Patents Issued in October 16, 2018
  • Patent number: 10098415
    Abstract: According to the various embodiments of the present disclosure, footwear with an enhanced toe post is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the footwear may comprise a sole portion to support and protect a wearer's foot, a strap portion attached to the sole to bind the footwear to a wearer's foot, and at least one toe post passing between a wearer's toes constructed at least partially of memory foam or other cushioning materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: HARI MARI, LLC
    Inventor: Jeremy Carl Stewart
  • Patent number: 10098416
    Abstract: An attachment member which enables a decorative ornament to be affixed either onto a shoe, preferably at a location were a decorative ornament retained on the invention can be visible and cover at least a portion of the shoe and also a portion of the heel of the shoe. It is also a decorative ornament which can be placed around the instep location of a boot or elongated footwear where the decorative ornament can be removably affixed around the instep location of the footwear and has decorative ornaments dangling from the present invention to enable them to be visible on the boot. The addition is an improved bracket to retain the decorative ornament securely on a shoe with at least two bracket retaining arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: A1 Jewellery, Inc.
    Inventor: Setu Doshi
  • Patent number: 10098417
    Abstract: An article of footwear may include an upper configured to receive a foot, and a sole structure fixedly attached to a bottom portion of the upper. The sole structure may include a ground-engaging outer member and the footwear may include a first strand configured to form at least a first lace receiving loop and extending through the outer member of the sole structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryant Russell Klug, Tetsuya T. Minami, James Molyneux
  • Patent number: 10098418
    Abstract: A buckle capable of fixing a folded strap is disclosed, which includes a first buckle member, a second buckle member, and a string. The first connecting portion has a first connecting portion and a first buckling portion, and is adapted to be connected to a strap. The second buckle member has a second connecting portion, a second buckling portion, and an engaging portion, and is adapted to be connected to the strap or another strap. The second buckling portion is adapted to be detachably engaged with the first buckling portion. The string is provided on the engaging portion, and is adapted to fix the strap or the another strap. Said buckle could be applied with any kind of straps, such as belts, straps of a backpack, or waistbands. After the strap is adjusted, a superfluous section of the strap could be folded and then fixed by the string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: Teng-Yao Chang
  • Patent number: 10098419
    Abstract: Unique designs, devices, systems, materials and fabrication methods are provided including adhesive closure devices that are easily released and are suitable for extended/repeated use in a variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Alfred J. Crosby, Michael D. Bartlett, Duncan J. Irschick, Daniel R. King
  • Patent number: 10098420
    Abstract: Elements are made of a polyacetal resin, which can effectively improve the chain crosswise strength while maintaining wear resistance. Provided is a fastener element made of a polyacetal resin composition containing 5 to 30% by mass of reinforcing fibers each having an average fiber diameter of 5 to 15 ?m and a numeric average fiber length of 150 to 500 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Asami, Isamu Michihata, Sayaka Nakamura, Yoshinori Kojima
  • Patent number: 10098421
    Abstract: A sliding member is provided, the sliding member includes a first sliding body, a second sliding body opposite to the first sliding body, a connection body connected between the first sliding body and the second sliding body, a first convex body disposed on the first sliding body, and a second convex body disposed on the first sliding body. The first convex body has two convex ribs and two convex portions disposed on a top side of the first sliding body to respectively adjacent to the two convex ribs. A movable cover body has two sliding portions respectively movably contacting the two convex ribs and respectively separately contacting the two convex portions. A zipper head assembly structure using the sliding member is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: CHUNG CHWAN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Pau Lin
  • Patent number: 10098422
    Abstract: A band device extends longitudinally along an extension direction and at least in sections is formed flexible for placing it around a user's limb. It comprises a first end having a first surface, a second end having a second surface, and a closure device for connecting the first end and the second end to each other such that the first end and the second end are held on each other in a closed position of the closure device, wherein in the closed position the first end with its first surface and the second end with its second surface extend along each other. The closure device comprises at least one engagement element arranged on the first end and at least one engagement opening arranged on the second end, wherein in the closed position of the closure device the at least one engagement element engages the at least one engagement opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Fidlock GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Fiedler, Artur Tucholke, Breido Botkus
  • Patent number: 10098423
    Abstract: A jewelry item that includes a main decorative stem; at least one cap member engaged over the main stem; a first magnet; and a second magnet. The main stem has a channel for receiving the first magnet therein, and the cap member also has a channel for receiving the second magnet therein. Both channels are constructed and arranged so that the first and second magnets are in juxtaposition when the cap member is engaged toward the main stem so that there is a magnetic attraction between the main decorative stem and the cap member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: National Chain Company
    Inventor: Steven A. Cipolla
  • Patent number: 10098424
    Abstract: A cane comprises a handle, a foot, and a flexible flat spring member connecting the handle and the foot. The flexible flat spring member may be positioned to flex forwardly in a direction of travel of a user. The handle end may project rearward from a vertical center of the flat spring member. The cane may further comprise a flexible tube shrouding the flat spring member. The cane may further comprise a rigid strut member aligned with the flat spring member for selectively locking the flat spring member into a rigid condition and a first notch positioned for selectively engaging a lower end of the rigid strut member, such that the flat spring member is locked into a rigid condition when the lower end of the rigid strut member is engaged with the first notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventors: Royce Husted, Joel Husted
  • Patent number: 10098425
    Abstract: An umbrella assembly is provided that includes a frame, a canopy, an extension and a base. The frame includes a post and top piece, a number of arms, a number of connectors, a lift ring and a locking pin. The post includes a number of rod members attached together in adjacent parallel space orientation with a top piece which rotatably attaches to each of a number of arms each arm having a number of arm rod members attached together in adjacent parallel space orientation. Each arm is rotatably attached to one end of a connector. The other end of each connector is rotatably attached to the lift ring. Raising and lowering the lift ring opens and closes the umbrella arms. The locking pin holds the lift ring in an upper position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: John L. Haller
  • Patent number: 10098426
    Abstract: A foldable bag for holding articles including first and second opposing body panels constructed of a foldable material and connected to each other along a pair of sides and a bottom bridging the pair of sides to define an open mouth. The sides and the bottom of the compartment are foldable to collapse the compartment, and the compartment is maintained in the collapsed configuration in a variety of ways. In one embodiment, fastening straps can be provided proximate the mouth and may be rotatably stored within a housing when the foldable bag is in a collapsed state. The fastening straps may be extend outward beyond the sides to releasably engage fastening members on the first panel proximate the bottom when the foldable bag is in an folded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: TUMI, INC.
    Inventor: Elisa Cohen
  • Patent number: 10098427
    Abstract: A soft-sided insulated container assembly is made of a flexible wall structure that is movable between a collapsed position and a deployed position. In one variation of the deployed position it resembles a tote-bag; in another variation of folding the deployed position corresponds to a generally box-like shape. The container includes a self-inflating wall structure that has an inner layer or skin, an outer layer or skin, and a resilient, open-cell insulating layer trapped between the two skins. A valve governs the ability to take in or to expel air. The outer layer may be thicker and more robust that the inner layer, the better to resist abrasion or punctures. The inner layer may be reflective. There may be a removable internal liner. That liner may be transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Melvin S. Mogil, Rick Stephens, Ryan Mather
  • Patent number: 10098428
    Abstract: A rotating spine board washer which utilizes a rotisserie style racking system that allows multiple spine boards to be configured into a tube shape. The tube shaped rack is connected to a motor that rotates the rack 360 degrees repeatedly. Located inside and outside of the hollow tube shaped rack are manifolds that run the length of the rack, with a plurality of spray nozzles located along the manifolds which direct wash solution at the inward facing surface and outward facing surface of the spine boards as they rotate around the fixed spray nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: Izak Van der Merwe
  • Patent number: 10098429
    Abstract: A jewelry box for holding jewelry is disclosed that has an elongate member having a first end and a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface, and that is foldable between an open position and a closed position, where the closed position is a box. A jewelry-receiving member protrudes from the inner surface of the elongate member for movement therewith and defines a receptacle to receive a piece of jewelry. The receptacle, in the open position, is oriented generally perpendicular to the inner surface of the elongate member and, in the closed position, after rotation of the jewelry-receiving member of about 90 degrees, is oriented generally parallel to the inner surface of the elongate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: Roland Krainz
  • Patent number: 10098430
    Abstract: A protection cover, according to various embodiments of the present invention, protects an electronic device and may comprise: a cover unit for covering the electronic device; and a suction unit, provided at the cover unit, for fixing the cover unit including the electronic device to the outside. The device as described above may be implemented in more varied ways according to the embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Hyun Pakr, Jong-Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 10098431
    Abstract: An item of luggage consisting of a plurality of sides sufficient to define a first volumetric space is coupled to a frame. The frame is movable from a first position that supports or reinforces the item to a second position that clears the frame from a surface of the item, allowing access to compartments or features on the item that were impeded by the frame in its first position. In certain embodiments, a pivotable frame is coupled to the item at opposing pivot points on the item. The frame includes a pair of arms, each arm pivotably coupled to the item at a pivot point and extending therefrom. A cross member is disposed between and coupled to the arms. The arms pivotably move the cross member from a first position to a second position. In other embodiments, a modular assembly for a frame allows for compact storage of the frame. A luggage item may also be a modular item in an assembly with a permanent frame or a modular frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Eagle Creek
    Inventors: Mark Davis, Rabe Chad
  • Patent number: 10098432
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking baggage, and identifying baggage having suspicious contents is disclosed. The system includes a baggage handling module, an alert generation module, and a baggage tracking equipment. The baggage handling module scans each baggage and generates a corresponding baggage ID and a baggage image. The baggage handling module identifies at least some of the scanned baggage as being suspicious, subsequent to scanning, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is attached onto the suspicious baggage. A RFID reader scans each baggage to determine the presence of RFID tag, and consequently instructs the alert generation module to generate an alert message notifying the presence of a suspicious baggage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SOMA SEKHAR VEDANTAM
    Inventor: Soma Sekhar Vedantam
  • Patent number: 10098433
    Abstract: An adjustable diameter mechanism includes a plurality of cylinder portions, each of the cylinder portions comprising an arcuate portion of a cylinder and extending along an arc of less than or about 120 degrees of a 360 degree circle and having an inner side and an outer side. The inner side of the cylinder portions are coupled to first ends of a scissors mechanism at a pivot point and a slot of the cylinder portions, the scissors mechanism having a first and a second piece pivotally coupled at a pivot coupling, respective second ends of the scissors mechanism coupled to a respective pair of threaded bolts engaged with a screw having opposing threads meeting at a central point thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: Masood Habibi
  • Patent number: 10098434
    Abstract: Provided is a sprayer usable as a cosmetic mist device and an inhaler. The sprayer includes an air pump, a motor, a battery, a mist nozzle, a tank for storing a mist liquid concentrate, and a vertically long, cylindrical, main body case. The main body case is divided into front and back chambers by a division wall, and the tank is housed in the front chamber. The air pump, the motor, and an electrical component section including the battery are disposed, in this order, in the back chamber. The tank is formed in a vertically long shape occupying most of the front chamber without affecting an outer shape of the main body case. A grip portion is formed in a recessed manner at an upper portion of a back face of the main body case and the air pump and the motor are disposed near the grip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignees: Sunstar Inc., Maxell Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Nishiura, Akio Yonetani, Hironobu Nagano, Kazuhiko Inoue, Yugo Watari, Yusuke Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10098435
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cosmetic product comprising a rubber discharge pad, which comprises radially distributed discharge holes and is made from a rubber material, and discharging the contents through the discharge holes. According to the cosmetic product of the present invention, the degree of discharge of the contents can be suitably controlled during the use of the contents, radial discharge micro-holes on the surface of the rubber discharge pad have a dispersal discharge function, the remaining amount can be minimized since even the contents of the bottom of a container can be readily used by the elasticity of the rubber discharge pad, the cosmetic product can be carried without leakage of the contents since the contents are covered with the rubber discharge pad, and always having the feeling of using a new product is enabled since contact between the external air and contaminants is blocked during the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jung Sun Choi, Hye Ran Ji
  • Patent number: 10098436
    Abstract: An assembly for a container 1 of cosmetic product has a cup support 30 and a cup 10. The cup 10 is configured to receive the cosmetic product. The cup 10 and the cup support 30 are interconnected by a spring connection 20. A container 1 for cosmetic product has such an assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Thomas Bonnin, Frederic Lecureuil
  • Patent number: 10098437
    Abstract: A spuit-type container including a flocking tip having a temporary storage. A lid is coupled to an upper portion of a container body, a pressing button is mounted at an inner upper portion of the lid, a spuit bulb is formed under the pressing button to discharge and suck a cosmetic material, a spuit tube is coupled to a lower portion of the spuit bulb, a coupling part of the flocking tip is formed at a lower end portion of the spuit tube to be coupled to the flocking tip, a temporal storage is formed in the flocking tip to temporarily store the cosmetic material, and the temporal storage is formed therein with a distribution hole. The pressing and then releasing operation of the pressing button by a user operate the spuit bulb so that the spuit tube sucks the cosmetic material stored in the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Young Kim
  • Patent number: 10098438
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a cosmetic package which includes an application member that can be adjusted as per user's convenience for application of a cosmetic or a care product. The cosmetic package includes a dialer which assumes a locked configuration when an applicator is retained on a container and an unlocked configuration when the applicator is disengaged from the container. In the locked configuration, the dialer cannot be actuated to transform profile of an application member of the applicator. A locking member is provided in the package which slidably engages and disengages with the dialer to respectively lock and unlock the actuation of the dialer in respective the locked and the unlocked configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: ZEN DESIGN SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Leo Clifford Pires, Rajesh Deswal, Rahul Bose
  • Patent number: 10098439
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a body-worn unitary harness having a shoulder portion and a waist portion in tensile communication with one another, such that both the shoulder and the waist portions can be simultaneously adjusted using a single adjustment mechanism to conform to a wearer's body. In an illustrative embodiment, a length of webbing may thread through an angle-turning buckle and change direction therein. Tensile forces in the length of webbing may be directed in different directions on either side of the angle-turning buckle. A single clasp may facilitate both donning and doffing of the unitary harness. An implement connector may be coupled to a hip member and configured to connect an implement to the unitary harness. Various exemplary unitary harnesses may provide comfortable implement carrying capacity while automatically adjusting relative waist and shoulder lengths to accommodate a user's movements and positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Jacky Zhu, Zhao Xia Jin, Jimmy Zheng, Bruce Liu, Ning Qin
  • Patent number: 10098440
    Abstract: According to a first aspect, load-bearing systems can have one or more serpentine tensioners. According to another aspect, load-bearing systems can have one or more repositionable load-bearing members. Load-bearing systems having serpentine tensioners and load-bearing systems having repositionable load-bearing members are not mutually exclusive of each other. Accordingly, some disclosed load-bearing systems have a serpentine tensioner in combination with a repositionable load-bearing member. To facilitate disclosure of such principles, wearable packs incorporating one or more aspects of innovative load-bearing systems are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: The North Face Apparel Corp.
    Inventor: John Ly
  • Patent number: 10098441
    Abstract: A personal protection device including a front body armor carrier and a pack. The front body armor carrier includes a torso portion, two shoulder portions, and a handle. The torso portion has an upper portion, an opposing lower portion, a first side extending from the upper portion to the lower portion, and a second side opposing the first side and extending from the upper portion to the lower portion. The first shoulder portion extends away from the upper portion proximate the first side while the second shoulder portion extends away from the upper portion proximate the second side. The handle has two ends, each secured to the lower portion forming an opening between the handle and the lower portion. The pack is removably secured to the front body armor carrier and adapted to carry the front body armor carrier in a non-deployed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Ballistipax, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Holloman, David Malis
  • Patent number: 10098442
    Abstract: A carrying system comprising four carrying straps wherein a first and a third carrying strap are provided with a connecting body which is fixed at an end of each of the two carrying straps, and each and one of the remaining second and fourth carrying straps are provided with each a fastening body which is fixed at the corresponding end of the carrying strap, wherein said at least one connecting body is adapted to connect said respective fastening bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: VIGMED AB
    Inventor: Claes Bergkvist
  • Patent number: 10098443
    Abstract: A hydration device is provided that includes a sleeve that is worn securely on a limb, such as a forearm, of a user and contains a bladder for holding liquid such as water, sports drinks, etc. The bladder is removable and includes a refill port and a drinking valve. The hydration device can be designed to absorb impacts while being worn, yet is light-weight and flexible enough to conform to the user's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Sinergy, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Butler
  • Patent number: 10098444
    Abstract: A phone security case with ejection mechanism having a case body, a pair of support arms, and a swivelable belt clip disposed on the case body. An ejection mechanism, a central processing unit, a tethering mechanism, a message sensor mechanism, a rechargeable battery, and a speaker are also disposed on the case body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: Bengy Deetjen
  • Patent number: 10098445
    Abstract: An apparatus for an improved toilet bowl cleaner with removable cleaning brush head. The apparatus provides a more simplistic design than previous toilet bowl cleaners with removable brush ends by providing an actuator release button and trigger assembly that functions primarily with a series of rods and springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Worldwide Integrated Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred I. Morad, Robert A. Acosta
  • Patent number: 10098446
    Abstract: A two-component brush and methods of providing same, including a method in which first and second bristle portion are each separately glued together at the base, and then the bases are cut into “A” and “B” section, and the “A” section of the first bristle portion is combined with the “B” section of the second bristle portion. Also included is a method which includes the use of a two-section mold into which first and second bristle portions are placed into first and second mold portions, and the first and second bristle portions are fixed together before being removed. Also included is a dual sided retractable configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Anisa International, Inc.
    Inventors: Anisa Telwar Kaicker, Kyoung Ae Jang
  • Patent number: 10098447
    Abstract: An oral-care implement comprises a mounting surface having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a plurality of filaments outwardly extending from the mounting surface in at least one direction not parallel to either one of the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis, each filament having a free end terminating with a tip. At least some of the filaments possess at least one functional characteristic selected from the group consisting of filament's structure, composition, cross-sectional shape, tip geometry, and any combination thereof. A plurality of filament tips comprises a working surface that includes at least a first color and a second color different from the first color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew Lloyd Newman, Li Wen, Elizabeth Ann Brown Reno, Jens Alinski
  • Patent number: 10098448
    Abstract: The toothbrush timer is a timing device that is configured for use with a toothbrush. The toothbrush is further defined with a bristle end and a grip end. The toothbrush timer removably attaches to the grip end of the toothbrush. The timing device is a countdown timer that times the duration of brushing activities. The toothbrush timer comprises a toothbrush, a sheath, and a timing circuit. The timing circuit is contained within the sheath. The sheath attaches to the toothbrush. To use the toothbrush timer, the timing circuit is initiated and the toothbrush is used normally until the timing circuit has completed its countown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: Timothy Beach
  • Patent number: 10098449
    Abstract: A rotary engaging assembly includes a first fixed seat, a second fixed seat, a movable rotatable block, and an engaging block. The second fixed seat is fixedly connected with the first fixed seat and has a protruding portion facing the first fixed seat, and the protruding portion has an engaging block accommodating space. The movable rotatable block has a perforating hole and is sleeved on the protruding portion, and the movable rotatable block has a first groove and a second groove formed at an edge of the perforating hole. The engaging block is restricted within the engaging block accommodating space and movable within the engaging block accommodating space. The engaging block can be engaged with the first groove or the second groove, and the engaging block move within the engaging block accommodating space to be engaged or disengaged with the movable rotatable block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: HANGZHOU DECHANG HARDWARE & FURNITURE CO., LTD
    Inventor: Dechang Chen
  • Patent number: 10098450
    Abstract: A tray system including a tray; a pad coupled to a proximal end of the tray; a lip having a U-shaped configuration, the lip extending away from a top surface of the tray, the lip located adjacent a periphery of a bottom surface of the tray; and a plurality of fixing elements extending from the top surface. The plurality of fixing elements includes a pair of substantially elongated protrusions extending away from the top surface; and a circular loop. The tray system includes an anchoring system hinged to the bottom surface of the tray and includes at least one clamp. Each clamp includes a proximal portion having a C-shaped frame defining a first end; a distal portion integrally connected to and extending from the proximal portion, the distal portion defining a G-shaped clamp and configured as a resilient arm; and a screw threadably connected to the resilient arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventors: Amber Brewer, Laura Brewer
  • Patent number: 10098451
    Abstract: A table with a height-adjustable table top, supporting structures and at least one strap that connects the supporting structures and the table top together, so that the table top is supported by being suspended by the strap on the supporting structures. The table includes a mechanism for manually adjusting the height of the table top that includes a winding disk rotatably mounted relative to the table top, and a spring element non-positively connected to the winding disk, wherein the strap is connected to the winding disk. The table top is adjustable between a lower height in which the strap is minimally wound onto the winding disk and an upper height in which the strap is maximally wound onto the winding disk. The spring element is maximally tensioned when the table top is at the lower height and is minimally tensioned when the table top is at the upper height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: VITRA PATENTE AG
    Inventor: Stefan Keller
  • Patent number: 10098452
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-holder for learning, capable of holding a book or a smart pad thereon and comprising: a body; a first device for folding a support unit hinge-coupled to one side of the lower part of the body so as to be rotatable around a hinge shaft; a second device for folding a support unit hinge-coupled to the other side of the lower part of the body so as to be rotatable around a hinge shaft formed parallel with the hinge shaft; a folding floor plate device formed to be rotatable around the hinge shaft at a lower end portion of the body so as to erect and support the body; and a fixing device sliding in the longitudinal direction of the body so as to be adjustable in height, and formed at the upper portion of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: HOWMEME CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Da Hyun Ko
  • Patent number: 10098453
    Abstract: A foldable greening rack, a plurality of first supporting rods are overlaid and intersect with a plurality of second supporting rods, they are in hinged connection through rivets to form the latticed greening rack; an upper end face of a base is centrally provided with a first column; the upper end of the first column is provided with a first cone boss; an upper end face of the first cone boss is centrally provided with a second column; an upper end of the second column is provided with a second cone boss; the outer diameter of the first cone boss and the outer diameter of the base are both greater than the outer diameter of the first column, the outer diameter of the second cone boss is greater than the outer diameter of the second column, and the outer diameter of the first cone boss is greater than the outer diameter of the second cone boss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG MINZO NEW MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cungao Xu, Baohua Wang
  • Patent number: 10098454
    Abstract: A modular bottle rack includes at least two modular units laterally mounted to each other. Each modular unit includes a main frame and a basket mounted onto the main frame, wherein the bracket is selectively reciprocally moved relative to the main frame due to a height of the bottle supported on the main frame. Two fasteners are screwed onto the bracket for selectively positioning the bracket on the main frame. The main frame includes is divided into an assembling portion and a supporting portion, wherein a first connecting structure and a second connecting structure are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the assembling portion, and the first connecting structure is assembled to a second connecting structure of an adjacent modular unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: Chih-Chien Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10098455
    Abstract: A method of installing an under-mount apron-front sink to a cabinet includes placing an under-mount apron-front sink onto a portion of the cabinet, wherein the under-mount apron-front sink extends through an opening disposed in a front wall of the cabinet and sliding the under-mount apron-front sink in a rearward direction through the opening until a front apron of the sink engages the front wall of the cabinet, wherein the front apron comprises a left end and a right end. A lateral distance between the left end and the right end of the front apron is greater than a lateral width of the opening of the cabinet such that the front apron at least partially overlaps the opening such that the opening is not visible with the sink installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: Shawn J. Booth, James S. Giefer
  • Patent number: 10098456
    Abstract: This invention relates to a built-in electrical household appliance (1), suitable for being housed inside a built-in furniture unit (2), the furniture unit comprising a lateral wall defining a surface (4) and a unit door (6) attached to said lateral surface (4) by means of hinges (10a, 10b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N. V.
    Inventors: Marco Beni, Augusto Buosi, Vittorio Velli, Michele Meneghin
  • Patent number: 10098457
    Abstract: Disclosed is a convertible article of furniture. The article includes a pair of side rails, with braces formed along an intermediate extent of the side rails. A series of pivotal support bars are also positioned along the pair of side rails. Forwardly and rearwardly located legs are included for supporting the side rails above the ground. The legs are pivotally related to the side rails. The article also includes a series of shelves, with each shelf being pivotally mounted between the pair of side rails. As such, the support bars can be used to selectively support the shelves at an angle relative to the side rails. Alternatively, the shelves can be supported by the braces such that the shelves are aligned with the side rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: Gilles Robert Gagne
  • Patent number: 10098458
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a pallet station (1). The pallet station (1) comprises a storage surface in the form of a shelf (5). The shelf (5) is received on support beams (4) arranged between transversal beams (3). Support rails (6) are attached to the shelf (5) by means of hook elements (14, 16). The hook elements (14, 16) used for attaching the support rails (6) are beam hooks (14) and/or net hooks (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: INTER IKEA SYSTEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Mikael Lindmark, Allan Dickner
  • Patent number: 10098459
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes first and second rails, a stop, a first engaging member, and a first releasing member. The second rail can be displaced between a retracted position and an extended position with respect to the first rail. The stop is located at the first rail. The first engaging member, movably connected to the second rail, is at an engaged position with respect to the stop when the second rail is at the retracted position with respect to the first rail. The first releasing member is configured to operatively drive the first engaging member away from the engaged position so that the second rail can be displaced from the retracted position toward the extended position with respect to the first rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chi-Wei Wu, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10098460
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a hang rod bracket may include a tab along an upper portion of the hang rod bracket. A shelf bracket may include a resiliently flexible tang along a lower portion of the shelf bracket. The resiliently flexible tang may be resiliently movable in a first direction when impinged by the tab of the hang rod bracket, such as during installation of the hang rod bracket onto the shelf bracket. The resiliently flexible tang may be resiliently movable in a second, opposite direction when the tab is not impinging the resiliently flexible tang, such as after the hang rod bracket has been fully installed onto the shelf bracket and the tab has been rearwardly moved beyond the resiliently flexible tang. The resiliently flexible tang may engage the tab to inhibit forward movement of the hang rod bracket along the shelf bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Clairson, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Wayne Brinton, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10098461
    Abstract: A unique apparatus and method for mounting an under-cabinet storage system which provides opposed arms having a ratchet mechanism, a sliding anchor bar, and a stationary anchor bar, and fixedly connected to one another by a central support. The under-cabinet storage system does not require tools, hardware, or fasteners to install or remove from the base of a cabinet and is hidden except for the storage compartment that is used to attach a variety of accessories including, but not limited to, cutlery or knife blocks, shelves, paper towel holders, hooks, lights, harnesses, or other structures where drilling holes and using penetrating fasteners are unwarranted, inconvenient, or ill-advised; such as cabinets in kitchens, baths, campers, boats, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: K-BLOC, LLC
    Inventor: Anton J. Volovsek
  • Patent number: 10098462
    Abstract: A ready-to-assemble upholstered and non-upholstered chair consisting of factory assembled sub-assemblies reducing the number of overall parts and assembly hardware which decreases the packaged cubic measure allowing more units to be loaded into shipping containers and trailers, inventoried in warehouses and distribution centers and displayed in retail outlets thereby reducing transportation and handling costs, while simplifying and expediting the assembly process. The invention includes a seat box sub-assembly so constructed to allow a portion of the chair back leg sub-assembly to nest therein reducing the package profile and cubic measure, as well as a front leg sub-assembly. The front leg and back leg sub-assemblies are assembled utilizing a left and right tenoned side rail which inserts into mortises on the front and back leg assemblies. The leg sub-assemblies are secured with a metal bolt, threaded on each end, housed longitudinally within a routed channel running on the exterior face of each side rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventors: Zheng Yao, Douglas Tripp
  • Patent number: 10098463
    Abstract: The ergonomic seat cushion is adapted to receive the buttocks and coccyx of a person in such a manner that a person sits comfortably for extended periods of time. The ergonomic seat cushion comprises a plurality of rings and an upholstery. The upholstery covers the plurality of rings. The location of the aperture within each ring selected from the plurality of rings suspends a body part selected from the group consisting of the left buttock, the right buttock, or the coccyx. This suspension relieves the selected body part from carrying the weight of the person during sitting. Furthermore, the inner perimeter of the selected ring provides lateral pressure against the body of the person providing further support and comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: Peggy Cheng
  • Patent number: 10098464
    Abstract: A support structure for at least partially supporting a user's head is described. The support structure comprises a frame having a head engaging portion and a shoulder engaging portion, the shoulder engaging portion adapted to spread the load of the user's head over a user's shoulder, the frame being shaped to the contour of the user's body from the head engaging portion to the shoulder engaging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Coolside Limited
    Inventors: David Kellock, Michael Corrigan