Patents Examined by Eret C McNichols
  • Patent number: 11179585
    Abstract: A safety device for securing a person to a floor panel of a shuttering system. A base element secures a safety post. The base element can be placed on a floor panel of a shuttering system. The safety post has a personal safety element, to which the person can be selectively secured. A securing mechanism has a securing carrier, on which at least one engaging element is arranged, wherein the securing carrier is coupled to the base element. The engaging element can be adjusted into a securing position and a release position, wherein the engaging element can be engaged with the shuttering system in the securing position in order to fix the base element to the floor panel, and wherein the engaging element can be decoupled from the shuttering system in the release position in order to decouple the base element from the floor panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Peri AG
    Inventors: Martin Keller, Klaus Bornack
  • Patent number: 11175706
    Abstract: A device (belt device) for fixing and securing a data processing device in a chassis includes a first bracket, a second bracket, and a buckle slidably connected to the second bracket. The first bracket is rotatable about the second bracket. The buckle can slide to and engage with the second bracket to connect the first bracket with the second bracket, the cavity defined by the first bracket and the second bracket of the belt device can receive and hold a data processor in place without tools being needed either for mounting or demounting the processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS(TIANJIN)CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kuo-Feng Chen
  • Patent number: 11175023
    Abstract: A mounting bracket (20) for a luminaire fixture frame (12) having one or more tabs (30) to engage a hat channel or the like. The one or more tabs (30) are positionable between an un-deployed position and a deployed position to operably engage the hat channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Mark Owen Jones
  • Patent number: 11174980
    Abstract: Dual telescopic pointer with adjustable ball joints is used by a trained clinician to help treat a client or patient with a mental illness. The trained clinician places a dual telescopic pointer with adjustable ball joints in front of a client and then counseling or analyzing the client in the usual fashion while also asking the client to focus their eyes and attention on the first or second focus spheres of the dual telescopic pointer with adjustable ball joints while periodically moving the location of the first or second focus spheres by extending and/or retracting the first and second telescopic pointers which support the first or second focus spheres respectively and/or adjusting the first or second adjustable ball joints which support the first and second telescopic pointers respectively. This method of treatment promotes deeper healing in the subcortical areas of the brain where emotions and trauma are stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventor: Amber Tran
  • Patent number: 11166573
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device for mounting a length of decoration to wall décor of various sizes and shapes such a framed or unframed artwork, mirrors, and the like. The device is easily mounted to or removed from the top of the wall décor for short-term or long-term decoration. The present invention comprising an upper frame section, a lower frame section contiguous to the upper frame section, and a pair of horizontal mounting members that are extended in opposite directions to match the width of the wall décor. The lower frame section engages the horizontal top edge and the vertical backside of the wall décor for mounting stability. The length of decoration is detachably attached to the upper frame section and the pair of horizontal mounting members of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventor: Anthony F. VIgliotti
  • Patent number: 11171470
    Abstract: Improved design of cable tray redirector components speeds assembly and connection of cable trays. More efficiently manufactured, universal components needed throughout horizontal redirectors of a specific size and type cable tray run reduce the overall total items and cost of inventory. The improvement is in part the elimination of welding cable redirector components in favor of connecting the components with bolts and nuts in the field. The inventory and shipment of individual parts is substantially more efficient because the new components “nest” efficiently prior to assembly. Moreover, components are designed to minimize the number of bolts and nuts used without jeopardizing strength. The use of bolts and nuts to fasten the components also enables good electrical conductivity for effective electrical grounding of the assembled cable tray system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: JAMES C. WHITE COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas C. White
  • Patent number: 11168920
    Abstract: An anti-tip bracket assembly for a window air conditioning unit is disclosed, and more particularly, an anti-tip bracket assembly that pertains to securing a window air conditioning unit within a window assembly while allowing a user to open and close the window assembly in a safe and convenient manner is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: David Leezer, Adam Schultz, Brian Langness
  • Patent number: 11160355
    Abstract: A holster assembly for use in retaining liquid containers includes a holster clip and a holster cup holder. The holster clip and the holster cup holder are configured to be selectively attached and detached from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Eleazar Angel Martinez
  • Patent number: 11162633
    Abstract: An electronic device mount includes a rigid cover, a flexible cover, and a frame positioned between the rigid cover and the flexible cover. The frame has a plurality of openings. The electronic device mount further includes a plurality of rocker arms coupled within correspond openings of the frame, and to the flexible cover. The plurality of rocker arms are configured to pivot within the plurality of openings to deflect the flexible cover relative to the frame to define a curved outer surface of the flexible cover. The electronic device mount also includes a plurality of magnets coupled to one of the frame or the flexible cover. The deflection of the flexible cover is self-adjusting to allow for easy mounting of an electronic device to a curved metal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy M. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11141305
    Abstract: An anti-ligature restraint device is provided. The device includes a tub secured to a mounting location. A sealing element is inserted into the tub. The sealing element includes a restraint element slot to which a restraint is secured when the device is in an open position. The sealing element is disposed entirely with the tub in the closed position. A spring within the tub provides resistance to the sealing element as it is pushed into the tub and rotated to secure the sealing element within the tub. A lid lock secures the sealing element in the closed position. The device may be used in the concrete floor of a hospital room. In the open position, the device secures patient restraints. In the closed position, the device is flush with its mounting surface and locked, thereby preventing patient tampering or access to harmful elements thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: INDNRN HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Nuzer
  • Patent number: 11142436
    Abstract: A portable gantry crane formed of composite members includes a composite material I-beam. Two or more support members are formed of a composite material and each support member supports the I-beam when the portable gantry crane is in an upright position. Two or more end housings are included, each end housing enclosing a top end of one of the two or more support members and coupled thereto using adhesive. A plurality of latch structures are coupled with the I-beam, each latch structure including a latch, and each end housing having a latch receiver, each latch in combination with a latch receiver allowing one of the latch structures to be releasably fixedly coupled with an end housing. In implementations a plurality of latch structures are coupled with the I-beam, each latch structure having a latch structure enclosure and each latch structure enclosure at least partially enclosing one of the end housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: OZ Lifting Products, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Napieralski, Gregory Lucas
  • Patent number: 11142097
    Abstract: A track assembly for a vehicle includes a rail assembly. The rail assembly defines an interior aperture. The interior aperture may be inaccessible from a top side, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side of the rail assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alan George Dry, Johnathan Andrew Line, Joseph Michael Kish, Jimmy Moua, Joseph Raymond Comeau
  • Patent number: 11137089
    Abstract: Tubing bundle supports comprise body parts clamped around split rotatable sleeves. In one embodiment, spring mounted peripheral shoes and rotatable tubing bundle support sleeves allow metal tubes and tubing bundles to be routed inside a conduit in spaced apart positions and resistant to vibration. In another embodiment, split pillow block sections are clamped around a split rotatable sleeve. In an embodiment, the split pillow block support is held to a strut channel by a strut channel nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: OBCORP, LLC
    Inventors: Marcus C. McCarter, Aaron M. Allen
  • Patent number: 11129504
    Abstract: A sports towel system has been described that includes a towel, a universal coupling device, and a universal coupler. The towel is coupled to the universal coupling device. The universal coupling device is removably coupled to the universal coupler. The universal coupler includes a pouch that holds a magnet. The magnet is used to removably couple the universal coupler and the towel to a metal surface. The sports towel system can be used by golfers and can be magnetically coupled to a golf cart or a golf club, for example. The universal coupler has a first and a second flap coupled to the pouch. The first flap has a first flap coupling element and the second flap has a second flap coupling element. The flap coupling elements are used to removably couple the universal coupler to the universal coupling device to attach the towel to the universal coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: MONUMENT GOLF LLC
    Inventors: Chad Gamblin, Jeff Eggen
  • Patent number: 11134583
    Abstract: A slide rail mechanism includes a first slide rail assembly, a second slide rail assembly and a supporting assembly. Each of the slide rail assemblies includes a first rail, a second rail and a third rail movably mounted between the first rail and the second rail. The second rail is longitudinally movable relative to the first rail. The second rail of the first slide rail assembly and the second rail of the second slide rail assembly are respectively arranged with a first mounting device and a second mounting device. The supporting assembly includes a supporting member, and a first connecting device and a second connecting device arranged on the supporting member. The first connecting device and the second connecting device are respectively connected to the first mounting device and the second mounting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Wei-Chen Chang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11131332
    Abstract: A clamp for clamping on a board is provided. The clamp includes a main body, a moving module and a screw rod. The main body includes a housing and a pressing plate to collaboratively define a moving space. The moving module includes a clamping member, a first plate and a second plate connecting with the first plate. The first plate and the pressing plate are disposed in the moving space in parallel. The second plate outwardly extends from the main body. The clamping member is selectively secured to the second plate. The screw rod rotatably and non-shiftably penetrates through the housing and the pressing plate and partially extends outwards the housing, and has threads for fastening to the screw hole of the first plate. When the screw rod rotates, the first plate moves in the moving space, and simultaneously drives the clamping member to move to adjust the distance to the pressing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SYNCMOLD ENTERPRISE CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Hao Huang, Chien-Cheng Yeh
  • Patent number: 11123249
    Abstract: A medical device assembly including a movable suspension arm, a vertically adjustable service head located at an end of the suspension arm, the vertically adjustable service head including a service head face with outlets thereon, and conduits routed by the suspension arm, into the vertically adjustable service head in a horizontal direction and vertically within the vertically adjustable service head to the outlets. The vertically adjustable service head includes a vertically adjustable column for raising and lowering the outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Lancer Drake Halcom, Dustin Ryan Campbell, Wojciech Kazimierz Timoszyk, Matthew Ryan Adamo, David P. Chase
  • Patent number: 11125357
    Abstract: A pipe clamp includes a linearly extending base portion. The base portion has a channel in which a pipe is positioned when inserted into the pipe clamp. The pipe clamp further includes two walled portions that extend from longitudinal edges of the base portion. The pipe clamp may further include a curved flexible support member that includes a fixed end and a moveable end. The fixed end is rigidly attached to an inner surface of one of the walled portions. Further, the flexible member is such that it extends in a curved manner, initially extending away from the inner surface of the walled portion and then curving inwards toward the walled portion into a recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Ganesh Kumar, Mahantesh S. Gokavi
  • Patent number: 11124091
    Abstract: A track release assembly is provided that comprises a track assembly releasable by a release bar, a cam assembly including first and second cams positioned on opposing sides of a support member and operably coupled by a pin, a spring configured to bias the cam assembly in a first position, and a cable operably coupled to the second cam and configured to rotate the first cam into engagement with the release bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Macit Aktas
  • Patent number: 11118704
    Abstract: A fluid delivery/connector system (26) includes a high pressure tubular coil (30) connected to the upper end of a flexible hose (32) by an interface connector assembly (34) which is movable in the up-and-down directions to accommodate the movement of the lower end of the flexible hose which is connected to the nozzle assembly (22) of a fluid cutter system (20). The interface connector assembly (34) is mounted on a guideway (72) which enables the interface connector assembly to travel in an up-and-down direction to accommodate the movement of the nozzle assembly (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Harrison T. Gill