Patents Examined by Steven Marsh
  • Patent number: 9429251
    Abstract: A foldable electrical wire organizer assembly includes a faceplate located at a apparatus rack of an apparatus, and an organizer including a base frame that includes a first frame bar and a second frame bar each having a plurality of wire-retaining holes for securing electrical wires and a coupling end located at one end thereof and pivotally coupled to each other with a pivot pin, and two support arms mountable to the faceplate and respectively pivotally connected to the first frame bar and the second frame bar with a respective pivot bolt. Thus, the foldable electrical wire organizer assembly can be folded into a collapsed condition to reduce the overall dimension, saving packaging and delivery costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: JYH ENG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yen-Lin Lin
  • Patent number: 9428003
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for mounting vertebrate skulls using a skull foramen magnum cavity and a skull cleft, the apparatus including a body; an at least one upper tine extending from said body and being configured for insertion into the skull foramen magnum cavity; and an at least one lower tine extending from said body and being configured to nest within the skull cleft when said at least one upper tine is inserted into the foramen magnum cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Inventor: Gene L. Gill, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9422970
    Abstract: A suction cup is disclosed, including a suction disc assembly, a rotatable unit and a hanger accessory interface; wherein the suction disc assembly including a suction disc and a pull-up element disposed on the suction disc; the rotatable unit including a carrier base, a penetration hole, and a plurality of tilt tracks, the tilt tracks being distributed around a ring-shaped inner wall of the carrier base and the penetration hole being formed at the center area of the carrier base; the hanger accessory interface being disposed inside the carrier base and contacts the suction disc through the carrier base; the hanger accessory interface including a plurality of slider blocks, with each slider block located at a corresponding tilt track; the pull-up element being engaged to the hanger accessory interface through the penetration hole; as such, suction cup provides convenience and enhance durable suction for attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Inventor: Eagle Fan
  • Patent number: 9423071
    Abstract: An electronic device which can be hung on a fixing member includes an enclosure and a wall hanging lock. The wall hanging lock includes a locking frame. The locking frame includes a pair of positioning legs and a pair of locking members. The positioning legs are inserted into the locking members to engage the locking members with each other to clamp onto the fixing member. The positioning legs can also be detached from the locking members to enable the locking members to disengage from each other to allow separation of the locking members from the fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Chun Tsai
  • Patent number: 9415979
    Abstract: A high speed, reduced clearance lift has a lift platform that is raised and lowered by operation of a telescoping hydraulic ram that has at least three telescoping sections, such that, the retracted height of the telescoping hydraulic ram is minimized while the deployed height of the telescoping hydraulic ram is such that the lift platform is lifted the height needed to, for example, lift a device out of the hull of a watercraft. To better stabilize the lift platform both in the retracted and deployed positions, locks, preferably in the form of actuated locking pins, interface with receivers mounted in a frame in which the lift platform travels. In such, when the locking pins are extended into the receivers, the lift platform and any payload resting on the lift platform are held steady without the need for hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: NAUTICAL STRUCTUTRES INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: James A. Baumann, Robert Bolline, Scott L. Danforth, Sunthorn Ingersoll
  • Patent number: 9408488
    Abstract: A multi-positional drink coaster includes a generally planar outer rim defining a periphery of the drink coaster. A base wall skirts downwardly from the outer rim to a base of the drink coaster. The base is configured to rest atop an underlying surface. A flexible central support depends laterally inwardly from the outer rim and includes opposed upper and lower surfaces. The flexible central support area is manually deflectable between a stationary collapsed position and a stationary expanded position. In the collapsed position, the upper surface defines a generally horizontal plane for supporting an object thereon and the lower surface is generally convex. In the expanded position, the flexible central support area forms an ornamental dome structure with both the upper surface being generally convex and the lower surface being generally concave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Inventor: Dominick Bizzarri
  • Patent number: 9388937
    Abstract: A structure for fixing an electrical junction box is provided which makes it possible to fix the same electrical junction box, irrespective of the sizes, shapes and the like of batteries, and to commonly use the electrical junction box. The structure includes a bracket including a junction box fixing part which fixes the electrical junction box and a battery fixing part which is fixed to the battery. The electrical junction box is fixed to the battery via the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaru Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9388575
    Abstract: The present invention is an L-bracket formed, shaped and threaded to become a suspended ceiling anchor capable of engaging multiple diameters of threaded hanging rods, providing spacing means between threaded sections for a user to avoid threading the end of a threaded hanging rod up to two thirds of the end threads of the threaded hanging rod, thereby reducing installation time and complexity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: BLUE POINT FASTENING INC.
    Inventors: Paul Gomez, Bing Liu
  • Patent number: 9386867
    Abstract: An apparatus for hanging an article from a door. In one aspect, the inventive apparatus can comprise a mounting system that can be used to hang a mirror, piece of art, or other flat article to a door without the need for a screw driver or any other tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Inventor: Matthew S. Kressin
  • Patent number: 9388936
    Abstract: A device for aiding in storing implements comprising a retractable support adapted to engage a hook. The support being held to an implement via a monolithically formed, or attached, base portion. The device being capable of use with a wide variety of implements and having various forms adaptable for use to aid in hanging implements or for assisting them to stand alone. The support being retractable and capable of being held in various positions via an interference fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Inventor: Kenneth G. Stewart, III
  • Patent number: 9383629
    Abstract: A camera stand is disclosed, that can be fastened and secured onto a post or the like via an attachment means. The camera stand is further comprised of a base plate and a reversible nut on which one can attach a camera or other recording device. A telescopic arm links the attachment means to the base plate, such that once the camera stand is secured onto a post or the like, the telescopic arm is either retracted or extended depending on the desired position of the camera. The camera stand is generally designed to be secured onto a boat in order for one to film or take pictures while boating and fishing; however, it is clear that the camera stand can be applied in a plethora of situations where pictures or film need to be taken from a particular vantage point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Inventors: Heinrich Bier, Mike Grant
  • Patent number: 9382699
    Abstract: A handshower slide comprising a bar with a passageway and a slide mechanism positioned along a length of the bar. The slide mechanism comprises a handle, a cam, and a shower holder. The cam is positioned within the passageway and is rotatable between a first orientation and a second orientation relative to the bar. The slide mechanism is secured along the length of the bar while the cam is in the first orientation and movable along the length of the bar while the cam is in the second orientation. An orientation of the cam is controlled by a spring and is biased toward the first orientation. The handle is coupled the slide mechanism through the spring and an orientation of the cam is correlated to a position of the handle. The cam is movable from the first orientation to the second orientation by an external force on the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: Terrence J. Andersen, William C. McKeone
  • Patent number: 9375087
    Abstract: A bracket includes a base, at least one mounting member, and a mounting device. The base includes an end plate through which the mounting member extends. The mounting device includes an engaging member and an elastic member. The engaging member includes a supported portion, an engaging projection, and an arm portion connected therebetween. The supported portion is pressed against the base. The arm portion extends through the end plate such that an engaging distance exists between the engaging projection and the end plate. The elastic member applies an elastic force to the engaging member to keep the engaging projection at a predetermined position where, because of the engaging distance, the engaging projection blocks or is engaged with an intended object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chien-Li Huang, Hsiao-Han Lu, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 9377600
    Abstract: An improved mount for, and method of mounting, an optical structure having a grooved/relieved protruding member with a damping ring therein or on is provided. The grooved/relieved protruding member may extend from the optical structure, and an upper element having a first opening extending therethrough may receive at least a portion of the grooved/relieved member in the first opening. The upper element may include second and third openings therein that operate along with the first opening and a tightening mechanism. Tightening of the tightening mechanism into at least one of the third opening and the second opening causes the ends of the head portions to draw toward each other so that the first opening of the upper element tightens around the at least a portion of the grooved/relieved protruding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: PLX, Inc.
    Inventors: Itai Vishnia, Zvi Bleier
  • Patent number: 9371956
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus includes a base supportable on a surface, a support rod having a long segment extending upwardly from the base and a short segment extending laterally away from the long segment and terminating at a free end. The long segment is longer than the short segment. The apparatus also includes a coupling located at the free end of the short segment which is configured to couple the short segment to a computer chassis to establish a clearance space between the short segment, long segment, and chassis to facilitate access to at least one electrical terminal on the chassis below the coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Cuong Huy Truong, David Wayne Hill, John David Swansey
  • Patent number: 9371958
    Abstract: A support for supporting equipment includes at least one elongate leg element at least partially supporting an apex selectively, detachably mountable to equipment, where the leg includes a first end proximate the apex and a second end distal the apex, and where the leg is pivotal about an axis proximate the first end throughout a limited arc. A securement assembly pivotably interconnects the first end of the leg with the apex. The securement assembly has selectable resistance to movement along the arc as a result of selectively increasing or decreasing the resistance between at least three friction plates having surfaces in face-to-face engagement with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Really Right Stuff, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph M. Johnson, Matthew L. Burk
  • Patent number: 9371940
    Abstract: A spray nozzle holder has a pole member. A head device is removably attached to a top end of the pole member. The head member has a holding unit. A support rod extends from the holding unit. A mounting rod is removably attached to the top end of the pole member. The support rod is positioned through the mounting rod. A securing device is used for securing the holding unit at different angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Inventor: Michael Tilley
  • Patent number: 9366305
    Abstract: In a hydrostatic fluid guide device, a damping mechanism is provided. A fluid is supplied to the damping mechanism by a hydrostatic pressure caused by natural fall, instead of being pressurized and supplied. Thus, it is possible to suppress a decrease in the pressure of the fluid in a hydrostatic fluid guide mechanism, and to position a movable body with high accuracy by setting rigidity for load support during linear movement of the movable body to a value substantially equal to a design value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamato, Yoshiaki Ando, Masayuki Takeshima
  • Patent number: 9366361
    Abstract: An air hose hanger for supporting flexible air hoses of a trainline braking system of a rail car includes a head including a mounting plate for mounting the hanger to a coupler of a rail car, the mounting plate including first and second apertures for receiving bolts for attaching the mounting plate to the coupler, and an arm removably attached to the head. The arm includes a first arm removably attached to the head extending in a substantially vertical direction away from the head, and a second arm integral with the first arm and extending in a horizontal direction substantially parallel to an axis of the coupler. The head is attached to the coupler at three preformed holes formed in the coupler. The head is attached to the arm via respective connector plates having a mating dove-tail connection for connecting the arm and head together to ensure proper installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: A. Stucki Co.
    Inventors: Scott D. Miner, Victoria K. Livingston, James S. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 9366379
    Abstract: In one respect, the invention of the present application is a sit-stand workstation comprising a worksurface and at least one support beam row adapted to support at least one electronic display therefrom, the worksurface and support beam row being clamped to an outer column that is axially aligned with and able to change height with respect to an inner column via an extension and retraction device that is attached between the inner and outer columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Innovative Office Products, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen J. Bowman, Peter J. Carrasquillo, Michael P. Smith, Carl J. Hochberg, Matthew A Sommerfield