Patents Examined by Taylor L Morris
  • Patent number: 10794531
    Abstract: A foot having a base portion and a handle, the handle being pivotally attached to the base portion at a first end and including a gripping portion at a second end, said handle further comprising a centrally deployed securing member attached to the gripping portion, the handle being movable between a first position in which the foot is removable from a leg and a second position in which an end of the securing member is secured within a securing recess in the leg portion whereby the foot is secured to the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: The Vitec Group PLC
    Inventor: Andrew Derek Murrow
  • Patent number: 10784670
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna support includes a stabilizer configured to align an antenna on a projection of a longitudinal tangent of a transmission line along a horizontal plane. A holder is configured to secure the stabilizer to the transmission line. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Bennett, Paul Shala Henry, Irwin Gerszberg, Farhad Barzegar, Donald J Barnickel, Thomas M. Willis, III
  • Patent number: 10767385
    Abstract: A portable holder for securing a shaft of an item to a ground surface. The holder has a flexible base and a sleeve. The base has a center, a perimeter, a center hole disposed through the center and an upwardly projecting lip coupled to the perimeter. The base has a plurality of openings spaced around the perimeter for use with one or more stakes. The sleeve is coupled to the base and configured to receive a portion of the shaft. The sleeve has an internal bore aligned with the center hole in the base. When the shaft is received by the sleeve, the shaft passes through the bore, through the center hole, and into the ground surface. The sleeve has an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface having a plurality of gripping protrusions, and a plurality of securing straps coupled to the outer surface of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Inventor: Simon David Gray Wehr
  • Patent number: 10753054
    Abstract: A support for positioning a marking pole relative to a driving surface and a method of using the same is disclosed. The support includes a shaft member extending between a first end and a second end and an intermediate portion between the first end and the second end. A first anchor extends from the second end of the shaft member. A second anchor extends from an area of the shaft member between first end and the second end of the shaft member. The shaft member defines a cantilevered section between the first end and the intersection of anchor. A receiver is at the first end of the shaft and configured to receive a marking pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Inventor: Theodore Eugene Davey
  • Patent number: 10751558
    Abstract: An adjustable locking assembly, including a strap lock including a clamping element, a locking strap including a first end connected to the strap lock and a second end connected to a locking pin, and a pin locking element including a pivoting latch, the pivoting latch including a channel arranged to receive the locking pin, wherein in a locked position, the locking pin is secured in the channel and the pivoting latch is pivoted away from the strap lock, and in an unlocked position, the locking strap is freely movable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Performance Advantage Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard E. Young
  • Patent number: 10743663
    Abstract: A mount may include a base having a socket. A leveler may be positioned within the socket and may be configured to be adjustably engaged to one of a plurality of posts of a shelving system. A fastener may secure the leveler to the socket. The leveler may be adjusted to change the height of the post in relation to other of the plurality of posts in the shelving system, and thereby level the shelving system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: INTERMETRO INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Willard J. Sickles
  • Patent number: 10746349
    Abstract: The embodiments herein provide an extendable mechanism comprising several identical telescopic members. The telescopic members comprises a base member, an intermediate member and an end effector member which are designed to slide with respect to each other along a common axis. The base member is attached on a moving base. The intermediate member is configured to move relatively with respect to the base member. The end effector member is extended from the intermediate member. The telescopic member comprises three identical cylindrical rods connected between an exterior ring and an interior ring. The cylindrical rods are perpendicular to the exterior ring and aligned along the common axis of the telescopic members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Abbas Ghazanfari
  • Patent number: 10724677
    Abstract: An anchor assembly for hanging an object on a wall includes a first anchor component and a second anchor component. The first anchor component includes a base having front, back, top, bottom, left and right sides, and at least one wall penetrating retainer extending from the base and having a wall penetrating extent that protrudes rearwardly of the base and has a downwardly curved configuration. The second anchor component includes a base having front, back, top, bottom, left and right sides, at least one wall penetrating retainer extending from the base of the second anchor component and having a wall penetrating extent that protrudes rearwardly of the base of the second anchor component and has a curved configuration. The second anchor component is pivotably associated with the first anchor component for movement between an anchoring orientation and a non-anchoring orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Gary E. Will, Byron K. Grice, Dale G. Malott, Ryan Hamblin
  • Patent number: 10720877
    Abstract: Mounting systems are disclosed for attaching photovoltaic modules to torque tubes. Such systems can include saddle brackets that maximize space along a torque tube by sharing torque tube mounting holes between adjacent brackets. The brackets can be positionally stable on the torque tube prior to complete installation to enable a single installer to assemble a complete tracker array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SolarCity Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Haas, David Molina, Kathryn Austin Pesce, Johann Fritz Karkheck
  • Patent number: 10707665
    Abstract: A device for the wall-fixing of elongated bodies, in particular radiating coaxial cables, of the type equipped with a spacer provided with a cable clamp equipped with a lid for supporting an elongated body in a suspended position onto a wall. The spacer of the device has a structure composed of two arms, whose end facing the wall is provided with a corresponding base, whereas the opposite end of the arms carries a base for fixing to the cable clamp. With respect to the known wall-fixing devices of radiating coaxial cables, that according to the invention offers the advantage of having an improved resistance to flexural and torsional stress, also preventing interferences with the metallic part of the wall-fixing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Inventors: Alberto Varale, Massimo Bottazzoli
  • Patent number: 10697581
    Abstract: An orientable support module (1) for optical or video/photographic equipment, comprising a first (2) and a second (3) joint element connected together so as to be able to oscillate and intended to be coupled respectively to a support element (5, 100) and to a piece of optical or video/photographic equipment so as to orient the equipment, the second joint element (3) comprising a head (6) and a shaft (7) extending from the head (6) along its own longitudinal axis (Z), the first joint element (2) comprising a body (12) defining a seating cavity (13) for the head (6), the module further comprising a locking device (20) that can be actuated so as to displace the second joint element (3) along a locking axis (Z) between a release configuration, in which the second joint element (3) is free to oscillate in the seating cavity (13), and a locked configuration (W), in which the second joint element (3) is clamped in the seating cavity (13) and is locked in a desired orientation position, the locking device (20) compri
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: VITEC IMAGING SOLUTIONS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Stefano Grandesso
  • Patent number: 10693285
    Abstract: The invention relates to a guide device, in particular for a cable chain, comprising laterally opposite guiding walls for guiding the top part and/or the bottom part of the cable carrier, which are formed from wall elements interconnected from the area of the front-sided end. Said wall elements are made from a single piece of plastic, and they comprise, in the area of the front-sided ends, first securing means made of one piece which enable said elements to be fixed in a positive and/or non-positive fit to a directly adjacent wall element such that a separation therefrom and pivoting counter to is prevented in any direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: IGUS GMBH
    Inventor: Thilo-Alexander Jaeker
  • Patent number: 10687624
    Abstract: A foldable easel blank includes a main panel defining a first side and a second side, the first side positioned opposite from the second side, the main panel defining a locking aperture extending through the main panel from a front main surface to a rear main surface, the front main surface positioned opposite from the rear main surface; a support panel hingedly connected to the main panel, the support panel defining a locking tab configured to engage the locking aperture; a first side panel hingedly connected to the first side of the main panel; a second side panel hingedly connected to the second side of the main panel; and a base panel, the base panel hingedly connected to the main panel, the base panel configured to secure to the first side panel and the second side panel to form a base stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Hannah Conrad
  • Patent number: 10676196
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides an energy attenuating mounting foot comprising a load beam having a longitudinal axis, a top surface, a bottom surface, an inner track interface lobe, and an outer track interface lobe, the inner track interface lobe and the outer track interface lobe extending laterally from the load beam, and a channel along the longitudinal axis having a depth extending from the load beam bottom surface toward the top surface. In various embodiments, the inner track interface lobe has a first length extending in a direction from the bottom surface towards the top surface and the outer track interface lobe has a second length extending in a direction from the bottom surface towards the top surface, the first length being less than the second length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: AMI INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Chad R. Pacheco, Douglas Foisie
  • Patent number: 10670241
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lamp installation component comprising a clamping assembly for clamping on part to be clamped, and a mounting frame for assembling the lamp; the clamping assembly includes fixed part, abutting part, movable part and elastic part, and the fixed part is relatively fixed with the abutting part, and the movable part is slidably disposed between the fixed part and the abutting part, and the elastic part is held between the movable part and the abutting part, so that the movable part has a tendency to form a clamped state close to the fixed part; the mounting frame is fixedly connected to the abutting part. The lamp installation component has a simple structure and can be installed or disassembled with one hand, and is more convenient for use in a showcase or other small installation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Self Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Feng Ji
  • Patent number: 10663175
    Abstract: A home appliance having a support device configured to prevent the home appliance from falling. A home appliance includes a body having an openable front surface, and a support device having a bracket configured to be coupled to the body, and a foot configured to support the body by being coupled to the bracket, wherein the foot is provided such that a point of support supporting the body by making contact with the ground, is formed in one end portion of the foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Seok Jang, Bok Hyun Jang, Yeong Hyeok Kim, Han Seong Kang
  • Patent number: 10648592
    Abstract: An air duct support for supporting flexible air ducts and similar pipes without constricting airflow through the pipes. The support has an arcuate main body portion for receiving a portion of the conduit therein and an upright support attached to a bottom of the top portion and supporting the conduit at an elevated position in relation to a base surface, where said arcuate main body portion includes strengthening beads that run the length of said main body. The top portion rotates 360 degrees in relation to the support member to accommodate any direction of extension of the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Inventor: Anthony F. Caminita
  • Patent number: 10634175
    Abstract: A mounting device (10) is disclosed having a one-piece body (11). A slot (20) extends into this body (11), and is defined by a slot base (22) and a pair of spaced slot sidewalls (24a, 24b) that each extend from the slot base (22). The slot sidewalls (24a, 24b) are disposed in non-parallel relation to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: RMH Tech LLC
    Inventor: Dustin M. M. Haddock
  • Patent number: 10624471
    Abstract: A mount assembly and a security system for securely displaying objects. A mount assembly for securing to an object, including opposed clamp members for engaging the object, and a clamp assembly for releasably securing the clamp members, the clamp assembly including opposed surfaces defining at least one passage for receiving ends of the opposed clamp members, the opposed surfaces being movable to each other to secure the clamp members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Compucage International Inc.
    Inventor: Steve N. Galant
  • Patent number: 10610011
    Abstract: A lightweight portable lectern consisting of four pieces designed to be assembled together without the use of tools provides a lecture or presentation aid suitable for traveling, but also provides a design suitable for mass-manufacturing processes such as injection molding. The four pieces consist of two side members—a left side member and a right side member—along with a top member and a front member. The top member has two openings on the bottom surface—one near the left edge, the other near the right edge. Each of the side members has a protrusion from the upper edge, designed to fit into the appropriate opening on the bottom surface of the top member. The front member has protrusions from the rear surface which are designed to fit into openings at the front edge of the two side members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Inventor: Keith Rodney Greenhill