Patents Examined by Ramón O. Ramirez
  • Patent number: 7959113
    Abstract: A network cable bundling tool is disclosed, comprising an inner fitting retained within an outer jacket assembly. The outer jacket assembly comprises a first outer jacket half coupled to a substantially identical second outer jacket half, securing the inner fitting therein. The outer jacket assembly comprises a cylindrical housing, an intake orifice defined within the intake housing, and a plurality of funneling projections coupled to the cylindrical housing wherein the plurality of funneling projections form an array assuming the general shape of a truncated faceted cone. In operation, network cable wires are inserted into the inner fitting, and the inner fitting is then secured within the outer jacket assembly. The network cable bundling tool is then displaced in the desired direction of combing, arranging the network cables into an organized and space-efficient shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Michael J. Vermeer, Richard A. Marcus, Robert J. Krisel, David W. West
  • Patent number: 7954778
    Abstract: An ophthalmic surgery support comprising a moving mechanism for holding a surgical instrument to be movable in Z-axis direction, a tilting mechanism for holding the moving mechanism so that a surgical instrument can be tilted in an arbitrary direction about a specified point that is to be positioned to a wound opening and positioned on the Z-axis, and a tilt fixing mechanism for fixing the tilt of the surgical instrument by the tilting mechanism, wherein the tilting mechanism has a rough-motion tilting mechanism, a fine-motion tilting mechanism finer in tilting range than the rough-motion tilting mechanism, a tilt switching mechanism for switching the tilt of the surgical instrument by the rough-motion tilting mechanism to that by the fine-motion tilting mechanism, and a resistance imparting means for imparting resistance for damping the tilting operation of the surgical instrument by the fine-motion tilting mechanism than that by the rough-motion tilting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Osawa, Masanori Hangai
  • Patent number: 7950612
    Abstract: A container device having a paint receptacle allows a user to easily access paint with a brush while working on a ladder. The container device includes one or more fixed brackets for attachment to a desired ladder rung and a pivotable bracket to stabilize the container device on a lower ladder rung. The paint receptacle maintains the paint in a convenient manner during use and includes an interior wipe board for removing excess paint from a paint brush and a brush clamp for storing a paint brush when not in use. A lid and handle are also included for tightly sealing any remaining paint therein during transportation and storage. A fabric cover having a series of pockets can be placed on the lower portion of the container device for carrying various painting tools and accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: C & W Container Corporation
    Inventor: Michael E. Conner, Sr.
  • Patent number: 7950727
    Abstract: A suspension arrangement for spring suspending a mass body (3) in relation to a substructure (1), for example, a driver's cabin (3) of a heavy goods vehicle in relation to the vehicle chassis (1) thereof. The suspension arrangement comprises a spring/damper arrangement (2) which is arranged between the mass body (3) and the substructure (1) and which is used to dampen thrusts and/or oscillations. The suspension arrangement in characterized in that it comprises at least one pantograph (6) which is used to reduce the freedom of movement of the mass body (3). The inventive suspension arrangement is constructively robust and can determine the provided freedom of movement of the mass body in a reliable manner and can dampen and/or prevent undesired movements in other spatial directions. The invention enables an economical and a reliable spring suspension, in particular, for a driver's cabin of heavy good vehicles, to be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Felix Haeusler, Holger Lohmüller, Knut Heidsieck
  • Patent number: 7950613
    Abstract: A low profile moveable mounting system for mounting a device to a surface. According to various embodiments, a surface bracket is operatively connected to a surface member attachable to a surface, one or more hinged translation assemblies are rotatably connected to the surface bracket and rotatably connected to a device bracket adapted for operative connection to a device, and a link member rotatably connected to the surface bracket and the device bracket. The moveable mounting system is selectively tiltable and moveable between an extended orientation, where the device bracket is displaced substantially perpendicular from the surface and a retracted orientation, where the device bracket is positionable proximate the surface. The moveable mounting system may be particularly adapted for mounting a flat panel display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Peerless Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Anderson, Garry Monaco, James Stemple
  • Patent number: 7950620
    Abstract: An air conditioner condenser platform is described for supporting an air conditioner condenser installed on a roof. The platform provides a fixed base and an adjustable platform whereby the fixed base is installed on the roof and the adjustable platform is configured to provide a level platform on which to install the condenser. It provides a durable metal weather resistant platform on which to install the condenser, and a standard platform that may be quickly installed in a variety of roof slopes and configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Inventor: Dan Knight
  • Patent number: 7946551
    Abstract: A keyboard, mouse, and wrist support arrangement with a pivotable transverse member, first and second elongate rails in combination with slide rails for slidably receiving the first and second elongate rails for retaining the pivotable transverse member for extension and retraction and for pivoting about a lateral pivot axis, a keyboard support plate retained relative to the pivotable transverse member, and a keyboard wrist support retained relative to the keyboard support plate. A mouse support plate, which can be independently moveable in relation to the keyboard support plate, can be retained relative to the pivotable transverse member, and a mouse wrist support retained relative to the mouse support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Inventor: Sava Cvek
  • Patent number: 7942377
    Abstract: A beach umbrella stand is provided including a foot operated drive assembly. A pole of a beach umbrella stand has a hollow interior portion housing the foot operated drive assembly. The foot operated drive assembly includes a ratchet assembly operated by a foot pedal. The ratchet assembly further includes an auger mounted at least partially within the pole, for driving into the sand. The ratchet assembly is positioned for operation of a pedal by a user's foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: H & S Endeavors, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Harold, John Sperry
  • Patent number: 7942380
    Abstract: A portable cradle for carrying a PAP device includes a base and a handle that is provided on the base. The base is structured to receive the PAP device and attachments to the PAP device. The base is oriented in a substantially horizontal position when the handle is lifted. A trolley may be provided to easily wheel the PAP device and store multiple accessories. Detachable battery packs may also be provided for attachment to a cradle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: ResMed Limited
    Inventors: Mark Bertinetti, Philip James Jenkinson, Geoffrey Daniel Daly
  • Patent number: 7942376
    Abstract: A wire deck for supporting a load between two spaced parallel supports comprises a parallel array of first wires dimensioned to extend between the supports, and a parallel array of second wires extending across and joined to the first wires. The second wires have intermediate shaped sections projecting downwardly from an adjacent pair of first wires. The shaped sections define a channel-shaped path parallel to the first wires, with one of the first wires located at the base of that path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventor: Ronald A. Young
  • Patent number: 7942373
    Abstract: A mounting bracket allows an electronic whiteboard to be positioned in front of a blackboard. The mounting bracket is attached above the blackboard and extends in front of a portion of the blackboard. A lower portion of the mounting bracket abuts the front of the blackboard. The mounting bracket includes an adjustable portion at the lower end to adjust the distance between the blackboard and the mounting bracket. A standard mounting bracket for the electronic blackboard is attachable to the mounting bracket of the present invention. The height of the standard mounting bracket may be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventor: Leslie C. Bishop
  • Patent number: 7942371
    Abstract: Conduit spacers useful in preparing duct banks are disclosed. The conduit spacers are designed for attachment to each other in vertical and horizontal combinations, that is, they may be arranged in side-by-side arrays, up-and-down arrays, or arrays that are both side-to-side and up-and-down. Thus, the conduit spacers include both vertical and horizontal restraints or interlocks. The vertical interlocks are achieved by the use of tapered tabs and tapered slots, both the tabs and the slots having tapers in the same horizontal direction. Horizontal interlocks are made by the use of rails and matching grooves in the sides of the spacers. Thus, both vertical and horizontal interlocks are achieved by assembling the ducts in a horizontal direction, side-by-side as desired for width, and up-and-down as desired for height. The number and length of conduits and the length of the duct banks needed dictate how many spacers are needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Underground Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald P. McCoy
  • Patent number: 7938376
    Abstract: A clip for securing one object relative to another, such as securing an object to a vehicle door or frame is provided. The clip is useful for installing a strip of safety sensors around the circumference of a vehicle door retrofitted with a motorized assist system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Control Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Jorge Jimenez, Nick Scholtes, Robert C. Signaigo
  • Patent number: 7931247
    Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a jacking device is provided, which is fixed to a flat surface of a trunk compartment in a vehicle, and can conveniently mount the jacking device through pushing of the jacking device from the front to the rear. The mounted state of the jacking device is maintained by restraining the jacking device from being moved in all directions. The jacking device mounting apparatus includes a lower plate fixed to a flat surface in a vehicle, on which a jacking device is mounted; an upper plate placed over the lower plate and spaced apart from the lower plate to from a first space therebetween, a center portion of the upper plate being cut to form a second space; a locking pin for locking a forward of the upper plate; and locking-pin fixing brackets for fixing the locking pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Sung Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 7926765
    Abstract: An plumbing pipe locator and support is provided for fixing plumbing pipes in position relative to studs in a building. The pipe locator and support comprises an elongated supporting strap having upper and lower sides extending along opposing sides of a longitudinal axis. A first plurality of longitudinally aligned, larger pipe openings are interspersed with a second plurality of smaller, aligned fastener openings that extend into ends of the strap. The upper and lower sides undulate to provide a substantially uniform width between first holes and the adjacent sides and the second holes and the adjacent sides. This undulating surface can provide a strap using less material, with reduced manufacturing time, and a strap that can bend without forming creases or stress fractures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Securus, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Brown, Virgil E. O'Neil, John R. Thomas, Jeffrey A. Jaramillo
  • Patent number: 7926771
    Abstract: An apparatus for mounting objects to structural members of a tent is provided. The mounting apparatus comprises a pair of jaws, a jaw adjustment arrangement and an object mounting union. The pair of jaws are operably pivotally connected to one another. Each jaw includes an engaging portion for engaging the structural member of a tent frame. The engaging portions are in opposed relation to one another and define a mouth therebetween. The jaw adjustment arrangement operably adjustably limits a maximum width of the mouth. The object mounting union is used to secure an object to the pair of jaws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Johnson Outdoors Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel DeMartine, John Douglas
  • Patent number: 7926775
    Abstract: The tree stand bracket apparatus fits a plurality of various trees as well as tree stands. The concavities of the mounts importantly fit the curvature of a tree so that the apparatus can easily be securely and selectively affixed to the tree. The removable straps provide for securement to a tree as well as portable securement to a tree stand. Hollow side members further ensure light weight and portability that aid in transport and use. The combined crosspieces and mounts increase the strength of the apparatus. The pulley and the cable loop provide more than one way to aid in lifting and lowering the apparatus and tree stands. Each of the features of the apparatus importantly provides strength, tree stand applicability, and light weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Inventors: David Milazzo, Thomas F. Carbo
  • Patent number: 7922140
    Abstract: A universal travel hook including first and second hook members and a connector member which pivotally connects the first and second hook members for rotation about an axis such that when in a closed configuration, the first hook member opens generally in the same direction as the second hook member in side-by-side relationship, and when in an open configuration, the first hook member opens generally in the opposite direction as the second hook member. In one embodiment, the connector is a split ring which pivotally connects to the hook members by extending through a through opening in the proximal end portion of each hook member. When in an open configuration, the first hook member is adapted for placement over a door or other object while the second hook projects outwardly therefrom and is adapted to receive and hold an article of clothing, a bag, or other object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Inventor: Gretchen A. Carver
  • Patent number: 7922144
    Abstract: In a fixture for a data access device having a hole, the fixture includes a fixing base, a switch and an elastic member, and the fixing base includes a bottom plate, a pair of bent boards extended out from the bottom plate, and a through groove disposed on bottom plate and corresponding to the hole, a switch disposed on a side of the bottom plate and pivotally coupled to the bent board, and a positioning pillar corresponding to the through groove and protruded from a side of the switch that faces the bottom plate, and the elastic member is elastically clamped between the bottom plate and the switch, such that if the switch is pressed, the positioning pillar will be passed into or retracted from the hole, so as to simply the fixation and installation of the data access device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Silverstone Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shu-Chin Lee
  • Patent number: 7913959
    Abstract: A suction nozzle holster is provided with a latch mechanism for receiving a universally adjustable strap having a groove system whose individual grooves can engage with a pawl of a lever arm of said latch mechanism. A forward surface of the holster may be provided with a hole into which a suction hose can be forced in order to constrict said hose and, hence, curtail the vacuum conditions in a suction nozzle serviced by that hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Patient Shield Concepts, LLC
    Inventors: Lynn R. White, Paul Burek