Patents Examined by Justin Larson
  • Patent number: 9468268
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device including a base, a body, two linking assemblies, and a wearable element is provided. The base has a carrier and two pivoting portions located at two opposite sides of the carrier, wherein each of the pivoting portions has two first contact points disposed opposite to each other and two second contact points disposed opposite to each other. The body is disposed on the carrier. The wearable element has two opposite end portions, wherein each of the linking assemblies passes through the corresponding end portion and each of the end portions of the wearable element is coupled to the two first contact points of the corresponding pivoting portion through the corresponding linking assembly. When the base is subjected to an external force, at least one of the linking assemblies moves from the two first contact points to the two second contact points of the corresponding pivoting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Yu-Hsiu Chien
  • Patent number: 9463749
    Abstract: There is disclosed a door-frame hook, for enabling a load strap, attached to a vehicle rooftop load carrier, to engage a door frame of the vehicle to secure the load carrier when the load strap is tightened. The hook may be anchored onto a frame ridge of the door frame and in part, covered by a sealer attached to the door frame. The door-frame hook of the invention may, advantageously, remain in position, between the frame-ridge of the door frame and the sealer potter, regardless of the degree of tightness of the load strap or the degree of its pull on the hook, as well as when the load strap is unattached. Moreover, it does not harm the door sealer nor does it interfere in any way with its sealing function or with the shutting action of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Inventors: Yosef Buchman, Hagai Adiv
  • Patent number: 9463752
    Abstract: A purse securing device (1) having straps (4,5,6) with mechanical fasteners (13) that attach to head rest posts (10) or a rear portion of a seat in a vehicle and then wraps around handles (17) of a purse (3) or hand bag to prevent theft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Inventor: Donna L. E. Lehtonen
  • Patent number: 9462876
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a shopping bags carrier (10), comprising: at least one board (12), for being rested on a back of a user; at least one strap (22) attached to the at least one board (12), for hanging the at least one board (12) on a shoulder(s) of the user; and at least one hook (26) attached to the at least one board (12), for hanging shopping bags (34) thereon, thereby facilitating carrying goods within the hanged shopping bags (34), by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Inventor: Noam Drori
  • Patent number: 9457731
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a holder assembly that includes a lower covering portion that covers and thereby retains a lowermost portion of a mobile electronic device, the lower covering portion being integrated with a rear of a vehicle seat. The holder assembly also includes an upper support portion that supports a top portion of the mobile electronic device, the upper support portion being integrated with the rear of the vehicle seat. The upper support portion and lower covering portion are configured to cooperatively: 1) hold the mobile electronic device in the orientation to enable a passenger in a rear compartment of the vehicle to view the screen of the mobile electronic device upon the mobile electronic device being manually engaged with the holder assembly, and 2) enable the manual disengagement of the mobile electronic device from the holder assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ganesh Narayanan, Spyridon G. Blatseas, Derek Shane Lindsay, Ross L. Burghardt, Fernando Montijo, Brian T. Pagano
  • Patent number: 9451821
    Abstract: A resilient clip mountable to a Load Bearing Equipment (LBE) waist belt for suspending pouches or other articles therefrom, including MOLLE-compatible pouches and accessories. A first embodiment of the clip has a single, first lock to secure an article to the clip and the clip to a belt, and includes a front panel and a rear panel joined by a first bight. When closed, a second bight at a lower end of the rear panel surrounds and captures a third bight at a lower end of the front panel. A second embodiment of the clip adds to the first embodiment a second lock that, when in locked condition, prevents unlocking the first lock. Accessories for attaching to the clip a six-inch mini flashlight, a 3½? mini flashlight, a leather pouch, and a nylon pouch are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Inventor: Rommel R. Estigoy
  • Patent number: 9451949
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods to improve safety and efficiency in an operating room comprise providing a suture package that holds new suture needles and needle receptacles for storing used needles. The devices can be safely worn for the surgeon to self-dispense new suture needles in the near surgical field and to secure the used needles into a needle trap or a needle retainer located on his extremity, on his operative instruments or on the surgical drapes. The device may provide automated and/or simplified needle counting both during use and after removal from the surgical field. The device may be configured for ergonomic and efficient use so as to minimize the actions and motions of the surgeon to dispense and secure the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP FLUIDICS LLC
    Inventors: Josef E. Gorek, Kenneth B. Trauner, Douglas G. Rimer
  • Patent number: 9451815
    Abstract: An applicator mounting apparatus for supporting an applicator from a mounting surface is disclosed herein. The applicator mounting apparatus includes a housing defining an applicator cavity for receiving at least a portion of an applicator therein; a mount engaging with the housing to contain the applicator, the mount configured to be coupled to a mounting surface, a portion of the mount configured to serve as a cap for the applicator; and at least one coupling device releasably coupling the housing to the mount. An applicator system and a method of using an applicator mounting apparatus are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Inventor: William C. Murray
  • Patent number: 9453704
    Abstract: An apparatus for selectively securing a weapon about the torso of a human comprises a base layer comprising a band of elastic configured to be disposed about the torso, a closure mechanism configured to retain the base layer about the torso and couple the first end to the second end, and a pocket comprising a padding layer coupled to the base layer on three sides. The base layer comprises a first end and a second end, and the base layer has a substantially uniform width about the torso when the closure mechanism couples the first end to the second end. The pocket has a width that is less than or equal to the width of the base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Femme Fatale Holsters, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Bickert, Donna Bickert
  • Patent number: 9456066
    Abstract: A protective cover for a handheld electronic device such as a smart phone and a tablet computer, with a display screen side, a backside, and surrounding edges has a set of u-shape clips attachable to the surrounding edges and are positioned on at least four corner edges of the device. A plurality of stretch fabric straps anchored to the set of clips and positioned across the backside of the device, wherein the clips and the straps function as a protective cover and handgrip for the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Inventor: Tara Chand Singhal
  • Patent number: 9452098
    Abstract: The wheelchair mountable tank carrier comprises a holder and a support. The holder is a container that is adapted to hold an oxygen tank. The holder is attached to the support, which is a structure that is adapted to attach to a wheel chair. The wheelchair mountable tank carrier is designed to collapse with the wheelchair when the wheelchair is collapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Inventor: Mark Howard
  • Patent number: 9439515
    Abstract: A sliding device, a baby seat using the sliding device, a back pack, a bag, and a belt back pack are provided, in which a carrier main body for accommodating a baby, a back pack main body for receiving goods, a carrier main body, and a carrier main body are provided in a slidably rotatable manner, and the baby can be taken down even without untying a shoulder string and the goods can be easily taken out. The sliding device includes a zipper connection member, a zipper portion in which zippers are successively engaged with each other in a length direction of the zipper connection member, and a slider engaged with the zipper portion to slidably move along the zipper portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Inventor: Joung Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 9440592
    Abstract: A method for mounting a bicycle to a bicycle rack on an exposed roll can include: providing the bicycle rack comprising: a crossbar having an elongate longitudinal length section with laterally curved end sections extending from each side of the longitudinal length, the crossbar having a top side that includes one or more bicycle receivers and having a length sufficient to extend across the roll cage; and a mounting bracket on an end of each laterally curved end section, the mounting brackets each being planar and having an aperture extending through the bracket from a top surface to an opposite bottom surface, the mounting brackets each having bottom surface received on the roll cage with fastener extending through each aperture and a vertical hole in the longitudinal bars such that the crossbar is elevated off the longitudinal bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: GIRAK LLC
    Inventor: Nate Peck
  • Patent number: 9440696
    Abstract: A harness for mounting a non-pannier bag to a pannier mount. The harness has an upper frame member having at least one fastener for releasably attaching the upper frame body member to the mount, a lower frame body member disposed distally from the upper frame body member and configured to releasably engage with a lower frame portion of the mount. A connecting member attached between the upper frame body member and the lower frame body member. Two upper straps, each having a fixed end extending outwardly from one of the upper frame body and the connecting member, at least one of the upper straps being adjustable in length. Each of the two upper straps having a connector at a free end configured to releasably connect with one another to form a first loop. At least one lower strap attached at one end to the lower member, each at least one lower strap being adjustable in length and configured to be connectable to one of the upper frame body member and first loop so as to form a second loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Portage World-Wide, Inc.
    Inventor: Nori Sakai
  • Patent number: 9439501
    Abstract: A backcarrying including a carrying portion having a top, a bottom, a front, a rear and two sides. A strap arrangement can also be included for carrying the carrying portion as a backcarrying. The strap arrangement can have a pair of carrying straps. Each carrying strap can be secured to the carrying portion at about the bottom and extend upwardly along respective sides of the carrying portion, and redirected at about the top of said respective sides to extend around to the rear of the carrying portion, and being redirected at about the top of the rear to extend downwardly for securement at about the bottom of the carrying portion at the rear. The strap arrangement can redirect forces to support a load in the carrying portion from the sides of the carrying portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Inventor: Joan F. Demskey
  • Patent number: 9436163
    Abstract: Disclosed are removable “locking pins” that hold the front and rear housings of a wearable device together. These pins fit into receiving channels in the walls of the housings. Unlike screws or other fasteners, these pins do not take up space needed for internal components of the device. Unlike snaps, the pins are usable with housings that are very rigid (e.g., metal or ceramic). In some embodiments, the pins are entirely hidden from view, and thus they do not detract from the appearance of the device. Also in some embodiments, the pins fit entirely outside of a water seal for the device, thus reducing cost and assembly complexity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Steve C. Emmert, Paul L. Fordham, Nicholas A. Fraser
  • Patent number: 9434320
    Abstract: A safari bicycle rack, method for making the safari bicycle rack, and method for mounting a bicycle to the safari bicycle rack on an exposed roll can include: providing the bicycle rack comprising: a crossbar having an elongate longitudinal length section with laterally curved end sections extending from each side of the longitudinal length, the crossbar having a top side that includes one or more bicycle receivers and having a length sufficient to extend across the roll cage; and a mounting bracket on an end of each laterally curved end section, the mounting brackets each being planar and having an aperture extending through the bracket from a top surface to an opposite bottom surface, the mounting brackets each having bottom surface received on the roll cage with fastener extending through each aperture and a vertical hole in the longitudinal bars such that the crossbar is elevated off the longitudinal bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: GIRAK LLC
    Inventor: Nate Peck
  • Patent number: 9433408
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods to improve safety and efficiency in an operating room comprise providing a suture package that holds new suture needles and needle receptacles for storing used needles. The devices can be safely worn for the surgeon to self-dispense new suture needles in the near surgical field and to secure the used needles into a needle trap or a needle retainer located on his extremity, on his operative instruments or on the surgical drapes. The device may provide automated and/or simplified needle counting both during use and after removal from the surgical field. The device may be configured for ergonomic and efficient use so as to minimize the actions and motions of the surgeon to dispense and secure the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP FLUIDICS LLC
    Inventors: Josef E. Gorek, Kenneth B. Trauner, Douglas G. Rimer
  • Patent number: 9428115
    Abstract: A barrier apparatus (“car cache' for purses” or “handbag hammock”) has a substrate sized to approximately traverse a space between a pair of front seats and slightly behind a front center console of a motor vehicle. Straps attached to corners of the barrier apparatus are attachable respectively to an upper portion of each front seat and to the console, holding the barrier in place to receive a purse/handbag or similar small article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: STERLING CAPITAL SERVICES, INC.
    Inventor: Catherine L. Seifert
  • Patent number: 9427055
    Abstract: A multipurpose carrier is configurable in various modes for performing various functions. The carrier includes a main body having front and rear sides and first and second pouches each provided with a storage compartment for removably storing various articles in the plurality of modes of the multipurpose carrier and provided with an opening accessible from the front side of the main body for permitting the articles to be inserted into and removed from the storage compartment. The main body includes a folding zone that separates the main body into a first section containing the first pouch and a second section containing the second pouch and about which the first and second sections are configured to be folded relative to one another to position the second pouch into substantial overlying relation relative to a surface portion of the rear side of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Inventor: Gary M. Bullock