Patents Examined by Johnnie A Shablack
  • Patent number: 12291923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dual blind curtain installed at an indoor window, a wall surface, or the like and is used for purposes such as view blocking, light adjustment, heating, and indoor interior decoration effects, wherein: both opposite ends of a curtain sheet composed by connecting multiple patterns to each other are wound in roll shapes around two rotation shafts, respectively, and then curtain circulative rotation and curtain longitudinal rotation are allowed to be freely adjusted by the two rotation shafts; and a difference between the amounts of winding and unwinding of the curtain sheet around and from the rotation shafts, respectively, the difference being caused due to a change in the amount of winding of the curtain sheet around a corresponding shaft, can be identically maintained. Accordingly, the curtain sheet wound around the rotation shafts can be freely changed in patterns that a consumer wants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Inventor: Choon Koo Chen
  • Patent number: 12291922
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated control type hollow curtain, including a front glass panel, a rear glass panel and a curtain body frame. The front glass panel and the rear glass panel are hermetically connected to front and rear surfaces of the curtain body frame to form a hollow curtain with a sealed cavity. An electronic control system and a solar panel are arranged in the top of the sealed cavity. According to the present invention, both the electronic control system and the solar panel are placed in an inner cavity of hollow glass, such that the appearance of a curtain product is simple and attractive, and important components can be protected, thereby avoiding the risk of damage caused by an external environment, and reducing the failure rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Inventor: Yan Chen
  • Patent number: 12286837
    Abstract: Systems for supporting a roller clutch assembly for a fabric covering may include a housing assembly. The housing assembly may include a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side. At least one of the first, second, third, and fourth sides may define a mounting interface of the housing assembly within a depth of the housing assembly. The systems may also include a bracket received within the depth of the housing assembly and which is removably coupled to the mounting interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Draper, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth M. Risher
  • Patent number: 12286836
    Abstract: An electromechanical actuator is integrated into a blackout or sun-shading device that includes a screen, top and bottom bars, and top and bottom winding shafts. The screen is between the bars. The top bar is connected to the top winding shaft by first cords. The bottom bar is connected to the bottom winding shaft by second cords. The electromechanical actuator includes first and second transmission devices and an electric motor that drives the shafts. The first transmission device connects to the motor and the top winding shaft and includes a first clutch. The second transmission device connects to the electric motor and the bottom winding shaft and includes a second clutch. When the motor is activated with only one clutch engaged, only one winding shaft is rotated. Moreover, when the motor is activated electrically and the clutches are engaged, the winding shafts are rotated by the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA
    Inventors: Eric Lagarde, Norbert Dupielet, Thierry Tollance
  • Patent number: 12280874
    Abstract: Light blocking curtains may be selectively transitioned between a deployed configuration and a stowed configuration. The light blocking curtain may include a curtain body and a curtain header, and may be folded along respective curtain body pleats and header pleats in the stowed configuration. The curtain header may extend vertically from the upper end region of the light blocking curtain towards the lower end region of the light blocking curtain, though the curtain header may be substantially vertically shorter than the curtain body. The curtain header also may include a plurality of light blocking panels that are coupled to or integrally formed with the curtain header. Each light blocking panel may be positioned with respect to two adjacent segments of the curtain header, adjacent a top edge of the light blocking curtain, such that the light blocking panels may prevent or reduce light leak along the top edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Navid Changizi
  • Patent number: 12281487
    Abstract: A cover system comprises at least one cover sheet having four edges and a plurality of flexible rafters. Each of the rafters is slidably connected to at least one of two opposite edges of the four edges, and at least one roller is provided on at least one of two other opposite edges of the four edges, wherein the roller is configured to rotate. The cover sheet is configured to wrap around the roller and be released from the roller, depending on a direction of rotation of the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: Top Greenhouses LTD., Tiln Projects LTD
    Inventors: Asaf Elyahu, Alon Nahir, Amiram Regev
  • Patent number: 12276157
    Abstract: A high speed sliding roll-up door interposed between two rooms at different temperatures has a flexible curtain to close or open a passage of a wall separating these rooms. The roll-up door has two side uprights having guide rails of the side edges of the curtain, and an upper crosspiece near which there is a storage area of the curtain. A device for draining the condensation water present on the curtain includes guide rails having an upper rectilinear portion, close to the shelter area, and a lower rectilinear portion offset with respect to the upper rectilinear portion, between which an inclined portion is interposed which is connected upstream and downstream with the upper and lower rectilinear portion. Below the upper rectilinear portion there is a gutter formation configured to receive the condensation water present on the curtain, when this rises towards the shelter area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: BMPEUROPE S.R.L.
    Inventor: Danilo Benotto
  • Patent number: 12270458
    Abstract: An electric curtain and a curtain retraction device including a toothed chain; an outer housing; a drive motor, the toothed chain extends into the outer housing; a reducer, a power output end of the drive motor is inserted into the reducer, so as to be connected with the reducer in a transmission way, the reducer has a first power output part; a power output module including a power output shaft, a clutch component and a driving gear, the power output shaft is inserted into the first power output part, so as to be connected with the reducer in a transmission way, the clutch component is arranged between the power output shaft and the driving gear, the driving gear is configured to move the toothed chain. The drive motor, the reducer and the power output module are all coaxially installed inside the outer housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Guangdong Changming Electromechanical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Deming Xiao
  • Patent number: 12270250
    Abstract: A barrier system includes a roll-up barrier comprising a plurality of slats hingedly connected, a guide system, and a drive system. Each slat of the plurality of slats includes a central portion having a first thickness, a top portion, and a bottom portion. At least one of the top portion or the bottom portion having a second thickness less than the first thickness. The top portion of each slat overlaps the bottom portion of an adjacent slat forming an overlapping region having the first thickness when the barrier is in a closed configuration. The guide system is configured to guide movement of the roll-up barrier. The drive system configured to transition the roll-up barrier between open and closed configurations along the guide system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Overhead Door Corporation
    Inventors: Bradley C. Knable, David J. Horn, Victor P. Santos Luzon
  • Patent number: 12270204
    Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to a screening element, screen assembly, and associated fixing systems, components and methods. Such embodiments can be used for exterior protection of windows and/or building facades, particularly in commercial buildings and the like. Some embodiments relate to a lightweight screening element, awning or louvre blade that can be readily fixed and applied to the exterior of buildings or built structures so as to provide a screen. Some embodiments relate to a screening element, comprising: an elongate panel defining a first portion and a second portion angled relative to the first portion; and at least one solar panel connected to the first portion of the elongate panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Valmont Australia PTY LTD
    Inventors: Brent Mark Robinson, Damian Parker
  • Patent number: 12264539
    Abstract: In example implementations, a guide member is provided. The guide member includes a first portion to receive a first fastener to a second guide member to form a guide assembly having a gap, wherein an endlock of a fire shutter is positioned within the gap, a second portion to receive a second fastener to a wall, a third portion folded against the second portion, a fourth portion bent at 90-degrees or greater to the third portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: CornellCookson, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Rishi Kachchakaduge Fernando, Christopher John Rebarchak, John Elias Bullen
  • Patent number: 12264523
    Abstract: A threshold sealing system for a door panel assembly includes a threshold biasing element and an anchor. The threshold biasing element including a base configured to attach to a floor surface and a biasing surface extending at an oblique angle relative to the base. The anchor is configured to secure the base of the threshold biasing element to the floor. The anchor and the threshold biasing element may be integrally formed and include the same materials. The oblique angle of the biasing surface ranges from 70 degrees to 80 degrees and has a height of at least 1.5 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Inventor: Daryl W. Bruckelmyer
  • Patent number: 12258998
    Abstract: A connecting rod piece includes a hollow first connecting rod unit, a connecting device, a hollow second connecting rod unit, a first locking member and a second locking member. A side wall of the first connecting rod unit is provided with a first mounting slot. The connecting device has a first end and a second end. A side wall of the second connecting rod unit is provided with a second mounting slot. The first locking member detachably locks the first end of the connecting device to the first connecting rod unit. The second locking member detachably locks the second end of the connecting device to the second connecting rod unit. When the connecting rod piece needs to be mounted, the first connecting rod unit and the second connecting rod unit can be combined into a whole through the connecting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Inventor: Yong Song
  • Patent number: 12252933
    Abstract: A reduced visibility window screen has four frame portions joined together using four corner connectors. A plunger assembly received within each side of the bottom frame portion includes: a compression spring; holder member, and plunger housing. The holder member includes: a body with a first protrusion that engages a compression spring that also contacts a first surface within an opening of the plunger housing, and a second protrusion that is received through a slot in a second surface within the opening of the plunger housing. The second surface is slanted, and the second side of the body is slanted and slides against the slanted surface. The spring biases both the body of the holder member to slide against the slanted surface, and the plunger assembly with respect to the bottom frame portion. An adhesive bonds the mesh to the frame in a two-step ultraviolet LED curing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: THE RITESCREEN COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Randall Iles, John C. St. Clair, John Joseph Keller, John France, Christopher Seebode, Varadarajan Swamydashu
  • Patent number: 12247439
    Abstract: A covering system for an architectural feature having a roller, the roller including a main body portion and a flapper portion pivotable relative to the main body portion. The covering system also includes a first support member operatively associated at one end to the main body portion and at a second end to a bottom rail, as well as a second support member operatively associated with and laterally moveable relative to the first support member, wherein a first end of the second support member is operatively associated with the flapper portion and a second end of the second support member is operatively associated with the bottom rail. The covering system also includes a limiting mechanism configured to interact with the flapper portion of the roller to maintain the bottom rail in a horizontally level position as the second support member is moved laterally with respect to the first support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: HUNTER DOUGLAS INC.
    Inventors: Max W. Schroeder, Kenneth M. Faller
  • Patent number: 12237800
    Abstract: An electric window covering has a covering material, a driving device, a microcontroller, a position detecting module and a trigger detecting module. The position detecting module detects a position of a lower end of the covering material to generate a position information. The microcontroller compares the position information with a reference position to generate a position relationship with respect to the reference position. The trigger detecting module detects whether the covering material is moved by an external force for generating a detecting result. When the microcontroller determines that a trigger event is received according to the detecting result, the microcontroller configures the driving device to move the covering material according to the position relationship and the trigger event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Hung Nien, Jui-Pin Jao, Ping-Yu Chu
  • Patent number: 12227941
    Abstract: A folding dividing screen structure has at least two screen panels, a plurality of sealing covers, at least one connecting member with a respective vertical through channel on opposite sides of the connecting member, and at least two vertical strips. Each screen panel is secured in an outer frame, the connecting member pivotally connected with the two screen panels via the two vertical strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: KADEYA ENTERPRISE CO. , LTD
    Inventor: Ting-Yu Lai
  • Patent number: 12221832
    Abstract: An architectural-structure covering may include a covering moveable between retracted and extended positions, and between closed and open configurations. The covering may include front and rear sheets and a plurality of vanes extending therebetween. In the extended position, the covering may be configured so that the vanes are opened such that they are positioned substantially perpendicular to the incoming light. The architectural-structure covering may also include a rotatable member and an external booster movable between a first state of operation wherein the external booster stores potential energy and a second state of operation wherein the external booster releases the stored potential energy to rotate the rotatable member in a predetermined direction to effect additional rotation of a covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: HUNTER DOUGLAS INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey L. Spray
  • Patent number: 12221831
    Abstract: A high performance door, preferably a high speed door opens and closes an opening (11), preferably in a wall (12). The door includes a flexible curtain (13) that is wound and unwound on a shaft to open and close the opening (11). The door includes a rigid bottom beam (15) attached on the lower end of said curtain (13). The risk that the bottom beam may contact an object the environment surrounding the door upon opening is reduced by the shape of the rigid bottom beam (15). The rigid bottom beam is shaped to have at least one flush side (20) that is flush with the curtain and another side that is almost flush with the curtain (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems AB
    Inventor: Helmut Wuestner
  • Patent number: 12221833
    Abstract: An adjustable head rail device of a spring assisted cordless roller blind includes a spring and a limiting assembly, the spring is indirectly connected to a roller blind fabric to provide the roller blind fabric with a pulling force that balances its own gravity; the limiting assembly abuts against a middle portion of the spring, and the limiting assembly applies a radial pressure to the spring, so that the abutted portion of the spring is converted from an elastic member to a rigid member, and is not elastically deformable; the limiting assembly is movable in an axial direction of the spring to adjust a position of the abutted portion of the spring, which can realize an adjustable working length of the spring arranged in the head rail device, and can adapt to the roller blinds with different widths, materials and lengths, with a wide application range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Zhejiang Risingsun Sunshading Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Haiyan Wang