Patents Examined by Kimberly T. Wood
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Patent number: 11976784Abstract: A ceiling mounted electronics device holder that allows a platform to raise or lower via cables to any desired height to allow a person sitting or lying on a bed to have easy access to an electronics device mounted to the platform when so needed, and to cause the platform to raise, via handheld transmitter, into a hollow housing mounted on the ceiling when not in use. The cables are rolled up or down on motorized pulleys located within the hollow housing. Rotary electrical connectors allow the cables to carry electrical current from a charging port located on the side of the platform to the rechargeable battery stored in the hollow housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Inventor: Brian Gouldrup
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Patent number: 11975656Abstract: A tray stabilizer system for delivery robots includes a base having an upper end and a lower end; a shock absorbing outer shell assembly, the shock absorbing outer shell assembly having an upper end and a lower end and configured to slidingly house in the space inside the base; a shock-absorbing inner shell assembly, the shock absorbing inner shell assembly having an upper end and a lower end and configured to slidingly house in the space inside the shock absorbing outer shell assembly; a suction cup assembly; and a shock absorbent pad. A method of using the tray stabilizer system for delivery robots includes the steps of preparing a surface onto which the tray stabilizer system is mounted; mounting the system to the prepared surface; placing a tray on the shock absorbing upper pad; and placing an item to be delivered onto the tray.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Inventor: Zhenwu Huang
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Patent number: 11965380Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for supporting an idler end of a roller clutch assembly for a fabric covering configured to rotate about an axis comprising a support assembly configured to receive and secure the idler end to the system during rotation.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Draper, Inc.Inventor: Steven E. Enochs
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Patent number: 11963593Abstract: A strap attachable accessory tether apparatus and method of use is presented. The strap attachable accessory tether apparatus depends a plurality of accessories useful for diverting infants in childcare from a dorsal side thereof. Accessories are attachable at distal ends of ribbon-like tether members. The ribbon-like tether members are connected to clip members at proximal ends thereof. The tether members are connected to the apparatus by threading the corresponding clip member through a corresponding elongate aperture for engagement with a corresponding anchor member disposed upon a basal side of the apparatus. Force directed to the distal ends is distributed into the apparatus along rims of the apertures and the clip members are uncoupled from the anchor members only by upward movement of the proximal end in a direction away from the corresponding aperture.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Inventor: Bobbie Uribe
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Patent number: 11962907Abstract: Provided is a vehicle-road cooperation street lamp for an urban road. The vehicle-road cooperation street lamp for an urban road comprises a vehicle-road cooperation street lamp body, wherein a first supporting plate is transversely arranged on the front side of the top of the vehicle-road cooperation street lamp body, a transmission cavity is transversely formed in the first supporting plate, a first electric telescopic rod is transversely arranged in the inner cavity of the transmission cavity and located on the outer wall of the vehicle-road cooperation street lamp body, and a rack plate is transversely arranged on the front side of the first electric telescopic rod and located in the transmission cavity.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: HUNAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERINGInventors: Xizheng Zhang, Zhangyu Lu, Qin Wan, Xiaofang Yuan, Zeyu Wang
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Patent number: 11959264Abstract: A suction cup article includes at least one suction cup unit having a suction cup, a neck, and a head. The head points in a direction away from the direction in which the suction cup is oriented to suction to a surface. The head has a point at a distal end of the head, and a base that is adjacent to, and wider than the neck. The head can be passed through an opening in a basin article such as a urinal screen, resulting in the neck being disposed in the opening, and the head, having a base that is wider than the opening, providing interference that holds the suction cup unit in the basin article. The suction cup unit can further include an arm that extends from the suction cup unit near the neck. The arm prevents the suction cup article from passing through the drain of the basin.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Inventor: Jeffrey Scott Crevier
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Patent number: 11950706Abstract: A unique and novel ready to assembly chair base is broken down into several component parts so that it can be packed in a smaller volume of space, and then easily assembled by the consumer. The chair base is formed in a manner that the base comes apart into at least two components. A first removable leg component and a second hub component consists of a central support with a tapered hole therein, a plurality of fixed legs and a truncated leg receiver configured and arranged receive and retain the removable leg component when the chair is assembled.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Living Style (B.V.I.) LimitedInventors: Letao Tao, Sam Min Wei
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Patent number: 11953146Abstract: A mounting structure has characteristics, properties, or features that provide stability for the accessories mounted or supported in relation thereto. The mounting structure may be in the form of a rigid or a semi-rigid composition, which may be formed at least in part by, or sufficiently covered or coated with, a material having a damping capacity, or an ability to isolate an accessory for a vessel, a slotted track supported in relation to the vessel, or a mounting arrangement supported in relation to the vessel or the slotted track. The mounting structure may be in the form of an extension arm for offsetting the accessory laterally, crosswise or transversely in relation to the vessel, slotted track, or mounting arrangement. The extension arm may include, or carry, a surface, that is configured to interlock with a surface of a mating structure, namely, a mounting arrangement and/or an accessory or accessory mount.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: YakAttack LLCInventors: Luther Cifers, III, Daniel Anderson Newman, Joey Martin Pruitt, John Aubrey Hipsher
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Patent number: 11945489Abstract: A concrete tool support shelf or rack for a concrete wheelbarrow or similar device and a method of using a concrete tool support shelf or rack to clean concrete materials from concrete tools.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Inventor: Dennis K. Watters
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Patent number: 11930929Abstract: A multi-rack bracket of a vegetation and drying system includes a triangular-shaped main plate, a pair of side plates extending perpendicularly from opposing edges of the main plate, and first and second flanges extending vertically from the respective side plates and configured to capture a vertical support shaft therebetween. The multi-rack bracket is configured to secure the vertical support shaft and a pair of shafts of a leg assembly to one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: DRIFLOWER, LLCInventor: Todd Chandler Larkins
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Patent number: 11932438Abstract: A rotatable bag rack to support a plurality of bag types. The bag rack includes a stand and a rack. The rack is pivotally mounted to the stand so as to be rotatable about a pivot axis relative to the stand between a first position to hold a first bag type and a second position to hold a second bag type. The rack includes a pair of spaced apart arms to hold the first bag type that, in the first position, extends forward relative to the pivot axis. The rack, in the second position, extends downward relative to the pivot axis. The rack also includes a hanger fixed relative to the arms to hold a second bag type that, in the first position, extends backward relative to the pivot axis. The rack, in the second position, extends upward relative to the pivot axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Robert Andrew Myers, Kevin Gierl
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Patent number: 11927327Abstract: A multipurpose bracket is disclosed herein. The multipurpose bracket includes a body portion having a first side and a second side, the first side of the body portion being oppositely disposed relative to the second side of the body portion; a first hook portion attached to the first side of the body portion, the first hook portion being inwardly directed towards a middle of the body portion, the first hook portion defining a first channel for receiving a first wiring portion of a light strand; and a second hook portion attached to the second side of the body portion, the second hook portion being inwardly directed towards the middle of the body portion, the second hook portion defining a second channel for receiving a second wiring portion of the light strand.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Inventor: Dawn Scheurle
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Patent number: 11920362Abstract: A holder for a pole of a basketball hoop system includes a pole sleeve for receiving the pole, a tightening system for securing the pole into the pole sleeve in a solidary relationship, and a mounting bracket to secure the pole sleeve to a ground directly or via a stake. The pole holder includes a first mounting element defining a first mounting surface for securing the mounting bracket to the ground in a generally parallel relationship, and a second mounting element that is fixedly mountable to the first mounting element and that defines a second mounting surface for fixedly receiving the pole sleeve in a generally parallel relationship, such that the pole sleeve is offset from the first mounting surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: GESTION LOGISCASA INC.Inventor: Daniel Breton
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Patent number: 11913490Abstract: A securing device for a pre-assembly of a pin-shaped connecting element in a through-opening of a component The securing element includes a sleeve with and an inner side and with a flat outer wall having a recess arranged therein, and holding elements each of which protrude inwardly. The holding elements are arranged on the inner side of the sleeve. The recess is arranged into the flat outer wall of the sleeve and provides a latching engagement of a lug which is arranged in the through-opening during the pre-assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2018Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: HONSEL UMFORMTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Timo Franke, Peter Kirchhoff
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Patent number: 11904733Abstract: A longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat may have at least one pair of rails which is formed from a first rail and a second rail. A spindle nut may be connected to the second rail and a spindle operatively connected to the spindle nut are located in the inner channel. A spindle gear, which can be driven a motor and interacts with the spindle, may be located at one end of the first rail. The spindle nut may be fixed to the second rail so that the spindle nut has a degree of freedom of at least one. The spindle nut may be fixedly connected to the second rail by a fixing device. A projection may be provided between a base body of the spindle nut and the second rail. The invention also relates to a vehicle seat with the longitudinal adjuster.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Inventors: Peter Gregor, Thorsten Schuermann, Erik Sprenger, Juergen Stemmer, Andrej Sulak
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Patent number: 11904209Abstract: A climbing cam can include a stem forming the main body of the climbing cam. A moveable latch can be disposed on the stem and operable to tether the steam to a climbing harness of a climber. A spring-loaded cam lobe can be disposed on a first end of the stem. A trigger can be connected to the cam lobe so that the trigger is actuatable to retract the cam lobe from an expanded position to a retracted position and to open the moveable latch, allowing the stem to untether from the climbing harness when the cam lobe is in the retracted position.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Utah State UniversityInventor: Baylee Anne Vogler
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Patent number: 11896156Abstract: A continuous bottom/side wire extends upwards at opposite ends of a wire stand in order to form bendable handles. The resilient bendability enables modification of the position of the handles with respect to a top closed loop. The handle has bends that can be moved to encircle a part of another wire. Also part of the device are wire supports that connect the top closed loop to the bottom/side wire. A top pan with a lip and an open side facing towards an open side and lip of the bottom pan may be inserted into a cavity defined by the top loop and bottom/side wire. The two pans lips can be abutted, and they can be held in place against each other by the bends of the bottom/side wire.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Inventor: Robert J. Skvorecz
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Patent number: 11896125Abstract: A bracket device of a slide rail assembly includes a longitudinal wall and a mounting member. The mounting member is movable relative to the longitudinal wall along a height direction of the longitudinal wall. When the bracket device is rotated to be switched from a first state to a second state, the mounting member is configured to be moved from a first position to a second position. When the mounting member is located at the first position, the mounting member is operable to be mounted to a rack. When the mounting member is located at the second position, the mounting member is prevented from being mounted to the rack.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chi-Chih Chou, Chun-Chiang Wang
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Patent number: 11898682Abstract: A tube spacing and fastening system for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of tubular structures, a wear sleeve, a spacer element, and a fastening element. The plurality of tubular structures provides a fluid flow to a component of the gas turbine engine. The wear sleeve is located around each of the plurality of tubular structures. The spacer element receives the plurality of tubular structures. The fastening element extends around the wear sleeves and is configured to secure the plurality of tubular structures to the spacer element. An interference between the fastening element and wear sleeves is configured to allow the fastening element to slide with respect to the wear sleeves and to provide a damping effect under gas turbine engine vibrations and operating conditions. A method of damping vibrations in the plurality of tubular structures includes allowing the fastening element to slide with respect to the wear sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Naleen Kumar Verma, Mario Alberto Bolaños Jimenez, Arun Ramachandra, Jeffrey P. Darnell, Michael E. Sandy, José Torre
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Patent number: 11885389Abstract: A bracket with an excellent reinforcing effect is provided. A bracket (1) with an opening (A) includes a body (10) and a reinforcement portion (20). The body (10) is made of resin. The body (10) includes a pair of column portions (11) and a pair of connecting portions (12, 13). The body (10) includes a plate portion (15) on at least one of the column portions (11). The plate portion (15) is provided with ribs (16 to 18) that extend from the side of the opening (A) to the bracket outer peripheral side and protrude in the opening penetration direction. The reinforcement portion (20) includes a reinforcement portion (21). The reinforcement portion (21) forms an outer peripheral face (f1) of the bracket (1). The reinforcement portion (21) is arranged so as to overlap the ribs (16 to 18) when viewed in the opening penetration direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Prospira CorporationInventor: Tadashi Onishi