Patents Issued in May 27, 2014
  • Patent number: 8732977
    Abstract: A method of producing a structural component comprising manufacturing a structural component from a moisture absorbable material the toughness of which increases with increasing moisture absorption and subsequently subjecting the structural component to at least one of elevated temperature and humidity for a period of time such that the structural component attains a predetermined moisture content and distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Richard Adams, Peter Griggs, Glenn Watson
  • Patent number: 8732978
    Abstract: Apparatus to dry milled silicon particles has solvent spray nozzles, solvent drainage, gas inlet, and gas exhaust. This drying can occur, for example, following an acid etch and a deionized water rinse. The drying apparatus is an enclosed system with a lid that contains a solvent feeding tube and exhaust ventilation. This enclosed system design creates an effective low temperature drying system in an inert atmosphere. The apparatus can handle a variety of different particle sizes, inhibits the growth of surface oxides on the particles by using lower temperatures, and allows reuse of solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: Yuji Richard Kuan
  • Patent number: 8732979
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance and a method for operating the appliance to supply air into a treating chamber through an air inlet and controlling the supplied air by varying the effective area of the air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Michael T. Dalton, Layne E. Heilman
  • Patent number: 8732980
    Abstract: In order to provide a drier module for a drier for a coating plant, in particular for a coating plant for vehicle bodies, wherein the drier comprises a drier working space for receiving the objects to be dried, which space is bounded by a drier floor, a drier ceiling and lateral boundary walls, which reduces the transport costs for transporting the drier components from the production site to the erection site, it is proposed that the drier module comprise at least one section of a lateral boundary wall of the drier working space and one section of the drier floor and/or one section of the drier ceiling, wherein the drier floor section and/or the drier ceiling section are/is connected to the boundary wall section so as to be pivotable relative to the boundary wall section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Dürr Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Napfel, Helmuth Zurich, Andreas Gerber
  • Patent number: 8732981
    Abstract: A sole system which allows plantarflexion and dorsiflexion in the running/walking gait; provides a mechanical advantage through articulation of the forefoot to stimulate an upward plantar moment force during toe-off; and increases the distance per step without altering the stride pattern. An embodiment of the current invention has an eccentric toe-off cam lever (“cam lever”) integrated into the midsole of a shoe. The cam lever of the embodiment includes: a distal longitudinally extending cam element; a forefoot fulcrum element; and a rear longitudinally extending cam element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: John E. Cobb
  • Patent number: 8732982
    Abstract: A footwear sole assembly that includes a sole body defining voids of different depths. The voids are arranged to provide relatively greater cushioning and bendability within at least one of a metatarsus portion and a calcaneus portion of the sole body. A heel top surface of the footwear sole assembly is elevated between about 4 mm and about 12 mm above a forefoot top surface of the footwear sole assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Saucony IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel A. Sullivan, Christopher J. Mahoney
  • Patent number: 8732983
    Abstract: A shoe includes a first plate and a second plate that are located in a forefoot portion of the shoe between an upper and an outsole of the shoe, and one or more springs for biasing the first plate and the second plate apart from each other. A device for a shoe includes a first plate and a second plate that are installable in a forefoot portion of the shoe, and an energy return member positioned between the first plate and the second plate. A method of using a shoe includes applying, with a foot, a force on at least one of two plates that is positioned in a forefoot portion of a shoe, so as to move the two plates together and increase a loading of a spring, and launching the foot due to the two plates being moved apart by the spring as the foot is being lifted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC
    Inventors: Mark Goldston, Adam Goldston, Ryan Goldston, Jon Bemis
  • Patent number: 8732984
    Abstract: A shock absorbing shoe with a triangle shock absorbing space, the shoe having an outsole and a midsole, wherein the midsole is divided into upper and lower midsoles, a plurality of upper seating holes provided on opposite sides of the upper midsole behind an area corresponding to an arch region of a foot sole, a plurality of lower seating holes provided on opposite sides of the lower midsole. The shoe includes a shock absorbing means having a body member formed longitudinally between the upper and lower midsoles, and wing members provided on opposite sides of the body member. Each wing member includes an upper inclined portion inclined upwards to be received in the associated upper seating hole, a lower inclined portion inclined downwards to be received in the associated lower seating hole, and a connecting portion connecting the upper and lower inclined portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: Yong-ho Ha
  • Patent number: 8732985
    Abstract: Sole (100; 200; 300; 400) comprising a support layer (101; 201; 301; 401) having at least one region (103; 203; 303; 403) which allows the passage of air through said layer (101; 201; 301; 401), characterized in that it comprises one or more reinforcing elements (111; 211, 311; 411) joined to one side of said layer (101; 201; 301; 401) in said at least one region (103; 203; 303, 403) and perforated with through-openings (113; 213; 313; 413) for evacuating the air which passes through said region; and a membrane (117; 290, 390; 417) made of material which is waterproof and vapor-permeable, situated above said at least one region (103; 203; 303, 403) on the side of said layer (101; 201; 301, 401) opposite to said elements (111; 211, 311; 411) and sealed with said layer (101; 201; 301; 401) at least along one contour (115; 215; 305) around said at least one region (103; 203; 303; 403).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates GmbH
    Inventors: Marco Zanatta, Giovanni Martini, Lino Bernardel
  • Patent number: 8732986
    Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear is disclosed. The sole structure comprises a fluid filled member and a plurality of slots. The slots are associated with connecting portions that connect portions of the sole structure in the generally longitudinal direction and provide for increased fit, flexibility and stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark C. Miner
  • Patent number: 8732987
    Abstract: A clothing article for a foot including a sole including a sealed collapsible air cavity having disposed therein a return support for expanding a collapsed air cavity wherein the air cavity includes an outlet permitting a quantity of air to exit when the air cavity is collapsed; an upper, coupled to the sole, for covering a portion of the foot; an air-actuated active element coupled to the upper, the active element including a first mode and a second mode, the active element biased to the first mode and responsive to the quantity of air to transition from the first mode to the second mode; and a communication channel, coupled to the outlet and to the active element, for transferring the quantity of air from the air cavity to the active element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: Finn Alexander Strong
  • Patent number: 8732988
    Abstract: An implement including a work assembly for clearing materials on a ground, the work assembly including an edge and at least one dynamic skid shoe. The implement may have a pair of dynamic skid shoes. The dynamic skid shoe includes a surface contact component for contacting a street surface, a dynamic component operably connected to the surface contact component for providing vertical movement of the surface contact component, and a hydraulic fluid circuit including a pressure providing component fluidily connected to the dynamic component. The implement includes a linkage assembly, wherein the linkage assembly and the dynamic skid shoe operate to provide the edge to be elevated above the ground surface in order to pass over an obstruction encountered by the edge even on uneven surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Glenridge, Inc.
    Inventor: Grant Hanson
  • Patent number: 8732989
    Abstract: The present snowplow wheel kit converts a standard snowplow for use on unimproved surfaces. The snowplow wheel kit is designed to support the weight of the snowplow blade on swiveling wheel assemblies which are mounted to the rear of the snowplow blade and have the ability to turn in all directions. The tires ride on top of the unimproved surface, allowing the edge of the snowplow blade to travel just above the ground surface, thus removing the snow without the blade coming in direct contact with the soft underlying surface. The swivel feature of the wheel assemblies allows the blade to travel over the surface smoothly while maintaining the desired height of the blade edge from the surface. In addition, this feature allows for the plow blade to be fully functional when back-plowing, using the rear of the plow blade to drag snow while the vehicle is moving rearward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: Ron Turnbull
  • Patent number: 8732990
    Abstract: The wing lock is a safety mechanism for a snow plow blade and is engaged when the plow blade is not in use. The safety mechanism is primarily a pin and tongue assembly which is actuated by an air, electric, or hydraulic cylinder tied to the truck on which the plow is mounted. The pin is protected by a collar and sleeve which are disposed below the actuator cylinder. The tongue is affixed on the support arm of the plow wing so that when the support arm is raised the tongue slides into a receiving position for the pin. The pin drops through the tongue to lock the blade. For use, the safety mechanism is activated or deactivated from the truck cabin by a lighted, electrical switch which sends a signal to the actuator to deploy or retract the pin so that the plow may be locked or unlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: Aaron Danreuther
  • Patent number: 8732991
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutter head (10) for dredging ground under water, this cutter head being suitable for attachment rotatably around a central axis to the ladder (2) of a cutter suction dredger (1) and for being moved through the ground (9) therewith in a lateral sweeping movement, the cutter head comprising a base ring (13), a hub (14) situated at a distance in the direction of the central axis from the base ring, and a plurality of arms (15) extending from the base ring to the hub, wherein a passage opening (16) is located between arms and wherein the arms are provided with a first series of cutting tools on a leading part (15a) relative to the direction of rotation of the cutter head, and wherein at least one arm is provided with a second series of cutting tools on a part of the arm (15b) facing away from the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignees: Dredging International N. V., Vosta LMG B.V.
    Inventors: Stijn Claessens, Klaas Geert Wijma
  • Patent number: 8732992
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an excavation machine that is configured to minimize or otherwise account for the unintended stoppage (i.e., jamming/stalling) of a digger tool. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure a machine is provided with one or more drive systems that automatically stop and reverse to avoid excavation tool jamming. The machine and methods of the present disclosure provide an efficient method and machine for excavation operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Ty Hartwick, Casey Dean Berg, Oleg Khalamendik, Karl D. Maasdam, Joseph W. Nelson
  • Patent number: 8732993
    Abstract: An earth shaping apparatus allows a ditch to be excavated and the surrounding area leveled in a single pass. The earth shaping apparatus has a leveling blade with an elongated lower contacting edge that is adapted to be moved in a ditching direction. The lower contacting edge is arranged at an angle to the ditching direction. The earth shaping apparatus further has a ditching blade coupled to the earth shaping apparatus in front of the leveling blade with respect to the ditching direction. The ditching blade has a contacting edge extending below the lower contacting edge of the leveling blade when in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Bridgeview Mfg. Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Hruska, Raymond Helmeczi
  • Patent number: 8732994
    Abstract: A retarding mechanism for continuously retarding the swinging movements of a dipper door comprises a hydraulic braking assembly mounted to the dipper bucket and operatively connected to the dipper door via at least one braking arm pivotally mounted within the braking assembly and at least one linking member pivotally mounted to the dipper door. The retarding mechanism continuously retards the opening and closing movements of the dipper door by controllably braking or slowing the at least one braking arm using the compressive action of at least one hydraulic piston mounted to the braking assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventors: Yannick Dubé, Alexandre Lévesque
  • Patent number: 8732995
    Abstract: Laundry articles are spread out by input machines in front of a feed conveyor which feeds the spread-out laundry article to a mangle. The respective laundry article is previously fed by a transfer device to a draw-on device onto which the laundry article is drawn. In known input machines, relatively complicated transfer devices are provided. According to the invention, the transfer device is provided with a rectilinear conveying section ascending to the draw-on device. The laundry article is thereby transported to the draw-on device by the transfer device in the plane in which it is transferred to the transfer device. Such a transfer device needs to have only a simple set-up. Since the laundry article remains in the plane in which it is fed to the transfer device, it can be brought by the transfer device into a favorable initial position for being drawn reliably onto the draw-on device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Herbert Kannegiesser GmbH
    Inventors: Lars Herzog, Jurgen Sielermann, Friedhelm Mehrhoff, Engelbert Heinz
  • Patent number: 8732996
    Abstract: The invention relates to lids for containers, such as disposable beverage containers, which are adapted to receive and hold without adhesive advertising or promotional material. Lids according to the invention include a receptacle with a floor and an inner side wall; wherein the receptacle is capable of receiving the advertising or promotional disc, and the inner side wall of the receptacle is capable of holding the disc in the receptacle. The invention also encompasses an advertising or promotional disc and disposable container lid combination, and a method of providing advertising or promotional media to a consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: Dean Groening
  • Patent number: 8732997
    Abstract: This utility model relates in general to Advertising medium but more particularly to an Automated Rotating Billboards structures. The billboard structure comprising a billboard frame having lighting facility consisting of plurality of lighting fixtures secured thereto and being provided with a covering for securing advertisement thereon, the frame being supported by an upstanding post fixedly attached on its bottom portion thereof. The upstanding post comprising of a lower stationary post member and upper rotating post member. The upper post member is being adapted to rotate using an electric motor wherein the billboard is connected. With rotating billboard, it can be seen from all angles thus more efficient and convenient to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: Glenn R. Gatuslao
  • Patent number: 8732998
    Abstract: An exterior sign includes a main body, which has a design, a plating material, which is arranged on an inner surface of the main body, wherein the plating material is visible through the main body, and a double-layered protective layer, which is arranged on the plating material. The double-layered protective layer includes a first protective layer and a second protective layer. The first protective layer is arranged closer to the plating material than the second protective layer and has a lower level of contractility during curing than the second protective layer. The second protective layer has a higher level of corrosion resistance than the first protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
    Inventor: Keiichi Kitayama
  • Patent number: 8732999
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for mounting a pair of banners between upright members wherein the banners includes a flexing mechanism so that the banners can withstand high wind situations. Upper, intermediate and lower collars are mounted onto the upright members so that the intermediate collar can slide up and down along the column to allow the banner to flex. Each collar has a pair of cylindrical receptacles for receiving horizontal members so that upper, intermediate and lower horizontal members are provided so that the intermediate horizontal member slides up and down along the members in high wind situations. Elastic members connecting the intermediate and lower horizontal members stretch in high wind situations to allow the banners to flex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: Gerald W. Hughes
  • Patent number: 8733000
    Abstract: An advertisement display formed with two side columns with at least one advertisement module provided therebetween. The module consists of a top unit and a pivoting lower unit. The top unit is slidable within the side columns. A longitudinal wall is spaced from a bottom wall of the top unit defining a utility space therebetween. The lower unit is locked and prevented from pivoting when the top unit with the longitudinal wall is slid into a downward position, and is allowed to pivot when the top unit with the longitudinal wall is slid upwardly unlocking the bottom unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: Sanjay Thakker
  • Patent number: 8733001
    Abstract: A safety sign that has a front panel with cut out letters or numbers that form the word or message of the sign. Behind the front panel a predetermined distance can be a reflective panel or other surface. Light from an oncoming vehicle can reflect from this reflective panel through the cut out letters causing the sign to function like any other safety sign when not lighted. One or more light sources like LEDs can be mounted facing the reflective panel at angles so that light from these sources is reflected from the reflective panel and out through the cut out letters causing the sign to increase significantly in visibility at night or in other low light conditions. Further light sources can be located around the periphery of the sign or around the word or words on the sign. All or part of the light sources can be made to blink, and the system can optionally be made to turn off during the daytime. The sign can be run from AC power or battery power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: Ray Gallet
  • Patent number: 8733002
    Abstract: A recipient verification system including a band to be worn by a patient or other recipient that allows for placement of a hospital's own identification label, which is then protected from damage, an area for a permanent label, which can then be associated with the hospital label, a series of removable labels that remain with the patient, a test tube label, and a tail of labels to be removed from the band at the time of application to the patient to ensure a sufficient supply of labels. Each of the permanent label, the removable labels, the test tube label, and the tail are encoded with identical identification information. The band and label strip are separately formed from desired materials and then assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Typenex Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Varsha G. Kalyankar, Scott D. Leece, Luke A. Westra, Andrew A. Aube
  • Patent number: 8733003
    Abstract: A file folder assembly or divider with a tab capable of being slid in two non-collinear directions. According to one embodiment, the file folder assembly includes a file folder and a sliding tab assembly. The sliding tab assembly includes a rail secured to the file folder proximate to a top edge of the file folder. The sliding tab assembly also includes a tab and a coupling member. The coupling member couples the tab to the rail in such a way as to permit the tab to be slid horizontally back and forth along the rail and/or to permit the tab to be slid vertically up and down relative to the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Avery Products Corporation
    Inventors: Vincent H. Bowman, Jeffrey Herz, Jay K. Sato, Weiye Wu
  • Patent number: 8733004
    Abstract: A picture frame molding according to one embodiment includes an elongated body that has an exterior wall, a first channel formed therein for receiving a first member, and a second channel formed therein for receiving a second member. The first and second channels are at least substantially parallel to one another. The elongated body also includes an interior angled wall that is joined to the exterior wall and is formed at an angle thereto. The interior angled wall includes a track that receives an object, such as matboard. The track faces away from the exterior wall and is formed between and at an angle to the first and second channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Nielsen Bainbridge
    Inventor: Michael Andrulewich
  • Patent number: 8733005
    Abstract: A keepsake display device stores and displays a printed ultrasound image, and includes a substantially transparent convex hollow first member with a substantially closed smooth outer surface, a second member coupled to the first member to define a substantially closed outer surface for the device, and a display element adapted to receive the printed ultrasound image and display it through the outer surface of the first member. The first and second members can be shaped to mimic a pregnant belly and a woman's buttocks, together representing the midsection of a pregnant woman. A kit includes the display device plus one or more of a lamination member, a real or plastic birthstone or a set of real or plastic birthstones, a template useful for cutting the ultrasound image, and glue. An assembly includes the display device and a figurine such a stork which can hold the display device from its beak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventors: Adrienne Hughes, Jeffrey Magsitza, Kelly Law
  • Patent number: 8733006
    Abstract: A firearm sensor system includes one or more sensor groups and a data storage device. Each of the sensor groups is configured for attachment to a firearm. One of the sensor groups includes a sensor for measuring a position of a firearm bolt relative to a start position of the bolt, and a wireless transmission component for wirelessly transmitting the sensor data. The data storage device includes a computer-readable medium having an executable application stored on the computer-readable medium. The application, when executed on a computing device, receives data from the sensor group via a wireless communication system and presents the data in a user interface displayed on a monitor. In one embodiment, the sensor includes a spring force sensor coupled to a bolt return spring on the firearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: The Otis Patent Trust
    Inventors: Nicholas Williams, James R. Brooker
  • Patent number: 8733007
    Abstract: A magazine assembly (10) for receiving and storing cartridges (28) for a firearm (1). At least one gate member (58, 60) is pivotally mounted at an open end of a monoblock (20) and has a first blocking member (58.1, 60.1) to inhibit feeding of an end cartridge from a feed port until the firearm (1) is cocked. The gate member (58, 60) further includes a second blocking member (58.4, 60.4) to prevent multiple cartridges (28) from feeding from the same feed port (20.3, 20.4) during a given cocking cycle. The gate member (58, 60) is operable to displace the first blocking member (58.1, 60.1) out of a cartridge feed path while placing a second blocking member (58.4, 60.4) in the feed path to of the next cartridge (28) to be fed. An interrupter (62) prevents cartridges (28) supplied by a plurality of feed ports (20.3, 20.4) from being fed simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: Ted Hatfield
  • Patent number: 8733008
    Abstract: Example cartridge magazines for use within a curved handle of certain pistols have a laterally curved housing so that the pistols and magazines can fit comfortably along a user's body. Such curved pistols and magazines are particularly suited for carrying within a shirt or pants pocket. A curved pistol loaded with a curved magazine, for instance, can be carried comfortably in one pocket while an extra loaded magazine can be carried in another pocket. Example magazines carry single and multiple rows of cartridges along appropriately sized curved housings. The magazine's curvature provides a user with a prominent tactile feature that quickly indicates in which direction the magazine should be inserted within the pistol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Mathew A. McPherson
  • Patent number: 8733009
    Abstract: A magazine cutoff device for a firearm with a tube-type magazine, such as, e.g., semi-automatic shotgun. The cutoff device may be moveably mounted to accommodate at least two positions, on and off. The user may activate the cutoff, pull the bolt to the rear, eject a chambered shell, and lock the bolt to the rear while retaining any shells in the magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: RA Brands, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Jonathan Ricks
  • Patent number: 8733010
    Abstract: A rimless cartridge cylinder assembly is used for adapting revolvers which typically require the use of rimmed cartridges to accept rimless cartridges. The assembly includes an extractor mechanism having an extractor rod extending axially through a center passage provided in a cylinder having chambers adapted to receive cartridges. The extractor mechanism has an axially extendable extractor head assembly disposed at a cartridge loading end of the cylinder. The head assembly includes a plurality of spring biased projections housed therein which extend radially into engagement with corresponding grooves in rimless cartridges as they are loaded into each chamber. After discharge, rearward displacement of the head assembly allows the engaged projections to remove the spent cartridges from each chamber. Utilizing the rimless cartridge cylinder assembly, rimless cartridges typically used only with automatic hand guns can be loaded and fired in a revolver with long term reliably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Charter Arms
    Inventor: D Nickerson Ecker
  • Patent number: 8733011
    Abstract: A sight mount for firearms, consisting of a base plate (101), arranged to be fitted onto a firearm. The sight mount is fitted with integrated and split rings and two top ring halves (106, 124) are arranged to attach a riflescope. The sight ring (104, 111) is diagonally split (103) and has planar sides in the vertical and horizontal planes as to make visible the visible the adjustment knobs of the riflescope when in a firing position and to visualize parallel reference lines in the environment, thus providing a sub-conscious perception of the weapons vertical alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Spuhr i Dalby AB
    Inventor: Håkan Spuhr
  • Patent number: 8733012
    Abstract: A fishing lure assembly is disclosed which comprises a blade free to oscillate, yaw and produce a trailing wake as the fishing lure assembly is displaced through water. A weight is affixed to the fishing lure assembly, but affixed to an associated wireform where it is inferiorly disposed relative to the blade such that the blade is free to oscillate and have side-to-side action, substantially unaffected by mass and inertia of the weight. The fishing lure may be variably constructed to include one or more hooks and artificial or natural soft bait and hard bait bodies which are disposed to follow behind the trailing wake of the blade. A compound lure is disclosed wherein the weight is replaced by a jig hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: David Lynn Thorne
  • Patent number: 8733013
    Abstract: A flexible fishing lure for use with a fishing rod, line and hook, by virtue of which the lure can be attached via the line to the fishing rod and used in casting wherein the lure uses a soft, elastic material, comprising a body, a first end, a second end, a plurality of rods extending perpendicularly outwardly from a body outer surface with a rod density of from 10 to 70 rods per inch along the body and upon casting the fishing lure, the rods vibrate creating simulated movement as the fishing lure sinks or is drawn through the water, creating simultaneously a life-like appearance with life-like vibrations. The fishing lure with rods can have air containing cavities for creating a visual attraction simultaneously with the life-like appearance and life-like vibrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventors: Nyles Kelley Jones, Jr., Nyles Kelley Jones, Sr.
  • Patent number: 8733014
    Abstract: Electric pest deterrents device having knitted conductors are presented. An elongated conductor comprising at least a single conducting strand knitted with itself or with other conducting strands can be attached to a based of the device. The conducting strands can be knitted according to one or more patterns to form textured surfaces having raise protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Bird-B-Gone, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Donoho
  • Patent number: 8733015
    Abstract: A method and system for disinfecting and disinfesting a commodity, such as a perishable agricultural commodity, by treatment with an environment of low oxygen/high ballast gas with cycled pressure changes that overwhelm and damage the respiratory system of the insect without damaging the host commodity. The system and method may also include the introduction of disinfectants, antiseptics and other toxic chemicals or the exposure to radio frequencies with intense electric fields that may increase the metabolic activity of the pest or decrease the fitness of the pest within the low oxygen environment. Treatments according to the methods can also increase the shelf life of agricultural commodities by eradicating or delaying the growth of bacteria, fungi, protozoa and other microbial pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Manuel C. Lagunas-Solar, Timothy K. Essert
  • Patent number: 8733016
    Abstract: A substantially shape-sustaining sheet of material having a substantially circular shape may be formed into a substantially frusto-conical shaped bouquet holder in which a floral grouping may be disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Wanda M. Weder and William F. Straeter
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Patent number: 8733017
    Abstract: A gate is mounted to pivot about a pivot axis between opened and closed positions. A latch is mounted for movement relative to the gate to retain the gate in a closed and locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew W. Marsden, Raul G. Pereira, Jim R. Varney, Bryan R. Hotaling
  • Patent number: 8733018
    Abstract: A louver blind structure comprises a frame with a plurality of louver members pivotally mounted at each longitudinal end thereof to the frame so as to pivot between open and closed positions. An elongated member is movable relative to the frame and is so positioned as to engage the louver members. An actuator is mounted to the frame for selectively imparting a movement to the elongated member. When imparting a movement to the elongated member the louver members engaged thereby are caused to pivot between the open and closed positions. A kit comprising this actuator and the elongate member for a louver blind structure is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Unicel Architectural Corp.
    Inventors: Jean-François Couturier, Qian Peng
  • Patent number: 8733019
    Abstract: A draft blocker using flexible linear elements contained in an envelope is easily installed upon a door or window. The draft blocker comprises linear elements contained in cavities adapted to ride against the inside and outside of the door thereby sealing the gap between a door and preventing drafts. The draft blocker uses one or more envelope elements allowing insertion of the linear elements at a position other than the ends and has end straps which engage the edges of the door bottom holding the draft blocker in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Shurtech Brands, LLC
    Inventor: Brian A Vulpitta
  • Patent number: 8733020
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a security cover for a door viewer such as a peephole. The security cover includes a housing having a forward opening configured to align with the peephole, a rearward viewing port, and an eyecup. The security cover further includes a shutter mechanism that is manually repositionable from a closed position to an opened position via engagement of an actuator. In operation, the security cover is coupled to a door such that it covers the door viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: Kamran Khoshkish
  • Patent number: 8733021
    Abstract: A casement window unit including a fixed frame (2); a movable sash (3) connected to the fixed frame by a pair of hinged members (4, 5) joined to respective members of the fixed frame and of the sash so as to allow the movable sash to move between a closed position, where the fixed frame and the sash are in contact with each other, and an open position, where at least one stile (3c) of the sash is at a certain distance from the fixed frame towards the outside of the room where the window unit (1) is installed, and vice versa; and a movement arm (7) acting on the sash in such a way that it moves the sash from the closed position to the open position, and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: GSG International S.p.A.
    Inventor: Marco Lambertini
  • Patent number: 8733022
    Abstract: An intuitive exterior door handle assembly is provided for a heavy duty power assisted vehicle door for opening and closing the door. The exterior handle assembly pivots about an axis for movement between pushed in and pushed out positions to actuate the power assist unit in opposite directions and thereby close and open the door, respectively. A switch or valve assembly controls actuation of the power assist unit in response to pulling or pushing the door handle so as to open and close the door. An override system is built into the handle assembly to actuate the power unit without pivoting the handle. The assembly and override system mount through a single common hole in the door. In the method of operating the vehicle door, the exterior handle is pushed inwardly to close the door and pulled outwardly to open the door through retraction and extension of the power assist assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Trimark Corporation
    Inventors: Tom F. Sonnek, Lior Tikozenski
  • Patent number: 8733023
    Abstract: Door arrangement, more particularly a sliding door arrangement of an automatic door of an elevator or of a building, which comprises a door panel, and a guide arrangement for controlling the path of movement of the door panel, which guide arrangement comprises at least one guide connected to the aforementioned door panel, and a guide rail, closely along which the aforementioned guide is arranged to move, and from which guide rail the guide takes lateral support force with respect to the longitudinal direction of the guide rail. The guide comprises a first guide roll for taking the support force from the guide surface of the guide rail on the side of a first side of the guide, and a second guide roll for taking support force from the guide surface of the guide rail on the side of a second side of the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Andhikaputra Rahardjo, Kari Kemppainen
  • Patent number: 8733024
    Abstract: A door system comprises a door panel, a support member, and a pivoting vertical plate. The door panel comprises a plurality of discrete rigid insulation pieces interposed between flexible layers. An outer skin encompasses the rigid insulation pieces and the flexible layers. The door panel is secured to the support member by the outer skin, such that the outer skin bears the weight of the door panel. The vertical plate is secured to a trailing side of the door panel. The vertical plate includes keepers that selectively engage hooks extending from a casing positioned at a doorway. The rigidity of the door panel depends on the pivotal position of the vertical plate relative to a plane defined by the door panel. The door panel provides sufficient flexibility to withstand impacts from objects and vehicles yet also provides sufficient rigidity to insulate a cold environment from a warm environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Jamison Door Company
    Inventors: Lynn D. Vogel, Curtis L. Berry
  • Patent number: 8733025
    Abstract: The subject of the present disclosure is a prehung door unit structure intended to close an opening, more particularly of rectangular shape, made in a stonework construction such as a wall, rising substantially vertically and separating or demarcating two spaces within a building and, more particularly, within a high-security building, including a prehung door unit made up of at least one door leaf mounted so that it can pivot and of a fixed frame intended to be fitted into said opening. Such a structure further comprises a fixed-frame pre-frame that can be mounted in the recess of the opening and constitutes a support for attaching the prehung door unit so that the prehung door unit can be fixed removably into the opening using rigid and removable connecting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Baumert
    Inventor: Bernard Baumert
  • Patent number: 8733026
    Abstract: A door assembly is provided which comprises a stationary frame and a movable frame, wherein the door assembly further comprises an adjusting assembly for fixing and adjusting the movable frame. The adjusting assembly comprises a fixing element disposed at one end of the fixing frame and including an engagement element on which a first groove is formed, an adjusting element disposed at one end of the movable frame and including a first through hole corresponding to the first groove and a cavity for receiving the engagement element, and a locking member comprising a handle portion and a rotation portion which can go through the first through hole such that at least one part of the rotation portion can reach in the first groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: Wuxiang Wei