Patents Examined by Gary C. Hoge
  • Patent number: 12293682
    Abstract: A display panel has an inner layer formed of a plurality of flutes, a first outer layer affixed to one side of the inner layer so as to overlie the plurality of flutes, and a second outer layer affixed to an opposite side of the inner layer. The second outer layer also overlies the plurality of flutes. The inner layer and the outer layers are co-extruded together. The plurality of flutes are of a black color. Each of the outer layers is of white color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Inventor: Quan Luu
  • Patent number: 12293680
    Abstract: An inflatable ornament is disclosed, including an inflatable body. The inflatable body is surrounded by a membrane material, an inflatable fan is arranged on the inflatable body, the inflatable body expands after being inflated. A first swinging portion is arranged on the inflatable body, the first swinging portion is connected with the inflatable body, a swinging drive is arranged in the first swinging portion, and the swinging drive drives the first swinging portion to swing. A second swinging portion is connected with the inflatable body, the second swinging portion is connected with the first swinging portion via at least one connecting piece. When the first swinging portion swings, the first swinging portion drives the second swinging portion to swing via the connecting piece. The swinging structure is simple and is not easy to be damaged, thereby reducing the production cost and prolonging the service life of a product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Life Ideas Company LTD
    Inventor: Shouxiong Jing
  • Patent number: 12288484
    Abstract: A material mounting apparatus may include a body having a front side and a back side. One or more body attachment elements may be secured to the back side of the body. One or more connectors may be secured to and extend from the one or more body attachment elements. A material may be placed over the front side of the body. An outer perimeter of the material may extend beyond a perimeter of the body. The outer perimeter of the material may be folded across the perimeter of the body into an adjacent relationship with the back side of the body. The one or more connectors may be secured to the material to retain and/or stretch the material over the material mounting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Meyer, Laurie Lynn McCarthy-Meyer
  • Patent number: 12283202
    Abstract: A connection assembly for connecting a banner to an upper support line, a lower support line, and a first tensioning line of a banner support system supporting a banner, the connection assembly comprising first and second lateral lines attached to the first tensioning line of the banner support system, an upper support line connection portion connecting the first lateral line to both an upper corner of the banner and the upper support line, the upper support line connection portion being slidably coupled to the upper support line, and a lower support line connection portion connecting the second lateral line to both a lower corner of the banner and the lower support line, the lower support line connection portion being slidably coupled to the lower support line, and the lower support line connection portion being operable to allow the lower corner of the banner to rotate away from the lower support line and to return back toward the lower support line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Colonial Specialty Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Swenson, Jeff Wixon, Bob Chavez
  • Patent number: 12283200
    Abstract: The present application disclosed a flip screen with replaceable materials and adjustable screen tilt angle. Which comprising a U-shaped base, a crank handle, a polygonal rotating shaft, a left-fixed round plate, a right-fixed round plate, a damping plate, a side plug-in plate, and a damping arm. Pictures or images made from various materials can be securely clamped into the installation groove, allowing them to be supported by the side plug-in plate. This design extends the service life of the flip screen and does not impose strict requirements on the materials used for the images, enhancing its practicality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2025
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Inventor: Zeyan Xu
  • Patent number: 12274238
    Abstract: A female part of an animal identification device. The female part includes a head having an inner receiving cavity that can receive a tip of a male part of the identification device. The female part includes at least one element for fixing an accessory to an outer face of the head. The at least one fixing element is in the form of at least one groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Allflex Europe
    Inventor: Jean-Jacques Hilpert
  • Patent number: 12269646
    Abstract: The present application provides a bottling facility for filling a refillable package. The bottling facility may include a filler for filling the refillable package, a radio frequency identification tag positioned on the refillable package, a radio frequency identification reader, and a data processing system in communication with the radio frequency identification reader. The radio frequency identification reader identifies the radio frequency identification tag when the refillable package is refilled and the data processing system tracks the number of times the refillable package is refilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew William Baker, Kuil Park, Joshua Casey Schwarber
  • Patent number: 12251034
    Abstract: A frame assembly for supporting a flat article. In one aspect, the frame assembly may include a stack including a transparent window panel and a frame. The frame may include a floor structure for supporting the stack and an outer annular wall coupled to and surrounding the floor structure, the outer annular wall including a plurality of corners, an outer surface defining a periphery of the frame, an inner surface defining a display cavity, and a front edge that defines a display opening configured to allow the stack to pass therethrough into the display cavity. The outer annular wall may have a non-uniform thickness. The corner portions may have lower and upper portions, with the lower portions having a greater thickness than the lower portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: MCS Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Terry Coyle, Jr., Matthew Scott Kressin, Geoffrey William Bastian, Michael Lee Pyle
  • Patent number: 12254787
    Abstract: A reflective decorative panel is provided, which comprises a monolithic base that is a module of the panel and cantilever elements made integral with the base. Movable reflective elements are arranged on the cantilever elements by using holes. Connecting elements for connecting the modules of different reflective decorative panels are provided on edge sections of the base. Each connecting element is made stepwise: with a first protrusion and a second protrusion on one side, and with a protruding element extending from the first protrusion on another side such that there is a groove under the protruding element. The connecting elements are configured to rigidly connect the panels due to the entry of the protrusions and grooves of one panel into the reciprocal grooves and protrusions of another panel. The reflective decorative panel simplifies the process of assembling connectable panel modules and increases the reliability of their connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Inventor: Denis Sagidullin
  • Patent number: 12251954
    Abstract: A hologram greeting card includes a first panel and a second panel joined together along an adjacent longitudinal edge. The card also includes a pop-up base having a front wall and a rear wall supporting a top frame therebetween. In addition, the card includes a pop-up platform positioned within the pop-up base on the first panel and the pop-up platform having a top surface elevated from the first panel and configured to support an electronic device thereon when the pop-up base is deployed. The card includes an expandable backdrop having a bottom edge secured proximate a rear edge of the top frame, a screen frame secured to a front of the expandable backdrop, and a pop-up screen secured within the screen frame. A pair of support struts are secured proximate a front edge of the top frame and extend to the screen frame to support the pop-up screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: HOLOPOP LLC
    Inventor: Ash Gilpin
  • Patent number: 12253250
    Abstract: A lighting device for use on apparel includes a main body portion and a raised graphic portion at the front of the main body. Inside the device there is a graphic element in the raised portion that is translucent. Behind the graphic element and inside the main body of the device there is one or more lighting elements, a control circuit, and a battery. There is a power connector at a side of the main body, or in a remote connector, to charge the battery, and one or more switches either at the side of the main body or on the remote connector to allow a person to control the lighting operation of the device. The device is molded in the form of the graphic element and the graphic element, lighting element, battery, and circuitry are embedded in the molded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: HOLICAP, INC.
    Inventor: Travis Anton Bryant
  • Patent number: 12254790
    Abstract: A system for increasing the life of an outerwear garment or an outdoor dear item with an outerwear garment or an outdoor gear item having an outer layer formed of a first material, a hangtag that is attachable to the garment, the hangtag including a patch made out of the first material, the patch for covering a hole or blemish formed in the outer layer of the outerwear garment of outdoor gear item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Inventor: Kelli Jones
  • Patent number: 12240366
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a chair in which attachment strength of a holding member and the chair is enhanced and an attachment state can be stably maintained. A legged chair includes a leg member, a support post connected to the leg member, a metal frame integrated with the support post, the metal frame forming a seated portion, an awakening device configured to awaken a seated person, a battery configured to supply electric power to the awakening device, an ECU that controls the awakening device, and a holding cover configured to hold the battery and the ECU. The holding cover is attached to the highly rigid metal frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Sugiyama, Yukitaka Tadachi
  • Patent number: 12230167
    Abstract: An adhesive label for a multi-part container having a threaded member and a container body includes a first, sheet-like label portion adapted to be attached to the threaded member of the container, and a second label portion adjacent the first label portion and adapted to be attached to the container body of the container. The second label portion has a comb-like structure with strip-shaped fixing elements such that the adhesive label couples the threaded member to the container body relative to a condition applied to the container and opposes movement of the threaded member relative to the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nadine Oetzel, Stefan Krauss, Kerstin Klingen, Andreas Hofenauer, Tanja Messmer, Robert Unglert
  • Patent number: 12220027
    Abstract: A ribbon rack for the display of military ribbons. The ribbons are detachable via a snap fit between the ribbons and the rack backing. The ribbons can be removed and rearranged as desired by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: USAMM, LLC
    Inventor: Jared Zabaldo
  • Patent number: 12214736
    Abstract: A license plate assembly includes a backing and a flexible license plate. The flexible license plate includes plural layers, including a licensing-information layer, in which ink is deposited in the form of alphanumeric characters on an underlying one of the plural layers, the alphanumeric characters providing license information. The flexible license plate optionally includes one or more holograms, and/or watermarks, and/or QR-codes. The flexible license plate is disposed on the backing, which extends beyond the perimeter of the flexible license plate, defining a marginal region. In some embodiments, plural indices are disposed in the marginal region to facilitate alignment of flexible license plate during installation thereof on a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Inventors: Adam Scott Paper, Malissa Ann Wise
  • Patent number: 12217629
    Abstract: A text light box includes a plurality of light-emitting units and a text-shaped bottom plate. The plurality of light-emitting units are arranged on the text-shaped bottom plate or the side plates. the side plates are detachably connected to the side of the text-shaped bottom plate, and the plurality of side plates are able to be connected end to end. When the plurality of side plates are installed on the text-shaped bottom plate, the plurality of side plates are connected to form a whole, and the light source of the light-emitting unit is able to be projected onto the side plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Inventor: Fuzhong Huang
  • Patent number: 12207623
    Abstract: A carrier assembly for a pet tag and an electronic tracking component includes a front cover, a retainer ring and a rear cover engaged with each other, with the retainer ring between the front cover and the rear cover. The retainer ring is movable, relative to the front cover and the rear cover, between a release position and a retention position, wherein, in the retention position of the retainer ring, the rear cover is retained adjacent the front cover and retainer ring for holding an electronic tracking device in the second recess, wherein, in the release position of the retainer ring, the rear cover is released to enable the rear cover to be separated from the front cover and retainer ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Byron K. Grice, Michael J. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 12205496
    Abstract: A wire labeling kit is configured to provide functional and ownership information for a wire. The wire labeling kit has a top body further comprising a top body top side and a top body bottom side. A text field surface is arranged on the top body top side. A notched cavity is formed onto the top body bottom side. A bottom body further has a plurality of bottom protrusions which mate with the notched cavity. The top body is detachably coupled to the bottom body around the wire such that a wire label can be placed on the text field surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventor: Terry Solomon
  • Patent number: 12201201
    Abstract: Disclosed is a holder for TSA-approved locks, the multi-purpose protective holder comprising a holder body, a TSA-approved and recognised logo window provided on at least one of either a front face and a back face of the holder body for exposing a TSA-approved and recognised logo; a code zone provided on one side of the holder body to expose code dials; and a keyhole zone provided at the underside of the holder body to expose a keyhole and a TSA key number, wherein the holder body is further attached with a card case body including a card case bottom wall and a card case top wall. The holder as disclosed may facilitate customs officials in identifying the TSA-approved and recognised logo so as to avoid the circumstances of removing the lock by force, causing damage due to misidentification; besides, it is convenient for a passenger to place an information card in the card case to record names/usages of the items inside the luggage as well as personal information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventor: Robert Adamberry