Patents Examined by Patrick Hawn
  • Patent number: 9291304
    Abstract: A skateboard wall mounting device for quickly displaying a bare skateboard deck or a completely assembled skateboard with trucks and wheels attached to the deck. The skateboard wall mounting device generally includes a mounting base, a pair of specific and continuous diameter posts extending from the mounting base and aligned with the deck holes of a skateboard. Due to the specific and continuous diameter design of the posts, the device can accommodate the hanging and mounting of all skateboards from different manufacturers and periods of manufacture without incurring modification and damage to the skateboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Inventor: Lucian S. Tu
  • Patent number: 9278721
    Abstract: The system for holding a number of in-line two wheeled vehicles has a vertical support column. A lifting bracket has an end that engages a vertical channel of the vertical support. A counter balance system in the vertical support column is connected to the lifting bracket. A horizontal track runs perpendicular to a face of the vertical support column with the vertical channel. A horizontal bracket engages the horizontal track. A bike or other two wheel vehicle is held by the lifting bracket. Because the lifting bracket has a counter balance system a person can easily lift the bike up in the air. The horizontal bracket can also hold a bike. A bike on the horizontal bracket can be slid so that it is under the lifting bracket, which may be holding a second bike.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Inventor: Ernst Blume
  • Patent number: 9273822
    Abstract: A height adjustable support apparatus suitable for notebook computer drop test is provided. The support apparatus includes a frame unit and a plank unit. The frame unit has a plurality of mortises vertically incrementally arranged at a lateral adjoining edge of a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface thereof. The plank unit includes a support portion and a tenon extending from the support portion configured to be insertable into one of the mortises through the first lateral surface. The support portion is configured to protrude from the second lateral surface upon insertion. The support portion incorporates a biased height arrangement that provides higher degree of height adjustment variation through different insertion orientations, and allows two plank units to be arranged in a vertically adjacent configuration to structurally abut against each other, thereby enhancing structural integrity of the support portion and increasing the load carrying capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventor: Heng-Yu Lin
  • Patent number: 9259868
    Abstract: An insert injection-molded case that provides a better appearance and a reduced defective rate of manufacture can be utilized for a number of products, including but not limited to a cover for portable communication devices. The case preferably includes: a metal plate having one or more fixing portions coupled to fixing members formed in a mold respectively; an injection-molded case body injection molded with the metal plate; and one or more holding portions formed in the injection-molded case body during the injection molding and coupled to the fixing members respectively to prevent deflection of the injection-molded case body caused during a cooling operation after the injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Ho Chun, Dong-Yup Lee
  • Patent number: 9261122
    Abstract: Tube connectors are provided for connecting tubes together to form a framework where the connectors are substantially hidden from view by ends of the tubes. Each connector has a support body and several anchor bodies that are formed integrally with the support body or independent from it. The support body has six faces with at most six anchor bodies. For any face of the support body that does not have an anchor body, it is formed to be coplanar with a surface of an adjoining anchor body, allowing an end of a tube with a suitably shaped end portion to cover that face of the support body. A U-shaped aperture with a slanted through passage are provided at a junction of at least one anchor body with the support body. This allows a tool to be inserted into the connector to fix a final tube to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Laudex Company Limited
    Inventor: Yau King Choy
  • Patent number: 9248362
    Abstract: A wall-mounted invention used for the display, storage and retrieval of table tennis paddles and balls. Using mounted tension clips for storing paddles across a faceplate attached at each end to cylindrical ball-dispensers. This is the first invention to allow for preferred paddle selection. The ability to pick your preferred paddle without having to sift through other paddles stored immediately in front of or in the same storage slot/insert. While some prior art have balls resting in individual circular impressions/dimples that are susceptible to dust, undesired ball-spills, and requiring individual placement and retrieval; while others contain balls within an elaborate box or mounted in a device attached directly on/to the table itself. This invention combines the benefits of prior art to store balls in proper holding position, eliminates ball jams, prevents collection of dust from vertical fall and deters balls from undesired ball-spills; and does not interfere with game play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Inventor: Russell Durant
  • Patent number: 9226607
    Abstract: A dual curtain rod comprises a telescoping traverse rod having a strap and hook member affixed to each end. The strap will fit over and around existing curtain rod brackets and be secured by the hook so as to enable the hanging of an additional set of curtains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Inventor: Melody C. M. Lowman
  • Patent number: 9226602
    Abstract: A golf ball marker display device. At least one display face includes a plurality of reclined cavities that are cut into the display face. Each of the reclined cavities includes a finger access area. Each reclined cavity holds a plurality of golf ball markers in a fashion such that as the front most golf ball marker is removed the remaining golf ball markers remain stacked in an orderly presentation. A golf ball marker is removed by fingers reaching into the finger access area, grabbing the golf ball marker and then removing the golf ball marker from the reclined cavity. In a preferred embodiment there are four display faces arranged in the general shape of a pyramid to form a pyramid display face. The pyramid display face is preferably rigidly connected to a rotating base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Inventor: Owen Craig Pollard
  • Patent number: 9220357
    Abstract: The combination of: a) a wall with a vertically extending surface; b) first and second vertically spaced elongate support arms mounted at the vertically extending surface so that their lengths extend generally horizontally, the first elongate support arm movable between first and second positions relative to the vertically extending surface; c) holding structure to releasably maintain the first elongate support arm in one of the first and second positions; and d) a first support accessory releasably operatively connected to the first elongate support arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Inventor: James Raggs
  • Patent number: 9226425
    Abstract: A rack includes a frame rack and a chassis, for hosting a server. The frame rack has a fixing part. The chassis includes a shelf disposed detachably on the frame rack, a fastening element and a guide member. The shelf has a guiding groove and a first fastening portion. The fastening element has a fastening end and a pivot end fastened to the shelf allowing the fastening end to move pivotally at a release position and fastening position. The guide member is connected to the midsection of the fastening element and slideable in the guiding groove. The guide member is drawn off the guiding groove when the fastening element turns pivotally to its release position. When the fastening element rotates to the fastening position, the fastening end of the fastening element clasps with the first fastening portion, whereas the pivot end clasps with the fixing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yung-Chin Hsu
  • Patent number: 9215938
    Abstract: A product display system includes a plurality of brackets, a plurality of shelves, and a plurality of products. Each bracket is configured to mechanically engage a support structure. Each shelf is mechanically engaged with at least one bracket. The shelves form a first row, a second row, a third row, a first column, a second column, and a third column. The first row is adjacent the second row, and the second row is adjacent the third row. The first column is adjacent the second column, and the second column is adjacent the third column. Each product is supported by one of the shelves. The shelves are arranged such that the distance between the shelves in the first column and the third column is smaller than the width of the product supported by the shelves in the second column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Display Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Neumann, Eleanor Lovinsky, David Piazza, Anthony Camello
  • Patent number: 9205552
    Abstract: A magnetic hanging frame for hand tools has a track disc, at least one holding element and at least two magnetic devices. The track disc has a baseboard, a track formed on and protruding from a front surface of the baseboard and a mounting rack formed on and protruding from a rear surface of the baseboard. The at least one holding element is slidably mounted on the track. The at least two magnetic devices are connected to the track disc, and each one of the at least two magnetic devices has a magnet mount and two locating mounts. The magnet mount is mounted in the mounting rack and has a magnetic body and two extending wings. The locating mounts are mounted in the mounting rack beside the magnet mount, abut against the magnet mount and each one of the locating mounts has a locating groove and a middle protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 9198510
    Abstract: A method for constructing a shelf assembly in a locker comprising the steps of: inserting a first sidewall having a transverse slot between upper and lower ends of the sidewall and an inner shoulder at the upper end of the sidewall in the locker against a sidewall of the locker; inserting a second sidewall having a transverse slot located between the upper and lower ends of the sidewall in the locker higher than the first sidewall and holding the second sidewall at that higher position while a first shelf is inserted at an angle with side edges of the shelf generally aligned with the slots; lowering the second sidewall and the first shelf with the side edges engaged in the slots; and, once the lower ends of the sidewalls are firmly supported on a bottom of the locker, inserting the second shelf on the shoulders of the sidewalls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Moritz, Ian Moritz
  • Patent number: 9192249
    Abstract: A display including a tray having a front side and a back side and two side walls. One or more display compartments are formed within the display. A pusher arm is provided for each of the compartments. Each pusher arm has an upper side and a lower side and is connected on the lower side to the back side of the tray and slidably connected on the upper side to each of the display compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Inventors: Charles P. Schwester, Ron Sosna, Michael Wooters
  • Patent number: 9172325
    Abstract: A PV panel carrier includes a plurality of elongate members joined by connecting members to form a frame. Each of the connecting members includes a support surface for supporting a portion of a PV panel thereon. Each of the connectors includes a fastening strap extending over the support surface, wherein at least two of the fastening straps are movable between an open position wherein they do not extend over the support surface and a closed position wherein they extend over the support surface to retain a PV panel in the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: LUMOS LSX, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Stephen Klinga, Scott Franklin
  • Patent number: 9161677
    Abstract: The invention relates to a silverware container (1, 40), especially a silverware basket and/or a silverware tray, for arrangement on a crockery basket (2) of a dishwasher, wherein the silverware container (1) comprises two opposing ends (16A, 14A; 16B, 14B) that are adapted for arrangement on the upper ends of two opposing side walls (3,4) of the crockery basket (2) or the silverware container (40) is adapted for arrangement on the bottom (21) of the crockery basket (2), characterized in that the silverware container (1, 40) comprises a bottom wall (18; 46A, 46B) for supporting the silverware that comprises at least two essentially horizontal segments (18A, 18B; 46A, 46B) that are arranged telescopably relative to each other. Furthermore, the invention relates to a dishwasher comprising a crockery basket (2) comprising a silverware container (1, 40), a silverware tray (1) and/or a silverware basket (40) according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventors: Claudia Hofpeter, Oliver Kleinert, Anna Hnatow, Winfried Steiner
  • Patent number: 9153945
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a frame piece for a rack, comprising a hollow profile which extends along its longitudinal axis and is brought into its cylindrical profile shape by shaping a substantially flat starting material. The hollow profile on two opposite lateral edges, has a connecting zone for closing the hollow profile at least one tab-type projection being formed on at least one of the lateral edges, said projection extending away from the lateral edge of the hollow profile and being shaped such that it can be brought into engagement with at least one corresponding receptacle on the respective other lateral edge in a clamping or positive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: C E S Control Enclosure Systems Gmbh
    Inventors: Wilfried Hofmann, Simon Jocham, Igor Harry Schaaf, Paul Mazura, Manfred Hellwig, Walter Nicolai
  • Patent number: 9149112
    Abstract: A roof assembly for a storage car includes a supporting element, a pair of first fixing elements, a pair of second fixing elements, and four connecting elements. The pair of first fixing elements and the pair of second fixing elements engage and cover around the periphery of the supporting element. Two of the four connecting elements are mounted at two opposite ends of each of the first fixing elements. Therefore, a storage cart including a frame and holes does not need to install or form additional supports for connecting with the roof assembly. Fasteners can pass through the holes of the storage cart and engage with the connecting elements to cause the roof assembly securely connected with the storage cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Inventor: Jen-Ren Yeh
  • Patent number: 9155219
    Abstract: A blank plate has flange portions capable of performing hinge movement around a direction of a shorter side. A blank plate has flange portions capable of performing hinge movement at positions different from the hinge positions of the flange portions, and a side of the blank plate is connected to the flange portions so as to be capable of performing hinge movement. A blank plate has flange portions capable of performing hinge movement at positions different from the hinge positions of the flange portions, and a side of the blank plate is connected to the flange portions so as to be capable of performing hinge movement. First lock mechanisms fix the blank plate and the blank plate perpendicularly to each other. Second lock mechanisms fix the blank plate and the blank plate perpendicularly to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Takashi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9144332
    Abstract: A rack has a frame and a plurality of shelves. Each shelf has an enclosing frame member that has two first sides connected by two second sides, a connecting bar that connects the first sides at about the center of the first sides, a plurality of slots provided on the inner surfaces of the second sides, and a plurality of slats, each slat having opposing ends that are fitted into opposing slots at the second sides, and with each slat being connected to the connecting bar. At least one connector is provided for removably connecting each shelf to a portion of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Seville Classics, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary Lim