Patents Issued in May 30, 2017
  • Patent number: 9661898
    Abstract: A multi-colored effect for a sole structure for an article of footwear is disclosed. The sole structure comprises a sole member having a first color and an exterior layer having a second color that is different from the sole member. A plurality of slots are formed in the sole structure and the second color is visible on an outer surface of the sole structure through the plurality of slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark C. Miner
  • Patent number: 9661899
    Abstract: Apparatus for applying an impregnating agent onto surfaces of footwear at least comprising a right item and a left item, where said apparatus has a treatment chamber, where an openable and closable door is provided, said door allowing access to the interior of said treatment chamber for placing items to be impregnated inside said treatment chamber, and where adjacent the bottom of said treatment chamber means for placing the footwear at approximate determined positions are provided and where at least five nozzles are arranged in said treatment chamber, where said nozzles are able to create and issue a mist of impregnating agent, such that first and second nozzles are arranged to direct the mist to a zone of the footwear in the determined position corresponding to the front area of the right item respectively left item, and a third nozzle is positioned behind and between the determined position of the right item respectively left item, which third nozzle directs the impregnating mist towards a zone of the foot
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: IMBOX SHOECARE A/S
    Inventors: Rene Marker, Per Bjerring
  • Patent number: 9661900
    Abstract: The slide fastener attachment method includes: integrating, by welding or bonding, a fastener chain to which a segmented slider has not been attached and a fastener receiving member, and attaching the slider to the fastener chain after the integration. Thus, welding work operation efficiency is improved, and reduction of production cost can be expected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo Matsushima, Morimasa Yoneoka
  • Patent number: 9661901
    Abstract: Provided is a slider which is lightweight, reduces production cost and is excellent in quietness, the slider having a slider body which is hardly deformed or broken. The slider includes a slider body made of synthetic resin and a slider handling tool which holds a top and bottom of the slider body and performs sliding operation. The slider handling tool has first and second arm parts connecting with a connecting axis part and first and second holding parts disposed at a tip end part of the first and second arm parts, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Yamazaki, Yuichi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9661902
    Abstract: A waterproof slide fastener with waterproof property in which covering the whole front and rear faces of a woven or knitted fastener tape with an elastomer, and fastener elements made of a thermoplastic resin are injection molded on the lateral edge of the fastener tape. In particular, a waterproof slide fastener that can maintain the watertightness and airtightness even when the fastener tape is bent in the lengthwise direction because, on the assumption that the minimum width between the outer end edges of the neck part of the fastener element in the lengthwise direction of the fastener tape that is a slide direction in which the slider slides is N and the width between the outer end edges of the body part of the fastener element in the same lengthwise direction is B, the value of B/N is between 2.5 and 3.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Mikuma, Makoto Takayama, Hisashi Yoneshima
  • Patent number: 9661903
    Abstract: Articles of jewelry comprising an ornamental support structure (100), a first aperture (108), a second aperture (110), a first annular element (104) received by the ornamental support structure (100) through the first aperture (108), and a second annular element (106) received by the ornamental support structure (100) through the second aperture (110). The first aperture (108) and the second aperture (110) may be shaped to limit lateral movement of the respective received annular elements (104, 106) while allowing the annular elements (104, 106) to rotate relative to the ornamental support structure. The first annular element (104) may be entwined with the second annular element (106).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Claude Bisserier
  • Patent number: 9661904
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a travel bag having an extra storage compartment. The auxiliary storage compartment is formed of a flexible textile material and is attached to top of the travel bag in a folding manner. The auxiliary storage compartment is usually stored to be in close contact with the outside of the main body of the bag. When in use, the auxiliary storage compartment is unfolded upward for assembly so that another auxiliary storage compartment is formed. During travel, belongings such as a handbag, a camera, a cellular phone, etc. can be conveniently stored and kept temporarily during an immigration inspection at an airport or the like. Accordingly, utility of the travel bag can be more improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Heecheol Yun
  • Patent number: 9661905
    Abstract: Motorized luggage includes a frame enclosed in part by an outer shell, the frame defining an internal storage compartment, front wheels connected to a steering shaft, wherein the steering shaft is rotatably connected to the frame and the position of the steering shaft controls an orientation of the front wheels, a retractable handlebar received by the steering shaft, wherein the retractable handlebar may be telescopingly moved from a stored configuration to a driving configuration, wherein in the stored configuration the handlebar is retracted and enclosed by a second zippered flap of the outer shell, wherein in the driving configuration, the handlebar is extended above a top face of the frame, a rear set of wheels connected by a second axle, wherein the second axle is operatively coupled to the frame, and an electric motor mounted on the frame, wherein the electric motor drives the rear wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventors: Kevin O'Donnell, Boyd Bruner
  • Patent number: 9661906
    Abstract: A protective cover for an electronic device, such as an electronic tablet computer, can transform into an adjustable stand to hold the device in multiple viewing angles. The cover protects the electronic device and allows a user to view and access the device without removing it from the cover. The stand can be adjusted to allow for multiple viewing angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Incase Designs Corp.
    Inventors: Markus Diebel, Hyun Hong
  • Patent number: 9661907
    Abstract: A collapsible eyewear protector movable between an opened eyewear-receiving position and a closed collapsed storage position, the collapsible eyewear protector including first and second lens covers each including a first cover portion and a second cover portion, the collapsible eyewear protector further including a sliding mechanism having a first portion on the first lens cover and a second portion on the second lens cover where the first and second portions engage to permit the first lens cover to slide relative to the second lens cover between the open and collapsed positions, where in one embodiment the sliding mechanism includes a channel and a rail configured to slide within the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Richard Pluta
  • Patent number: 9661908
    Abstract: A holding device for cards and/or notes includes a housing, which includes at least one clip and a base. The holding device is so designed that production is simplified, wherein secure storage of individual or multiple cards and/or notes is made possible. To this end, the base of the housing, which is open at the top toward the at least one clip, includes upwardly projecting side ridges, which are disposed at a distance from each other and, if no cards or notes are disposed in the housing, each of the at least one clip is located partially between the side ridges and has a free end extending at least approximately to the bottom plane of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Frank F. E. Mayer
  • Patent number: 9661909
    Abstract: A facial hair shaping tool includes a unitary and generally L-shaped main body having a shape that is designed to contour to the face of an adult human. The main body includes a front surface, a back surface, a top end, an elongated planar first side, an elongated bottom end, a truncated second side and a curvilinear central section that extends from the second side to the top end. The main body is constructed from a unitary mold of injected plastic having a longitudinal edge along the bottom end. A plurality of spaced apart combing teeth are cantileveredly mounted to the longitudinal edge at a perpendicular orientation to the longitudinal axis of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Neil Brunett
  • Patent number: 9661910
    Abstract: An eye liner pencil includes a cap including an internal annular ridge; a hollow member in the cap; a tubular handle including a front first opening, an annular protrusion rearward of the first opening and configured to secure to the ridge, a rear second opening, and an internal annular trough adjacent to the second opening; a hollow support including a tapered rear end, a front opening, an internal space, an externally threaded section, and protuberances; a felt wick including an applicator; a sleeve including parallel surface slit, and a rear internally threaded section secured to the externally threaded section; a hollow, cylindrical sponge member with the support inserted through to secure the sponge member onto the support; a cylindrical reservoir with the support inserted into; and a hollow plug member including a rear external rim d wherein the trough is secured to the rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: CHUEN CHURN CO., LTD
    Inventor: Li-Mei Liu
  • Patent number: 9661911
    Abstract: A strap connector for connecting a strap to an article is provided that may comprise a t-bar for attaching the strap to the article, a housing for receiving the t-bar, the housing secured to the article, the housing comprising a floor, and a bumper plate for maintaining the t-bar in a position within the housing, the bumper plate comprising a bumper protruding above the surface of the floor of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: TUMI, INC.
    Inventors: Peter C. Wu, Paul V. Scicluna
  • Patent number: 9661912
    Abstract: A carrying device for belongings contains: a body and at least one clamper. The body includes a connection portion, the connection portion has at least one curved arm arranged on at least one side thereof respectively, each curved arm has a first rotatable coupling part, and the first rotatable coupling part has at least one first ratchet tooth. Each clamper includes a second rotatable coupling part arranged on one end thereof and rotatably coupled with the first rotatable coupling part, wherein among the at least one clamper and the body forms an adjustable clamping space, the second rotatable coupling part has a flexible column, and the flexible column has a plurality of second ratchet teeth which engage with the at least one first ratchet tooth of the first rotatable coupling part of said each curved arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: Hsing Li Lung Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen-Liang Chung
  • Patent number: 9661913
    Abstract: A food package holder is described. The food package holder can accommodate a plurality of food packages and hold them in position such that they are readily accessible to the user. The food package holder is especially useful to participants in sporting events where access to nourishment is otherwise not readily available during the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventors: Mike Quijada, John Paladino
  • Patent number: 9661914
    Abstract: A portable fighting assembly may include a housing comprising a power source compartment that opens to a first end, wherein a power source may be enclosed by a power source compartment closure. A cover may enclose the power source and power source compartment closure. The cover may removably attach to the first end of the housing. A light may attach to a second end of the housing. The housing and cover may attach to a base which may attach to a first end of a strap by a fastener. A second and a third fastener may be attached to the strap to removably hold the strap in position while the strap may surround an object such as a utility belt, pant belt or the like. In certain embodiments, instead of a strap, the base may have wings that removably attach to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Rescue Leaders LLC
    Inventor: Matthew D. Gallup
  • Patent number: 9661915
    Abstract: A foldable table includes a first tabletop panel, a second tabletop panel, and a reinforcing frame which includes first through fourth reinforcing members mounted along longitudinal sides of the first and second tabletop panels respectively, a first transverse member transversely extended between outer end portions of the first and second reinforcing members at the first tabletop panel, and a second transverse member transversely extended between outer end portions of the third and fourth reinforcing members at the second tabletop panel. The two leg frames are foldably mounted to the first and second tabletop panels through said first and second transverse members respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Frank Tsai
  • Patent number: 9661916
    Abstract: A table may be sized and configured to nest with another table to reduce a height of a plurality of stacked tables in a nested configuration. The table may include a table top with a receiving portion disposed at least proximate an intersection of an upper surface and a sidewall. The table top may also include a lip and a lower portion of the lip may include a contact surface that is sized and configured to contact an upper surface of an adjacent, nested table. The lower portion of the lip may also include an engaging portion that is sized and configured to be disposed in a receiving portion of an adjacent, nested table. The contact surface and the engaging portion may be directly adjacent to each other in the lower portion of the lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Wendell Peery, David C. Winter, Mitch Johnson
  • Patent number: 9661917
    Abstract: A rail mounted table device for securing onto a rail and placing objects thereon. The rail mounted table device includes a planar member having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein a pair of protrusions extend perpendicularly from the lower surface of thereof. The protrusions define a channel in order to accept a horizontal rail therebetween, allowing the lower surface of the planar member to rest flush against the upper surface of a rail. The protrusions are preferably rectangular, wherein the first protrusion is parallel to the second protrusion. In this way, the rail mounted table device is removably securable to a rail. In an alternative embodiment, each protrusion is L-shaped so as to fit over a corner of a rail. The upper surface of the planar member provides an area for users to rest objects thereon, such as food and drinks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Mary S. Dias
  • Patent number: 9661918
    Abstract: Embodiments of a wearable human body mounted electronic device support system are disclosed. The system provides the convenience of controlling a computing or gaming device while in a variety postures and movements including sitting, standing, and freely ambulating about a room. The system comprises a waist mount portion encircling a user's waist for supporting a load. A cantilevered portion extends from the waist mount portion for supporting an electronic input device at an ergonomic position beneficial to the user. The cantilevered portion comprises a projector extending generally anteriorly to form a support platform on which electronic devices are supported. The system may comprise a base to transfer forces from a projector into the waist mount. A portion of the cantilevered portion of the system is configured for instant coupling and uncoupling from the waist mount. In some forms a device coupler secures the electronic device to the support platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventors: Brian Patrick Janowski, Matthew Brian Janowski
  • Patent number: 9661919
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a furniture system and method of manufacture is disclosed. The furniture system may comprise one or more raised horizontal platforms. The plurality of platforms may flank a basin, such as a catch basin. The furniture system may comprise one or more support members to support and/or raise the platforms and/or basin from ground level. The furniture system may comprise one or more containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventors: Dawn R. Scotti, Chase Albright
  • Patent number: 9661920
    Abstract: A modular storage system capable of mounting storage fixtures such as shelves, drawers, rods, desks, hampers, trash cans and the like in various configurations without the use of tools and fastener hardware. The system includes vertical side panels capable of being mounted to a horizontal support rail, which is attached to a wall, in various configurations allowing the system to be mounted and rearranged against the wall without the use of tools and hardware. The vertical side panels include a plurality of support cleats that mate with the storage fixtures and provide for self-locking of the storage fixtures in the system so that they can be mounted and rearranged without the use of tools and hardware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Gregory James Ahart
  • Patent number: 9661921
    Abstract: A frame of a shelving apparatus includes a plurality of vertical posts, a plurality of cross members, and a plurality of shelf supporting beams. Each vertical post has an inner attachment surface, a side surface, and a plurality of attachment slots formed at the inner attachment surface. Each shelf supporting beam includes a beam member and two post lockers provided at two ends of the beam member respectively. Each post locker includes an extension wall biasing against the side surface, a locker wall biasing against the inner attachment surface, and a locking element provided at the locker wall to to selectively engage with one of the attachment slots so as to detachably couple the shelf supporting beam between the vertical posts at a position that the beam member is extended between the side surfaces of the vertical posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Frank Tsai
  • Patent number: 9661922
    Abstract: An outdoor modular system includes a plurality of vertical support pieces and a plurality of panel wall assemblies selectively engagable with the plurality of vertical support pieces, wherein a respective panel wall assembly is secured between a pair of adjacent vertical support pieces via one of thumb screws and set screws positioned in the screw holes of vertical support pieces. Each of the plurality of vertical support pieces include a support piece mating feature comprising at least one of notches, grooves, channels, and flanges, and a screw hole formed in the vertical support piece for receiving one of a thumb screw and a set screw therein. In addition, each panel wall assembly includes a set of vertical and horizontal framing pieces encompassing a decorative panel assembly, and at least one fastener configured to secure the set of vertical framing pieces to the set of horizontal framing pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Sunset Bay Outdoor
    Inventors: Robert Ehmke, Joseph Ehmke
  • Patent number: 9661923
    Abstract: A table and accessory unit assembly includes a height-adjustable table, a freestanding accessory unit and a docking mechanism. The height-adjustable table and freestanding accessory unit are supported on a surface. The height-adjustable table includes a tabletop and a height-adjusting mechanism that is configured to move the tabletop relative to the surface. The docking mechanism is configured to couple the freestanding accessory unit to the height-adjustable table. When the freestanding accessory unit is coupled to the height-adjustable table, the freestanding accessory unit moves relative to the surface as the tabletop moves relative to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: John Stephen Lanphear
  • Patent number: 9661924
    Abstract: Disclosed is an adjustable face plate mounting system for adjusting the position of a face plate attached to a pantry pullout apparatus. The system comprises a slotted bracket adjustably attached to the face plate, a standoff assembly attached to the pantry pullout apparatus and slidably engaged with the slotted bracket, a fastener fixedly attached to the pantry pullout apparatus, and a set crew movable within the fastener and abutting the slotted bracket. A first embodiment of the standoff assembly includes a pair of standoffs and coordinating removable fasteners. Another embodiment of the standoff assembly includes a single standoff and fastener paired with a pin. The face plate is adjustable in three dimensions with respect to the pantry pullout apparatus and surrounding cabinets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: HARDWARE RESOURCES, INC.
    Inventor: Alan Chen
  • Patent number: 9661925
    Abstract: A self-positioning drawer slide designed to secure a drawer for a recreational vehicle (RV) from opening unintentionally during transit. The self-positioning drawer slide includes a plurality of slide members, a latching fixture, and a catching fixture. The drawer is connected to the interior of the cabinet through the plurality of slide members. The latching fixture selectively engages the catching fixture to secure the drawer within the cabinet. The plurality of slides includes a first edge mounting tab and a second edge mounting tab which fasten to a vertical support of the cabinet to further support the present invention and prevent give or play between the present invention and the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Gary H. Uffner
  • Patent number: 9661926
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for drawers has a carcass rail, a drawer rail, and a central rail which is moveably mounted between the carcass rail and the drawer rail. At least one carriage is mounted in a moveable manner between at least two rails of the pull-out guide. A synchronization apparatus avoids running faults of the pull-out guide, and the synchronization apparatus has at least one synchronization wheel which interacts firstly with the one carriage and secondly with a running surface which is arranged on one of the rails. The synchronization wheel is in the form of a gear with two pinions with different diameters. The first pinion and the second pinion are connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein, when one pinion moves, the other pinion also moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Gerald Friesenecker, Ulrich Greussing
  • Patent number: 9661927
    Abstract: A furniture member powered mechanism providing both lift and zero gravity operating positions includes a first torque tube having first and second connecting links fixed thereto. The connecting links are each rotatably connected to a first or second connecting arm. The first and second connecting arms are rotatably connected to a gear housing. A positioning motor connected to the gear housing displaces a slide member coupled to the gear housing. Slide member motion displaces the first and second connecting arms, displacing and rotating the first torque tube. First and second connecting plates are rotatably connected to the slide member. A second torque tube is fixed at opposite ends to each of first and second arm rest portions of a furniture member base portion. The first and second connecting plates are also connected to the second torque tube such that slide member displacement rotates the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: La-Z-Boy Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexander M. Hegedus, Eric B. Harwood
  • Patent number: 9661928
    Abstract: An air bladder system is provided with a pair of lateral spaced apart air bladder assemblies, each provided with a primary region received in a seat bottom of a seat assembly. The primary region is expandable in a height direction to support a pelvis of an occupant. A secondary region extends from the primary region and is expandable for angular adjustment relative to the primary region to support a femur of the occupant. A plurality of sensors detects a seating position of an occupant. A controller is in electrical communication with the sensors and the air bladder assemblies. The controller is configured to receive data from the plurality of sensors. The data is compared to determine if the occupant is seated evenly. At least one of the air bladder assemblies is adjusted to balance an uneven left-to-right occupant seating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald Patrick, Samuel Hanlon, Michelle A. Pereny, Winsen C. Zouzal
  • Patent number: 9661929
    Abstract: A topple-proof buffering structure for the chair comprises an elastic supporting plate having two deforming buffering portions protruded from an outer side of a fixing substrate, a seat fixing plate assembled to a bottom side of a seat of the chair, and at least two flexible pillars respectively having a bolt member, a screw hole member, and a limit screw. The bolt member has an embedding end and an outer threading section. An inner screw hole is arranged at a surface of the embedding end. One end of the screw hole member opposite to the screw hole has a small diameter hole and a retaining lip. The limit screw is passed through the small diameter hole of the screw hole member and screwed in the inner screw hole of the bolt member so as to support the flexible pillars not to be damaged and broken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Harvest-Excel International Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Tuang-Hock Koh
  • Patent number: 9661930
    Abstract: A chair back assembly includes a substantially rigid peripheral frame defining a central opening, and a substantially flexible back shell coupled to the peripheral frame and spanning at least a portion of the central opening, wherein a first portion of the back shell is fixed with respect to the frame at a first position, a second portion of the back shell is fixed with respect to the frame at a second position that is different than the first position, a third portion of the back shell is constrained with respect to the frame in at least one direction of motion at a third position located between the first position and the second position, and wherein a fourth portion of the back shell is free from constraint with respect to the frame at a fourth position located between the third position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Norman, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Todd Quigley, Mark J. Dinneweth
  • Patent number: 9661931
    Abstract: Bed structures are presented. The bed structure may include a bed frame for supporting at least one of a mattress or a mattress foundation, at least one illumination device mounted on the bed frame, and a control system. The control system includes at least one sensor and being configured to illuminate the at least one illumination device responsive to predetermined environmental conditions determined by the at least one sensor. In another aspect, a bed structure includes at least one illumination device mounted on the bed frame, and a control system configured to illuminate the at least one illumination device responsive to predetermined environmental conditions. The control system includes a motion sensor, a light sensor, a timer, and a remote control system facilitating operation of the at least one illumination device responsive to user input control or a predetermined control sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Sebastian Luciano
  • Patent number: 9661932
    Abstract: The present invention is a mattress comprising a plurality of pocket springs. Each of the pocket springs comprise a coil pocket and a first cushion pocket. The coil pocket comprises a pocket and a coil spring disposed therein. The first cushion pocket comprises a pocket and a resilient member disposed therein. The first cushion pocket is disposed above and acts directly upon the coil pocket. The mattress may further comprise a second cushion pocket disposed below the coil pocket. The second cushion pocket comprises a pocket and a resilient member disposed therein. The second cushion pocket is engaged with and acts directly upon the coil pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Richard Codos
  • Patent number: 9661933
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a rotary molded bed having a sleeping surface surrounded by a raised edge, storage compartments molded into the side of the bed and a means for attaching a base of the bed to a floor. The rotationally molded bottom may comprise a flat surface or a honeycombed configuration. The hollow bed body may be filled with structural foam to provide support. The base is attached to a floor surface preferably having fastener openings in the base adapted to hold fasteners recessed in the base, the fasteners extending through a floor mount surface in the base. The fastener openings may have covers adapted to close the fastener openings to prevent tampering with the fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
  • Patent number: 9661934
    Abstract: A foam mattress in which a layer of latex or latex-like foam placed above a layer of memory foam is described. This construction of the mattress provides the contouring pressure relief that a visco-elastic foam provides with a top surface with quick recovery (a latex-like “bounce”) that prevents people from getting “stuck” in the visco-elastic foam and improves the springiness of the mattress. The mattress may also include straps and cinches to aid in transportation of the mattress. The mattress may also include removable covers that aid in keeping the mattress clean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Casper Sleep Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Krim, Neil Parikh, Jeff Chapin
  • Patent number: 9661935
    Abstract: Steps for using an insert to restore sagging sofa cushions are provided. Over time, the cushion develops a depression on a sitting surface of a deformable member and an elevation on a base surface of the deformable member. The cushion also suffers from reduced elasticity in the deformable member. Positioning the insert between a cushion casing and deformable member of the cushion allows for sagging areas of the cushion to be fixed. The cushion restoring insert thus addresses both aforementioned issues. An elongated elastic member with similar elasticity to the original cushion provides a like-new level of elasticity for the cushion. The cushion restoring insert also increases volume within the cushion casing, causing tension in combination with the cushion casing. This tension counteracts the depression and elevation, helping to return the cushion to a like new state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventors: Belinda A. Maggard, James S. Maggard
  • Patent number: 9661936
    Abstract: A multi-use convertible frame for a baby carrier includes a base frame, a swivel mount, a support unit and a positioning mechanism. The support unit can be swiveled about ninety degrees from a first direction to a second direction, and vice versa. The support unit is leaned with an angle suitable for providing a chair mode in the first direction, and kept in a substantially horizontal position for providing a bassinet mode in the second direction. The base frame may be formed with a curved underside and rotatably mounted with two stoppers at the both ends thereof for converting the chair mode into a rocking chair mode and converting the bassinet mode into rocking bassinet mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Dorel Juvenile (Zhongshan) Product Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ping-Ching Lin, Chia-Ming Shen
  • Patent number: 9661937
    Abstract: A carrier frame for a child carrier is disclosed. The carrier frame includes a first frame element and a second frame element hingedly coupled to the first frame element about a hinge axis. The first frame element includes a main frame and an adjustable support. The adjustable support extends in a first direction substantially parallel to the hinge axis and is movable in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the hinge axis. The second frame element comprises a transition portion and a backrest portion. An angle is formed between the backrest portion and the transition portion. The transition portion has a width in the first direction smaller than a maximum width of the carrier frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Thule IP AB
    Inventors: Anders Lundgren, Henrik Kax
  • Patent number: 9661938
    Abstract: A foldable frame assembly for a playpen includes a collapsible bottom frame which has a central support mount, a plurality of linking elements, a plurality of first linking rods and a plurality of second linking rods. The linking elements are pivoted between the central support mount and the lower end of the plurality of pillars respectively. Each of the linking elements is provided with a sliding part for moving along the linking elements. When the central support mount was lifted upward, the second linking rods are associated with the first linking rods through the sliding parts thereby incurring an inward torque to prevent the pillars from deflecting outward. By such of the inward torque, users can save their troublesome of stretching hands to hold and keep the pillars uprightly while converting the playpen into its folded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Dorel Juvenile (Zhongshan) Product Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Po Hung, Yu-Wen Wang, Chen-Tai Chang
  • Patent number: 9661939
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments herein provide a transparent electronic display assembly having a front and a rear transparent sheet with a transparent electronic display located therebetween. A wireless transmitter/receiver may be placed adjacent to the transparent electronic display to receive image or video data wirelessly or to transmit status and feedback data. The transparent electronic display assembly may be used as a door for a cooler where a second wireless transmitter/receiver is positioned in a cavity below the cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
    Inventors: William Dunn, Marcos Diaz
  • Patent number: 9661940
    Abstract: The invention relates to a glass element (200) including at least one insulating glass panel including at least one first (10) and one second (11) glass sheet combined with one another via a spacer (12) which keeps same spaced apart from one another, said spacer extending along the side, upper and lower edges of said two glass sheets and between said at least two glass sheets, at least one inner space (15) including a layer of an insulating gas and closed by a first (13) and a second (14) peripheral seal arranged around said inner space, and at least one frame (201) which supports said at least one insulating glass panel, said frame including (i) a stationary bracket (21) and (ii) a movable bracket (22) which is hinged on the stationary bracket and which allows the opening and/or the closing of the glass element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Pierre Schneider, Nicolas Boucher, Olivier Bouesnard
  • Patent number: 9661941
    Abstract: A headboard display rack for displaying a plurality of headboards. The display rack includes a frame, a plurality of bracket assemblies pivotably attached to the frame, and a plurality of roller assemblies that correspond to each of the bracket assemblies, wherein each bracket assembly is configured to support a first end of the headboard, and each roller assembly is configured to support a second end of the headboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: England, Inc.
    Inventors: Otis Sawyer, Gene Brock
  • Patent number: 9661942
    Abstract: The combination of a shopping cart and a checkout location. The shopping cart has a wheeled frame defining: a) a primary article storage receptacle; and b) a lower storage shelf. The checkout location has: a) an aisle through which the shopping cart can be directed and with laterally spaced sides; b) a processing assembly at one side of the aisle; c) a station at which a person can be situated to operate the processing assembly; and d) a mirror on the other side of the aisle situated so that a person situated at the station can observe a reflection of articles placed on the storage shelf. The mirror has a reflective surface configured and located to reflect an image of the shopping cart only below the top of the shopping cart from a vantage point of a person situated at the station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Se-Kure Controls, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger J. Leyden
  • Patent number: 9661943
    Abstract: A specially designed crafting tool having a base, a spinning wheel and tools, with which to create beautiful faux flowers from spools of wire-edged ribbon and wire to provide craft enthusiasts and others a practical decorating tool with which to create fancy faux flowers ideal for a variety of uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Estella Pegues
  • Patent number: 9661944
    Abstract: A decorative and connectable display arrangement that includes a housing of multi-sided form having opposed first and second sides and a bottom, an inner support frame that is disposed within the housing and including a cap member having an open top port, and at least one decorative member that is supported within the housing and extends upwardly through the open top port. The decorative member includes a base piece that is pivotally supported in the housing and a stem piece extending from the base piece and extending through the open top port. A solar energy source or panel is supported in the inner support frame and is effective for driving the at least one decorative member in a predetermined motion direction. The housing has 3 on opposed sides thereof an interlock tongue and groove mechanism that enables adjacent ones of the housings to be engaged together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: FOURSTAR GROUP INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Chi Wu, Hsiu-Mei Wang
  • Patent number: 9661945
    Abstract: An insulated decorated drinking vessel having an inner vessel located within an outer vessel and a decorative insert located in an annular space between the inner and outer vessels. The annular space includes a first stop member projecting therein and a second stop member projecting therein. The decorative insert is a curved member having a top edge portion from which a first and second tabs project. The first tab is arranged to engage the first stop member on one side of the first stop member and the second tab is arranged to engage the second stop member on a corresponding side of the second stop member, whereupon the decorative insert is held in place within the annular space and precluded from rotating therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Tervis Tumbler Company
    Inventors: Gregory Peter DeNinno, Dham Vayalur, Lindsey Suzanne Hamner
  • Patent number: 9661946
    Abstract: A coat hook, towel rack and clothes hanger receiver, preferably includes a mounting board, to which is attached a pivoting means on which pivoting means is an elbow or elongated bar having an outer tube communicating at 90° thereto, wherein the outer tube has therein, an inner tube disposed within and vertically moveable in a middle tube, the middle tube being moveable through the outer tube and the elbow-bar, the inner tube having a finial on its external end. Flares prevent the middle tube from exiting the outer tube in both directions. When the inner tube is extended upwardly, it is rotatable 90° from a 12 o'clock-6 o'clock position to a 9 o'clock-3 o'clock position. Once oriented horizontally the inner tube may be returned inwardly or retained in an outward disposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: FOUR ONE INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Cynthia Stammnitz, Ray Stammnitz
  • Patent number: 9661947
    Abstract: A privacy curtain assembly includes a main curtain portion. The main curtain portion includes a first side, a second side, and oppositely disposed leading edges located between the first and second sides. The privacy curtain assembly also includes at least one cleanable, wipable panel that is permanently affixed to one of the leading edges of the main curtain portion. The at least one panel is configured to be cleaned while permanently affixed to the main curtain portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
    Inventor: Lorenz W. Mayer