Patents Examined by Devin Barnett
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Patent number: 9277814Abstract: In some embodiments an adjustable continuous shelf mounting system may comprise a wall standard comprising a plurality of upper slots and a plurality of lower slots. A support bracket comprising: a first support wing coupled to a first upper tongue configured to engage an upper slot of a wall standard and a first lower tongue configured to engage a lower slot of a wall standard; a second support wing coupled to a second upper tongue configured to engage an upper slot of a wall standard and a second lower tongue configured to engage a lower slot of a wall standard; and a shelf lip receiving valley formed between the first support wing and the second support wing. A shelf comprising a load bearing surface and a perimeter lip. The perimeter lip of the shelf is configured to be received in the shelf lip receiving valley of the support bracket.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2015Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Inventor: Aaron James Winker
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Patent number: 9279610Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to storage systems for milk bags. A storage system for milk bags receives milk bags and management of the stored milk bags. The milk bags are stored in compartments for easy storage and retrieval.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2015Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Inventors: Tina Ting-Yuan Wang, Chih-Cheng Tai, Michael Clair Houston
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Patent number: 9265363Abstract: A point-of-sale display unit for engagement with a cantilevered support member has at least one shelf and a base member. The base member defines a track configured to receive a portion of the cantilevered support member. The unit engages with the cantilevered beam through a sliding arrangement and is rigidly maintained thereon through a combination of various mechanical forces in a position without obstructing access to the primary load held and displayed by the cantilevered system.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Handy & HarmanInventors: Peter J. Shadwell, Anthony DiSanto
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Patent number: 9265346Abstract: A responsive support system described herein includes a screen device wall support mount and a media machine responsive support mount. A media machine responsive support mount described herein may include a support that may support a media machine, a rotating subsystem for rotating the support, and a lifting subsystem for lifting the support.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Inventor: Anthony Eugene Forney
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Patent number: 9241564Abstract: An enclosure includes a first collapsible shelving unit, a second collapsible shelving unit that is spaced apart from the first collapsible shelving unit, at least a first cover support having a first end connected to the first collapsible shelving unit and a second end connected to the second collapsible shelving unit, and a flexible cover that at least partially encloses the first collapsible shelving unit and the second collapsible shelving unit. The flexible cover is supported with respect to the first collapsible shelving unit and the second collapsible shelving unit at least in part by engagement of the flexible cover with the first cover support. At least a portion of the flexible cover is at least translucent.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: WORLDWIDE CREATIONS, LLCInventors: Scott D. Wehner, Zhou Xiao Jin
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Patent number: 9241583Abstract: A pusher tray is provided. The pusher tray includes a base structure defining a retail merchandise support surface. A pusher is slidably retained on the base structure and configured to bias retail merchandise toward a front stop of the pusher tray. The pusher has a floor and a front wall extending upwardly from the floor such that the front wall is oriented at an acute angle relative to the retail support surface. A pair of dividers are slidably mounted to the base structure. Each of the pair of dividers includes an arcuate frame portion and a pair of support elements supporting the arcuate frame portion such that a portion of each support element is tangent to a radius of curvature defined by each arcuate frame portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
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Patent number: 9228756Abstract: The present disclosure relates to shelving systems and methods that are adaptable to a number of applications, including building heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (“HVAC”) systems, shelving units for holding children's games and toys, closet organizers with hangers and shelves, storage systems in a garage or workshop, storage shelves over a garage door, and as a shelving unit for audio and visual equipment. The shelving unit includes a means for attachment to an overhead member, such as a steel beam, wood rafter, wood joist, wood beam, or ceiling, a generally J or L shaped bar, the ability to raise or lower the J or L shaped bar to provide for storage at different heights, an extension member removably coupled to the J or L bar, and wherein the extension member has a length that provides for storage space of different widths. In another aspect, an inverted shelving stand is provided. In still a further aspect, a U shaped swiveling hanging unit is provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Quick-Sling, LLCInventor: William J. Crowley
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Patent number: 9226575Abstract: A modular stand system is adjustable in the transverse direction and height and is adapted for HVAC system components that need to be elevated above a support surface. In certain embodiments, the modular stand systems herein are advantageously used to support HVAC variable refrigerant flow (VRF) units.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Quick-Sling, LLCInventor: William J. Crowley
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Patent number: 9226577Abstract: A modular storage system for an interior compartment of a safe and method for storing guns comprises standardized parts for easy construction and assembly, flexible arrangement and configurations, and use in a wide variety of safes. The interior compartment of the safe is configured to have a back wall and two side walls defining an interior width of the safe. The system comprises a plurality of shelves each having a standardized shelf width. The interior width of the safe is a whole number multiple of the standardized shelf width. A gun storage bay is provided with an exterior bay width equal to the standardized shelf width. The plurality of shelves and the gun storage bay are removably mounted on the back wall.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Prosteel Security Products Inc.Inventors: Richard E. Stepp, Keith Sanders
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Patent number: 9215939Abstract: A display fixture has a bin with multiple sections. A clip attached to a back panel of the bin has an aperture for receiving a fastener to fasten the bin to a peg board. A back support is mounted to the bin and has a downwardly extending leg that is sized to fit between the peg board and a back surface of a base that the display fixture is seated upon. The bin includes a lower tier of product sections defined in part by a front panel and has a lower sign support with two legs attached to the front panel and a lower label holder connected between the two legs such that there is an open space defined between the two legs and between a top of the front panel and a bottom of the lower label holder. The bin also includes an upper tier of product sections.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Erin L. Zobel, Jason W. Johnson, Christopher A. Hammond
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Patent number: 9204761Abstract: A portable toothbrush holder transformable between a first, storage state and a second, erected state, the portable toothbrush holder having a base component having a spindle connection feature; a top component having a spindle connection feature; and a spindle component; the base component, top component and spindle component being separable; and when the portable toothbrush holder is in the second, erected state when the spindle connection features of the base component and top component receive opposite ends of the spindle component.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2015Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Inventor: Donald J. Volk
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Patent number: 9199511Abstract: A tire work stand comprises a frame for supporting the work stand on a ground surface and for attaching a set of components to the tire work stand. A plurality of rollers is attached to the frame to support a tire above the ground surface and to permit rotation of a tire during inspection of the tire. A ramp is configured to have a first ramp end capable of extending from the ground surface and a second ramp end extending to a position proximal to the frame. A bridge is configured to have a first bridge end extending from the second ramp end and a second bridge end extending to a position proximal to a surface of at least one of the rollers, wherein the bridge acts to inhibit rotation of the roller during loading of the tire and further permits rotation of the tire after the tire has been loaded on the tire work stand.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2012Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Dennis D. Hodges, Zachary Alexander Merrill
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Patent number: 9192250Abstract: A modular wire grid rack system is provided that includes a pair of storage racks, each storage rack having a plurality of intersecting wire rods, and a plurality of posts connected to the storage racks and separating the storage racks. An intermediate storage assembly is locatable between the pair of storage racks and includes a retaining element configured to be seated on one of the posts and a shelf arm, in the installed disposition of the intermediate storage assembly, a load imposed on the shelf arm by a supported object urges the angular ends of the channel engaging protrusion of the retaining element to move toward one another, thereby reinforcing the strength and stability of the seating of the retaining element on the respective post.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Inventor: Scott D. Maurer
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Patent number: 9185971Abstract: The present disclosure relates to shelving systems and methods that are adaptable to a number of applications, including building heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (“HVAC”) systems, shelving units for holding children's games and toys, closet organizers with hangers and shelves, storage systems in a garage or workshop, storage shelves over a garage door, and as a shelving unit for audio and visual equipment. The shelving unit includes a means for attachment to an overhead member, such as a steel beam, wood rafter, wood joist, wood beam, or ceiling, a generally J or L shaped bar, the ability to raise or lower the J or L shaped bar to provide for storage at different heights, an extension member removably coupled to the J or L bar, and wherein the extension member has a length that provides for storage space of different widths. In another aspect, an inverted shelving stand is provided. In still a further aspect, a U shaped swiveling hanging unit is provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Quick-Sling, LLCInventor: William J. Crowley
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Patent number: 9179788Abstract: An adjustable tray for a merchandise display system may include a retainer for limiting the movement of products loaded in the adjustable tray, a pusher mechanism configured to bias product toward the retainer, a first divider extending from a first panel and second divider extending from a second panel. The spacing between the first divider and the second divider can be configured to be adjusted. The first panel and the second panel can be configured to move to provide additional surface area for the adjustable tray to accommodate different sized products.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.Inventor: Stephen N. Hardy
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Patent number: 9174785Abstract: A product dispensing system including a container defining an internal volume and an opening into the internal volume, the container including a weakened severance line extending from the opening to define an access panel, and a dispenser including a frame and a catch element, the frame having a support deck and defining a recess sized to receive the access panel, the catch element being positioned to engage the opening in the container, separate the access panel from the container along the weakened severance line, and guide the separated access panel into the recess when the container is moved along the support deck.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLCInventors: John Gelardi, Bradford J. Walling, Aaron L. Bates, Laurel Thomas
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Patent number: 9173506Abstract: The present invention concerns a wall mounted storing construction or system that could hold a number of storing means. The storing means used may be shelves, hangers for different clothes, such as trousers or coats, shoe holders, rods etc. or for different combinations of these storing means. The storing system comprises uprights (1) and brackets (3), wherein the brackets (3) are mounted in the uprights (1). The brackets (3) are to receive the storing means, such as shelves (15). Each bracket (3) has a general u-from with an upper part and two walls, having ears (10) to be received in openings (22) of the uprights (1). The walls of brackets (3) are pressed together in the area of the ears (10) to allow the ears (10) of the brackets (3) to be pushed into the uprights (1). The uprights (1) are fixed to the wall. The upper end of each upright (1) is mounted on a horizontal assembly rail (2), being fixed to the wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Inter IKEA Systems B.V.Inventors: Benny Andersson, Lars Almblad, Mats Lundqvist, Sofia Wiktorsson
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Patent number: 9163861Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a solar panel truss mounting system comprising a base and a truss assembly coupled to the base. The truss assembly comprises a first panel rail mount, second panel rail mount parallel to the first panel rail mount, base rail mount parallel to the first and second panel rail mounts, and a plurality of support members. A first portion of the plurality of support members extends between the first and second panel rail mounts. A second portion of the plurality of support members extends between the first panel rail mount and the base rail mount. A third portion of the plurality of support members extends between the second panel rail mount and the base rail mount. The system can further comprise a plurality of connectors for coupling a plurality of photovoltaic solar panels to the truss assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2013Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignees: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION, RADIANCE SOLAR, LLCInventors: Tristan Farris Al-Haddad, Andrés Cavieres, Russell Gentry, Joseph Goodman, Wade Nolan, Taylor Pitelka, Keyan Rahimzadeh, Bradley Brooks, Joshua Lohr, Ryan Crooks, Jamie Porges, Daniel Rubin
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Patent number: 9161619Abstract: A configurable bottle storage rack includes front panels, rear panels, panel connecting members, leg members and spacer members. Panel connecting members connect adjacent front panels as well as adjacent rear panels. The panel connecting members can also be attached to the leg members to allow the leg members to support the front and rear panels. The spacer members are disposed between respective front and rear leg members to place the front and rear panels in spaced-apart relationship to one another. The panel connecting members allow adjacent panels to be angled inward towards one another in a concave shape.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2014Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Inventors: Scott R. Somers, Marc Somers
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Patent number: 9155220Abstract: A coupling member is coupled to a support column of a rack. A plate-shaped member is rotatably engaged with a coupling member with one longitudinal end as an axis. An L-shaped member includes a first flat plate and a second flat plate orthogonal to the first flat plate and includes, with a transverse end of the first flat plate rotatably engaged with one plate face of the plate-shaped member with the longitudinal direction of the plate-shaped member as an axis and with a plate face of the first flat plate in intimate contact with the one plate face, a mounting member in which the second flat plate protrudes from one transverse end of the plate-shaped member and a fixing mechanism that fixes the mounting member with the plate face of the first flat plate in intimate contact with the one plate face of the plate-shaped member.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2014Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Takanaga Yokosawa, Takashi Watanabe, Yasuhiro Muramatsu, Takashi Fukuda