Patents Examined by Janet M. Wilkens
  • Patent number: 12144422
    Abstract: A table includes a supporting frame and a panel assembly supported by the supporting frame. A panel assembly includes a panel, a plurality of connectors, and one or more elongated members connected to the panel by the plurality of connectors. The one or more elongated members include a first elongated member disposed adjacent to but spaced apart from a first portion of the outer periphery of the panel, creating a gap in between. The presence of the gap allows one to hang objects, such as water bottles, bags, umbrellas, directly or indirectly to the first elongated member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Inno-Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwan Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 12140316
    Abstract: A home appliance is provided. The home appliance includes a main body having an opening, a door disposed on one side of the main body, the door being configured to open or close the opening, and a damping assembly configured to be operated by the door. The damping assembly includes a first lever installed in the main body, the first lever being configured to be movable when the door is pressed, a second lever connected to the first lever, and a cylinder connected to the second lever, the cylinder being configured to be movable in a direction that is parallel to a movement path of the first lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wan Gi Park, Byoung Hak Kim, Yong Bin Lim, Jeong Hoon Kang, Dong Hyun Sohn, Ga Young Jo
  • Patent number: 12130076
    Abstract: A drawer device includes a drawer body, a drawer movable linearly therein, and a cover movable relative to the drawer and relative to the drawer body in a lifting direction by a lifting element. A controlled relative movement of the cover can be carried out in the lifting direction by the lifting element and a controller to allow evacuation and/or dehumidification of the drawer interior. The lifting element is arranged to run along two lateral edges of the cover, and each lifting element has a motor, a spindle, and a linear carriage connected to the spindle and linearly movable. A profiled lifting section is operatively connected to a securing element on the drawer body, and can be moved by the lifting element in the lifting direction relative to the cover in a controlled manner by a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Daniel Bertschi
  • Patent number: 12133350
    Abstract: A lock device may include a slider assembly including a first slider, a second slider movably coupled to the first slider, and a base having a planar portion with a top rail and a bottom rail that hold the slider assembly and allows the relative movement of the first slider relative to the second slider along the top and bottom rails in the base. The second slider can move relative to the first slider to different positions including a latch lock position, a latch unlock position, and a latch impending lock position. The lock device may also include a latch assembly attached to a chassis. The latch assembly including a latch element is configured to move to a first, a second, and a third heights from the top rail of the base corresponding to the latch lock position, the latch unlock position, and the latch impending lock position of the slider assembly, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: ZT GROUP INT'L, INC.
    Inventors: Chen An, Zichun Song
  • Patent number: 12129700
    Abstract: A furniture drive includes a carrier configured to be fixed to or within a furniture panel of a furniture carcass, an actuating arm assembly arranged on the carrier, a spring device for applying a force to the actuating arm assembly, an adjustment device for adjusting a force of the spring device to the actuating arm assembly, and a threaded section having a longitudinal direction. An engagement location of the spring device is adjustable along the threaded section by a rotation of an adjustment element about a rotational axis, and the rotational axis of the adjustment element and the longitudinal direction of the threaded section enclose an angle to one another. The angle formed by the rotational axis of the adjustment element and the longitudinal direction of the threaded section is configured to be varied upon a movement of the actuating arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Holzapfel
  • Patent number: 12127673
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly is provided and includes a first rail, a second rail movable with respect to the first rail, a working member, an operating member and a blocking member. When the second rail is located at an extended position with respect to the first rail and the working member is in a first state, the working member and a blocking feature of the first rail block each other for restraining the second rail from moving toward a first predetermined direction from the extended position. The blocking member is switchable between a blocking state and a non-blocking state for restraining the operating member from driving the working member to disengage from the first state or for allowing the operating member to drive the working member from the first state to a second state. Besides, a related slide rail kit is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Tzu-Cheng Weng, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 12129704
    Abstract: An opening apparatus for a motor vehicle door element, comprising an electric drive, an actuator, more particularly a pusher element, acting on the door element, wherein the actuator can be adjusted by means of the electric drive and a transmission arranged between the electric drive and the actuator, such that the door element can be at least opened by means of the actuator, wherein a discontinuous transmission ratio is made possible by means of the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Uwe Reddmann
  • Patent number: 12121149
    Abstract: A desktop workspace that adjusts vertically includes a work surface platform, a base configured to sit on an existing platform, such as a desk, a height adjustable mechanism including at least one set of arms that connect at a pivot point(s) creating a scissoring motion to raise and lower the said work surface platform to various heights. A locking and unlocking mechanism may connect to the height adjustable mechanism. In some cases, the apparatus includes an adjustable mechanism to support items such as a keyboard. In some cases, the apparatus includes elements to raise items such as a monitor to an additional height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Office Kick, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Mark Poniatowski
  • Patent number: 12123253
    Abstract: A configurable door system includes a first and second door panel, an astragal, and a frame. The frame defines a first axis and is configured to pivotally support the door panels in a first configuration of the door system and in a second configuration of the door system. The first door panel is disposed to one side of the second door panel along the first axis within the frame in both the first and second configurations. The door system, in the first configuration, includes the astragal fixed to the first door panel and releasably attaches the first door panel to the frame, and the second door panel is releasably secured to the astragal. The door system, in the second configuration, includes the astragal fixed to the second door panel and releasably attaches the second door panel to the frame, and the first door panel is releasably secured to the astragal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Inventors: Andres Ortega, Pramod Kumar, Garrick Beat, Jacob Chan
  • Patent number: 12114770
    Abstract: A table stand includes a first pivoting stabilizer, a second pivoting stabilizer, a first height adjustable pole connected to the first pivoting stabilizer, a second height adjustable pole connected to the second pivoting stabilizer, a folding transmission mechanism separately connected to the first height adjustable pole and the second height adjustable pole, and a support crossbar connected to the folding transmission mechanism. The first pivoting stabilizer and the second pivoting stabilizer are movably connected to two ends of the support crossbar. Each of the first pivoting stabilizer and the second pivoting stabilizer includes a first blocking edge, a second blocking edge, and a first shaft sequentially passing through the first blocking edge and the second blocking edge. The support crossbar is disposed between the first blocking edge and the second blocking edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: TIMOTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shih-Ting Chu
  • Patent number: 12102229
    Abstract: A desktop workspace that adjusts vertically includes a work surface platform, a base configured to sit on an existing platform, such as a desk, a height adjustable mechanism including at least one set of arms that connect at a pivot point(s) creating a scissoring motion to raise and lower the said work surface platform to various heights. A locking and unlocking mechanism may connect to the height adjustable mechanism. In some cases, the apparatus includes an adjustable mechanism to support items such as a keyboard. In some cases, the apparatus includes elements to raise items such as a monitor to an additional height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Office Kick, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Mark Poniatowski
  • Patent number: 12103370
    Abstract: A liftgate integrating bulkhead reinforcements into an inner panel and/or outer panel of the liftgate or closure creating an efficient design that adds mold-in reinforcement structure and eliminates the need to add steel or plastic parts to meet performance requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Magna Exteriors Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Kuntze, Riad Chaaya, Keijo J. Huotari, Scott Varisto, Trevor Geiger, Dennis Wiedenbeck, Tejaswi Vemuri, Himat Taank
  • Patent number: 12091283
    Abstract: An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator door assembly includes a door panel having at least one edge. A base is configured to be received adjacent the edge of the door panel. An astragal is configured to be at least partially received over the base such that the base holds the astragal in a selected position aligned with the edge of the door panel. The astragal is at least partially compressible for closing off an interface between the edge of the door panel and an adjacent surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Colette Ruden, Michael J. Tracey
  • Patent number: 12092387
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage space and a door configured to open and close the storage space. The door includes comprises: a panel assembly comprising a front panel, a door frame connected to the panel assembly, a door liner defining, with the door frame, an insulating space that accommodates an insulator, and a basket installed on the door liner. The door liner includes: an outer body, a liner extension portion extending from the outer body in a direction crossing the outer body, and a plurality of ribs that are disposed at the outer body and that are spaced apart from the liner extension portion. The door frame comprises a frame extension portion that is disposed between the plurality of ribs and the liner extension portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Juyoung Kim, Daham Bae, Hojin Choi, Hyuncheol Lee, Jongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 12075909
    Abstract: A table assembly can include a table including a support portion and a mounting portion; and a mounting bracket defining a mounting slot, the mounting slot receiving the mounting portion. The support portion can be cantilevered. The mounting bracket can define a top side and a bottom side; and the mounting slot can extend from the top side to the bottom side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: FC Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Christian Evan Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 12070127
    Abstract: A floating shelf, comprising: (1) a shelf; and (2) a floating shelf bracket that is configured to support the shelf and that comprises a support connector and two or more shelf supports that are attached to one another by the support connector. The support connector and the two or more shelf supports may be attached to one another so that the floating shelf bracket is a unitary, single-piece bracket. In various embodiments, the top surface of each of the two or more shelf supports is positioned below a top of the support connector so that when a bottom surface of the shelf is positioned on the top surface of each of the two or more shelf supports, the top of the support connector is substantially concealed behind the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Lewis Hyman, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert LeBlanc
  • Patent number: 12071062
    Abstract: A climate controlled food storage system onboard a vehicle comprises a cabinet with one or more compartments. Within the one or more compartments are a pair of front pilasters and a pair of rear pilasters. The front pilasters have fasteners for locking rails or shelves into place so that they will not move when the vehicle is in motion. The rear pilasters have slots that allow the rails or shelves to be easily inserted, removed, and adjusted within the cabinet. The pilasters maximize the use of space within the cabinet while permitting adequate air flow within the cabinet. The fasteners on the front pilasters and the slots on the rear pilasters are arranged symmetrically along the vertical length of the pilasters so that they can be used interchangeably on the left and right sides of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: WONDER GROUP, INC.
    Inventor: Andrew William O'Sullivan
  • Patent number: 12064031
    Abstract: A foldable table includes first and second panels, first and second mounting assemblies coupled respectively with the first and second panels, and first and second leg assemblies coupled respective with the first and second mounting assemblies. Each of the first and second panels is formed with upper and lower panel surfaces spaced apart at a first distance. Each of the first and second panels is also formed with a ridge or protrusions or both of the ridge and protrusions. A lower surface of the ridge is spaced apart from the upper panel surface at a second distance equal to or less than two times the first distance. A lower surface of each protrusion is spaced apart from the upper panel surface at a third distance equal to or less than 1.5 times the first distance. Thus, when folded, the table has a minimized thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Inno-Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwan Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 12068586
    Abstract: A switch cabinet having a frame and a sidewall element mounted thereon, wherein the sidewall element is mounted on the frame via at least one latch lock, the latch lock having a latch and a latch receptacle one of which is fixed to the frame and the other of which is fixed to the sidewall element and which are accommodated in a volume which is open towards an outer side of the frame and which is delimited on the one hand by a folded profile edge of the frame and on the other hand, adjoining the folded profile edge on the outer side, by the sidewall element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Rebecca Zapletal, Carsten Bäumer
  • Patent number: 12055334
    Abstract: The refrigerator includes a main body having an opening on a front side, an upper opening and a lower opening divided in the main body by a partition wall, an upper door to open and close the upper opening, a lower door to open and close the lower opening, and a hinge mechanism configured such that the door is rotatably coupled with respect to the main body, wherein the hinge mechanism includes a multiaxial hinge provided above and below each of the upper door and the lower door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Manabu Kikuchi