Patents Examined by Ko H Chan
  • Patent number: 11445864
    Abstract: A shower wall upright soap holder with a recessed soap case, a collapsible soap holster and a drip tray. The recessed soap case can be mounted in a wall. The collapsible soap holster is attached to the recessed soap tray and can hold a bar of soap in a standing position. The collapsible soap holster may transition between an open and a closed holster configuration by application of push-to-open force that may engage and disengage a push-to-open latch. The drip tray can sit underneath the soap holster and may transition between a closed drip tray configuration and an open drip tray configuration by application of a push-to-open force that engages and disengages a push-to-open latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Tijuana Smith
  • Patent number: 11440731
    Abstract: A horizontal support beam is provided with a vertical connection bracket, constructed to attach the horizontal beam to a vertical column of a storage rack system. The vertical connection bracket includes a plurality of protrusions positioned to eliminate some of the gaps that can exist between the bracket and column. The vertical connection bracket can be an L shaped angle bracket. An inside surface of the first arm can include a plurality of protrusions, which can be formed by pressing dimples into the first arm, to help ensure a tight, contacting fit between the inside surface of the first arm and the vertical column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Frazier Industrial Company
    Inventor: Domenick Iellimo
  • Patent number: 11439252
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a channel glide assembly are disclosed. In some embodiments, the assembly includes a channel glide having a base with a first channel and a second channel, a first fence on a lateral outside side of the first channel, a second fence on a lateral outside side of the second channel, an intermediate fence positioned between the first and second channel, and a front stop unit removably connected with the base. In certain embodiments, the front stop unit is a different material than the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Eva Lilja, Brendan Hingston Lake
  • Patent number: 11428401
    Abstract: A wall-mount hardware assembly is provided with a base adapted to be mounted to an upright support surface. A post is connected to the base. A lighting assembly is installed in the post to illuminate an underlying region. A bar extends from the post to support an article. A power source is disposed within the bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.
    Inventor: Neil Edwards
  • Patent number: 11406189
    Abstract: A furniture assembly system including: a horizontal member; a vertical member arranged to cross said horizontal member as viewed in a plan view; a cross axis extending in an axial direction; a binding element to bind the horizontal member to the vertical member along the cross axis. The horizontal member crosses the vertical member at a crossover interface where the horizontal member is keyed to the vertical member at a keying interface adjacent the crossover interface to limit circumferential rotation therebetween about the cross axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventor: Raphael Schlanger
  • Patent number: 11391054
    Abstract: A spa accessory mounting assembly includes a lower anchor, and upright support, and an accessory mount. The lower anchor having a horizontal foot positionable under a spa. The upright support having a lower portion connected to the lower anchor, and an upper end positioned above the lower anchor. The accessory mount is connected to the upright support. At least one of: (i) the upright support is movable relative to the lower anchor between at least two upright support elevations, and the upright support is rigidly connectable to the lower anchor at each of the upright support elevations; and (ii) the accessory mount is movable relative to the upright support between at least two accessory mount elevations, and the accessory mount is rigidly connectable to the upright support at each of the accessory mount elevations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventor: John Joseph Cunerty
  • Patent number: 11382422
    Abstract: An overhead storage system may be raised and lowered includes a pair of spaced scissor mechanisms, each scissor mechanism having a first rotatable point of attachment to the platform and a second translatable point of attachment to the platform, and a spring-biased tensioner mechanism configured to maintain the platform in an elevated state when access to the stored items is not desired and a lowered state when access to the stored items is desired, the spring-biased tensioner mechanism configured to allow a human to manually lower the platform from the elevated state to the lowered state and manually raise the platform from the lowered state to the elevated state. The overhead storage system detailed herein allows a user to easily access stored items without having to climb a ladder by permitting the platform of the overhead storage apparatus to be raised and lowered manually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventors: Frank Gatski, Dwayne Dunseath
  • Patent number: 11376483
    Abstract: The pickle ball practice device is an item of sporting equipment. The pickle ball practice device is configured for use with pickle ball. The pickle ball practice device stores pickle ball equipment for transportation. The pickle ball practice device forms a backboard used for physical training in the sport of pickle ball. The pickle ball practice device comprises a pan structure, a lid structure, a hinge structure, a pedestal structure, and a fastening structure. The hinge structure secures the pan structure to the lid structure. The pedestal structure elevates the pan structure and the lid structure to elevate the backboard structure formed by the pickle ball practice device. The fastening structure secures the pan structure and the lid structure to a fence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventor: Rigardo Prewitt
  • Patent number: 11375811
    Abstract: A slide rail mechanism includes a rail, a movable member, a buffer member, and an elastic member. The movable member can be displaced with respect to the rail. The buffer member is provided on one of the rail and the movable member and can produce a buffering effect in response to the movable member being displaced in a certain direction. The rail includes a longitudinal wall and a supporting portion connected to the longitudinal wall. The longitudinal wall and the supporting portion jointly define a supporting path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Yao-Tsung Chen, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11370613
    Abstract: A storage system having e.g., side-by-side dual pallet bays is provided. The system includes a single level or stacked multilevel storage bay. Each bay is defined by a series of vertically extending supports and a central divider for storing two rows of pallets. Preferably, there are no vertical supports extending up from the central divider. Rails are provided on both sides of each row for supporting pallets and for pallet transportation/inventory carts to travel under the pallets. Side and center guides having camming surfaces are provided to properly position the pallets in the bays as they are loaded from a forklift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Frazier Industrial Company
    Inventors: Domenick Iellimo, Aaron Iellimo
  • Patent number: 11369198
    Abstract: A storage shelf assembly for suspending from a structure includes a platform. A platform support frame includes a first side member that defines a first channel and a second side member that defines a second channel positioned opposite the first side member. A plurality of cross members extend between the first and second side members and are received within the first and second channels. The plurality of cross members are configured to support the platform. A plurality of uprights configured to suspend the platform support frame from the structure are coupled to the platform support frame by an attachment assembly. The attachment assembly includes a support bracket coupled to the upright and configured to cradle the first side member, and a clamp feature coupled to the support bracket and configured to extend over the first side member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: KNAPE & VOGT MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventor: Robert S. Sytsma
  • Patent number: 11370501
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a bicycle parking structure comprising a plurality of bicycle hangers supported by a crossbar assembly. Each bicycle hanger is configured to support a bicycle in a substantially vertical position. The bicycle hangers are spaced apart from one another along the length of the crossbar assembly. Each of the bicycle hangers may be secured to the crossbar assembly so that the bicycle hanger is fixed at a desired position or unsecured from the crossbar assembly so that the position of the bicycle hanger along the length of the crossbar assembly may be adjusted. In this manner, the distance between adjacent bicycles need not be fixed and the bicycle parking structure can be adapted for a particular space. The bicycle parking structure is designed to provide for a space-efficient, high-volume parking of bicycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: EVERLAST CLIMBING INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Greenblatt, Andrew Kennedy Lageson
  • Patent number: 11358163
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and/or a system of a fan attachment to disposable containers and a means for attachment of the fan to disposable containers. An adaptable spray fan includes a disposable container section formed of a polyethylene material to hold a potable liquid and a reusable fan apparatus coupled to the disposable container section. The reusable fan apparatus is coupled to the disposable container section through an adjustable coupling mechanism of the reusable fan apparatus and/or a separate attachment coupleable with the reusable fan apparatus. The adjustable coupling mechanism and/or separate attachment secure reusable fan apparatus to the disposable container section at an opening of the disposable container section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SHAWSHANK LEDZ INC.
    Inventors: Robert Vasquez, Brian Freeland
  • Patent number: 11352083
    Abstract: A bicycle rack includes a frame body, compartment bars, hose sleeves and a hanging shelf. The frame body includes two side frames, an upper frame bar and a lower frame bar which are connected between the two side frames. The compartment bars are movably disposed between the upper frame bar and the lower frame bar, and arranged in interval. The hose sleeves are movably mounted on the compartment bars, respectively. The hanging shelf is disposed on one of the two side frames. Each compartment bar can be movably disassembled to adjust an interval between the adjacent two compartment bars; each compartment bar is mounted with a hose sleeve, and even if a wheel width of a bicycle is slightly lower than the interval between the adjacent two compartment bars, the bicycle can be prevented from shaking when being tightened by the hose sleeves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: CYCLINGDEAL USA, INC.
    Inventor: Haidong Gu
  • Patent number: 11344141
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel buffing stand has a first side support frame and a second side support frame spaced from the first side support frame. A first roller extends between the first side support frame and the second side support frame and the first roller is operably connected to the first side support frame and the second side support frame. A second roller extends between the first side support frame and the second side support frame, and the second roller is operably connected to the first side support frame and the second side support frame. The second roller is spaced from the first roller. The stand is configured to receive a vehicle wheel wherein the first roller and the second roller are configured to engage the vehicle wheel and rotatably support the vehicle wheel wherein an operator can rotate the vehicle wheel via rotation of the first roller and the second roller and to prepare surfaces of the vehicle wheel in preparation for mounting a tire on the vehicle wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventor: James Messina
  • Patent number: 11344116
    Abstract: A furniture system is provided having a support to be mounted to an upright structure of a building, and a shelf that is assembled onto the support. The shelf has a load-bearing surface, a front side, and a rear side with a first connector. The support has an outer face that includes at least one second connector. The first and second connectors are configured to interconnect such that, in the assembled the furniture system, the shelf is supported by the support with the load bearing surface projecting horizontally away from the upright structure, the first and second connectors resist rotation of the shelf about the first and second connectors by a force acting downwardly through the load bearing surface, and the first and second connectors resist disconnection of the shelf from the support by force applied to the shelf in a direction that is normal to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: CLICKSTAIR PTY LTD
    Inventors: Thomas Fletcher Acquroff, Darren Brink
  • Patent number: 11330920
    Abstract: A display system having a mounting plate configured for being secured on a wall, the mounting plate comprising a mounting plate body and a mounting plate connector formed on or in the mounting plate body, and a first display plate configured for being removably installed on the mounting plate, the first display plate comprising a first display plate body and a first display plate first connector formed on or in the first display plate body, the first display plate first connector configured for selectively engaging the mounting plate connector, the first display plate body having a first indicia formed thereon, whereby upon securing the mounting plate on the wall and removably installing the first display plate on the mounting plate as by engaging the first display plate first connector with the mounting plate connector the first indicia formed on the first display plate body is visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventor: Jonathan Lewis Rogers
  • Patent number: 11333184
    Abstract: A joining system for use in furniture and furnishing items with a bottom and a shoulder has a front actuation axis under the bottom and includes a front joining unit and a rear joining unit positioned between the bottom and the shoulder of the furniture or furnishing item. A connection group is inserted in each front and rear joining unit and is aligned with a symmetry axis of the bottom, and a blocking group of the front and rear joining units is attached beneath the thickness of the bottom. The front joining unit provides an actuation and supporting member toward the rear joining unit, and the blocking group provides a grub screw inserted in a casing and caused to slide by way of a conical rack and pinion system, to be received in a bevel in the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Patent number: 11319010
    Abstract: A high-density bike rack system includes a rack structure including: a first side configured to releasably engage a first bicycle, a second side configured to releasably engage a second bicycle, a forward portion, and a rearward portion including one or more tube assemblies. The one or more tube assemblies include at least one partially diagonal tube assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: FLYCYCLE, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Olinger, Julia C. Hansen
  • Patent number: 11317740
    Abstract: An adaptor for facilitating mounting of a shelf divider for pivoting around an axis perpendicular to uniformly spaced apart wires of a shelf include a frame having side members that are fixedly spaced apart, an axle extending between the side members on which a shelf divider can be pivotably mounted, and snap-fit connectors configured to releasably secure the adaptor onto spaced apart parallel wires of a wire shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: LogiQuip LLC
    Inventors: Mark Roberts, Kevin Langston