Patents Examined by Nkeisha Smith
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Patent number: 11878783Abstract: A marine device assembly, such including a trolling motor and/or at least one sonar transducer, is provided for attachment to a watercraft. The trolling motor and/or sonar transducer is attached at an end of a shaft. The marine device assembly includes a position adjustment assembly comprising a plurality of rotatable drums surrounding the shaft that are configured to adjust the rotational and/or vertical position of the trolling motor and/or sonar transducer(s) in accordance with a position adjustment command. In various aspects, the drums are configured to independently rotate about the shaft in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction so as to cause the trolling motor and/or sonar transducer(s) to rotate about the central axis of the shaft and/or translate along the central axis of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Navico, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Donald Frederick Raffills, Antony Michael Mackenzie
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Patent number: 11868030Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes providing a body assembly including a first recess, a second recess, and a third recess, providing a film apple box, and selectively supporting a first end portion of the film apple box in the first recess in a first orientation. The method also includes selectively supporting a second end portion of the film apple box in the second recess in a second orientation, and selectively supporting a third end portion of the film apple box in the third recess in a third orientation.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventor: Kevin Martin
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Patent number: 11864656Abstract: The present disclosure describes a bedside face pillow configured to provide adjustable face/head rest support.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventor: Bobby Don Broyles
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Patent number: 11862360Abstract: A support stand made of a non-conductive material and having a saddle, pedestal and a base used to support objects is provided. The pedestal supports the saddle and the base supports the pedestal. The saddle has a support member used to support objects and one or more flanges used to support objects. The saddle, pedestal and base are formed of a non-conductive material.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventors: Charles Mitchell Stilwell, Richard Wallace Ceass
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Patent number: 11849852Abstract: A multipurpose productivity device may be provided comprising an elongate support member, one or more horizontal support bars and a plurality of terminal feet. The elongate support member may have a high-curvature portion and a low-curvature portion, where the low-curvature portion comprises two substantially parallel segments. The one or more horizontal support bars may couple together the two substantially parallel segments. The plurality of terminal feet may be disposed at terminal ends of the elongate support member.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Inventor: Christian Calderon
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Patent number: 11852276Abstract: An insulated pipe support includes a base, a thermal insulation block, a cradle plate, and a mounting strap. The base has two side rails each having a strap mounting flange with a strap passage therein. The insulation block is configured to fit upon the base between the side rails. The cradle plate has main portion and two vertical end portions having a curved cradle which conforms to the exterior of an insulated pipe. The mounting strap includes two oppositely disposed mounting ends which are configured to extend through the strap passage of the lugs. Six threaded studs with matching nuts extend from the base, through the insulation block and cradle plate to secure the position of each.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Lisega, Inc.Inventor: Perwez Daud Shaikh
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Patent number: 11844427Abstract: A portable music stand extender may include extendable arms constructed and arranged to expand and retract. The portable music stand extender may extend such that a user may position books, sheets, or printed paper in an upright position for ease of visibility. The portable music stand extender may retract when not in use to reduce the size of the extender and increase portability.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Inventor: Dustin Harmon
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Patent number: 11840163Abstract: A front upper support surface and a rear upper support surface facing an upper surface of a rear end of an operation handle are provided in a lock release lever with a gap between the front upper support surface and the rear upper support surface in the vehicle front-rear direction, and front lower support surfaces are provided below the front upper support surface. An upper rail is provided with a rear lower support surface, which is positioned below a rear upper support surface. A clearance is provided between the front lower support surface and a lower surface of a rear end of the operation handle, and a clearance is provided between the rear lower support surface and the lower surface of the rear end of the operation handle.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: TF-METAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Shunsuke Kuroda
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Patent number: 11839737Abstract: IV stand assemblies are provided that include a base, a stand, a platform and a motorized pole assembly having a housing, a pole and a drive. The drive moves the pole to extend and retract the pole relative to the housing. A weight measurement assembly measures weight of a fluid within a fluid container hanging from the IV stand assembly. IV stand assemblies with a pulley/belt assembly and methods of operating IV assemblies are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.Inventors: Tomas Frausto, Jason Andrew Wine
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Patent number: 11835174Abstract: An accessory mount allows accessories to be removably and adjustably mounted to a surface. In an example, the surface may be that of a watercraft, and the accessory may be a fishing rod. The mount may be used with a track fixable to an environmental surface or mounted directed to the environmental surface. When used with a track, a post of the accessory mount releaseably engages the track. Slidable engagement of the post allows lateral or horizontal adjustment of the accessory. An accessory engaging member is adjustable in relation to the post about a horizontal axis and a vertical axis, so that angular and azimuthal rotational adjustments of the accessory are enabled. A single lever is used to make angular and rotational adjustments, and to release the accessory engaging member from the post.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: YakAttack, LLCInventor: Luther Cifers
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Patent number: 11833933Abstract: A longitudinal adjusting device for the motorized longitudinal adjustment of a motor vehicle seat may have a first rail and a second rail. The device may also have a spindle gearbox, a spindle cooperating with the spindle gearbox for the longitudinal adjustment, and a mount for receiving the spindle gearbox. The spindle gearbox may be at least partly held in the inner channel so as to be fixed relative to the first rail. Laterally projecting protrusions of the holding legs of the mount, which legs may be each arranged in front of and behind the spindle gearbox in the longitudinal direction, engage through lateral openings in the first rail. An abutment device having a contact section may be arranged in the region of the lateral openings. The contact section contacts the holding leg arranged in the particular opening. A vehicle seat with the device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Adient US LLCInventor: Joachim Flick
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Patent number: 11835170Abstract: A pipe clamp has a continuously extending, circularly shaped resilient strip comprising a plurality of outwardly extending nub members. Each of the nub members is separated from each adjacent nub member by intervening pipe gripping sections. The clamp is configured to circumscribe and be compelled against the surface of the pipe by means of the spring like nature of the strip and attached to the pipe by end clips. When pipe insulation encircles the pipe and is positioned on the nub members, the pipe insulation is in spaced relation to the pipe surface and a vapor barrier is formed between the insulation and pipe surface. As insulation is never in contact with the surfaces of the pipe, any “pipe sweat” will not be absorbed by the insulation.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Inventor: Greg Wargo
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Patent number: 11833934Abstract: Rattling and abnormal sound between an upper rail and a lower rail are reduced, and sliding is more smoothly performed. Sliding resistance reducing members (14, 15) include retainers (141, 151) formed each in a substantially L shape in a cross section and including first retaining wall portions (1411, 1511) and second retaining wall portions (1412, 1512) located between vertical wall portions (11b, 12d) and between bottom wall portions (11a, 12c) of a lower rail (11) and an upper rail (12). The first ball members (142, 152) are disposed in middle positions of the first retaining wall portions (1411, 1511), and the second ball members (143, 153) are disposed in positions apart from the vertical wall portions toward the center in the width direction of the lower rail (11) in the second retaining wall portions (1412, 1512).Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: DELTA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kiyonori Umezaki, Etsunori Fujita
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Patent number: 11833935Abstract: Provided is a slide lock structure for a slide rail device which can produce a reliable locked state with a high and reliable mechanical strength by using a simple structure. The slide lock structure includes a casing, a pair of lock members provided on the casing, and each provided with a cam surface formed on an outer side thereof, and engagement projections projecting laterally outward so as to be laterally movable between an engaged position in which the engagement projections are received in the slots, and a disengaged position in which the engagement projections are dislodged from the slots, a compression coil spring urging the lock members toward the engaged position, and an operating member provided on the casing in a movable manner, and provided with a cooperating cam surface slidably engaging the cam surface such that the lock members are moved to the disengaged position against a biasing force of the compression coil spring as the operating member is moved vertically.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Dean C. Vandenheede, Justin Schrand, Andrew J. Simms
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Patent number: 11825969Abstract: A fidget coaster is a finished wood and clear acrylic disk. The fidget coaster has a sprocket grip on the outside which allows the user to spin gears on the inside beneath the clear acrylic. The inside is made up of a planetary gear and three smaller gears that rotate around another gear at the center. The activity of holding it and spinning it, or lightly turning it with a drink perched on it, is relaxing. It aids conversation and provides focus for people who need to occupy themselves with fidgeting to allow them to concentrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Inventor: Robert Shockey
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Patent number: 11825965Abstract: A system for mounting an object on a structure includes a pivoting mounting bracket portion and a rail portion. The mounting bracket portion includes a front plate that is pivotally coupled to a back plate. The rail portion is shaped in the form a C-channel. The back plate is sized and shaped to snugly fit within the C-channel of the rail portion. The rail portion is configured to be attached to the structure, and the front plate is configured to be attached to the object.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Inventor: Mark Olmstead
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Patent number: 11821572Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a mounting structure including a first arm having a first stiffness and a second arm having a second stiffness, wherein the first stiffness is less than the second stiffness in at least one degree of freedom. The first arm includes a flex region that can deflect in response to loading. In embodiments, the mounting structure can movably secure an antenna array to a pedestal.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventor: Paul J. Marchetti
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Patent number: 11824333Abstract: Monitoring systems for energy chains which guide lines, and which are displaceable along a displacement path and thereby form a movable strand, a stationary strand, and a deflection arc therebetween. According to a first aspect, one or multiple sensors are arranged stationary and form a detection path along the displacement path of the energy chain, in order to react to an approaching and/or contact of the energy chain. According to a second aspect, a plurality of sensor modules are distributed along the energy chain. In this case, each sensor module has a measurand detector and a communication unit for transmitting outputs to an evaluation unit. The first and the second aspect allow function monitoring, for example for the purpose of a safety shutdown. According to a third aspect, a sensor module is arranged on the driver-side end region.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: IGUS GMBHInventors: Andreas Hermey, Thilo-Alexander Jaeker, Dominik Barten, Richard Habering, Konstantin Schmer
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Patent number: 11821551Abstract: A hose support assembly for supporting a hose. The hose support assembly includes a series of panels that are connected together by links. The assembly is adjustable between an extended orientation to support the hose, and a folded orientation for storage when not in use. The panels are configured such that the assembly supports the hose at a decreasing height above the ground to facilitate drainage of fluids in the hose.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: ETN Capital, LLCInventors: Bruce Seymour Ferris, Kristin Schmidt
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Patent number: 11812854Abstract: A gaming support pad includes a cover having fill material therein that forms at least one feature on a side of the gaming support pad. The gaming support pad further includes a pad, enclosed by the cover, the pad comprising a plurality of different material layers.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Inventor: Jacob S. Blackowiak