Tiltable Surfaces Patents (Class 108/1)
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Patent number: 12201213Abstract: A modular and expandable storage rack for quick assembly and disassembly includes a plurality of first connecting pieces, a plurality of second connecting pieces, a plurality of third connecting pieces, a plurality of fourth connecting pieces, a plurality of support rods, and a plurality of storage partitions, which are distributed in a rectangular array respectively. Each storage partition includes four connecting rods. Each first connecting piece, each second connecting piece, each third connecting piece, and each fourth connecting piece include a longitudinally-extending hollow tube and different quantity of side hollow tubes respectively to receive at least one corresponding support rod and at least one corresponding connecting rod. One opposing end of the first longitudinally-extending hollow tube is fixedly provided with a first bump for attaching to an outer side of one corresponding support rod.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Yangzhou Kangle Machineery Co., Ltd.Inventor: Bisheng Sun
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Patent number: 12185853Abstract: A cup holding apparatus and a serving robot including the cup holding apparatus are provided. The cup holding apparatus may include a first support member configured to support a cup and having a lower surface that has convex shape; a second support member having an upper surface that has a concave shape and faces the lower surface of the first support member; a third plate provided between the first support member and the second support member; and a plurality of rolling members that pass through and are rotatably supported by the third plate, and contact the lower surface of the first support member and the upper surface of the second support member.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Minhee Lee, Sanghyun Kang, Hyunsuk Kwak, Donghan Koo
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Patent number: 12083443Abstract: The jigsaw puzzle and craft support and storage device comprises a sorting tray, a craft table, a telescoping arm, an optional magnifier, and a cover. The jigsaw puzzle and craft support and storage device may be a tool for storing and assembling a jigsaw craft. The sorting tray may be operable to store a plurality of craft pieces. The plurality of craft pieces may be sorted into a plurality of sorting compartments within the sorting tray. The craft table may be a platform upon which the jigsaw craft may be assembled. The craft table may be elevated above the sorting tray by the telescoping arm during use. The craft table may be adapted to tilt and swivel for the viewing comfort of a user. The craft table may comprise a plurality of lights to illuminate the plurality of craft pieces.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Inventors: Joan Ihley-Fortuna, Paul Fortuna
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Patent number: 11771195Abstract: A mobile color and style application device is disclosed. The device includes a base. The base includes one or more vertical legs including one or more lockable wheels. The device further includes an adjustable tower coupled to the base. The adjustable tower including one or more tower locks configured to adjust a vertical height of the adjustable tower. The device further includes a plate coupled to the adjustable tower. The plate includes one or more tower locks configured to adjust a tilt angle of the plate. The device further includes one or more platforms. The one or more platforms are configured to couple to a portion of the plate via a quick-connect coupling mechanism. The one or more platforms include one or more cut-outs. The one or more cut-outs are configured to conform to a portion of at least one of a neck or a head of a user.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Inventor: Alisha Fox
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Patent number: 11701991Abstract: A tray device for a vehicle includes a tray having a storage space capable of storing an article, a tray cover rotatably installed on the tray to open and close the storage space and including a coupling plate having a heart cam groove, and a locking device fixedly installed on an outer surface of the tray.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: NIFCO KOREA INC.Inventor: Hyo Keun Yang
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Patent number: 11480995Abstract: An all-in-one information handling system holds a display in a raised forward position with a support arm rotationally coupled at a rear side of the information handling system housing and a central location of the display. Gear arms integrated in the support arm engage a gear at the display and gear mechanism at the housing to synchronize rotation of the display from the forward and raised vertical position relative to the housing to a central and lower horizontal position by lowering the support arm to a horizontal position supported by the housing upper surface as the display rotates to the horizontal position.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Duck Soo Choi, Kyu Sang Park
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Patent number: 11224279Abstract: A mobile color and style application device is disclosed. The device includes a base. The device further includes an adjustable tower coupled to the base. The adjustable tower including one or more tower locks configured to adjust a vertical height of the adjustable tower. The device further includes a plate coupled to the adjustable tower. The plate includes one or more tower locks configured to adjust a tilt angle of the plate. The device further includes one or more platforms. The one or more platforms are configured to couple to a portion of the plate via a quick-connect coupling mechanism. The one or more platforms include one or more cut-outs. The one or more cut-outs are configured to conform to a portion of at least one of a neck or a head of a user.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Inventor: Alisha Fox
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Patent number: 11197563Abstract: A product display system includes a base, a shelving support assembly coupled to the base, and one or more shelves removably secured to the shelving support assembly. The one or more shelves are securable to the shelving support assembly in a first configuration and a second configuration that differs from the first configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: iSee Store Innovations, L.L.C.Inventors: Steven Allen Brenner, Matthew McCoy
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Patent number: 11076690Abstract: A shelving display system including a first shelf with left and right end portions is disclosed. The left and right end portions engage with left and right endcaps, each including a support structure for the left and right end portions of the shelf. The support structures may include slot recesses, each including a first and second slanted portion one of which engages an end portion of the shelf. The endcaps may include complementary protrusions and grooves configured for slideable engagement with one another such that the endcaps form a stacked configuration. The protrusions may include first and second tongues constructed and dimensioned such that during an assembly step when the protrusions are advanced through the complementary grooves, the first and second tongues deflect from a resting configuration to an assembled configuration. The endcaps may include an interlocking mechanism. The endcaps may have an alignment system including rails and depressions.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANYInventors: Edwin Sudds, Jerome Morgen, Jakob Loeschke
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Patent number: 10993551Abstract: The present invention provides shelf adjustment systems and methods that may be used in merchandiser display cases and other applications to accommodate changes in product offering, giving the user increased flexibility in the use of merchandiser display cases. The shelf adjustment systems of embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatus for coordinating shelf adjustment, such that adjusting the display angle of one shelf of the invention causes the display angle of another shelf or shelves to also be adjusted by the same amount as the adjusted shelf.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Sanden Vendo America, Inc.Inventors: Larry Hieb, Randall Meyer
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Patent number: 10856539Abstract: Herein described is a rod holder assembly that holds an object such as a rod receiver for a fishing rod in a desired orientation that is manually and singlehandedly adjustable about the horizontal and/or vertical axes. The rod holder assembly can be set to lock in positional orientation or clutch in response to an external force, A method for using the rod holder assembly is also described.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Inventor: Jeffrey Scott Thomas
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Patent number: 10506872Abstract: A height-adjustable work station includes (a) a partition wall having an internal wall frame and axially opposed first and second exterior wall surfaces mounted to the wall frame, the first and second exterior wall surfaces spaced axially apart by a wall thickness; (b) a carriage support located within the wall thickness and mounted to the wall frame, the carriage support including a vertical track; (c) a carriage mounted to the carriage support in sliding engagement with the track; (d) a work surface assembly movably supported by the carriage on a first side of the wall; and (e) a linear actuator mounted within the wall thickness and coupled to the carriage, the actuator configured to vertically translate the carriage along the track for facilitating height adjustment of the work surface assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Teknion LimitedInventors: Paul Fredrick Kruger, Benjamin Kevin Fogarty, Adam Douglas Haworth Sinclair
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Patent number: 10480115Abstract: A system and method is provided for drying for fibers or fibrous materials, such as flax, hemp, jute, sisal, banana and coir, among others by dehumidifying the fibers in a temperature and humidity-controlled environment. The dehumidification system does not detrimentally affect the fiber's properties (e.g., strength) by evenly drying the fibers and not subjecting the fibers to repeated high temperature environments, allowing the fibers to be used in more biocomposite applications, such as a reinforcement material. Also the dehumidification method reduces/prevents fiber discoloration, odor, and decomposition.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.Inventors: James Henry, Satyanarayan Panigrahi, Radhey Lal Kushwaha
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Patent number: 10455934Abstract: A merchandising system includes a deck adjustable to various angles to accommodate merchandise for display on a shelf at such various angles. The system may include a front stop and dividers.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: DISPLAYS PLUS, INC.Inventors: Robert Paul Colelli, Eric Edward Oberg
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Patent number: 10448732Abstract: A proprioceptive foot stimulator assembly having a cross bar that connects to the leg structure of a desk. The assembly includes a bottom channel that pivotably attaches to the cross bar, and a foot stimulating member that attaches to the bottom channel, so that it can pivot in relation to the crossbar. Mounting flanges are located at the longitudinal ends of the cross bar. A pivot assembly, generating the pivotable attachment between the bottom channel and the cross bar, includes two threaded fasteners and a bushing, secured by lock nuts; the bushing connecting the first threaded fastener to the second threaded fastener, such that the second threaded fastener can pivot in relation to the first threaded fastener. In another embodiment, the proprioceptive foot stimulator assembly has at least one slider track capable of being attached to a desk and a foot stimulating member that slidably connects to the slider track.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: School Specialty, Inc.Inventors: Tom Asmuth, Greg Saul
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Patent number: 10173487Abstract: A joint device (6) including an axially extending pivot pin (8) and a housing (11) that surrounds the pivot pin radially, wholly or partially, such that the pivot pin (8) and the housing (11) can move relative to one another at least by pivoting. A separate retaining element (12; 13), for the housing (11), is associated with the joint device (6). The joint device is designed in such manner that the retaining element (11) starts from an area (14) of the housing (11) and engages in a substantially axial channel (15) of the pin (8).Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Lars von der Haar, Heinfried Helms, Franz-Josef Marquardt, Jens Donzelmann, Holger Rudolph, Andreas Rosengarten
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Patent number: 10123619Abstract: A canvas holding assembly for holding large and small canvases includes a base that is tripoidal. A first plate is coupled to and extends from the base. The first plate is substantially parallel to a surface upon which the base is positioned and is configured to position items of a user. A first bar is selectively extendable from a top of the base. A second bar is coupled to and extends from the first bar distal from the base. A first coupler is pivotally coupled to the second bar distal from the first bar. The first coupler is positioned above the first plate. Each of a plurality of holders is configured to couple to a canvas. Each holder comprises a second coupler that is complementary to, and positioned to couple to, the first coupler, such that the holder is configured to couple to the canvas.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Inventor: Thomas Kennedy
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Patent number: 10021972Abstract: A cantilever shelving system is disclosed and can include a frame structure, a cantilever shelf support structure, and a plurality of load-bearing shelves that can be supported by the cantilever shelf support structure and the frame structure. The shelves can be positioned laterally adjacent to cantilever support arms of the cantilever shelf support structure, and the shelf support surfaces can be coplanar with upper walls of the cantilever support arms. Ends of laterally adjacent shelves do not overlap with a front side of a vertical support member to which the cantilever support arm is mounted. The cantilever shelving system can accommodate various user requirements over known shelf systems and can be operably integrated with standard industrial and/or commercial machinery or equipment with which it may be used.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: InterMetro Industries CorporationInventors: Todd Robinson, Sushant Ramchandra Parekar
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Patent number: 9849716Abstract: A hook-and-loop fastening structure for a clipboard contains: a cover and an accommodation box rotatably connecting with the cover. The accommodation box includes an accommodating chamber, a fixing slot defined on one of two inner peripheral sides of the accommodating chamber, and two opposite insertion portions, wherein each insertion portion is arranged on each of two inner ends of the accommodating chamber. Each insertion portion has a recess and a through hole defined between and communicating with a bottom of the recess and the accommodating chamber. The fixing slot of the accommodating chamber is configured to house a clamper for clamping papers/documents, and a hook-and-loop fastener is connected with the two opposite insertion portions so as to fix an object (such as a mobile device or a tablet PC) in the clipboard, after inserting the hook-and-loop fastener into the recess and the through hole.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Inventor: Jui-Chen Chang
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Patent number: 9770103Abstract: A shelving apparatus includes a shelf and a kickstand member. The shelf includes a first set of shelf connectors and a second set of shelf connectors. The shelf is movable between a plurality of shelf positions including an extended shelf position and a shelf storage position.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Charles W Cochran, Chris F Felcman
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Patent number: 9718182Abstract: A swivel handle assembly is disclosed. The swivel handle assembly comprises a ball attachment, a handle, and a friction pin. The handle is a hollow elongate cylinder with openings at each end of the handle. The ball attachment fits within the first end of the handle and extends through the first opening. The handle is rotatable around the ball attachment. The friction pin is inserted through the second end of the handle. The friction pin extends through the body of the handle and engages the ball attachment. When the friction pin is fully engaged against the ball attachment the handle is locked into position. The user can position the handle on the ball attachment in a desired position and lock the handle in place during use.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Inventor: Frederick Steven Azhocar
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Patent number: 9709356Abstract: A multi-axis firearm foregrip which is highly adjustable and which enables a firearm to be held or supported in a position which is ergonomic for the user or appropriate for use of the firearm. The foregrip may be rapidly adjusted to a selected one of many different positions as deemed appropriate by the user to enable optimal use of the firearm. The foregrip comprises a mount, a handle and a joint. The mount may be engageable to the firearm, for example to a rail system of the firearm. The handle is adjacent to the mount. The joint engages the handle to the mount and allows for handle movement relative to the mount. In embodiments, the foregrip utilizes a ball-and-socket joint which enables swiveling movement of the handle relative to the mount providing a wide range of handle adjustment before the handle is held at the selected position by the foregrip.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: TJA DESIGN LLCInventors: Todd J. Anstett, Jason Scott Stuart
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Patent number: 9683372Abstract: A stair system according to one illustrative embodiment comprises: a support body mountable in a wall and comprising a connecting region; a stair body; and a mounting apparatus. The mounting apparatus comprises: a connector connectable to the connecting region of the support body in any one of a plurality of different positions in the connecting region of the support body; and a holder configured to hold the stair body such that when the connector is connected to the connecting region of the support body, the stair body is spaced apart from the support body to permit a wall panel between the stair body and the support body. Wall assemblies comprising such stair systems are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Diamond Stairs Inc.Inventor: Daniel Colin Meier
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Patent number: 9573268Abstract: A swivel handle assembly is disclosed. The swivel handle assembly comprises a ball attachment, a fitting, a handle, and a friction pin. The handle is a hollow elongate cylinder with openings at each end of the handle. The ball attachment fits within the first end of the handle and extends through the first opening. The handle is rotatable around the ball attachment. The friction pin is inserted through the second end of the handle. The friction pin extends through the body of the handle and engages the fitting, pushing the fitting against the ball attachment. When the friction pin is fully engaged against the fitting the handle is locked into position. The user can position the handle on the ball attachment in a desired position and lock the handle in place during use.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Inventor: Frederick Steven Azhocar
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Patent number: 9568143Abstract: The invention is directed to novel tripod having a fast opening and positioning mechanism configured to allow a user to open said tripod in a photographing location while maintaining eye contact with an object to be photographed, said tripod comprising legs having telescopic segments and a central locking mechanism operated by a handle having a trigger connected to a loaded spring positioned on a central column, wherein upon pressing on said trigger said central locking mechanism is unlocked to allow spacing of said tripod legs and free fall of said telescopic segments of each one of said legs towards the ground according to the height of the ground in the vicinity of each of said legs, and wherein upon sliding of said handle downward along said central column, said legs with said extended segments become locked in an open form.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Inventor: Ilan Ben Meir
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Patent number: 9562358Abstract: An adjustable staircase includes an upper stair, a lower stair, a first bar and a second bar. The vertical distance between the upper stair and the lower stair is adjustable. Also, each bar is coupled to each of the upper and lower stairs, and the first bar is configured to function as a guard. As a result, the first bar blocks a pinch point between the first and second bars.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: John Stephen LanphearInventor: John Stephen Lanphear
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Patent number: 9510680Abstract: A shelf for a desktop computer is disclosed, as are shelf and desktop computer combinations. The desktop computer is generally of the type having a computing unit and a support arm that extends downward at an angle and tapers. The shelf has an open slot along a rear edge. The slot allows the shelf to be placed on the support arm, where it remains, cantilevered, extending generally horizontally from the support arm at a defined vertical position. The shelf is without external mounting hardware, support flanges, or other such elements, although in some embodiments, small, internal set screws may be included.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Inventor: Steven G. King
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Patent number: 9510670Abstract: A height-adjustable table can include a frame supporting a work surface; a pair of lower legs supporting the frame; a pulley mechanism coupling the frame and the pair of lower legs for vertically moving the frame relative to the pair of lower legs; and a spring located within a passage extending through the frame. The spring may have a fixed end secured to the frame and a movable end movable relative to the frame over a first distance for exerting a force over the first distance. The table can have a block-and-tackle assembly located within the passage and coupling the movable end of the spring to the pulley mechanism. The block-and-tackle assembly can transfer the force exerted by the spring over the first distance to vertical movement of the frame relative to the pair of lower legs over a second distance greater than the first distance.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Teknion LimitedInventors: Hamid Zebarjad, Adam Douglas Haworth Sinclair, Hanna Shaheen, Bin Yu
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Patent number: 9474393Abstract: A mattress display fixture that supports a plurality of horizontally oriented mattresses in a vertically stacked arrangement on shelves, with the mattresses vertically spaced from one another, for display to customers. The shelves of the display fixture are cantilever supported, with each shelf being of sufficient size to accommodate a mattress thereon. Each shelf slopes downwardly from a front side to a rear side thereof such that the front side is disposed at a vertical height greater than the rear side. The construction of the display fixture is such that it adequately supports the mattresses, yet is of minimal construction to minimize its aesthetic intrusion on the mattresses so that the customer's focus is primarily on the mattresses and not on the display fixture.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Scott E. Denby, Nick Angvall
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Patent number: 9452865Abstract: A shelf for a modular shelving system includes a frame having a rectangular configuration. A front shelf member has a first end portion and an opposite second end portion. A rear shelf member is positioned parallel with the front shelf member and has a first end portion and an opposite second end portion. A first side shelf member is coupled to and extends between the front shelf member first end portion and the rear shelf member first end portion. A second side shelf member is coupled to and extends between the front shelf member second end portion and the rear shelf member second end portion. A cross-member extends between and is removably coupled to the first side shelf member and the second side shelf member. One or more support assemblies are removably coupled to the cross-member and reconfigurable to facilitate supporting a plurality of different dunnage.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Aneet Joshi, Jobanjit Singh, Tharmilan Selvathurai
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Patent number: 9382007Abstract: An aircraft seat arrangement includes first and second seats and first and second consoles, the first console being in front of the first seat and adjacent to the second seat, such that the first and second consoles and the first and second seats are in a staggered arrangement. A table is housed by the first console. The table is arranged for movement to a stowed position, in which the table is inserted within said first console. The table is arranged for, optionally horizontal, movement to a deployed position, in which the table is positioned aft of the first console so as to be suitable for use by a passenger seated in the first seat. The table may be arranged to present different areas of useable table surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Zodiac Seats UK LimitedInventors: Ali Ersan, Daniel Clucas
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Patent number: 9171448Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a structure signal strength for a signal generated by a tag on a structure and receiving a product signal strength for a signal generated by a tag on a product. An indication that the product is positioned near the structure based on the received structure signal strength and the received product signal strength is then stored in memory.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventor: Robert F. Foster
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Publication number: 20150083027Abstract: A stand up desk having adjustable telescoping tube legs. The legs offer a wide range of height adjustments and create a strong and stable base for a desktop of the stand up desk offering the user better health benefits and an ergonomic work environment. A base system for the desktop is further disclosed offering a five point anchoring system giving the desktop more stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventor: Dayna Adrienne Martin
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Publication number: 20140268383Abstract: A reaction compensated tilt platform assembly comprises a support base, and a reaction mass, pivotally coupled to the support base. A tilt platform which can function as or support a mirror is pivotally coupled to the support base. At least two linear actuator coil assemblies are carried by the reaction mass. At least two linear actuator magnet assemblies are carried by the tilt platform and are disposable within the at least two linear actuator coil assemblies. The linear actuator magnet assemblies taper from a larger diameter toward a center of the magnet assembly to a smaller diameter toward an end of the magnet assemblies. Actuation of the linear actuator magnets results in pivotal movement of the tilt platform relative to the reaction mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Raytheon CompanyInventor: Raytheon Company
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Publication number: 20140212852Abstract: An apparatus and methods for training workers to recognize distortions. One example method includes positioning vacuum arms on a tilt-table top of a distortion training table situated in a horizontal position. The method further includes positioning locator arms on the tilt-table top in proximity to the vacuum arms, positioning a body panel on the locator arms to situate an inner surface of the body panel adjacent to each of the vacuum arms, applying suction to the inner surface of the body panel using the vacuum arms wherein the suction creates non-destructive distortions on an outer surface of the body panel, instructing the workers in tactile recognition of the distortions on the outer surface of the body panel, moving the tilt-table top from the horizontal position to a vertical position, and instructing the workers in visual recognition of the distortions on the outer surface of the body panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, IncInventor: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc
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Publication number: 20140174326Abstract: Improvements in a leveling table top are disclosed. The adjustable leveling table top comprises a lower platform having a bottom portion and a top portion and an upper platform with a locking adjustable swivel mechanism centrally affixed there between. The upper and lower platforms are further coupled through sliding arms affixed to the left and right sides, wherein both sides have two sliding arms. The lower platform has a plurality of legs extending therefrom, and the upper platform has a bubble level. To create a level surface, the leveling table top is placed so that the legs engage a desired surface the upper platform is manipulated around the swivel mechanism while the lower platform remains stationary, upon reaching a sufficiently level position for the upper platform as determined by the bubble level, the swivel mechanism and the sliding arms are locked.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Inventor: Gary Patrick Marshall
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Publication number: 20140033955Abstract: A precision tilting platform used for static calibration of seismometers is composed of a base, a worktable, a rotary part, a driving part, a measuring part and supporting frames. The rotary part is composed of a shaft, a driving arm, a rotary table and a clump weight. The shaft is fixed on the left and right supporting frames. The driving part and clump weight are assembled beside the two sides of the driving arm. The driving part is composed of a linear motor, a sliding table, a pair of linear guides and sliders and a grating scale. The readhead of the grating scale is fixed with the base and sends out the signal of zero position when the worktable is horizontal. The sliding table is closely contacted to the driving arm. When the linear motor is moving forward, the rotary part is pushed by the sliding table and rotates toward the positive direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITYInventors: Wen He, Guanhua Xu, Shushi Jia
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Patent number: 8112836Abstract: A positioning mechanism of a bed comprising height adjustable lifters that are mounted between the undercarriage and patient surface frame. The first lifter is arranged so that its axis intersects the longitudinal axis of the frame. The first lifter is connected to frame oscillatingly around the longitudinal axis of the frame and in a sliding way in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the frame. The second and the third lifters are interconnected with an arm, oriented transversally to the longitudinal axis. The arm is oscillatingly connected to the frame and is connected at one end to the second lifter both oscillatingly around an axis, in parallel with the longitudinal axis of the frame and in a sliding way transversally to the frame. The other end the arm is connected to the third lifter, oscillatingly around the axis, in parallel with the longitudinal axis of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Linet spol. s.r.o.Inventors: Milan Tesar, Vladmir Kolar
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Publication number: 20110297050Abstract: A laptop computer desk.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Inventor: Paul Adams
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Patent number: 8033229Abstract: An adjustable projector stand is provided for supporting a video or still image projector. The projector stand is adjustable in pitch and tilt for positioning and leveling images projected on a screen in a manner that compensates for uneven support structures, such as tilted tables and poorly placed screens. The device may be powered manually by the user or by battery through the use of a motor. The projector stand generally consists of a platform with two legs, each of which is formed by two pivotally joined rods. Each leg is in direct rotational communication with a threaded rod disposed within the platform. Each rod is in turn coupled to a means for rotation, which may consist of a manually rotated knob or a battery powered motor. The raising and lowering of one leg may be performed independent of the other in order to allow the projector stand to be leveled on an uneven surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2009Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Inventor: Chuck McCanna
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Publication number: 20110232534Abstract: A furniture unit adapted for use with another unit having a similar design. The furniture unit includes a top panel, a latch member and a slot. The latch member projects outwardly from the furniture unit proximate the top panel and the slot is defined in the furniture unit proximate the top panel. The slot is adapted to securably receive the latch member whereby the two furniture units can be secured together. A plurality of legs extends away from the top panel. The legs are angled progressively outwardly as the legs extend away from the top panel whereby the furniture units can be stacked on top of one another for storage. Various accessories are disclosed which can be used with the furniture unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2010Publication date: September 29, 2011Inventor: Kyle A. Ochs
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Patent number: 7980526Abstract: A portable desk for use in home and office environments for comfortably and conveniently supporting a portable computer or other electronic device on the lap or knees of a user. The desk has an upper surface on which the computer rests. The desk is supported on the user's lap by a flexible, bowable support member which is repositionable, thus allowing the user to change the inclination of the desk in order to adjust the viewing angle of the computer screen. A flexible tray for an accessory such as a mouse may be inserted in a slot at either side of the desktop. The tray may be reversibly inserted with a smooth, planar surface or a textured, frictional surface disposed facing upwardly. Ventilation is provided through a transversely recessed convex channel in the upper surface and may also include a small, USB-powered fan to increase heat dissipation. Cable management features may also be provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2008Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Hotwire Development, LLCInventors: Charles Lord, Thomas P. Muday, Randal Toltzman
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Publication number: 20110147560Abstract: Portable workstation or desk apparatus and methods. In one embodiment, a portable workstation is comprised of a plurality of components including a work surface or upper element, a stem or support element, and an anchor or base element. In one variant, the work surface element (and/or the base element) can be mounted to the stem element in first and second configurations. The various configurations provides a substantially level work surface (relative to the base) or a substantially inclined work surface, and/or varying degrees of offset relative to the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventor: Richard J. Camarillo
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Patent number: 7953509Abstract: In a control method for a power assist apparatus, a pressing force acting on a workpiece held by a workpiece holding apparatus is detected, a determination is made as to whether or not the detected pressing force exceeds a preset threshold, a determination is made as to whether or not a dead man switch provided on the workpiece holding apparatus is ON, and a determination as to whether or not to release a rotation restriction applied to a joint portion for connecting the workpiece holding apparatus rotatably to an arm is made in accordance with a result of the determination as to whether or not the detected pressing force exceeds the preset threshold and a result of the determination as to whether or not the dead mean switch is ON.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hideyuki Murayama
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Publication number: 20110056412Abstract: The invention provides a device, and method of making and using the device, for providing at least one work surface. The device may include (a) a base portion 110 that includes an upper base portion 120 and a lower base portion 130, the upper base portion 120 and the lower base portion 130 forming a base portion cavity 115 disposed there between; and (b) at least one base portion extension 300, each base portion extension 300 attached to the base portion 110, each base portion extension 300 movable between a stored position in which the base portion extension 300 is mostly disposed in the base portion cavity 115, and an extended position, in which the base portion extension 300 is mostly extended out from the base portion 110 so as to form a working surface. The at least one base portion extension 300 may include four base portion extensions 300.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Inventors: Thomas G. Grammer, Beverly C. Phifer
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Publication number: 20100307382Abstract: Computerized school desk for education and many other applications comprising a rigid structure to support a transparent tabletop (1) that has the functionality of a touch-operated screen under which is placed a computer flat panel display (3) attached to said screen, said apparatus being provided with a mechanism for tilting the tabletop from a position substantially horizontal and a position approximately vertical or any intermediate position. The referred mechanism consists of a pair of couplings that slide along two guides substantially horizontal and at least one connecting rod rotationally coupled to an intermediate point of the said tabletop between the front and rear borders of said tabletop and to other point fixed in the structure of the table, substantially coplanar with side guides.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2008Publication date: December 9, 2010Inventors: Alaide Pellegrini Mammana, Carlos Ignacio Zamitti Mammana, Elias Teodoro Galante, Miquel João Neto
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Patent number: 7836890Abstract: A breast-board system, components and methods of use therefore. A generally U-shaped wrist support with a flattened bottom and rounded post like tops that may be used as either a cupping-support or as a grasping-post is mounted on a post atop a tiltable breast-board. A second support having a generally U-shaped cross section mounted on a supporting framework extends from a base, which is rotatably mounted to the tiltable breast-board near the edge thereof. The base includes a portion extending over the edge of the breast-board, and, a slidable locking mechanism on the bottom surface, which may be retracted to slide the mechanism out of a recess located on the breast-board. The support may then be rotated to a desired position and the slidable locking mechanism actuated to engage with a desired recess on the breast-board.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2004Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Diacor, Inc.Inventor: Glenn N. Waterman
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Publication number: 20100018441Abstract: Embodiments of a portable multi-use folding working platform for use with portable electronic devices and/or for increasing comfort of a user while traveling are herein provided. In one embodiment, the portable multi-use folding working platform includes two rigid components hingedly connected and adapted to close into a folded state or to open into an expanded state. The platform may include at least one extractable accessory holder or tray having at least one opening for receiving and holding one or more objects such as a pen, a cup or the like. The device may include a compressible padding on an interior surface. The platform may include one or more openings for ventilation purposes or for receiving an adjustable strap.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2009Publication date: January 28, 2010Inventor: Brian Goldwitz
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Patent number: 7614351Abstract: A folding table includes a base structure (12) and a resting surface (14) mounted upon the base structure (14). The resting surface oscillates between a substantially vertical inoperative position, and a substantially horizontal operative position. The resting surface (14) is mounted so that it can oscillate with respect to the base structure (12) about a first horizontal axis (26). The base structure (12) includes a retention device (38), which has at least one articulation arm (40) articulated to the base structure (12) about a second horizontal axis (30) parallel to the first axis (26), and a connection member (42, 142) operatively set between said arm (40) and the resting surface (14).Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2002Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Pro-Cord S.p.A.Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
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Publication number: 20090212518Abstract: A medical cart comprising a base is supported on wheels. A first arm is supported on a track for linear movement in a first direction that supports a first platform. The arm also supports a second platform that is mounted for linear movement in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The first platform is mounted on a tilt assembly such that the angle of the first platform relative to the second platform can be adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2009Publication date: August 27, 2009Inventors: Benjamin Shane Bustle, Jacob Connelly, Chad M. Holzshu, Robert Grant McRorie