Patents Examined by James M Ference
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Patent number: 11466455Abstract: The present invention provides a building block for constructing a passage in a building for passing water pipe line, electric cables, gas pipelines, internet cable, set top box cables, and the like. The building block is having at least one channel extending across a body of the building block. The building block further has a lid for closing and opening the channel. According to the present invention, a plurality of building blocks when arranged in predefined sequence in at least a wall, roof and flooring of the building, pathways, it creates the passage for circulating wiring or pipelines therethrough and the lid can be open for maintenance purpose thereby preventing structural damage to the building. The building block has an advantage of inbuilt channel with removable lid, which reduces the time in cutting and drilling in the wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Inventor: Sachin Shripad Gajare
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Patent number: 11466446Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to a quick-assemble construction system that includes various components that can be positioned and interconnected quickly and later adjusted and tightened. The quick-assemble construction system was envisioned specifically for freestanding seating systems that can be quickly installed and removed if needed, although the quick-assemble construction system can be used in a wider range of applications and is not limited to seating systems.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Inproduction, Inc.Inventor: Scott F. Suprina
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Patent number: 11459757Abstract: A system includes a plurality of roofing shingles installed on a roof deck. Each of the roofing shingles includes first and second ends, first and second edges, a head lap, a reveal portion, a first side lap at the first end, and a second side lap at the second end. The second side lap includes a first surface, which has an adhesive. The first side lap of a first one of the roofing shingles overlays and is attached to the second side lap of a second one of the roofing shingles to form a sealed portion between the head lap of the first one of the roofing shingles and the head lap of the second one of the roofing shingles.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: GAF Energy LLCInventors: Thierry Nguyen, Evan Michael Wray, Toby Tonascia, Michael David Kuiper, Jonathan Hewlett, Brian West
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Patent number: 11454035Abstract: A covering element includes a carrier plate having a mineral material, the carrier plate formed as a flat mineral carrier plate with a content of cement larger than 35 percent by volume and with a content of natural fibers of 1 to 40% by volume. The carrier plate has a thickness between 3 and 15 mm and carries a polymer-containing decor layer on a front side of the carrier plate. Complementary recesses and protrusions are provided on opposing lateral edges of the carrier plate of the covering element, such that in an assembled condition of two or more covering elements the complementary recesses and protrusions engage with each other, wherein a portion of a polymer contained in the polymer containing decor layer penetrates into the carrier plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: LI & CO AGInventor: Edwin Lingg
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Patent number: 11447953Abstract: A ridge or hip member for a roof comprising a substantially flexible zone and a substantially rigid zone on each side of the flexible zone. The flexible zone adapted to allow the member to be bent by an installer by hand to conform the member to the ridge or hip of a roof, with the flexible zone located along a ridge or hip line of the roof. Each rigid zone being located on each side of the ridge or hip line.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: ZinniaTek LimitedInventors: Andrew Leo Haynes, Justin Jason Rosaria
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Patent number: 11447945Abstract: An end panel bracket useful with a building panel system is provided. The end panel bracket comprises a base, a middle portion extending from the base, a shelf extending from the middle portion, a notch, and a ledge.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: AWI Licensing LLCInventors: Scott D. Harnish, Todd M. Bergman, Ryan D. Hanuschak, Jonathan P. Van Dore
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Patent number: 11447047Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell for receiving a child, an extension member, an extension locking mechanism operable to lock the extension member with respect to the seat shell, and an anti-rebound part. The anti-rebound part can be installed on the extension member or the seat shell. The child safety seat is installable on a vehicle seat in a rear facing position with the anti-rebound part extending at an angle above the extension member and adjacent to a seatback of the vehicle seat.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AGInventors: Kyle S. Mason, Andrew Ma, David A. Lehman
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Patent number: 11450247Abstract: In one general aspect, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a display case door that includes an insulated panel assembly that is transparent to visible light. The door further includes a door frame extending about and secured to a peripheral edge of the insulated panel assembly, an electronic display overlaying the insulated panel assembly, and at least one display retainer secured to the door frame and having a coupling end that mates with the electronic display to releasably secure the display to the door frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Anthony, Inc.Inventors: Paul J. Artwohl, Jeffery W. Nicholson
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Patent number: 11447961Abstract: A pedestal/stand for raised floors can be applied on a number of heads of supports for raised floors. The pedestal/stand may include at least one beam. The beam is of a contoured type and includes at least one zone for interlocking mechanical association with the number of heads of the supports.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: PROGRESS PROFILES SPAInventor: Dennis Bordin
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Patent number: 11440446Abstract: The present invention discloses a child restraint system including a main body and an adjusting foot. The main body includes a seat portion, a backrest portion, a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion. The first supporting portion is located adjacent to a first end of the seat portion away from the backrest portion, and the second supporting portion is located adjacent to a second end of the seat portion connected to the backrest portion. The adjusting foot is movably disposed on the main body and includes a third supporting portion. The first supporting portion and the third supporting portion abut against a vehicle seat to support the child restraint system at a forward facing position on the vehicle seat. The second supporting portion and the third supporting portion abut against the vehicle seat to support the child restraint system at a rearward facing position on the vehicle seat.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AGInventors: Andrew Ma, David A Lehman, Kyle S Mason
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Patent number: 11440448Abstract: There are improved a vibration absorption characteristic and an impact absorption characteristic. In a suspension mechanism 1 of the present invention, first and second dampers (150, 160) are suspended in parallel between an upper frame (120) and a lower frame (110) with mounting angles different from each other. For this reason, the smaller mounting angle the damper has, the smaller a vertical component of damping force becomes, and the damping force which acts on the upper frame (120) and the lower frame (110) which move up and down relatively is moderate in effectiveness as compared with a case of disposing all the dampers at the same mounting angle. Thus, a sense of incongruity in which strong damping force acts abruptly is suppressed and the vibration absorption characteristic and the impact absorption characteristic are improved, which leads to improvement in ride comfort.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: DELTA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Etsunori Fujita, Eiji Sugimoto, Yumi Ogura, Soichi Makita, Masahiro Mashino, Shigeyuki Kojima, Atsushi Nishida, Jun Fukuda, Ryuji Kuwano
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Patent number: 11441317Abstract: An installation apparatus for self-adhering roofing material comprises a frame, a roofing material carriage, a press roller, a film take-up roller and a drive connection. A plurality of wheels connected to the frame support the frame for rolling motion over a roof surface. The roofing material carriage is configured to hold a roll of roofing material having a self-adhesive side covered by a release film. The press roller is rotatably mounted to the frame so as to press the self-adhesive side of the roofing material fed thereunder onto the roof surface. The film take-up roller is rotatably mounted to the frame so as to pull the release film from the self-adhesive side of the roofing material and wind the release film thereabout. The drive connection extends between a first end, driven by rotation of the press roller, and a second end, driving rotation of the film take-up roller.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Inventor: James Gory
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Patent number: 11441313Abstract: An enclosure assembly apparatus can include a plurality of elements that can be arranged to facilitate positioning of an enclosure in a work space such as a room or floor of an office building or other building. Embodiments can be configured to facilitate relatively quick and level positioning of such an enclosure. Embodiments of the enclosure assembled via use of at least one embodiment of the enclosure assembly apparatus can be define a room, a meeting space, a privacy booth, a meeting cubicle, or other type of enclosure or work space within the room or floor of a building.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Knoll, Inc.Inventors: James Harrison McKenzie, James Eldon, David McClanahan
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Patent number: 11444569Abstract: A system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules, each having a mat with an edge and a spacer with an edge, the edge of the mat being attached to the edge of the spacer. The spacer includes a plurality of support members and a solar module mounted to the support members. Each of the support members includes a ledge. The solar module and the ledge form a space therebetween. The space is sized and shaped to receive an edge of a solar module of another of the photovoltaic modules. The spacer of one of the photovoltaic modules overlays the mat of another of the photovoltaic modules.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: GAF Energy LLCInventors: Peter Clemente, Brian Atchley, Brian West, Evan Wray, Daniel East, Mike Kuiper, Thierry Nguyen, Richard Perkins
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Patent number: 11428003Abstract: A construction system includes a set of constituent elements, at least one of which includes at least two superimposed folds each including at least two wooden structural boards. In this system, at least two constituent elements are fixed together by a non-adhesive fixing device and at least two adjacent folds are held against each other by non-adhesive holding device. The faces in contact with two structural boards are at least partially provided, at their contact interface, with a set of grooved patterns arranged so as to prevent the structural boards from sliding one relative to the other along at least one first immobilisation axis. A method for manufacturing such a construction system is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Inventors: Jeanne Bouchôou, François-Xavier Cordier, Gael Defer, Romain Munsch
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Patent number: 11426008Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a convertible children's high chair. According to various embodiments, the convertible high chair generally includes a first child seat supported above a floor by a high chair frame, and a second child seat configured for being removably coupled to the first child seat. The second child seat is configured such that, when detached from the high chair's first child seat, it can be used as a booster seat. In certain embodiments, the second child seat includes a base surface configured to stably support the second child seat on a separate support surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: KIDS2, INC.Inventors: Jacob Sclare, Chaitanya Tadipatri
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Patent number: 11428000Abstract: Disclosed is a main carrier mounting mechanism having a ceiling lightweight steel structure, which includes: an upper horizontal portion mounted on a rod hanger; having an upper end integrally coupled to one end of the upper horizontal portion and a lower end extending downward; a lower panel having one end integrally coupled to the lower end of the main standing portion and having an opposite end extending parallel to the upper horizontal portion; and a lower standing portion having a lower end integrally coupled to the opposite end of the lower panel, and an upper end extending toward an opposite end of the upper horizontal portion, and further includes a main carrier separation prevention fastener having one end integrally coupled to the upper end of the lower standing portion and an opposite end extending toward the opposite end of the upper horizontal portion and extending toward the main standing portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Inventor: Min Si Jung
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Patent number: 11421421Abstract: This invention, in embodiments, relates to a device and a method of attaching a roofing membrane to a building surface that prevents and/or reduces overspray of adhesive onto a welding seam area. The device includes an insertion mechanism configured to hold a roofing membrane as the roofing membrane is being attached to a building surface via an adhesive, and an extension frame attached to the insertion mechanism, the extension frame including a channel that is configured to support and to hold at least one board, to thereby reduce the adhesive from spraying onto a welding seam area as the roofing membrane is being applied to the building surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: BMIC LLCInventors: Norman M. Chin, Daniel E. Boss, Lingtao Yu, Linlin Xing
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Patent number: 11421428Abstract: A composite structure for a floating floor system including at least one layer of force muting material and a layer of formwork, wherein the layer of formwork is located on the at least one layer of force muting material wherein the layer of formwork is a half closed folded honeycomb structure or a relaxed honeycomb structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Econcore N.V.Inventors: Rolf-Dieter Böttcher, Alexander Siebel, Jan Mahy
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Patent number: 11421417Abstract: A fire-rated component for a fire-rated joint, such as a head-of-wall assembly, includes an elongate body having at least a first layer, which can be in the form of a polymer profile. A second layer can be or include a foil lining and a third layer can be or include an intumescent material. The elongate body, such as the first layer, defines an air gap. The foil lining and/or the intumescent material can be positioned within the air gap. A planar lower portion of the first layer of the elongate body is positioned between a header track and a wallboard in the fire-rated joint. A non-planar upper portion of the first layer of the elongate body is positioned at least partially within a deflection gap of the wall assembly and sealingly engages the ceiling.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: California Expanded Metal Products CompanyInventors: Donald Anthony Pilz, Tyler Elliott