Patents Examined by Gwendolyn W Baxter
  • Collapsible stand
    Patent number: 9395035
    Abstract: A collapsible stand including plurality of side members, each having one or more fastener elements operable to removably engage one another to assemble a base capable of supporting a supportable object. The collapsible stand can further include a stabilizer, a support member guide, and a support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Inventor: Dale R. Klinzmann
  • Suspension for full automatic washing machine
    Patent number: 9365966
    Abstract: A suspension for an automatic washing machine is provided. The suspension includes a main body, a tub having a drum therein coupled to the main body, a snubber bar having one end connected to a cabinet of the washing machine and another end in the main body, a seal at to a lower end of the snubber bar and configured to slide and/or move in the main body, and one or more springs in the main body, configured to apply an elastic force to the seal when the seal slides and/or in the main body, and including at least two sections having different spring constants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Man Ki Kim
  • Cable management device
    Patent number: 9370121
    Abstract: A cable management device applicable to a rack server includes first and second support arms and a connecting member. The first support arm includes front and rear portions and a first guiding portion located at the front portion of the first support arm. The second support arm includes front and rear portions and a first guiding portion located at the front portion of the second support arm. The connecting member, movably connected between the first and second support arms, includes front and rear guiding portions. The first guiding portion of the first support arm and the first guiding portion of the second support arm are movable along and relative to the front and rear guiding portions of the connecting member respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chien-Li Huang, Cheng-Chieh Weng, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Connector element with tang fixation and associated frame assembly with support slats
    Patent number: 9352875
    Abstract: A connector element having a body portion formed by a first abutment surface, a second abutment surface, and a corner surface. A first portion of the first abutment surface extends from a lower deck panel support surface to an upper deck panel support surface and a second portion of the first abutment surface extends from the lower deck panel support surface above the upper deck panel support surface. A first portion of the second abutment surface extends from the lower deck panel support surface to the upper deck panel support surface and a second portion of the second abutment surface extends from the lower deck panel support surface above the upper deck panel support surface. One or more rail element protrusions extend from the first abutment surface and the second abutment surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Oddello Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas A. Roberts, Shawn M. Parella
  • Game bird display device
    Patent number: 9346315
    Abstract: A game bird display device is provided that is configured to display multiple portions of a game bird from a single assembly. The display device is particularly suited for turkey birds, and comprises a rear mounting portion and a front mounting portion in parallel and spaced relation. The rear mounting portion is configured to be supported by a wall surface, while the offset between the portions accommodates the base of a turkey tail fan therein. Fasteners secure the base of the tail fan between the portions. Along the base of one of the portions is a game bird spur support member. The member supports a pair of turkey spurs in opposing relationship. Below or behind the game bird spur support member is supported the beard of the turkey. The display device therefore supports the tail fan, beard, and spurs of a game bird in one assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Inventor: Jeff Powell
  • Supporting device
    Patent number: 9347601
    Abstract: A supporting device is provided, including a longitudinal main body, a connecting member, and a longitudinal supporting member. The connecting member is pivotally connected to the main body, such that the main body is rotatable relative to the connecting member along a first axis. The main body is extended along the first axis. The supporting member is pivotally connected to the connecting member, such that the supporting member is rotatable relative to the connecting member along a second axis. The first axis is substantially perpendicular to the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Wistron Corp.
    Inventor: Gang You
  • Systems, methods, and apparatuses for supporting electronic devices
    Patent number: 9316344
    Abstract: An electronic device holder has a movable stand and is configured to be removably connected to one or more different mounting apparatuses that are connected to corresponding objects or directly to a plurality of different objects to support the electronic device holder and thus an electronic device held or supported by the electronic device holder. The movable stand has one or more elastic or stretchable strips that can be stretched or expanded to hold or support the electronic device holder and thus the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: ZERO CHROMA, LLC
    Inventors: Brian E. Le Gette, David Reeb
  • Motorized drapery rod assembly
    Patent number: 9289087
    Abstract: Multi-purpose drapery rod assembly uses unique rod and bracket construction to provide a superior drapery rod platform that can attach a non-motorized single drapery rod to surfaces at nearly any angle, or can motorize a traverse rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Inventors: Clinton Henry Richards, Jeniece Mayhugh Richards
  • Camera fixing device
    Patent number: 9255660
    Abstract: A camera fixing device includes a fixing assembly fixed to an external component, a mounting assembly for mounting the camera; and a connection assembly connected between the fixing assembly and the mounting assembly; the connection assembly comprises a first ball head, the mounting assembly comprises a second ball head, a first end of the connection assembly comprises a first receiving space which receives the first ball head and allows the first ball head to rotate therein, and a second end of the connection assembly comprises a second receiving space which receives the second ball head and allows the second ball head to rotate therein. Due to the fact that the ball head can rotate in the corresponding receiving space, the camera fixing device of the present invention can flexibly rotate and realize an omnidirectional shooting in a three-dimension space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: SHENZHEN AEE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Xianzhi Zhang
  • Cable mounting bracket system
    Patent number: 9252581
    Abstract: A bracket and a cable mounting system which includes a bracket with at least two legs, which is angled to match the radius of a structure to which the bracket is to be applied. The bracket has at least one hole in the center panel for securing a component to the bracket. The bracket can have magnetic pads located on the distal end of the legs so that the bracket may be attached to a structure by magnetic force. The cable mounting system may also consist of two brackets a distance apart and a support rail placed in between the brackets and coupled to the brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Inventor: Eric Stechmann
  • Universal mounting clamp
    Patent number: 9243723
    Abstract: A mounting clamp for securing a conduit to a surface is disclosed. The clamp has a strap and a clampback. The clampback has a conduit support on one end portion and a curved section on another end portion. The strap has a first strap portion facing the conduit support and a second strap portion connected to the curved section to allow the first strap portion to bend toward or away from the conduit support. The first strap portion has at least one curved portion with a first radius of curvature to secure a conduit of a first range of sizes, and another curved portion with a second radius of curvature to secure a conduit of a second range of sizes that is partially different from the first range of sizes. The conduit support portion has two sidewalls spaced from each other, each with a curved segment to receive the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher W. DeCesare, Erik G. Senseney
  • Cooler storage racks
    Patent number: 9241565
    Abstract: Storage racks for coolers. Embodiments provide storage racks for coolers each of which includes a spacer and pairs of supports, standoff portions, and arms. The standoff portions couple with the supports while the arms couple with the standoff portions and are oriented along the first direction. The spacers couple with the arms; are oriented along a direction perpendicular to the first direction; and space the arms apart by the width of the coolers (or less). Some racks are continuous, curvilinear, and are made from rods or heavy gauge wire. The spacers can define straight or additional standoff portions. Further, the arms and spacers of some racks define a plane and the supports define another plane. These planes can intersect each other although they can be parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Inventor: Ursula Price
  • Gangable conduit hanger assembly
    Patent number: 9206925
    Abstract: A conduit hanger assembly that supports at least one conduit is disclosed. The conduit hanger assembly includes a first member and a second member extending from the first member. The first member has a U-shaped clamp that engages a building structure to support the hanger assembly. The second member has a base with arms extending therefrom. The U-shaped clamp, base and arms define a channel to support the conduit therein. The conduit hanger assembly may include gangable add-on conduit hangers that connect to the conduit hanger assembly to support additional conduits in the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Rodney Rouleau, James Banaszak
  • Support disc for supporting high frequency (HF) components
    Patent number: 9190703
    Abstract: A support disc for supporting high frequency (HF) components, in particular in HF coaxial cables or coaxial plug-in connections, having a support body with a longitudinal bore, additionally having at least one cross-sectional bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Frank Weiss
  • Antenna fixing structure
    Patent number: 9184489
    Abstract: An antenna fixing structure includes an antenna box and a fixing frame. The antenna box includes a casing with a first circumference defined by a first center and a first radius, and the casing has equidistant first connecting portions disposed along the first circumference. The fixing frame includes a carrying board with a second circumference defined by a second center and a second radius, and the carrying board has equidistant second connecting portions disposed along the second circumference, so that the first connecting portions and the second connecting portions can be rotably installed with respect to the first and second centers and coupled to each other. Therefore, the antenna box can be rotated to a predetermined position and then fixed to the fixing frame, and the antenna fixing structure has the effect of adjusting the direction, position or angle of an antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: GRAND-TEK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Wei Lin
  • Longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat and vehicle seat
    Patent number: 9180796
    Abstract: A longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat (1) includes a lower rail (5) and an upper rail (3) guided displaceably in the longitudinal direction therein. An upper clamp (30) is connected to the upper rail (3) and has at least one upper blocking region (39). A lower clamp (50) is connected to the lower rail (5) and has at least one lower blocking region (59). The lower blocking region (59) and the upper blocking region (39) are normally spaced apart from each other and intermesh in the event of a crash. A locking shackle (34), connected to the upper clamp (30), includes a bolt (42) running in the transverse direction. The upper clamp (30) has a cutout (32) within which the bolt (42) is arranged, and the bolt (42) is arranged behind the rear end of the upper rail (3) in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Components GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Christian Markel
  • Display system
    Patent number: 9167192
    Abstract: A display system includes a base member, a rear support member which is connected to one end of the base member in an upward and downward direction, a display device, a support unit which is disposed on an upper portion of the rear support member, and supports the display device such that the display device is movable in position and changeable in position in at least two axial directions, a sound output device which is disposed on the display device and the rear support member, and a control device which controls operations of the support unit, the sound output device and the display device. A bed, a mattress, a bedding covering or the like is provided on the base member such that a user can watch a screen of the display device in a posture where the user has lain above the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Inventor: Shik Eoh
  • Vibration damping device
    Patent number: 9145046
    Abstract: A vibration damping device including: first and second mounting members; a main rubber elastic body elastically connecting the two members; and a bracket member fit into the first mounting member. A projecting part projects outward from a circumference of the first mounting member, and includes a locking groove whose inner surface is covered by a rubber coating layer and has a locking part on its side wall inner surface. An engaging projection projecting from the bracket member is fit into the locking groove, and a projection tip surface of the engaging projection is abutted on a bottom wall inner surface of the locking groove. A side surface of the engaging projection is locked to the locking part so as to constitute a positioning member that positions the first mounting member and the bracket member to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Takehiro Okanaka, Satoki Koga
  • Slide rail device for vehicle
    Patent number: 9145070
    Abstract: A vehicle slide rail device, which can support a movable member on an upper rail without jolting by utilizing a supporting portion and a supported portion, which device includes a lock spring generating an engagement-assisting biasing force in a same direction or a different direction from an engaging direction of a locking portion with lock grooves of a lower rail, and a supporting portion of the upper rail is provided with a pair of supporting surfaces, the space there between becoming mutually narrower with respect to the direction of the engagement-assisting biasing force, so that when the supported portion is positioned at a predetermined position by the engagement-assisting biasing force, the supported portion engages with both of the pair of supporting surfaces so that forward/rearward movement of the supported portion relative to the supporting surfaces is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Hayashi
  • Clamp for securing a tubular or hose-shaped object
    Patent number: 9133963
    Abstract: A clamp for securing a tubular or hose-shaped object on a support. The clamp includes a clamp jacket having first and second ends, wherein a first leg protrudes from the first end of the clamp jacket and a second leg projects from the second end of the clamp jacket. The first leg has a lug which in the open state protrudes in the direction of the second leg. The second leg includes a fastening section which can be inserted into a gap between the lug and a neighboring portion of the first leg located opposite the lug, wherein, in the closed state of the clamp, the lug is plastically deformed toward the outer side of the fastening section facing away from the first leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: NORMA GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Helmut Geppert, Frank Schmidt, Michael Sommer