Patents Issued in March 27, 2018
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Patent number: 9926707Abstract: Metal panel siding systems incorporate panel clips and cover. The panel clips are mounted in linear arrays to a wall. The cover comprises a plurality of elongated metal panels having lateral side laps and a show side. The side laps extend inward from the show side. The panel clips comprise a first catch engaging a side lap of a first panel and a second catch engaging a side lap of a second, adjacent the panel. Thus, the side laps provide vertical seams between the adjacent panels. The first catch of the panel clips is mounted to the wall. The second catch is coupled to the first catch for movement from an unset position to a set position. The second catch does not engage the side lap of the second panel in its unset position, and engages the side lap of the second panel in its set position.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: McElroy Metal Mill, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Finley Knight, Jr., Tommy Lane Johnson
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Patent number: 9926708Abstract: A magnetic fastener and wall covering system include at least one wall panel having a front facing surface, a magnetically attractive rear facing surface and a side surface forming any number of different shapes. A plurality of wall fasteners and wall anchors are provided to penetrate and engage a wall. A plurality of magnetic spacers are provided having a central aperture for receiving one of the plurality of wall fasteners, and for attracting to the magnetically attractive rear surface of the wall panel. The system also includes one or more wall strips having a magnetic top surface and an adhesive back surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Inventor: Mikulas Janko
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Patent number: 9926709Abstract: A mechanism for supporting and positioning a glass floor unit relative to a base utilizing a support positioned to contact the glass floor unit. An adjuster interacts with a receiver fixed to the base. The adjuster includes a contact element which moves the support and exerts a force against the glass floor unit in an upward direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Inventor: William F. O'Keeffe
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Patent number: 9926710Abstract: The present invention discloses a lipped tray, intended for use on scaffold towers and adapted to hold builders' tools in use. The tray incorporates on each of its two opposite side edge regions a means which, when the tray is in use, locates the tray between horizontally successive rails of the tower in a manner which also causes the tray to engage with one at least of those rails and be supported, in use, by each of them.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2010Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Inventor: Philip Moore
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Patent number: 9926711Abstract: A G-hook for the mutual releasable connection of two prop portions of a telescopic construction prop has a pin and a hoop. The pin and the hoop are different, separate parts which are rotationally rigidly connected to one another, meaning the pin cannot rotate relative to the hoop because they are rigidly fixed to one another. The pin has a force introduction portion with a surface which is curved regionally and a force removal portion which is diametrically opposite the force introduction portion and whose surface is formed substantially planar.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2014Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: PERI GMBHInventors: Wilfried Haeberle, Rudolf Specht
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Patent number: 9926712Abstract: [Problem to be solved] To provide a wave making apparatus for surfing that can make a so-called tubular curling wave suitable for surfing and in which a breaking portion and about to break portion are arrayed in a line. [Solution] The wave making apparatus comprises: a water carrying bucket 110 opened at the front, including a bottom plate and a side surface plate, and capable of holding water in a portion of an inner space thereof; a supporting structure 120 that supports the water carrying bucket 110; and a transmission apparatus 130 that moves the water carrying bucket 110 forward at a predetermined speed. The water carrying bucket 100 supported by submerging the water carrying bucket 110 under waterline of the pool such that the front of the water carrying bucket 110 faces the play area of the pool. The transmission apparatus 130 moves the water carrying bucket 110 forward along a track extending forward the play area with the water carrying bucket 100 kept below the waterline.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: RESPONCE-ENGINEER, INC.Inventor: Takahiro Oshibe
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Patent number: 9926713Abstract: An automatic spa cover for covering a spa is described having a retractable frame, which rides along a top surface of the spa, attached to a front edge of an insulated cover. A motorized cover roller is attached to a back edge of the insulated cover and functions to roll up and retract the insulated cover and pull the frame to slide along the top lip of the spa side walls to retract the frame. In one embodiment, the frame is spring-loaded and extends from its retracted position to its extended position by the force of the springs. In an alternative embodiment, conventional actuation devices may be used to extend the frame. It also includes a retractable angled top cover covering the retractable frame which is supported by a curved guide proximate the motorized cover roller.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Inventor: Lynda M. Livingston
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Patent number: 9926714Abstract: A storage basket. The storage basket includes a pair of rods positioned parallel to one another, a hook disposed on the upper end of each of the pair of rods, a spacer disposed on the lower end of each of the pair of rods, a first cross-bar connecting each of the pair of rods, an extension member disposed on each of the pair of rods, and a second cross-bar connecting each of the extension rods to one another. The first cross bar, the extension rods, and the second cross-bar define an opening. A net is secured to the opening and extends downward toward the lower ends of the pair of rods, wherein the net and the opening define an open interior volume. The storage basket is securable to the outer side of a swimming pool and may be used to store various swimming pool rafts, toys, and other accessories.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Inventor: Rhonda Cusic
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Patent number: 9926715Abstract: A deployable sheltering assembly for a vehicle includes a set of four supports and a panel, which is flexible. Each support comprises a rod that is coupled to and extends perpendicularly from a plate. The rod comprises a plurality of nested sections and is selectively extensible. The rod is configured to extend from the plate adjacent to a side of the vehicle. A first coupler is coupled to a top of the rod. Each of a set of four second couplers is coupled proximate to a respective corner of the panel. The plates are configured to position singly under the wheels of the vehicle. The supports are positioned singly proximate to each wheel of the vehicle. Each second coupler is positioned to couple to a respective first coupler to couple the panel to the supports so that the panel is configured to shelter the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Inventor: James Morrison
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Patent number: 9926716Abstract: Reinforcing bars include load transfer connectors. A link plate includes openings that mate with the load transfer connectors to overlie the splice between reinforcing bars being spliced. A cover plate may be fastened over the link plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: TOWER ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, LLCInventor: Robert Semaan
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Patent number: 9926717Abstract: This invention relates to lattice tower for actuate under high load conditions, more particularly to lattice towers utilized for wind turbines and other applications comprising three metallic legs arranged in a triangular configuration around a vertical axis of the lattice tower, wherein each metallic leg has a closed cross-section profile, a distance between the center of metallic legs in a bottom portion of the tower is greater than 4 meters, an angle of inclination of a central longitudinal axis of each metallic leg in relation to the vertical axis of the tower is between ?1.7 degree and +1.7 degrees, and the height of the lattice tower is greater than 60 meters, a plurality of bracing members and auxiliary bracing members and a support platform disposed at a top portion of the tower.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: SECCIONAL BRASIL S/AInventors: Paulo Emmanuel de Abreu, Odilon Antonio Camargo do Amarante
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Patent number: 9926718Abstract: The invention relates to a flexible coupling comprising a lower assembly (10) having a spigot member (20), and an upper assembly (60) having a recess adapted to receive the spigot member, thereby allowing articulation of the upper assembly (60) with respect to the lower assembly (10) in any direction. A complementary indexing means is adapted to circumferentially align the lower assembly (10) and the upper assembly (60), and a single resilient member (65) interconnects the lower and upper assemblies, wherein the lower and upper assemblies are urged into mutual engagement against said articulation.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: JMB Manufacturing Pty LtdInventor: Ian Charles Brodie
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Patent number: 9926719Abstract: The drilling rig includes a first substructure and a second substructure. The second substructure is positioned generally parallel to and spaced apart from the first substructure and generally the same height as the first substructure. The drilling rig further includes a drill floor coupled to the first and second substructures, where the drill floor positioned substantially at the top of the first and second substructures.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.Inventors: Padira Reddy, Ashish Gupta
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Patent number: 9926720Abstract: A roof rack of a collapsible tent includes a tent rack and roof poles. The tent rack includes stand columns, tent poles and support poles. The top end of the stand column is fixedly disposed with a top base, a slide base is slidably connected to the stand column to slide up and down along the stand column, the first end of the tent pole is pivoted joint to the top base, the first end of the stand column is pivoted joint to the slide base, the second end of the support pole is pivoted joint to the tent pole; the stand column, the slide base, the tent pole and the support pole form a linkage mechanism, the slide base slides up and down along the stand column to drive the tent rack to unfold and fold; the roof pole is movably connected to the linkage mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: XIAMEN ROADZUP OUTDOOR PRODUCTS CO., LTD.Inventor: Changjiu Huang
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Patent number: 9926721Abstract: This disclosure pertains to a post driver apparatus of simplified and compact construction. The apparatus can be easily attached to a vehicle equipped with a universal quick attach hitch and having auxiliary hydraulics, for example a farm or construction vehicle. The apparatus includes a hydraulic motor that is driven by the auxiliary hydraulics of the vehicle to which the apparatus is attached. The hydraulic motor rotates a drive wheel of the apparatus which is operatively connected with a weight piston of the apparatus. Rotation of the drive wheel lifts and then drops the weight piston on each rotation of the drive wheel. With the apparatus positioned on the top end of a post, each time the weight piston is dropped it impacts the top of the post and drives the post downwardly. The apparatus is equipped with a safety feature that prevents rotation of the drive wheel from operatively raising the weight piston until the apparatus is positioned on top of a post and exerts a force on the top end of the post.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Danuser LLCInventor: Gary J. Niekamp
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Patent number: 9926722Abstract: A post levelling device (10) comprising a support frame (12) engageable with a post (22). First and second legs (14, 16) are provided extending outwardly from support frame (12) such that the first and second legs (14, 16) are oriented in perpendicular first and second vertical planes. First and second level indicators (38, 40) arranged to indicate the angle of the support frame (12) relative to the vertical in each of the first and second vertical planes. One or more securing members (36, 37) extend from the support frame (12) to secure around the post (22). The first and second legs (14, 16) are length adjustable such that lower ends of the first and second legs (14, 16) may be engaged with the ground adjacent the post (22) and shortened or lengthened to adjust the support frame (12) to be oriented vertically.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Inventors: Gerard Eugene Corgat, Edward Joseph Khoury
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Patent number: 9926723Abstract: A locking mechanism including a plunger, a plurality of locking elements, a cage including apertures in which the locking elements are housed, and a sleeve, with the sleeve moveable with respect to the cage between an unlocked position and a locked position, and when the sleeve is in the locked position, the sleeve maintains the locking elements in engagement with a recess on the plunger to restrict movement of the plunger.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Inventor: Trevor Mackle
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Patent number: 9926724Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and corresponding methodology for the attachment of a self-contained module to any mechanical lock having a mating feature to accept it (in either of an OEM application or as a retrofit). The module enables a separate (preexisting) cam locking feature (components) to be associated with an existing mechanical lock by being fitted onto the back of the existing lock and then having the cam locking components attached to the module. In turn, the preexisting cam locking components may be fitted to the module aligned in any one of four positions (up, down, left, and right) on the back of the module for latching in any position in which the associated lock/cam strike may be installed. The cam locking components then function to allow a user to open an associated door or drawer, and when finished, slam it shut without having to rotate the lock back to a locked position.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: CompX International Inc.Inventor: John Y. Kamin
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Patent number: 9926725Abstract: The present disclosure provides lockable cover assemblies that can cover mounting fasteners used to secure network devices to mounting structures, including racks, rack-mounted enclosures, cabinets or other mounting enclosures used to mount network devices, or utility boxes used to mount network devices. The lockable cover assemblies can be configured to cover the mounting fasteners of one or more network devices or the lockable cover assemblies can be built into a mounting enclosure and lock each network device in the rack.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventor: Shadi Alex AbuGhazaleh
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Patent number: 9926726Abstract: A tamper-proof padlock box which locks a door to a door frame that ensures that only users with a specialized key can access and open an internal lock. The tamper-proof padlock box includes a guard lock box, a padlock, and a key-receiving track mechanism. The padlock includes a U-shaped shank and a locking body. The guard lock box includes a tubular body, a bottom, a removable top, and a staple-receiving hole. The removable top is slidably mounted to the tubular body and supports the padlock. The U-shaped shank is rotatably mounted to the removable top about a leg of the U-shaped shank. The leg is oriented normal to the removable top. The staple-receiving hole allows a padlock staple access to the padlock and normally traverses through a rear sidewall. The key-receiving track mechanism is mechanically integrated into the bottom.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Inventor: Jatmiko Santosa
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Patent number: 9926727Abstract: A latch release device for a vehicle door is provided which includes an electric actuator that can exert power for latch release for releasing a latched state of a door, a latch mechanism that releases the latched state of the door in response to actuation of the electric actuator or input of a mechanical latch release operating force, and an operating member for latch release that enables normal operation by a vehicle user so as to actuate the electric actuator and emergency operation by a vehicle user so as to input a mechanical latch release operating force into the latch mechanism, wherein the emergency operation of an operating member for latch release is restricted and emergency operation restriction means restricts emergency operation of the operating member for latch release when an operating member for restriction release that a vehicle user can operate is in a non-operated state.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Honda LockInventors: Hiroyuki Kouzuma, Hiroto Fujiwara
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Patent number: 9926728Abstract: A system for opening a door, in particular for the door of a household appliance, including a prong, integral with the door, and a device for locking and unlocking the door, having a mechanical module to hold or release the prong, respectively when the door is opened or is closed, the system having an unlocking mechanism arranged on the prong, the unlocking mechanism interacting with the mechanical module after their activation, to release the prong and open the door.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: BITRON S.p.A.Inventors: Fabrizio Promutico, Felice Paglia
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Patent number: 9926729Abstract: A handle assembly includes a first handle, a second handle, and a magnet. The first handle is moveably attached to a first base. The second handle is moveably attached to a second base. The magnet magnetically couples the first handle to a striker plate. Movement of the first handle with respect to the first base uncouples the magnet and the striker plate. Movement of the second handle with respect to the second base moves the first handle with respect to the first base. A handle assembly includes a first handle and a magnet. The first handle is pivotable about a first axis. The magnet magnetically couples the handle assembly to a doorjamb. Pivotal movement of the first handle uncouples the handle assembly from the doorjamb. The handle assembly may include a second handle pivotable about a second axis. Pivotal movement of the second handle pivots the first handle.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: J & S COMPANY LLCInventors: Stephen Debenedetti, John Seevers
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Patent number: 9926730Abstract: A panel body (11) includes: a panel-like base material (12); a groove (25) which is continuous along at least a part of an outer circumferential end portion of the base material (12), and is recessed to the inside of the base material (12); a soft material (13) which is provided on one or more surface of the base material (12); a cover material (14) which covers the base material (12) and the soft material (13), and in which the outer circumferential end portion is caught in the groove (25) in the outer circumferential edge portion of the base material (12); and a fixing member (30) which fixes the cover material (14) in the groove (25).Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: OKAMURA CORPORATIONInventors: Waku Tsuchiyama, Haruhiko Kitajima, Masayuki Kuroe
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Patent number: 9926731Abstract: A closing hinge device includes a fixed element, a movable element and a pair of counteracting elastic members. One of the movable element or fixed element includes a generally box-shaped hinge body with a pair of working chambers to slidably house the counteracting elastic members. The other of the movable element or fixed element includes a pivot having a cylindrical portion that includes a pair of substantially equal grooves angularly spaced at 180° and each having a helical portion, the grooves communicating with each other to define a single guide element passing through the cylindrical portion. The box-shaped hinge body includes elongated slots, a pin being inserted through the single guide element and through the elongated slots to slide therethrough, and the counteracting elastic members act on the pin to promote the automatic returning of the closing element from the open position to the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: IN & TEC S.R.L.Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
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Patent number: 9926732Abstract: A hinge device includes a fixed element, a movable element and a slider housed in a working chamber and coupled to a pivot, so that a rotation of the movable element corresponds to the sliding of the slider. The working chamber includes an end cap and a working fluid and is divided into first and second variable volume compartment by a plunger member of the slider. A hydraulic circuit includes a first duct passing through an end cap that is in fluid communication with the first and second compartments and has an elongated tubular wall extending within the working chamber, and the interspace between the working chamber and the elongated tubular wall. The plunger member is tightly inserted in the elongated tubular wall, which includes a first peripheral conduit having a first and a second port in fluid communication with the first and respectively second compartment through the first duct.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: IN & TEC S.R.L.Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
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Patent number: 9926733Abstract: A hinge for cold rooms or glass shutters includes a stationary support structure and a shutter movable between an open position and a closed position. The hinge includes a hinge body with a working chamber; a pivot coupled with the hinge body to rotate between the open and the closed positions of the shutter; a cam element unitary with the pivot; a plunger element sliding in the working chamber and having a slider with an operative face interacting with the cam element; a counteracting elastic member acting on the plunger element to move it between a position proximal to the bottom wall of the working chamber and a position distal therefrom. The cam element includes an elongated appendix extending from the pivot to come in contact engagement with the operative face of the slider. The pivot is placed at one of the side walls of the working chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
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Patent number: 9926734Abstract: Hinge for a door which covers at least in part a compartment, of the type comprising a fixed support for coupling to a compartment frame, and a mobile support for coupling to a door, wherein such mobile and fixed support are at least rotatably constrained one to the other. The hinge also comprises a coil spring operatively interposed between the fixed support and the mobile support to impose a predefined law of motion to the mobile support with respect to the fixed support, and an actuator for applying a push or a pull force onto said mobile support with respect to the fixed one.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2014Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: FARINGOSI HINGES S.R.L.Inventor: Massimo Dora
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Patent number: 9926735Abstract: A sliding door assembly comprises a plurality of door panels for coordinated movement along an upper guide track. A bracket is mounted to the upper end of one of the door panels. The bracket comprises an elongated member and defines a plurality of openings for receiving fasteners and roller mechanisms. At least one roller mechanism is secured to each of the door panels and slidably received within the upper guide track. A pair of pulleys is secured to the bracket for carrying an endless cable and the door panels are secured to the cable. In a fully open position, a first outer door panel of the door panels is secured to the cable of the immediately adjacent door panel at a side of the immediately adjacent door panel opposite to the lead edge.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: PEMKO MANUFACTURING CO.Inventors: Philip Anthony Goossens, Damond Maurice Smalls, Jeffrey G. Karl
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Patent number: 9926736Abstract: A door frame assembly includes integral shim screws in the vertical jambs that facilitate installation of the assembly into a rough opening or doorway. The vertical frame jambs have one or more holes therethrough. Shim screws are positioned in those apertures and are adjustably extendable outwardly therefrom to engage a rough opening to assist in fixing the frame in that opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Frame & Mullions, LLCInventor: James Thomas Clarke, Jr.
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Patent number: 9926737Abstract: A delivery door may include a frame having a slot, an interior flange and an exterior flange. A panel may be attached to the frame and comprise a closed configuration and an open configuration. A securing device may be connected to the frame and the panel. The securing device may be a remote accessed internet enabled lock assembly. In certain embodiments, the panel may have a handle and a stopper. The panel may also be motorized. The delivery door may include a receptacle attached to the internal flange and the frame. The delivery door may be attached to a cut out portion of the structure. The securing device may be controlled from a wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2014Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Inventor: Samuel Solomon Wanjohi
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Patent number: 9926738Abstract: A safety gate for enclosing a passageway includes first and second gate members situated in an overlapping arrangement for slidable movement horizontally so that a width defined collectively by the gate members is selectable. The second gate member is essentially received by the first gate member. Each gate member includes an upstanding proximal end panel and spaced apart upper and lower panels extending away from the respective proximal end panel, the upper and lower panels having terminal ends, respectively, that together define a void therebetween. Each gate member includes an upper rail member extending horizontally along an upper edge of the first gate member that is perpendicular to respective upper panels. The first and the second rail members are situated one atop the other and share a singular vertical axis extending through them.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Inventors: Jonathan Brown, Amber Brown
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Patent number: 9926739Abstract: This disclosure relates to a light-directing system, comprising a textile sheet material, which can be positioned in a light incidence region in front of a space and has a weft-thread layer composed of a plurality of weft threads, wherein the weft threads are extended substantially linearly and bound mesh openings of the sheet material. According to this disclosure, some or all weft threads have a non-circular thread cross-section bounded by a plurality of individual side parts and are arranged parallel to each other, the orientation of the side parts of the weft threads being uniform.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Ettlin AktiengesellschaftInventor: Frauke Susanne Hänsch
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Patent number: 9926740Abstract: A mounting system for a roller blind includes a tension bar for mounting under pressure between first and second sides of a windows frame. The tension bar may provide both long and short adjustment of mounting system width. The tension bar extends through a hollow roller tube of the roller blind, and through a clutch mechanism of the roller blind, and is coupled to end mounting fixtures. The length of the tension bar may be adjusted as a long adjustment of mounting width. Various mechanisms may be associated with one or both of the end mounting fixtures for short adjustment of mounting width, such as a latch mechanism, wedge mechanism, spring-loaded mechanism, or turn-buckle system. End pads at the ends of the blind provide friction and absorb excess pressure. The mounting mechanism serves as a universal window blind bracket and support rod, which requires no screws or nails to install.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: AXIS Labs, Inc.Inventors: Trung Duc Pham, Wilfrid Ngo
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Patent number: 9926741Abstract: A motor-drive system for retractable covering having a headrail with a horizontally disposed roller supporting a top edge of a flexible fabric material includes an electric motor mounted within a housing and interconnected to the roller to selectively rotate the roller in opposite directions while minimizing noise created from vibrations within the system. This system includes motor mounts within the housing which separate and absorb vibrations of the motor within the housing and a drive disk of a moderately soft material, which is firm enough to transfer torque from the motor to the roller while being soft enough to absorb vibrations which would otherwise be transmitted from the motor to the roller. An interconnect mounting the drive disk to the drive shaft of the motor is also made of a third relatively soft material, which is harder than the drive disk to more ably transmit torque but soft enough so as not to unduly transmit noise.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: HUNTER DOUGLAS INC.Inventors: Kenneth M. Faller, Ronald Holt, Stephen T. Wisecup
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Patent number: 9926742Abstract: A top step for a step ladder is described. The top step comprises an assembled member comprising two or more step elements, two side members and a metal tube. The front end and the rear end of the assembled aluminum member are provided with front and rear skirts, respectively. The upper and the lower end of the side members have an upper edge and a lower edge for clamping to the two sides of the assembled member or the two sides of an assembled unit formed by the metal tube and the assembled aluminum member, thereby covering the spaces between the front skirt and the back skirt.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2009Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Luhao Leng
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Patent number: 9926743Abstract: The ladder convertible to a scaffold is a self-standing ladder that is able to convert into a scaffold. The self-standing ladder is constructed of two ladder members that are able to attach to and pivot with respect to one another via a removable cap. The two ladder members also attach to one another via a foldable platform, which provides support when the two ladder members are pivoted away from one another in a self-standing configuration. The two ladder members may be disconnected to one another, and held in parallel arrangement with respect to one another via the foldable platform. The foldable platform is able to span a scaffold length between the two ladder members in order to form a scaffold. A pair of guar members attach to the two ladder members to provide guide rails on opposing sides of the scaffold.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Inventor: Julie Eatmon
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Patent number: 9926744Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to a method and apparatus for horizontal directional drilling with a tool library. Various methods include storing a plurality of operational tool profiles in memory, the operational tool profiles of the plurality respectively associated with a plurality of boring tools attachable to a drill string for HHD and each of the operational tool profiles of the plurality including operating parameters for the boring tool of the plurality with which the operational profile is associated, and selectively displaying the operational tool profiles on a display screen based on user input.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Philip R. Lane
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Patent number: 9926745Abstract: A valve for subterranean whipstock service has a side port and a through passage with a biased movable sleeve to shift between circulation mode into the annulus and flow through mode for setting an anchor and then feeding window mill nozzles. The valve is run in when in circulation mode to allow operation of a measurement while drilling device. When the whipstock is properly oriented the pressure is increased to break a shear pin to allow a spring to bias the sleeve to the flow through position. The shifting of the sleeve opens a bypass passage around the restriction orifice that was first used to build pressure to break the shear pins that let the sleeve move under spring bias. As a result the spring can hold the sleeve in position despite high flow rates needed to remove cuttings from the mill as the window is opened.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLCInventors: Dylan A. Bulloch, Gregory L. Hern, Larry T. Palmer, Jason L. Cullum
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Patent number: 9926746Abstract: A downhole tool includes a body having a bore extending at least partially therethrough. A component is disposed within the bore and arranged and designed to move axially from a first position to a second position within the bore. An axial end portion of the component has a first contact surface that is oriented at an angle from about 1° to about 45° with respect to a longitudinal axis extending through the component.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Rui Gao, Sudarsanam Chellappa, James Layne Larsen, Yaou Wang
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Patent number: 9926747Abstract: Signal communications at a drilling system generally includes communicating upwards or downwards from the rig floor. For example, signal communications upwards may comprise the control of a cementing head operation (e.g., actuating cementing head). Signal communications downwards may comprise the activation of tools and their confirmation (e.g., hole opening tools, liner hangers, and packers). Actuation may be performed via umbilicals, for example, via pressure spikes or the dropping of balls, darts, or radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags. However, issues may arise wherein, for example, a ball may not properly land to close a circulation valve. As another example, a cementing head could be over 100 feet above the rig floor, which may make it difficult for signal communications via an umbilical. Accordingly, what is needed are techniques and apparatus for activation of tools and their confirmation by a remote communication system.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLCInventors: Sorin Gabriel Teodorescu, Hallvard Svadberg Hatloy, Tarald Gudmestad, Lev Ring
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Patent number: 9926748Abstract: An oil field tubular has a composite material housing within which is located one or more wireless communication devices with a charge storage device for powering the communication device(s). In a disclosed method of installing a wireless communication device upon an oilfield tubular, a prefabricated composite shell formed with an inner skin and outer skin forming an inner space for containing the wireless communication device is applied to a surface of the tubular so as to form a cavity between the surface of the tubular and the prefabricated composite shell, a bonding material is introduced to the cavity and bonding material is cured.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: RSD2 HOLDING AGInventors: David E. Y. Levie, Richard Ronald Baynham
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Patent number: 9926749Abstract: A threaded connection comprising a pin member formed on an end of a first tubular member. The pin member includes an inner seal pin portion, a threaded pin portion, and an outer seal pin portion. The inner seal pin portion has an inner diameter that is greater than an inner diameter of the outer seal pin portion. A box member is formed on an end of a second tubular member. The box member includes an inner seal box portion, a threaded box portion, and an outer seal box portion. The inner seal box portion has an outer diameter that is greater than an outer diameter of the outer seal box portion. The inner seal pin portion sealingly engages the inner seal box portion and the outer seal pin portion sealingly engages the outer seal box portion when the threaded pin portion is engaged with the threaded box portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Enventure Global Technology Inc.Inventor: Frederick Cornell Bennett
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Patent number: 9926750Abstract: A pressure responsive downhole tool comprises a threaded shearable retaining mechanism which performs the tension sleeve or shear pin function. The threaded shearable retaining mechanism comprises a pin and box thread that shears upon application of a predetermined pressure which may be adjusted based upon the amount of thread engagement. The pin thread may comprise indicators to indicate which thread engagement corresponds to what shear value. A keystone thread design may be utilized such that the thread would be retained along the threaded connection and not become lost in the well. Thus, the present invention allows for each pressure responsive tool to be custom tailored for a specific job.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Paul David Ringgenberg
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Patent number: 9926751Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a ram-style riser tensioner system includes a plurality of cylinders for applying a desired tension to a riser, a support structure coupled to the riser, and a plurality of gas accumulators. Each of the cylinders is coupled to the support structure, and each of the gas accumulators is configured to provide pressurized gas to a corresponding one of the cylinders. The ram-style riser tensioner also includes a plurality of support rods coupled to the support structure for reducing bending moments on the plurality of cylinders.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Dril-Quip, Inc.Inventors: Steven M. Hafernik, Fife B. Ellis
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Patent number: 9926752Abstract: A rod handling assembly 10 has a surface engagement mechanism 12 capable of engaging an exposed surface of a drill rod R and a holding mechanism 14 coupled to the surface engagement mechanism 12. The system 10 and more particularly the mechanisms 12 and 14 engage and hold the rod R from a location radially adjacent a circumferential surface of the rod R inboard of its opposite ends, rather than from an end of the rod R. The surface engagement mechanism 12 is a distributed mechanism having two parts 12a and 12b that act at axially spaced locations on the rod R. The holding mechanism 14 is located and operates on the rod R between these axially spaced locations. The surface engagement mechanism 12 initially operates to engage the surface of the rod R which may for example be lying on a rod tray, to enable the rod to be lifted from a tray. Thereafter the holding mechanism 14 is operable to support and hold the rod.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Swick Mining Services Ltd.Inventors: Wayne Adams, Paul Attiwell, David Christopher Williams
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Patent number: 9926753Abstract: Apparatus and methods include a parking system for a drilling rig. The parking system includes a first track portion extending along a pathway between a well center and a V-door on a drilling rig and a second track portion extending in a transverse direction relative to the first track portion. A trolley is configured to carry a racking device and move along at least a portion of the first track portion and the second track portion between a position in the pathway between well center and the V-door on a drilling rig and a position offline and out of the pathway between well center and the V-door on a drilling rig.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2014Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Nabors Industries, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Magnuson, Marvin Brown, Eric Deutsch, Predrag Radovanovic, Miodrag Djuric
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Patent number: 9926754Abstract: A polymeric rod guide for a sucker rod, said polymeric rod guide having a body surrounding and coaxial with the sucker rod and molded in fixed contact with the rod. The body having a polygonal cross-section and a plurality of blades longitudinally disposed and extending from the body, each blade having a pair of planar longitudinal side walls and an exterior longitudinal edge, each of said blades having a first blade face disposed between a first terminal end of the blade and the exterior longitudinal edge and a second blade face disposed between a second terminal end of the blade and the exterior longitudinal edge, and an area of the body between the longitudinal side wall of a first blade and the longitudinal side wall of an adjacent second blade defines a trough having a plurality of planar surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Tenaris Connections B.V.Inventors: Matias Pereyra, Alejandro Levrino, Bernardo Bouillard
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Patent number: 9926755Abstract: A perforating gun technique. The technique includes perforating with the gun in a manner that deforms internal support structure thereof. Thus, follow-on treatment with a breakup fluid tailored to the material of the support structure may be utilized to dissolve the structure. The carrier of the gun which houses the structure may then be utilized as a conduit for fluid flow.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2014Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Charles Van Petegem, Aleksey Barykin, Philip Kokel, Michael J. Bertoja, Juan Pablo Guerra
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Patent number: 9926756Abstract: Methods of compensating pressure differences between interiors and exteriors of inner barrels of coring tools may involve advancing a coring tool into a wellbore, the coring tool comprising an inner barrel for receiving a core sample cut by the coring tool, a first fluid being sealed within the inner barrel. A second fluid may flow along an exterior of the inner barrel. A pressure difference between the first fluid and the second fluid may be reduced. A volume occupied by the first fluid may be compressed by moving a compensating member. The volume occupied by the first fluid may be expanded by moving the compensating member.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Christoph Wesemeier, Thomas Uhlenberg