Patents Examined by Janet M. Wilkens
  • Patent number: 11330901
    Abstract: A flat packaged support and table which can be assembled using through screw fasteners and interlocking structures to create a table and/or a support from flat stock such as plywood. The table when disassembled packs into a container which is less than 3 inches thick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Leetes Island Woodworks, LLC
    Inventors: Louis Mackall, II, Kenneth K. Field
  • Patent number: 11337330
    Abstract: A detachable partition assembly includes a main plate body, a first engaging portion, a second engaging portion, and a first rail. The main plate body has a first edge and a second edge opposite to each other. The first engaging portion and the second engaging portion respectively protrude outwards from the first edge and the second edge. The first rail is located at a side of the main plate body and adjacent to the second engaging portion. The first rail is movably disposed on the main plate body to change a relative position between the first rail and the second edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Qi-Hong Yang, Chen Yang Wu
  • Patent number: 11324315
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a housing, a plurality of openings and a drawer. The housing includes a plurality of side surfaces which define an accommodating cavity. The plurality of openings are respectively formed in different side surfaces. The drawer is arranged in the accommodating cavity and can be pulled out along any one of the plurality of openings. The drawer is arranged in the accommodating cavity so that a user can pull out the drawer to take and place food from the openings located in different side surfaces of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIGAO DESIGN & MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Wu, Shu Zhou, Zhaojun Fei, Zuowei Yi, Zhiqun Feng, Hui An, Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 11324309
    Abstract: A latch release assembly for folding furniture is provided for simultaneously releasing a plurality of latchable hinges. A rigid elongate member is connected at each end to a latch release lever of a latchable hinge. The rigid elongate member simultaneously transfers a releasing force to each release lever in order to actuate and open the connected latches to allow the latchable hinges to open and pivot. The latch release assembly may be fitted to a table top and table support frame to provide a latching hinge system for a folding table to allow a user to actuate a table from a horizontal orientation to a vertical orientation to facilitate compact and space-saving storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Fleetwood Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Vander Veen, Larry Zuverink
  • Patent number: 11324311
    Abstract: A plastic molded lip structure may extend along a perimeter of a planar element and may include an outer wall, an inner wall, structural portions, and protruded features. The outer wall may extend in a normal direction from the planar element. The inner wall may be disposed in an inward direction relative to the outer wall. The structural portions may be disposed along structural sections of the perimeter and may include first portions of the inner wall and of the outer wall. The first portions may be disposed parallel to the inner wall and separated from the first portions by a first distance along the structural sections. The protruded features may be interposed between two structural portions and an inner wall may be separated from second portions of the outer wall by a second distance that is greater than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Mitch Johnson, Wendell Peery
  • Patent number: 11324308
    Abstract: A quick assembly table and an installation method is disclosed. The table includes a tabletop and legs. The legs are evenly arranged at a bottom of the tabletop, a sliding slot is disposed at the bottom of the tabletop, the legs slide along and fit into the sliding slot, the legs are connected by an annular beam in between, the annular beam is fitted with a locking screw, and the locking screw expands or shrinks the annular beam to push the legs to slide along the sliding slot. The tabletop and legs are installed in a slide-and-fit manner without screws, and are convenient to assemble and disassemble. In addition, relative locations between all the legs and the tabletop can be adjusted synchronously through expansion or shrinkage of the annular beam, making adjustment flexible and convenient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: FOSHAN CITY SHUNDE DISTRICT AIGOU INDUSTRIAL DESIGN CO., LTD
    Inventor: Tak Pui Lai
  • Patent number: 11317718
    Abstract: A movable bearing device includes a base, a plurality of casters, and a plurality of foot pads. The casters are provided on the bottom of the base. The foot pads are movably connected to the bottom of the base in a way that the foot pads are moved upwards and downwards with respect to the base. When the foot pads are moved downwards until their bottom surfaces each have a height equal to or lower than the bottom edges of the casters, the movable bearing device is supported on the ground by means of the foot pads, such that the movable bearing device cannot be moved. When the foot pads are moved upwards until their bottom surfaces each have a height higher than the bottom edges of the casters, the movable bearing device can be moved by means of the casters so as to facilitate the handling work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventor: Wen-Shan Ko
  • Patent number: 11305914
    Abstract: A cargo pallet is disclosed. The cargo pallet may have a pallet base. The cargo pallet may also have a pallet liner. The pallet liner may have a pallet liner base. The pallet liner base may be positioned on the pallet base. The pallet liner may also have a pallet extension, which may be fixedly attached to the pallet liner base. The pallet extension may project outwardly from the pallet liner base. The pallet extension may also have a support surface that may at least in part extend outwardly beyond a footprint of the pallet base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Federal Express Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Lee, Frank J. LeRose
  • Patent number: 11304507
    Abstract: Disclosed is a modular component desk which is customizable and capable of being modified by individual end users. The desk may include a modular attachment frame with a plurality of threaded holes and magnets spaced apart as to allow for the attachment of various components of the desk at various locations on the frame. The desk may include different desk components to be used in the construction of a custom desk including drawers of various size, storage compartments of various size, various leg supports, and various desktop finishing surfaces which may removably attach to the fame using magnets. There may also be attachment frames and desktop surfaces of varying size, which can optionally be linked together to build desks of T and L shapes, among many numerous possibilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventors: Jacob Atherton, Dennis Shaw
  • Patent number: 11298812
    Abstract: A portable table assembly and a method of assembling a portable table are provided. The table includes individual planks that laterally interlock with each other to form a tabletop and leg assemblies for supporting the tabletop. The leg assemblies each have a crossbeam and opposing clamps at each end of the crossbeam. The planks are arranged perpendicularly to the crossbeams, and planks on the ends of the tabletop are securely retained against the crossbeams. The table breaks down into individual planks and leg assemblies for transport and storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Adam Price
  • Patent number: 11300239
    Abstract: An appliance includes a panel having a raised landing outwardly extending from a first surface of the panel. A vacuum port is disposed on the raised landing. A system of channels is disposed over the first surface of the panel and outwardly extends therefrom. The system of channels substantially covers the first surface of the panel. The first surface of the panel is covered with a filter member that covers the system of channels. The raised landing, and vacuum port thereof, is fluidically coupled to the system of channels at multiple connecting locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Paul B. Allard, Jeffrey Beckner, Sunil S. Ekshinge, Abhay Naik, Sanjesh Pathak
  • Patent number: 11297938
    Abstract: A long leg fixing device for a table that is erected using four long legs having a structure in which two of the long legs are linked by means of a crossbeam portion, and the two long legs are fitted to the table in such a way as to be capable of pivoting by means of a hinge, move together to open and close the legs, comprising: a base fixed to the table; a lever that swings around the arm pin inserted through the base; and an arm and a latch adapted to be interlocked with the swing of the lever; whereby said arm and said latch grip a seat portion mounted on a crossbeam portion. The device maintains the open-leg state by means of engagement with a component on the side surface of the linking crosspiece, and facilitates an operation to release a closed-leg state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: KOJIMA METAL FITTING CORPORATION
    Inventor: Morio Kojima
  • Patent number: 11284715
    Abstract: A portable, convertible, and modular lap desk for use with various types of electronic devices. In some cases, the lap desk may be configured with extendible legs to provide a plurality of adjustable height positions. For instance, the legs may include a closed position, a partially extended position, and a fully extended position for use in different situations. The lap desk may also include on board power supplies, various compartments for storing the electronic devices and on boarding cabling and cable routing to more efficiently organize and couple multiple devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Aeon Gold, LLC
    Inventors: Troy M. Goldhammer, Daniel F. Caputo, Benjamin Derek Litteral, Roy Paul Prosise, Jeffrey J. Schorr, Michael W. Wade
  • Patent number: 11278112
    Abstract: An overbed table top includes a monolithic portion and a laminate portion. The monolithic portion has a top surface, a bottom surface, and an edge surface. The bottom surface includes an open cavity where a peripheral region of the bottom surface circumscribes the open cavity. The monolithic portion is an antimicrobial material. The laminate portion is disposed in the open cavity and is coupled to the monolithic portion. The laminate portion includes an exposed layer of a moisture impervious material coupled to a hidden layer of a wood-based material that can support fasteners used to attach the overbed table top to a frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: EOS SURFACES, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth G. Trinder, II
  • Patent number: 11278115
    Abstract: A storage rack contains: a rectangular platform, two support feet, a rectangular plane, two long fringes, two short fringes, four circular orifices, four oval orifices, and two grips which. The two support feet are connected on the rectangular platform, and a respective support foot has a first inward bending portion and a second inward bending portion which are formed on two free ends of two tops of the respective support foot. Each of the first inward bending portion and the second inward bending portion has an arcuate face and an insertion, the arcuate face corresponds to a respective oval orifice of a respective long fringe of the rectangular platform, and the insertion corresponds to a respective circular orifice of the respective long fringe of the rectangular platform, such that the insertion is rotatably accommodated into the respective circular orifice to expand or retract the respective support foot freely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventor: Ching-Yi Chen
  • Patent number: 11272773
    Abstract: A combination manicure and pedicure station for performing manicures and pedicures. The combination manicure and pedicure station includes a housing having a top surface, a sidewall forming an enclosed interior volume, and a base. The housing includes at least one drawer slidably mounted within the sidewall thereof. The housing further includes a pedestal mounted to an angled support member, wherein the angled support member is affixed to the top surface. The pedestal includes both a recessed portion that receives a foot and a recessed channel that receives a container therein. The housing further includes a telescopically adjustable stand that is slidably affixed to the sidewall, wherein the stand includes a panel that is hingedly affixed thereto. The panel further includes a cushion member and a recessed channel thereon. Both the top surface of the housing and the panel each include an adjustable light for illuminating an extremity of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventor: Patricia A. Wesley
  • 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