Patents Issued in August 18, 2020
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Patent number: 10745890Abstract: A tooth system for a cutter head includes a tooth member comprising a cutting portion and a mounting portion with at least one curved surface, a holder comprising a receiving portion with a curved surface complementary to the at least one curved surface of the tooth member, the receiving portion for receiving the mounting portion of the tooth member. The mounting portion of the tooth member detachably engages the holder such that when engaged, the at least one curved surface of the tooth member and the receiving portion curved surface contact each other at a contact area.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: IHC Holland IE B.V.Inventors: Eugenius Petrus Elisabeth Marie Cleophas, Roelof Breken
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Patent number: 10745891Abstract: The tooth adapter partly inserted into a cavity formed in a tooth to hold the tooth with respect to a bucket body includes a connection portion including a proximal end, which is an end of the tooth adapter connected to the bucket body, and an insertion portion including a distal end, which is an end of the tooth adapter inserted into the cavity. The insertion portion includes a base, and a high-hardness portion formed in a region including a surface of the insertion portion, the high-hardness portion being higher in hardness than the base.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: KOMATSU LTD., HENSLEY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Shohei Ikurumi, Dan Yumoto, Stanley Ignacio, Takanori Nagata
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Patent number: 10745892Abstract: According to embodiments of the present disclosure is a water delivery system that continuously flows and recirculates clean water, diverting only water that has touched a user's hands. No sensing is required to activate the water flow and the actions of the user effectively divert the dirty water to a drain. The water delivery system comprises a clean water outlet, a clean water inlet, a dirty water drain, and a circulation pump. A stream of water continuously flows from the outlet and is received by the water inlet if the stream is uninterrupted. If the stream is disturbed, such as by the hand washing activities of the user, the stream is diverted from the inlet and instead falls into a sink and into the drain.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Inventor: Mazen I. Dauleh
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Patent number: 10745893Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating water conservation and smart water control are provided. Water conservation and smart water control can be achieved using a smart water apparatus having the ability to approximate distance, mass, and/or specific characteristics of an object such as a human or inanimate object and adjust flow rate of water and/or temperature of the water based on the approximated distance, mass, and/or specific characteristics of an object. The smart water apparatus can be embodied, for example, in a network connected shower head or a network connected faucet.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Brian Silverstein, Lawrence Chang, Mary Reilly, David Sloo
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Patent number: 10745894Abstract: An universal embedding system (1) for sanitary faucets and fittings comprising three macro groups, a first universal embedding macro group, a second macro group of functional components (1B) such as mixers and switch valves and a third macro group of aesthetic parts (1C), wherein the first macro group comprises six connecting plugs for inlets (3?) and outlets, which can freely be chosen.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: FIR ITALIA S.P.A.Inventor: Nicola Colombo
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Patent number: 10745895Abstract: An auto-retracting faucet spray head has an auto-retract mechanism, which includes a docking assembly provided at the end of the faucet body to facilitate automatic retraction and docking of the spray head. The docking assembly includes a spring-loaded mechanism that automatically docks the spray head to the faucet body when an adapter coupled to the spray head engages the docking assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2015Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: AS America, Inc.Inventor: Hsiao Chang Li
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Patent number: 10745896Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a shower device and a shower controlling device. The shower controlling device comprises: a tube structure having a first inlet tube, a second inlet tube and an outlet tube; a mixing valve having mixing chamber which is in fluid communication with the outlet tube and is maintained to be in fluid communication with at least one of the first inlet tube and second inlet tube; a switching valve which is spaced apart from the mixing valve and is suitable for controlling the switching on/off of the outlet tube; a mounting disc provided to be spaced apart from the tube structure; and a transferring and adjusting mechanism which is mounted between the switching valve and the mounting disc in such a manner that the length of the mechanism is adjustable, and is able to operate the switching valve under an external force.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: Xiamen Lota International Co., LTd., La Vida Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Liming Ye, Jianping Zhou, Shuanglin Bai, Lucheng Wang
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Patent number: 10745897Abstract: A flush-mounted built-in body for a sanitary fitting, having at least one valve for a liquid having a rotatable flow regulator and a threaded shaft, wherein the threaded shaft can be actuated for opening and closing the at least one valve in an axial direction of the at least one valve, having at least one push button for actuating the threaded shaft of the at least one valve in the axial direction, wherein the at least one push button comprises an intermediate part, screwable with the threaded shaft, for setting the at least one push button in the desired position in the axial direction and a cover cap that can be connected nonrotatably to the threaded shaft for securing the intermediate part in the desired position, and having at least one rotating knob for adjusting a flow rate of the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Grohe AGInventors: Daniel Berghoff, Yukiko Toyoda
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Patent number: 10745898Abstract: A toilet that includes a bowl, a wall extending from the bowl and having an opening, and a mounting assembly. The mounting assembly has a base mountable to an object; a clamping member rotatably coupled to the base about an axis of rotation, the clamping member having a bore; and an adjusting member extending along a longitudinal axis through the opening and the bore. The longitudinal axis is transverse to the axis of rotation, and rotation of the adjusting member in a first direction about the longitudinal axis rotates the clamping member about the axis of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Daniel N. Halloran, Randy O. Mesun
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Patent number: 10745899Abstract: A modular waxless seal for sealing a connection between a bottom of a toilet and a floor flange, the floor flange comprising a central aperture and opposing fasteners that extend upwardly from the floor flange, the seal comprises a rubber seal portion and at least one foam ring disposed above the top surface of the sealing ring of the rubber seal portion. The rubber seal portion and the foam rings comprise opposing ears that extend outwardly and each opposing ear comprises an aperture that aligns with one of the opposing fasteners of the floor flange.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: LAVELLE INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventor: Kevin J. Guthrie
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Patent number: 10745900Abstract: A catch basin trap for mounting in an opening in a side wall of a catch basin. A preferred catch basin trap has a body with a front side for facing outwardly to outside of the catch basin, and a back side for facing inwardly to inside of the catch basin. An inlet opening is provided in the back side of the body for receiving drainage water from inside of the catch basin. An outlet opening is provided in the front side of the body for discharging the drainage water to the outside of the catch basin. A flexible outlet pipe connector extends outwardly from the outlet opening, configured for watertight coupling to an outlet pipe positioned outside of the catch basin. The catch basin trap provides a water flow path for drainage water from inside of the catch basin to the outlet pipe.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Decast Ltd.Inventor: Mario Recchia
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Patent number: 10745901Abstract: A building structure system and method includes a plurality of columns each having a uniform shape and size, a plurality of baseplates, a plurality of sleeves, and a plurality of support beams each having a uniform shape and size. Each of the columns include protrusions a first distance from each end of the column. Each sleeve is sized to receive two columns vertically and to position the ends of the received columns together while the protrusions of each of the received columns engage both ends of the sleeve. Apertures on the columns, baseplates and sleeves align to receive connectors. Each of the uniform beams are positioned horizontally between the columns and are joined to a sleeve at both ends. When so positioned, the top end of the sleeve will extend above the beam and flooring material so as to receive another column after the flooring material has cured.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Steel Worx Solutions LLCInventor: Johannes Steyl
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Patent number: 10745902Abstract: A bracket for hanging a joist with respect to a vertical surface includes a brace having a top, an opposed bottom, a front, and an opposed back. An extends from the back of the brace, proximate the top. A boom, proximate the bottom, extends from the back of the brace to a flange, and a gap is defined between the ear and the flange. The ear and the flange are independently poseable with respect to the brace.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Farm Boy Builder, LLCInventor: Jeffrey L. Getz
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Building including horizontally-oriented reinforced transfer beams and a fabrication method therefor
Patent number: 10745903Abstract: A building that includes a lower structural pad disposed on a foundation is described, and includes columns disposed on the lower structural pad, including a first of the columns being separated from a second of the columns by a first span. The building includes a plurality of horizontally-oriented reinforced transfer beams, wherein each of the reinforced transfer beams spans between the first of the columns and the second of the columns. The building includes a vertical support core including a first vertically-oriented structural spine and a second vertically-oriented structural spine that are disposed on the reinforced transfer beams and separated by a second span. The second span associated with the first and second vertically-oriented structural spine is less than the first span associated with the first and second of the columns. Each of the reinforced transfer beams includes a steel beam and a carbon-fiber reinforcement element.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: BIG TIME INVESTMENT, LLCInventors: Stephen T. Houston, Brian K. Threet -
Patent number: 10745904Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a connector set for connecting beams from wood material, in particular solid wood, glued laminated wood, laminated veneer wood, or plywood board, in particular for connections that are under a compressive as well as a tensile load, wherein a connector has at least one plate-shaped portion for insertion into prefabricated slots in the beam or the beams, wherein at least the plate-shaped portion of the connector is composed of synthetic resin densified wood, wherein the synthetic resin densified wood is composed of a plurality of hardwood layers disposed on top of one another and synthetic resin, and wherein wood screws for fixing the connector are provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: SWG Schraubenwerk Gaisbach GmbHInventor: Henning Ernst
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Patent number: 10745905Abstract: A structural insulated building unit is provided for constructing a building. The structural insulated building unit includes an insulating core, first and second cementitious panels, and a connecting portion. The insulating core is defined by multiple sides and opposing first and second faces. The first and second cementitious panels are coupled to the first and second faces of the insulating core. The connecting portion is provided on one of the sides of the insulating core, and aligns the structural insulated building unit with an adjacent structural insulated building unit having a complementary connecting portion when constructing a building.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Omnis Advanced Technologies, LLCInventors: Simon K. Hodson, Jonathan K. Hodson
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Patent number: 10745906Abstract: A floor plate for a building having a vertical support core is described, and includes first and second girders arranged in parallel and slidably disposed on opposed sides of the vertical support core. Each of the first and second girders includes a vertically-oriented web portion and a flange portion. The floor plate also includes a plurality of framing members, wherein each of the framing members includes a medial beam attached to first and second cantilevered beams. The medial beams are disposed between the first and second girders. The first and second cantilevered beams are threaded through apertures of the first and second girders and joined to the respective medial beam, and define first and second cambers. The first and second cambers are selected to achieve a flat horizontal surface on an upper surface of the floor plate when the floor plate is fixedly attached to the vertical support core.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: BIG TIME INVESTMENT, LLCInventors: Stephen T. Houston, Joseph Michael Benvenuto, Aleksei Ivanikiw
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Patent number: 10745907Abstract: A rolling block restraint connector for forming a moment resisting connection at a joint intersection between a continuous column and at least a first continuous beam that intersects the continuous column is disclosed. The connector includes a first restraint assembly, a second restraint assembly, wherein the second restraint assembly is configured to be located diagonally across the joint intersection from the first restraint assembly, a first linkage that couples the first restraint assembly with the second restraint assembly, the first linkage including (i) a first saddle configured to couple with an exterior of a first end of a first tubular shaft of the first restraint assembly, and (ii) a second saddle configured to couple with an exterior of a first end of a second tubular shaft of the second restraint assembly, and a second linkage that couples the first restraint assembly with the second restraint assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Inventor: Timothy William Canby
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Patent number: 10745908Abstract: A mounting system for mounting an external structure, such as a deck, with a building includes an anchor frame that couples with structural elements of the building and a bracket that couples with both the external structure and the anchor frame for securement. The anchor frame includes a plate element configured for mounting against a board of a building and anchor elements extending from the plate element and configured for mounting against a second board of a building. The bracket has a first face portion configured for coupling with the anchor frame and a second face portion spaced from the first face portion and configured for mounting with an external structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Studer Residential Designs, Inc.Inventors: Paul Studer, Michael Frimming, Michael A. Studer, Donald Roenker
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Patent number: 10745909Abstract: A corner siding product may include a plurality of panels. Each panel may include a front face with a simulated pattern and an inner wall formed along a perimeter of the panel. The corner siding product may further include a clip that is configured engage each panel to hold the panels together and form a corner.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATIONInventors: David J. Stucky, Stephen W. Steffes
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Patent number: 10745910Abstract: This disclosure discloses a wet seal system for use with a wall comprised of exterior insulated wall panels wherein the wet seal system is used with caulking to seal the joints between the exterior insulated wall panels. The wet seal system generally comprises a vertical seal, a horizontal seal, an upper wet core plug and a lower wet core plug, wherein each of the vertical seal, horizontal seal, upper wet core plug and lower wet core plug is configured to compress such that the wet seal system can seal walls with large construction tolerances.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: INVENT TO BUILD INC.Inventor: Michael R. Strickland
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Patent number: 10745911Abstract: The disclosure provides example drainage channels, drainage systems, building walls and methods. An example drainage channel includes a drainage panel for conveying water within a building wall. The drainage panel is impermeable and has a first end and a second end. A support panel is coupled to the first end or the second end of the drainage panel such that the support panel is configured to be arranged vertically relative to the building wall. The drainage panel is configured to be arranged either perpendicular to an exterior sheathing of the building wall or angled downward from the first end of the drainage panel toward both the second end of the drainage panel and the exterior sheathing of the building wall.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: INNOVATION CALUMET LLCInventor: Gary R. Johnson
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Patent number: 10745912Abstract: This invention relates to architecture techniques, and more particularly to an assembled double steel-concrete composite shear wall embedded with a damping interlayer, which includes a double steel layer, a double damping interlayer and a concrete layer. The shear wall is formed by bolted bar joints. The double steel layer includes two first steel plates which are arranged along a length of the assembled double steel-concrete composite shear wall in a parallel manner and two second steel plates along a width of the assembled double steel-concrete composite shear wall. The double damping interlayer includes a first damping interlayer which locates between the first steel plates and the concrete layer and a second damping interlayer which surrounds the bolted bar joints and is surrounded by a steel tube.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Inventor: Chunwei Zhang
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Patent number: 10745913Abstract: A device for compensating for the natural shrinkage of building materials includes one or more gear members mounted on a base plate. A fastener extends through a hole in the base plate and axially fixed relative to the gear member. The gear member is engaged with teeth in the base plate and rotatable relative to the fastener. The axis of rotation of the gear member is not aligned with its central axis. The base plate can be securely fastened to a first building member with the fastener axially fixed relative to a second building member but not axially fixed relative to the base plate and first building member.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: OMG, Inc.Inventors: Mark A. Dicaire, Jonathan W. Dezielle
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Patent number: 10745914Abstract: A curved brace is described herein. In some embodiments, the curved brace includes a base plate that has a proximal segment with one or more fastener apertures that is configured to confront a vertical post, a distal segment located distal to the proximal segment that includes one or more fastener apertures that is configured to confront a lateral beam and a curved middle segment located between the proximal and distal segments. A support plate with a curved base as well as a curved free edge may be attached to the base plate. The curved middle segment of the base plate may have an apex facing the apex angle formed at the connection of the lateral beam to the support beam. Methods of using and manufacturing the curved brace are also described.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: FOX HARDWOOD LUMBER COMPANY, LLCInventor: Samuel Fox
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Patent number: 10745915Abstract: A truss structure is suitable for supporting lighting fixtures is provided which employs wheeled leg carriages to support such trusses during transport. Each leg carriage has two legs, one extending vertically from each end of an elongated crossmember. A caster is attached proximate to the bottom of each leg. The top of each leg can be inserted in a tube fixed in a corner of the truss, elevating the truss so as to produce a volume below the truss structure into which lighting fixtures and other loads can safely project during transport. The ground clearance produced is determined by the amount that the leg is inserted in the tube and an improvement allows the retention of a mechanical stop in the tube that determines the amount of insertion allowed. Stiffeners used to brace two leg carriages, one to the other, are provided with features that allow their use in forming a cart for storing leg carriages not in use.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Inventor: Michael Callahan
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Patent number: 10745916Abstract: A coupler may include a first chuck, the first chuck including an outer surface and first external threads and a second chuck, the second chuck including an outer surface and second external threads having a reverse orientation relative to the first external threads. The coupler may also include a coupler body including a first end, a second end, and a passageway extending between the first end and the second end, the first end secured to the first chuck, the second end secured to the second chuck, the first end including first internal threads engaging the first external threads, the second end including second internal threads engaging the second external threads.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: PRECISION-HAYES INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Norris Hayes, Paul Hohensee, Thomas Mathews, Tim Beaver
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Patent number: 10745917Abstract: A thermal bridge-free insulation assembly may include hangers to support insulation in an attic. The hanger may include an axis, a proximal end coupled to a rafter, and a distal end coupled to a barrier. The hanger also may include at least two components that are axially movable relative to each other to selectively adjust a depth of an insulation space.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: CERTAINTEED CORPORATIONInventors: Jean-Philippe Ndobo-Epoy, Todd P. DiNoia, Andrew Clyde Brandt, Luc Pierre Vitry, Valerio Massara, Conor Patrick McDonald, Kenneth D Forsythe, Eric Nilsson
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Patent number: 10745918Abstract: Disclosed herein is a projector sunshade for projecting an image of a logo onto a surface. The projector sunshade includes a UV-treated sheet, a first area on the UV-treated sheet including a shape of the logo, the first area being substantially transparent to light from an illumination source; and a second area surrounding the first area and including a lower transparency to the light relative to the first area.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Inventor: Boaz Fringero
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Patent number: 10745919Abstract: A staircase assembly is installed in a multi-story building, including first and second flights of stairs that are hingably coupled to a landing, and a plurality of vertically-oriented columns coupled to the landing. The staircase assembly is assembled into a first liftable floor plate, and is disposed in a folded arrangement when the liftable floor plate is positioned at an assembly level elevation. The staircase assembly is disposed in an unfolded arrangement when the first liftable floor plate is positioned at a first design level elevation and a second liftable floor plate that is positioned at a second design level elevation below the first liftable floor plate.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: BIG TIME INVESTMENT, LLCInventors: Stephen T. Houston, Nicholas Joseph Kalinski
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Patent number: 10745920Abstract: The present invention is directed to a building panel having a laminate structure, the laminate structure including a topcoat layer comprising a first intumescent composition, a cellulosic veneer layer, an adhesive layer formed from an adhesive composition comprising a second intumescent composition, and a metallic substrate layer and wherein the cellulosic veneer layer is at least partially bonded to the metallic substrate by the adhesive layer. The resulting building panel exhibits superior flame retardancy resulting in a Class A fire rating, according to ASTM E-84.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: AWI Licensing LLCInventors: Marsha S. Bischel, Kenneth P. Kehrer, Lida Lu, Michelle X. Wang
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Patent number: 10745921Abstract: Floor covering, made of floor elements, which, at least at two opposite sides, comprise a male and a female coupling part, which allow that two of such floor elements can be interconnected at the respective sides at the respective sides by pushing one of these floor elements with the associated male coupling part, by means of a downward movement, home into the female coupling part of the other floor element, wherein at least one of said coupling parts, either the male coupling part or the female coupling part, is made as least partially in a filled synthetic material composite, such as extruded wood.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARLInventor: Mark Cappelle
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Patent number: 10745922Abstract: A floor panel for forming a floor covering comprises a substrate consisting of at least two substrate layers differing in density and, on at least one pair of opposite edges, is provided with coupling parts of the so-called push-lock type. Vertically active locking surfaces, where they cooperate in the coupled condition of two of such floor panels, define a tangent line which is horizontal or does not deviate more than 50 degrees from the horizontal. The locking surfaces are situated closer to the upper side of the first substrate layer than to the lower side of the first substrate layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARLInventor: Pieter Devos
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Patent number: 10745923Abstract: The moisture vapor reduction system of the present invention comprises of as a first component the special mineral adhesive, being a hydraulic mineral adhesive, which comprises filling materials selected from the group of mineral fillers and/or plastic fillers and further comprises a binding material composition selected from the group consisting of Portland cement clinker, calcium-sulfo-aluminate and mixtures thereof, combined with an excess of a sulfate providing agent and further comprises as a second component a cover, e.g. a sheet or foil, made out of a waterproof and/or vapor-retarding material.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Velosit GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Jens Hofele
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Patent number: 10745924Abstract: An angle adjustable tread holding bracket comprising a first bracket member having a first triangular shaped body member including a first opening; and a second bracket member rotationally attached to the first bracket member via a pin hinge member, wherein the second bracket member includes a second triangular shaped body member having a U-shaped slot allowing the first triangular shaped body member of the first bracket member to be inserted into the U-shaped slot enabling the angle of the tread holding bracket to be adjusted, wherein the second triangular shaped body member includes an arcuate groove and a second opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Inventor: Regis Jean
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Patent number: 10745925Abstract: For one sided anchoring of two casing elements the invention proposes an anchor including an anchor rod with a thread and an anchor head that is rotationally fixed at the anchor rod to drive the anchor to rotate. A first reaction bearing is arranged at a fixed distance from the anchor head, wherein an enveloping tube that is arrangeable on the anchor rod is supported at the first reaction bearing, wherein a sleeve that forms a second reaction bearing for a casing element that is remote from the anchor head is arranged at another end of the enveloping tube. The invention facilitates one sided anchoring.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: MEVA Schalungs-Systeme GmbHInventors: Gerhard Dingler, Rick Schille, Jean-Luc Schott
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Patent number: 10745926Abstract: A sump drain includes a ring-shaped chamber having an inner sidewall with a diameter of at least about 18 inches and an outer sidewall, and a circular opening between the sidewalls preferably about an inch wide and optionally having a grid cover. Preferably the inner sidewall has a number of ports extending inwardly to radial conduits to a central hub for tying into a pool or spa filtering system, with the central hub operating as a clean out and having a removable cap. Upon installation, plaster substantially fills the space between the chamber and the central hub, such that the sump drain attractively blends in with the pool or spa floor. When installed, the top opening is preferably substantially flush with the pool or spa floor while being safely unblockable. And the sump drain preferably further includes channels both outboard and inboard from the chamber top opening and around the central hub, to help prevent water from passing through the plaster into the shotcrete of the pool or spa.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Inventor: Olaf Mjelde
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Patent number: 10745927Abstract: A robotic pool cleaner for cleaning surfaces of a pool including a housing having an upper portion disposed over a base to define an interior chamber. The base includes a water inlet and the upper portion has at least one water discharge port for discharging filtered water. Rotatably-mounted supports support and guide the cleaner along a pool surface. A filter assembly filters water drawn through the water inlet. An electric motor mounted in the interior chamber is configured to move the cleaner on a pool surface. The electric motor receives power from a remote power source via a two-wire power cable. An electrical circuit having at least one orientation sensor is provided on-board the cleaner. The circuit is configured to provide an electrical signal to the remote power supply over the two-wire cable when the cleaner changes its orientation by a predetermined amount with respect to the pool surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: AQUA PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Kameshwar Durvasula, Mark Sphilman, Ethan Hanan
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Patent number: 10745928Abstract: A connected vehicle lift and storage system (VLSS) can include a plurality of platforms for storing vehicles that are movable between a plurality of positions. The connected VLSS can communicate with a computing device operated by a user to receive requests to store or retrieve the user's vehicle(s). As part of the request, location data generated by the computing device can be transmitted to the connected VLSS. In response to the request, the connected VLSS can determine a sequence of platform movements to fulfill the request to store or retrieve the user's vehicle(s). The sequence can be determined, at least in part, on the location data of the requesting user and/or the location data of other users. In addition, the sequence can be determined to minimize wait times for the requesting user and other users.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: CityLift Parking, LLCInventors: Brandon Michael Richardson, Yi Jack Cheng
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Patent number: 10745929Abstract: The present disclosure describes a base structural building module employing a core structural member having an array of upwardly and outwardly and downwardly and outwardly extending braces or arms extending therefrom. Tubular cans are mounted at the ends of each of the upper and lower arms to receive piles. One upper arm is aligned and paired with one lower arm and the pair's respective cans are aligned about their can axis. The modules employ flexible design by varying the lengths of the arms and their respective inclination or declination angles. Modules can be stacked one on top of another (and secured) to form multi-tiered structural building jackets for building vertical structures such as, for example, oil and gas platforms used onshore or offshore as well as other structures. Each tier can also comprise multiple modules joined laterally together to provide a wide variety of potential template configurations and building applications.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: iSIMS LLCInventors: Justin R. Bucknell, Kaisheng Chen
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Patent number: 10745930Abstract: This invention discloses a tower system in which a telescoping tower with a plurality of tower structures is contained within a rigid transportation container in a substantially horizontal position for transportation, may be extended to a height much greater than its contracted length. The tower may be transported horizontal, repositioned to a vertical position and then the individual tower structures extended and secured via spring pins relative to the adjacent tower structure, the erection of the tower sections may be with external equipment such as a boom truck, or utilizing an internal hydraulic cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Peak Industries, Inc.Inventor: Jerry Newman
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Patent number: 10745931Abstract: A self-rightening post system is configured to secure a post in a casing in a desired or vertical orientation and to self-righten the post upon the removal of a deflecting force, such as from a car or lawnmower. A self-rightening post system utilizes a plurality of adjustable retainer assemblies that are configured around the post and coupled to a collar. Each of the adjustable retainer assemblies has an adjustment extension with a threaded portion in the collar to change the compression of a spring extending therefrom toward the post. A post flange may be coupled to the post end of the spring to provide a planar surface for exerting a retaining force on the post. The collar is configured over a casing and configured to rotated with respect to the casing. Retainer extensions extend from the collar down along the casing to secure the collar in position.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: PREMISES INNOVATIONS LLCInventors: Garth N. Gathers, Timothy J. O'Brien
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Patent number: 10745932Abstract: A tent system includes a base configured to mount to a roof of a vehicle and an inflatable tent frame coupled to the base. The base includes a platform with a perimeter edge, an air delivery mechanism integrated into the base, and a support configured to support an edge of the base extending beyond the vehicle. The inflatable tent frame is configured to support a tent canopy. The tent canopy is configured to form an interior cavity with the base. The tent canopy includes a flexible membrane configured to attach to the perimeter edge of the platform.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Thule, Inc.Inventor: Evan Michael Currid
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Patent number: 10745933Abstract: A side wall apparatus used with a tent having a canopy and a tent frame having at least two upright poles. The apparatus includes a tent engagement component and a side wall retention component. The tent engagement component is configured to engage the canopy at or above a side wall cable. The side wall retention component includes a tent engagement end, a ground base end and an engagement end and the ground base end. The tent engagement end is rotationally engaged to the tent engagement component.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Inventor: Kaywood J Elliott
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Patent number: 10745934Abstract: Disclosed are eave structures and tent frames. A tent frame includes a supporting pole, a fixed connector fixedly coupled with an upper end portion of the supporting pole and at least one sliding connector slidably coupled with the supporting pole and movable along the supporting pole below the fixed connector. An eave structure includes first and primary eave poles, each having a first end pivotally connected with the fixed connector. An eave structure also includes first and second support eave poles, each having a first end pivotally connected with the at least one sliding connector and a second end pivotally connected with the corresponding first or second primary eave pole. When the tent frame is unfolded, the first and second primary eave poles extend outwardly and upwardly with respect to the supporting pole, and form a first angle in-between.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Campvalley (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kwan Jun Choi
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Patent number: 10745935Abstract: Assembly (10) for an electronic locking system (84), the assembly (10) comprising an actuating element (12) rotatably arrangable with respect to a base member (16) for rotation about a first axis (18) and rotatably arranged about a second axis (24) substantially perpendicular to the first axis (18), an electric generator (74) comprising a rotor (76), and a transmission arrangement (82) configured to transmit a rotational actuation of the actuating element (12) about the second axis (24) into a rotation of the rotor (76) of the electric generator (74) to generate electric energy.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: ASSA ABLOY ABInventors: Anders Coster, Daniel Skarp, Robin McGougan
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Patent number: 10745936Abstract: A casing that has a generally cylindrical configuration having a bottom side that includes a bottom side cavity. The bottom side has a topography that is generally a negative topography of a surface of an article with which the bottom side associates. The topography of the bottom side is defined by a plurality of offset surfaces that define raised edges, with the offset surfaces and resulting raised edges forming reliefs.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Inventors: Gregory Waugh, Matthew Watson Yuen, Joshua Fleagane
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Patent number: 10745937Abstract: A plug assembly including a plug, a sidebar movably mounted on the plug, and a plurality of rack pins seated in the plug. The sidebar is biased to an outer position in which the sidebar extends beyond an outer surface of the plug. Each rack pin includes a key-following leg and a sidebar-engaging leg. The sidebar-engaging leg includes at least one true gate. When a true gate of each rack pin is aligned with the sidebar, the sidebar is free to move radially inward to an inner position.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: Brian E. Walls, Jason C. Clifford, Scott D. Welsby
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Patent number: 10745938Abstract: Provided are integrated locks, aircraft galley systems using such locks, and aircraft including such galley systems. An integrated lock has a low profile and provides secure locking and visual indication of the lock status to meet various FAA regulations. The visual indication may be provided mechanically (e.g., by moving a two-color indicator between two positions) or electronically (e.g., by triggering a switch connected to a light or an electro-chromic device). Furthermore, a main indicator may be connected to multiple different locks to provide a combined visual indication of the status of all locks. A visual indicator may be disposed on a galley system frame. Each integrated lock may include a handle portion and a locking portion connected to the handle portion and configured to engage the galley system frame when the handle portion is in the locked position and the door is closed.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Cynthia A. Vandewall, Kai Shen Elston Cheah, Jun Yuan Dexter Tan
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Patent number: 10745939Abstract: A wireless transmitter including a rotating actuator, a plate connected to the rotating actuator, and a wireless switch. The wireless switch may include at least one actuating panel and at least one transducer element. The at least one transducer element may be configured to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy. The at least one actuating panel may be configured to transmit mechanical energy to the at least one transducer element. The plate may be configured to contact the wireless switch at a rotational end point of the rotating actuator.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Won-Door CorporationInventor: William Michael Coleman