Patents Examined by Kimberly S Wright
  • Patent number: 11008194
    Abstract: A portable rack for holding windable material, such as cable or wire, includes two elongated leg sections which are joined together at the upper ends thereof for pivotal movement between a folded condition at which the lower ends of the leg sections are disposed adjacent one another and an unfolded condition at which the lower ends of the leg sections are in a spaced-apart relationship. A two-ended rod is attachable to one leg section so that each of the two ends of the rod is capable of supporting a coil of windable material directed thereover. In addition, a plate member is secured to one of the leg sections adjacent the upper end thereof and defines an abutment edge for limiting the movement of the lower ends of the leg sections further apart during an unfolding operation to a distance as measured between the lower ends of the leg sections when in the unfolded condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: iTool Equipment Holding LLC
    Inventors: David S. Jordan, Michael C. Jordan
  • Patent number: 10980346
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail movable relative to the first rail, an elastic member, a locking member configured to temporarily lock the elastic member, and a synchronization device. The synchronization device includes a base connected to the second rail, a driving member movably mounted to a first part of the base, a mounting base arranged on a second part of the base, a sleeve, and a synchronization rod. The mounting base is configured to mount the sleeve connected with the synchronization rod. When the second rail is moved relative to the first rail from a retracted position to an over-pressing position along a first direction, the locking member unlocks the elastic member to release an elastic force for driving the second rail to move along a second direction, such that the driving member further drives the sleeve and the synchronization rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Hsiu-Chiang Liang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10933923
    Abstract: A plurality of different kits is provided for assembling horizontal cabinets in the sleeper cab of the truck. Each of the kits provide a horizontal cabinet which is positioned beneath the bunk of the sleeper cab. In one kit, a drawer assembly and a refrigerator are positioned in the cabinet. In another kit, a pair of drawer assemblies are positioned in the cabinet. In another kit, a pair of refrigerators are positioned in the cabinet. In another kit, a freezer is positioned in the cabinet. In another kit, a pair of freezers are positioned in the cabinet. All of the kits include a mounting plate which is secured to the floor of the sleeper cab beneath the bunk of the sleeper cab. In all of the kits a trim assembly is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventors: Adam J. Wurzer, Terry D. Wurzer, David T. Wurzer
  • Patent number: 10820697
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail and a positioning device. The first rail includes a first structure and a second structure. The second rail is movable relative to the first rail. The positioning device is arranged to the second rail and includes an elastic member and a positioning member. The elastic member provides an elastic force to the positioning member. When the second rail is moved relative to the first rail from a first position to a second position, the positioning member is moved to an engaging position through the elastic force and abuts against the first structure. When the second rail is moved relative to the first rail from the second position to a third position, the positioning member is moved from the engaging position to a disengaging position and no longer abuts against the first structure by guidance of the second structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chun-Yi Ho, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10750856
    Abstract: A corner cabinet fitting (1) for movably mounting of a shelf (34) in a corner cabinet (37) has a bearing pedestal (7), a supporting arm (8) which is mounted on the bearing pedestal (7) so as to be pivotable in a first pivoting movement about a first vertical pivot axis (9), a shelf carrier (10) which is mounted on the supporting arm (8) so as to be pivotable in a second pivoting movement about a second vertical pivot axis (11), and a coupling mechanism which couples the second pivoting movement to the first pivoting movement. The coupling mechanism comprises a first rolling element (24) and a second rolling elements (22), which roll on one another directly or via a belt or a chain, the first rolling element (24) being coupled to the bearing pedestal (7) and the second rolling element (22) being coupled to the shelf carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: VAUTH-SAGEL HOLDING GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Claus Sagel, Thomas Sagel
  • Patent number: 10709237
    Abstract: A cantilever shelving system is disclosed and can include a frame structure, a cantilever shelf support structure, and a plurality of load-bearing shelves that can be supported by the cantilever shelf support structure and the frame structure. The shelves can be positioned laterally adjacent to cantilever support arms of the cantilever shelf support structure, and the shelf support surfaces can be coplanar with upper walls of the cantilever support arms. Ends of laterally adjacent shelves do not overlap with a front side of a vertical support member to which the cantilever support arm is mounted. The cantilever shelving system can accommodate various user requirements and can be operably integrated with standard commercial and/or industrial equipment or machinery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: INTERMETRO INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Todd Robinson, Carey Alan Roberts
  • Patent number: 10684063
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator body having an interior storage space. A door is coupled to the refrigerator body to open and close the interior storage space. A door handle is coupled to the door in a pivotally rotatable manner and an opening actuator is coupled to the door handle where the opening actuator applies a force to the refrigerator body to open the interior storage space. The opening actuator includes a front bezel, a handle pivot plate coupled to the door handle, a casing enclosing an actuator mechanism, and one or more pushers that extend and retract against a front wrapper edge of the refrigerator body. An intermediate attachment couples the handle pivot plate to the casing and a back bezel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Karen J. Querfurth, Pendyala Supreeth, Michele Wilcox
  • Patent number: 10634417
    Abstract: A door of a refrigeration device, and a refrigeration device. The door comprises a door main body, a retractable shaft, a handle and a first return member. The door main body is used for closing an opening of a refrigeration space. The retractable shaft is slidably disposed on the door main body, with an outer end of the retractable shaft being able to slide with the retractable shaft and extend outwards or retract inwards, and with a first guide face being provided on the retractable shaft. The handle is capable of rotating on the door main body, the handle being provided with a drive part cooperating with the first guide face, wherein when the drive part rotates with the handle, the drive part can slide along the first guide face and drive the retractable shaft to slide inwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: Dometic Sweden AB, Dometic (Zhuhai) Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang Xingbiao, Guan Weixian, Kingda Wang, Weng Xiaoli
  • Patent number: 10611421
    Abstract: A bicycle parking device includes a stand and a trolley mounted in the stand and connected to a lifting unit, which has an elastic element connected with the stand and the trolley, where the elastic element is tight when the trolley is in a lower position. When a bicycle is positioned in an initial parking position, elasticity of the elastic element ensures the lift of the trolley to an upper position. When the bicycle is in the initial parking position with the wheel placed into a wheel fixing mechanism, it fixes the wheel and affects the trolley fixing unit to release and allow the elastic element to transfer the bicycle from the initial parking position to a rear parking position, and when the bicycle is transferred from the rear parking position to the initial position, the wheel fixing mechanism releases the wheel, transferring the trolley to a fixed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: UAB PARKIS
    Inventors: Bronius Rauba, Vygantas Radvila
  • Patent number: 10514213
    Abstract: Disclosed is an adjustable tool holder for holding elongate hand held tools. The tool holder comprises a telescopically adjustable base member comprising an elongate, rectangular, hollow outer member and an elongate rectangular inner member configured to be snugly and slidably received within the outer member, the inner member adapted to be secured to the outer member at a plurality of lock positions thereby rendering the length of the base member adjustable. The tool holder further comprises a compression spring, one end of which is secured at the free end of the outer member and the other end of which is secured at the free end of the inner member. The length of the spring is subject to change in accordance with the change in the length of the base member. A tool is adapted to be held between two consecutive loops of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Inventor: Stanley D Winnard
  • Patent number: 10441074
    Abstract: A shelf frame assembly system includes a first vertical post that includes a plurality of openings, a side beam comprising a receiving bore, an end piece having a coupling portion and a receiving portion that includes a plurality of protrusions, and an end connector configured to be inserted into one of the plurality of openings. The end connector includes a plurality of recesses configured to receive the plurality of protrusions and a stop configured to make contact with at least one edge of the one of the plurality of openings. The receiving bore of the side beam is configured to receive the coupling portion of the end piece. The receiving portion of the side beam connector is configured to receive the end connector. Further, the plurality of protrusions are configured to resist a horizontal withdrawal of the side beam connector from the end connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: INTERMETRO INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harishchandra Dahatonde, Sanjeeb Sinha
  • Patent number: 10299569
    Abstract: A cosmetology tool storage assembly for storing and supplying electrical power for a plurality of cosmetology tools includes a gate that is pivotally coupled to a vertical support surface in a salon or the like. Thus, the gate is accessible to a cosmetologist working in the salon. A power strip is coupled to the gate and the power strip has a plurality of female electrical outlets positioned thereon. A plurality of hooks is included and each of the hooks is coupled to the gate. Each of the hooks engages and thusly suspends a respective one of a plurality of cosmetology tools for storage and each of the cosmetology tools can be plugged into a respective female electrical outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Frank Taylor
  • Patent number: 10111347
    Abstract: In an aspect, an enclosure member for a circuit board includes first, second, third, fourth and fifth walls that define an interior. The first and second walls face each other. The third and fourth walls face each other. The fifth wall faces an opening. The first and second support members face the second wall. The second support member is spaced longitudinally from the first support member. The first and second walls are spaced apart by a distance that increases towards the opening. Any surfaces in the interior that at least partially face the second wall have a distance from the second wall that does not decrease towards the opening. The interior is free of surfaces that face the fifth wall and are perpendicular to the second wall thereby preventing die lock during molding, while providing the enclosure member with first and second support members that are spaced longitudinally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: MAGNA CLOSURES INC.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Jorgensen, Charles A. Mallon, Ian G. Jorgensen, John G. Zeabari
  • Patent number: 9968069
    Abstract: A milking cluster used for milking a dairy animal in a milking parlor, the milking cluster including a teat cup unit, a teat cup, a drive device, a hose arrangement joined to the teat cup, a hose guide engaging the hose arrangement, and a flexible element that pivots the hose guide between a fixed position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Otto Krone
  • Patent number: 9888767
    Abstract: A towel rack with multiple usage modes, comprising: first connecting rod; second connecting rod; pair of large skeletons, first upper rod of left side large skeleton and right side large skeleton connecting to first connecting rod by first, second rotation positioning member, respectively, pair of large skeletons and first connecting rod being in relative rotation state or locked state when pressing or releasing first button; pair of small skeletons, second upper rod of left side small skeleton connecting to first lower rod of left side large skeleton, and second upper rod of right side small skeleton connecting to first lower rod of right side large skeleton through third and fourth rotation positioning member, respectively, pair of small skeletons and large skeletons being in relative rotation state when pressing second button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU SEAGULL KITCHEN AND BATH PRODUCTS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shuqi Gao, Rongbao Wei, Chunhua Wu, Qianfeng Peng
  • Patent number: 9737141
    Abstract: Wire-grid walls attachable to a stand or tool holding apparatus are configured to receive material holding apparatus, e.g., shelf baskets, disc holders, box holders, hooks, etc. The material holding apparatus may be configured to hold various material in an organized, open, and unobstructed manner to provide convenient access to the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: INNOVATIVE TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Bryan T. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9696769
    Abstract: A chassis includes a base, a lid, and air baffles disposed within the base. The lid slidably engages opposing base side walls and slides between secured and unsecured positions. In one embodiment, a mechanical latch attaches to the lid and has a spring-biased latch arm for selectively locking the lid to the base and a latch hook for selectively locking the air baffle to the lid, wherein depressing the mechanical latch releases the lid from the base and physically separating the lid from the base causes the latch hook to secure the air baffle for removing the air baffle along with the lid. In another embodiment, a first magnet is attached to the lid and a second magnet is attached to the air baffle, wherein sliding the lid to the unsecured position aligns the first and second magnets and magnetically couples the air baffle to the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Hamilton, Mark J. Staley, Jimmy X. Tang, Troy S. Voytko, Jack P. Wong
  • Patent number: 9578992
    Abstract: A coffee pod storage device to hold a pod of beverage may include a base to support the pod holder, a spacer to connect to the base, a disk to rotate with respect to the spacer, and a pad chair connected to the disk to pivot as the disk is rotated and to hold a beverage pod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Inventor: Bryan Knowlton
  • Patent number: 9451836
    Abstract: A merchandising security system includes a support adapted to be secured to a first associated merchandising structure and at least one product barrier movably mounted to the support. The at least one product barrier extends away from the support so as to approach a second associated merchandising structure spaced from the first associated merchandising structure. The product barrier is at least one of slidably mounted in relation to the support and pivotably mounted in relation to the support, wherein the product barrier includes first and second members which cooperate to retard a forward movement of an associated object supported on the first associated merchandising structure. At least one of the first and second members is mounted in relation to the support via a hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Fasteners For Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Matthew Szpak, Gregory M. Bird, Shane Obitts, Matthew Grubbs, Robert Govia, James J. Kopco
  • Patent number: 9392889
    Abstract: A jewelry organizer stand has a frame with a mesh region for mounting post-type earrings and pins and a mounting bar region of parallel mounting bars for holding various clips with extensions. The clips with extensions can include ring bars for holding rings, necklace bars for holding necklaces, spin-rings for holding beads, pendants and pins, and locking bracelet hooks for holding bracelets. The organizer stand can be pivotably mounted on a base so that it can be turned around. The height can be about that of an adult. The base is at least as wide as the frame so that the organizer will not fall over even if a large unbalanced weight of jewelry is placed on it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: STS Innovation & Design, LLC
    Inventors: Sharon Trainor-Smith, Mark Henry Méndez