Patents Examined by Janet M. Wilkens
  • Patent number: 11266230
    Abstract: A blow-molded plastic structure, such as a tabletop, may include an undercut. For example, the tabletop may include a frame receiving portion and a frame connecting structure with an undercut may be disposed in the frame receiving portion. A portion of the frame may contact or engage the frame connecting structure, such as the undercut, when the frame is connected to the tabletop. In an exemplary embodiment, a first side of the frame receiving portion may include a first frame connecting portion with an undercut and a second side of the frame receiving portion may include a second frame connecting portion with an undercut. The first frame connecting portion with an undercut may be disposed on an opposing surface from the second frame connecting portion with an undercut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Jones, Charles Monsen, Kevin Boydston, Frank M. Clegg
  • Patent number: 11266032
    Abstract: An outer case includes an upper case, a lower case, and a plurality of guiding structures. The lower case includes a bottom wall defining a plurality of through holes. The guiding structures are arranged on the bottom wall. Each of the guiding structures includes a first guiding plate and a second guiding plate, the first guiding plate includes a first connecting part and a first blocking part connected with the first connecting part, the second guiding plate includes a second connecting part and a second blocking part connected with the second connecting part, the first connecting part and the second connecting part face each other. The first blocking part is suspended on the bottom wall through the first connecting part, the second blocking part is suspended on the bottom wall through the second connecting part, the first blocking part and the second blocking part are staggered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ya-Ni Zhang, Ming-Hua Duan, Han-Yu Li
  • Patent number: 11266036
    Abstract: An arrangement of a switch cabinet base and a switch cabinet frame rack mounted thereon, wherein the switch cabinet base includes a plurality of base corner pieces fixed to the switch cabinet frame rack, and the switch cabinet frame rack including a plurality of profile struts, at least one profile strut of which includes a first mounting side with a row of holes of first mounting receptacles, and wherein at least one of the base corner pieces has a second mounting side with a row of holes of second mounting receptacles, wherein the first and second mounting receptacles are spaced apart by the same grid dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Klaner, Jason Tom, Glenn Byrne
  • Patent number: 11253061
    Abstract: A modular cabinet assembly has at least a first sub-cabinet and a second sub-cabinet. Each sub-cabinet includes a back board having at least two separate back board pieces that are pivotably connected to each other, a left side board pivotably connected to one of the at least two back board pieces, and a right side board pivotably connected to another of the at least two back board pieces. At least one shelf board having opposite ends is removably connected to the left side board and the right side board of either the first sub-cabinet or the second sub-cabinet. A first end board is connected to either an upper end of the first sub-cabinet or a lower end of the second sub-cabinet. A first connector removably connects the left side boards of the first and second sub-cabinets, and a second connector removably connects the right side boards of the first and second sub-cabinets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Seville Classics, Inc
    Inventors: Gary M Lim, Yi Min Li
  • Patent number: 11229134
    Abstract: A handle device is configured for a chassis body. The chassis body includes a main part and a cover plate. The handle device includes a base part and a handle part. The base part is disposed on the cover plate. The handle part includes an operative part, a coupling part and a shaft part. The coupling part is connected to the operative part. The shaft part is connected to the coupling part. The coupling part of the handle part is pivotally coupled to the base part. The shaft part is rotatably disposed on the main part. The handle part is movable relative to the base part so as to disengage the cover plate from the main part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Ching-Hao Chen, Yu-Chen Lin, Li Shu Chen, Tai-Hsun Wu, Jun-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 11225356
    Abstract: A pallet includes a top deck that includes a product support surface and an opposing underside, and with the product support surface including a pair of pallet support leg receiving areas. A pair of pallet support legs is on the underside of the top deck and aligned with the pallet support leg receiving areas. Each pallet support leg including a center leg section having a first end adjacent the underside of the top deck and a second end opposite the first end, and a pair of leg extensions extending outwards from the second end of the center leg section. An underside of the center leg section and the pair of leg extensions are configured to engage one of the pallet support leg receiving areas of an identical pallet when stacked thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: CHEP Technology Pty Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Wood, Paul Barnswell, Bradley Wayne Daubenspeck, Craig Rolland Norman
  • Patent number: 11219312
    Abstract: A rail bar for a drawer includes an end to be connected to a wall element, in particular a front panel or a rear wall, of a drawer, and a length adjustment element which is movable relative to the rail bar in the longitudinal direction of the rail bar in order to cover a gap occurring between the end of the rail bar and the wall element in a connected state of the rail bar to the wall element. A spring element is supported on a stationary part of the rail bar and pushes the length adjustment element towards a maximum position, in which the length adjustment element lengthens the rail bar to a maximum extent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Markus Kampl
  • Patent number: 11212934
    Abstract: A server chassis includes a casing, a first upper cover and a second upper cover. The casing includes a bottom plate and two partition plates respectively located on two opposite sides of the bottom plate so a receiving recess is formed. Each partition plate includes a first engaging groove and a second engaging groove. The first upper cover has two first engaging portions. The second upper cover has two second engaging portions. The first upper cover covers a part of the receiving recess by engaging the first engaging portion with the first engaging groove. The second upper covers another part of the receiving recess by engaging the second engaging portion with the second engaging groove. The first upper cover and the second upper cover can be detached from the first engaging grooves and the second engaging grooves in directions away from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: CHENBRO MICOM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yun-Hsiang Chang
  • Patent number: 11204051
    Abstract: An assembled product includes at least three elements arranged in three different planes. A first element is connected perpendicular to a second element, and a third element is connected perpendicular to the second element. The assembled product includes one or more locking devices, each comprising a flexible tongue arranged in an insertion groove one of the at least three elements. The flexible tongue cooperates with a tongue groove, at an adjacent one of the at least three elements, for locking the one element and the adjacent element together. A second edge of the second element is connected to a second edge of the third element by a first of said locking devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
    Inventors: Hans Brännström, Agne Pålsson, Peter Derelöv
  • Patent number: 11197541
    Abstract: A workstation is provided including first and second vertically telescoping support columns, a base frame mounted atop the first and second support columns, so that the base frame is movable up and down, and a desktop joined with the base frame and slidable between a first position in which the desktop is disposed vertically over both the first and second support columns, so a user can sit or stand facing the desktop, and a second position in which the desktop is cantilevered and projects laterally, distally beyond the first support column a first distance beyond the base frame, so that the user can exercise facing the desktop on an exercise device located laterally beyond and outside the first and second support columns. A related method of use is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventor: Chad Fullerton
  • Patent number: 11197544
    Abstract: A universal cabinet accommodating both left and right side drawer mountings allowing the universal cabinet to be installed in a first installation site requiring left side drawer mounting and a second installation site requiring right side drawer mounting. The universal cabinet preferably includes a cabinet housing having an interior space and an upper opening. The upper opening is preferably configured to receive at least one sink. The interior space is sized to receive an interior portion of at least one drawer and plumbing to be connected to the at least one sink. The cabinet housing preferably includes a frame member configured to mount one or more drawers on a left side of the cabinet housing when an installation site requires left side drawer mounting and on a right side of the cabinet housing when an installation site requires right side drawer mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Home Plus Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Tin Huu Phan, Tram Hong Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11192685
    Abstract: An assembly type pallet, includes a plurality of plates having a secure hole on a plate surface, and disposed side by side to each another; a plurality of support frames disposed in a direction intersecting the plates, an inside of the support frame being provided with an inner space along a longitudinal direction, an upper surface of the support frame being provided with a seating surface against which a lower surface of the plates is supported, and the seating surface being provided with an insertion hole communicating with the inner space; a first secure member disposed on the lower surface of the plates and that is provided with an insertion unit which is inserted into the insertion hole of the support frame; and a second secure member inserted into the inner space of the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: ALPORTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong Jae Park
  • Patent number: 11191354
    Abstract: A novel workstation which incorporates an acoustical dome for increased acoustic and visual privacy for the user. The workstation further is adjustable in height such that it can accommodate a range of users from the 5th percentile seated female to the 95th percentile standing male according to the dictates of ANSI/HFES100-2007 national ergonomic standard. The workstation is further designed to be in electrical and data communication with other workstations to optimize the workstation density in an open working environment without compromising user privacy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Xybix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Carson, Barry R. Carson, Steve Holan
  • Patent number: 11185157
    Abstract: A piece of computer furniture for adjustably positioning at least one computer peripheral device, with a base (1) arranged below a legroom (2) and adapted to support the piece of computer furniture on the floor, a shelf (3) for placing or holding the piece of computer peripheral device, a main stand (4) extending from the base (1) on one side and laterally adjacent the legroom (2) to the shelf (3). The main stand (4) is connected or coupled to the base (1) via a first joint (5) so as to be inclinable and fixable in a selectable inclination position. The shelf (3) is connected or coupled to the main stand (4) via a second joint (6) so as to be inclinable and fixable in a selectable inclination position. A swivel joint (7) is provided for horizontally pivoting the shelf (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Markus Bayr
  • Patent number: 11166551
    Abstract: A cabinet organizer attaching to the interior surface of a cabinet door providing a low profile. An organizer utilizing a critical, predetermined dimension range and construction based specifically on the gap generated within a cabinet between the cabinet door recessed panel, the cabinet face frame, and adjacent shelving contained therein when the cabinet is closed. A cabinet organizer accounting for the spatial limitations and considerations of this defined gap/space along the interior surface of the cabinet door when the cabinet door is closed as to substantially fit in this gap and not substantially protrude into the shelving storage space, yet provide enough room to accommodate a variety and/or multitude of articles of interest for storage within a variety of cabinets made with this construction. An organizer utilizing a critical, predetermined balance in dimensions and construction for storage space practicality purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Summit Product Development, LLC
    Inventor: Jeremy Suelflow
  • Patent number: 11166544
    Abstract: A folding table has two table top portions. A pair of spaced apart arms extends from each table top portion. Each arm is connected to a respective one of four legs. Two sets of two legs are pivotably connected so that each connected pair of legs can be completely aligned with one another or in a crisscrossed position. A handle connected to and between the upper ends of two of the legs has at least one slot which is positioned and configured to receive a hook that extends from the bottom surface of the first table top portion. When the hook is in the slot the hook prevents the first table top portion from moving away from the legs when that table top portion is lifted upward and can also prevent the first table top portion from moving in a direction parallel to the second table top portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Adama Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: Matthew Goodworth, Robert G. Schreiber, Shlomo Snir
  • Patent number: 11160368
    Abstract: An easel apparatus may be converted between a table configuration with a horizontal work surface and an easel configuration with inclined work surfaces, wherein the apparatus has an unchanging footprint when adjusted between the easel and the table configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Brian Protzeller
  • Patent number: 11160374
    Abstract: A shelving assembly includes upright supports configured to support shelf units. The shelf units are height and angularly adjustable by way of an upright-mountable jack assembly. The shelves are supported by pivotable clip members that are removably mounted to slots formed in the upright supports. The assembly includes dividers that may be longitudinally attached to the shelf units. The dividers include a riser portion that separates adjacent packaged merchandise and a glide portion over which the packaged merchandise slides. Multiple slope angles are obtainable by jacking at least one end of a shelf unit, repositioning the clip members, and lowering the shelf unit to reengage with the clip members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Raymond E Davis
  • Patent number: 11161673
    Abstract: A reusable preservation and storage frame system is provided having a interlocking frame wall system of a non-off-gassing nature, such as aluminum, and includes a back panel and front lid, which provides for utilization of channels for connector systems, and internal support systems for a stackable storage frame, adaptable for storage of artwork of various dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: James L. Wines, Dennis Fisher
  • Patent number: 11160367
    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: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Office Kick, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Mark Poniatowski