Patents Examined by Ramon O. Ramirez
  • Patent number: 7815158
    Abstract: There is provided a double-hinged wheel hanger for hanging a wheel on a hoist arm. The wheel hanger includes a clevis with parallel top plate and bottom plate connected by a perpendicular base plate. In one preferred embodiment the distance between the top plate and the bottom plate is substantially the same as the height dimension of the hoist arm so that the hoist arm can be received between the top plate and the bottom plate. The wheel hanger has an elongate support arm. A proximal end of the support arm is rotatably received by a recess in a distal end of an arm-connector. A proximal end of the arm-connector is rotatably received between the top plate and the bottom plate of the clevis by means of a vertical hinge. The support arm is rotatable both in the horizontal plane and the vertical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventor: Gregory James Henderson
  • Patent number: 7810770
    Abstract: A parallel support bar for use on a vertical storage rack is roll formed from a single blank of flat metal plate to provide an elongated body portion having a generally rectangular channel shaped cross section with one open corner. The body includes a horizontal top flange with a narrow vertical flange extending downward from one edge and a web extending downward from its other edge, and a narrow horizontal flange extend inwardly from the bottom edge of the web. A mounting bracket is integrally formed each end of the bar by shaping the end portion of the rolled body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Inventor: Charles R. Treadwell
  • Patent number: 7810765
    Abstract: In order to allow, in particular in the case of an industrial robot for a hose assembly to be used, a simply constructed guide element which is flexible is provided. The guide element has longitudinal compensation for the hose assembly and is formed by preferably four guide rods which are distributed uniformly on a circular line and are respectively fastened at their ends to a holding ring. The supply lines running in the hose assembly can be flexibly guided laterally out from the guide element, to any desired sides, between the guide rods. A helical spring which surrounds the hose assembly in the guide element, is provided for a restoring movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Leoni Protec Cable Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Claude Burlot
  • Patent number: 7810778
    Abstract: A height adjustment assembly for furniture has a control member automatically engaging a movable member of a piece of furniture by gravity, so as to hold the movable member at a desired height. When operated, the control member releases the movable member so that the height of the furniture can be readjusted and reset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Inventor: Chien-Kuo Chang
  • Patent number: 7806377
    Abstract: A mounting system for frameless solar panels having a plurality of base mounting members and a plurality mounting brackets. Each of the mounting brackets include one or more elongated bars having a center portion, a flat top plane and a flat bottom plane, wherein each of the elongated bars includes slotted holes formed on either end of the elongated bars, whereby the mounting brackets are fastened to the base mounting members through the slotted holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Renewable Energy Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Strizki
  • Patent number: 7806380
    Abstract: A furniture swivel of the thrust bearing type is taught herein having a top plate and bottom plate made entirely of an internally-lubricated polymer. A central top hole surface projects upwardly and integrally from the top plate, and a central top annular surface projects upwardly and integrally from the same plate wherein two flat, raised annular surfaces are integrally defined on the top inside surface of the top plate made of the polymer. The bottom plate is substantially similar to the top plate made entirely of the polymer and has a raised central bottom hole surface in face-to-face relation with the central top hole surface and a raised bottom annular surface in face-to-face relation with the top annular surface, wherein load support and low-friction rotation is maintained without overlain metal components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Inventors: Ted W. Faull, James K. Faull
  • Patent number: 7802761
    Abstract: A two piece clip device is provided which can retain various components to a vehicle while reducing and/or eliminating the transfer of vibrations from the components to the vehicle. The clip device includes a base section having receivers capable of receiving and retaining components, such as fuel pipes, brake pipes and wire harnesses. The clip device also includes an attachment structure for attaching the entire clip device to a vehicle. A flexible material is deposited between the base section and the attachment structure so that the base section and attachment structure are not in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Scott Jeffrey Volchko
  • Patent number: 7798463
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, an adjustable hanging device for securing an object to a wall including a frame defining a number of substantially parallel slots and being securable to a wall, and a hook for supporting an object and being selectively moveable along each of the plurality of slots in a sliding direction to adjust an orientation of the object relative to the wall. Each of the slots can have a closed end to prevent the hook from disengaging the frame while moving in the sliding direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Adjustable Picture Hook, LLC
    Inventor: James A. Morgenroth
  • Patent number: 7798451
    Abstract: A HVAC system is provided having a three in one door bracket. The door bracket is configured to mount a door on the HVAC and to secure wiring within the HVAC. Various door arrangements may be used with the exemplary door bracket and at least one wire, or a plurality of wires, may be secured in the wire retention area of the door bracket. The door bracket can mount a variety of doors, regardless of the fastener requirements because of the dual fastener areas on the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Tabraiz Ali Khan, Gregory Kenneth Reaser, Robert Cabrera
  • Patent number: 7798380
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plastic drinks bottle support. The inventive support (1) comprises an anchoring member (2) and a ring (3). The anchoring member (2) takes the form of a clamp that is intended to be fixed to a belt or hooked onto the edge of a pocket. The clamp (2) comprises two prongs, namely an outer prong (21) and an inner prong (22). The aforementioned ring (3) comprises an internal elastic lip (4) which projects out from the inner edge of the ring (3) in order to reduce the cross-section thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Inventor: Philippe Chekroune
  • Patent number: 7798453
    Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for boresighting a device with respect to a fixed position and/or a boresight of another device. Typical devices include various types of cameras, firearms and/or antennas. The apparatus includes a first plate and a second plate movable with respect to each other and a fixed location by a pivot rod. The first plate and the second plate are locked with respect to each other by at least one fastener. The apparatus includes adjustment of the pitch angle and the yaw angle of the device. This invention also relates to a method of boresighting a device with respect to the boresight of a second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Quickset International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jessie Ian Maningo, Christopher Lee Abbott, James Robert Lutz
  • Patent number: 7793906
    Abstract: The carrier base 3 is movably installed at the upper part of the FOUP opener main body 50b, and the clamping base 4 is movably installed at the upper part of the carrier base 3. The clamp lever 5a is rotatably supported by the rotating shaft 5c at the upper part of the clamping base 4, and the clamping pawl 5b is formed on the clamp lever 5a. The carrier base 3 and the FOUP 2 integrally move. The clamping pawl 5b, which is accommodated into the clamping recess 2h, presses the clamped portion 2c from above to below, by which the FOUP 2 is fixed to the mounting base 51.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Shinko Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuo Natsume
  • Patent number: 7784747
    Abstract: An exemplary stand includes a housing (51), a sliding member (52), four connecting subassemblies (58, 59), and a spring (56). The housing (51) has two opposite guiding slots (516). The sliding member is slidably disposed in the housing. Part of each connecting subassembly extends in one corresponding guiding slot of the housing and the sliding member, such as to slidably connect the sliding member to the housing. Each connecting subassembly includes two wheels (584) rotatably received in the guiding slots. One end of the spring is connected to the housing, and the other end of the spring is sleeved on the sliding member or the connecting subassemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Lin Gan, Fan Zhou
  • Patent number: 7784758
    Abstract: A motorized mount system includes first and second mount brackets, where one or both of the mount brackets is motorized to pivot a monitor. The motorized bracket includes a motorized actuator system that releaseably engages with the monitor. The actuator system includes a moving block that releaseably pushes the monitor to tilt up, and uses the weight of the monitor to tilt down the monitor. The monitor can be separated with the moving block so that if a foreign object gets between the bottom end of the monitor and the wall, the foreign object needs to counteract the weight of the monitor but not the force due to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventors: Sung I. Oh, Ken Nguyen
  • Patent number: 7780138
    Abstract: A seat moving track assembly comprising a stationary rail having at a lower part of one side thereof recesses and having at an upper part of the other side thereof openings, a moving rail having first side holes to correspond to the recesses and second side holes to correspond to the openings, a locking member having first stopping protrusions projecting through the first side holes coupled into the recesses and second stopping protrusions projecting through second side holes coupled into the openings, an elastic connecting member having a shaft supporting part to rotatably support the locking member, an elastic pressing part to rotate the locking member, and unlocking means for rotating the locking member in the other direction to release a coupling between the first stopping protrusions and the recesses and a coupling between the second stopping protrusion and the openings, thereby providing stability and a simplified configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Austem Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang Ju Lee, Byung Kwan Cho, Gun Young Park, Bum-Suk Oh, Sung Ha Park
  • Patent number: 7780127
    Abstract: A height adjusting apparatus, for adjusting the height of a projector, includes a support leg, an air-pressure cylinder connected to the projector, and a switch. The air-pressure cylinder and the support leg together form a sealed chamber. When the pressure of the air inside the chamber is regulated, the height of the air-pressure cylinder and the height of the projector change. The switch is mounted on the air-pressure cylinder to create a gap to allow air to exit or enter the chamber when the switch is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-Hung Chou
  • Patent number: 7780140
    Abstract: A two-piece plastic equipment pad with a top portion and an identical bottom portion. Each portion has a base with an underlying grid structure comprising cells formed by perpendicular ribs. The top portion and the bottom portion are aligned and connected together by connector strips that slots formed in the perpendicular ribs of the grid structure of the top portion and the bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Diversitech Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Barry Ward, Kenneth Bertoli, Keith Platt
  • Patent number: 7775490
    Abstract: A suction cup, includes: a suction cup body made of a synthetic resin material having elasticity; and a gel layer bonded to the suction cup body and having a surface serving as a suction face; the suction cup body being made of thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer, the gel layer being made of two-pack thermosetting polyurethane gel, the suction cup body and the gel layer being bonded to each other by bonding of an isocyanate group which the thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer has and a hydroxyl group which the two-pack thermosetting polyurethane gel has.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Kawabata
  • Patent number: 7775493
    Abstract: A multi-functional decorative article having a body and three or more apertures in the body, wherein two or more apertures are continuous with each other within said body, whereby the apertures can be used to support and arrange products, mainly window treatments, in a variety of decorative arrangements; the optional coverings for the apertures can be used to support products and arrange products; and the optional fasteners can be used to fasten products to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Inventors: Theresa Marie Pilutti, Michael Grant Collins
  • Patent number: RE41624
    Abstract: A bracket is used for mounting onto the standard of a stadium or theater seat. The bracket can be bolted in place at the same time as seat backs are bolted onto the seat standard. The bracket has latches that permit a drink cupholder to be installed by sliding the cupholder along mating guides in one direction. The latches engage complementary latch portions on the drink cupholder to prevent removal of the drink cupholder. The drink cupholder has a wall that mates to the bracket, and includes skirt walls that cover the bolts used for attaching the bracket and the seat backs to the seat standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Caddy Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter W. A. Bergin