Patents Examined by Jeremy C Ramsey
  • Patent number: 11739588
    Abstract: Provided herein is a security door system having a door that includes a door frame comprising elongate door frame members, each having a first holding channel formed therein, and a clamping portion spaced from the first holding channel. The door further includes a mesh covering an opening enclosed by the frame. In addition to the above, the security door system includes a wall frame comprising elongate wall frame members operably coupled to the door frame by one or more hinge members, the hinge members facilitating pivotable movement of the door between open and closed positions and one or a plurality of security members configured to prevent or inhibit levering of the door relative to the wall frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: IPH INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD
    Inventor: Rameshkumara Ramachandran
  • Patent number: 11739591
    Abstract: Present disclosure relates to an adjustable roller shade. Adjustable roller shade includes: roller shade fabric winding shaft, weight, movable pulley, loop traction rope, a first and a second winders, and a first and a second tensioning wheels. Roller shade fabric is wound on roller shade fabric winding shaft forming upper edge of adjustable roller shade. Weight is attached to bottom of roller shade fabric forming lower edge of adjustable roller shade. Movable pulley is fixedly attached to one end of the roller shade fabric winding shaft. Loop traction rope is wound around the movable pulley, the first and second winders, and the first and second tensioning wheels. A driving motor drives first winder to rotate in different combination of directions to raise or lower upper edge and lower edge of adjustable roller shade, resulting adjustable roller shade to be opened or closed freely from both upper and lower edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Nanyang Kunyuan Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jiwen Zhang
  • Patent number: 11712127
    Abstract: Curtain hook assemblies are disclosed that include backing plates secured to a curtain and curtain hooks rotatably mounted on the backing plates. The curtain hooks can rotate from flat positions against the curtain during packaging to extended positions for hanging on a curtain rod. A lower hook may optionally be integrally or rotatably attached to the backing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Maytex Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Baines, David Harry Engell
  • Patent number: 11692393
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an adjustable roller shade. In certain embodiments, the adjustable roller shade includes: a roller shade fabric winding shaft, a roller shade fabric wound on the roller shade fabric winding shaft forming upper edge of adjustable roller shade, a weight bar attached to bottom of roller shade fabric forming lower edge of adjustable roller shade, a pair of movable pulleys, two pairs of upward lifting ropes and downward pulling ropes, four winders, four driving motors, and a controller. The controller controls rotations of four driving motors, independently and in concert. Each of the four winders is independently driven by four driving motors respectively. Rotations of four driving motors cause rotations of four winders. Ups and downs of the upper edge and the lower edge of the adjustable roller shade can be achieved by controlling the rotational directions of the four winders, separately and independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Nanyang Kunyuan Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jiwen Zhang
  • Patent number: 11668128
    Abstract: A latch assembly connected to the drive unit of a bi-fold door for retaining the bi-fold door secure to a building has elongated straps attached to rotatable latch drums mounted on the outer ends of the drive shaft of the drive unit. Lift drums powered by a motor driven gearbox raise and lower the bi-fold door. Latch assemblies having springs attached to the straps maintain tension on the straps during the opening and closing of the bi-fold door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Sorrel Quarters, LLC
    Inventor: Michael L. Schweiss
  • Patent number: 11661791
    Abstract: A retractable, coilable, security barrier screen easily mounted around a door, window or other building opening such as a hallway entrance. The barrier is designed to withstand considerable forces from blunt force strikes, bullets and edged weapon slashing. As such, it has a strengthened spool tube, novel security barrier attachment methods, and redundant operational features such as dual (top and bottom spool locks), quad spool locking pins and a dual attachment for the fabric security barrier to the screen lock strip that includes both gluing and plate riveting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: David A Katcher, Sheryl A Katcher
  • Patent number: 11643869
    Abstract: A hem bar for use with an architectural-structure covering such as, for example, a rollable screen (e.g., an outdoor insect screen, a solar screen, a hurricane screen, a privacy and security screen, etc.). The hem bar includes a weather strip for contacting or resting on a contacting surface when the covering is in a fully extended position. The weather strip is vertically, movably positioned relative to the hem bar. Additionally, the weather strip may be downwardly biased relative to the hem bar. The hem bar may also include a plurality of weight-receiving chambers for receiving, for example, a weighted rod, a weighted bar, or the like to assist in maintaining the covering in a taut condition (e.g., assists with maintaining constant tension on the covering) in the extended position. The hem bar may have a symmetrical design to eliminate any tilting or rocking motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Hunter Douglas, Inc.
    Inventor: Victor Menendez
  • Patent number: 11643870
    Abstract: A covering for an architectural covering is provided. The covering may include a rotatable outer roller, a rotatable inner roller, a first shade secured to the outer roller, and a second shade secured to the inner roller. The outer roller may define an elongated slot extending along a length of the outer roller and opening to an interior of the outer roller. The inner roller may be received within the outer roller and may define a central longitudinal axis. The first shade may be retractable onto and extendable from the outer roller. The second shade may extend through the elongated slot and may be retractable onto and extendable from the inner roller. The elongated slot may be substantially horizontally aligned with the central longitudinal axis of the inner roller when the first shade is in a fully extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: HUNTER DOUGLAS INC.
    Inventors: Nickolas C. Buccola, Jr., Terrence M. Drew, Kenneth M. Faller, Kent A. Smith
  • Patent number: 11633059
    Abstract: A motorized window covering system is presented having a rotatable drive element having a guide structure and a plurality of idler attachment elements and at least one drive element positioned over the rotatable drive element. A motor is connected to the rotatable drive element and controls operation of the window covering. An external battery tube assembly is connected by a conduit to the rotatable drive element and is configured to provide power to the motor. The external battery tube assembly includes a switch and controls operation of the motorized window covering. When pulled or lifted the external battery tube assembly initiates movement, stops movement or reverses movement of the motor. In this way, the system provides a unique way of controlling operation of a motorized window covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Current Products Corp.
    Inventors: Willis Jay Mullet, Daniel T. Matthews, Michael D. Fox, Richard Scott Hand
  • Patent number: 11624233
    Abstract: A self-locking balance weight-type insulated glass assembly has two panes of glass with an inner cavity and a blinds assembly therein. The blinds assembly comprises a head rail, a slat assembly hung on the head rail, a bottom rail, a privacy fascia and a hollow side rail. The head rail has a hollow inner cavity with a rotary rod assembly and a rotary rod locking device therein. The slat assembly, the bottom rail and the rotary rod assembly are connected through a pull cord for controlling slats to rise or fall and a ladder cord for controlling the slats to turn. The rotary rod locking device has an end connected to the rotary rod assembly and an end connected to a gear box. An external magnetic operator is magnetically coupled to an internal magnetic operator arranged outside the inner cavity formed by the panes of glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventor: Xuezhong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11613926
    Abstract: A roller shade comprising a roller tube, a shade material attached to the roller tube, and a shade drive unit adapted to rotate the roller tube to lower or raise the shade material. The shade drive unit comprises a spring adapted to counterbalance the shade drive unit, a spring carrier, and a spring fastener. The spring carrier comprises a cylindrical barrel, wherein one of the first and second ends of the spring is concentrically positioned over the cylindrical barrel of the spring carrier. The spring fastener comprising a body having a curved bottom surface adapted to be positioned over one of the first and second ends of the spring and attached to the cylindrical barrel of the spring carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Ryan Dahlgren, Michael Campagna
  • Patent number: 11613894
    Abstract: An awning assembly with a mount portion, an extendable bar assembly, an upper canopy being retractable to a compact configuration adjacent to the mount portion and extendable to an extended position upon extension of the extendable bar assembly to provide shade from above, a lower canopy coupled with the extendable bar assembly and extendable therefrom to provide shade from a side position. The extendable bar assembly comprises a first roller coupled with the upper canopy, a second roller coupled with the lower canopy and a motion generator coupled with the second roller, the motion generator configured to store energy as the second roller is moved to retract the lower canopy and configured to use the stored energy to move the second roller to extend the lower canopy from the extendable bar assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Zhun-An Ma
  • Patent number: 11608678
    Abstract: An architectural covering and a method of manufacturing the covering is provided. The panel may include multiple strips of material extending lengthwise across a width dimension of the panel. The strips of material may be overlapped and coupled to one another to define cells between adjacent strips of material. The panel may be retracted and extended across an architectural opening, and the strips of material may include a resilient support member to expand the cells as the panel is extended across the architectural opening. The panel may be manufactured by helically winding a continuous, elongate strip of material about a drum in an overlapped manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HUNTER DOUGLAS, INC.
    Inventors: Wendell B. Colson, Paul G. Swiszcz
  • Patent number: 11591850
    Abstract: A motorized shade for covering an architectural opening that can be actuated by touching its shade material. The motorized shade comprises a shade material extending between an upper end and a lower end and a motor drive unit operably connected to the upper end of the shade material and comprising a motor and a motor control module adapted to control the motor to raise or lower the shade material. The shade material comprises at least partially comprises electrically conductive material. The motor control module comprises a capacitive touch sensor that is electrically connected to the upper end of the shade material via at least one electrical contact. The motor control module is adapted to detect a touch of the shade material via the capacitive touch sensor and in response control the motor to raise or lower the shade material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Campagna, Charles R. Derk, Jr., Benjamin Slivka
  • Patent number: 11591851
    Abstract: A free hanging safety bead chain tension device includes a clutch, a bead chain for controlling ascending/descending of a roller shade, a tension rod and more than one restriction seats. The bead chain is connected with the tension rod and the restriction seats are disposed on the rod body of the tension rod. Each restriction seat has one or more restriction tunnels for locating the bead chain adjacent to the tension rod. When pulling the bead chain to control the ascending/descending of the roller shade, the bead chain is positioned by the tension rod and the restriction seats. Accordingly, not only the bead chain can be still smoothly pulled, but also the bead chain is prevented from being pulled out by a space sufficient to twist around a neck. Therefore, a child is prevented from pulling the bead chain to twist the bead chain around the child's neck so that a safety effect is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Tser Wen Chou, Mason Chou
  • Patent number: 11578530
    Abstract: In one aspect, an elongate mounting structure is elongated along a longitudinal direction and includes an elongate member having an elongate mounting member and a headrail member above the elongate mounting member. A longitudinal end of the elongate mounting member receives an extension mechanism to mount an architectural covering between two opposing mounting surfaces and the headrail member receives a drive assembly for operating a covering. The elongate mounting structure further includes an overhang part protecting from the elongate main member in a lateral direction, with the overhang part comprising an attaching section for attaching said covering to the overhang part such that the covering can extend substantially vertically in front of the elongate main member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hunter Douglas Industries B.V.
    Inventors: Jörg Bohlen, Katharina Vangberg-Brinkmann
  • Patent number: 11555349
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for winding a screen (10) which comprises a tubular winder (12) defining a reference axis (100); a first wall attachment (18A) for fastening a first axial end portion (14A) of the tubular winder (12) to a first wall (16A) in a use position of the screen-winding device (10); and a second wall attachment (18B) for fastening a second axial end portion (14B) of the tubular winder (12) to a second wall (16B) in the use position of the screen-winding device (10). The first wall attachment (18A) comprises at least one tab (54) for fastening to the first wall (16A) and at least one first hinge (58) supported by the fastening tab (54) in order to guide a pivoting of the tubular winder (12) about a first axis of articulation (200) that does not intersect with the reference axis (100) and, in the use position, orthogonal to the reference axis (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Somfy Activites SA
    Inventor: Eric Lagarde
  • Patent number: 11549307
    Abstract: The invention relates to window coverings modification kit and is more specifically related to cordless blinds for covering window openings modification kit and, more particularly to cordless window coverings modification kit for tall windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventor: Edwin Torres
  • Patent number: 11536086
    Abstract: A base slat pry stopper, such as a base slat locking bracket, for locking a rolling shutter curtain covering an opening of a structure is disclosed. The base slat pry stopper may include a bracket base plate mounted to an opening bottom wall on an interior side of the shutter curtain, and a base slat engagement portion extending upward from the bracket base plate and above a top surface of the opening bottom wall. When the shutter curtain is unrolled to cover the opening, the base slat engagement portion engages the base slat to prevent the base slat from deflecting upward away from the opening bottom wall when a force applied from an exterior side of the shutter curtain causes the base slat to deflect toward the interior side of the structure and the shutter curtain. The base slat pry stopper may be permanently or removably installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Qualitas Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: James V. Miller, Miguel Hernandez
  • Patent number: 11512529
    Abstract: In one aspect, a mounting assembly for mounting an architectural covering to a support structure may include a bracket configured to be coupled to the support structure and a bracket adapter configured to be coupled to the bracket. In addition, the mounting assembly may include an end mount configured to be coupled to both an adjacent end of the covering and the bracket adapter. In accordance with aspects of the present subject matter, the various components of the mounting assembly may be configured or adapted to provide one or more advantages over known mounting assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.
    Inventor: Robert E. Fisher, II