Patents Examined by Matthew W Ing
  • Patent number: 10939756
    Abstract: The present application provides, in one embodiment, a modular shelf system having spaced apart upright subassemblies that each include a first and second removable support standard recessed within. The system further provides at least one shelf fixture configured to be removably mounted to at least one of the support standards in each of a first and second upright subassemblies selected. The shelf may receive retail product trays via snap-fit fasteners. And, a variably configurable hanger bar may support the modular shelf system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Product Miniature, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Peck, Craig Fluegge, Michael Ford
  • Patent number: 10925398
    Abstract: A slider rail assembly includes a rail member and a bracket. The bracket and the rail member can be displaced with respect to each other. One of the rail member and the bracket is provided with a blocking feature, and the other of the rail member and the bracket is provided with a locking device. When the bracket is at a predetermined position with respect to the rail member and the locking device is in a locking state, the locking device blocks and is blocked by the blocking feature to prevent the bracket from being displaced from the predetermined position in a certain direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chien-Li Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10926917
    Abstract: A pallet comprising a cover element (12) having a load bearing surface and a bottom surface being opposite the load bearing surface (11), and foot elements (10), each having a foot surface (15) being parallel with the bottom surface, and side walls (17) connecting the foot surface (15) and the bottom surface, the foot elements (10) being connected to the bottom surface (13), wherein the side walls (17) facing to each other of adjacent foot elements (10) being parallel with each other. The pallet further comprising a central stiffening element being supported against the side walls (17) facing to each other of adjacent foot elements (10) and being abutted against the bottom surface of the cover element (12), and the cover element (12) and the foot elements (10) being made from foldable sheet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventor: Csaba Imre Kerék
  • Patent number: 10919426
    Abstract: A center console for a motor vehicle includes a tray (11) which can be deployed in the direction of the vehicle dashboard. The tray is mounted on top of a generally rectangular base portion (10) which provides storage space, accessible by pivoting upward the tray components and a cover (1), both of which are hinged (6, 28, 30) on an upper rear lip of the box. The tray includes panels (113, 114) which slide out to left and right to provide a larger support surface for papers, food and/or beverages. A support leg (116) under the forwardly extending tray can pivot (13, 117) to a diagonal orientation, engaging with a front face of the base portion (10), to provide additional support and bearing capacity to the deployed tray (111).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventors: Jordan Campagnone, Rebecca Campagnone
  • Patent number: 10921052
    Abstract: An elevation device for a refrigerator drawer includes a lower frame, an upper frame, and a lifting assembly. The lifting assembly includes: a pair of first rods having a first end rotatably coupled to the lower frame and a second end that translates along the upper frame; and a pair of second rods having a first end rotatably coupled to the upper frame and a second end that translates along the lower frame. The second rod is rotatably coupled to and crosses the first rod. The first or second rod is connected to a driving device via the first end of the first or second rod, with the driving device disposed outside the upper frame and the lower frame. The first and second rods are configured to, based on power from the driving device, rotate about their respective first ends to elevate the upper frame relative to the lower frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Kwanghyun Choi
  • Patent number: 10918209
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a blocking member, a working member and an operating member. The blocking member is arranged on one of the first rail and the second rail. The working member is arranged on the other one of the first rail and the second rail. When the second rail is moved relative to the first rail from a retracted position to an extension position, the working member and the blocking member are configured to block each other in order to prevent the second rail from being moved from the extension position along a retracting direction. When the operating member is operated, the operating member is configured to contact one of the working member and the blocking member in order to keep the working member and the blocking member in a state without blocking each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Tzu-Cheng Weng, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10907296
    Abstract: A method of securing a lid comprising a hinge to a laundry treating appliance. The laundry treating appliance has a shroud with an access opening. The hinge has a housing that defines a channel and the housing has a first end comprising a v-shaped mouth. The hinge further comprises a bracket that has a first end connected to the lid and a second end fastened within the channel. The method comprises receiving the channel and the bracket into an aperture in the shroud and sliding the housing relative to the shroud to enable the v-shaped mouth to mate with the shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan L. Allen, Andria Bauman, James J. Collene, James Oddo, Eric Osler, Nick Sir Louis, Philip R. Thompson, Igor Viveiros
  • Patent number: 10907682
    Abstract: An auxiliary assembly device is provided for premounting a linear guide system on a top part. The linear guide system includes two linear guides having two respective mutually displaceable guide rails, which have mutually facing raceways. Rolling elements, which are disposed in a cage, are located between the mutually facing raceways. The auxiliary assembly device has an auxiliary rail, which is configured for connection to a respective narrow end of the two linear guides in order to hold the two linear guides with the top part in a preassembled state for insertion into a bottom part. A method for premounting a linear guide system on a top part is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SKF Motion Technologies AB
    Inventor: Bernd Gehling
  • Patent number: 10899498
    Abstract: An interlocking pallet rack foot plate preferably includes an attachment flange, a bottom flange and an offset junction. The bottom flange extends from one end of the offset junction flange. The attachment flange extends perpendicular from an opposing end of the offset junction, relative to the bottom flange. At least one pillar hole is formed through the attachment flange. At least one floor hole is formed through an end of the bottom flange. A first plurality of interlocking projections are formed on one edge of the bottom flange and a second plurality of interlocking projections are formed on an opposing edge of the bottom flange. Each projection includes a peak and a valley. Thus, two adjacent interlocking pallet rack foot plates will interlock. The alignment of adjacent bottom plates allows a plurality of vertical pillars of the plurality of pallet racks to contact each other when bundled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventor: Tubal-Cain Nett
  • Patent number: 10903629
    Abstract: A switch cabinet (1) comprising a square rack (2) consisting of four vertical profiles (3) and eight horizontal profiles (4), wherein four of the profiles (3, 4) form the rectangular profile frame and two of the four profiles (3, 4) forming the profile frame and extending in parallel to one another each include a first fastening profile side (5) having a first row of fastening mounts (6) spaced apart from one another while maintaining a constant grid dimension (M), wherein the first fastening profile sides (5) are situated in a common plane (E) and mounted on these two first fastening profile sides (5) is a first interior structural component (7) extending between the parallel profiles, which includes a mounting side (8) having a second row of fastening mounts (9), which extend perpendicularly to the first row (6), characterized in that the second row of fastening mounts (9) is arranged in the direction of extension (y) of the first row of fastening mounts (6) while maintaining the grid dimension (M) of the f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventors: Timo Schindler, Daniel Brück, Heiko Holighaus
  • Patent number: 10881207
    Abstract: An item of furniture includes at least one fitting for guiding a movable furniture part and at least one plate-shaped wall element, into which the at least one fitting is integrated, and at least one connecting element for connecting to an additional furniture component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: AMBIGENCE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Uwe Sobolewski, Norbert Poppenborg, Stefan Andschus, Michael Tasche, Gerhard Götz
  • Patent number: 10883296
    Abstract: A washing machine comprises a hinge device including a cam member, a lever, and an elastic member, and the cam member comprises an outer circumference surface including a first section, a second section and a third section disposed between the first section and the second section having a curvature different from each other. The cam member is profiled to be disposed at a first position in which the door is automatically opened, a second position in which the door is automatically closed, and at a third position in which an external resultant force becomes 0 (zero), when the lever is in contact with each section. Therefore, it is possible to control a closing speed of the door and simplify the power transmission method by using the cam, reduce the material cost by reducing the number of parts, and secure the reliability of driving of the washing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Jae Han, Young-Hyun Kim, Do haeng Kim, Min Hwan Oh
  • Patent number: 10876789
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator. Specifically, a refrigerator that is capable of enabling a user to easily introduce or remove goods into or from the refrigerator is disclosed. More specifically, a refrigerator that is capable of enabling a drawer for receiving goods to be more conveniently used is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Daejin Choi, Donghoon Lee, Changwoan Yang, Dongjeong Kim, Wonsup Bae, Jinsung Kim
  • Patent number: 10881018
    Abstract: A device for spreading the floor-loading of a computer cabinet includes a bottom, an external face of which is to be positioned facing the floor. The external face of the bottom of the cabinet includes pins, each pin including at its end furthest from the bottom a head the diameter of which is greater than the diameter of a shank of the pin, the shank providing the connection between the cabinet and the pin, the load-spreading device includes at least two beams, each beam including at least two parallel flat faces: a first face includes a slot acting as a rail, the width of the slot being greater than the diameter of a pin shank but less than the diameter of a pin head, this slot collaborating with at least two pins for the installation of the beam, a second face is in contact with the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: BULL SAS
    Inventors: Fabien Demange, Luc Dallaserra
  • Patent number: 10869547
    Abstract: A height-adjustable table with tabletop touch control includes a table frame, a motor unit, a tabletop, a controller, a touch button box, and a covering. Through the touch button box connected to the controller in cooperation with the controller to control the motor unit, the motor unit drives the table frame to move up and down to achieve the lifting and lowering of the tabletop. The user can adjust the height of the tabletop by simply manipulating the touch button box. The adjustment is more convenient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: DONG GUAN SONG WEI ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weilin Lu
  • Patent number: 10874026
    Abstract: A pull-out aiding device is configured for mounting on an object, in which a corresponding apparatus is mounted. The pull-out aiding device includes a pulling member and a handle member. The pulling member includes a first pivot section and an abutting section for abutting against the corresponding apparatus to move the latter forward. The handle member includes a second pivot section and an operating section. The second pivot section is pivotally connected to the first pivot section, such that the handle member is turnable about the second pivot section relative to the pulling member and brings the latter to move forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: FIVETECH TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Ting-Jui Wang, Chia-Ching Liao
  • Patent number: 10874025
    Abstract: A pull-out aiding device is configured for mounting on an object, in which a corresponding apparatus is mounted. The pull-out aiding device includes a pulling member and a handle member. The pulling member includes a first pivot section and an abutting section for abutting against the corresponding apparatus to move the latter forward. The handle member includes a second pivot section and an operating section. The second pivot section is pivotally connected to the first pivot section, such that the handle member is turnable about the second pivot section relative to the pulling member and brings the latter to move forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: FIVETECH TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Ting-Jui Wang, Chia-Ching Liao
  • Patent number: 10863819
    Abstract: A folding/unfolding mechanism includes first, second and third coupling pieces. Each of the first and second coupling pieces is configured to be fixed at an end of a bar and includes a hole and a slot with a closed bottom and an open top. The third coupling piece includes a slot with closed bottom and top. A first rod passes through the holes of the first and second coupling pieces and the slot of the third coupling piece. A second rod is integrally formed or coupled with a top portion of the third coupling piece, and movable together with the third coupling piece. The second rod is selectively inserted into the slots of the first and second coupling pieces, thereby selectively restricting the rotation of the first and second coupling pieces with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Inno-Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Renhua Chen
  • Patent number: 10865831
    Abstract: A slide rail includes a first rail, a second rail, a third rail, a first resilient member, a second resilient member, and a locking member. When the first rail is pulled out, the first resilient member drives the second resilient member to move along with the first resilient member to pull the second rail. When a receiving slot is aligned with a through slot, a spring piece and the locking member fall into the through slot, the spring piece separates from the first resilient member, the locking member latches onto a first step surface of the through slot to limit movement of the second rail, and the first rail continues to move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS(TIANJIN)CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chen-Sheng Tang
  • Patent number: 10850889
    Abstract: A device for adapting the spacing between two board-type bearing elements for the vertical storage of barrels, comprising a number of supporting rods for insertion between the two bearing elements as well as structure for individually and infinitely variably adjusting the length of the supporting rods depending on the height of the barrels for locally varying the spacing between the two bearing elements. The structure for adjusting the length of each supporting rod comprise either two partial rods connected via a screw thread or a height-adjustment element, which is connected to one end of the supporting rod via a screw thread. Alternatively, the supporting rod can also be formed as a hydraulically or pneumatically length-adjustable telescopic rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Cabka GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gat Ramon, Evert Veldhuis, Thorsten Lenz