Patents Examined by Robert Sandy
  • Device and system for assisting actuation of a buckle release
    Patent number: 11678726
    Abstract: A device and system that can be used to assist actuation of a buckle release is disclosed. A device can comprise a first arm and a second arm joined by a U-shaped connecting portion. The device can also comprise a button contact feature. The device can be inserted over a buckle with the button contact feature over a buckle release button, and the device used to assist engagement of the buckle release button by a person operating the device. A system can comprise a device and various additional features or accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Namra LLC
    Inventors: Kristin Riley-Carter, Mauro Riley-Guglielmo
  • Slider with ergonomic features
    Patent number: 11679911
    Abstract: A slider for a closure assembly of a bag. The slider has a pair of finger pads extending from a top wall. Each pad has a surface with a curved portion running from a front end to a back end of the slider, a defined, first curved area extending from the curved portion to an end of the first curved area, and a defined, second curved area extending from the end of the first curved area to a midpoint of the curved portion. The first curved area and the second curved area are defined by different angles at which the respective curved area extends into the respective finger pad. Each finger pad includes a major axis dimension greater than a minor axis dimension to provide an area that fits an average finger size, and a lip region to guide a finger of a user into a finger pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert R. Turvey, Lawrence C. Stanos, Bryan L. Ackerman, Matthew N. Thurin, Christina J. Korinda
  • Reusable security tethering device
    Patent number: 11680625
    Abstract: A device including a screw contrivance, a cable implement, a cable sleeve implement, said cable sleeve implement comprises a double barrel shaped cable sleeve, in which an outer surface of said cable sleeve implement resembles an outer surface of a number 8. The cable sleeve implement further includes, a front end, a screw tap, a back end, a first barrel sleeve, a second barrel sleeve, a lower portion, a cable implement hole, a middle portion, and an upper portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventor: Jacob Noel Arios-Freedman
  • Single handed shoulder strap length adjustment
    Patent number: 11672309
    Abstract: A shoulder strap system having a shoulder strap attached to a device for supporting or carrying the device on a person's shoulder. The system has a tri-glide slide and a pull attached to the tri-glide slide. A length of the should strap is adjustable by the person pulling on the pull by one hand in either an upward or downward direction, thereby allowing the length to be adjusted without requiring the person to unsling the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LEVY'S LEATHERS LTD.
    Inventors: Jennifer Tabor, Rob Garofala, Kyle Narkiewicz
  • Clip for mounting a solar module to a rail system
    Patent number: 11674537
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solar power system including at least one mounting assembly including a rail, at least one framed solar module, and at least one clip to secure the solar module to the rail. The clip includes at least a pair of sidewalls extending from a top plate or rear wall, each sidewall including a slot, a recess, and a locking member, at least one of the slot, recess, or both include a serrated edge. The clips may secure a solar module to the rail by coupling to the frame of the solar module to a rail of the mounting assembly within the slots of the sidewalls. The clips may be secured to the mounting assembly by locking members positioned on a distal end thereof. The clips may establish an electrical grounding connection between the frame of the solar module and the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: NEXTRACKER LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Watson, Ricardo Delgado-Nanez
  • Ejector element for a belt buckle sensor with a trigger, and a belt buckle with such an ejector element
    Patent number: 11673531
    Abstract: An ejector element with a trigger for a belt buckle sensor includes a plate-shaped ejector body and a trigger blade of a magnetic and/or metallic material for producing a change in a magnetic field of a Hall sensor or an inductive sensor. The ejector element is distinguished by the fact that the trigger blade is connected in one piece to the ejector body, wherein the one-piece connection between the trigger blade and the ejector body is produced by an injection-molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Marian Cristea, Eyüp Aslan, Jose-Luis Serrada
  • Ultra-slim fastener
    Patent number: 11672293
    Abstract: An ultra-slim fastener for a garment includes male and female parts engagable by inclining the male part while inserting a foot into a cavity of the female part, and pivoting the parts to a co-planar orientation. The female has a roof thickness, and the foot may be offset by at least the roof thickness. The male and female may include flanges which have a symmetrical appearance when engaged. The male and female may include a plurality of protrusions distributed throughout a weld region for welding the parts to a garment piece. Features of the fastener improve tensile strength, increase flexibility, and improve comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: DUBROSKY & TRACY PATENT SERVICE CORP.
    Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
  • Adhesive fabric fastener
    Patent number: 11672311
    Abstract: An adhesive fabric fastener for temporary securing two pieces of fabric or an object to a piece of fabric. In one embodiment, the fastener can be a snap assembly which can include ball and socket members each associated with adhesive for temporarily securing the ball and socket members to the fabric/objects. In one non-limiting use the fastener can be used to close or reduce the gap created between buttons on a buttoned shirt and such that the fastener is not seen in use. No modification or alteration to the piece of fabric or garment is required for securing the fastener. In another embodiment the fastener can be a cord secured at one end to adhesive tape and at its other end to another piece of adhesive tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventor: Ann DesRuisseaux
  • Releasable bundling tie
    Patent number: 11673724
    Abstract: Improved releasable bundling ties having unique releasable locks are provided. In various embodiments, the releasable locks have a two-way operation, wherein a bundling tie can be fastened or locked in either one or both of two directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventor: Todd B. Wendle
  • Articulating buckle
    Patent number: 11672310
    Abstract: An articulating buckle including a loop side and a hook side, the loop side configured to pivotably couple with the hook side via insertion of a cylindrical bar of the loop side into a rounded groove of the hook side. Coupling via the cylindrical bar and rounded groove enables the loop side to pivot relative to the hook side while the two sides are engaged. The articulating buckle further includes a first cam latch and a second cam latch, pivotably coupled to a base of the hook side, and configured to releasably secure the cylindrical bar within the rounded groove. The first cam latch includes a first lobe, and the second cam latch includes a second lobe, wherein the first lobe and the second lobe are configured to bias the first cam latch and second cam latch, respectively, towards a locked position, when acted against by the cylindrical bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: CMC Rescue, Inc.
    Inventors: John Stump, Tyler J. Mayer, Ole Kils, Ryan Schaafsma
  • Magnetic buckle
    Patent number: 11666123
    Abstract: A magnetic buckle, including a female buckle and a male buckle, the female buckle provided with a first magnetic member; the male buckle provided with a second magnetic member; the second magnetic member and the first magnetic member attract each other, characterized in that, the female buckle is provided with a locking member that can lock the male buckle so that the male buckle and the female buckle are locked and connected together, the locking member is provided with a third magnetic member, and the third magnetic member interacts with the second magnetic member and/or the first magnetic member through magnetic force so that it can actuate the locking member to lock the male buckle when the male buckle is mated with the female buckle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: LIAN YANG PLASTICS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qiuzong Li
  • Mobius zipper interactive teaching and learning device
    Patent number: 11670192
    Abstract: A mobius zipper learning model is described. The learning model can include a device comprising two 3D printed, hard plastic, semi-circular halves connected by a plastic zipper, which could also be 3D printed, with top ends connected to the frame halves. The zipper can be twisted and then reconnected at the bottom of the frames using embedded fasteners (e.g., hook and eyelet, snaps, or hook and loop). The Mobius zipper permits topologists and others to explore and demonstrate Mobius properties without having to seek and size workable material (usually paper) and/or successfully slice the selected material. Further, use of the Mobius Zipper results in no waste of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventor: Douglas O. Sanders, Jr.
  • Touch fastener part
    Patent number: 11659899
    Abstract: A touch fastener part has a first substrate tape (10) with hooking elements (12) arranged on one side and has a second substrate tape (16) connected to the first substrate tape (10). The second substrate tape (10) has a connectors (20) on its side facing away from the hooking elements (12) and is wider than the first substrate tape (10). At least one free lateral edge area (22) of the second substrate tape (16) projects beyond the adjacent longitudinal edge of the first substrate tape (10). The two substrate tapes (10, 16) can be bent along and transversely to their longitudinal orientation by at least one free side edge area (22) of the second substrate tape (16) being provided with a weakening of resistance (27) in such a way that bending the two substrate tapes (10, 16) transversely to their longitudinal orientation is facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: GOTTLIEB BINDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Konstantinos Poulakis
  • Articulated harness connection arrangement with integrated attachment element
    Patent number: 11660476
    Abstract: A connection arrangement for use with a wearable body harness includes a first connector having a first body component, a second body component, and an attachment element connected to each other by a rod having a longitudinal axis. The connection arrangement further includes a second connector removably connectable to the first connector. Each of the first body component, the second body component, and the attachment element are independently movable relative to each other about the longitudinal axis of the rod. The first connector and the second connector are removably connectable to each other via a locking and release mechanism between a first, locked configuration, where the first connector and the second connector are connected to each other, and a second, unlocked configuration, where the first connector and the second connector are disconnected from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: MSA Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Michael D. Monahan, Mark Hall, Eduardo José Ferreira Dodge
  • Fastener
    Patent number: 11661964
    Abstract: A fastener for coupling a first component to a mounting hole of a second component. The fastener includes a central body portion, a head portion, provided at the proximal end of the central body portion. The fastener has at least two resilient ribs, protruding radially outward from an outer surface of the central body portion. The fastener includes at least a first pair of diametrically opposed recessed surfaces, provided at the proximal end of the central body and extending axially between the head portion and a respective shoulder portion formed by each one of the first pair of recessed surfaces. The at least two resilient ribs extend along the outer surface of the central body portion in a direction along the central axis between the distal end and the proximal end, and axially past the respective shoulder portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Javier Arteta, Ivan Cipres, Francisco Cuervas, Josep Ventallo Sabater
  • Securing device with spring closure
    Patent number: 11659898
    Abstract: A securing device has a main body having a first side wall, a second side wall, and at least one first slot for receiving a strap, and a top bar connected to the main buckle body at the first side wall and forming a second slot with the main buckle body for receiving a second strap. The second slot is open at a distal end thereof. The top bar has a guide track extending longitudinally therethrough, with the guide track opening into the second slot. A catch is formed on the second side wall and facing inward. A spring gate is disposed in the guide track. The spring gate is placed around the catch to close the distal end of the second slot. The spring gate is releasable from the catch by pressing on the top bar until the spring gate clears the catch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Duraflex Hong Kong Limited
    Inventor: Yick Fai Chan
  • Multi-point safety belt buckle with dustproof function
    Patent number: 11653722
    Abstract: A safety belt buckle includes a buckle body, a plurality of latch plates, and a dustproof cover. The buckle body includes a base having a plurality of insertion slots. The dustproof cover is mounted on the base and has a plurality of passages. Each of the latch plates has a locking portion inserted through one of the passages of the dustproof cover into one of the insertion slots of the base. The locking portion has a clamping section arranged between each of the latch plates and the base. The clamping section of each of the latch plates seals one of the passages of the dustproof cover and stops one of the insertion slots of the base. The locking portion of each of the latch plates is clamped by one of the passages of the dustproof cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN RACING PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wen-Yuan Wu
  • Shoulder harness
    Patent number: 11654312
    Abstract: A harness includes a shoulder support having a back member, a shoulder strip, an underarm strip, and a chest strip. The underarm strip and the chest strip connect to an underarm connection. A tether connects to the underarm connection at a tether first end. At a tether second end, a tool connection is configured to connect to a tool and a support connection is configured to connect to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventor: Weston Kay
  • String winding and unwinding apparatus
    Patent number: 11653718
    Abstract: An apparatus for convenient tightening and loosening of strings such as those found in shoelaces of footwear is provided. The apparatus includes a rotating portion within a base portion. A cover portion, when operated in a first position, provides a ratchet movement that allows rotation in a tightening direction while preventing movement in a loosening direction. When the cover is moved to a second position, the ratchet mechanism disengages, and the strings can then be easily loosened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventor: Sug Whan Kim
  • Safety belt latch assembly
    Patent number: 11653723
    Abstract: A safety belt latch assembly includes an adjusting section, a snap-fit piece, and a strap winding bar. The adjusting section is provided with an opening and two side plates. Each of the side plates of the adjusting section is provided with an elongate slot. The snap-fit piece has a first end provided with a torsion portion twisted from the adjusting section, with a torsion angle of ninety degrees (90°) being defined between the snap-fit piece and the adjusting section. The snap-fit piece has a second end provided with a fastening portion having a fastening hole. The strap winding bar is provided with two contact portions. Each of the contact portions of the strap winding bar is inserted into the elongate slot of one of the side plates of the adjusting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Racing Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen-Yuan Wu