Patents Examined by Peter Helvey
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Patent number: 10166446Abstract: The current embodiment of the broken golf tee collection container is designed to elevate over the dashboard of a golf cart or a similar vehicle using attachment brackets and can be easily removed and reattached. The container has a bottom with slots for water to drain. The angled or vertical sides and the open top design of the container makes it easy to store and to remove broken golf tees, as needed. The top portions of the attachment brackets are secured to the left and right edges on the bottom part of the container and support the container in an almost level position above the dashboard. The lower portion of the attachment brackets are a rotated block “U” shape, which slides onto and over the dashboard to secure the container and contents during the normal operation of the golf cart.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Inventor: Perry B. Whittington, III
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Patent number: 10167031Abstract: The invention provides a luggage system for a single-track motor vehicle, in particular a motorcycle or motor scooter. The luggage system includes a luggage-accommodating container to be fastened on the motor vehicle. The luggage-accommodating container, in its interior, has a decoupling device that interacts with an item of luggage to be accommodated in the container. The decoupling device at least partially decouples, from the luggage-accommodating container, travel-induced forces exerted by the item of luggage.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Josef Seidl
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Patent number: 10166930Abstract: A cargo supporting and restraining system is disclosed for use within a cargo area of a vehicle. The system may have a pair of support rails fixedly secured to opposing interior wall surfaces of a pair of sidewalls of a vehicle cargo area. A load bar assembly may be used which has a generally U-shaped frame, and which is supported for sliding movement and adjustable positioning along the support rails. A locking system may be associated with the load bar assembly for locking the load bar assembly at a desired longitudinal position along the support rails. A cargo box assembly may also be provided which is removably secured to the load bar assembly. A locking assembly is operably associated with the cargo box assembly for locking the cargo box to the load bar assembly to prevent removal of the cargo box assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: JAC Products, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey M. Aftanas, Gerard J. Kmita
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Patent number: 10160254Abstract: Disclosed herein are adjustable tab mechanisms for a hanging folder. An example tab mechanism includes an indexing portion movable between an expanded position and a retracted position. The example tab mechanism also includes a support portion positioned in a pocket formed by a cover panel of the folder. The support portion has a first fold extending over a hanging member.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: LSC COMMUNICATIONS US, LLCInventor: Paul F. Dobson
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Patent number: 10160396Abstract: A vehicle tailgate includes an internal panel, upper panel, lower panel, pair of side panels, and pair of tie-down brackets. The internal panel extends from the upper panel to the lower panel and between the pair of side panels. The side panels are rotatably secured to a cargo bed proximate to the lower panel. The pair of tie-down brackets is secured to an exterior of the internal panel between the upper and lower panels. The tie-down brackets define C-channels that extend in a direction that is substantially parallel with the side panels.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Dragan B. Stojkovic, Jack Marchlewski, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Stephen William Gallagher, Colleen Marie Hoffman
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Patent number: 10156727Abstract: A strap system for a head-mounted display system includes a rigid bar having an opening at a first end and a vertical slot situated on an outer surface of the rigid bar. The opening extends within the rigid bar in a lateral dimension. The strap system also includes a rigid segment with an end inserted into the opening of the rigid bar in the lateral dimension, one or more compression springs coupled to the rigid segment, a shuttle to press against the one or more compression springs so as to slide along the lateral dimension, and an adjustment strap fixedly coupled to the shuttle and extending beyond the end of the rigid segment and through the vertical slot on the rigid bar.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Robin Michael Miller, Jared I. Drinkwater, Lesley Ribble Magrath, Peter Wesley Bristol, Joseph Patrick Sullivan
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Patent number: 10145649Abstract: A holster having a holster body; a locking element having a first helical portion defining a first helical ramp surface and a second helical portion defining a second helical ramp surface, wherein the locking element is at least rotatable between a locking element engaged position, wherein at least a portion of the locking projection portion of the locking element protrudes into an at least partial cavity portion of the holster and a locking element disengaged position, wherein at least a portion of the locking projection portion of the locking element is withdrawn from the at least partial cavity portion; and a release lever attached or coupled to a pushrod, and wherein as the release lever is urged toward the locking element, interaction between a first end of the pushrod and the second helical ramp surface causes the locking element to rotate toward the release lever disengaged position.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Sentry Solutions Products Group LLPInventor: Eric M. Yeates
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Patent number: 10131469Abstract: The invention relates to a bag (10) comprising a front wall (11) and a back wall (12) arranged parallel to the front wall (11), a bottom (13) that can be folded into the plane of the walls (11, 12), such that a filling chamber (14) results that is open on one side, and a pair of carrying handles (31) that is attached on the front wall (11) and the back wall (12). According to the invention, the pair of carrying handles (31) comprises a folding line (15) in the filling space (14), such that the pair of carrying handles (31) can be brought into a usage position (1) and in a rest position (2), wherein in the rest position (2) the pair of carrying handles (31) is entirely folded back inside the filling chamber (14) and in the usage position (1) the pair of carrying handles (31) protrudes at least in certain areas from the filling space (14).Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Windmöller & Hölscher KGInventor: Jörg Christian Thies
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Patent number: 10131285Abstract: A cylinder holder is provided for supporting a cylinder while the assembly rests on a generally horizontally oriented transport surface. A tank contacting area is provided which has a tank contacting surface radially disposed therein which contacts a lower tank outer surface of the cylindrical tank in close proximity to a sealed end. The tank contacting chamber also has an extension disposed therein to extend outward from a lower extent of the tank contacting surface. This extension contacts the transport surface while the cylindrical tank is positioned within the tank contacting chamber. Connection means are provided to position the support surface relative to the tank contacting chamber. Binding means are provided to produce a compression contact between at least a portion of the tank contacting surface of the tank contacting chamber and the lower tank outer surface of the cylindrical tank while the cylindrical tank is positioned within the tank contacting chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Inventors: Mike Healy, Connie Healy
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Patent number: 10123608Abstract: A wearable band may include a first strap portion including a loop, and a second strap portion positionable through the loop of the first strap portion. The second strap portion may include a multi-pole magnet assembly, the multi-pole magnet assembly including two or more magnets arranged in a multi-pole magnet structure and at least one discrete shunt positioned over a surface of the multi-pole magnet structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Richard D. Kosoglow, Hao Zhu, James A. Stryker
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Patent number: 10118563Abstract: A tensioning device for a load carrier, such as a bike carrier or a roof box. The tensioning device includes a torque limiting mechanism which is adapted to limit the amount of transferable torque. The torque limiting mechanism includes a first torque transmission member and a second torque transmission member. The first torque transmission member is biased into working cooperation with the second torque transmission member such that upon a torque threshold value, the first and second torque transmission members are disengaged from working cooperation so that a torque limiting function is provided. An activation member is associated with the first torque transmission member, which enables a user to operate the first torque transmission member to transfer torque to the second torque transmission member.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Thule Sweden ABInventors: Olof Lindholm, Morgan Lindell, Andreas Arvidsson
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Patent number: 10118741Abstract: A resealable closure for a container in which package integrity is indicated by a structure which connects the closure to a remaining portion of the container which must be broken in order to gain access to the contents of the container for a first time. The package integrity feature, in one form, includes a structure associated with the closure, wherein upon opening the closure for a first time, the structure stretches, increasing a length of the structure until the structure eventually breaks, leaving one or both residual ends of the broken structure rippled or curved upward from the remainder of the container. In one alternative form, the structure is associated with a pull tab of the sealing panel, which comprises the closure, whereby either the structure must be broken first, prior to pulling back the sealing panel, or while pulling back the sealing panel for a first time, the structure breaks, prior to gaining access to the contents therein.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Inventors: Deborah Lyzenga, Jeffrey Thomas Weber, Scott William Huffer, Benjamin Michael Davis
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Patent number: 10117501Abstract: A portable bag includes an outer main body and an inner bag that can hold dry or wet contents. An inner bag adjustment mechanism adjusts the vertical, lateral and forward-rearward positions of the inner bag with respect to the outer main body such that the inner bag may be positioned anywhere within the main body. Releasable securing mechanisms and biasing mechanisms help fix the inner bag at the desired vertical and lateral position.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Inventor: Shinji Marui
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Patent number: 10118737Abstract: The present disclosure relates to plastic or polymeric container with reclosable zippers which make the package child-resistant. In one typical embodiment, this is achieved by a zipper with a high internal opening force and a low external opening force, wherein three flanges are sealed to the bag walls, and one external flange is left unsealed. In order to encounter the low external opening force, the user must grab the unsealed external flange while applying an external opening force to the zipper.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2013Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Jose Manuel Septien Rojas, Lars Wihlborg, Charles Greco, Jeffry Mauro, Glyn Russell
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Patent number: 10119782Abstract: A condition-sensing handgun holster has been developed that both allows one-handed loading or unloading of a semi-automatic pistol using a slide mechanism, and that may sense the presence of a firearm in the holster as well as its load state, is described. The holster facilitates firearm loading and unloading through use of a gun slide-arresting mechanism that allows the gun carriage to move relative to the slide, introducing or ejecting a round into or from the chamber. Gun presence in the holster and load state are determined using in-holster sensors. The data may be transmitted to remote monitors.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: SlideTEK LLCInventor: Arlen J. Erickson
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Patent number: 10117482Abstract: A wearable electronic device is provided, including a main body, a flexible member, a connecting member, and a first hinge. The connecting member is connected to the flexible member and has a hook portion. The first hinge is disposed on the main body and detachably engaged with the hook portion, such that the connecting member is pivotally connected to the main body.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: CLIMAX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Michael Chang
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Patent number: 10117504Abstract: A wearable band for an electronic device and a method of forming the wearable band for the electronic device. The wearable band may include a first strap portion including a loop, and a second strap portion positioned through the loop of the first strap portion. The second strap portion may include a first group of components positioned adjacent a first end of the second strap portion. The first group of components may include magnetic properties. The second strap portion may also include a second group of components positions adjacent a second end, opposite the first end, of the second strap portion. The second group of components may include magnetic properties.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2015Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Jeremy D. Bataillou, Richard D. Kosoglow, Sean S. Corbin
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Patent number: 10099832Abstract: A bag for storing and preparing food, includes a bag body including two sheets having edge regions and being sealed together at least partially along a plurality of the edge regions to present edge seals and a bag opening at one end of the bag. Each sheet comprises a composite material including a plastic inside layer suitable for making contact with the food and an outside layer of paper or metal foil.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Cofresco Frischhalteprodukte GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Hans-Juergen Arning, Sven Larisch, Bjoern Hoeser
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Patent number: 10099819Abstract: A bag 1 with a reclosable tape includes a reclosable tape 20 having a male fastener part 21 and a female fastener part 22 attached to one inner surface of a bag body 10, a cut tape 23 provided between mounting base parts 212 and 222 of those fastener parts, and an easily unsealable structure 50 formed on the mounting base part 212 adjacent to the cut tape 23 in an unsealing start part 30 of a side seal part 60 of the bag body. The easily unsealable structure 50 may be formed by: forming a hole portion 50a or a portion formed by a weak line on the mounting base part 212, arranging a thickness of the mounting base part 212 in the unsealing start part 30 so as to be thinner than other portions, or forming a non-adhesive part between the mounting base part 212 and the cut tape 23.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Idemitsu Unitech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuichi Goto, Kenichi Tanaka
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Patent number: 10093243Abstract: A supporting structure is provided for a bike-carrying rack which includes a main body. The supporting structure includes a supporting member having a pivot portion pivoted to the main body, and a position-restricting assembly. The pivot portion has an axis, and the supporting member pivotally swings about the axis to be in a carrying position or a folded position. The position-restricting assembly has two restricting members assembled on the main body, the two restricting members are located by two opposite sides of the pivot portion, and a connection direction of the two restricting members is oblique to the axis. When being in the carrying position, the supporting member abuts against the two restricting members; and when being in the folded position, the supporting member at least non-abuts against one of the two restricting members. A bike-carrying rack including the supporting structure is further provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: KING ROOF INDUSTRIAL CO., LTDInventor: Shih-Chieh Shen