Patents Examined by Michael S. Lee
  • Clamped connection for the continuous connection of a conveyor belt
    Patent number: 11193555
    Abstract: Clamped connection for connecting two end sections of a conveyor belt which is to be set up as continuous and which has embedded tension members, with two moulded pieces that can be braced against each other, each having a contact surface for an end section of the conveyor belt, between which is arranged a spacer, and in each case an end section can be clamped in a clamping area between the spacer and a contact surface of a moulded piece, and wherein ends of the tension members can be secured in a cast block formed with a casting material and which is braced against the moulded pieces, characterised in that for each end section of the conveyor belt, its own separate cast block is formed, a conveyor belt connected to it, and a method of connecting a conveyor belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: BEUMER Group GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Josef van Essen
  • Interlocking zipper pull tabs and fastening system
    Patent number: 11185134
    Abstract: A fastening system for a zipper is disclosed which includes locking or interlocking first and second zipper pull tabs. A first zipper pull tab comprises a first base, a hook extending from the first base, and a moveable gate coupled to the first base. A second zipper pull tab comprises a second base, a cover coupled to the second base, and a post extending between the second base and the cover. For interlocking, the moveable gate and hook are further coupled around the post to provide the interlocking configuration of the first and second zipper pull tabs. The first zipper pull tab may be utilized separately from the second zipper pull tab, such as to lock to a coupling ring or another component of a carrying bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Travel Caddy, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry J. Cowdery, Donald E. Godshaw, Du Hai
  • Customizable jewellery articles
    Patent number: 11178942
    Abstract: A jewelry clasp includes a female end component having a first push-button fastening means and a male end component that is releasably securable within the female end component. The male end component has a second push-button fastening means that engages a portion of the first push-button fastening means. The engaging portion of the first push-button fastening means is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. An ornamental component for jewelry that has an elongate member includes a housing, a channel passing through the housing, and a slot within the housing. The slot is substantially parallel to the channel and passes through a wall of the housing to the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SHRI SHUBHAM LIMITED
    Inventors: Abhinav Daga, Andrea Ponti
  • Method of using a magnetic button for use with a preexisiting button and a preexisiting button hole associated with the preexisiting button of an article of clothings
    Patent number: 11172735
    Abstract: A method for using a magnetic button used with a preexisting button and a preexisting button hole associated with the preexisting button of an article of clothing. The magnetic button includes a female portion and a male portion. The female portion attaches to the preexisting button of the article of clothing, and the male portion is inserted into the preexisting button hole of the article of clothing. The male portion is magnetic, while the female portion is magnetic attractive, and being so, a location position of the male portion and the female portion are selective for allowing a user to merely put the male portion and the female portion together in a comfortable location by virtue of the female portion being magnetically attractive to the male portion being magnetic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventor: David Puglia
  • Buckle
    Patent number: 11160332
    Abstract: A buckle includes two coupling modules coupled separably to each other. Each of the coupling modules includes a main unit including a hook member and a coupling member that has a retaining portion, and an operating member having an operating portion and a pushing portion. The hook member of each of the coupling modules is engaged with the retaining portion of the other one of the coupling modules. The operating portions of the operating members of the coupling modules are movable toward each other, during which the pushing portion of each of the coupling modules pushes the hook member of the other one of the coupling modules to disengage said hook member from the retaining portion of the coupling module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: IMMENSE PROSPEROUS ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Tsung Kuo, Sheng-Jo Kuo
  • Coupler for coupling a crab pot with another crab pot, and related systems and methods
    Patent number: 11155404
    Abstract: A system for coupling a crab pot with another crab pot includes a first receiver mountable to a first crab pot, a second receiver mountable to a second crab pot, and a coupler operable to engage the first receiver and the second receiver to couple the first crab pot with the second crab pot. The first and second receivers, each include a hole. The coupler includes a first holding component operable to hold the first receiver when the first holding component is inserted into the hole of the first receiver, and a second holding component operable to hold the second receiver when the second holding component is inserted into the hole of the second receiver. The coupler also includes an appendage that, while the coupler couples the crab pots, allows a deckhand to grab or stand on to help him/her remain on the pots while he/she climbs on over and/or around the pots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Inventor: Eric Pedersen
  • Wrapping tape for repelling insects and long object using same
    Patent number: 11154047
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a wrapping tape for repelling insects, the wrapping tape having a number of male engagement elements on a front surface of a tape, and a number of loop-shaped engagement elements on a rear surface of the tape, wherein the male engagement elements and the loop-shaped engagement elements can be engaged each other, and an insect repellent component is applied at least to the front surface of the tape and the male engagement elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: KURARAY FASTENING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi Kawabata, Satoru Ono, Takaya Hirano, Masahiro Sasaki
  • Molding hook and loop fastener
    Patent number: 11141899
    Abstract: Provided is a molding hook and loop fastener, in which a barrier erected near left and right side edges of a substrate includes at least two rows of vertical wall arrays, and the vertical wall array positioned on the outermost side includes a plurality of gaps provided at a predetermined pitch in a length direction. At least two of the gaps are provided on the vertical wall array positioned on the outermost side with respect to a region between the engaging elements adjacent in the length direction of the substrate. Due to this, in the molding hook and loop fastener, an outer side and an inner side of the barrier can be divided by the vertical wall array, and flexibility of the molding hook and loop fastener can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Mineto Terada, Shinichi Imai, Hiromasa Abe
  • Fastener stringer attachment structure
    Patent number: 11134757
    Abstract: Provided is a fastener stringer attachment structure which can provide an attractive pants silhouette, improve the fit of the pants, and furthermore, reduce the manufacturing cost of the pants by reducing the number of superposed fabrics at a side edge section of a lower front bodice. A fastener tape of a fastener stringer is sewn with a sewing thread to the upper surface of a lower side fabric so that a fastener element of the fastener stringer is positioned inside an end section of the lower side fabric, and a portion of the sewing thread positioned over the fastener tape is in contact with the upper surface of the fastener tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: Gotalio Co., Ltd., YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko Torigoe, Shoji Matsui, Hisashi Masuda
  • Ornament attachable and detachable apparatus
    Patent number: 11134758
    Abstract: A technical object of the present invention is to provide an ornament attachable and detachable apparatus which may attach and detach an ornament without piercing a product. To this end, the ornament attachable and detachable apparatus for attaching and detaching an ornament to and from a product according to the present invention includes: a first magnet positioned on an inner surface of the product; a second magnet of which a portion is positioned on an outer surface of the product to correspond to the first magnet and which has a different polarity from the first magnet; and a mounting portion mounting the ornament on another portion of the second magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Sema Global Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongque Yun, Minque Yun
  • Push button slide mechanism and method of assembling the same
    Patent number: 11122867
    Abstract: A push button slide mechanism, includes an outer member having a bottom wall and an upstanding side wall. The outer member defines at least one pair of holes through the upstanding side wall. The mechanism includes an inner member having a top plate and a bottom plate defining a single annular channel therebetween. The single annular channel receives an elongated member in all rotational positions of the inner member relative to the outer member. A spring member spring-biases the outer member relative to the inner member. Pressing the inner member toward the outer member against the spring forces of the spring causes the single annular channel to align with the holes through the upstanding side wall of the outer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Productive Collaboration, LLC
    Inventors: Omar Ajaj, Rachel Ajaj
  • High strength single screw rope terminator connector
    Patent number: 11111627
    Abstract: A cable terminator connector includes a screw and base having a first opening and a second opening. The first and second openings are configured to receive first and second cable portions wherein the screw is threaded into the base thereby pushing the first and second cable portions into the first and second openings and clamping the first and second cables portions into the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: The National Telephone Supply Company
    Inventors: Carl C. Petersen, Raymond Disantis
  • Fastening clip
    Patent number: 11105354
    Abstract: A fastening clip is configured to securely couple a first component to a second component. The fastening clip includes a first frame connected to an opposed second frame by an arcuate transition beam. Each of the first and second frames includes an exterior contact finger that is configured to securely abut into a first outer surface of the first component around at least a portion of a first opening formed through the first component, an interior contact finger that is configured to extend into the first opening, and a contact prong that is configured to abut into a second outer surface of the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher F. Bidlake, Alexander W. Sherrill, Jason T. Spain, Gregory G. Buczynski
  • Bracelet clasp including a device for adjusting the length of the bracelet
    Patent number: 11089849
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bracelet clasp, in particular for a wristwatch, comprising a device for fine length adjustment of the bracelet. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a clasp with extensible buckle, and the adjustment device is provided on a blade intended for being inserted between two posts of a main blade when the clasp is closed. The adjustment device includes a locking pin, arranged in an orthogonal direction relative to the longitudinal direction of the clasp and housed so that at least one portion of the pin is provided above a common upper surface of the blades of the clasp. In one embodiment, the mobile piece of the adjustment device is pivotably mounted on the clasp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: DEXEL SA
    Inventor: Elio Granito
  • Fastening tape with reinforced hooks
    Patent number: 11083252
    Abstract: A fastening tape includes a base, at least one hook, and at least one rib. The at least one hook includes a stem and an engagement portion extending from an upper end of the stem in a longitudinal direction. The stem includes a leading edge and a trailing edge in the longitudinal direction, and a center of the at least one hook is between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The at least one rib is laterally adjacent to the at least one hook, and a center of the at least one rib is offset from the center of the at least one hook in the longitudinal direction towards the leading edge of the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Fleming, Wolfgang Coronel, Tsuyoshi Minato
  • Belt buckle having light and item separation alarm circuit
    Patent number: 11083250
    Abstract: A belt buckle has a pivoting member pivotally attached to a pair of opposing sidewalls at a predetermined position so as to provide a space between the pivoting member and a belt-receiving surface of the belt buckle. The pivoting member is pivotable to a first position wherein the pivoting member contacts a movable belt section of a belt that is positioned on the belt-receiving surface and between the opposing sidewalls so as to prevent movement of the movable belt section in a direction that would cause loosening of the belt. The belt buckle is configured to allow a user to select the side of the belt that will be visible and the side of the belt that will face the user's waist. In some embodiments, the belt buckle includes a built-in light assembly, an item separation alarm circuit and a compass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventor: Antoine Mowad
  • Male member of snap fastener and snap fastener
    Patent number: 11064772
    Abstract: This male member of a snap fastener is provided with a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is composed of a plastic material, and the second portion is composed of a metal portion. In addition, the male member of the snap fastener has an engaging protrusion part working together with an eyelet of a female member, and a cover which at least partially covers the engaging protrusion part is provided to a side of the male member, the side facing the female member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventor: Thomas Pferdehirt
  • Bungee device and method of use
    Patent number: 11066220
    Abstract: A bungee device includes an elongated shape portion and a cord loop having a pair of cord segments. The elongated shape portion has a flat part on it where the cord loop segments extend therefrom. The cord segment has at least one flat surface that engages the flat part of the elongated shape portion when the bungee device is in use. The cord can include a tab extending from a portion thereof. The tab makes it easier to grasp the cord and stretch it to allow the elongated shape portion to be removed from the space created by the cord segments and release the bungee device from its secured position. The elongated shape portion and cord loop have a one-piece molded construction. The flat part on the elongated shape portion and flat surface on the cord segment can be optional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Dershem, Deborah L. Dershem
  • Connector system with quick release
    Patent number: 11064771
    Abstract: A connector system is formed from a female portion and a male portion that slides within the female portion. The female portion has a base body, a channel, and a protrusion extending into the channel. The male portion has a base body with a locking flange extending along one longitudinal edge thereof. The spring has an aperture for receiving the protrusion when the flange is inserted into the channel. There is an actuating device connected to the spring and configured for depressing the spring. The male portion is connected to the female portion by sliding the flange into the channel until the protrusion extends through the aperture in the spring. The male portion is released from the female portion by pulling the actuating device to depress the spring until the protrusion clears the aperture, and then sliding the male portion out of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Duraflex Hong Kong Limited
    Inventor: Attilio Lovato
  • Dimensionally flexible touch fastener strip
    Patent number: 11058186
    Abstract: A fastening strip for touch fasteners is provided which includes a corrugated portion as well as fastening elements. The corrugated portion allows the strip to be bent in a plane perpendicular as well as parallel with the longitudinal axis of the strip such that it may be applied to curved surfaces and remain substantially flat. Fastening elements such as hooks, loops, mushroom-shaped, bulbous and double hooks may be included on both sides of the strip and on the walls of the channels that form the corrugations as well as between the corrugations. The corrugated fastening strips may be useful for automotive seating and diaper applications. Processes for forming the corrugated fastening strip area also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventor: Gerald Rocha