Patents Examined by Tri M. Mai
  • Patent number: 11033086
    Abstract: New container dividers, related systems/container components, and containers comprising such systems along with other features are described herein and provided by this invention. In one aspect, container dividers comprising one or more dual position transformable dividers or sections are provided that allow for easy reallocation of storage capacity from one formable compartment to another, typically by application of a modest amount of force (e.g., a moderate pull). Once in a resting configuration the dividers resist structural deformation based on a combination of structural features. In some aspects containers are provided wherein a number of dividers can form two or more formable compartments. Also provided are new removable, flexible and reconfigurable multi-point dividers that can form linear, stacked, and diverse arrangements through allowing rotation approaching about 360 degrees along multiple hinges and that also or alternatively can be incorporated into containers of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Atlas Packs, LLC
    Inventors: David Tedesco, Allan Henry
  • Patent number: 11019895
    Abstract: A case body structure of a luggage case includes a case top member, a case bottom member and a sidewall member that are independent components. Each of the case top member and the case bottom member is a hard structure. The sidewall member includes a wall plate and a cover plate. The wall plate includes a connecting section, two installation sections, and an installation breach defined and formed by the two installation sections. The cover plate is disposed correspondingly to the installation breach. The cover plate and the wall plate define a hollow cavity. The case top member and the case bottom member are respectively disposed at two ends of the sidewall member to enclose the hollow cavity. The cover plate selectively opens relative to the wall plate to allow an object to be placed into or taken out of the hollow cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Jiaxing Jackson Travel Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xue Lin Zhu
  • Patent number: 11013305
    Abstract: A luggage compression panel for compressing items accommodated in an interior space of luggage. The luggage compression panel includes, but is not limited to, a supporting structure defining a supporting area, and at least one locking mechanism for releasably fixing an engaging member of the luggage on the supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Thule Sweden AB
    Inventors: Graham Jackson, Mark Thibadeau
  • Patent number: 11006712
    Abstract: A multi-function wallet is provided which is adapted in one mode for carrying and storage of non-flat items concurrently with and conventional flat items. Additionally, the wallet or an engaged stand component is configured to securely yet removably engage a computing device with a viewable screen such as a smartphone, and hold it at multiple angles while in an inclined position so as to be easily viewable by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventor: Victor Glen Piro
  • Patent number: 11006716
    Abstract: A handle assembly include right and left straps secured to a handle, the right and left straps each have first magnetic elements secured thereto. A case has second magnetic elements mounted thereto, such mounted to the case with a portion of the right or left strap secured between itself and the case. The magnetic attraction between the first and second magnetic elements draws the handle toward the case. The case may define a recess such that the handle is drawn into the recess and does not protrude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Becklin Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Adrian Tayne
  • Patent number: 11006715
    Abstract: Disclosed is a power bank storage device. The device includes a fixed plate, a push-and-pull plate, a limiting plate and snap-fitting components. The push-and-pull plate corresponds to the fixed plate in position and is rotatably connected at one end; a side surface of the push-and-pull plate close to the fixed plate is integrally connected with a box body with an opening upper end for storing a power bank; the limiting plate is mounted between the fixed plate and the push-and-pull plate, and between the open position and the closed position of the push-and-pull plate, one end thereof is slidably connected with the fixed plate, and the other end thereof is rotatably connected with the push-and-pull plate; and the snap-fitting components are fixed onto the fixed plate, and are snap-fitted with the limiting plate in the closed position of the push-and-pull plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventor: Roger Yang
  • Patent number: 10973206
    Abstract: Pet travel luggage and carriers configured to organize pet essentials for an extended duration are described. The luggage and the carrier include a body, a lid attached to the body at an opening, and a feeding station. The feeding station comprises a flexible fold down flap hinged to an outer edge of a side of the body proximate the bottom side. The flap deploys along a horizontal surface such that an interior surface of the flap receives a removable mat. The removable mat receives a pair of collapsible bowls. The flap is secured in a closed position to an outer surface of the side of the body by a fixation element. The luggage also includes a removable dividing panel that divides a hollow interior of the body into at least two unsymmetrical sections. At least one of the at least two sections receives a pair of stackable containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: OVERLAND, LLC.
    Inventors: Alan Friedgood, Linda Staffin El-Fakir
  • Patent number: 10973290
    Abstract: A virtually seamless, flexible, and shape-retaining bag and a method of manufacturing such a bag is disclosed. The bag is formed from two complimentary three-dimensional custom shaped halves of molded flexible foam. A single and continuous piece of material, fabric, or textile is bonded or otherwise joined over the exterior of each half. The entire outer material covering each half is free of seams, stitching, or other joining of two separate pieces material. The complimentary and exposed edges of the two halves are joined about a hinge and fastener, whereby opening the fastener allows the two halves to separate about the hinge, and closing the fastener secures the first half to the complimentary second half of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Tronco LLC
    Inventor: Julio C. Quintero
  • Patent number: 10973294
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wallet that for organizing and displaying credit cards in a secure but easily accessible manner. The wallet includes a generally rectangular exterior hard case with a recess for concealing least one card holding tray therein. The card holding trays are pivotally connected to the exterior hard case, preferably by an internal pivot shaft, and a spring mechanism provides an assisting force for both opening the card holding trays from the exterior case and closing the card holding trays back into the case. Each tray may also include a slot and post arrangement that engages adjacent trays such that when a first tray rotates out of the case, the adjacent tray is also forced out of the case into a fanned-out arrangement. One or more trays may also define a finger lever whereby a user may apply an opening force to open the tray out of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Inventor: Timothy Oliver Grannan
  • Patent number: 10973292
    Abstract: A combination bag workbench is provided herein. The combination bag workbench may include a rectangular bottom portion, a pair of wheels, and four legs rotatably coupled to the bottom portion. The bottom portion may include a length, a width, a pair of lengthwise sides defined parallel to the length, and a pair of widthwise sides defined parallel to the width. The pairs of lengthwise and widthwise sides define corners of the bottom portion. The pair of wheels may be coupled to the bottom portion along one widthwise side of the pair widthwise sides. Each leg may be coupled adjacent to a respective corner of the bottom portion. The four legs are configurable in a retracted position or an extended position associated with at least one of the legs extending beyond at least one of a nearest respective lengthwise side or a nearest respective widthwise side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Inventor: Caleb Crye
  • Patent number: 10973291
    Abstract: A device for providing a resting place for toddlers, partly on top of, partly in front of a seat in an object of public transportation. It comprises a suitcase, comprising of a trunk box and a reversible suitcase lid. The suitcase lid is in first position closed and suitable for transportation, while the suitcase lid in another, ready-to-use position, is upside down as compared with the first position and secured over, and to, the trunk box by means of an arranged attachment mechanism. The side of the lid which is facing upwards in the ready-to-use position, is substantially planar and thereby adapted to act as part of a bed base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: JETKIDS AS
    Inventor: Halvor Holmgren
  • Patent number: 10952514
    Abstract: Interchangeable luggage perimeters are disclosed. Example interchangeable luggage perimeters may comprise an interchangeable base element adapted to securely and releasably couple with exchangeable components such as exchangeable foot pads, exchangeable wheels, or exchangeable handles. The interchangeable base element may be interchangeable by having a configuration supporting repositioning of the interchangeable base element at multiple different edges of a luggage piece, e.g., any of at least two or four edges of a luggage piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: CONTRAIL, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Lawrence Bloom, John Spencer Bandringa
  • Patent number: 10952515
    Abstract: An item of luggage having a first and a second luggage part. The first and the second luggage parts each have an outer side and an inner side, and having at least one hinge. The first and the second luggage parts are connected to one another via the at least one hinge and can be pivoted in relation to one another by the hinge. The hinge has a first and a second hinge part, and these are connected to one another in an articulated manner. The first hinge part is connected to the first luggage part and the second hinge part is connected to the second luggage part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: RIMOWA GmbH
    Inventor: Dieter Morszeck
  • Patent number: 10939736
    Abstract: A maternity bag with a bag body defining an outer surface and a changing mat configured to be detachable from the outer surface of the body. The changing mat is optionally made of a same material as the bag body and/or has the same texture or color as the outer surface of the bag body, and is dimensioned to at least partially wrap around the outer surface of the bag body so as to be fully integrated and indistinguishable. The function and the look of the changing mat is concealed as it is integrated to the bag when attached. A method for changing babies using the bag is also provided. The changing mat being wrapped around the bag, it reinforces the body's structure and liberates space inside the bag. The invention provides an elegant and stylishly fashionable look to the bag. The invention also concerns the changing mat configured to be affixed to a diaper bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Krystel Perou
  • Patent number: 10918178
    Abstract: An adaptable handbag system enables a user to customize the capacity of their hand bag by adding or removing bags from a carrying ring. The bags are attached to the ring via a hinge and attachment point to allow the bag to move with respect to the carrying ring. The bags have different shapes and markings to allow for quick identification even in less than optimal viewing conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventor: Chae An Marsh
  • Patent number: 10897970
    Abstract: A luggage article may include a plurality of walls together defining an outer structure of the luggage article, a wheel bracket attached to and extending from one of the walls, and one or more wheels attached to the wheel bracket. The wheel bracket may comprise a leaf spring having a loop-shaped profile and the one or more wheels may be rotationally attached to a lower end of the loop-shaped leaf spring. The configuration of the wheel bracket may result in higher shock absorption and reduced wheel noise comparative to conventional wheel brackets, and offer an improvement and alternative to conventional luggage wheel brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l.
    Inventors: Rik Hillaert, Vivien Cheng, Wim De Vos, Michael Vandemergel, Chui Wai Kin, Peter Ten Haaf, Benjamin Vandeputte, Bart Bauwens
  • Patent number: 10893731
    Abstract: Card holder for bank cards, credit cards, debit cards, driving licences, electronic identity cards or similar cards, having a cuboidal housing with an interior for receiving at least one card, a card opening of the housing for inserting at least one card into the housing and pushing out at least one card from the housing, at least one dispensing element which is displaceable from a first position into a second position in order to be brought into engagement with the lower edge of a card in the interior and to push out the one card through the card opening from the housing, an actuating element which is coupled to the dispensing element in order to displace the dispensing element from the first position into the second position by actuating the actuating element, wherein a first spring apparatus is supported, on the one hand, on the dispensing element and, on the other hand, on the housing, wherein the first spring apparatus is able to be tensioned by displacing the dispensing element from the second position
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Wingerter, Katrin Mengel
  • Patent number: 10894654
    Abstract: The invention discloses an airtight thermal insulation with a large opening therein, comprising a base, a tableware box, a thermal insulation body, a zipper enclosure, an iron wire frame and a strap, wherein the side of the base has the tableware box, the top thereof has the body; the side of the body has an outer pocket, the left and right sides thereof have a handle above the pocket, the interior thereof has the inner lining; two sides of the inner lining top have a zipper tail strap extendedly, the periphery thereof has the velcro; the body top edge has a zipper enclosure; two sides of the enclosure have a side patch top, the enclosure is internally embedded with the iron wire frame comprising left and right ones. The overall structure is simple, the sealing effect is good, the large opening effect is achieved and it has certain promotion value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Huian Huicheng Handbag Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qiujing Zhuang
  • Patent number: 10881181
    Abstract: A garment hanger. The garment hanger includes a body having a triangular perimeter. A first end of a strap is connected to an apex portion of the body. A slide adjuster is disposed on the strap and configured to adjust the length thereof. A fastener is disposed on a second end of the strap, and a strap connector is disposed on the strap between the first end and the second end. The strap is configured to maintain an open loop configuration when the fastener is connected to the strap connector, such that a garment may be hung on a horizontal rod. In one embodiment, the garment hanger includes a bag having a bag connector thereon, wherein the fastener is removably securable to the bag connector, so that a garment may be hung from the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventor: John Cardona
  • Patent number: 10856632
    Abstract: A light-weight, easily portable luggage combination is described. The combination comprises a garment bag and a general purpose bag and optionally a utility bag, wherein the garment bag and general purpose bag may be reversibly secured together or used separately if desired. The combination provides for a first interior space in the garment bag so that hanging clothes can be stored in the garment bag and a second interior space in the general purpose bag so that other items (for example, clothing, shoes, accessories, and toiletries) can be stored separately from the hanging clothes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: RJH Creative Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Robert P Davis, Rashmi Jain Hudson