener hardware. The system includes vertical side panels capable of being mounted to a horizontal support rail, which is attached to a wall, in various configurations allowing the system to be mounted and rearranged against the wall without the use of tools and hardware. The vertical side panels include a plurality of support cleats that mate with the storage fixtures and provide for self-locking of the storage fixtures in the system so that they can be mounted and rearranged without the use of tools and hardware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Gregory James Ahart
  • Patent number: 9662781
    Abstract: A socket holding frame has a track base and at least one positioning mount. The track base has a bottom panel and a slide rail. The bottom panel has multiple first engaging segments formed on a top surface of the bottom panel. The at least one positioning mount is slidably and rotatably mounted on the track base, and each one of the at least one positioning mount has a sliding seat and an extending element. The sliding seat is slidably and rotatably mounted in the slide rail and has multiple second engaging segments. The multiple second engaging segments engage with the multiple first engaging segments on the bottom panel. The extending element is formed on the sliding seat and extends out of the slide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 9648993
    Abstract: A towel holding device for storing a towel and a washcloth in a rolled configuration. The holding device includes a bracket having a first section rigidly affixed to a second section, wherein the first and second sections are preferably perpendicular to one another. The bracket includes a first ring thereon, wherein the first ring includes an open central area sized to receive a rolled towel therein. The bracket further includes a second ring, wherein the second ring includes an open central area sized to receive a rolled washcloth therein. Thus, the first ring preferably comprises a larger diameter than the second ring. Further, the first and second rings are positioned adjacent to one another on the bracket. The bracket can be affixed to a support surface, such as a wall, using any conventional fasteners, such as screws, or nails, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Inventor: Nathaniel Gainey
  • Patent number: 9648953
    Abstract: A collapsible hanging storage assembly mounts beneath a desk or flat surface. The assembly has panels and fastening mechanisms that collapse for stowage and easily construct to contain items. The assembly comprises a base panel defined by wire mesh, a pair of side edges, a rear edge, and a front edge. A pair of side panels hingedly join the side edges of base panel. The side panels include a pair of upper horizontal bars, a pair of lower horizontal bars, a pair of front vertical bars, and a pair of rear vertical bars. A pair of L-shaped brackets extend from the front vertical bars to mount on a desktop. The L-shaped brackets include a vertical member and a generally flat horizontal member. A rear panel joins the side panels and base panel perpendicularly and has an upper edge, a lower edge, a left edge, and a right edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Inventor: Hung-Chih Kuo
  • Patent number: 9648949
    Abstract: A vinyl wrap hanger and stand for installing sheets of vinyl wrap to the surface of vehicles and motor crafts is presented. The vinyl wrap hanger and stand includes a base, a frame assembly, and a hanger assembly, having adjustable components to customize the installation of vinyl to different vehicle sizes. The vinyl wrap hanger and stand may be mounted to a platform having wheels, providing mobility. The platform may also include a vinyl roller assembly for supporting large rolls of vinyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Inventor: Ronaldo Green Penaflor
  • Patent number: 9627860
    Abstract: An assembly for the frame of a switchboard is disclosed, which can include a hollow member which extends lengthwise along a reference axis and which has at least one slot. The assembly can include at least one connecting element for connecting the assembly to a corresponding corner joint element of the frame, and the connecting element can include an insulating body and a fixing metal plate which is associated to a carrying part of the insulating body. The carrying part can be at least partially inserted transversally with respect to the reference axis into the hollow member through the slot, so as to arrange at least a portion of the associated fixing metal plate into the hollow member transversally with respect to the reference axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: ABB S.p.A.
    Inventors: Simone Angelo Proserpio, Massimo Frattaruolo
  • Patent number: 9615674
    Abstract: A dispenser is provided for storing and individually dispensing cylindrical containers in a vertical orientation. The dispenser includes an upper chamber having a ramp sloping downward toward a back of the dispenser, which receives the containers loaded in a vertical orientation at a front of the dispenser. The containers move down the upper chamber ramp by gravity to an opening at a back end of the dispenser, through which the containers pass to a lower chamber. The lower chamber has a ramp sloping downward toward the front of the dispenser. The containers move down the lower chamber ramp by gravity to a dispensing position at the front of the dispenser. A latch is positioned at a back portion of the upper chamber to restrict passage of the containers so that they pass through the opening one at a time as containers are removed from the dispensing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: TRINITY, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Vitollo, George Mitchell, Bella Gutman
  • Patent number: 9610993
    Abstract: A bicycle stand includes a base, a front positioning rack and a rear positioning rack. The front positioning rack includes two uprights pivotally mounted on the base, a tensile spring biased on one of the two uprights, and an abutting member pivotally mounted between the two uprights to define a first placement zone between the abutting member and the two uprights. The rear positioning rack defines a second placement zone. Thus, the first placement zone, the second placement zone and the abutting member form a three-point support to hold a bicycle wheel. In addition, the angle between the first placement zone and the second placement zone can be adjusted in a determined range, so that the front positioning rack and the rear positioning rack are used to support bicycle wheels of different sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Ye Chou Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jern-Shorg Ho
  • Patent number: 9610490
    Abstract: A weight storage peg for supporting free weight plates from an exercise superstructure includes a bar extending from a fastener. An exterior surface of the bar is provided by a nylon casting around a cylindrical tube weldment. The nylon casting tapers from a wider portion adjacent the free end to a narrower portion nearer the fastener. The nylon casting also provides a mounting flange around the head of a female threaded mounting bolt, with the female threaded mounting bolt welded to a cylindrical tube to form the cylindrical tube weldment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Dynamic Fitness & Strength, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Tambornino, Curt Tambornino
  • Patent number: 9596931
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to basket and rail assemblies. In one example embodiment, a basket and rail assembly generally includes a slide rail, a basket including a plurality of wires, and at least one support configured to be coupled to the slide rail. The support includes at least one groove configured for receiving at least one wire of the plurality of wires of the basket for releasably coupling the basket to the slide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Clairson, Inc.
    Inventors: Milind Sahebrao Nimgulkar, Gajanan Ramkishan Muttepawar, Harishchandra Namdeo Dahatonde
  • Patent number: 9596930
    Abstract: Pivoting add-on storage caddy includes a frame member having a width, a height, and first and second ends to define a length; and a pivot about the first end, which has at least two pivoting contrivances that can be adjustably and slidably substantially spaced apart vertically in a direction substantially parallel with the height. The frame member may be inclusive of a vertical door component and a laterally projecting tray component. The caddy may be provided in kit form. The caddy can be mounted to a vertical support of an open storage rack or another substrate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventor: Linda Carol VanHeusden
  • Patent number: 9586803
    Abstract: A dispenser cradle is disclosed that includes a front portion, a neck channel situated in the front portion and configured for receiving a neck of a dispensing bottle therethrough, a central channel configured for supporting the dispensing bottle thereon, where the central channel further includes a channel ramp portion extending from proximate the rear wall to a channel aperture, and where the channel aperture is configured for receiving a shoulder portion of the dispensing bottle therethrough when the dispensing bottle is positioned in at least one of a primary position and a secondary position, and when the dispensing bottle is in the primary position, a central axis of the dispensing bottle is situated at a first angle relative to a horizontal axis, and when the dispensing bottle is in the secondary position, a central axis of the dispensing bottle is situated at a second angle relative to the horizontal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Tailor Made Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Omer Snyker
  • Patent number: 9578960
    Abstract: A supporting rack includes two foot members each including a hollow foot member body, a foot member cover covering the hollow foot member body and two binding members bilaterally and detachably fastened to the hollow foot member body to secure the foot member cover in place, two support members vertically adjustably mounted on the respective foot members and locked by the respective binding members, a tabletop detachably supported on the support members and adjustable with the support members relative to the foot members to the desired elevation and defining a receiving space between the two foot members beneath the bottom wall thereof for accommodating computer keyboard, mouse or other peripheral devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: CHEN-SOURCE INC.
    Inventor: Kuan-Yen Wu
  • Patent number: 9572426
    Abstract: In an infrastructure that uses a mobile order fulfillment system, mobile drive units may be dispatched and instructed to bring inventory holders that include fabric pods to a workstation where at least one of the inventory holders may be operated upon. Such fabric pods may include one or more fabric bin arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis H. Nauseda, Matthew David Verminski, Timothy Aaron Bragg
  • Patent number: 9560923
    Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic tool holder adapted to be used in conjunction with a pegboard. The tool holder comprises two pairs of legs that are adapted to be received within the peg holes such that, each pair is simultaneously slidably movable between a biased engagement position and a disengagement position wherein, the distance between the pair in the engagement position is greater than that of the pair in the disengagement position. Notably, a friction fit is achieved between pegboard and the main legs in the engagement position. The tool holder further comprises a spring-loaded means for causing the at least one pair of main legs to move from the engagement position to the disengagement position and a magnet disposed on top thereof, the magnet about which, tools are magnetically attached thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Inventor: Stanley D Winnard
  • Patent number: 9559499
    Abstract: A rackmount distribution panel includes two movable, e.g., sliding, trays to provide full access to the distribution panel from both the front and the rear of the distribution panel. Consequently, the distribution panel may be easily and conveniently accessed to install, secure, and route cabling during installation, upgrades, service or repair, even when the distribution panel has already been mounted to a rack. The distribution includes a front tray, and a front tray movably coupled to the frame configured to be moved in a forward direction and a rear tray movably coupled to the tray and configured to be moved in a rear direction. The front and rear trays are configured to receive and secure a cable and to provide access to the cable by moving in the forward or rear directions. The front tray may move in the rear direction with the rear tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: R&M USA Inc.
    Inventor: Bryce K. Alvarez