Patents Examined by Jennifer E. Novosad
  • Tubular structural profile and construction system
    Patent number: 11490746
    Abstract: A tubular structural profile and construction system, produced by cutting and folding a semi-rigid and foldable sheet, having four orthogonal layers joined at fold lines and two internal diagonal layers joining two opposing fold lines. The sheet has six rectangular sections. The cutting lines are positioned for at least one tongue, which coincides with at least one slot located on an opposing fold lines, such that, during the folding, the profile is closed of the coming together of fold lines and both internal diagonal layers, and by means of the insertion of at least one tongue on its corresponding slot, and wherein, in addition, the profile of the formed system can have at least one break in the second external layers and in the two internal diagonal layers, which permit the creation of an engaging area for transverse structural profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: CARLOS TOMAS VERAZA OSORIO PUBLICIDAD SpA
    Inventor: Carlos Tomas Veraza Osorio
  • Mounting rod assembly for installing a curtain
    Patent number: 11484144
    Abstract: A mounting rod assembly for installing a curtain has a main rod and a telescopic rod; one end of the telescopic rod stretches into the main rod and can slide along the length direction of the main rod, and the main rod is provided with a locking member for stopping the sliding of the telescopic rod; through the cooperation of the telescopic rod and the main rod, the entire mounting rod assembly can be fitted to the window frames of various sizes during installation. The installation length is adjusted by adjusting the length of the telescopic rod extending out of the main rod, and then locking and positioning the telescopic rod with the locking member, which makes the curtain more applicable and the installation more flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventors: Baoguo Tan, Chun Jiang
  • Mobile display
    Patent number: 11484134
    Abstract: A mobile display cart for storing flooring panels that can be quickly removed and displayed on a floor. The mobile display includes a base supported on a frame with a set of wheels allowing the display to be wheeled to varying locations. The base includes a series of baffles with one or more flooring panels situated within a baffle wherein the panels remain substantially upright when held within the cart. In addition, a cord is connected to one end of the cart and strings through holes within each panel allowing one or more panels to be removed from the basket and displayed on the floor around the cart. However, the cord prevents the panels from being taken away from the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Edward Reynolds
  • Product management display system with trackless pusher mechanism
    Patent number: 11484131
    Abstract: A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam that may define a cam glide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen N Hardy
  • Foldable shelving
    Patent number: 11478075
    Abstract: A foldable shelving unit includes one or more foldable shelves positioned between first and second frame members. A slide rail pivotably couples between the foldable shelves. A stop is fixed to the slide rail and a slide locking mechanism is slidable along the slide rail. The slide locking mechanism includes a latch to latch to the stop to lock the shelving unit in an unfolded configuration and unlatch to slide the slider along the slide rail away from the stop to fold the shelving unit into a folded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: ARMADILLO TOUGH LLC
    Inventors: Robert Doherty, Aaron Diamond
  • Connection apparatus for providing an inclined display of a vehicle
    Patent number: 11478089
    Abstract: A method and a vehicle-to-vehicle connector assembly including a first wheel stand and a second wheel stand are provided. Each of the first wheel stand and the second wheel stand comprises a wheel hub attachment, a holder, and a bracket comprising a first end and a second end. The first end of the bracket is attached to a perimeter of the wheel hub attachment and the holder is attached to the second end of the bracket. The holder includes a tubular channel with angled internal walls. The holder of the first wheel stand is perpendicular to a second leg of the first wheel stand, and the holder of the second wheel stand is perpendicular to a second leg of the second wheel stand. A rod member is slidably inserted in the tubular channel of the first wheel stand and the tubular channel of the second wheel stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventors: Hosein Niroumandrad, Pei Wang
  • Point of sale display incorporating non-sliding, stackable and unstackable product transport boxes
    Patent number: 11470988
    Abstract: A point of sale display includes at least two stacked product transport boxes each having a planar bottom and planar top; a pair of locking tabs on one of the planar bottom or planar top of each box, each locking tab having a hinge and sides extending therefrom; a pair of receiving openings on one of the planar bottom or planar top of each box, wherein the pair of receiving opening on one of the stacked boxes align with the pair of locking tabs on the other such that the locking tabs on the stacked boxes are selectively pivoted through the openings of the adjacent box to interconnect the boxes and prevent relative sliding, and wherein the pair of locking tabs has one of straight sides or an inwardly tapered trapezoidal shape extending from the hinge to allow the boxes to be separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Arie Sharon, Michael Sharon, Eliezer Traub
  • Dish wand holder
    Patent number: 11470963
    Abstract: A dish wand holder includes a front plate having a rear plate extending perpendicularly from an upper end of the front plate. A pair of tines extend from opposing ends of the upper end defining a gap therebetween. The gap is dimensioned to receive a handle of a dish wand therethrough. A fastener is affixed to a lower side of the rear plate, wherein the fastener removably secures the rear plate to a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Kenny Taylor
  • Tool cartridge
    Patent number: 11465192
    Abstract: A tool cartridge for accommodating a processing tool includes: a cartridge base body, a tool holder for detachably holding the processing tool, and at least one first coupling device configured to be coupled in a form-fit and detachable manner to a second coupling device of a further tool cartridge, the second coupling device being complementary to the first coupling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: TRUMPF Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Stefan Kerscher, Etienne Lardon, Dario Nussbaum, Mathias Tweitmann
  • Product management display system
    Patent number: 11464346
    Abstract: A product management display system may include a tray having a front rounded portion and a surface defining a plurality of apertures, a front wall having a top portion and two side legs. The side legs may define a bottom portion, and the top portion, the two side legs, and the bottom portion form an opening, and a strip of advertising may be present on the front wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen N. Hardy
  • Elastic mounting clamp
    Patent number: 11457991
    Abstract: A securing device secures a mounting for sterile products or products to be sterilized in a medical container. The securing device has a first securing section, in particular a U-shaped or hook-shaped securing section, which is designed to engage around an edge of a first recess provided on the base of the container in a form-fitting manner, and a second securing section, which is designed to engage around the edge of the first recess and/or at least one second recess in a form-fitting manner from the opposite direction. At least one of the two securing sections is designed to be spring-elastic in order to allow the securing device to be clamped to the base of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: AESCULAP AG
    Inventor: Christoph Burmeister
  • Product display system having enhanced capabilities and associated product display pusher system
    Patent number: 11457749
    Abstract: A retail product display system configured to display product in a retail setting that includes a generally open front side; a plurality of shelf units extending across the generally open front side; at least one door configured to provide security; and a pusher tray assembly configured to hold products. The pusher tray assembly includes a pusher tray including a floor, a bottom surface, a front wall, at least one sidewall, and at least one back wall, where the floor is configured to hold the products thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Tracfone Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Elvis Pena, Audra Gabbard, Shelby Harrison
  • Three axis limiting tool placement device
    Patent number: 11453113
    Abstract: A three-axis limiting tool placement device includes a basic face having a placement area, and a tool placement track assembled in the placement area, wherein there is a three-axis limiting tool placement device in the placement area. The tool placement device includes a limiting part and an elastic hook fastener. The limiting part includes an abutment wall, two lateral limiting walls and a pressing edge to form axially limiting function of X, Y and Z axes of the first end of tool placement track. The elastic hook fastener includes an elastic arm and a hook-shaped portion formed with a dial control portion and a pressing surface. The pressing surface is pressed against the second end of the tool placement track to form a Z-axis limiting function. In addition, there is a corresponding relationship between the elastic arm and the second end of the tool placement track along the X axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventor: Chih-Chien Hsieh
  • Product management display system with trackless pusher mechanism
    Patent number: 11452386
    Abstract: A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen N. Hardy
  • Device and method for closet organization
    Patent number: 11445842
    Abstract: A divider device for organizing hanging clothing into groups by dividing space along a clothing rod into respective sections includes: a circularly arcuate clip having a terminal distal end and a proximal end, the clip defining a circularly arcuate internal contact surface for engaging a clothing rod and a gap between the distal end and the proximal end for permitting a clothing rod to pass therethrough by flexure of the clip when mounting the clip on a clothing rod, the internal contact surface being interrupted by at least the gap and thereby incompletely encircling a central axis of the circularly arcuate internal contact surface; and a planar presentation plate connected to the proximal end of the clip, the presentation plate being offset from the central axis and having a planar front face perpendicular to the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: By a Girl, LLC
    Inventor: Kara Harshbarger
  • Apparatus for retaining collapsible totes
    Patent number: 11439256
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for retaining a collapsible tote. The apparatus comprises a base, a projecting member having a first end attached to the base, and an engagement member attached to the projecting member at a second end opposite the first end. The engagement member defines one or more slots extending into the engagement member from a top surface. At each slot of the one or more slots, portions of the engagement member that define the slot are configured to, responsive to receiving a respective portion of a handle of the collapsible tote into the slot, apply a force to retain the respective portion of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: William L. Dungan, Thomas E. Hoppe
  • Tiered ornament tree
    Patent number: 11439254
    Abstract: A tiered ornament tree having one or more tiers of hook members from which ornaments are displayed. Each tier includes a castellated collar with slots formed in a top edge thereof, and plural hook members with inner ends inserted in each slot of the castellated collar. The collar and associated hook members of a tier are captured between threaded ends of threaded rods. The bottom end of the ornament tree is fastened to a base, and a top end of the ornament tree is equipped with a finial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffery J. Kacines
  • Modular rack assembly for holding wine bottles
    Patent number: 11425997
    Abstract: A modular rack assembly for wine bottles which is formed from one or more frame members which each have a racking body coupled therewith. Each racking body in the assembly includes a plurality suspension cords which extend from a top portion thereof to a bottom portion thereof, and have a plurality of shelves, bottle holders, or other support mechanisms for receiving and holding a bottle, fixed to and dispersed along the suspension cords vertically. A composite modular rack assembly, formed from two or more side by side modular rack assemblies, may include frame members of at least two distinct widths, and the selection of which racking body will be coupled with each frame member allows for the provision of a wide variety of customized configurations through a limited number of modular component parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventors: Alberto Jose Fuentes, Juan Jose Perez Foullerat
  • Product display pusher system and associated retail fixture system
    Patent number: 11426013
    Abstract: A pusher tray assembly configured to hold products includes a pusher tray including a floor, a bottom surface, a front wall, at least one sidewall, and at least one back wall, where the floor is configured to hold the products thereon; a pusher paddle having a front face and a back face; an engagement mechanism arranged on a lower side of the pusher paddle and configured to secure the pusher paddle to the floor; a channel arranged in the floor and configured to receive the engagement mechanism; a spring configured to urge the pusher paddle and the products towards the front wall; and an inventory control bar configured to at least partially cover the products, where the pusher tray that includes a transparent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Elvis Pena, Audra Gabbard, Shelby Harrison
  • Automotive clothes hanging device
    Patent number: 11427132
    Abstract: An automotive clothes hanging device for hanging multiple clothes hangers with clothes without impeding visibility includes a strap, which has a pair of holes positioned therein. Each hole is positioned proximate to a respective opposed end of the strap. A fixed hanger hook of a vehicle is inserted into one of the holes so that the strap is engaged thereto. A hook of a clothes hanger is inserted into the other of the holes is configured so that the clothes hanger is engaged to the strap. The strap also can be folded so that holes of the pair of holes are aligned. The strap defines a loop when the fixed hanger hook of the vehicle is inserted into the pair of holes. The hook of the clothes hanger can be inserted into the loop. Multiple clothes hangers with clothes thereon can be hung from the strap without impeding visibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventor: Adam Woodard