Patents Examined by Janet M. Wilkens
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Patent number: 11589675Abstract: An article storage and retrieval apparatus includes a main frame; an accommodating assembly, having an article storage state and a folded state, the accommodating assembly including a closed frame rotatably arranged on the main frame and an openable door, and the closed frame being configured to enclose an article storing space between the accommodating assembly and the main frame in the article storing state; a first locking assembly, configured to realize locking between the closed frame and the main frame and allow opening of the article storage and retrieval apparatus after unlocking; and a second locking assembly, configured to realize locking between the closed frame and the openable door and allow the accommodating assembly to switch from the folded state to the article storage state after unlocking.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: BEIJING JINGDONG QIANSHI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Ying Chen
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Patent number: 11583075Abstract: A selective access device for a picking/depositing station in warehouse defines an access area engaged by a first cover that is defined by a pair of movable plane surfaces parallel or coplanar to one another; these plane surfaces are slidable along a first rectilinear axis under the action of a movement system so as to open/close a first opening; in the access area, there is provided a second cover above the first cover, to define a second opening aligned with the first opening; the second cover consists of a plurality of doors, each rotating about a relative rotation axis in respect to the first cover; the doors are arranged side-by-side along a second rectilinear axis, orthogonal to the first axis and are closed by respective locks, while the rotation axes are parallel to this second axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: ICAM S.R.L.Inventors: Roberto Bianco, Giovanni Mezzapesa, Roberto Impedovo, Benedetto Marzolla
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Patent number: 11577655Abstract: A flexible shelf guard for securing items or products in a shelf of a recreational vehicle is disclosed. The shelf guard is designed with a first section and a second section. The first section and the second section are molded to a middle section using a two-shot molding process, thereby producing the shelf guard. The shelf guard is securely and removably affixed to a top portion of the shelf by inwardly folding both end portions of the first section and the second section. The shelf guard comprises a holder and a drainer. The holder is molded to a front portion of the middle section of the shelf guard using any molding process. The drainer is configured to drain fluid/water within the shelf, thereby preventing the growth of molds and microorganisms by maintaining a dry environment within the shelf.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Inventor: John Joseph Hahn
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Patent number: 11570916Abstract: A server casing assembly includes a casing, a first cage, a second cage, and a latch. The casing has two accommodation spaces spaced apart from each other. The first cage and the second cage are respectively accommodated in the accommodation spaces. The latch is slidably disposed on the casing. The latch is movable between a first unlocked position and a second unlocked position. When the latch is in the first unlocked position, the latch is engaged with the second cage, and the first cage is released from the latch. When the latch is in the second unlocked position, the latch is engaged with the first cage, and the second cage is released from the latch.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATIONInventor: Er-Zhen Song
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Patent number: 11570926Abstract: A latch to secure an access panel at an enclosure may include a shuttle component including a latch pin. The latch pin is configured to engage with a corresponding receptacle at the enclosure. A spring retracts the latch pin to within the access panel when the access panel is not positioned for installation at the enclosure, and permits the latch pin to protrude from the access panel to mate with the receptacle in response to magnetic attraction by a magnet positioned within the receptacle when the access panel is positioned for installation at the enclosure. The magnetic attraction of the magnet to the latch pin overcomes the force of the spring to retract the latch pin.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Richard A. Crisp, Bernard D. Strmiska, Brad Philip Collins, Peter Kaltenbach
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Patent number: 11566868Abstract: A firearm storage system is provided. It can include an enclosure device adapted for having a firearm mounting device mounted to a support member, such as a generally vertically disposed panel or wall. The mounting device includes a notch forming member forming a series of notches and loops in an alternating pattern, such that a long firearm can be stored next to a short firearm, utilizing space between adjacent long firearms for the storage of the short firearm. The barrels of the firearms are generally vertically disposed during storage and can be angled to apply a force on the firearms, and, in particular, on the long firearm to help retain the firearms in their respective portions of the mounting device.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: HORNADY MANUFACTURING COMPANYInventor: Matthew Mack
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Patent number: 11564483Abstract: A height-adjustable desk includes a desk board and a base. Two first lifting arms and one second lifting arm are disposed between the desk board and the base. The two first lifting arms are disposed at both sides of the desk board respectively. The second lifting arm is located between the two first lifting arms and spatially intersected with the two first lifting arms to be distributed in an X shape. The upper ends of the two first lifting arms are rotatably connected to a first end of the desk board, and the lower ends of the two first lifting arms are slidably connected to a first end of the base. The upper end of the second lifting arm is slidably connected to a second end of the desk board, and and the lower end of the second lifting arm is hinged to a second end of the base.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: NINGBO INTECH SMART TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventor: Bisheng Zheng
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Patent number: 11561011Abstract: A rack for a cooking appliance includes a perimeter rim that has a first end, a second end, a first side rail, and a second side rail. A plurality of spaced rails are disposed between each of the first and second rails and the first and second ends of the perimeter rim. An elongated member is operably coupled to the perimeter rim and is proximate to the plurality of spaced rails. A crossbar is disposed proximate to the elongated member. The crossbar defines an opening directly behind the elongated member along a length of the elongated member and a length of the crossbar.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Simone Emanuele Ceron, Massimiliano Frontini, Tommaso Martini, John Jay Myers, Ezequiel Matias Varani
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Patent number: 11553787Abstract: A furniture assembly includes a housing unit, a table top, and one or more folding tables. Each folding table includes a base and an x-shaped leg assembly coupled to the base. The base includes two support beams disposed along a first pair of opposite ends of a perimeter of a bottom surface thereof, and one or more support bars coupled between the two support beams. The x-shaped leg assembly includes a first rectangular frame having a first leg and a second leg connected by a first cross beam proximal to the bottom surface of the base, and a second rectangular frame mechanically coupled to the first rectangular frame and the base. The first cross beam has one or more channels for accommodating each of the one or more support bars and moves along them between the two support beams to fold and unfold the folding table.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Inventor: Robert M. Glas
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Patent number: 11554895Abstract: A pallet includes a top deck and pallet support legs coupled to the top deck. The top deck has a product support surface and an opposing underside, with the underside having snaps openings therein. Each pallet support leg includes a base extending across a width of the top deck, and a pair of outer leg supports extending from ends of the base. Each outer leg support includes at least one outwardly facing snap and at least one inwardly facing snap inserted into respective snap openings in the top deck.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: CHEP Technology Pty LimitedInventors: Bradley Wayne Daubenspeck, Daniel Aaron Gorsky, Craig Rolland Norman
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Patent number: 11547207Abstract: A mobile workstation with adjustable height of the present disclosure may comprise a top assembly, an adjustment assembly, and a bottom assembly. Adjustment assembly may comprise telescopically engaged segments. One or more pulleys or pulley assemblies may be disposed within one or more of the segments to allow for withdrawing and retracting segments from one another at the same rate. Actuation of the raising or lowering of the overall height of the mobile workstation may be realized through either a manual actuation or an electronic element such as a linear actuator.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Midmark CorporationInventors: Daniel A. Albers, Connor James Osowski, Jeffrey T. DeBord, Rainer Bernhard Teufel, Todd Linthicum, Jay F. Perkins, David Simpson, Nicholas Leonard Blackburn, Jon Robert Neil Hamilton, Michael C. Couch, Darin Gregory Whittington
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Patent number: 11547208Abstract: A multicomponent modular kit for assembling a scoring station for a toss game includes an upright member, a scoreboard adapted to be repeatedly removably affixed to the upright member, a shelf structure adapted to be repeatedly removably affixed to the upright member and to hold cylindrical beverage containers and a base adapted to be repeatedly removably affixed to the lower section of the upright member to stably hold it in a vertical orientation when the scoreboard and shelf structure are affixed to the upright member and the base is placed on a hard essentially horizontal surface. A multicomponent modular kit for assembling a beverage station has the same components as the scoring station except that it may omit the scoreboard.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Inventor: Matthew G Bennett
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Patent number: 11540629Abstract: An undermount drawer slide mounting clip releasably attaches a drawer to a drawer rail assembly mounted in a cabinet carcass. The apparatus is capable of effecting positional adjustments of the drawer in three directions without removing the drawer from the cabinet carcass. The apparatus is comprised of a body slidingly engaged with a bonnet. A trigger pivotally connected between the body and the bonnet. A spring loaded catch slidable within the bonnet and acted on by the trigger to releasably attach the apparatus to a drawer rail assembly. A threaded spindle rotates within the base and adjusts the horizontal position of the drawer. A ramp adjustably connected to the base adjusts the vertical position of the drawer by rotation of a threaded barrel. A plunger extends from a housing connected to the body to adjacent the drawer rail assembly and adjusts the depth of the drawer.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Hardware Resources, Inc.Inventors: Dennis McGregor, Greg Davis
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Patent number: 11533990Abstract: A foldable table is disclosed. The table includes a shaft having a first end and a second end. An auger used for twisting the table into the ground is located at the shaft's first end. A fixed member that houses a handle is located at the shaft's second end. The shaft also includes a slidable member that causes the table to move between open and closed positions. In the open position, upper slats form a tabletop surface. In the closed position, upper slats are folded inwardly such that the table can be easily stowed away or transported. Support members support the weight of the tabletop surface and are coupled to the fixed member, the upper slats, and the slidable member.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Inventor: Ian Stack
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Patent number: 11536070Abstract: A dish treating appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior with an access opening. A door is hingedly mounted to the cabinet for pivoting movement about a pivot axis between closed and opened positions to selectively close and open the access opening. A door opener includes a housing mounted to the cabinet and defining a pin opening facing the door. An opening pin is located within the housing and aligned with the pin opening. A lever is rotatably mounted to the housing to define a rotation axis and is selectively operably coupled to the opening pin. An actuator having a reciprocating shaft is connected to the lever.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventor: Mariusz Stanislaw Drzazga
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Patent number: 11525621Abstract: A gasket is positioned on an icebox within a refrigerator appliance. The gasket includes a first lateral edge spaced apart from a second lateral edge. The first lateral edge has a first height and the second lateral edge has a second height. The first height is greater than the second height. A longitudinal edge extends between and is integrally formed with the first and second lateral edges. The longitudinal edge tapers from the first height to the second height. The second lateral edge is positioned proximate a hinge assembly of an appliance door.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventor: Ishan Subhash Khekale
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Patent number: 11523683Abstract: A blow-molded unitary structure includes a panel having upper and lower panel surfaces and a ridge extending downward beyond the lower panel surface. The ridge includes a first side surface, a second side surface, and a lower ridge surface joined with the first side and second side surfaces of the ridge. The ridge further includes a plurality of depressions formed at one or more of the first side surface, second side surface and lower ridge surface. The plurality of depressions enhances the strength of the ridge, and the ridge in turn enhances the strength of the structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Inno-Sports Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kwan Jun Choi
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Patent number: 11523682Abstract: Collapsible table assembly includes a top panel, a first side panel and a second side panel selectively, each engaged with the bottom facing surface of the top panel. A front panel pivotably connects with the top panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel. A latch carried by the front panel engages with a corresponding latch carried on the top panel when the top panel is pivotably rotated towards the front panel in a stowing position. The first side panel and second side panel are pivotable towards the front panel. In operation, the assembly is moved from an assembled position to the stowed position when the first side panel and second side panel are pivoted towards the front panel, and the top panel is pivoted until the corresponding latch on the top panel and front panel are engaged.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Inventor: Tadhg James O'Gara
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Patent number: 11523532Abstract: An electronic device casing includes a body, a movable apparatus, and a handle structure. The body comprises a first stopping surface and a second stopping surface disposed opposite to each other. The movable apparatus is adapted to be detachably assembled in the body. The handle structure is pivotally disposed to the movable apparatus. The handle structure comprises a first arm corresponding to the first stopping surface and a second arm corresponding to the second stopping surface. The movable apparatus is adapted to move between a removed position and an assembled position by rotating the handle structure between an upper pulled position and a lower pressed position.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATIONInventor: Yu-Wen Liu
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Patent number: 11517107Abstract: A bar table includes a tabletop having one or more tabletop units. Each tabletop unit includes a panel and a frame coupled with the panel. At least one tabletop unit has a frame that is extendable beyond the panel of the same tabletop unit. The bar table also includes first and second connectors each for connecting the tabletop to a supporting pole. One or both of the first and second connectors are coupled with the extendable frame so that the bar table can be installed at the supporting poles of different distances.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Campvalley (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kwan Jun Choi