Patents Examined by Katherine Mitchell
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Patent number: 9520010Abstract: The decorative glass panel for garage door is a sectional garage door with a fingerprint scanner. The sectional garage door is formed from a plurality of door panels. Each of the plurality of door panels have been formed with decorative designs intended to make each panel visually appealing. Associated with the decorative glass panel for garage door is an entry scanner that is allows for access into the garage without the use of a remote control. The decorative design of the scanner housing is coordinated with the design of each of the plurality of door panels which enhances the overall decorative appeal of the decorative glass panel for garage door. The decorative glass panel for garage door comprises a plurality of door panels and an entry scanner.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Inventor: Benessa Hubbard
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Patent number: 9514638Abstract: An apparatus in accordance with the invention includes a gearbox assembly configured to electromechanically operate a window covering actuation mechanism. A pull cord is provided to at least one of power the gearbox assembly and charge a battery to power the gearbox assembly. In certain embodiments, manual operation of the pull cord is used to control the gearbox assembly. An electrical conductor and associated electrical connector may be incorporated into the pull cord. A corresponding method is also disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Inventor: David R. Hall
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Patent number: 9512673Abstract: Apparatus 50 for mounting a rail 52 for guiding one lateral side of a zip-like screen, comprises an elongate body 60, comprising a first elongate part 62 and a second elongate part 64, having a channel 66 for receiving the rail 52. The channel 66 has an open top 68 extending in a first direction 70 along the elongate body (i.e. perpendicular to the page as shown in FIG. 2), and a depth extending in a second direction 72 perpendicular to the first direction 70, from the open top 68 towards the opposing base 74 of the channel 66. The rail 52 is supported in the channel 66 by a support mechanism 80 comprising at least one support member 82 having a plurality of profiles 84A, 84B, 84C, 84D spaced in the second direction 72 when positioned in the channel 66. Each profile 84A, 84B, 84C, 84D is configured to support the rail 52 at a different depth in the channel 66.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: IDEAS BY DESIGN LTD.Inventors: Martin Ross Moulson Dibben, John Hammick, Paul Neal, Marc Jeeves
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Patent number: 9512668Abstract: A garage door extension system for allowing airflow and preventing unwanted intrusion into a garage by a human or animal when a garage door is partially open features a garage door. An extension panel mount having a slot located in a horizontal component is mounted next to a garage door bottom. The horizontal component is located at an angle to the garage door. The system features a planar extension panel with an extension panel stop located on en extension panel top. The extension panel slides through the slot of the extension panel mount. The extension panel features a plurality of apertures located therein.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Inventor: Edward Nissan
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Patent number: 9512669Abstract: The present invention relates to a lifting door assembly (1A), in particular a clean room door assembly, comprising a lifting door (2) which has a door leaf (3), an end plate (4), and a door leaf accommodating device (5). The lifting door assembly (1A) also contains a door lintel sealing device (20A) which is provided in the area of a door lintel in such a way that the door lintel sealing device produces a sealing effect between the lifting door (2) and the door lintel. At least one part (10B) of the door lintel sealing device (20A) is pivotably retained by means of a hinge and, when the lifting door (2) is opened, can be pivoted from a door leaf plane by an actuating device in the area of the end plate (4) in such a way that the end plate (4) is arranged substantially completely outside the area of a door opening (O) in the opened state of the lifting door (2).Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: EFAFLEX IN{hacek over (Z)}ENIRING d.o.o. LjubljanaInventor: Matja{hacek over (z)} {hacek over (S)}entjurc
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Patent number: 9512627Abstract: A saw horse may include a center beam, a first leg connected to the center beam, and a second leg connected to the center beam. The first leg may rotate and may traversely extend and retract to move between an open and a stowed position. The second leg may rotate and traversely extend and retract to move between the open and the stowed position. The saw horse may include a flexible axis biasing device to connect to the first leg. The saw horse may include a flexible axis biasing device to connect to the second leg.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2010Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Inventor: L. Michael Taron
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Patent number: 9511863Abstract: A storage compartment for a passenger cabin of an aircraft is provided. The storage compartment comprises a storage compartment body, a mounting, a fixing brace and a pull rod. The fixing brace is connected to a frame of the primary structure of an aircraft and to the mounting and takes up forces transversely to the direction of flight. The pull rod is connected to a stringer of the aircraft primary structure and also to the mounting and takes up forces in the direction of flight in such a way that even in the event of an impact event, only low torques are to be taken up by the supporting primary structure of the aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBHInventors: Uwe Schneider, Andreas Jespersen
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Patent number: 9512672Abstract: A covering for an architectural opening including a roller, an end rail, and a panel rotatable onto the roller and spanning between the roller and the end rail. The panel includes a front sheet, a rear sheet, and a cell spanning between the front and rear sheet. When the front sheet is at a first position relative to the rear sheet, the cell is open. When the front sheet is at a second position relative to the rear sheet, the cell is closed.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.Inventors: Wendell B. Colson, Paul G. Swiszcz, James M. Anthony
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Patent number: 9512671Abstract: Provided is a cord embedded roman shape, including: a first curtain 10; a second curtain 20; a connection belt 30 connecting the first curtain 10 to the second curtain 20; a cord 40 fixed to lower ends of the first curtain 10 and the second curtain 20 by passing through the connection belt 30; and a curtain adjusting member 50 adjusting the cord 40. Therefore, the cord embedded roman shade is integrally woven without separately forming the ring, thereby preventing the accidents that the cord is wound around the child's body.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: DAEKYEONG TRIPLE CO., LTD.Inventor: Sang-Gun Cha
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Patent number: 9506290Abstract: A tension device for a corded-loop drive system has a base with a sprocket on the base such that the cord loop travels over the sprocket. At least one resilient finger has a first end attached to the base and a free end. Each finger is sized and positioned to engage the cord loop when the tension device is not properly mounted to a wall or window frame and prevent movement of the cord loop around the sprocket. There is a hole in the finger through which a screw passes. When the base is placed on a mounting surface and the screw is driven into the mounting surface, the free end of the finger will have moved from the first position to a second position away from the cord so that the cord loop may move around the sprocket and the window covering can be fully raised and fully lowered.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Whole Space Industries LTDInventor: Tzong-Fu Lin
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Patent number: 9506289Abstract: A shade covering for a blind having a plurality of horizontal slats and at least one cord ladder configured to support the slats may generally include a plurality of attachment portions configured to be spaced apart from one another along a first direction of the shade covering. Each attachment portion may define an insertion slit. The shade covering may also include a plurality of shade portions extending between each adjacent pair of attachment portions. Moreover, the insertion slit may be defined through a rear end of each attachment portion such that an insertion end of the insertion slit is open at the rear end.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Hunter Douglas, Inc.Inventor: John D. Rupel
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Patent number: 9505121Abstract: A sawhorse trestle has a discontinuous work-surface which is adjustable so as to provide a variable aperture between respective parts (2, 12) of the work-surface. Thus, the trestle may include two half-trestles (10, 20), each including two hinged frames (1, 11) topped by a horizontal support member (2, 12) providing part of the work-surface, those half trestles (10, 20) being connected by an adjustable, such as slideable, connector (3).Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Inventor: Darren Jon Pearson
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Patent number: 9506291Abstract: An automatic reset device for curtain pull bar is fixed on a rod of a curtain fabric and comprises a fixed base, a pull bar having a handle, and a torsion-supplying element. One end of a rotation axis of the pull bar is located at the fixed base, and the pull bar can be rotated relative to the fixed base. The torsion-supplying element that preserves torsion is connected between the pull bar and the fixed base. When the curtain fabric is furled and the pull bar is released, the pull bar is automatically rotated and reset by the preserved torsion force of the torsion-supplying element. The handle of the pull bar will not collide with the door trim of a vehicle, and the abutting pressure forced against the door trim by the handle of the pull bar can be efficiently controlled.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: MACAUTO INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Paul Lin, Hung-Ming Yen
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Patent number: 9500024Abstract: An impact resistant sectional door includes a plurality of interlockingly coupled extruded thermoplastic polymer elongated panels. An elongated panel edge includes a channel and an adjacent edge of an adjacent panel includes a protrusion. The protrusion nests in the channel. Each end cap is rotatingly coupled to an adjacent end cap by a door hinge. The roller is adapted to ride in a door track and to pivot about a rolling plane of the roller. An impact load applied to one or more elongated panels causes one or more of the elongated panels to elastically deform at a spring rate in response to the impact and one or more of the protrusions to slide away from one or more of the channels. The impact resistant sectional door remains substantially undamaged. A method for protecting a sectional door from an impacting force is also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: DL ManufacturingInventors: Donald L. Metz, David M. Martini, Kristian P. Garrow, Kyle J. Berean
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Patent number: 9493982Abstract: The present invention provides a mechanism for controlling the spacing between louvers, e.g. in a blind. The louvers are secured to a top rail and a bottom rail. The connections are at an angle to each other so that the louvers are naturally twisted. The louvers extend through slots in a comb 16 that can be moved up and down the louvers. The function of the comb is to alter the position of the twist as it is moved up and down the louvers, thereby opening and closing the blind.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2014Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Inventor: Kia Utzon-Frank
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Patent number: 9493981Abstract: A safety device for a window covering comprises a head rail and a shade panel extending from the head rail. A lift cord extends along one side of the shade panel between the head rail and the bottom of the shade panel. A safety device engages the lift cord to control the movement of the lift cord away from the shade panel. The safety device may also shroud the lift cord to limit access to the lift cord portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2012Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Levolor, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Barclay Bishop, Juan Carlos Nava Campillo, Patrick Foley, Brian Douglas Furlong, JoAnn Whitney Hebner, Russell Matoy, Alejandro Rossato, Martin Richard Van Buren
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Patent number: 9493984Abstract: An example door includes a track and a curtain that includes a leading section. The curtain is to be in a breakaway state associated with a folded condition when the lateral section in an area proximate the leading section is dislodged from the track and folded over onto a main section to define an enfolded space. The curtain is to be in the breakaway state associated with an unfolded condition when the lateral section in the area proximate the leading section is dislodged from the track but not folded over onto the main section. The example door also includes an unfolder to extend into the enfolded space as the leading section moves toward an open position while the curtain is in the folded condition.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATIONInventors: Nicholas J. Casey, Perry W. Knutson, Ryan P. Beggs, Timothy A. Haessler, William W. Hoerner
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Patent number: 9487985Abstract: Improvements to movable closure systems which aid installability and reliability of said systems can include wheels running along the top and bottom of individual slidable elements, the wheels oriented horizontally and disposed within a track configured for receiving the horizontal wheels. The horizontal wheels reduce the vertical profile of the track-engaging portions of the slidable elements, enabling more of the slidable element to be used for glass or other aesthetically-preferable transparent materials. A track leveling system enables installers to more easily deploy and properly tune the system between floors and casings which are not perfectly flush. A compression jamb permits closure of the system via slidable elements pressing into the jamb to deflect it in order to better seal the closure comprised of the individual slidable elements. A durable hinge mechanism permits the sliding elements to rotate in order to stack the sliding elements at one end of the system.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Inventor: Adam Conley
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Patent number: 9487986Abstract: In a side wall portion of a rigid unit which forms a slide guide frame portion, a depressed portion is formed in one approximately half portion, a through hole is formed in the other approximately half portion, and a protrusion is provided adjacent to the through hole inside the substantially center portion. In the depressed portion, a shaft protruding toward the outside is provided in the substantially center portion, and a notch portion cut in a height direction of the rigid unit is formed from the substantially center portion of the depressed portion to one end portion of the side wall portion. Adjacent two rigid units are connected by a shaft which is inserted into the through hole from the inside, and one unit is freely rotated with respect to the other unit within a range in which the protrusion abuts on one end and the other end of the notch portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: METACO INC.Inventors: Yasubumi Okachi, Mitsuharu Watanabe
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Patent number: 9487984Abstract: A trailer overhead door system for a truck or trailer having a door opening. The trailer overhead door system having a trailer door for enclosing the door opening and a counterbalance system for counterbalancing the trailer door. The counterbalance system including a lifting cable and a return pulley for guiding the lifting cable. The lifting cable attaching between a door top rail, around the return pulley, and back to the counterbalance system.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: COLD CHAIN, LLCInventors: Peter James Wachtell, Daniel Aragon