Patents Examined by Justin M Larson
  • Patent number: 11353295
    Abstract: Load carriage systems are described including one or more of a first chest panel, a first back panel, and a self-adjusting cummerbund connecting the first chest panel and the first back panel. The self-adjusting cummerbund may include a tensioning mechanism configured to allow the cummerbund to extend and retract, and may be configured to provide varying resistive force. The tensioning mechanism may include one or more of a sliding portion, a continuous patterned length of material that is folded over itself, and an elastic member that is attached to the sliding member and the length of material. Body armor plates may be held between outer and inner chest panels and/or between outer and inner back panels. A strip of webbing may be used to secure the body armor plate between the outer and inner panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: S&S Precision, LLC
    Inventors: Johnny E. Swan, Andrew C. Borland, William-Joseph Basan Elizalde, Willem J. Van Reesema
  • Patent number: 11353285
    Abstract: A ballistic deflection device including a backing plate configured to be attached to a holster, a ballistic deflection section coupled to a bottom portion of the backing plate, wherein the ballistic deflection section includes a first side wall, a second side wall projecting, and rear wall, wherein the rear wall is defines a non-zero angle with respect to the backing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventors: Igor Iskhakov, Yuriy Yuabov
  • Patent number: 11352089
    Abstract: A water bottle holder assembly includes a board and a link extending from the board. The board includes two slots defined axially therethrough. The link includes a connection end which has a first toothed face. Two clamp units are connected to the board, and each clamp unit includes two blocks. Each of the blocks includes a passage through which a first bolt extends, and the first bolt extends through the slot and is connected with a nut. The two blocks are pivotably connected to each other at one end so as to clamp the seat rail between the two blocks. A support unit includes a plate with an extension extending laterally from the plate. A water bottle holder is connected to the plate. The extension includes an engaging part which has a second toothed face adjustably engaged with the first toothed face so that the holder is angularly adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: CYCLINGDEAL USA, INC.
    Inventor: Haidong Gu
  • Patent number: 11351925
    Abstract: A multipurpose rail system is described. Embodiments of the multipurpose rail system can include, but is not limited to, one or more rails and one or more accessories configured to removably couple to the one or more rails. The one or more rails are configured to be secured to a variety of different objects and provide a means for attaching an accessory proximate the object. For instance, a rail may be coupled to a side of a recreational vehicle so that kitchen accessories may be removably secured to the side of the recreational vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventor: Ron Johnson
  • Patent number: 11350716
    Abstract: An electronic device case with internal hooks that allow an electronic device to hang from the hooks without increasing the thickness of the case. Multiple hooks or attachment members can be used in one case or one attachment member can be utilized. The hooks can be extended and twisted to be locked into a position that is perpendicular to the case, which allows the case to either hang from the hooks or stand upright with the hooks acting as a base. The hooks can also be rotated to be in line with the edge of the case and stored within the case when not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventor: Stephen M. Beeler
  • Patent number: 11345424
    Abstract: A device for attaching a bottle to prevent accidental release during use. A base of the device includes a spine support connecting a lower collar and an upper collar. A plurality of pins protrude from an inner surface of the lower collar. The pins can be positioned equidistant from one another. A bottle includes a plurality of channels extending from a bottom portion of the bottle. The channels can have a greater angled lower portion extending into a lesser angled end portion. During use, the bottle is rotated, if needed, up to a quarter of a turn to receive the pins extending from the lower collar into the lower portion of respective channels of the bottle. Once pins meet channels, a slight clockwise turn pulls the bottle to a bottom of the base and secures the bottle to the base as the pins meet the ends of the respective channels. The bottle can be released from the pins with a slight counter-clockwise turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: Steven G. Weiss, Janine Weiss
  • Patent number: 11332933
    Abstract: The present technology relates to beams having a cross section defining a plurality of channels and assemblies comprising the beams. The beams can be used to form a beam assembly that is installed inside the truck bed of a pick-up truck. A ladder loader and a solar panel assembly can be pivotably secured to the beam assembly along either the driver side wall or the passenger side wall of the truck bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventor: Harsoyo Lukito
  • Patent number: 11325659
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a cargo moving system for moving storage units from the front of a truck bed to the rear and back again. The disclosed product is made of two components, a rail system, and a customizable storage unit. In a pickup truck embodiment, the rail system sits on top of vertical rails disposed on or in a pickup truck bed that can run from the cab to the tailgate. A storage unit sits on the rails or tracks and is moved by a motorized or manual transport system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventor: Richard K Mannone
  • Patent number: 11319132
    Abstract: A box formed from a plastic corrugated material with soft score lines is provided. The soft score lines are formed to enable the top flaps of the box to lay substantially flat against the outer surface of the box when folded to an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: ORBIS Corporation
    Inventor: Donald J. Balazs
  • Patent number: 11317700
    Abstract: A carrying device for retaining an oxy-acetylene soldering kit. The carrying device comprises a frame and a harness attached to the frame configured to allow a user to transport the oxy-acetylene soldering kit. The carrying device further comprises a compartment attached to a front side of the frame for retaining tools and equipment. The carrying device further comprises a cylinder retaining component positioned within the compartment configured to retain and secure an oxygen tank and an acetylene tank. The carrying device further comprises a supply retaining component and a torch retaining component attached to the frame for holding soldering supplies and a soldering torch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventor: Christopher Lee Boyd
  • Patent number: 11297907
    Abstract: Disclosed is a quick release tool belt for the waist of a user, which includes a support strap, a release band with belt teeth on a first end and a binding with a release mechanism on the second end and slidably coupled to the release band. The binding has a base, a release rotationally attached to the base with a tooth lock, a tooth coupling rotationally attached to the base and engaged with the release and the release band, and a lever rotationally attached to the release and engaged with the release band with a tightening tooth. When the release is in the engaged position the tooth coupling and the lever are engaged with the release band and when the release is in the release position, the tooth coupling is operably engaged with the release and the tooth coupling and the lever are disengaged with the release band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TRU-FIT BELTS, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Ray Simpson, James Nelson
  • Patent number: 11292396
    Abstract: A bracket for a vehicle mount device includes an attachment member for a vehicle side, and a holding portion for the vehicle mount device. The holding portion includes a receiving portion for receiving at least a part of the vehicle mount device by a sliding operation of the vehicle mount device, and a guide portion for a projecting portion of the vehicle mount device along a sliding direction of the sliding operation. The receiving portion includes a position setting wall for the side of the vehicle mount device, and a holding piece for one side of the vehicle mount device. The guide portion includes an elastic piece, which is elastically deformed by contacting the projecting portion during a sliding movement and returns to an original posture at an end of the sliding movement to engage the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Jemin Hwang
  • Patent number: 11286015
    Abstract: An accessory mounting system for mounting an accessory on a vehicle is provided. The mounting system includes a stacking assembly having a support structure adapted to be coupled to the vehicle and which includes a first support segment and a second support segment respectively provided with interlocking sections adapted to slidably engage one another to selectively define a length of the support structure. The stacking assembly also includes a support segment latch adapted to selectively secure the first support segment and the second support segment together and block movement of the first support segment and of the second support segment along the longitudinal axis. The stacking assembly further includes a pair of mounting fixtures connected at opposite ends of the support structure, and to which the accessory is adapted to be coupled to in order to mount the accessory to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Kimpex Inc.
    Inventors: Louis-Frédéric Marchildon, Patrick L'Hérault, Nicolas Bouchard-Fortin
  • Patent number: 11278097
    Abstract: Carrying devices, such as shoulder bags, have a carrying body defining an interior storage compartment having an access opening thereto and a pair of shoulder straps. Each individual strap of the pair of shoulder straps has a first textile layer fixedly attached to a second textile layer with a magnet enclosed therebetween at a position proximate or at a central transverse plane. The polarity of the magnet in a first individual strap and the polarity of the magnet in a second individual strap are oriented with the same polarity facing a top surface thereof, thereby the first strap is magnetically attractable to the second strap with a bottom surface of the first strap in direct contact with a top surface of the second strap or with a bottom surface of the second strap in direct contact with a top surface of the first strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventor: Melissa S. DeGroot
  • Patent number: 11278105
    Abstract: Disclosed is a combination bag and baby carrier that couple together via a harness. The bag and carrier removably couple to the harness with clips and snaps, for example, to allow the use of the bag and carrier at the same time but also to allow the bag to be removed and the user to rest while holding their baby in the carrier. In an embodiment, a sling carrier can be used and is coupled to the harness to hold the baby in a sling-type arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: InnovKids Products, LLC
    Inventor: Una Lutin
  • Patent number: 11273948
    Abstract: The package includes a box configured to hold and display a consumer good, the box including a top wall, bottom wall, front wall, back wall, first side wall, second side wall and ramp element, the ramp element being connected to an edge of the first side wall, the ramp element extending into the box and towards the bottom wall, the ramp element being configured to support the consumer good between the ramp element and the top wall, the top wall defining an access opening extending over at least part of the ramp element, and a lid flap connected to the box along a hinge line, the lid flap including a closed and opened position, the lid flap at least partially covering the access opening in the closed position, and the lid flap exposing the access opening and allowing the consumer good to be removed from the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Luiz Andre Rodrigues, Onesio Luis Thesing
  • Patent number: 11273769
    Abstract: A lid for a cargo carrier having a reinforced front portion for reducing a flexibility of the lid at least in the reinforced front portion. The reinforced front portion includes a reinforcing structure. The reinforcing structure includes at least two continuous elongate reinforcing sections. Each of the at least two continuous elongate reinforcing sections extends along or is defined in an inner surface of the lid and has a different main extension direction. At least two of the at least two continuous elongate reinforcing sections cross each other and each of the at least two continuous elongate reinforcing sections extends along a path defined by a differentiable function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Thule Sweden AB
    Inventors: Søren Buchholtz Storm, Günther Fritsche, Henrik Eriksson, Markus Nordangård, Joakim Andersson, John-Patrik Treptow
  • Patent number: 11273770
    Abstract: A tool storage enclosure for rollback vehicles has a front wall frame member which extends the length of the storage enclosure. This frame member has a cut out, center opening. The framework also comprises first and second lateral frame numbers which extend from opposite sides of the front wall member and the length the width of the enclosure. A plurality of partition frame members extend perpendicularly to the front wall member and parallel to the lateral frame members, the partition frame members establishing a central compartment and lateral compartment. The central compartment is configured to enclose the spooled cable winch of the rollback vehicle and the center opening is configured to allow cable from the winch to extend out a center opening. A hinged protective cover plate overlays the enclosure framework. Connector tabs are provided to attach the enclosure to the bed of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventor: Louis W. Cappuccio
  • Patent number: 11266192
    Abstract: An ambidextrous, adjustable cross-body strap comprising a plurality of variably sized pockets, a buckle and universal interlocking keyring system for added user security. The cross-body strap can be worn under or over a shirt or jacket. In one embodiment, it is water resistant or waterproof. In one embodiment, the cross-body strap has interchangeable clasps and hooks that are stored in one of the plurality of pockets built into the strap. The interchangeable clasps hook and carabiners can be used separately or in combination with the universal interlocking rings to self-attach or alternatively attach to any messenger bag, gym bag tactical clips, such as a keyring holder, straps with snaps or briefcase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventors: Scott Pagano, Kelly J. Hollowell
  • Patent number: 11266224
    Abstract: An apparatus for use about a selected portion of a user's torso comprising at least one accessory mountable traveler member and at least one traveler band. The accessory mountable traveler member is slidably saddled upon the least one traveler band, which encircles and encloses the selected portion of a user's torso to allow the circumvolution of the accessory mountable traveler member about the entire outer perimeter of the apparatus and around the user's torso.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Landano, James J Bordonaro, James E Richardson