Patents Issued in November 24, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160340905
    Abstract: A bond adhesive composition comprising a polymer having a silicon-containing hydrolyzable terminal group and a hydrocarbon resin, where the composition is substantially devoid of phenolic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: FIRESTONE BUILDING PRODUCTS CO., LLC
    Inventors: Jiansheng TANG, Joseph CARR
  • Publication number: 20160340906
    Abstract: An interchangeable gutter cleaning appliance includes an extension assembly having a first fitting at a distal end, a holder having a second fitting at its proximal end and a gutter tool interface at its distal end, and an interchangeable gutter tool. The second fitting is coupled to the first fitting of the extension assembly. The interchangeable gutter tool is installed on the gutter tool interface by inserting the gutter tool interface into a mounting assembly in the interchangeable gutter tool, and the interchangeable gutter tool is removed from the gutter tool interface by removing the mounting assembly from the gutter tool interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Timothy S. NICHOLS
  • Publication number: 20160340907
    Abstract: A roof pipe flashing with a raised boot and elongated opposite extensions extending therefrom which roof pipe flashing is used to cover and weatherproof an existing but damaged roof pipe flashing on the pitched roof of a building. The roof pipe flashing can be made manually by cutting or tearing along pre-marked lines on the flat base of a roof pipe flashing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: William Ralph Bond
  • Publication number: 20160340908
    Abstract: A casing bead for constructing a wall structure includes a bead wall, a flange, and a removable leg. The flange extends away from the bead wall and is configured to receive a viscous construction material thereon to facilitate embedment of the casing bead within the viscous construction material to form part of the wall structure. The casing bead may be positioned adjacent to a frame member thereby forming a gap between the bead wall and the frame member. The leg is removably connected to the bead wall and configured to extend into the gap thereby inhibiting the viscous construction material from being introduced into the gap. Furthermore, the leg is configured to be selectively removed from the bead wall to reveal at least a portion of the gap to allow a user to introduce a sealant into the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Nick Joseph Apanovich, Erenio Reyes, Jeremy Ryan Smith
  • Publication number: 20160340909
    Abstract: A wall panel system includes a plurality of extruded composite building panels for mounting to a wall that can be repaired or refinished. The panels include a plurality of ribs for contacting the wall and a lip for overlapping one of the plurality of panels immediately below. The wall panel system includes joint clips and flashings that over lap seams between abutting panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Green Bay Decking, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Riebel, Timothy Dean Lusk
  • Publication number: 20160340910
    Abstract: A floating floor system and a floor panel and method for use with the same that includes a snap-fit locking assembly that provides vertical locking between adjacent floor panels to minimize and/or prevent ledging therebetween. In one embodiment, a protuberance and a recess are also provide on the floor panels to provide horizontal locking. The snap-fit locking assembly comprises: a locking member protruding from a first flange and comprising an undercut surface; and a locking slot formed in a second flange. The snap-fit locking assembly is configured so that when the locking member of a first one of the panels is disposed within the locking slot of a second one of the panels, the first and second panels are vertically locked together via mechanical interaction between the undercut surface of the locking member of the first panel and a locking surface of the second flange of the second panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: SUNIL RAMACHANDRA, ANNA J. TOTARO
  • Publication number: 20160340911
    Abstract: A system for constructing a load bearing surface includes a plurality of modular ground covering panels. Along at least one first side edge of each of the panels, the lower surface projects beyond the upper surface to define a lower peripheral tab. Along at least one second side edge of each of the panels, the upper surface projects beyond the lower surface to define an upper peripheral tab. The lower peripheral tab of one of the panels and the upper peripheral tab of another one of the panels overlappingly engage so that the upper surfaces of the panels are in adjoining relation to form the load bearing surface. A connector assembly includes a first connection element fixed to the lower peripheral tab, and a second connection element that releasably fastens the upper peripheral tab to the first connection element to secure the panels together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Neri Jean
  • Publication number: 20160340912
    Abstract: The Magnetic Interlocking Portable floor may implement an interlocking tongue-and-groove method for holding panels together. The tongues may have a trapezoidal wedge shape for aligning the panels. The Magnetic Interlocking Portable Floor may implement magnets to assist the connection and alignment of the panels. Further, the magnets may hold the panels together. The use of magnets may prevent the panels from separating at the seams. The panels may include a base, such as hardwood plywood. Further, the panels may include any type of surface for dancing, such as hardwood or laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Jeremy E. Norris
  • Publication number: 20160340913
    Abstract: A set of essentially identical panels, such as building panels, provided with a mechanical locking system including a displaceable tongue, which is arranged in a displacement groove at a first edge of a first panel. A second panel is provided with a tongue groove at a second edge. The displaceable tongue is configured to cooperate with the tongue groove for locking together the first and the second edge. The displaceable tongue has a spring constant that varies along the length of the tongue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
    Inventor: Peter DERELOV
  • Publication number: 20160340914
    Abstract: A flooring product includes a first oriented strand board layer, an acoustic barrier layer, and a second oriented strand board layer, where the acoustic barrier layer is secured between the first and second oriented strand board layers to form the flooring product. The plurality of flooring products can be positioned adjacently to comprise a complete flooring assembly. Such a flooring assembly can be facilitated by including features along edges of the flooring product for securing or engaging one flooring product to adjacent flooring products. For example, the flooring product can be arranged with one edge as a tongue and an opposing edge as a groove, where the tongue of one flooring product can be fitted into the groove of an adjacent flooring product to secure or engage the two flooring products together. In another example, edges of the flooring products can be arranged to form lap joints upon engagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Innovative Construction Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Edmonds, Brian Siers
  • Publication number: 20160340915
    Abstract: A method of forming an aesthetic surface on a concrete structure. The aesthetic surface includes a mosaic design including a plurality of aesthetic elements, such as tiles, aggregate or the like, which are embedded within the hardened concrete structure. The aesthetic elements are affixed to the concrete form in the arrangement corresponding to the mosaic design prior to using the form during construction of the concrete structure. The concrete is poured into the form and allowed to harden, after which, the forms are stripped from the concrete, thereby exposing the embedded aesthetic elements within the concrete structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: RONALD D. SHAW
  • Publication number: 20160340916
    Abstract: Described herein are resilient floor coverings made from non-vinyl materials and methods for manufacturing same. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: JEFFREY J. WRIGHT, JOHN J.M. REES, TOM ODUM, JEAN BRIERE, JAY VECSEY, MAHESH SUBRAMANIAN
  • Publication number: 20160340917
    Abstract: In an installation adjustment device for an auto-return arrangement which comprises a support rod with a front stop surface and an adjustable slide which is slideably supported on the support rod so as to be stepwise position-adjustable, the slide is provided with an adjustment surface which extends parallel to the stop surface and the normal vectors pointing to the stop surface and the adjustment surface have the same direction, whereby the adjustment of an auto-return arrangement is facilitated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Guenther ZIMMER, Martin ZIMMER
  • Publication number: 20160340918
    Abstract: The invention comprises a clamp that is easily and quickly attached to planks such as those in a scaffold platform that is defined by plural planks laid side-by-side to define a platform in a scaffold structure. The clamp resides beneath the planks and is therefore not a trip-hazard for workers, and the clamp is readily adjustable to compress the planks to one another to stabilize the platform. The invention creates a stronger and more stable platform by eliminating the vertical deflection of each individual plank as well as any other relative movement. The inventive clamp features adjustable telescopic tubing which allows for the user to adjust the clamp to be utilized on a number of different scaffolding frame widths. Fine adjustments to the width of the clamp are made available through a threaded clamping nut that can only be adjusted using a ?th inch socket, which is a size typically carried by a scaffolding worker. A guard post apparatus may be attached to the clamps to allow for a safety railing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Cameron Hollis, Tab Gay, Terrell Gay
  • Publication number: 20160340919
    Abstract: A clamp lock anchor for clamping a reinforcement member during manufacture of pre-stressed concrete component. The clamp lock anchor comprises a barrel having a barrel screw thread engagement feature and a wall which defines a tapered internal cavity. The clamp lock further comprises an end cap comprising: a head; a shoulder which extends away from the head; an end cap screw thread engagement feature for engagement with the barrel screw thread engagement feature. The clamp lock also comprises a clamp assembly comprising: at least two clamp wedges which, when assembled: form a frusto-conical shaped body with a load application end at its widest end; and each wedge defining part of a through passage which provides a clamp surface for receiving the reinforcement member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Stephen Nicholas CARR
  • Publication number: 20160340920
    Abstract: A deployable mobile stage system including a remote mobile computing device which acts as a controller. The mobile computing device can be any basic personal computing device such as a smart phone, tablet computer, laptop, or proprietary control unit. The mobile computing device interfaces wirelessly with a receiver unit located on the mobile stage. The receiver unit relays commands to a hydraulic system which then commands various valves to open and/or close, thereby transforming the mobile stage from a first, deployed position to a second, transport position or back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Progressive Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd N. Allison
  • Publication number: 20160340921
    Abstract: An arrangement for underwater activities comprises at least two spaces arranged one on the other thereby forming a multilayer structure, where at least one space is configured to be filled by the water for water activity. In addition the arrangement comprises a room for spectators. Each of said spaces comprises at least one wall and layer forming together said space. The first space comprises a first set of activity means for underwater activity, and the second space comprises a second set of activity means for activity. At least portion of said walls and/or layers are transparent. In addition the room for spectators is arranged in connection with said spaces and separated from the space by the wall and/or layer structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Waterbox Oy
    Inventor: Evgeny LYKOV
  • Publication number: 20160340922
    Abstract: Robotic apparatus cleans swimming pools and has road and pulley wheels with belts thereon, on opposite sides and drive motors that rotate a wheel on each side to move the frame along a pool surface. Pairs of outside wheels have friction surfaces to engage pool surfaces to also moving the frame. Forward and rearward brush assemblies are driven to brush the pool surface. Oppositely facing and angled duck bill valves allow water into free volumes in the frame and are covered by a filter bag for filtering out debris under the action of a dual pump assembly that pumps water out through a pair of outlet opening in a top of the frame. A computer processor controls the drive motors and pump assembly to move the frame along programmed paths and rechargeable batteries power the drive motors, pump assembly and computer processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: WATER TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Guy Erlich, John Many, Jon Elmaleh, James Kosmyna, Curtis Elliott, Thomas Lorys, Daniel Camisi
  • Publication number: 20160340923
    Abstract: Fabrication of about a thirty-story parking structure where commuters will park and then take elevators to the to of the structure where they will embark on a skiff or small boat and travel down a water trough that goes over the tops of roads, freeways and bridges to the other side of normal traffic bottlenecks, to docking spaces about the third floor of downtown buildings where they will dock their skiffs or boats and disembark on the dock, and their vacated skiffs will go onto a conveyor belt that will take the vacated skiffs to the top of another thirty-story building in the downtown area where commuters wanting to return to the original parking structure will embark on the skiffs going down a similar water slide back to the original parking structure from which they had departed earlier, to get their cars and trucks and drive back to their homes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: David William Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20160340924
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to obtain a seismic isolator which is provided in a building and maintains the horizontalness of the building, characterized by including: a foundation base plate arranged in contact with the ground surface, and a foundation top plate on which a building is mounted, the foundation base plate and the foundation top plate being in intimate contact with each other and being individually directly formed with a curved surface symmetrically facing each other, for example, in the four corners of the building; and a spherical body positioned at the center of the curved surfaces, characterized in that: as a result of horizontal vibrations caused by an earthquake, the spherical body smoothly rotates and rolls along the curved surfaces; thereby the foundation top plate rises to perform seismic-isolation action on the building; and after the earthquake subsides, the spherical body returns to the center of the curved surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Takahiro KANZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160340925
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new inflatable and flexible modular habitat for welding in wells and/or high fire risk rated facilities, offshore and onshore to trap slag, sparks and the like, by a structure and/or module-based assembly. The structure can be resized and assembled on site to allow it to adapt to different applications of hot work without having to stop the production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: JUAN MANUEL CEBALLOS JIMENEZ
  • Publication number: 20160340926
    Abstract: A system for providing a weather, hydration, and entertainment shelter, the system comprising: an umbrella supported by a base, an insulated cabinet attached to the base, the insulated cabinet having a door, and defining a fluid-reservoir receiving means; a fluid delivery system comprising a reservoir, a pump, a spigot disposed on an upper portion of the insulated cabinet, and fluid tubing; and a control panel disposed on the insulated cabinet and having a user-interface input, the control panel configured to activate a fluid-conveyance means to convey a fluid from the reservoir, via the fluid tubing, to the spigot in response to receiving a fluid-dispense request at the user-interface input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Scott Barbret
  • Publication number: 20160340927
    Abstract: An improved temporary structure utilizes an enhanced, heavy-duty frame that is specially engineered to be easily transported, assembled, used and then disassembled and transported again, all while simultaneously providing superior strength and support to the shell covering and flexibility in configuration to meet the varying needs of a myriad of different users. The exterior shell covering can be constructed of tough, all-weather materials that can handle rain, wind, sleet, snow, sun, sand, and other harsh conditions while staying attached to the frame and properly supported thereby; the two working in concert to provide a much improved temporary structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Scott Rizzotto
  • Publication number: 20160340928
    Abstract: A dugout bench shading system includes an inner fence and an outer fence oriented perpendicular to each other. Each of the inner and outer fences has an upper edge and a bench is positioned between the inner and outer fences. A flexible panel has a top side, a bottom side, a front edge, a rear edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. Each of plurality of straps has a first end and a second end. The first ends are each attached to the panel such that each of the front and rear edges each has at least three of the straps attached thereto. Each of the second ends includes a clasp. The clasps each releasably engage one of the inner and outer fences such that the panel extends over the bench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Jared Kent
  • Publication number: 20160340929
    Abstract: An apparatus for opening and closing of a sliding door with a foot along a sliding axis, including: a base securable to the sliding door, the base defining base first and second ends and a base longitudinal axis extending therebetween, the base longitudinal axis being substantially parallel to the sliding axis when the apparatus is operatively secured to the sliding door, the base defining opposed base first and second surfaces each extending between the base first and second ends, the base second surface facing the sliding door when the apparatus is operatively secured to the sliding door; a first protuberance extending from the base first surface; and a second protuberance extending from the base first surface, the first and second protuberances being spaced apart from each other along the base longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Eric Gagnon
  • Publication number: 20160340930
    Abstract: A mount is provided for securing an escutcheon on a door. The mount comprises a plate member having a central aperture and an upper pair of elongated slots and a lower pair of elongated slots. Each of the elongated slots extends parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the plate member. A mounting stud is slidably received in at least one of the upper pair of elongated slots and the lower pair of elongated slots for positioning of the stud relative to the central aperture, wherein the studs can be located at selected distances from the central aperture for alignment with a hole through the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy Schaeffer, Scott Kasper, Chris Hill, Andrew S. Geraci
  • Publication number: 20160340931
    Abstract: A clutch driving module is disposed in a lock which is able to drive the clutch driving module selectively to control an exterior handle assembly whether be able to drive a latch assembly in lock or unlock or not. And the clutch driving module is able to respectively make an interior handle assembly and the exterior handle assembly controlling the lock in lock or unlock independently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Chao-Ming Huang, Wen-Chieh Lee
  • Publication number: 20160340932
    Abstract: A lock including a lock cylinder, at least one sensing module and a processing unit is provided. The lock cylinder is adapted for allowing a unlocking unit to insert therein along an inserting direction. The at least one sensing module detects a movement of the lock cylinder. The processing unit electrically connected to the at least one sensing module. The sensing module generates a sensing signal to the processing unit according to the movement of the lock cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Chin-Hsin Yeh, Chien-Chin Wang, Chiang-Sheng Tseng, Te-Chuan Kuo
  • Publication number: 20160340933
    Abstract: An automated teller machine (10) has at least one receiving compartment (12 to 18) for receiving a cash box (102). At least one locking element (24, 26) is provided on a wall (20, 22) of the receiving compartment (12 to 18) and is movable between a locked and an unlocked position. The locking element (24, 26) is designed and mounted such that, when a cash box (102) is inserted the locking element (24, 26), the locking element (24, 26) is moved automatically from the unlocked into the locked position by contact with an engagement element (104) of the cash box (102).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Florante Go, Ronald Hidalgo
  • Publication number: 20160340934
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a locking link, composed of a cover moveably engaged with a link. The cover at a first engaged position is locked with the link, and at a second engaged position is unlocked from the link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: PACIFIC LOCK COMPANY
    Inventors: Gregory WAUGH, Matthew Watson YUEN
  • Publication number: 20160340935
    Abstract: A portable electronic device can be switched between locked and unlocked states by handheld motion. The portable electronic device includes a display screen, a storage device stored unlocking information, a control unit, an inputting unit, and a comparison unit. An unlocking interface is displayed on a display screen when the portable electronic device is locked. The unlocking interface includes a compass with a plurality of prompting characters and a pointer. The inputting unit orderly inputs characters while the portable electronic device is rotated to change and acquire a prompting character which is facing the pointer. The comparison unit compares the total of input characters and the unlocking information, and unlocks the portable electronic device when the input information is identical to the unlocking information. Either the compass or the pointer can rotate to change the prompting character which is facing the pointer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: MENG-HSIEN CHUANG
  • Publication number: 20160340936
    Abstract: The device includes a first retention member defining a first retention member top surface opposite, a first retention member bottom surface. The first retention member is selectively moveable between an open position of the first retention member and a laptop restraint position of the first retention member, wherein the first retention member extends against at least a portion of the top surface of the keyboard portion to substantially restrict movement of the laptop when the first retention member is in the laptop restraint position. The second retention member including is selectively moveable between an open position of the second retention member and a laptop restraint position of the second retention member, wherein the second retention member extends against at least a portion of the back surface of the monitor portion to substantially restrict movement of the laptop when the second retention member is in the laptop restraint position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Jason Leonard Burt
  • Publication number: 20160340937
    Abstract: A striker is at a vehicle body. A door latch mechanism is at a back door and holds it in a closed state for the vehicle body by engaging the striker. The door latch mechanism has a latch, ratchet, latch base, latch shaft, ratchet shaft, latch spring and ratchet spring. The ratchet is formed by a latch locking part which locks the latch so that the latch holds the engagement state with the striker and at a position which waits ingress of the striker in a state that the striker does not engage the latch and a wall surface contact part which behaves as a rotation stopper of the ratchet by contacting to a wall surface of the latch base. The latch locking part and the wall surface contact part are provided so that positions of a center of rotation and a center of gravity of this ratchet correspond practically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EAST JAPAN, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohide NOBA, Kouta OHARA, Yoshinori HITOMI
  • Publication number: 20160340938
    Abstract: A vehicle door structure is provided that prevents a swing door from being opened when a slide door and the swing door are not locked. A vehicle door structure (1) includes a lock mechanism (60) configured to lock a swing door (7) with respect to a vehicle body (2) at any position of a slide door (6) other than a fully open position and to lock the slide door (6) with respect to the swing door (7) and cancel a locked condition of the swing door (7) with respect to the vehicle body (2) at the fully open position of the slide door (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Akira CHIBA, Hiroshi KUNO
  • Publication number: 20160340939
    Abstract: The invention relates to a locking device comprising a lock for a door or a hatch and in particular for a hood of a motor vehicle, said lock having a locking mechanism that comprises a rotary latch and at least one pawl for blocking the rotary latch. The locking device comprises a drive which allows the locking mechanism to be moved in such a way that a door gap or hatch gap can be narrowed in the closed state of the door or hatch. The invention further relates to a method for locking the locking device. The lock is especially an electric lock that includes an electric drive which allows the locking mechanism to be brought into the main blocking position of the locking mechanism and/or allows the lock to be opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Michael Scholz, Holger Schiffer
  • Publication number: 20160340940
    Abstract: A door latch system for doors of motor vehicles includes an input device such as a keypad and a backup electrical power supply to unlock the door latch in the event the primary power supply fails, thereby eliminating the need for a lock cylinder. The door latch system is configured to supply electrical power from the primary electrical power supply to unlock the latch upon receiving a signal from a mobile phone, and to supply electrical power from the backup electrical power supply to unlock the latch if an authorized code is input via the keypad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Venkatesh Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20160340941
    Abstract: A latch for a vehicle hood and method of construction thereof is provided. The latch includes a housing; a ratchet pivotally mounted on the housing and a pawl pivotally mounted on the housing for pivoting between a first position in locked engagement with the ratchet and a second position out of locked engagement with the ratchet, with the pawl being biased into the first position. A pawl lever is pivotally mounted on the housing to engage the pawl and rotate the pawl from the first position to the second position. A double pull lever having an abutment surface is pivotally mounted on the pawl lever. A safety catch member is pivotally mounted on the housing, wherein the safety catch member selectively engages the abutment surface of the double pull lever to pivot the safety catch member from a locked first position to an unlocked second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Marco TAURASI
  • Publication number: 20160340942
    Abstract: A component for vehicle interior is disclosed. The component comprises a base, a bin and a cover. The cover is configured to move relative to the base from a closed position to cover the bin to an intermediate position to partially uncover the bin to an open position to uncover the bin. The cover provides a latch. The latch is configured to secure the cover to the base at the closed position, the intermediate position and the open position. The latch is also configured to release the cover from the base at the closed position, the intermediate position and the open position. The latch comprises a button and two arms. The button is configured to facilitate movement of the two arms between an extended position and a retracted position. The two arms engage with the base to secure the cover to the base when the two arms are at the extended position. The two arms disengage with the base to release the cover from the base when the two arms are at the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Rick Alan Anderson, Randy William Nurenberg
  • Publication number: 20160340943
    Abstract: A door lock mechanism that rotates a cam mechanism to lock or unlock an enclosure. The mechanism includes a bias member that is coupled to the cam mechanism with a cam pin, where the cam pin is located on one side of the centerline of the lock in the locked state, and on the other side of the centerline of the lock in the unlocked state, to bias the cam mechanism into either the locked or unlocked state. Further disclosed are one or more stop mechanisms that prevent the cam mechanism from over-rotating past the locked or unlocked position. The bias member can further absorb impact from the lock rods of the door lock mechanism contacting the stop mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: SNAP-ON INCORPORATED
    Inventor: William T. Sharp
  • Publication number: 20160340944
    Abstract: Disclosed is a safety door lock using a door handle. The safety door lock includes the door handle configured to be rotatable in the vertical direction and to slidably reciprocate in the horizontal direction and having a sliding groove on the side surface thereof adjacent to a door, a body combined with the inside of the sliding groove to form a rotating shaft with another door handle provided at the other side of the door and supporting sliding of the door handle so as to protrude the door handle from the front end of the door, and an elastic unit fixed to the body, relatively sliding within the sliding groove and elastically relaxing the door handle and the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Tae Young JEONG
  • Publication number: 20160340945
    Abstract: A device may limit opening of a sash hingedly coupled to a master frame, and includes: a bracket attached to the sash; a first arm having a first end pivotally coupled to the bracket; a second arm having a first end pivotally coupled to the first arm's second end; means for biasing the second arm into a retracted position; and a release assembly. The release assembly is secured to the master frame and includes a hook pivotable between a first position and a second position, which, in the first position, may be releasably received in an opening in the second end of the second arm when the second arm is in the retracted position, as the sash is closed and received within the master window frame The second arm is disengaged from the hook, permitting full opening of the sash, when the hook is pivoted into the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Vision Industries Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke Liang, Tong Liang, David Chen
  • Publication number: 20160340946
    Abstract: A movable latch housing apparatus and method of installation is disclosed for enhancing security of a latch mechanism that has a channel with a linear drive that is removably engagable to a slidable engagement structure with a shoulder that is pivotally attached through an arm to a door for automated opening and closing, with a lever that can selectably disengage the slidable engagement structure from the linear drive to allow the door to open freely. The apparatus includes a base and a pair of opposing sidewalls each extending in a same direction perpendicular to and straddling the base and attach to the shoulder, the sidewalls extend beyond the base forming an open ended slot for arm movement. Wherein operationally, the base and the sidewalls shield the lever from unauthorized access to help prevent disengagement of the lever from the linear drive which would allow the door to be freely opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Hubert Junior Hill
  • Publication number: 20160340947
    Abstract: A substrate carrier door assembly including relatively high sealing force that can be modulated. Substrate carrier door assembly includes a carrier door configured to seal to a carrier body, a first attraction member on the carrier body, and a second attraction member on the carrier door. Attraction members are selected from a group of a magnetic material and a permanent magnet. Substrate carrier door assembly includes a magnetic field generator energizable to reduce attraction force between the attraction members making the carrier door relatively easier to remove, yet providing enhanced sealing when not energized. Substrate carriers including the substrate carrier door assembly and methods of processing substrates are provided. A substrate carrier including a port configured to allow gas to be injected into, or removed from, a carrier chamber, and a magnetic port seal is also disclosed, as are numerous other aspects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: John J. Mazzocco, Nir Merry
  • Publication number: 20160340948
    Abstract: A child restraint device for preventing children from opening sliding doors or sliding windows, the device having a suction cup on each end of a handle, the suction cups being adapted to be attached to sliding door or sliding window panes that are disposed in different planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Kyle S. McCullough
  • Publication number: 20160340949
    Abstract: A hinge for a tonneau cover includes a first hinge member and a second hinge member oriented in an opposite direction as the first hinge member. Each of the hinge members includes a hook-shaped rail having a flat portion and a hooked end directed in a direction toward a body of the hinge member. The hooked end is positioned near a same side of the hinge member as a top surface of the body. The hinge body includes an edge positioned near a base of the hook-shaped rail. The hinge includes a hinge junction having a first curved lip and a second curved lip extending from a top surface of the hinge junction. The top surface is positioned opposite a base of the hinge junction. The curved lips are configured to pivotably receive the hook-shaped rails of the first and second hinge members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Enli Xu
  • Publication number: 20160340950
    Abstract: A hood hinge structure includes a hood hinge base (12) and a hood hinge arm (14). The hood hinge base is fixed to a vehicle body. The hood hinge arm includes a supported portion (22) and a fixed portion (24). The supported portion is provided at a base end side of the hood hinge arm and is supported by the hood hinge base. The fixed portion (24) is provided at a tip end side of the hood hinge arm and is fixed to a hood. At least a portion of the hood hinge arm from the supported portion to the fixed portion has a laminated structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuichiro NAKAYAMA, Ozge YILDIRIM CALISKAN
  • Publication number: 20160340951
    Abstract: Roller assemblies for hanging panels are disclosed herein. Roller assemblies according to the present disclosure are configured to support a hanging panel and include an elongate rail configured to be mounted on a surface. The roller assembly includes a trolley assembly, which includes a bearing assembly configured to translate the trolley assembly along the elongate rail and a bracket coupled to the bearing assembly and configured to be coupled to the hanging panel. The elongate rail includes a rail adjustment system configured to facilitate adjusting a position and/or an orientation of the elongate rail with respect to the surface. The rail adjustment system is concealed in a rail-assembled configuration, and includes at least two spaced-apart rail adjustment mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Stefan B. Andrén, Steven W. Savas, Michael Erwin
  • Publication number: 20160340952
    Abstract: The invention is a sliding door (1) comprising a door leaf (2) and a guide (3) that allows the door leaf (2) to slide along the guide (3), wherein the sliding door (1) furthermore comprises first coupling means (4) and second coupling means (5, 5?) suited to couple the door leaf (2) with the guide (3). Said first coupling means (4) comprise one or more magnetic elements (6), in such a way as to exert a magnetic force (FM) between the first coupling means (4) and the second coupling means (5, 5?) so that the weight of the door leaf (2) is at least partially supported through the magnetic force (FM). The invention concerns also the use of one or more magnetic elements (6, 8, 8?, 8a) in a sliding door (1), a door kit comprising one or more magnetic elements (6, 8, 8?, 8a) and a guide (3), as well as a furnishing element like, for example, a wardrobe, a cupboard, a piece of office furniture, a fridge, a shower cubicle, a bathtub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: MGT INDUSTRIES S.R.L.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Brun
  • Publication number: 20160340953
    Abstract: In an upper door fitting of a sliding door which comprises a housing and two transverse guide rollers which each are rotatably supported each on a shaft stub, both shaft stubs extend parallel to each other and are arranged symmetrically with respect to a vertical longitudinal center plane. Both shaft stubs are rigidly mounted in the housing. In addition, the transverse guide rollers delimit an intake opening of the housing for guiding the sliding door so as to prevent impact noises and jerky movements of the sliding door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Guenther ZIMMER, Martin ZIMMER
  • Publication number: 20160340954
    Abstract: In a draw-in arrangement with a carrier element, which is movable back and forth from a force- and/or form-locking fixed park position to an end position and a carrier which can be coupled to the carrier element, the carrier is provided with a stop projection having a stop surface area and the carrier element has an engagement projection with a push surface area for contact with the stop projection. The stop projection is provided with a carrier-side surface layer. At least one of the surface areas is provided with an elastic surface layer to prevent contact noises. The invention also resides in a sliding door arrangement with such a draw-in arrangement to prevent contact noises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Guenther ZIMMER, Martin ZIMMER