Patents Examined by Taylor L Morris
  • Patent number: 10098481
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to merchandise display systems and methods for displaying an article of merchandise. In one example, the system includes a sensor configured to be secured to the article of merchandise. The sensor includes a first engagement member. The system also includes a base configured to removably support the sensor thereon. The base includes a second engagement member configured to releasably engage the first engagement member such that the sensor is locked to the base. The sensor is configured to rotate with respect to the base while locked thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: InVue Security Products Inc.
    Inventors: David N. Berglund, Matthew Thomas Kerley
  • Patent number: 10085551
    Abstract: A lockable electronic tablet stand is described that allows rotation and fixes the tablet stand in a locked relation. The stand includes a base that allows the tablet stand to rotate about the base while cords extend through a center of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Engineered Network Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Peter J. Floersch, Stephen A. Nistler, Aaron Z. Mclaughlin, Paul M. Smith
  • Patent number: 10088095
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure of positioning and fastening, particularly to a fast mounting and positioning fastener, including a supporting part located below the clamped object and an upper compressing part located above the clamped object. The supporting part is made by bending metal wire and forming into a shape of plane. One end of the metal wire extends freely to form a first free end, and the other end is a connecting end. The upper compressing part is formed by bending the metal wire as well. The upper compressing part includes a middle part connecting with the connecting end. The middle part extends from the connecting end to a position close to a center of the supporting part. The middle part and the supporting part is located in a same plane and the upper position of the middle part connects with a handheld part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Inventor: Minghao Guan
  • Patent number: 10088094
    Abstract: An anchoring system for a movable structure is provided. The anchoring system can include a base plate and an anchor rod assembly. The base plate includes a slot configured for receiving a portion of the anchor rod assembly. The slot can include a pocket for receiving and retaining the portion of the assembly. The assembly can be secured to the movable structure and can include a handle component, an extension component and an anchor rod having a threaded member engaged with the extension component and handle component so that the anchor rod can be lifted and lowered relative to the extension component. The system can be operated by moving the structure so that the anchor assembly engages the slot of the base plate and enters the pocket. The anchor rod is then retracted within the pocket, thereby securing the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SRM, LLC
    Inventor: James Craig
  • Patent number: 10070719
    Abstract: A stand for supporting a computing device at an elevated position is provided. The stand may support a laptop computer at a height such that a screen of the laptop computer is at or near eye-level of a user. The stand may include support arms and cross-members attached to the support arms to provide an offset to the support arms. Mounting points may be attached to ends of the support arms. The mounting points may be engageable with a base of the screen of the laptop computer such that a chassis of the laptop computer is suspended from the base of the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Inventor: James D. Olander
  • Patent number: 10076054
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an adjustable cable management system is disclosed. The system includes a tray base having a first end. The system also includes a tray door coupled to the tray base and substantially opposite the first end of the tray base when in a closed position. The system further includes a plurality of cable guides coupled to the first end of the tray base and located between the first end of the tray base and the tray door. A particular cable guide is coupled to the first end of the tray base at a selected angle from among a plurality of selectable angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel R. Goergen, Rohit Dev Gupta, Arjun Jayaprakash, Robert Curto, Charles Calvin Byers
  • Patent number: 10066698
    Abstract: A resilient stopper component (20) is provided with a bottom surface portion (48) that is mounted, via an inner bracket (22), at one of a vibration-generating portion or a vibration-receiving portion, and that has a communicating hole (48A) provided in a first mounting component (11) that is provided with a cylindrical component (24) inside which the inner bracket (22) is inserted, with the cylindrical component (24) being inserted through the communicating hole (48A), is also provided with an enclosing portion (50) that is formed extending upright from the bottom surface portion (48) so as to be able to enclose the cylindrical component (24), in which an aperture portion (58) that forms an aperture for inserting the inner bracket (22) into the cylindrical component (24) is formed so as to be in communication with the communicating hole (48A), and limits a displacement amount of the first mounting component (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Kaneko, Toshiyasu Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10051978
    Abstract: An adapter for attaching a slatwall accessory to a pegboard comprises a first region with an elongated aperture being sized and shaped to receive an offset portion of the slatwall accessory therethrough, two hooks disposed on one edge of the first region and being configured to attach the adapter to the pegboard, a second region extending from the first region in a vertical direction and being offset therefrom in a direction away from the pegboard, during use of the adapter, and a flange terminating the second region and being configured to abut a surface of the pegboard during use of the adapter. The flange can be replaced with a third region to receive another flange of the slatwall accessory and a fourth region to detachably attach a bottom of the adapter to the pegboard. The adapter can be configured as a rail to attach a plurality of the slatwall accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Inventor: Anil K. Gupta
  • Patent number: 10047899
    Abstract: An extendable leg (11) for a tripod (10) (for supporting an optical apparatus such as a video camera), the leg being V-shaped and having telescopic side members (15,16) to enable the length of the leg to be varied with hinge means to connect the side members to each other at an apex of the V, means to connect the side members to a head (12) of the tripod which allow the angle of the V to vary with extension and retraction of the leg, and clamping means (50) to clamp the side members at a required length; wherein the leg has a mechanism for controlling the extension and retraction of the side members when the locking means is released whereby the apex of the leg is constrained to move generally linearly in the lengthwise direction of the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Vitec Group PLC
    Inventors: James Edward Guest, Richard Arthur Lindsay
  • Patent number: 10046672
    Abstract: A seat slide device for a vehicle includes a lower rail mounted on a vehicle floor, an upper rail mounted on an underside of a seat part, and a friction reducing member arranged between the lower rail and the upper rail. The friction reducing member includes sliding contact members. Each of the sliding contact members includes a lower column part, an upper column part, and connection parts which connect the upper column part with the lower column part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: TF-METAL Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shunsuke Kuroda
  • Patent number: 10044091
    Abstract: An antenna mount assembly disclosed herein provides for an efficient and elegant solution for installation of antenna equipment on existing wooden poles. An implementation of the antenna equipment mount includes one or more concave mounting plates, each of the plurality of concave mounting plates configured to be attached to a pole and a plurality of mount elements, each of the plurality of mount elements irremovably attached at a first end to one of the concave mounting plates and attached at another end to a C-channel bracket. Each of the concave mounting plates includes a threaded opening aligned with a threaded opening in the C-channel bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Micro Wireless Solutions, Corp.
    Inventor: Michael J. DiPiero
  • Patent number: 10030423
    Abstract: A movable joint for an electronic device includes a first joint component having a body portion that encloses a wire lead and a tab portion coupled to the body portion, and a second joint component having a body portion that encloses the wire lead and a tab portion coupled to the body portion. The tab portion of the second joint component engages the tab portion of the first joint component with a pivot member interconnecting the tab portions to enable selective movement between the first and second joint components. The wire lead spans the movable joint between the engaged tab portions of the first and second joint components. At least one of the tab portions includes a recessed channel, the recessed channel at least partially containing the wire lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Lee Eaton
  • Patent number: 10022283
    Abstract: A platform adapted to be attached to a piece of conveying equipment such as a gurney. The platform includes a base defining a cavity. The platform further includes a coupling receiver mounted on the top of the base. The coupling receiver receives a support structure of the conveying equipment and releasably secures the platform to the conveying equipment. A platform member is slideably received within the cavity and is moveable between extended and non-extended positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Inventor: Kevin Wilson Lawless
  • Patent number: 10011038
    Abstract: A working height adjustment device of a processing machine includes a retaining frame, a slide seat, and a lever having a connecting rod pivoted between the retaining frame and the slide seat. An adjustment seat of the slide seat has an accommodation hole. The accommodation hole is provided with an elastic member, a movable member, and an eccentric rod. The movable member has an engaging hole. The engaging hole has a diameter greater than that of a micro adjustment screw rod. The engaging hole has a toothed portion. Thereby, the eccentric rod is turned to push or release the movable member for the toothed portion of the engaging hole to engage with or disengage from a threaded section of the micro adjustment screw rod, such that the micro adjustment screw rod is tuned or the lever is pulled up and down to adjust the cutter seat quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Kingsand Machinery Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Feng Chang
  • Patent number: 10001244
    Abstract: An adjustable container holder includes two rods that can be connected by a tube, where the tube and the two rods can together embrace a container. Each rod is attachable to a L-shaped support bracket by means of a clamp, where the rod is sandwiched between the clamp and the L-shaped support bracket. Each of the L-shaped brackets has apertures therein for mounting the bracket to a surface such as a wall or a floor. The tube is adjustable so that the width of the container holder can be changed. Once the width of the container holder is adjusted, the container holder can be fixed by mounting the L-shaped brackets to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Inventor: Michael P. Ziaylek
  • Patent number: 10001242
    Abstract: A stand for supporting a portable display device with a graphic user interface display screen in a generally upright position leaning backward. The stand has a carrier panel and a support pivotable relative to the carrier panel about a pivot axis, between a transport position and a support position for supporting the carrier panel in an orientation projecting obliquely upward from the support surface. An angle setting member holds the carrier panel and the support at a set mutual angle when the support is in its support position. A device holder is attached or attachable to the device in a fixed position and adjustably connected to the carrier panel for guided movement in a direction perpendicular to the pivot axis and in rotational sense about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the carrier panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: BakkerElkhuizen Innovations B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Thomas Lambertus van Hooft, Tristan Margareth Raphael Petronella Frencken
  • Patent number: 9995414
    Abstract: A cable hanger for securing a cable to a supporting structure having an aperture includes: a base panel having opposed ends; a pair of arms, each of the arms attached to a respective end of the base panel and having a free end; and a pair of locking projections, each of the locking projections attached to a respective free end of the arms. The arms and locking projections are configured to spread apart to enable insertion of a cable into a space between the arms, and the locking projections are configured to be inserted into the aperture of the supporting structure. The cable hanger further includes: a pair of tabs extending inwardly from each arm into the space between the arms; and a gripping finger extending generally perpendicularly from each tab and generally tangentially to an outer surface of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Aviral Joshi, Ronald A. Vaccaro, Taig S. Rajpal
  • Patent number: 9988172
    Abstract: A bag holder is capable of holding a bag in an upright position with the use of expanding arms and a unique two stage hinge and clamp mechanism, which allows the expanding arm apparatus to enter and clamp a refuse bag quickly and efficiently. The operation utilizes a hook mechanism and a clamp, which allows the operator to use one hand to manipulate the expanding arm apparatus and the other hand to position the refuse bag. In addition, the bag holder functions as transport cart for refuse bags. Also, the unique cart structure, allows storing of two garden tools and multiple refuse bags. The bag holder is able to fold onto itself and be stored on a hook, by the unique handle. The bag expander and clamp mechanism is detachable which can be adapted to existing dolly's or hand truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Inventor: Nebojsa Ristoski
  • Patent number: 9976690
    Abstract: The invention relates to a foot (6) of a device, in particular of a table-top kitchen appliance (1), wherein the device has a housing (5) comprising an appendage (9), which projects downwards in the case of a common setup, which rests on a foot part (12), which forms a base (10), by interlaying a soft part (25), wherein the soft part (25) is received in a shell section (18) of the foot part (12), which is open to the top, and the appendage, which projects into the shell section, is also movably received in the shell section at right angles to a deflection movement as a result of a weight force of the device, wherein the soft part furthermore forms an upper impact surface (27) for the appendage (9). To attain a better position of the device in response to movement, it is proposed that, starting at the impact surface, the soft part (25) is to also be embodied without a weight-loading by the appendage (9), also laterally to the appendage (9) on the top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Cornelissen
  • Patent number: 9976311
    Abstract: A wall mounting system is provided. The wall mounting system includes a plurality of mount brackets. A pair of hooks extend along the length of the mount brackets and are substantially parallel to one another. Each the pair of hooks includes a horizontal portion and a vertical portion. The horizontal portion includes a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end extends from the front surface and includes a notch formed on an upper surface. The vertical portion extends from the distal end of the horizontal portion. The hooks of a mounting bracket interlock with the hooks of another mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Inventor: James Reid Gulnick