Patents Examined by James O. Hansen
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Patent number: 12239222Abstract: A weapon lock includes a latch pivotably coupled to a housing about a latch pivot axis, and includes a base arm, receiver and retainer arms extending transversely away from the base arm, and a pivot limit extension extending longitudinally away from the base arm. A weapon rack is configured to carry the weapon lock and includes upper and lower plates with upper and lower arrays of mounting apertures and pivotably coupled to one another via a hinge. A weapon cabinet is configured to carry the weapon rack and includes an enclosure having a rear wall to which a mounting backplane of the weapon rack is fastened with tamper-evident security fasteners, and having sidewalls, top and bottom walls, and doors hingedly coupled to the sidewalls.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Law Enforcement Intelligent Devices, LLCInventors: Mark Schofield, Brad Grabow
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Patent number: 12241194Abstract: A stack-type laundry treating apparatus includes upper and lower treating apparatuses and aligning legs. The upper treating apparatus includes an upper cabinet including an upper side panel and an upper base panel. The lower treating apparatus includes a lower cabinet including a lower side panel. A top of the lower cabinet is covered with the upper base panel. The aligning legs are located inwardly of the upper side panel and the lower side panel and coupled to the upper base panel. When the upper treating apparatus is mounted on the lower treating apparatus, the aligning legs align a mounted position of the upper treating apparatus along the lower side panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Daehan Kwon, Sanghee Yoo, Incheol Kang
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Patent number: 12241297Abstract: An item of furniture includes a first and a second side wall, a rear wall, a base arrangement, and a cover arrangement which delimit a receiving space. An opening is located between the first and the second side wall and in a closed position is closable by a closure flap that includes a first and a second guide device. A first and a second suspension frame are arranged on an upper end face of the first and second side wall, respectively, and point in a direction of the cover arrangement. The first and second guide device are arranged in a region of a first and second side, respectively, of the closure flap and are in mechanical contact with the first and second suspension frame, respectively, over the entire movement path of the closure flap from the open position into the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventor: Florian Fries
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Patent number: 12232614Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a slide assisting device, an elastic member and a working member. The second rail and the first rail are movable relative to each other. The elastic member is arranged on the second rail. During a process of the second rail being moved relative to the first rail along an opening direction, the working member is configured to contact the elastic member in an initial state in order to drive the slide assisting device to move along the opening direction to a predetermined position. When the slide assisting device is located at the predetermined position, the elastic member releases an elastic force through a predetermined space of the first rail, such that the elastic member is no longer in the initial state with the working member no longer contacting the elastic member.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Tzu-Cheng Weng, Chun-Chiang Wang
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Patent number: 12193568Abstract: A magnetic divider system for a storage receptacle including a plurality of elongate panels. Each panel may include a pair of bands of magnetic material, for example steel, extending along the length of the panel. Each panel may also include a pair of magnets located at each end and arranged to magnetically attract and attach to the pair of magnetic material bands when the end of a first panel is butted against the side of a second panel. The panels may optionally include a layer to cover the sides and/or ends of the panel, Including the magnets and magnetic material bands, for example a veneer or other material. Panels may be different lengths and a uniform height to provide a desired configuration of some sub compartments within a storage receptacle, for example a drawer, cabinet, shelf, container, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2024Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Inventor: Stephen F. McIrvin
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Patent number: 12185846Abstract: A modular wall display system includes a first base plate having a model display surface on a proximal base plate side and a display mounting surface on a distal base plate side. The display system further includes a front vertical member set removably disposed on the proximal base plate side, a rear vertical member set removably disposed on the proximal base plate side, a horizontal side beam set removably disposed in connection with the front vertical member set and the rear vertical member set, a horizontal front beam member removably disposed in connection with the front vertical member set, and a wall anchor module set rigidly disposed to the display mounting surface on the distal base plate side, the wall anchor module set comprising removable a locking surface configured to removably attach to a wall mountable bracket cleat set. The modular wall display system is expandable and wall hangable.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: DISPLAY YOUR PASSION LIKE A BOSS LLCInventors: James Y. Lin, Kevin C. Lin
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Patent number: 12180991Abstract: The present invention relates to a furniture assembly, in particular a drawer comprising at least two furniture panels (1,2) which are connectable at right angles to each other, comprising a connecting element suitable for producing a perpendicular connection between two furniture panels (1,2), wherein at least one furniture panel (1,2) is provided with a bore (4, 80) for receiving at least a part of the connecting element, wherein the connecting element comprises an elongate securing part which, in use, is at least partly provided in the one panel (1), and furthermore comprises a bent engagement part (19), the end (7) of which, in use, penetrates into the wall of the bore (4) of the other panel (2).Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: DECRUY NVInventors: Frederik Decruy, Alexander Decruy
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Patent number: 12178319Abstract: The present specification discloses a wall cabinet having a cabinet box mounted to a wall, generally behind a bathroom vanity, with a mirrored door coupled to the cabinet box through a linkage frame that permits the linkage frame to rotate about the cabinet box by a first side and the mirrored door to rotate about the second side of the linkage frame. In this way, the mirrored front surface of the mirrored door can be arranged by the user to position the mirrored surface closer and at a better angle to the user. This permits the user to closely view the mirrored front surface while remaining in a more ergonomically correct position, without undue leaning over the vanity. The unique design of the linkage frame permits the user to reach into the interior space of the vanity box when the mirrored door is open relative to the linkage frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Zadro, Inc.Inventor: Zlatko Zadro
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Patent number: 12167823Abstract: A household appliance comprising: a support for goods arranged inside the household appliance; and an arrangement for extracting and retracting the goods support out from and into the household appliance, wherein the arrangement comprises: first and second rail units extending substantially along and in parallel with each other, wherein the first and second rail units are moveable in a longitudinal direction in relation to each other; and first and second sets of roller elements distributed longitudinally between the first and second rail units along first and second opposite outer surfaces of the first rail unit so as to facilitate said relative movement.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Gorenje d.o.o.Inventors: Thomas Persson, Martin Lindqvist
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Patent number: 12144141Abstract: A width-adjustable bracket mounting hook set includes a fixing seat, a pair of fixing columns, a lock part and an elastic hook. The fixing seat has a fixing surface and a mounting surface, the fixing surface is disposed on a bracket, the mounting surface has a hook hole and a pair of horizontal adjusting holes, and the pair of fixing columns are passed into the horizontal adjusting hole and locked onto the lock part. The two fixing columns and the lock part are engage to clamp the mounting surface for fixation, the two fixing columns are adjusted to the positions on the mounting surface, and the elastic hook is movably installed onto the fixing seat and has a hook part disposed at an end of the elastic hook, passing through the hook hole, and obliquely extending a section of the elastic part to abut against the fixing seat.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: MARTAS PRECISION SLIDE CO., LTD.Inventor: Wan-Lai Chen
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Patent number: 12133593Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a retractable drawer dividing device, including a dividing body and a movable plate. The dividing body is a rectangular shell and internally provided with a retractable chamber extending to both ends along a length direction of the dividing body, and one end of the movable plate is slidably inserted into the retractable chamber from one end of the dividing body. A stopper mechanism is provided between the dividing body and the movable plate for limiting the sliding of the movable plate in the retractable chamber. A buffer mechanism is provided at the other end of the dividing body and configured to cushion a force applied on an inner wall of an installation site by the dividing body during installation. The retractable drawer dividing device of the present solution is used for partitioning the internal space of drawers and cabinets to increase the internal storage space.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2023Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: FUJIAN EASTWEST LIFEWIT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventor: Jingui Yang
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Patent number: 12135103Abstract: A cable manager includes a backbone assembly and at least one side wall extending from the backbone assembly. The at least one side wall optionally includes one or more cable finger units. The backbone assembly includes a spine member having an extruded construction. The spine member includes one or more channels extending substantially an entire length thereof to facilitate easy attachment, removal and/or repositioning of a structure relative to the spine member. The cable manager optionally includes an accessory rod, a half-spool assembly, a cable finger accessory, a strap/buckle accessory, and/or a door assembly having an interference-free hinge set.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2023Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: Preston Ellis Hennrich, William Drew Krietzman
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Patent number: 12135163Abstract: To configure existing drawers as evacuable drawers of a vacuum drawer device, a cover for installation in the drawer body can be used. The cover evacuates at the drawer interior with an evacuation system, so that the interior is evacuated when the drawer is closed and ventilated before the drawer is opened. The cover is airtight, is profiled in such that evacuation with a controller, a pump and a valve are fixedly integrated in at least one recess in the cover and the cover has at least one air channel leading into the inside of the cover or, respectively, into the at least one recess, with the air channel operatively connected to the evacuation system such that when the cover is placed onto the drawer, air from the interior can be pumped out of the interior, the inside of the cover interior or, respectively, the at least one recess through the air duct.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2022Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Julius Blum GmbHInventor: Daniel Bertschi
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Patent number: 12116716Abstract: A frame of a laundry treatment apparatus includes a spring bearing beam, which includes a body with a strip-shape, a first connection structure is disposed on an upper side of the body, a second connection structure is disposed on a lower side of the body, and the body is fixedly connected with a reinforcing member arranged on the frame via the first connection structure and/or the second connection structure. Preferably, the first connection structure and the second connection structure are symmetrically disposed on the upper side and the lower side of the body. A left side and a right side of the spring bearing beam are used interchangeably, and in an actual assembly process, there is no need to differentiate between the left and the right positions of the spring bearing beam, and only a back side and a front side of the bearing beam need differentiation.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Benfu Xing, Zhiwei Zhao, Shaolei Yi, Leilei Ai, Wenwei Li
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Patent number: 12108876Abstract: A shoe organizer unit, a method of using a shoe organizer unit, and a method for storing shoes in a plurality of shoe storing shelves of a shoe organizer unit are described. The shoe organizer unit includes a plurality of shoe storing shelves adapted to store shoes therein. A plurality of linear actuators moves the plurality of shoe storing shelves in a path within a cabinet. A controller manages operation of the linear actuators to move the shoes along the path. Transparent panels secure the shoes within the cabinet. Secure storage and retrieval of the shoes is controlled by electronics including a keypad, a push button and a shoe shelf identification code card printer. The shoe organizer unit provides for sterilization of the shoes stored and secure storing and retrieval of the shoes.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2024Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversityInventors: Heba Nabil Saif, Hala El-Wakeel, Asma Alhilal, Nourah Almanaa, Nouf Altuwaijri
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Patent number: 12102223Abstract: A cabinet and an access mechanism for the cabinet is disclosed. The cabinet may comprise of a door to access the interior. The door and the adjacent coplanar may be mounted movable jointed combination of first type of frames and second type of frames with telescopic slides and/or guide roller assemblies disposed between to impart the freedom of motion in the desired direction upon a suitable actuation. The first type of frames have been provided with an ability to pivot. The pivots being vertical axillar elements. The arrangement of the two types of frames with pivoted vertical axis provides a plurality of assemblies or shelves mounted on respective door and coplanar portion. The shelves are displaced angularly and laterally owing to the actuating mechanism of the door. The assemblies or shelves are interconnected using coupling elements, horizontal arms and a multiplicity of pivot points arranged at pre-determined distances.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Inventor: Jasbir Singh
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Patent number: 12096851Abstract: A shelf device and a storage cabinet. The shelf device comprises a shelf body (100); a support frame, the support frame comprising a lead screw (102) and a connecting support (104), the lead screw (102) being fixedly connected to the connecting support (104); a driving assembly, the driving assembly is connected to the shelf body (100), the driving assembly comprising a driving member (106) and a threaded sleeve (108), the driving member (106) being in power coupling connection with the threaded sleeve (108), and the threaded sleeve (108) being in threaded connection with the lead screw (102). The shelf device only needs to be provided with a lead screw (102), and multiple threaded sleeves (108) are sleeved thereon, and then the multiple threaded sleeves (108) are respectively connected to different shelf bodies (100), so that independent adjustment of the multiple shelf bodies (100) can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignees: HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Nanfei Yao
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Patent number: 12098495Abstract: A washing machine appliance has a vertical direction, a transverse direction, and a lateral direction and includes a cabinet and a stand assembly. The cabinet defines an opening. The stand assembly supports the cabinet and facilitates movement of the cabinet between a loading position and a washing position. The stand assembly includes a stand defining a guide track, a plurality of linkage arms located within the stand, and a plurality of follower pins. The follower pins may be mechanically coupled to the cabinet and slidably received into the guide track to facilitate movement of the cabinet between the loading position and the washing position.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: James Augustine Ford, Stephen Edward Hettinger, Jason Meurer
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Patent number: 12089736Abstract: A fitting for securing a wall-mounted furniture piece, in particular a wall-mounted cabinet, on a wall is provided. The wall-mounted furniture piece has a furniture body with at least one base, a lateral wall, and a rear wall. The fitting has a first fitting part that can be secured to the wall, a second fitting part that can be secured to the wall-mounted furniture piece, and a drive unit having an adjustable length and via which the first fitting part and the second fitting part are interconnected. A support element is arranged between the first fitting part and the rear wall or a contact surface situated towards the rear of a wall-mounted furniture piece.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Henrik Knicker, Steffen Tenhumberg
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Patent number: 12089737Abstract: A pull-out guide for a drawer includes a carcass rail configured to be arranged on a side of a furniture carcass, and a drawer rail configured to be arranged on a drawer. The drawer rail is displaceably supported on the carcass rail in an opening- and closing direction, and the drawer rail has an upper side facing towards the drawer and a lower side spaced from the upper side by at least one side limb. A bearing device is provided for a synchronization rod of a synchronization device. The bearing device includes a fastening region for the synchronization rod, and the fastening region is arranged below the underside of the drawer rail.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBHInventor: Emanuel Netzer