Patents Examined by Emily M Morgan
  • Patent number: 10149553
    Abstract: A supplemental support for infant carrier handle has top and bottom clamshells and a retention strap assembly. An upper arm support and a safety lanyard assembly can also be incorporated. In order to install the supplemental support on an infant carrier handle, the retention strap is initially tightened over the handle. Once the retention strap is initially snug, the user can push the bottom clamshell upwards towards the top clamshell, hinging the supplemental support into a closed configuration. Because of the unique function of the clamshell hinge, the hinging action tightens the retention strap even further upon closing. The bottom and top clamshells can then lock together. The supplemental support for infant carrier handle is thereby securely locked onto the infant carrier's handle and the user can simply place the bottom clamshell on his or her forearm and proceed to securely and comfortably carry the infant carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Inventor: Nicholas D. Carbone
  • Patent number: 10145159
    Abstract: Aspects and embodiments of the present disclosure are directed generally to a a hinge for a child conveyance device including a means for coupling two non-circular elements that rotate with respect to one another, wherein the two non-circular elements are configured to avoid the pinching of fingers during rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: MONAHAN PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Carl J. Sukeforth, Richard M. Bastien
  • Patent number: 10145157
    Abstract: A receptacle for an associated appliance hinge includes a receptacle base and a breakaway lever movably connected to the receptacle base. The breakaway lever includes a cam edge. A first mounting structure is connected to the receptacle base and adapted to be engaged by an associated hinge arm. A second mounting structure connected to the breakaway lever such that the second mounting structure is movable relative to the receptacle base. The second mounting structure is adapted to be engaged by the associated hinge arm. A breakaway latch is connected to the base and includes a cam follower engaged with the cam edge. The breakaway latch further includes a spring that biases the cam follower into abutment with the cam edge. The breakaway lever is selectively movable from a first position where the cam follower is engaged with a first location on the cam edge to a second position where the cam follower is engaged with a second location on the cam edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Mansfield Engineered Components, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian White
  • Patent number: 10137731
    Abstract: A wheel pad for moving an object across a surface having non-planar obstructions to allow movement of the object across the surface. The wheel pad has a contact pad and a load bearing assembly. The contact pad has an outer skin enclosing a fluid and a torus bearing. The torus bearing has a plurality of bearings, with each adjacent bearing rotatably joined by a connector that allows the bearings to independently rotate. The load bearing assembly has a load transfer mechanism and a load transfer device. The load transfer mechanism has a plurality of recirculating bearings moveably positioned inside a ball chamber. The load transfer device interacts with, but moves independently of, the load transfer mechanism to transfer the weight of the object to the contact pad, which weight is transferred to a lower surface thereof by the fluid and torus bearing to provide omnidirectional movement for the wheel pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventor: Douglas G. Willis
  • Patent number: 10123595
    Abstract: An interchangeable jewelry setting system that allows for the insertion, removal and replacement of ornamental elements onto a jewelry piece is provided. The jewelry piece may comprise any type of or piece of jewelry onto which an ornamental setting may be fitted such as, for example, a ring, necklace, earring, bracelet, broach, pin, etc. Likewise, any ornamental element may be disposed on the interchangeable setting of the invention, such as, for example, a metallic engraving, ornamental design element, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Joseph Machini
  • Patent number: 10125527
    Abstract: A continuous hinge comprises a first leaf and a second leaf each defining a longitudinal channel, a plurality of barrels defining bores open at each end, each of the barrels including a flange configured to be received in the channels of the first leaf or the second leaf, fasteners attaching the flanges of the barrels in the channels of the first and second leafs, wherein the barrels may be placed end-to-end for axially aligning the bores of the barrels, and a pivot pin extending through the bores of the barrels. The pivot pin is coextensive with the barrels for joining the barrels and the first and second leaves for relative pivoting movement about the pivot pin. The barrels attached to the first leaf are interspersed between the barrels attached to the second leaf in alternating relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: PEMKO MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Damond Maurice Smalls
  • Patent number: 10107020
    Abstract: A door opening degree adjustment device includes a check link having a stopper portion, a guide member having a guide hole, and an adjustment member. The adjustment member includes a plurality of stages of step portions and a guide projection that is inserted in the guide hole movably in the extending direction of the guide hole. The adjustment member causes the stopper portion to contact the step portions of any one of the stages, thereby restricting an opening operation caused by pivoting of the door in one direction. The guide projection is arranged on an extended line that connects the stopper portion to one of the stages of the step portions that contacts the stopper portion in the direction of the movement of the check link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomokazu Seki, Shintaro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10085530
    Abstract: A gemstone has a chaton cut, in which a crown adjoins a flat table and has facets that are inclined downwardly relative to the table all the way round, wherein the crown has main facets that extend substantially from the table as far as a girdle at which the gemstone has the largest transverse dimension. A pavilion of facets, preferably facets converging to a point, adjoins below the girdle. The gemstone consists preferably entirely of topaz, and the angle of the main facets relative to a cross-sectional face arranged parallel to the table is between 32.5° and 34.5°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: D. Swarovski KG
    Inventors: Guenther Blasbichler, Christian Loinger
  • Patent number: 10070706
    Abstract: A pendant for containing a commemorative or aromatic object includes a first body having inner and outer surfaces, the inner surface being configured to house a second commemorative object or aromatic substance. A second body includes outer and inner surfaces and a plate. The inner surface and plate define a permanently enclosed chamber selectively sealed to retain the commemorative or aromatic object. The second body has an opening with a removable cover for receiving the commemorative or aromatic object in the chamber. A rotatable coupler is provided between the first and second bodies to enable open and closed positions of the pendant. The second body includes a seal formed between the inner surface and the plate to define a portion of the chamber and to define an annular interspace isolating the chamber from an external environment both in the closed and open positions of the pendant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: M.P.M DI GOBBATO ENZO—S.R.L.
    Inventors: Lorenzo Gobbato, Morena Gobbato
  • Patent number: 10058162
    Abstract: A handle device for a strap having a clip and a receiving element disposed within a grip. The clip lockingly engages the grip. The combined structure of the clip and grip forms a slightly curved handle adapted for a user to carry a container by comfortably clasping the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Munchkin, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Gerard Tebbe, Ruth Hsin-Ju Fang, Quinn Biesinger
  • Patent number: 10004305
    Abstract: The present invention is an innovative way to blend the barefoot sandal with the high tight stoking and garter belts, incorporating and assembling these with intricate artistic jewellery rudiments from the toes up to the legs and then up to the hips, enhancing the beauty of the foot up to leg and hip, as well as making it utile for temporarily holding small valuables, like cell phones, credit card or lipstick. The foot-leg-thigh-hip jewellery or barefoot sandal assembly system, wherein the style can be altered depending upon the occasion and can be worn only about the ankle or up to the knee or up to the thighs alone with the garter belt, providing a cost effective foot assembly accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Inventor: Elizabeth McHugh
  • Patent number: 9961971
    Abstract: A jewellery retention device for fastening a jewellery item which comprises a retention post, said retention device comprising a body and having an opening configured to receive a post, said retention device comprising a friction member having a first end associated with the body and a second end which is configured to be contacted by the post upon insertion of the post, said body additionally providing an abutment to support the post and provide a reaction to the force imposed on the post by said second end of the friction member, said opening comprising at least in part a receiving region through which the post may move substantially freely and into which the post may be laterally displaced and received from between the first friction member and abutment in a direction substantially perpendicular to the length of the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: BRYLOCK INNOVATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Gary Bryant
  • Patent number: 9943143
    Abstract: An ornamental rod-like body includes a strap-shaped ornamental body 1 for ornamental purposes includes a multiple granular ornamental bodies 2 selected from the group consisting of jewel, artificial jewel 2A, bead, noble-metal ball, and metal ball; a connecting member 3 configured to arrange the granular ornamental bodies in a plurality of rows and connect them to each other; and an adhesion member having a adhesive layer 4 made of hot-melt adhesive configured to be adhered to a backside of the connecting member. The strap-shaped ornamental body is adhered and secured via the adhesion member in a state where granular ornamental bodies are wound and exposed radially outward of the adhesion member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: KIYOHARA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masakichi Nezuka
  • Patent number: 9925829
    Abstract: The invention relates to a castor with at least one wheel (16, 18), a housing (10) carrying the at least one wheel (16, 18), and a runner pin (14) which is arranged so as to be movable to a limited extent in a substantially vertically oriented housing opening (12) and which serves to connect the castor to an object, wherein the housing (10) accommodates a brake device which frees the at least one wheel (16, 18) in a state in which the castor is loaded by a weight via the runner pin (14) and which acts with a braking effect on the at least one wheel (16, 18) in a state when not loaded by a weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: GROSS + FROELICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ralph von Bordelius, Hans-Wilhelm Rottenau
  • Patent number: 9877551
    Abstract: A necklace comprising links which are capable of allowing additional links to be added to thereby create a customizable necklace, with each of said links comprising an undulating silhouette and structural means to allow adjoining links to be connected together yet preventing adjoining links from rotating with respect to each other to prevent flipping of adjoining links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Inventor: Scott H. Rauch
  • Patent number: 9844248
    Abstract: A piercing accessory system, comprising: a platform; and a cover. The platform may comprise a cover coupling portion that may comprise a piercing receiving portion. The cover may comprise a platform coupling portion. The piercing receiving portion is preferably configured to connect to one or more piercing rods, such that the platform is attachable to a user that has one or more piercings; wherein the cover coupling portion and the platform coupling portion removeably couple together, such that the cover adorns the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Inventor: Yong Kyu Choi
  • Patent number: 9814286
    Abstract: A jewelry kit, comprising: a card; two pendants; two pockets and two earwires. The pendants may be removeably secured to the card by one or more pre-formed guides. Each of the two pockets is configured to removeably secure one of the two earwires. After the two pendants and the two earwires are removed from the card, the two pendants are configured to be connected to the two earwires and then worn by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventor: Cassidy Clawson
  • Patent number: 9808056
    Abstract: A method of making a self-stopping bead for jewelry. The method comprises the steps of: inserting a resilient tube with an axial passage lengthwise into a relatively rigid tube having a longitudinal axis; deforming the rigid tube inward toward said axis at at least first and second spaced-apart locations along said axis until the rigid tube is necked down at said locations enough to pinch the resilient tube at a depression; and severing the rigid tube and the resilient tube at said depressions thereby forming a self-stopping bead with opposing holes wherein during the step of deforming, the rigid tube and the resilient tube are pinched off so that each hole in the bead receives therein an end of the resilient tube so that the resilient inner tube has a length substantially the same as an axial length of the self-stopping bead between the opposed bead holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: National Chain Company
    Inventor: Steven A. Cipolla
  • Patent number: 7966699
    Abstract: Shutter (or door) fitting for fastening a furniture shutter (or door) in a pivotable manner on a basic cabinet structure, having at least one actuating arm, which is provided for moving the furniture shutter, and having at least one shutter-mounted fitting part, which can be connected to the actuating arm, characterized in that the shutter-mounted fitting part has a rotation-prevention means for temporarily fixing the pivoting position of the at least one actuating arm, preferably in the fully open position thereof, wherein the rotation-prevention means, in a first operating position, arrests the at least one actuating arm in its pivoting position relative to the shutter-mounted fitting part and, in a second operating position, allows the actuating arm to pivot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Fredi Dubach, Harald Brunnmayr
  • Patent number: 7900318
    Abstract: A mounting means for operatively mounting one or more glass shower door panels to one or more panels is described. The mounting means includes an elongate guide assembly adapted for receiving and retaining a carriage assembly for mounting a reciprocating glass shower door; and a mounting assembly including one or more end mounting devices for mounting one or more ends of the elongate guide assembly perpendicular to one or more glass panels or walls. Also described is a mounting means including an elongate guide assembly adapted for receiving and retaining a carriage assembly for mounting a reciprocating glass shower door; and one or more spaced guide mounting devices for connecting the guide assembly to an adjacent parallel panel and spacing the guide assembly a selected distance from and parallel to the adjacent parallel glass wall panel to provide access between the parallel glass wall panel and guide assembly for cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Hydroscreen Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Marc Hanley