Patents Examined by Justin M Larson
  • Patent number: 11608005
    Abstract: An apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a vehicle door panel, a removeable structure having a retention member fixed on the vehicle door panel, and a holding element associated with the retention member to provide a pocket that can be configured in different ways to accommodate a plurality of powered devices. A power interface in the vehicle door panel powers at least one of the plurality of powered devices. A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, providing the power interface in the vehicle door panel to power at least one of the plurality of powered devices, and providing a communications link between at least one of the plurality of powered devices and a vehicle touchscreen or control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Amy Lynn Marentic, David Brian Glickman, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Annette Lynn Huebner, Robert J. Gelardi
  • Patent number: 11607028
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are related to a baby accessory utility bag including a front incorporating a plurality of pockets with a plurality of upper pockets, a plurality of medial pockets, and a plurality of lower pockets. The bag has a bag body and a back including a back pocket spanning the length of the bag body. The back includes a removably attached changing pad. The bag also includes a carrying strap structured to fit separately overtop a user's shoulder and a baby stroller handlebar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventor: Tania Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 11602206
    Abstract: Systems and methods involve a portable electronic computing device, the system includes a case section including two apertures with a channel extending therebetween, and cover assembly including two plug portions with a mid portion extending therebetween, the two apertures, channel, two plug portions and mid portion sized and oriented, respectively, for coupling of the cover assembly with case section. In addition, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Pioneer Square Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Emelie Elna Victoria Troedson, Brian Lewis Piper
  • Patent number: 11603230
    Abstract: A self-contained continuous PDQ package system is provided for shipment and display of products. The PDQ package includes four adjacent sections of preferably corrugated material each with an inner facing and an outer facing surface, with a cut out within the bottom flap panel. Within the cut out, there is a section where an adhesive is placed adhering the inner facing portion of body panel and the inner facing of a section of bottom of the outer panel flap and adjacent mid-section panel. The self-contained continuous PDQ package system also provides an erectable reinforced shoulder to facilitate display of products in a stack of cartons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: E-Z Set LLC
    Inventor: James Kenneth Holdsworth
  • Patent number: 11596218
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a wearable drinking device and a method of using the same. In embodiments, the wearable drinking device comprises at least one retaining member; a frame member; and two arms. The at least one retaining member is configured for being secured to the at least one retaining member. In embodiments, the wearable drinking device comprise at least one cap detachably secured to the at least one retaining member. In embodiments, a method of using the wearable drinking device comprise providing a wearable drinking device comprising at least one retaining member, at least one cap and a frame member; filling the at least one retaining member with a liquid; securing the at least one cap to the at least one retaining member; securing the at least one retaining member to the frame member; and positioning the frame member on a user's face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: Bryce Evans
  • Patent number: 11589684
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a baby carrier consisting of shoulder straps, a main panel, and side panels with adjustable height. The lower aspect of the main panel consists of a seat component with a belt around the waist to secure the baby in place. The purpose of the adjustable positioning system is to change the angle of the seat component in order to accommodate for the increase downward movement of the solid seat component caused by heavy weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: Khai Gan Chuah
  • Patent number: 11577661
    Abstract: A storage organizing article, comprising a foundation comprising a horizontal floor; a vertical wall comprising a plurality of vertical wall segments; wherein the plurality of vertical wall segments are releasably connectable to each other; wherein the plurality of vertical wall segments are releasably connectable to the foundation via a plurality of engagement footings of the plurality of vertical wall segments; wherein the horizontal floor has a base wall, a plurality of retention members and a plurality of engagement receptacles; wherein each engagement receptacle is formed by a sub-grouping of the plurality of retention members, respectively; and wherein, when the foundation and vertical wall are connected, each of the engagement footings is disposed one of the engagement receptacles, respectively, and forms a releasable interference fit with the sub-grouping of the plurality of retention members which form the engagement receptacle, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: THERMOFLEX CORP.
    Inventors: David Reband, Robert Price
  • Patent number: 11577659
    Abstract: An accessory mount device is provided for quickly securing an accessory, such as a vehicle recovery tool configured as a recovery board, to a vehicle and for quick subsequent release and removal of the tool from the mounting device. The device includes a support frame for mounting the device on a vehicle. The device includes a clamp for selectively engaging the recovery tool to secure the tool to the device. The mount device includes an actuator operably coupled to the clamp to actuate the clamp between an open position and a closed position. A tool support stanchion, as a portion of the support frame, is provided to support a portion of the vehicle recovery tool at a location apart from the clamp. The tool mount device may include a locking mechanism to retain the actuator in the closed position, particularly while driving the vehicle in rough conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy B. Duffin, April J. Leone
  • Patent number: 11572121
    Abstract: An accessory mounting fixture for a vehicle is provided. The accessory mounting fixture includes a fixture body connectable to a vehicle surface and having a substantially U-shape defining a frontal opening and adapted to receive an accessory portion. The accessory mounting fixture also includes a locking assembly adapted to selectively secure the accessory portion within the frontal opening. The locking assembly has a first lock member pivotally connected to the fixture body on a first side of the frontal opening and a second lock member pivotally connected to the fixture body on the second side of the frontal opening. The first and second locking members are operable between a closed position for confining the accessory portion within the frontal opening, and an open configuration. Positioning the first and second lock members in the closed position secures the accessory portion within the frontal opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventors: Louis-Frédéric Marchildon, Patrick L'Hérault, Nicolas Bouchard-Fortin
  • Patent number: 11572216
    Abstract: The method includes a blank with a lid and a top wall respectively connected to a first side and a second side of a bottom wall, a first sidewall connected to a first end of the bottom wall, and a ramp panel connected to the first sidewall along a first edge of the first sidewall, the method including first folding the ramp panel so that a second end of the ramp panel contacts the bottom wall, second folding the top wall into a first closed position over the bottom wall to at least partially form a package, the top wall defining an opening, at least part of the ramp panel and the first edge being viewable through the opening when the top wall is in the closed position, the lid in a second closed position at least partially covering the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Luiz Andre Rodrigues, Onesio Luis Thesing
  • Patent number: 11559129
    Abstract: An oral device container and bottle assembly may include a bottle having a bottle connector; and an oral device container. The oral device container may include a base portion having: a base outer wall having an opening; a base inner wall; and an oral device container connector configured to removably connect to the bottle connector. The oral device container may further include a cap portion configured to be mounted to the base portion and to rotate relative to the base portion. The cap portion may have a cap outer wall having an opening; and a cap inner wall that is received within the base inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: CUSTOM CLUB, INC.
    Inventors: Craig Weiss, Blair Feldman, Quinn Fitzgerald, Chloe Georgiades, Elliot Raderman
  • Patent number: 11554722
    Abstract: A rapid access vehicular gun case assembly capable of mounting and operating in any orientation is disclosed. An exemplary assembly can comprise a base plate mounted to the trunk lid of a vehicle, an outer shell, a door assembly, a locking mechanism, and a removable transportation bag. The assembly is configured to mount in unused spaces within vehicles and securely store a variety of weapons while also facilitating rapid access to authorized persons. The gun case can comprise a removable transportation bag allowing for the transfer of weapons between the assembly and other locations in a covert manner that does not require directly handling or exposing the weapon to public view. Upon activation of manual lock, momentary switch, or RFID module the gun case assembly will unlatch and the door will automatically deploy to expose the contents for rapid access. In other embodiments, the assembly may hold various other articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventor: Charles L. Mothersele
  • Patent number: 11553771
    Abstract: Provided is a grip apparatus for a portable device. The grip apparatus includes a base unit mounted on the portable device, a sliding hole formed in the base unit in a longitudinal direction of the base unit, a pair of sliders inserted into the sliding hole and independently movable along the sliding hole, and a band unit coupled to the pair of sliders and deformed to form a space, into which a finger is insertable, as at least one of the pair of sliders is moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventor: Yeo-Sin Yoon
  • Patent number: 11555667
    Abstract: A holster system for receiving and releasably retaining a handgun with or without a reflex sight mounted thereon. The holster body comprises a pair of opposing side wall portions and an upper wall portion. The holster body may define a rear accessory sight opening for receiving the handgun with the reflex sight attached thereto. The holster system may include a first rear sight cover selectively and robustly coupleable to the holster body so as to cover the rear accessory sight opening when a handgun with conventional sights extending upwardly about ? of an inch or less mounted thereto is used in conjunction with the holster system. The holster system may also include a second rear sight cover selectively coupleable to the holster body so as to cover the sight opening when a handgun with a reflex sight mounted thereto is used in conjunction with the holster system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC
    Inventors: Daniel D. Sereday, Larry A. Houck
  • Patent number: 11548581
    Abstract: A bicycle drinking assembly includes a non-cylindrical type large volume drinking bottle and a bottle cage with a holding compartment that is configured to be mounted by mounting elements on a mounting face of a tube of a bicycle frame. The compartment is configured for holding the large volume drinking bottle or to hold a cylindrical type drinking bottle of a diameter that fits within cross-sectional dimensions of a base body of the large volume drinking bottle. The mounting elements and/or first holding compartment form at least three points of contact that lie at a radius that is equal to half the diameter of the cylindrical type drinking bottle and that are divided over more than 180 degrees of the circumference of the cylindrical type drinking bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Just Ride B.V.
    Inventor: Gerard Louis Jean Paul Amaury Vroomen
  • Patent number: 11541824
    Abstract: A vacuum-based hitch rack carrier system for a vehicle having a rear hitch and rear hitch receiver. The system includes a plurality of vacuum devices having a pad shaped and sized to removably seat with a vehicle to form a vacuum cavity, a plunger attached to the pad and in fluid communication with the vacuum cavity, and an indicator associated with the vacuum device to indicate the level of vacuum pressure within the vacuum. The system has a receiver hitch adapter for joining a rack configured to secure an article to the vehicle via attachment to the rear hitch receiver, a mount shaped and sized to mate and secure the article to the rack, and one or more support bars attached to said mount. At least one of the support bars contains a break and fold assembly configured to allow the carrier system to be folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SEASUCKER, LLC
    Inventors: Charles L. Casagrande, Bradley Kapper, Sandor Kormos
  • Patent number: 11535168
    Abstract: A ladder-mounted storage system, including a ladder-mounted storage container to store at least one item therein; and a plurality of ladder-mount assemblies to removably connect to a ladder of a vehicle and receive the ladder-mount storage container thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventor: Donald Dunn
  • Patent number: 11535169
    Abstract: A receiving system for receiving at least one guided device, in particular an electric unit, in an instrument mount of a motor vehicle. The invention also relates to an electric module, which comprises a receiving system and a guided device, as well as a motor vehicle, which includes a receiving system or an electric module. The receiving system includes a receiving unit for spatially receiving the guided device in the receiving system, as well as a guide for implementing a guided slide-in movement of the guided device, in particular the electric unit, into the receiving unit. The guide is fixed in relation to the receiving unit and defines a nonlinear movement path, so that the guided device may be oriented in a first spatial orientation on an outside of the receiving system facing a driver of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Zafer Yilmaz
  • Patent number: 11528983
    Abstract: A multifunctional pill box carrying pouch is revealed. The pill box carrying pouch includes at least one pill box, at least one pouch, and at least two long ties. The pill box is a rigid rectangular box while the two long ties form a single longer tie. The respective long ties are detachably connected to the pouch by the two second connecting members. The pill box carrying pouch has a limb-carrying mode and a waist-carrying mode. Users can select the limb-carrying mode of the pill box carrying pouch when user's limb is injured and a support for the limb is required. By the two long ties arranged adjacent to each other and tightened around an arm or a leg of the human body, the pill box carrying pouch is closely attached to the wound on the limb for supporting wounded area or for hemostasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventor: Ming-Jen Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11517101
    Abstract: Implementations of an adaptive assisted grip apparatus are provided. In some implementations, the adaptive assisted grip apparatus comprises a holder and a wrist strap. In some implementations, a method of using the adaptive assisted grip apparatus comprises inserting a makeup applicator or other suitable item into the holder, placing the wrist strap around a user's wrist, grasping and holding the makeup applicator or other suitable item using the holder, and using the wrist strap to prevent the makeup applicator or other suitable item inserted in the holder from falling to the floor/ground or otherwise being dropped if/when the user loses grip of the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Dropsy Redhead Designs, LLC
    Inventor: Jenna Key