Patents Examined by Travis Coolman
  • Patent number: 9555851
    Abstract: A scooter having a riding platform rotationally engaged to a front steering assembly is provided which significantly increases the ability of riders to perform tricks. The riding platform is rotationally engaged to the steering column which itself may be employed as a riding platform. An optional mechanism may be employed whereby the riding platform is rotated by a spin of the steering column with the handlebars. The scooter may also be equipped with skids to allow employment in the snow or on ice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Bellon
  • Patent number: 9540026
    Abstract: An infant carrier holder has a floor with a ramp and sidewalls and is mounted to a shopping cart. The ramp and sidewalls can contribute to stably supporting an infant carrier. The holder serves as a mechanical interface between an infant carrier, which can be received in the holder, and the shopping cart. The holder can be concavely shaped to assist in shopping cart nesting in addition to supporting a received infant carrier at a desired angle. The holder can be adjustably mounted to a gate or a basket of the shopping cart and may/may not interfere with nesting operations. The holder permits an infant carrier to be supported on a shopping cart without using a significant amount of shopping cart space or interfering with nesting operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Safe-Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christopher M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9539897
    Abstract: In this fuel cell vehicle, a radiator, a protruding region of a casing, and a connecting bar of a fuel cell stack are arranged in a front box in the listed order from the front toward the rear in the direction in which the vehicle travels. A first end plate and a second end plate are fixed directly on a frame member via mounting members, and the frame member is fixed to a vehicle body frame. After an external load has been transmitted from the radiator and the protruding region of the casing to the first end plate and the second end plate, the external load is transmitted to the vehicle body frame via a side frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nariyuki Yoshinaga, Hideharu Naito
  • Patent number: 9522623
    Abstract: A floor-bound heavy duty transport vehicle for transporting ISO containers, which, in an initial state, can be operated exclusively in a non-automated operating mode by an operator and can be freely displaced by means of wheels having pneumatic rubber tires. The vehicle comprises a driver's cab having a non-automated control system for non-automated steering, non-automated motion control and non-automated braking, which vehicle can optionally also be used in an automated mode. For this purpose, the heavy duty transport vehicle can be converted such that it can also be operated in an automated mode without a driver and has at least one second installation space for antennae for the conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Terex MHPS GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Franzen, Armin Wieschemann, Jannis Moutsokapas
  • Patent number: 9512771
    Abstract: A catalytic device connected to an exhaust muffler from the front of the exhaust muffler to form substantially the shape of a T as viewed in plan is provided between an exhaust pipe and the exhaust muffler. One end portion of a reinforcing cover covering the catalytic device is fixed to an upstream end portion of the catalytic device, and another end portion of the reinforcing cover is fixed to the exhaust muffler. An extending portion extending rearwardly upward along the outer periphery of the exhaust muffler is formed integrally with the rear portion of a first heat insulating member covering the reinforcing cover from above. A second heat insulating member integrally having a cover portion covering the extending portion from above and inclined rearwardly upward is disposed so as to cover the exhaust muffler from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mahira, Takashi Akagi, Makoto Hotozuka
  • Patent number: 9481308
    Abstract: A grille-step assembly mounted on a vehicle includes a vehicle having a vehicle frame and a grille-step assembly secured to the frame. The grille-step assembly includes a grille frame secured to the vehicle frame. The grille frame has opposed grille brackets with at least one bar connecting the opposed grille brackets to one another and a step assembly. The step assembly includes opposed step brackets having a bottom crossbar and a step crossbar that connect the opposed step brackets to one another. The assembly is releasably mounted so that in a closed position both the bottom crossbar and the step crossbar are positioned between the opposed grille brackets, and in an open position one of the bottom crossbar and step crossbar is positioned away from the opposed grille brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: All Sales Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Dringenberg, Timothy D. Manning, Sr., Timothy D. Manning, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9469326
    Abstract: A collapsible support frame particularly for an infant pushchair comprises in an erect configuration at least a centrally located elongate spine and a seating cavity within the support frame in which to receive a seat. The spine being coupled at or towards one end to a coupler and at or towards its other end to a handle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel Blackburn Pearce
  • Patent number: 9457830
    Abstract: A bobsleigh for recreational use has a monolithic body having a nose section, two sides, and an underside. Each side towards the rear of the bobsleigh has a push handle. The nose section, the sides; and the underside defining an interior seating pit comprised of a long seat which forms an integral part of the underside. The underside has a plurality of grooves for directional control. The underside defines a hollow volume. Inside the pit, the grooves and space in between the grooves define a floor area. The seat has a top portion defining a seating surface, two sides, a front portion; and a rear portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Inventors: Nicolas Raymond, Mercier Raymond
  • Patent number: 9434402
    Abstract: A saucer sled with a seat including a concave saucer-shaped sled having an interior surface, an exterior surface, and a continuous rounded outer rim. A trapezoidal base is medially disposed on the interior surface of the sled proximal a back area. A chair has a seat portion, a seatback portion, a right armrest, and a left armrest. A bottom surface of the seat portion of the chair is disposed atop inside the base. A pair of elongated apertures includes a right aperture and a left aperture. Each of the right aperture and the left aperture is disposed through a right area of the sled and a left area of the sled, respectively, along the outer rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Inventor: Thomas Harvey
  • Patent number: 9423065
    Abstract: An apparatus adaptable to automatic leveling platform devices with integral springs, which enables an operator to easily and quickly adjust the overall spring resistance to accommodate a range of loads applied to the platform. More particularly, the apparatus utilizes a sliding frame, springs and pins such that a user may engage or disengage one or more springs easily and quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Diverse Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Carl Lee Stover, Craig T Jones, Dennis R Weber
  • Patent number: 9421991
    Abstract: The present application relates to a device for supporting a child. The application also relates to a pushchair, a high chair and a child's bed provided with such a device. According to at least one embodiment of the invention, a relative rotation movement of the undercarriage and upper carriage of the device is converted by means of a transmission into a movement collapsing the undercarriage. The device can hereby also be reduced in size in a transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: MUTSY B.V.
    Inventor: Franciscus Johannes Cornelus Driessen
  • Patent number: 9415295
    Abstract: A skateboard truck assembly comprising a base plate, a hanger, and at least one compressible member interposed there between that utilizes rotation of the hanger to at least partially and temporarily deform the compressible member, thereby creating zones of tension and/or compression within the compressible member and facilitating smooth and efficient motion of the skateboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Braden Boards LLC
    Inventors: Jared Braden, Roger Braden
  • Patent number: 9403429
    Abstract: A motorized hub for electric powering of an axle of a hybrid drive automotive vehicle, said motorized hub comprising a hub designed to receive a wheel, the hub being mounted rotationally relative to a hub carrier about a hub axis, the motorized hub comprising an electric drive motor, the electric motor comprising an external stator connected to the hub carrier and an internal rotor whose axis of rotation is remote from the hub axis, the motorized hub comprising reduction means acting between the rotor of the electric motor and the hub, the motorized hub comprising coupling/uncoupling means capable of adopting a coupling position in which rotation of the electric motor is coupled to the rotation of the hub and an uncoupling position in which rotation of the electric motor is uncoupled from the rotation of the hub, the motorized hub being characterized in that the coupling/decoupling means are arranged between the reduction means and the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: GĂ©rard Baumgartner, Daniel Walser
  • Patent number: 9387869
    Abstract: A luggage unit, a trolley unit having stowed and non-stowed positions, and that, when in the non-stowed position, locks and unlocks such that the trolley unit is free to be raised and lowered when it is unlocked, the trolley unit being fastened to the luggage unit in both the stowed and the non-stowed positions, and including a locking mechanism for locking the trolley unit, an upper trolley body fastened to the luggage unit, a scissor lift mechanism fastened to the upper trolley body, that raises and lowers, a lower trolley body fastened to the lift mechanism, and guided rollers within the upper trolley body and within the lower trolley body, for raising and lowering the lift mechanism when the trolley unit is unlocked, and a release mechanism extending from the luggage unit to the trolley unit through a slit in the luggage unit, for unlocking the trolley unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Inventor: Aviad Berger
  • Patent number: 9376134
    Abstract: A media and entertainment center for baby strollers. The center can be incorporated originally into a baby stroller or retrofitted to existing baby strollers. The center includes a V-shaped pocket that extends downwardly from the shade of the stroller and has two main panels and two side panels with the main panels being joined together leaning the bottom of the V-shaped pocket. The main panel that faces the infant carried by the stroller is transparent and the side panels have perforations to allow sound to pass through the V-shaped pocket. A media device can be located within the V-shaped pocket with the viewing screen of the media device facing the transparent panel to enable the infant to see the viewing screen through the main panel and hear the sound through the side panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Inventor: Sandra S. Spinella
  • Patent number: 9376130
    Abstract: A self-jacking, mobile power tool stand has an extended or erect position and a collapsed position. The geometry of various components of the stand facilitates self-erection of the stand to the raised position and the jacking of a pair of wheels off the floor so as to minimize vibrations from the power tool during operations. Conversely, when in the closed position, the stand can be used to transport the power tool in the manner of a conventional two-wheeled handtruck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Inventor: Robert W. Wise
  • Patent number: 9364738
    Abstract: A riser for mounting to a rider-support surface of a recreational board and having a binding connected thereto comprises a first plate and a second plate selectively connectable to the first plate along a length of the first plate so as to define a connection location. A plurality of separate and interchangeable dampening members is connectable to each of the first plate and second plate. The plurality of dampening members is spaced along a portion of each first and second plate which is opposite the connection location of the first and second plates. The plurality of dampening members includes a first dampening member and a second dampening member, each having a differing hardness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Inventor: Henry Kim
  • Patent number: 9358679
    Abstract: An industrial grade, field-usable Mobile Work Station, comprising a rolling cabinet having lockable internal storage, which is fitted with precision-adjustable, tubular rails on one or more sides to which special compound clamp-vice assemblies may be mounted at a plurality of locations to engagingly retain work pieces and hand and power tools, and which includes tool holders and an under-chassis rack for retaining a battery to power tools. An exemplary MWS is shown in which the X, Y and Z axes of pipe rails may be micro-adjusted to be in precise orthogonal relationship so that precision work may be accomplished in the field, even where the surface is not level. Leveling jacks are provided at one end of the cabinet to permit precise horizontal leveling of the cabinet pipe rails in both X and Y axes. Power tools include saws, grinders, welding spinners, benders, vices, anvils, drills, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: AMAESING TOOL MANUFACTURING INC.
    Inventor: Roger V. Maes
  • Patent number: 9346421
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a battery supported by an elastic member. The vehicle is provided with a connector that is electrically connected to a connector on the battery. The connector on the vehicle is switched between an unlock state in which the movement of the connector on the vehicle is allowed to follow the oscillation of the battery, and a lock state in which the movement of the connector on the vehicle is restricted. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent a stress from being applied to the connector on the battery and the connector on the vehicle when a vehicle is travelling, and it is possible to smoothly connect the connector on the battery and the connector on the vehicle when a user mounts the battery on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shidehiko Miyashiro
  • Patent number: 9327180
    Abstract: A gliding or rolling board, having a length measured along a longitudinal direction between a first end and a second end, a width measured along a transverse direction between a first slide and a second slide, and a height measured between a bottom and a top, the board including a first zone for receiving a foot or a boot, and a second zone for receiving a foot or boot. Between the receiving zones, the board includes a first flexing zone located toward the first receiving zone, as well as a second flexing zone located toward the second receiving zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: SALOMON S.A.S.
    Inventors: David Adamczewski, Henri Rancon