Patents Examined by John D. Walters
  • Patent number: 11648973
    Abstract: The invention relates to a field of a transport driven manually, namely, to baby strollers, and it is intended to allow an alternate use of different variants of a baby cradle or seat which differ in a size and in a weight on a frame thereof. A baby stroller having a frame with adjustable width, the frame consists of front wheel supports hingedly connected between each other, rear wheel supports which are equipped with wheel mounting assemblies, and handle supports, comprising a removable seat or cradle fixed on mounting places, wherein horizontal cross-bars are arranged between the supports of the rear wheels and front wheels. According to the invention, the frame consists of two semi-frames, and the horizontal cross-bars are made adjustable in length and arranged on each of the semi-frames so as to be fixable at least in a first frame adjustment position and at least in a second frame adjustment position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Avalex Investment Limited
    Inventor: Ivan Vasyl'ovych Prushko
  • Patent number: 11649006
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure may provide a drift scooter, including: handlebars operatively coupled to a front wheel and mounted from a scooter body; first and second legs extending from the scooter body; first and second castered rear wheels mounted from the respective first and second legs; and first and second foot platforms operatively coupled with the respective first and second castered rear wheels wherein the first and second foot platforms pivot. The first and second rear wheels are adjusted in response to pivoting of the respective first and second foot platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Weber, Collin Ostergaard
  • Patent number: 11648998
    Abstract: A recreational off-highway vehicle includes side-by-side passenger and driver seats held within a chassis that is approximately 50 inches wide. The seats sit low in the chassis and are covered by a roll cage. Grab handles are positioned on the sides of the passenger seat. Select large round tubing protects the vehicle, while rectangular tubing frames the portions of the vehicle beneath body panels. The vehicle is powered by an engine rearward of the seats that is connected to a transaxle. The engine and transaxle are isolation mounted together with a portion of the air intake assembly. The vehicle is suited for rough terrain travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Arctic Cat Inc.
    Inventors: Jared Spindler, Derek Sorenson, Peter Schoenecker, Brian Eck
  • Patent number: 11643126
    Abstract: A foldable push chair comprises a central chassis assembly defining a central axis extending substantially perpendicularly to a normal direction of travel of the push chair, the push chair has at least three wheel supporting legs extending from the central chassis and rotatable about the central axis between a folded and unfolded state, in the unfolded state at least one wheel supporting leg extending in a forward direction and at least one wheel supporting leg extending in a rearward direction, the forwardly and rearwardly extending wheel supporting legs being coupled together such that they rotate in opposite directions around the central axis during a folding or unfolding operation, latching means engagable with at least one wheel supporting leg and the central chassis or handle assembly for ensuring the push chair can be latched in either or both of an unfolded state or a folded state, energy storage means associated with at least one wheel supporting leg and the central chassis or handle assembly, config
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: JIJIBABA LIMITED
    Inventors: Richard Schlagman, Björn Dahlström
  • Patent number: 11643124
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein are directed to a cart and related methods. The cart includes a base, a plurality of wheels connected to the base, a lower platform mounted to the base, a back panel mounted to the base, a set of lateral panels, an opening side of the cart, and a linking mechanism. The set of lateral panels defines an interior space of the cart. At least one of the set of lateral panels includes a shelf. The shelf is pivotally mounted to a rectangular frame of the at least one of the set of lateral panels. The opening side of the cart is open to provide access to the interior space of the cart. The linking mechanism is configured and arranged to connect the cart to another cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventor: Morgan Sannes
  • Patent number: 11639100
    Abstract: A rotating system includes a motor including a shaft, an impeller configured to rotate with the shaft and located in a path of air, an alternator including a rotor configured to rotate with the shaft; and at least one secondary battery configured to be charged by the alternator. Rotation of the shaft is configured to be driven by either the motor or the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Inventor: Chuil Peter Kim
  • Patent number: 11639211
    Abstract: A bicycle frame is discussed having a battery fully contained within a down tube of the bicycle frame. The battery may be inserted into or removed from the down tube via a through opening through a bottom bracket housing of the bicycle frame. Weakness in the bottom bracket housing due to the through opening may be compensated for, fully or partially, by utilizing a bottom bracket bearing assembly that has a structural component, or structural component assembly, that extends completely through the bottom bracket housing and removably couples to the bottom bracket housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Inventor: Paul Michael Farrell
  • Patent number: 11628871
    Abstract: A method of facilitating production of a structure at a construction site, the method including the steps of: a) obtaining a mobile apparatus having: a frame; first and second wheels and a steerable third wheel spaced in a fore and aft direction from the first and second wheels and laterally between the first and second wheels; and a platform on the frame defining a first upwardly facing surface that is spaced at least 20? above the subjacent surface; b) placing at least one building component in a transporting position on the first upwardly facing surface; c) advancing the mobile apparatus from the first location to a second location at or adjacent the construction site; and d) separating the at least one building component from the transporting position at the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Mary Jane Anderson
  • Patent number: 11623507
    Abstract: The embodiments disclose a method including transferring kinetic energy from a kinetic energy source to a flywheel storage device system, transferring all or a portion of the kinetic energy stored to a continually variable transmission planetary gear system, integrating a multiple axis mechanism kinetic energy transference device to the continually variable transmission planetary gear system, integrating multiple speed governors in the multiple axis mechanism kinetic energy transference device, coupling a computer controlled module to each of the speed governors, processing operational data with the computer controlled modules to determine a measured most efficient use of the kinetic energy for each operation, transmitting the operation measured most efficient use amount of the kinetic energy from the computer controlled module to the corresponding speed governor, transferring the amount of the kinetic energy through gears and output shafts/drive shafts to serve operations and storing surplus kinetic energy n
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventors: Karin M Somoza, Curtis Somoza
  • Patent number: 11617696
    Abstract: A mobility device (1) comprising: a main frame (3) having a central longitudinal axis which coincides with the median plane of the mobility device (1), an elongated body support member (13b) which has a central longitudinal axis (At) that is contained in a median plane of the mobility device (1), the body support member (13b) being pivotally connected to the main frame (3) via a medial pivot connection (17), and an elongated rotation transfer member (13c) rotatably connected to the body support member (13b), wherein the rotation transfer member (13b) has a central longitudinal axis (A2) which extends transversally relative to the central longitudinal axis (At) of the body support member (13b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: PERMOBIL AB
    Inventor: Jonas Jähkel
  • Patent number: 11608101
    Abstract: An improved cargo dolly for transporting cargo is described having a mobile dolly frame, a main shaft on the frame, a lever proximate to a first part of the frame (where the lever is movable relative to the frame and in responsive communication with the main shaft), a first set of transfer sprockets mounted to the main shaft, a secondary shaft rotatably disposed at a second part of the frame (where the first part is remote from the second part), a second set of transfer sprockets mounted to the secondary shaft, a chain disposed about the first set of transfer sprockets and the second set of transfer sprockets, and a locking pin having a first end fixed to the secondary shaft and a second end configured as an angled latch. Rotation of the lever responsively causes the locking pin to remotely rotate at the second part of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: FEDEX CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Reuben F. Burch, V, Katherine King, Howard McKinney, Aaron Prather, Kevin Frommelt, Shaq Khan
  • Patent number: 11597445
    Abstract: Fender mounting accessories are described herein. Fender mounting accessories can include a fender bracket and a fender attachment mechanism. A fender bracket can include a fender bracket and an extension member including an offset mounting flange for coupling with a fender attachment mechanism. A fender attachment mechanism can include an inner flange for coupling to the fender bracket and attachment locations for coupling to a fender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Pinnacle Heavy Duty, LLC
    Inventors: Paul M. Tollefson, David D. Easton, Lyndon D. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11597266
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultra-low emission stored exhaust gas-assisted internal combustion powerplant. The powerplant comprises a variable torque drive turbine connected to a piston compressor through a gearbox. The gearbox comprises a planetary or epicyclic gear to selectively direct power from the drive turbine to the compressor and at least one output shaft. The compressed air is mixed with fuel in a staged combustor, the hot exhaust gasses are used to drive the variable torque drive turbine or cooled and stored in a exhaust gasses storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: Dae Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 11597422
    Abstract: A towable mover includes a flexible mat and a hollow tow bar substantially contained in a sleeve at the leading edge of the mat. A tow rope is coupled to each end of the tow bar for towing. Couplings include a plug assembly securely received within the interior space at an end of the tow bar and a rope coupling assembly attached to the plug assembly. The plug assembly includes a resilient elastomeric cylindrical plug, the diameter of which swells when the ends are squeezed together by tightening a bolt. The rope coupling assembly is external to the tow bar and external to the sleeve. The sleeve is disposed between portions of the mat that may freely fold to allow passage through narrow spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: Gary Beall
  • Patent number: 11597335
    Abstract: A vehicle accessory bracket for use in automotive applications that attaches to an existing interior structure of the vehicle, including but not limited to, inner rocker panels on pickup trucks, pinch welds on wheel openings, and bumper mounting points. The vehicle accessory bracket is also designed to provide a proper mounting surface for the rocker accessory. The vehicle accessory bracket for use in automotive applications is disclosed herein comprising a longitudinal body, a rib and an opening for engaging and mounting to the existing structure of the vehicle. The vehicle accessory bracket can be used to cover up rusty/unsightly blemishes on vehicles, especially rocker panels on pickup trucks as disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ORIGINAL APPEARANCE MANUFACTURING, LLC
    Inventors: Sam Shaffer, Zach Kowalik, Luke Shaffer
  • Patent number: 11590810
    Abstract: A device for maintaining and changing the pressure in a is provided whereby the inner pressure space of the tire is connected through a pump to a pressure accumulator which, at its input and/or output into the inner pressure space of the tire, is fitted with at least one pressure control element. The pump can be a peristaltic pump in the shape of a deformable hose placed on the perimeter of the tire, fitted with an air inlet and an air outlet, while the air inlet and the air outlet are positioned on the perimeter of the tire distant from each other by a preset length, dependent on the deformation of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: CODA Innovations s.r.o.
    Inventor: Franti{hacek over (s)}ek Hrabal
  • Patent number: 11590994
    Abstract: A foldable beach wagon with steerable front wheels is disclosed. The wagon has a frame having a first end assembly, an opposing second end assembly and a floor assembly connected between the first end assembly and the second end assembly. A steering link is pivotally connected to the wagon frame adjacent the first end assembly, and a handle is pivotally connected to the steering link. When the steering link is pivoted by the handle a tie rod moves laterally to pivot the front wheels for turning the wagon. A hanger assembly is connected to the wagon frame adjacent the second end assembly. The hangar assembly is adapted to receive one or more chairs. Fenders are provided over the rear wheels to block engagement of the chairs with the rear wheels of the wagon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Radio Flyer Inc.
    Inventor: Garrett DeBry
  • Patent number: 11590998
    Abstract: A stroller frame, comprising at least one motor, particularly an electric motor, for assisted driving of the stroller frame, a pusher bar for pushing the stroller frame and at least one force sensor device for detecting a direction and/or an amount of force and/or a force component acting on the pusher bar, and/or for detecting a value derived from said force or force component, particularly a temporal change of the force or force component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: CYBEX GmbH
    Inventors: Iain Powell, Jiri Spour
  • Patent number: 11590405
    Abstract: A multi-degree of freedom ice skate post that connects an ice skate blade to the sole of an ice-skating boot generally comprises a plurality of adjustable elements that include a pronate/supinate platform, a bi-directional module and a side/side module. In some configurations, the pronate/supinate platform is configured to move the ice skate blade in a pronate and supinate direction. In some configurations the pronate supinate platform is connected with the bi-directional module providing movement of the ice skate blade in the fore and aft position. In some configurations the side/side module is connected with the bi-directional module providing movement in a side by side direction. Additional configurations can include vertical adjustments as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: Edward L. Altshuler
  • Patent number: 11583160
    Abstract: A cleaning cart includes: a support body; and a communication device holder for receiving a mobile communication device. The communication device holder is secured to the support body. In an embodiment, the support body has a double-shell construction, including an outer first shell and an inner second shell. The first shell covers the second shell in an essentially dome-shaped manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Jens Deerberg, Torsten Gratzki, Steve Barber, Ralf Juergens, Felix Fallenstein, Nikolai Sand, Andreas Eisenhut