Patents Examined by Shin Kim
  • Patent number: 9177490
    Abstract: A display may include a body having a first peripheral edge, a second peripheral edge, a third peripheral edge, and a fourth peripheral edge, the body may further include a first fold line defining a first panel and a second panel, a second fold line defining a first flap, a third fold line defining a second flap, a first notch disposed along the first or the second peripheral edge between the first fold line and the second fold line, and a second notch disposed along the first or the second peripheral edge between the first fold line and the third fold line, wherein, when folded, the third peripheral edge is aligned within the first notch and the fourth peripheral edge is aligned within the second notch to define an angle between the first panel and the second panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Outta The Box Dispensers, LLC
    Inventor: Michael J. Emoff
  • Patent number: 9174483
    Abstract: An image display including an image substrate and a support structure. The image substrate has an image printed on a first surface. The support structure can include a front sheet, a back sheet and a plurality of side strips secured between the front sheet and the back sheet for forming a closed support structure. An internal support can be provided in an internal cavity of the support structure for enhancing the rigidity of the support structure. The image substrate can be adhered to an external surface of the front sheet so that the front sheet forms a rigid backing for the image substrate. A variety of image substrates are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Circle Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hank B. Ridless, Evan D. Brooks, Keith E. Freebern
  • Patent number: 9163782
    Abstract: A support bracket for supporting an electrical box between two supports. The support bracket is used with a mounting assembly. The mounting assembly includes two elongated members each having an end mount. The elongated members are slidably coupled to each other, thereby allowing the mounting assembly to be telescopically extended. The support bracket is affixed to the one of the elongated members for supporting an electrical box and includes a planar surface and a slot having a plurality of extended clamps. The clamps are positioned and deformed within an inner lip of one of the elongated members. The bracket also includes a plurality of perpendicular extensions and a support rod affixed to the planar surface and positioned over at least one of the elongated members. The support rod is also affixed to the electrical box thereby providing support to the electrical box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Inventor: Jack R. Kerr, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9165487
    Abstract: A backlighting system for a cabinet sign may include a plurality of panels. Each panel includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (“LEDs”) attached to the panel. The diode has a box sign depth factor of less than about 1.4. An integrated circuit may also be located on the panel. A wire physically connects adjacent panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: GE Lighting Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Marc Nall, Kevin Carpenter, Koushik Saha, Chenyang Li, Ronald K. Brengartner, Jr., Xin Wang, Tamislav J. Stimac
  • Patent number: 9159249
    Abstract: A system for facilitating preparation of medication doses comprising a container of for receiving a quantity of medication, the container having color bands extending circumferentially therearound to facilitate preparing medication doses, each color band corresponding to a predetermined dosage of medication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Inventor: Kenneth D. Ferrara
  • Patent number: 9155295
    Abstract: A boom arm extending from a chassis of an agricultural sprayer includes a plurality of chords extending outward from the sprayer and a plurality of cross-sectional frame members connecting the chords to provide structural integrity. The cross-sectional frame members include brace-receiving portions having slots formed. The boom arm has a plurality of tee-shaped brace members, each having a top flange with a stem extending therefrom. The stem is received in a slot in the brace-receiving portion of adjacent cross-section frame members. Sides of the stem and the underside of the top flange are adhesively bonded to facing surfaces of the brace-receiving portions. Each cross-sectional frame member is configured to receive an extension member that extends between the cross-sectional member and a connector mounted on the first chord. The length of the extension member is determined by the position of the cross-sectional frame member on the tapered boom arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Petrus Henricus Johannes Bouten
  • Patent number: 9148030
    Abstract: A compact support for a battery charger and a cable to be connected from the battery charger to a cell phone or other battery-powered device. The support includes a base on which the battery charger is seated and a stand having a winding hub projecting therefrom. Slots are formed through the base to receive respective terminals (i.e., prongs) of the battery charger to attach the battery charger to the support. The winding hub projecting from the stand has a pair of hub arms and respective tongues which turn away from the arms and each other. The cable of the battery charger is first wrapped around the pair of hub arms so as to lie between the tongues thereof and the stand and then removably retained by one or more notches formed in the stand and one of the tongues of the hub arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Inventor: Douglas S. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9145192
    Abstract: The disclosure describes system for mounting a transducer to a surface of a vessel, and also a method of mounting a transducer to a surface of a vessel. inventive system includes a base having walls that bound an interior void. Flanges extend over the interior void and define a channel, and a slide bracket having a rod passing therethrough such that the slide bracket slides within the channel. The method includes the steps of providing a base with walls and flanges, and mounting a slide bracket to a channel formed within the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Inventor: Jackie Albin
  • Patent number: 9147354
    Abstract: A wristband configured adhering rear surface portions of band base material to each other. The present wristband is characterized in that, when winding the wristband on a portion on which the wristband is to be wound. The rear surface of a first winding region (6) having an exposed adhesive layer (3), and the rear surface of a second winding region are adhered to each other such that a first adhesion position guide (18, 19A) and a second adhesion position guide (19) are aligned with each other while a (second adhesion region (23)) of the adhesive layer (3) is left so that the portion can be exposed, whereby the wristband can be formed in a ring shape and wound on the portion on which the wristband is to be wound. The first winding region (6), which has the adhesive layer (3) having the portion so that the portion can be exposed, can be adhered to the front surface of the second winding region (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Takashima, Hiroyuki Konuma
  • Patent number: 9142149
    Abstract: An attachable display device that promotes brand awareness is provided. The device includes a display part having a display area to display an image and a securing portion and a mounting part having an upper portion disposed and secured inside the display part and a lower portion having at least one hole defined therein. The mounting part wraps around an object such that the securing portion engages the at least one hole to secure the display device to the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: STWRAP, LLC
    Inventor: Tom Augustine
  • Patent number: 9134032
    Abstract: An artificial fireplace comprising a screen and a fuel bed portion. An optical element is provided which is configured to transpose an image of one of the screen and fuel bed to create the impression of a burning fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Basic Holdings
    Inventors: Muiris Flynn, John Prendergast, Dirk Jan Jacob Mus
  • Patent number: 9119495
    Abstract: A power transfer system to facilitate the transfer of electrical power between tree trunk sections of an artificial tree is disclosed. The power transfer system can advantageously enable neighboring tree trunk sections to be electrically connected without the need to rotationally align the tree trunk sections. Power distribution subsystems can be disposed within the trunk sections. The power distribution subsystems can comprise a male end, a female end, or both. The male ends can have prongs and the female ends can have voids. The prongs can be inserted into the voids to electrically connect the power distribution subsystems of neighboring tree trunk sections. In some embodiments, the prongs and voids are designed so that the prongs of one power distribution subsystem can engage the voids of another power distribution subsystem without the need to rotationally align the tree trunk sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: POLYGROUP MACAU LIMITED (BVI)
    Inventors: Chi Yin Alan Leung, Ricky Tong, Chi Kin Samuel Kwok, Chang-Jun He
  • Patent number: 9111469
    Abstract: A poster clamp comprising first and second members, the members comprising first and second gripping surfaces, respectively, for gripping opposing sides of a poster or a like, and a poster mounting system comprising a hoarding and a plurality of such clamps, and a wire on which the clamps are to be mounted for tightening a poster within the frame of the hoarding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Urban Storm Management Limited
    Inventors: Sam Kimber Ross Cook, Peter Knight
  • Patent number: 9099016
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an advertising panel that consists in the use of an assembly of electric connections and electric and electronic components, toothed gears and timers, and to a system for displaying advertising segments in continuous or discontinuous sections which, during rotation, show a whole image, used to present an unlimited number of advertisements in a single system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Inventor: Luiz Antonio Seda
  • Patent number: 9097266
    Abstract: A canopy assembly includes a bracket, a canopy, a plurality of screws, two biasing members and an annular decorative ring. The canopy has two locking sections and two installation sections. Each of the installation sections has a limit wall and an abutment wall connected to the limit wall and cooperating with the limit wall to define an installation groove. Each of the biasing members includes an elastic plate engaging a respective one of the installation grooves and a protrusion formed on the elastic plate. The annular decorative ring covers the screws and has two engaging segments. Each of the engaging segments is formed with a groove engaged with the protrusion of a respective one of the biasing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Inventor: Hsun-Yu Lin
  • Patent number: 9096370
    Abstract: A sleeve is disclosed for adornment and decoration of a baked good, including reshaping, to produce an appearance other than that of the original baked good. The sleeve may be constructed of a mineral-based substrate including a graphic on an outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Moon Cherie
    Inventor: Sheri Mersola
  • Patent number: 9093000
    Abstract: A product merchandiser which can be adjusted to position the sign based on the size and shape of the particular product being merchandised, and on the space available on the shelf or counter in view of the proximity of the other products, such that the product information, e.g., product name and price, is clearly visible and associated with the product being merchandised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignees: DESIGN DISPLAY GROUP, INC., FRANK BRUNKHORST CO., LLC
    Inventors: Michael Cassidy, Andrew Jones
  • Patent number: 9087460
    Abstract: The invention relates to a name badge comprising an attachment device (3) which comprises a base (20) and two cheeks (29, 30) which are arranged at a distance from each other, in addition to a clamping element (27) which is pivotably mounted between the cheeks (29, 30). The attachment device (3) is held by a mounting (8), which is embodied in the form of a frame (10, 13) which at least partially surrounds the attachment device and comprises holding down clamps (16, 17) for the base (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Durable Hunke & Jochheim GmbH U Co. KG
    Inventor: Horst-Werner Maier-Hunke
  • Patent number: 9082326
    Abstract: Self illuminated back and front lit shaped and two-sided signage. The signage includes a turning film having a structured surface for redirecting light and a diffuser providing for diffusion. The shape of the signage from a viewer's perspective provides the content, such as letters, to be conveyed to the viewer. Two-sided signage includes two signs arranged back-to-back, each including a turning film having a structured surface for redirecting light, a diffuser providing for diffusion, and a printed graphic. In the two-sided signage, the turning films receive light from an ambient light source and direct the light via the structured surfaces toward viewers of the two graphics in order to passively illuminate the signage. The two-sided signage can be shaped to provide content via the shape and graphics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Erik A. Aho, Patrick A. Thomas
  • Patent number: 9064435
    Abstract: A tethered display frame has a planar backer sheet, a top sheet of transparent or translucent material overlaying the planar backer sheet, a border attached along a common periphery of the planar backer sheet and the top sheet, a plurality of straps fastened to the frame, and a fastener affixed to distal ends of each of the straps whereby the frame can be releasably fastened to an article. The border encloses the planar backer sheet and the top sheet on three sides with a fourth side providing means for a user to insert a display item between the top sheet and the planar backer sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Inventors: Michael A. Forte, Joseph M. Geraci