Patents Examined by Jose V. Chen
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Patent number: 12043444Abstract: A hygienic pallet suitable for use in food manufacturing is formed of a food-grade material. The pallet comprises a load supporting surface extending between pallet edges. The pallet also comprises support lips that extend upward and away from the load supporting surface and in a direction away from a pallet edge. At least two support lips can be separated to form a channel between chamfered edges of the support lips. The support lips support molds or other objects on the load supporting surface during movement of the pallet, while the channels facilitate removal of debris and liquid during use or cleaning of the pallet. The pallet further comprises a section divider that divides stacking sections of the load supporting surface. Stackable molds for food manufacturing can be placed within the stacking areas to transport the mold stacks.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2023Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: The Hershey CompanyInventor: Steven A. Weis
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Patent number: 12037159Abstract: A pallet substitute has pallet blocks, which may be made of plastic regrind or other material which can be utilized in conjunction with a tray, whether cardboard or otherwise, to provide a pallet. The pallet substitute may have pallet blocks that connect separately and directly to the tray, or pairs (or triples, etc.) of pallet blocks may connect together, possibly with stringers and connect to the tray.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: M & M Industries, Inc.Inventors: Glenn H. Morris, Jr., Darrell Davis, Travis Peacock
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Patent number: 12036950Abstract: A shelf unit for covering a storage or luggage compartment in a motor vehicle includes a shelf which is pivotally mounted on at least one receptacle so as to pivot between a position that covers the storage or luggage compartment and a position in which the storage or luggage compartment is accessible. The receptacle has a slot or guide gate along which the shelf can be pivoted. A vehicle includes the shelf unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Martin Dinnebier, Walter Fleischer, Daniel Hosta, Nima Monzavi
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Patent number: 12036906Abstract: A baby changing table assembly for a vehicle includes a support, a connecting member connected to the support, first and second brackets connected to the connecting member, and a table movably connected to the support. The first bracket is configured to be connected to a first headrest of the vehicle and the second bracket is configured to be connected to a second headrest of the vehicle. The table is movable between a closed position and an open position.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventor: Brian Canales Delgado
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Patent number: 12037160Abstract: Provided are a packaging container, a packaging method, and a method for carrying metal foil, which can suppress damage and deformation of the packaging container and enable stable carrying even if the packaging container is carried while suspending it in the midair. A packaging container made of corrugated cardboard includes: a pallet 2 having leg portions 21; a body frame 3 arranged on the pallet 2, the body frame 3 having bearing grooves 31 at end wall portions 32 opposing to each other; and a lid portion 4 provided on the body frame 3, wherein each of the leg portions 21 is arranged on an inner side than each of the end wall portions 23 of the pallet 2.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: JX Advanced Metals CorporationInventors: Akira Sako, Yasunobu Miyata, Kazuhiko Kikuchi
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Patent number: 12030419Abstract: An intermodal container includes a base (100) having a defined number of sides. The base is configured to support products during transport. The intermodal container further includes a removable cover (104) having a top and a defined number of sides matching the defined number of sides of the base. The removable cover is configured to be releasably secured to the base to define an enclosure in a use position and to be removed and flattened in a stored position.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: LOGIC PALLET, LLCInventor: Michael Vincent Santora, Jr.
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Patent number: 12029199Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an assembled pet rack having fast disassembly and assembly, comprising: a bottom member; a top member; a supporting member; a separating member arranged on the supporting member for forming multiple spaces for pets to rest; and a plurality of drawstring members, whose one end is fixedly connected with the bottom member, and the other end penetrates the support member and the separating member and then is fixedly connected with the top member for integrally connecting all the above members. In the present disclosure, the drawstring members connect in series the components of the pet rack according to the correct design, thus to complete the correct assembly more quickly and simply, thereby achieving fast disassembly and assembly. Besides, the drawstring members can be staggered on the same plane without disconnecting the drawstring member separately, so the assembled method is fast and diverse, which improves the practicability.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Inventor: Zhanke Cui
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Patent number: 12029314Abstract: A device for cable management has a rectangular cloth that is tightened from four corners to an underside of a table. The cloth supports cables, power sources or other electrical accessories against the table. The cloth may be canvas, fabric, net, mesh or similar, made from flexible thin material. The cloth is lifted close to the table by tightening a cord that travels inside the outer seams. The cord is tightened against four fastening means at each corner of the rectangular cloth. The arrangement allows items of various sizes and shapes to be supported and gently pushed against the underside of the table.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: PIXELFLAKE OYInventor: Toni Ryƶppy
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Patent number: 12030558Abstract: A vehicle body for a multi-platform, reconfigurable electric truck includes a front trunk, an extendable bed and barn door tailgates, a sidewall table, and a side step and drawer. The front trunk includes a cover movable between a closed and open positions, and includes panels selectively movable between a retracted and extended positions to form a work surface. A bed extender slides between a retracted and extended positions. Barn door tailgates each move between closed, partially open, and fully open positions and include inner tailgates movable between stowed and deployed positions. The barn door tailgates and the inner tailgates enclose an extended region of a bed when the bed extender is extended position, the barn door tailgates are each partially open, and the inner tailgates are each deployed. The sidewall table folds down from a sidewall, and the drawer pulls out from a sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Canoo Technologies Inc.Inventors: Anthony Aquila, Richard Kim, Jackson E. Luttig, Arthur Henrique Martins Junior, Mark Smith
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Patent number: 12022940Abstract: A height-adjustable office furniture comprising a table top, at least one height adjustable leg unit and a drive unit to drive adjustment of the height of the leg, a drive control system configured to control and power the drive unit and an anti-collision system connected to the drive control system and configured to detect when movement of the table top along the vertical direction Z is blocked. A resilient element is provided in the connection between the drive unit and the table top, the resilient element defining a suspension travel extending along a vertical direction Z to reduce vibrations.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Actiforce International B.V.Inventors: Thomas Weidmann, Kam Shiun Loh
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Patent number: 12024000Abstract: A vehicle includes a body defining an interior cabin having at least one seat and a tailgate rearward of the at least one seat at a rear end of the cabin interior, a shelf configured to extend between lateral sides of the cabin interior in a region between the at least one seat and the liftgate. The shelf is configured to be arranged in one of a first shelf position, a second shelf position and a seat backrest position, and a heating device operable to heat the shelf. The vehicle also includes an orientation sensor to sense orientation of the shelf in one of the first position, second position and backrest position, and a controller controlling temperature of the heating element based on the sensed orientation of the shelf.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Dustin Shedlarski, Micah R. Jones, David Brian Glickman, Claudia Alejandra Ardura, Adrian Aguirre, Michael John Kipley
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Patent number: 12023663Abstract: A retaining table for use with a fluid processing system includes a plate having a generally flat top surface with opposed first and second ends and opposed first and second lateral edges for supporting a disposable container, a first retaining structure connected to the plate along the first end, and a second retaining structure connected to the plate along the second end.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Fenwal, Inc.Inventors: Richard L. West, Alexandra Salomon
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Patent number: 12022941Abstract: An apparatus can be configured to position an electronic display. The apparatus can be combined with an existing work surface to provide a multi-position workstation. In some cases, the apparatus includes a mounting portion configured to support an electronic display and a keyboard. The mounting portion may be movable with respect to the work surface between multiple positions, including, for example, a sitting position and a standing position. Methods for positioning an electronic display and a keyboard are also included.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2023Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.Inventors: Joel Hazzard, Robert William Fluhrer, Peter Segar, John William Theis, Mustafa A. Ergun, Scott Trish
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Patent number: 12018845Abstract: A grill stove contains: a body and an accommodation unit. The body includes a grill hold plate and a support rack which has a first fixer and a second fixer, and a hollow space is defined between the first fixer and the second fixer. The first fixer has at least one first receiving orifice, and the second fixer has at least one second receiving orifice. The accommodation unit includes an object holder and a quick release unit, and the object holder has a storage portion with an opening facing upward, a peripheral rib, a chamber, a partition, and at least one locating bolt. The quick release unit has a movable insertion, a spring, and a connection ring. The spring abuts against the partition, and the movable insertion has a cutout configured to receive the connection ring and to contact with a second end of the spring.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Inventor: Kiosky Chung
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Patent number: 12016455Abstract: An apparatus configured to provide a stop for a height adjustable work surface can be configured to provide a stop to help stop a work surface from moving lower than a pre-selected height position. Embodiments of the apparatus can be configured to protect items below the work surface from being contacted by the work surface. This can help avoid dislodging electrical plugs or damage being accidentally caused to plugs or other devices that may be positioned below the work surface and within the range of motion of the vertically adjustable work surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Knoll, Inc.Inventors: Masamichi Udagawa, Sigrid Moeslinger, Matthew Renninger
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Patent number: 12005538Abstract: Methods and systems for supporting and/or positioning mechanical components or tools, the methods and system employing work stands that have a moveable base, a vertical support member disposed on the moveable base, a support platform attached to an upper end of the vertical support member via a support coupling that permits independent rotational movement of the support platform, a plurality of extendable arms that are each pivotally coupled at a lower end to the vertical support member and pivotally coupled at an upper end to the support platform, and each extendable arm can be independently and controllably extended and retracted. The work stands further include a controller for controllably extending and retracting the extendable arms to position the support platform in a desired orientation, and a user input coupled to the controller and configured so that a user employing the controller can position the support platform in the desired orientation.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Matthew Lee Prendergast, Nicholas J. Brimlow, Arthur Eugene Whitson, Jr., James T. Johnstone
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Patent number: 12004644Abstract: A desk with support structures configured to attach modular attachments is disclosed. Exemplary implementations may include a work surface, a left-side support structure, a right-side support structure, a core body, a working body that provides the work surface, one or more modular attachments, one or more mounting brackets, and/or other components. The one or more modular attachments can be mechanically coupled to and supported by either support structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Mateo Goods Co.Inventor: Matthew Jason Moore
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Patent number: 12004640Abstract: A manual lifting-lowering computer table includes a table board and a keyboard board arranged under the table board. Sliding seats are arranged on both sides of a bottom surface of the table board, a group of bases parallel to the sliding seat are arranged under the table board, and a first supporting foot and a second supporting foot are arranged on the bases. A middle part of the first supporting foot and a middle part of the second supporting foot are hinged through a connecting shaft, and one ends of the first supporting foot and the second supporting foot away from the bases are arranged on the sliding seats respectively. The first supporting foot is provided with a supporting telescopic device. An upper end of the supporting telescopic device is hinged on the connecting seat arranged at one end of the sliding seat adjacent to the keyboard board.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Inventor: Gangwei Huang
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Patent number: 12006092Abstract: The present application relates to a steel-pipe-embedded structure for a packaging and transportation box of a reel, and relates to a field of a pallet of the packaging and transportation box of the reel, which includes a pallet body embedded with a steel pipe and integrally formed with a steel pipe channel for receiving the steel pipe, in which both ends of the steel pipe channel are closed. In the present application, because the steel pipe can support the pallet body, a strength and a bearing capacity of the pallet body can be effectively improved. Further, a possibility of deformation caused by long term use is reduced, and an exposure of the steel pipe can be effectively avoided, so that a corrosion of the steel pipe is effectively reduced.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: SUZHOU HEXIN NEW MATERIAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Xiaoren Qian
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Patent number: 12006093Abstract: A pallet having: a pallet body having a first side and an opposing second side; at least one formed portion located on the first side of the pallet body and shaped to receive a rigid elongate first item thereon, the formed portion oriented substantially along a lengthwise axis of the pallet body. When the elongate first item is substantially retained on the formed portion of the pallet body such that when the elongate first item is secured thereon, a lengthwise rigidity of the pallet body is enhanced by the rigid elongate first item.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Formall, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Major, Gerd Krohn