Patents Examined by Stanton L. Krycinski
  • Patent number: 11274910
    Abstract: A dart holder (10) comprising: first positioning means (1), holding means (3) for holding optionally at least the tip and/or part of the barrel of a dart in a settled position in the first positioning means (1) such that the barrel of said dart is accessible for being grabbed by a user's hand, a first landing area (4) arranged on the first positioning means (1) in respect to the holding means (3) such that said first landing area (4) provides a reference to at least part of the hand for grabbing the barrel at a target position, wherein the holding means (3) is formed by a shaft (30) extending from the first landing area (4) at least partially through the first positioning means (1) up to a shaft end (31) facing away from the first landing area (4), wherein the shaft (30) is provided with a limitation reference means (8) to define a limitation for the tip of the barrel when it is inserted in the shaft (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: J&J Idee B.V.
    Inventors: Jans Schut, Jeroen Bart Peters
  • Patent number: 11272783
    Abstract: A method, a locking device and a set of panels, including a panel and an adjacent panel, wherein the panel includes a groove and at least a first hole connected to the groove via an opening, the adjacent panel includes a first edge that is configured to be arranged in the groove of the panel and a second hole that is configured to be arranged at the opening when the first edge is arranged in the groove, and the panel includes a locking device configured to lock the first edge of the adjacent panel in the groove of the panel, wherein the locking device includes a locking pin and a flexible element, the flexible element is configured to move the locking pin from a locking position to a mounting position and to, when flexed back, move the locking pin from the mounting position to the locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
    Inventor: Peter Derelöv
  • Patent number: 11272795
    Abstract: A storage system includes a slatwall panel having a number of elongate horizontal slots disposed between flat panels that enables various support assemblies to be engaged within the slots to hold the support on the panel, thereby enabling the support assembly to support items thereon in a horizontal orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventor: Carl Landgren
  • Patent number: 11272637
    Abstract: A rack arrangement for a data center includes an assembly frame including vertical beams, lateral beams connected to the vertical beams, and transverse beams connected to the vertical beams. The transverse beams extend at least partly in a depth direction of the assembly frame. A rack-supporting platform is connected between two of the lateral beams and extends horizontally between four of the vertical beams. Each rack of a plurality of racks is configured to support computer equipment or cooling equipment for servicing the data center. A first rack is supported at least in part by two of the lateral beams. A second rack is disposed above the first rack and disposed atop the rack-supporting platform. The rack-supporting platform is supported in part by a top portion of the first rack such that a load of the second rack is partly applied on the first rack through the rack-supporting platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: OVH
    Inventors: Ali Chehade, Alexandre Alain Jean-Pierre Meneboo, Etienne Zahm
  • Patent number: 11253988
    Abstract: A tool holder includes a base, a rotating sleeve, a segmented positioning member and an anti-dropping member. The main feature is that the base includes the chassis and the convex shaft formed with the abutment plate. The rotating sleeve includes a seat and a quadrangular sleeve joint with a hollow chamber formed therein. The seat is formed with a perforation for the convex shaft of the base and the abutment plate to pass through and enter the hollow chamber. The segmented positioning member includes a blocking part formed on the convex shaft, and first and second inserting parts formed at the corresponding positions of the seat. The anti-dropping member is located in the hollow chamber, and includes the anti-dropping flange formed on the convex shaft; thereby forming both the segmented positioning member and the anti-dropping member set within the projection range of the lateral contour of the quadrangular sleeve joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventor: Chih-Chien Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11253071
    Abstract: A shelving system comprising a mounting surface and at least one shelf unit, the mounting surface comprises a plurality of mounting holes and one or more elongate power supply rails, the at least one shelf unit comprises aback face comprising at least two thru holes adapted for mounting the shelf unit on the mounting surface, the at least one shelf unit comprises power fittings, wherein the shelving system comprises a first power supply bracket and at least one flexible power cable comprising a first and a second end, the at least one flexible power cable is at the first end electrically connected to the first power supply bracket, and the second end of the at least one flexible power cable is electrically connected to the power fittings of the at least one shelf unit, and the first power supply bracket adapted to electrically connect the first end of the at least one flexible power cable and one of the one or more elongate power supply rails, the shelving system adapted to supply power from the elongate powe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Rikke Høgstrup Mølgaard, Søren Hansen Hinge, Søren Holm
  • Patent number: 11258397
    Abstract: A mounting system for a solar module that uses a resilient clip to locate and secure the solar module in a desired location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: AP ALTERNATIVES, LLC
    Inventor: Josh Von Deylen
  • Patent number: 11247597
    Abstract: The accessories include an accessory board that functions in several ways for the desired purposes of the clipboard user. Generally, the accessory board functions as a work surface that can be oriented differently for different purposes. For example, the accessory board can be oriented predominantly horizontally to facilitate the placement and support for the use of a computing device such as a laptop computer. The accessory board can be oriented in a predominantly oblique angle as a tray which supports objects resting at one edge of the accessory board, for the placement of items in support of personal hygiene such as the application of cosmetics, grooming, mounting a mirror, etc., for the placement of food/drink items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventor: David T. Cooper
  • Patent number: 11241106
    Abstract: A system to support a member extending from a wall. The system includes a wall with one more apertures, a bracket configured to be disposed an aperture, and a member comprising a tang, wherein the tang is configured to be supported by the bracket. The bracket comprises a body with a hole, the hole receives the tang therein, wherein the body comprises a plurality of surfaces that collectively define the hole, wherein the body includes a portion biased inwardly toward the opposite surface, wherein the biased portion extends inwardly past an inner surface of the respective wall of the plurality of walls that includes the biased portion. The body further includes a plurality of fingers extend from the plurality of walls, the plurality of fingers each biased in a direction away from the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: QUALSERV SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: Arturo Gonzalez Rodriguez, Michael D. Potter
  • Patent number: 11241123
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing consumable product having a consumable product storage area configured to store the consumable product within the dispenser; a dispensing mechanism operatively coupled to the consumable product and configured to facilitate a dispensing cycle to dispense a portion of consumable product, and wherein the dispensing cycle creates a vibration event in at least a portion of the dispenser; a vibration sensing device configured to sense a vibrational characteristic of the vibration event, wherein a value of the vibrational characteristic changes as a function of an amount of consumable product remaining in the dispenser; and a data processing device configured to (i) store data describing the vibrational characteristic and (ii) communicate the data to a remote receiver separate from the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Cleary E. Mahaffey, Ricky W. Purcell
  • Patent number: 11234536
    Abstract: Embodiments of the presently disclosed subject matter are modular wall systems and kits The described modular wall systems and kits capable of multiple configurations and accommodating a variety of accessories depending on the needs of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: American Display & Fixture, LLC
    Inventor: Walter Glenn Spain, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11229285
    Abstract: A container rack for pliable bottles, the container rack having a frame and one or more bottle receptacles extending in a horizontal direction into the frame. Each bottle receptacles has a liner wall having a generally circular profile as viewed along the horizontal direction, and a support wall extending radially inward from the liner wall within a lower-most quadrant of the generally circular profile of the liner wall. The support wall has a base portion and a plurality of ribs extending along the horizontal direction and protruding away from the base portion to respective distal ends with the base portion between the distal ends and the generally circular profile of the liner wall. The respective distal ends define a support surface configured to support at least one pliable bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Polymer Solutions International Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Spadavecchia, Gerald Koefelda, Daniel E. Kelly
  • Patent number: 11224289
    Abstract: A shelf support assembly includes a longitudinal post and a shelf bracket. The longitudinal post is attached upright to a vertical surface and includes a front surface that extends from a base of the post. The post includes two opposing longitudinal flanges each extending from a lateral side of the front surface. Each of the two opposing longitudinal flanges include a plurality of concentric flange holes. The shelf bracket is attached in a cantilevered arrangement to the longitudinal post. The shelf bracket includes a support surface and a support arm extending vertically away from an end of the support surface. The support arm includes two opposing arms, each having a concentric arm hole such that, with the shelf bracket attached to the longitudinal post, the concentric arm holes are aligned with a pair of the plurality of concentric flange holes of the longitudinal post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: DEL HUTSON DESIGNS, LLC
    Inventor: Edward Roland Hutson
  • Patent number: 11224494
    Abstract: It is the first surgical instrument holder designed specifically to maximize the efficiency of instrument exchange during surgery. It sits on top of the patient laying on the operating room table and fits the curvature of the average human torso while it places the chambers that hold the surgical instruments at the most natural angle for the hand of the standing surgeon. The size of the chambers is designed so it fits most laparoscopic surgical instruments in use today. It has two openings, an entrance opening and an exit opening. The entrance opening faces the surgeon and designed to enable the surgeon to insert the instrument without having to look at the holder. That enables the surgeon eyes to remain completely focused on the surgical field. That may increase the efficiency of instrument exchange. Which increases the efficiency of the operation. It also prevents the instruments from falling on the floor and the potential to break.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventor: Fateh Entabi
  • Patent number: 11213185
    Abstract: Shelf for evacuating water from wet footwear, and a footwear rack equipped therewith. The shelf comprises a gutter for channeling water, a front longitudinal footwear depositing surface along one side of the gutter and a back longitudinal footwear depositing surface along another side of the gutter. The shelf also comprises an evacuation aperture in a lowermost section of the gutter. The evacuation aperture defines a channel through the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SEBASTIEN LASSONDE
    Inventor: Sebastien Lassonde
  • Patent number: 11213942
    Abstract: In an example, a tool organizer module includes a base including an opening formed at a first side of the base and a feature formed at a second side of the base, to receive a portion of a tool and a magnet disposed in the opening of the base, wherein the feature includes a recession in the second side of the base, and wherein the magnet is disposed to impart, on the second side of the base, a magnetic retention force at least substantially centered about the feature to retain the tool to the second side of the base in the feature for any orientation of the portable tool organizer module and to impart, on the first side of the base, a magnetic retention force to retain the base to a selected surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventor: James H Wacker
  • Patent number: 11202502
    Abstract: A middle shelf installation tool is disclosed for use in combination with a pair of upstanding corner posts during the assembly of a boltless shelving system. Upper and lower sets of hingedly connected corner post surrounding members are spaced one above the other so as to extend across the top and bottom of the installation tool. The installation tool is wrapped in surrounding engagement around the bottom of an upper one of the pair of corner posts and the top of the lower one of the pair. The installation tool forms a splice to hold the upper and lower corner posts in axial alignment one above the other to facilitate the location by a single individual of a middle shelf at the intersection between the corner posts to lie between upper and lower shelves of the system. Once the middle shelf has been installed, the installation tool is pulled off and removed from the corner posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher H Berry, Dan Ta-Yuan Wu
  • Patent number: 11191603
    Abstract: The surgical tool support system comprises a central tube, a left base, and a right base. The surgical tool support system may be an organizer for a plurality of surgical instruments. The central tube may be corrugated and expandable. When expanded, the central tube may expose a plurality of troughs disposed longitudinally along the central tube. Each of the plurality of troughs may support one or more surgical instruments. An individual surgical instrument may be placed on the surgical tool support system with a point of the individual surgical instrument down against a stand and a handle of the individual surgical instrument resting in one of the plurality of troughs. The surgical tool support system may replace a surgical instrument roll made from a towel, thus eliminating the time and complexity of forming the surgical instrument roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventor: Cynthia Schor
  • Patent number: 11191355
    Abstract: A wine bottle positioning device includes a sleeving component and a door cover. The sleeving component includes a positioning base and a positioning sleeve connected to the positioning base. The door cover is movably disposed at the positioning base. Another wine bottle positioning device is also provided. A wine storage apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Wei-Jun Wang, Wen-Yi Chiu
  • Patent number: 11179023
    Abstract: Disclosed are a rack for a dishwasher, a dishwasher having the same and a manufacturing method thereof. The rack for dishwasher includes a rack body that accommodates therein objects to be cleaned and is disposed within a washing space of the dishwasher, and a fluorine-combined layer formed by molecular binding of fluoride onto a surface of parts formed of a plastic member, enabling the wetting property on the surface of plastic member to be increased to enhance the wetting performance, and friction on the motion parts to be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Minchul Kim, Hyoseong Gwag, Wonsam Cho