Patents Examined by Robert Sandy
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Patent number: 12168558Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a cable tie with two tooth shaped sides having enhanced tension, including a locking head and a tie body; one end of the tie body is fixedly connected to an outer wall of one end of the locking head close to an insertion opening, tie teeth are provided on and fixed to outer walls of two sides of the tie body, locking teeth are mounted on inner walls of two sides of the locking head, the locking teeth are adapted to the tie teeth, and a protruding head is integrally formed at one end of the tie body away from the locking head. The tie teeth are provided on and fixed to outer walls of two sides of the tie body, and in combination with the locking teeth provided on the inner walls of the two sides of the locking head.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2024Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Inventor: Lilong Duan
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Patent number: 12167778Abstract: A fastening device is applied for being installed at an article and includes a base, a coupling member and a reel member. The base is located at the article and includes a bottom cover and a rotating plate, the bottom cover includes a bore, and the rotating plate is movably coupled to the bottom cover. The coupling member inserts an installing hole of the article and the bore, the coupling member is coupled to the rotating plate, and the reel member is coupled to a lace and disposed at the base. The rotating plate is rotated to move the coupling member in the bore, thereby narrowing a gap between the base and the article.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Inventor: Chin-Chu Chen
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Patent number: 12161200Abstract: A magnetic buckling assembly includes a male buckling component, a female buckling component, a first locking portion, a second locking portion, an operating component, a first magnetic component, a second magnetic component and a clearance structure. The first magnetic component magnetically attracts the second magnetic component for preventing separation of the male buckling component and the female buckling component or magnetically repulses the second magnetic component for promoting the separation of the male buckling component and the female buckling component when the operating component is operated to disengage the first locking portion from the second locking portion for allowing the separation of the male buckling component and the female buckling component.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AGInventor: Manqun Cheng
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Patent number: 12161896Abstract: Disclosed are clamp devices for attaching harnesses to a panel. In aspects, a disclosed clamp device includes a body portion having a fixing portion on a fixing side of the clamp device, arranged to be fixed to a panel, the body portion further has three support sides having a top side opposite to the fixing side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side; and a set of three apertured heads having a first apertured head on the first lateral side, a second apertured head on the second lateral side, and a third apertured head on the top side, each of the apertured heads including a cap and two pillars, the cap and two pillars arranged to create a space between the body portion, the cap, and the pillars to receive a respective cable tie arranged to attach one respective harness to the panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: HellermannTyton S.A.S.Inventors: Pascal M. Cherdo, Thomas M. Pizon
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Patent number: 12163553Abstract: The invention discloses a safety lock catch, which comprises a lock body, a lock bolt, a force component and a thumb wheel; the lock body comprises a mounting portion and a hook portion, the hook portion has a first end and a second end, the first end is connected with the mounting portion, the second end is bent toward the mounting portion and there is a gap between the second end and the mounting portion, and a chamber is provided in the mounting portion; The thumb wheel is pivotally connected with the mounting portion, the thumb wheel is engaged with the lock bolt, and the lock bolt can be moved from the first position to the second position by the drive under the thumb wheel. The safety lock catch provided by the invention is not easy to fall off when used, and has better safety.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: WENZHOU YUANFEI PET TOY PRODUCTS CO.,LTD.Inventor: Mingyun Zhuang
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Patent number: 12161196Abstract: An apparatus for automatically adjusting tension on retention member to hold multiple objects together. Examples include using retention apparatus to obtain optimal fit and use of a human wearable item such as article of footwear. Sensors may be used to sense changes in movement of the article of footwear, of the person wearing it, or of a third object such as a vehicle carrying the person. A retention member may surround at least a portion of the objects, and an actuator may be included that automatically rotates a rotating member such as a gear or pulley that may be coupled to the retention member. The rotating member may be configured to automatically adjust tension on the retention member many times per second based on control signals from control logic responsive to the sensors.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Cincinnati Automation & Mechtronics LLCInventors: Roger Neil Rovekamp, Jr., Keith Sawmiller
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Patent number: 12156570Abstract: A fastening device including a case unit and a spool is provided. The case unit includes a wall forming a receiving space, an upper opening communicated with the receiving space, and a lower opening opposite to the upper opening and communicated with the receiving space. The spool is within the receiving space. The spool is limited by the wall, and the wall prohibits the spool from leaving the receiving space from the upper opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Inventor: Chin-Chu Chen
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Patent number: 12156571Abstract: Systems relating to a mechanical closure or locking device configured to allow for quick connect and disconnect. The systems can be used in conjunction with compression garments. The systems can include a buckle that couples to an anchor. The buckle and anchor can include complementary features that can mechanically interface to secure the buckle and anchor together. The buckle and anchor can include complementary magnetic elements to secure the buckle and anchor together. The buckle can be manipulated to tighten or loosen an adjustable strap.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: KOYA MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Anand Doraiswamy, Connor Meehan, Ian Kovacevich, Jarren Baldwin, John C. Pamplin
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Patent number: 12158175Abstract: A lockable connecting ring includes a first assembly and a second assembly connected to the first assembly. Two opposite ends of a rod body of the first assembly have a male linking portion and a female lockable portion, respectively. Two opposite ends of a rod body of the second assembly have a male lockable portion and a female linking portion, respectively. The male linking portion is pivotally connected to the female linking portion, and the female lockable portion is detachably connected to the male lockable portion by screwing. When the threaded connection of the lockable connecting ring is unlocked, the lockable connecting ring could be rotated along the pivotal connection to form an opening for allowing the rope to fit around the lockable connecting ring. Then, the female lockable portion is connected to the male lockable portion by screwing again to close the lockable connecting ring, which is convenient for use.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: YOKE INDUSTRIAL CORP.Inventor: Chia-Hsien Wang
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Patent number: 12150508Abstract: Adjustable belt loop fastening devices and associated methods of using the same to extend between two or more belt loops on a garment and to selectively lessen the distance there between the belt loops to secure the waistline of a garment to a wearer while concurrently minimizing the force and/or pressure applied to the wearer's abdominal region, especially for wearer's having chronic diseases and/or illnesses (e.g., Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, etc.) that frequently result in increased abdominal sensitivity and tenderness.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Lucida, LLCInventor: Joshua Wexelbaum
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Patent number: 12150525Abstract: A rotary closure system includes a dial with a projection on an underside of the dial to engage a pawl assembly, the pawl assembly in connection with teeth of a housing. The housing receives a spool therein, and the housing has teeth around a peripheral edge, the pawl assembly engageable with the teeth of the housing. A base member or flange may be coupled or integral to the housing for connecting the rotary closure system to an article of clothing, such as a shoe. The rotary system has a first, locked position and a second, unlocked position. In the first, locked position, an inner arm of the pawl assembly engages the spool and a tooth of the housing. In the second, unlocked position, the inner arm of the pawl assembly disengages the spool.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2024Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Pride Manufacturing Company, LLCInventor: Randon Kruse
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Patent number: 12151545Abstract: A device or system for use in vehicles, such as jeeps, having soft tops. The device or system may include a bow top clip which is configured to engage with, mount on, or secure to a portion of the vehicle, such as the roll bar cage. To help prevent the vehicle soft top from flapping, the vehicle bow top clip is configured to receive and hold a crossbar member.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Arcus Products, Inc.Inventor: Timothy J. Demming
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Patent number: 12150526Abstract: A separable bottom end stop for a reverse opening-type slide fastener, in which left and right element rows of left and right fastener stringers can be opened from an upper end and a lower end, the slide fastener includes a lower slider for opening the left and right element rows from the lower end, the lower slider includes a locking claw, which is elastically biased to a protruded position protruding into an element guide path of the lower slider, an insert pin connected to the lower end of one of the left and right element rows, and a box pin connected to the lower end of the other of the left and right element rows. At least one of the box pin and the insert pin includes a release groove capable of receiving the locking claw on a side surface opposing to the other side surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: YKK CorporationInventor: Yuki Chayahara
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Patent number: 12151603Abstract: A load binder apparatus includes a housing and a shaft rotatably mounted at least partially in the housing. The shaft has a first gear, a first attachment member coupled with a first end or portion of the shaft and a second attachment member coupled with a second end or portion of the shaft. A second gear is rotatably mounted to the housing and is configured to engage the first gear to rotate the shaft around a first axis to move the first attachment member and the second attachment member in opposing directions along the first axis. A lever is pivotally mounted to the housing and is configured to operate the second gear. The second gear is rotatable about a second axis which is perpendicular to the first axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2024Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Inventor: Justin Clein
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Patent number: 12150847Abstract: The present invention relates to a roll-type hook tape for providing a disposable diaper hook member, which is more stably fastened to a loop member which is a counterpart of the hook member, and greatly contributes to manufacturing and commercialization in the form of a roll.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: LARK INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong Ryep Kim, Kwang Su Yeo, Man Bae Lim, Jung In Park, Se Cheol Hwang
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Patent number: 12150530Abstract: A strap of the present disclosure includes a spring rod that includes a shaft member, and a strap main body that includes a plurality of decorative members coupled to each other and a connecting ring coupled to an end portion of the plurality of decorative members. The strap further includes a coupler that includes a spring rod insertion hole through which the spring rod is inserted, a fixing member insertion hole, and a connecting ring arrangement portion in which the connecting ring is disposed and that can be coupled to a watch main body of a watch by the spring rod, and a fixing member that connects the strap main body and the coupler by being inserted through the fixing member insertion hole and the connecting ring.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Yohei Maruyama
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Patent number: 12144406Abstract: A jewelry clasp includes respective first and second clasp parts and a slider. At least part of the first clasp part in an attached position thereof is received in a housing of the second clasp part. At least one of the first and second clasp parts includes a magnet, and the other of the first and second parts includes a part magnetically attractable by the magnet so that the first clasp part in its attached position is held to the second clasp part by magnetic attraction. The slider is attached to and slideable in relation to the housing of the second clasp part, and is slideable between a releasing state and a locking state. In the releasing state, the first clasp part may be detached from the second clasp part, and in the locking state the first clasp part is prevented from being detached from the second clasp part.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignees: Pandora A/S, Pandora Production Co., Ltd.Inventor: John R. Decker
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Patent number: 12144402Abstract: A water-soluble male-type molded hook-and-loop fastener includes a substrate and a plurality of male-type engaging elements, arranged in rows, protruding from the substrate surface. The engaging elements have a shape rising from the substrate surface and curving mid-course in a row direction, or a shape rising from the substrate surface, branching forward and backward mid-course in the row direction and curving in the row direction, with tip portions oriented toward the substrate surface in either shape. The substrate and the engaging elements both contain a mixture of a polyvinyl alcohol, 5 to 30 parts by mass of a polyhydric alcohol- or ethylene oxide-based polymer, and 3 to 20 parts by mass of a layered inorganic particle, based on 100 parts by mass of the polyvinyl alcohol. The polyvinyl alcohol has a degree of polymerization of 300 to 700 and a degree of saponification of 60 to 80% by mole.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignees: KURARAY FASTENING CO., LTD., KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuhiro Koga, Hideki Kamada, Satoru Ono, Yoshikatsu Fujisawa
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Patent number: 12145773Abstract: An elongate closure (10; 110) for closing an access side of a flexible packaging comprises an elongate plastic body (12; 112), wherein the body (12; 112) has a first face (22; 120) that is turned towards the access side of the flexible packaging in a closed position, a second face (24; 122) that is turned away from the access side of the flexible packaging in a closed position, and at least one thickened rib (14, 16; 114) extending over the length of the body (12; 112), wherein the at least one thickened rib (14, 16; 114) has at least two projecting parts (26; 124) separated by a recess (28; 126) at the second face (24; 122). The elongate closure can be a clip band type closure or a twist tie type closure.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Schutte Bagclosures B.V.Inventors: Frank Emil Léon Van Drunen, Mieke Petronella Hendrina Verweijen, Petrus Jacobus Johannes Van Hooff
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Patent number: 12146516Abstract: Provided is a closure device having a first closure part including a body, and a second closure part. The closure parts for closing the closure device are placeable against one another along a closing direction and in a closing position being connected to one another. The closure device has at least one locking element which is disposed so as to be adjustable on the body of the first closure part, and at least one engagement portion which is molded on the second closure part. The at least one locking element and the at least one engagement portion in a closing position are mutually engaged in such a manner that the first closure part and the second closure part are locked to one another. The first closure part has a first magnetic installation and the second closure part has a second magnetic installation.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Fidlock GmbHInventors: Joachim Fiedler, Breido Botkus, Lasse Hiller