Patents Issued in April 25, 2017
  • Patent number: 9629434
    Abstract: A hair styling device is described having a body defining a chamber adapted to accommodate a length of hair, the chamber having a primary opening through which the length of hair may pass into the chamber; a rotatable element adapted to engage the length of hair adjacent to the primary opening; an elongate member non-detachably mounted to the body and around which, in use, the length of hair is wound by the rotatable element, the elongate member having a free end; the chamber having a secondary opening through which the length of hair may pass out of the chamber, the secondary opening being located adjacent to the free end; and a movable abutment which can engage the length of hair in use, the movable abutment being movable relative to the elongate member and having an open position in which the length of hair can pass through the secondary opening, and a closed position in which the length of hair is retained within the chamber, wherein the movable abutment is located within one of (i) the secondary opening,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: TF3 LIMITED
    Inventors: Alfredo DeBenedictis, Mark Christopher Hughes
  • Patent number: 9629435
    Abstract: A headgear device having a hair wrap component for maintaining at least a portion of a user's hair in a desired position, an eye mask component for covering a user's eyes, the eye mask component being movable from a lowered position for covering a user's eyes to a raised position for not covering a user's eyes, and a light component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Antonio Anderson
  • Patent number: 9629436
    Abstract: A nail gel/acrylic removal system and method for manufacturing a roll of foil segments with pads around a core used for nail gel and acrylic nail removal. A pad is configured to receive and absorb a substance for dissolving at least one of nail gel and acrylic nails. A segment of foil with an affixed pad is sized to wrap around at least a portion of a finger of a human hand so that the pad with the substance for dissolving is in contact with a fingernail of the hand. First and second sets of perforations are placed along opposite edges of the foil segment, so that pairs of foil segments with the pads are joined at the first and second set of perforations. A roll is formed of the foil segments with pads around a core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: O P I PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Gavril Horvath, George Schaeffer
  • Patent number: 9629437
    Abstract: A cosmetic container includes a container body that has a receiving space with a top opening, the receiving space being adapt to receive a cosmetic product, a lid unit that is connected to the container body and that openably covers the top opening of the receiving space; and a press unit that includes a blocking member which is removably and pluggingly inserted into the receiving space for blocking the cosmetic product within the receiving space, and an abutment member which protrudes from the lid unit to abut against the blocking member. When the lid unit is released from the top opening of the receiving space, the abutment member is driven by and moves together with the lid unit away from, the receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Mu-Chuan Shen
  • Patent number: 9629438
    Abstract: A pen-type cosmetic dispenser for discharging a cosmetic medium, including an elongate housing extending in a main direction of extent, a discharge opening at an end face of the housing, a liquid reservoir arranged inside the housing, and a pumping device arranged inside the housing, which pumping device can be actuated by an actuating handle arranged on a lateral surface of the housing. The pumping device has a pump chamber, which is connected to the liquid reservoir on an inlet side and to the discharge opening on an outlet side. The pump chamber is delimited at least in sections by a wall which is flexible in shape, wherein the exterior surface of the wall forms the actuating handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Bruder
  • Patent number: 9629439
    Abstract: The invention relates to an applicator for a cosmetic product, comprising a core having a first end, referred to as a proximal end, and a second, free end, referred to as a distal end, and a plurality of plates, wherein the plates are moulded with the core, the plates being capable of forming, over the same angular portion of the core, converging channels designed so as to have at least two successive regions of convergence in the same direction of rotation about the core. The invention also relates to an associated applicator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Osvaldo Uresti, Mark Edmondson
  • Patent number: 9629440
    Abstract: A styling cape includes a flexible sheet with outer and inner surfaces, and a plurality of peripheral edges. The styling cape further includes a closure for closing a slit to secure the styling cape about an individual. First and second through-holes are formed in the flexible sheet, and positioned so as to form a triangular pattern in combination with an opening in the flexible sheet that is positioned about an individual's neck, in each of a spread-out configuration and a use configuration of the styling cape. A first sleeve and a second sleeve are attached to the sheet so as to communicate with the first and second through-hole, respectively, and form conduits with the first and second through-holes for passage of the individual's hands through the styling cape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Julia Andrews
  • Patent number: 9629441
    Abstract: Wearable packages for consumable products and methods for using same are provided. In a general embodiment, the wearable packages include a first compartment for housing a product and a second compartment for housing a bi-stable band. The wearable packages provide several advantages and benefits including, but not limited to convenient carrying and handling of consumable products and easy two-, one-, or no-handed access to products contained within the wearable packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Raphael Schaller, Matthew Blake Rodgers, Joel Dean Genaw, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9629442
    Abstract: A secured sports equipment backpack includes a top compartment having a wet storage section, a dry storage section, and a separator wall separating the wet storage section from the dry storage section. The dry storage section includes a first compartment having either a substantially spherical shape or an elongated sleeve. A bottom compartment of the back pack has a plurality of sub-compartments. The backpack includes a plurality of clips in the wet storage section. A plurality of extendible security cables are detachably connected to a respective clip at one end. A second end of the security cables is coupled to the separator wall. The security cables can be detached from the clips, wrapped around another bag or object, and then reattached to the clip to facilitate carrying one or more additional bags or objects together with the backpack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: David A. Ponx
  • Patent number: 9629443
    Abstract: A load carriage frame (80) of FIG. 9 includes a shoulder yoke (90) and a belt (120) separated from the yoke by a multi-element connecting brace (96). The brace is telescopic in nature in that a flexible but rigid tongue (130), extending from a first section, is permitted to slide within a guide on a second section (154), thereby allowing the length of the connecting brace to be altered. The multi-element connecting brace is centrally coupled to the yoke and centrally coupled to the belt and configured to act as a force path by transferring weight that, in use, is loaded onto or through the yoke and into the belt thereby effecting selected weight re-distribution onto the pelvic girdle of a wearer about which the belt, in use, is secured. Additionally, as shown in FIG. 20, a quick release mechanism may further alter the length of the connecting brace by allowing the position of a rotational coupling point to be altered relative to a housing of the quick release mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: BCB INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthew Searle, Christopher Mark Lewis
  • Patent number: 9629444
    Abstract: A load carrying device with shoulder straps and a waist belt fitted to an outer hull rigid-composite exoskeleton that contains within it, a similar inner rigid-composite hull or hull(s) that are extendable from the outer hull. When the inner hull is retracted inside the outer hull the backpack has a load capacity volume, such that the backpack can be used in an un-extended form as a backpack for carrying materials, such as camping supplies, equipment or mission specific components. Alternatively, when the inner hull is empty, and the inner hull/exoskeleton is extended out from within the outer hull/exoskeleton and mechanically coupled together with the outer hull, the extended backpack can be used as a habitable rigid secure sleeping space, thus providing sheltered protection against predatory animals, environment, reptiles and other environmental hazards within a hard exoskeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Sherman Albert Isensee
  • Patent number: 9629445
    Abstract: A carrying assembly includes a support that may be worn on an arm of a user. The support may have a hot object place thereon thereby facilitating the user to carry the hot object without being burned by the hot object. The support comprises a tube that may be worn on the user's arm. A pad is coupled to the tube such that the pad may have the hot object positioned thereon. A grip is coupled to the tube such that the grip may be gripped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Tina Garland
  • Patent number: 9629446
    Abstract: A tool holder has a pouch with a front panel, back panel, and a closure that opens and closes access to an enclosed pouch compartment. The pouch has an outer tether opening from the pouch compartment to outside of the pouch. The pouch has a retractor pocket with a pocket opening to the outside and an inner tether opening to the pouch compartment. A retractable tether assembly is disposed in the retractor pocket with a tether extending into the pouch compartment via the inner tether opening and attaching to a closed loop connector at the distal tether end. The closed loop connector can be selectively decoupled from the distal tether end and is larger than the tether openings. Each retractable tether may be selectively configured to extend through an outer tether opening for connection to a hand tool located outside of the pouch when the pouch is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Patent number: 9629447
    Abstract: A cellular phone tethering system includes a housing that includes a rear wall with a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge and a second side edge. An outer wall is attached to and extends along the top edge and at least a portion of each of the first and second side edges. The outer wall extends forward of the rear wall. An inwardly extending lip is attached to and coextensive with an outer edge of the outer wall positioned opposite of the rear wall. The lip is configured to retain a cellular phone in the housing and in abutment with the rear wall. A loop is attached to the housing and a tether is attached to the loop. A reel is attached to the tether and a clip is attached to the reel. The clip is configured to releasably attach the reel to a personal item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventors: Cheryl A. Martel, Clement G. Martel, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9629448
    Abstract: A leveraging can holder enables secure retention of a paint can, and performs multiple functions pertinent to the can. The can holder has a sufficiently elongated and rigid composition, such that a leveraging effect can be applied on the can for supporting the can and performing functions to the can that require leveraging. Different regions of the can holder pivotally engage the can, enabling the can holder to brace against the side of the can to create a rigid support for holding the can. Thus, it is possible to support the can with one hand while manipulating the contents of the can with a second hand. The can holder pivots relative to the can to form three centers of rotation along its length, like a lever. The can holder has variously sized and dimensioned flanges, holes, and extensions that also use leveraging forces to perform functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: James Siedlack
  • Patent number: 9629449
    Abstract: A portable interdental toothbrush is provided that can be carried conveniently since a cleaning solution tube is present in a sealed state when carried without using it. The portable interdental toothbrush provides convenience in use, simple structure, easy manufacture, and low production cost, thereby allowing any user to use it, and promotes the dental and oral health for citizens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Sang Geun Lee
  • Patent number: 9629450
    Abstract: A retractable table apparatus that includes a table portion, the table portion with a flat planar member having a first end and a second end that defines a tabletop; at least one support member secured to the tabletop proximate the second end of the flat planar member; and a base portion having a lateral body with an outwardly oriented surface and a lateral slot defined in the outwardly oriented surface and projecting into the lateral body, the slot dimensioned to receive the second end of the tabletop. The second end of the tabletop is insertable in the slot to place the apparatus in a first condition where a user has access to the tabletop, and wherein when the second end of the tabletop is removed from the slot, the apparatus is placed in a second storage condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Grace Howard
  • Patent number: 9629451
    Abstract: An article of furniture can include a base attached to a frame to support the frame on a floor. A tabletop may be attached to the frame. The frame and/or the tabletop may be attached to a folding mechanism so that first and second sections of the tabletop are moveable so that the tabletop is adjustable from an unfolded position to a folded position and vice versa. The folding mechanism may include a plurality of spring elements connected to a plurality of hinges that are configured to help control an amount of force needed for adjusting the tabletop's position and the rate of speed at which the tabletop is rotatable between its folded and unfolded positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Knoll, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Harper
  • Patent number: 9629452
    Abstract: An elevation table includes a tabletop and a table leg frame mounted to the tabletop. The table leg frame includes a fixed leg, a movable leg insertable into the fixed leg, and an extendible/retractable bar arranged inside the fixed leg and the movable leg. The movable leg has an end connected to the tabletop and an opposite end receiving a first positioning sleeve to fit thereto and insertable into the fixed leg. The fixed leg has an end into which the movable leg is insertable and receives a second positioning sleeve to fit thereto. The first and second positioning sleeves each include embedding holes formed in at least two sidewalls thereof and the embedding holes receive embedded pieces to be fit therein. The first and second positioning sleeves are in point contact with surfaces of the movable leg and the fixed leg by means of the embedded pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Su-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 9629453
    Abstract: A stand, which includes a body portion comprising a relatively flat panel; a pair of angled support legs attachable vertically to a back side of the body portion; a slider arm mountable to the back side of the body portion of the stand, the slider arm having a means for connecting a medium to an upper portion of the slider arm; and a lip on a lower portion of a front side of the body portion, which holds at least one page of the medium in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventors: Charles Jeffrey Whittaker, Richard Corwin Gong
  • Patent number: 9629454
    Abstract: A storage system for storing contents is provided. The storage system includes a retractable vertical cabinet having a handle, at least one pivoting support member pivotally attached to at least an exterior side of the cabinet and a support structure. The storage system further includes a lift adjuster and a rotating adjustment screw threadably connected allowing for adjustment of a lift assist mechanism, which is connected between a foundation and the lift adjuster, to accommodate for varied loads. This storage system may also include an electric actuator movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: DROPOUT CABINET FIXTURES, LLC
    Inventor: Clinton Merle Bunch
  • Patent number: 9629455
    Abstract: A storage apparatus attachable to a surface includes a polygonal support frame having first, second, third, and fourth support beams, a plurality of cross beams, and a plurality of suspension legs. In one embodiment, the storage apparatus further includes racks supported on at least a portion of the support beams and defining a first series of racks aligned transverse to a longitudinal axis and a second series of racks aligned along the longitudinal axis with the first series of racks being removable during adjustment of the first and second support beams and the second series of racks being removable during adjustment of the third and fourth support beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: NEWAGE PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Parag Shah, Frank Spano, Robert Vandenham
  • Patent number: 9629456
    Abstract: A rack has a frame and a plurality of shelves. Each shelf has an enclosing frame member that has two first sides connected by two second sides, a connecting bar that connects the first sides at about the center of the first sides, a plurality of slots provided on the inner surfaces of the second sides, and a plurality of slats, each slat having opposing ends that are fitted into opposing slots at the second sides, and with each slat being connected to the connecting bar. At least one connector is provided for removably connecting each shelf to a portion of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Seville Classics, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary Lim
  • Patent number: 9629457
    Abstract: A bathing area accessory may be used within a bathing area. The bathing area accessory may be a bathing area shelving assembly, a bathing area bar assembly, a storage assembly, a bathing area seat assembly, or a shaving ledge assembly. The shelving assembly for use within a bathing area may include a niche and at least one shelf that is attachable to, removable from, and reattachable to the attachment portions of the niche. The niche may include attachment portions that receive and secure the at least one shelf. The niche may include two sidewalls that extend substantially vertically along a vertical length of the niche. The attachment portions may be on the two sidewalls and the at least one shelf may attach with a pair of the attachment portions that are vertically aligned with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: Ben Cohen, Greta Knowles, Erin Lilly, Thomas Lilly, Alan McDonald, Jeff Tempas, Luke Zimbric
  • Patent number: 9629458
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to an implement organizer configured for storage of various implements (e.g., tools, craft supplies, utensils, and/or the like) for easy access. Various embodiments comprise a base portion; a plurality of walls extending vertically away from a perimeter of the base portion to define an interior portion; and a flexible liner covering the interior and exterior surfaces of the plurality of walls. At least one of the walls defines an access opening extending through the at least one wall and a portion of the flexible liner covering the exterior surface of the wall such that the access opening permits access to a volume between the interior surface of the wall and a portion of the flexible liner covering the interior surface of the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Piavazelle Chaney Jerome
  • Patent number: 9629459
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, an engaging member, and an operation member. The first rail includes a blocking feature. The second rail is movably connected to the first rail and can be longitudinally displaced from a retracted position to a first extended position and a second extended position relative to the first rail. The engaging member is attached to the second rail. The operation member is mounted to at least one of the first rail and the second rail. The operation member is used to operate the engaging member so that the engaging member is blocked by the blocking feature of the first rail and thus keeps the second rail at the first extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Tehcnology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Zong-Sian Wong, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 9629460
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a rail element, a bracket and a hook. The bracket is connected to the rail element and configured to be mounted to a post. The hook is connected to the bracket. When the bracket is mounted to the post, the rail element can be operatively moved to be adjacent to the hook in order to block the hook from moving relative to the bracket, such that the hook can be held at a position relative to the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chien-Li Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 9629461
    Abstract: A device for influencing the movement of a furniture part movably accommodated on a basic furniture structure via a guide unit, the device including a basic component which is assigned to the guide unit and on which a pushing-out device and a retraction device are present so that, in a mounted state of the device, the furniture part can be pushed out from a closure position on the basic furniture structure in a first direction of movement under an action of the pushing-out device, and the furniture part can be retracted from an open position on the basic furniture structure in a second direction of movement under an action of the retraction device, and a charging mechanism for charging the force accumulator, the pushing-out force accumulator is charged by a movement of the housing component of the pushing-out device relative to the basic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Remo Egger
  • Patent number: 9629462
    Abstract: A modular drawer structure mainly includes a bottom board and front, rear boards and side boards coupled to the bottom board, where the boards each has an outer frame and a positioning frame configured on the inner edge of the outer frame, the outer frame is configured with buckling elements and engagement grooves, and a mesh sheet body constituted by interwoven net threads is configured on the positioning frame. Whereby, the front, rear boards and side boards are allowed to be positioned vertically on the peripheral of the bottom board by means of the mutual engagement of buckling element and engagement grooves of the outer frame of each board with each other in such a way to form a box-typed drawer. In addition, all the boards may be detached from each other and stacked together so as to facilitate handling and storage while not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: BESTMATE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kuang-Huan Fu
  • Patent number: 9629463
    Abstract: A desktop work stand having a rectangular base, a lower rectangular shelf and an upper rectangular shelf both supported from the base by vertical cylindrical columns, with the rectangular base being adapted to sit on an existing desk, table, or counter top to enable the user to place existing computer accessories on the shelves and base and to operate such computer accessories while the user is standing upright.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: William Edge Brock
  • Patent number: 9629464
    Abstract: A slipcover applied over a cushion or pillow for outdoor use using a durable textured fabric made of a combination of synthetic blend fibers engineered to stretch without using elastomeric or hyper-stretch yarns, each slip cover defining an envelope having an upper opening within which a cushion is inserted, the slip cover having a first and second closure flap which are applied over the upper opening, sealing the cushion within the envelope, the first and second enclosure pocket applied one over the other, or vice versa, providing the slipcover with two different selected smooth exposed outer surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Brenda M Longshore
  • Patent number: 9629465
    Abstract: A lounge chair having a seat shell that defines a chair back and a seat is pivotally movable about a stationary base. The stationary base includes a concave support surface having a shape that generally corresponds with a convex outer surface of the seat shell. A swivel disc is positioned between the seat shell and the base to allow the seat shell to pivot about the stationary base. The interaction between a pivot post formed on the base and a pivot limiting guide formed in the seat shell defines the range of movement for the seat shell. A bias member connects the seat shell to the seat base and creates a bias force to urge the seat shell into an upright seating position. The base includes a series of glide buttons that support the swivel disc to allow the seat shell to pivot relative to the stationary base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Krueger International, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott J. Williams, Timothy G. Hornberger, Tad E. Lenhart, Scott A. Bosman
  • Patent number: 9629466
    Abstract: An RTA furniture with a recliner is provided whereby the recliner mechanism is provided attached to the RTA component parts and provides a disassembled configuration that is substantially rectangular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Billy Joe Griggs, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9629467
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multi-layered support structure provides ergonomic, adaptable seating support. The method providing multiple cooperative layers to maximize global comfort and support while enhancing adaptation to localized variations in a load, such as in the load applied when a person sits in a chair. The cooperative layers each include elements such as pixels, springs, support rails, and other elements to provide this adaptable comfort and support. The method for manufacturing the multi-layered support structure uses aligned material to provide a flexible yet durable support structure. Accordingly, the method provides a multi-layered support structure, which provides maximum comfort for a wide range of body shapes and sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan S. Brill, Christopher C. Hill, James D. Slagh, Andrew B. Hartmann, Timothy P. Coffield, Kelly E. Washburn, John F. Aldrich, Michael D. Stanton, Sr.
  • Patent number: 9629468
    Abstract: A travel pillow assembly can include a belt assembly, a neck pillow, and first and second suspension member assemblies. The belt assembly can include a first elongate member and a first buckle member. The belt assembly is operable to fixedly and releasibly surround a plurality of perimeters of different size. The neck pillow can extend a pillow length from a first end, through a midpoint position, and to a second end. The first and second suspension member assemblies can each be operatively connected to the first elongate member and extend a respective suspension member length. Each can releasibly form a pillow engagement loop to encircle the neck pillow and can have a second buckle member to maintain the suspension member in a plurality of orientations, a distance between the second buckle member and the pillow engagement loop being adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventors: Edward Casey McCabe, Oi (Katie) Huang
  • Patent number: 9629469
    Abstract: A lumbar support system includes a chair that may be sat in. A balloon is positioned within the chair. The chair has a backrest and the balloon is positioned in the backrest. Thus, the balloon is aligned with lumbar vertebra when the chair is sat in. An inflation unit is coupled to the chair and the inflation unit is in fluid communication with the balloon. The inflation unit selectively inflates the balloon. Thus, the balloon may provide a selected degree of lumbar support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Mary Watkins
  • Patent number: 9629470
    Abstract: A canopy adapted to be mounted on a chair having a backrest. This canopy is supported by a frame including a closed loop rod and an open arc rod, each rod made of flexible material. The canopy also includes a first sheet secured throughout its entire perimeter to the closed loop rod and a second sheet secured along its back edge to the top edge of the first sheet and along its front edge to at least a portion of the open arc rod. The canopy also includes anchors configured to attach said canopy to said chair's backrest. The canopy can be compactly collapsed by folding the first sheet over the second sheet, thereby forming a stack, twisting the stack into three sets of loops, shifting the left loops in front of the right loops and folding the middle loops in front of the left loops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventors: Stuart Bussell, Mitchell L. Bussell
  • Patent number: 9629471
    Abstract: An improved passenger vehicle with an adjustable seat is described. The seat is provided with a frame which includes a back subframe having a backrest cushion, a seat subframe with a seat cushion and a fastening subframe. The fastening subframe is suitable for mutually fastening the back subframe to the seat subframe, and/or is suitable for attaching one of the back subframe and seat subframe, or both, to a floor of the passenger vehicle. The frame can be adjusted between a seating position and a sleeping position. The upper side of the seat cushion in the sleeping position is situated below the upper side of the seat cushion in the seating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: VAN HOOL NV
    Inventors: Jan Van Hool, Raf Vervoort
  • Patent number: 9629472
    Abstract: A rectangular, preferably wooden bed foundation, a plurality of mattress support slats extending between two opposing side sections wherein the end portions of said slats are inserted into pocket recesses formed laterally into the inner sides of the two opposing side sections, wherein a selected number of slat end portions are fastened into pocket recesses by means of bolt and nut combinations wherein the bolts are mounted through passages formed laterally through the side sections and extend horizontally into the pocket recesses, wherein the nuts are imbedded in the aperture wells, whereby upon tightening of the bolts the slat ends are drawn tightly into the pocket recesses to thereby strengthen and rigidify the bed foundation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Bill Bradley
  • Patent number: 9629473
    Abstract: A leg assembly includes a first leg member and second leg member each having side-to-side width that is greater at the top end than the bottom end and a tapered outer surface. The second leg member has top-to-bottom length different than the top-to-bottom length of the first leg member. The leg members are adapted to connect individually or in combination to a support system such that at least three leg heights are selectably provided. The side-to-side width of the top end of the second leg member is approximately equal to the side-to-side width of the bottom end of the first leg member such that when the top end of the second leg members is connected to the bottom end of the first leg member, the combined leg members have a generally continuously tapered outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: ASCION, LLC
    Inventors: Martin B. Rawls-Meehan, Andrew Z. Gong, Kyle Allen Nagelkirk, Leandro Vera
  • Patent number: 9629474
    Abstract: A children's table assembly includes a table that has a platform and a frame. A chair is rotatably coupled to the table and the chair is positioned on the frame. Thus, chair facilitates a user to access an entirety of the platform. A pair of containers is provided and each of the containers is rotatably coupled to the table such that each of the containers is positionable between a deployed position and a stored position. An easel is attached to the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Eugene Wilson
  • Patent number: 9629475
    Abstract: A smart crib is provided that includes a horizontal support platform and one or more vertical surfaces connected thereto that enclose a space above the horizontal support platform and/or define a space above the horizontal support platform. The horizontal support platform and/or the vertical surfaces may include one or more sensors that can be used to learn behavior of the crib occupant and/or determine conditions of the occupant and/or environment of the crib and/or the crib's surrounding area. The crib may receive responses from a client device and/or automatically act upon a detected condition in the crib or with the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventor: Maxime Veron
  • Patent number: 9629476
    Abstract: A convertible child seat has a frame assembly and a seat structure supported by the frame assembly. The seat structure defines a seating surface and is movable between at least an inclined seating position and a reclined sleeping position. A top tube assembly is coupled to a portion of the convertible child seat and is positioned above the seat structure spaced from the seating surface. The top tube assembly moves in concert with the seat structure when the seat structure is repositioned between the inclined seating position and the reclined sleeping position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Chad Robbins, Jon Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 9629477
    Abstract: A child carrier and support apparatus for securing a child in a seated position atop a wearer's shoulders is provided which is adapted to engage with a conventional backpack or strapped carrier. The device features a pair of cuffs engageable with the shoulder straps to removably encircle the ankles of the seated child and a sternum strap engaged between the cuffs to limit the distance of spacing of the shoulder straps. A U-shaped seat has two straps engageable to the two cuffs to hold the seat in operative positioning on the shoulders of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Reinold Tagle
  • Patent number: 9629478
    Abstract: Implementations of the present invention comprise infant feeding pillows having a main portion and a wedge portion. The top surface of the main portion can be configured to support at least the arm of a user and, optionally, at least a portion of the head of an infant. The wedge portion can be coupled to and extend from the first side of the main portion. The width of the wedge portion decrease from a base portion to a tip portion as the distance from the first side of the main body increases. Additionally, a top surface of the wedge portion forms an angle with the top surface of the main portion. The wedge portion is configured to rest in the lap of a user and supports at least a portion of an infant. The main portion can further comprise a first and a second shoulder extending seamlessly from the main body along the longitudinal axis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Kimberly Williams
  • Patent number: 9629479
    Abstract: A pusher tray assembly comprises a hanging tray and a sliding tray having a wire track, the sliding tray moveably connected to the hanging tray by fins of a pusher, the pusher slidingly engaged to the wire track for movement between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: THE MARCO COMPANY
    Inventors: Jerome F. Sosso, Craig Alan Nickell
  • Patent number: 9629480
    Abstract: A merchandise pusher tray is provided. The merchandise pusher tray includes a first and second support structure. The first and second support structures provide support for a base structure. The first and second support structures couple to a support bracket. The support bracket holds the first and second support structures and the base structure in a cantilevered position when mounted to a bar or shelf. The merchandise pusher tray may include a divider. The divider can be coupled to the base structure and adjustable along a second axis relative to the base structure. The merchandise pusher tray further includes a pusher that is mounted to the base structure and capable of movement along a first axis relative to the base structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Ewing, Thomas O. Nagel, Alex Souhala
  • Patent number: 9629481
    Abstract: At least one pair of conductive standards have a plurality of slots for receiving and supporting the conductive support brackets of a display module, with a low voltage power source electrically connected to the pair of conductive standards for supplying power to the display module through the conductive standards and support brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: POP DISPLAYS USA, LLC
    Inventor: Joel Karan
  • Patent number: 9629482
    Abstract: A reversible display device including a base-shelf having a planar surface, a back panel attached to the base-shelf, and at least one clip having an upward extending stop. The display device has a first orientation such that the planar surface is a base for the display device and a second orientation such that the planar surface is a top shelf for the display device. The clip is removably attached to the back panel such that the upward extending stop is oriented upward in either the first or the second orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Christopher Simone
  • Patent number: 9629483
    Abstract: A shelving assembly, held on an associated support surface, includes an elongated cooperating member including a first end and an opposite second end. A front rail is adapted to operably connect to the first end of the cooperating member and a rear rail is adapted to operably connect to the second end of the cooperating member. The rear rail includes at least one flexible member configured to abut a bottom surface of the cooperating member to retard a lateral movement of the cooperating member in a relation to at least the rear rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Walker