Patents Examined by Matthew T Theis
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Patent number: 10759042Abstract: A magnetic holder for sockets made of silicone rubber or similar material that has a series of cylindrical troughs of consistent diameter and a flat surface on the opposing plane. Between the cylindrical troughs and the opposing flat surface are a series of magnets embedded in the rubber. The magnets are position so that one pole is directed towards the cylindrical trough and the opposite pole is directed towards the flat surface. The flat surface can be attached to any ferrous material, while each of the magnets and cylindrical roughs will work together to hold a socket in place.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Inventor: Richard Leroy Wilson, III
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Patent number: 10758031Abstract: Provided is a strap capable of reducing a burden applied to the neck and shoulder, having a sufficient strength to hold the object being carried, and having an excellent design. A strap (1) includes a strap portion (10) to be placed on the neck and shoulder, and a plurality of fasteners (16A, 16B) attached to the object being carried (50, 60) while the fasteners fastening both ends of the strap portion (10). The strap (1, 2) is characterized in that the strap portion (10) is formed by sewing two or more rectangular stoles (11, 12) along the longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2015Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Inventor: Sakura Sugawara
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Patent number: 10737630Abstract: A support foot for a luggage carrier, for a vehicle, said support foot including a main part, a first clamping part, a second clamping part wherein at least one of said clamping parts are movable and a clamping mechanism, said clamping mechanism including an attachment lever, arranged to secure a load bar to a mounting rail or similar device, wherein said attachment lever is arranged at one side of said main part and is arranged to operate in a horizontal plane between a closed and an open position.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2014Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: MONT BLANC INDUSTRI ABInventors: Petrus Westberg, Fredrik Kristoffersson, Jonas Holmkvist
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Patent number: 10737824Abstract: A carton for holding a product in a liner. The carton includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels including a front panel, at least one rear panel, and at least one side panel. At least one end flap is foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels. The at least one side panel includes at least one expansion feature for transitioning the carton between a first configuration and a second configuration. The at least one expansion feature is foldably connected to the front panel and the at least one rear panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLCInventors: Kelly R. Fitzwater, Raymond S. Kastanek
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Patent number: 10729228Abstract: A mechanical assembly disposed on the back surface of a handheld electronic device, or a case for holding such a device, provides a pinky finger extension for an individual's hand to use an electronic device comfortably and with decreased possibility of dropping or damaging the electronic device. The pinky finger extension can be moved between a closed position, where it is inaccessible, and an open position where the user can place their fourth or pinky finger over the pinky finger extension.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: HACKD LLC.Inventor: Danin Jensen
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Patent number: 10710509Abstract: A collapsible storage bin is provided for a motor vehicle. The collapsible storage bin includes a first sidewall that is displaceable between a collapsed position and an erected position. First and second self-erecting end walls are connected to the first sidewall. Further, an end wall locking handle is provided. That end wall locking handle is displaceable between a stowed position and an end wall locking position that functions to secure the storage bin in the erected position.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Yanfeng US Automotive Interior Systems I LLCInventors: Jeffrey R. Rowland, Douglas Robert Thompson, Allan Wayne Getliff, Chris James Harmelink, Kenneth John Hulst, Tyler James Newkirk, Randy William Nurenberg, Rick Alan Anderson
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Patent number: 10654421Abstract: A watercraft carrier includes a central hub having an upper surface configured to receive a watercraft, an upright rotatably coupled to the central hub and configured to be disposed in a plurality of positions, and a locking assembly coupling the upright with the central hub and configured to secure the upright in the plurality of positions. The locking assembly is disposed below the upper surface of the central hub. A portion of the upright is disposed above the upper surface of the central hub in a first position and the upright is disposed below the upper surface of the central hub in a second position.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Thule Sweden ABInventors: Joseph Flaherty, Michael Maximenko, David Castano Galindo
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Patent number: 10647381Abstract: A display unit for an electric bicycle, the display unit being fastenable to a handlebar of bicycle with the aid of a holding assembly. A display unit is mountable with the aid of holding assembly optionally in a first mounting position closer to the rider or in a second mounting position further away from the rider. Furthermore disclosed is an electric bicycle having such a display unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: BIKETEC AGInventors: Ivica Durdevic, Lukas Beat Studer, Philipp Walter Suter, Simon Lanz, Robin Woodtli, Timo Woelk, Omar Afzal
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Patent number: 10624438Abstract: A fluid container can comprise a flexible bladder having an internal region for storing a fluid, a bladder opening at an upper end portion of the bladder for allowing passage of fluid in or out of the internal region, a lower rigid member secured to an outer surface of the bladder at a lower end portion of the bladder, an upper closure secured to the bladder over the bladder opening for selectively closing and opening the bladder opening, and a rigid, removable handle, wherein the handle has an upper end portion that is detachably coupled to the upper closure and a lower end portion that is detachably coupled to the lower rigid member.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: TSI Manufacturing, LLCInventor: Matthew Hoskins
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Patent number: 10625687Abstract: A folding truck box is designed to fit in the bed of a truck adjacent a tailgate. The truck box has a top and vertical sidewalls. The sidewalls have a height defined by a first distance between a bottom edge that rests on the bed floor and a top edge. The top overlays the sidewalls and has a second distance between a bedrail contacting surface and the surface that contacts the sidewalls. The first and second distances are greater than the distance between the bed floor and the underside of the bedrails. The top fits between the truck bedrails and the sidewalls with biased upward force on the bedrails. The truck box contains resilient retainer straps that are closed between the truck bed floor and tailgate. A locking leg in the top extends into a locking aperture in one of the sidewalls to prevent the top from being removed.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: SPI Blow Molding, LLCInventors: James McNeilly Todd, Ed Yingming Wu, Nicholas P. Kraus, Edward A. Trapp
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Patent number: 10597198Abstract: A resealable vacuum-tight closure mechanism has a first closure element that includes a first base and a second closure element that includes a second base. A first contact surface on a first interlocking profile depends from the first base and a second contact surface on a second interlocking profile depends from the second base. The first and second contact surfaces provide a maximum occlusion distance when the first and second interlocking profiles are in an occluded state. A first sealing member extends from the first base, has a first length, is spacedly disposed from the first interlocking profile, and has a first sealing surface disposed thereon. A second sealing member extends from the second base, has a second length, is spacedly disposed from the second interlocking profile, and has a second sealing surface disposed thereon that is complementary to the first sealing surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2008Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Brian C. Dais, Jose Porchia, Brent G. Anderson
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Patent number: 10595619Abstract: The field of invention relates to wearable retainers, and more particularly pertains to a new and improved eyewear retainer apparatus (100) wherein the same permits securement of ornamental indicia such as hatpins (110), lapel pins, trading pins and the like thereto. The magnetic multipurpose wearable retainer (100) has a cylindrical cavity (240) configured to releasably retain the nail portion (315) of said ornamental indicia. Said wearable retainer (100) attaches to shirts (900), hats (1200), jackets (1000), and other articles of clothing and accessories (1100). A hoop constructed of a length of fishing wire (120) is attached thereto said wearable retainer (100) for releasably securing eyewear (125). An earpiece (135) of said eyewear (125) is hooked through said hoop (120) until said eyewear lug (140) rests on said hoop (120), thus suspending said eyewear (125) therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Inventors: James Anthony Cureington, Judy Marie Cureington, Nicole Marie Cureington
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Patent number: 10595622Abstract: A support for a portable electronic device, the support having a case that is configured to receive and hold the portable electronic device. A strap is coupled to the case and configured for fitting around an appendage of a user and allowing the user to support the case relative to the appendage. A support stand is coupled to the case independently of the strap and includes a portion that is swivelable away from the case and is configured, when swiveled away from the case, for supporting the case on an external surface in an angled arrangement relative to the external surface. Optionally, the base is positioned on a back plane of the case, and a rotational mechanism is coupled between the base and the case such that the case is rotatable relative to the base.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: NATIONAL PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Jeffrey D. Carnevali
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Patent number: 10582759Abstract: A primary sheet has an upper section and a lower section and a fold line there between. The lower section has a lower periphery featuring a horizontal upper edge, a horizontal lower edge, a forward edge, and a rearward edge whereby the lower section creates the peripheral appearance of a holster. A large pocket is formed of an inner secondary sheet and an outer secondary sheet. The secondary sheets have a secondary periphery the same as the periphery of the lower section of the primary sheet. A small, pocket is formed of a tertiary sheet peripherally stitched to the outer secondary sheet of the large pocket along the lower edge, the forward edge, and the rearward edge. The small pocket has a free upper edge spaced below the fold line.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Inventor: James D. Magliulo
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Patent number: 10575624Abstract: A recreational board carrier. The carrier can include a central portion, at least one longitudinal strap coupled to the central portion and extending therefrom, a coupler disposed at a distal end of the longitudinal strap, the coupler adapted to couple to a first end of a recreational board, a plurality of apertures defined in the longitudinal strap, and at least one carrying strap coupled to the central portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Inventor: John Jay Davis, Jr.
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Patent number: 10576901Abstract: A vehicle article carrier is disclosed which has a first pair of support elements and a second pair of support elements secured to an outer body surface of a vehicle. A pair of cross bar assemblies may be secured in either stowed orientations, in which the cross bar assemblies are each secured to one of the first pair of support elements and one of the second pair of support elements, or an operative configuration in which one of the cross bar assemblies is secured to the first pair of support elements while the other is secured to the second pair of support elements. One of the cross bar assemblies may be pivotally attached at one end to one of the support elements enabling it to be swung between its stowed and operative positions. The other cross bar assembly may be fully removable from the support elements, and may be attached in two different locations on the second pair of support elements.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: JAC Products, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey M. Aftanas, Gordon Michie
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Patent number: 10568478Abstract: A system for the collection and containment of vacuumed dust and debris, and more particularly to waste disposal bags for placement over a portion of a bagless vacuum cleaner, and into which the waste contents of the vacuum cleaner are emptied. The system includes a mouth with a projecting lip, a non-projecting lip and a light tack adhesive strip on the projecting or non-projecting lip. When the mouth is constricted about a portion of the bagless vacuum cleaner, the light tack adhesive strip adheres the bag for temporary affixment to the vacuum cleaner. The projecting lip serves as a flap that is folded over the mouth to seal the bag after the filled bag is separated from the vacuum cleaner.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Inventor: Christy Z Hutchins
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Patent number: 10573858Abstract: A wearable battery storage apparatus including a removable and replaceable battery cartridge are described herein. The wearable battery storage apparatus includes a battery storage component and a band coupled to the battery storage component. The battery storage component includes a storage portion defining a chamber, and a lid coupled to the storage portion. The battery storage component includes the cartridge removably retained in the chamber. The cartridge defines a plurality of slots therein, each of the plurality of slots sized to receive and retain a battery therein. The lid is configured to selectively transition the battery storage component between an open configuration and a closed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Inventor: Ron Burdon
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Patent number: 10562685Abstract: A package includes a carton (90) and one or more articles (A). The carton includes a top panel (20), a base panel (16), a first side wall (14) and a second side wall (18). The first side wall includes at least one tab (42a) hingedly connected thereto. The at least one tab is configured to provide a support structure for facilitating stacking of the carton. The at least one tab has a lower edge in contact with an upper surface of an article and includes an upper edge in contact with an inner surface of the top panel of the carton so as to support the top panel of the carton above the upper surface of the article.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLCInventor: Patrick Blin
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Patent number: 10548390Abstract: A wearable fluid reservoir configured to contain liquids includes a swinging suppressing mechanism to inhibit horizontal and vertical swinging of a reservoir main body in relation to a hydration pack in which the reservoir main body is inserted. The pack includes a connecting mechanism that mates with the swinging suppressing mechanism to form a detachable, yet secure fit between the reservoir and the pack. A sipping tube is coupled to the reservoir main body.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Inventor: Shinji Marui