Loop-type Handle Patents (Class 16/444)
  • Patent number: 11746561
    Abstract: An adjustable door pull to be installed on a first surface of a door that opens an entrance through which a user can walk, the adjustable door pull including a grip to allow the user to pull the door open such that the user is able to walk through the entrance, at least one detachable standoff, including an attachment portion having an aperture into which the grip is inserted, and a protruding portion disposed at a first end on at least a portion of the attachment portion to extend from the attachment portion and the grip to contact the first surface of the door on a second end opposite with respect to the first end, the protruding portion including an aperture to allow the attachment portion to be coupled to the grip, and a set screw to be inserted fully into the aperture of the protruding portion until the set screw also inserts at least partially into the aperture of the attachment portion to couple the attachment portion to the grip, and a through bolt to be inserted through a hole from a second surface o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Triangle Brass Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Martin Simon
  • Patent number: 11649097
    Abstract: A bottle system has a liquid container with a reservoir therein and a lid that releasably engages with the liquid container and, thereby, selectively seals the reservoir when engaged with the liquid container. A slot is in the lid. A storage container inserts through the slot and, thereby, releasably engages the lid when inserted through the slot. The lid forms a barrier that separates the storage container from liquid when liquid is present in the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Zak Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Grankowski, Andrew Gillespie
  • Patent number: 11565544
    Abstract: Provided is a container having a container body, a bail attached to the container body, and a flexible band attached to a rear of the container body. The flexible band has a first end attached to the rear of the container proximate a top of the rear and a second end attached to the rear of the container body proximate a bottom of the rear. The flexible band is movable between a first position spaced a first distance from the rear, a second position spaced a second distance from the rear less than the first distance to allow the container body and the bail to be grasped at the rear without interference by the flexible band, and a third position spaced a third distance from the rear greater than the first distance to provide space for a user's hand between the rear of the container body and the flexible band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Michael C. Lambertson, Jr., Joshua R. Robertson
  • Patent number: 11560739
    Abstract: A door handle arrangement for a vehicle, includes a housing and a handle lever which is mounted on the housing such that it can be moved between a rest position and an actuating position for unlocking and/or opening a vehicle door, it being possible for the housing to be oriented on a vehicle body outer part which forms a part of the outer surface of a vehicle body and has a handle cut-out for the handle lever, first positioning projections being provided on the housing, which first positioning projections are configured to bear against an angled-over edge of the vehicle body outer part, which angled-over edge delimits the handle cut-out of the vehicle body outer part at least in regions, and, as a result, to position the handle lever with the housing in at least one spatial direction in relation to the handle cut-out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Roland Och, Zsolt Wilke, Andreas Rudolf
  • Patent number: 11524802
    Abstract: A rebar binding machine comprises a curl guide that causes a wire to curl, a torsion part including a torsion shaft for twisting the curled wire, and a pair of grips that can be grasped by an operator. The grips are provided to the two axial sides of the torsion shaft as viewed from the operator side when the operator grasps the grips to perform an operation, and it is possible to change the height of the grips in the axial direction of the torsion shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Nobutaka Tashima, Shinpei Sugihara, Satoshi Hotta
  • Patent number: 11365558
    Abstract: An adjustable door pull to be installed on a first surface of a door, the adjustable door pull including a grip, and at least one detachable standoff removably coupled to the grip to allow the grip to be attached to the first surface of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Triangle Brass Manufacturing Co., Inc
    Inventor: Martin Simon
  • Patent number: 11105118
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a door handle having a grip with a first end and a second end. The door handle further includes an upper mounting plate coupled to the first end of the grip and a lower mounting plate coupled to the second end of the grip. A mounting post is coupled to the lower mounting plate and is configured to move relative to the lower mounting plate. Means for adjusting the position of the mounting post with respect to the lower mounting plate facilitate movement of the mounting post along at least two axes. The means for adjusting the mounting post may further comprise a rotating arm that is pivotally connected to the lower mounting plate and to which the mounting post is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Morse, Wu De, Jack Zhang, Jeanette V. Bui
  • Patent number: 10781607
    Abstract: A handle attachment assembly that includes first and second insert members, and a handle assembly that includes a cover and a main body portion. The main body portion includes a handle portion and first and second attachment portions extending from the handle portion. The cover is removably connected to the main body portion and the main body portion and the cover cooperate to define a handle interior. The first and second attachment portions include first and second attachment members, respectively. The first attachment portion and the first insert member are secured together by a first fastener, and the second attachment portion and the second insert member are secured together by a second fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: C&D ZODIAC, INC.
    Inventors: Raul Rogel, Joel Anthony Vizarra, Ajay Hari, Francisco Palafox
  • Patent number: 10606311
    Abstract: Laptop computer according to the present disclosure includes a first housing provided with a display, a second housing provided with an operating portion, and a hinge that connects a first side on a rear of the first housing in a length direction and a second side of the second housing such that the first housing and the second housing are capable of relative rotation. The second housing has a leg capable of protruding rearward of the second side from the second side. A shape of a section in the second side connected to the leg is set such that, when the leg is protruded rearward of the second side, a rear end of the leg protrudes downward from a vertical position of a mounted face which is a main face of the second housing opposite to a main face on which the operating portion is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Shindo, Akira Iwamoto, Hitoshi Nakatani
  • Patent number: 10596694
    Abstract: An apparatus having a handle with a mounted hand grip is described. A first end wall surface of the hand grip is tapered from a base surface to a top surface of the hand grip. A second end wall surface of the hand grip is tapered from the base surface to the top surface of the hand grip. A first end wall of the recess engages the first end wall surface of the hand grip and prevents movement of the first end wall surface away from the base surface of the recess. A second end wall of the recess engages the second end wall surface of the hand grip and prevents movement of the first end wall surface away from the base surface of the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC
    Inventor: Ross Carl
  • Patent number: 10573857
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a battery pack suitable for preventing simultaneous separation of both ends of a handle unit from an upper case during transportation of a lower case and the upper case that are laminated sequentially. The battery pack according to the present disclosure includes the lower case and the upper case stacked sequentially to encase a battery module, wherein the upper case includes a housing and a handle unit relatively rotated with respect to the housing to be seated on the housing, and the handle unit has shaft hooks that are penetrated by the rotation supporting shafts of the housing and that are each rotary-coupled to each of the rotation supporting shafts in different angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yang-Kyu Choi, Seong-Tae Kim, Jun-Yeob Seong, Hyuk An, Sang-Yoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 10441037
    Abstract: A clasp is configured to permanently interlock around a flexible strip of material and includes first and second interlocking members. Each interlocking member includes a plurality of hooks and a corresponding plurality of recesses, where the recesses of one interlocking member receive the hooks of the other interlocking member to secure a band within the clasp between the interlocking members. The recesses can be completely internal to the clasp to prevent external tampering. Each of the interlocking members can include various protrusions and ribs that compress and secure the band within the clasp, so as to prevent movement of the band between the interlocking members when interlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Endur ID, Inc
    Inventor: Robert Chadwick
  • Patent number: 10376721
    Abstract: A gear loop for use in a climbing harness or any other recreational or commercial harness or belt and generally comprises a U shaped body, wherein the body is made of a first predetermined material. The gear loop body also has a first end and a second end. The gear loop further comprises an end member attached to the first end and the second end of the body. The end member is made of a second predetermined material. The end member is formed, such that it allows the gear loop to fold in a predetermined direction with relation to a harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, David L. Huff, Jason William Barnes
  • Patent number: 10233680
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle door handle arrangement having a closing cylinder for actuating a door lock by means of a key, wherein the closing cylinder is fixed in its installation position by means of a securing element displaceable relative to the closing cylinder from a pre-mounting position into a mounting position, wherein the securing element is displaced from the pre-mounting position into the mounting position by means of at least one actuation screw engaging in a thread in the securing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: HUF HUELSBECK & FUERST GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jeffrey Kenneth Hansen, Suat Kaya
  • Patent number: 10188176
    Abstract: A clasp is configured to permanently interlock around a flexible strip of material and includes first and second interlocking members. Each interlocking member includes two hooks and two recesses. Each of the hooks of the first side are arranged to engage and interlock with one of the recesses of the second side and each of the hooks of the second side are arranged to interlock with one of the recesses of the first side, so as to prevent movement between the interlocking members when interlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: ENDUR ID
    Inventor: Robert Chadwick
  • Patent number: 10145151
    Abstract: A door handle assembly for a door of a vehicle includes a bracket mountable to the door and extending along a longitudinal direction from a forward end to a rearward end. The forward end of the bracket provides a hook portion. A door retaining member is received proximate the rearward end of the bracket. The door retaining member has a clip portion which is moveable relative to the bracket between a home position and a displaced position. A first longitudinal distance is established between the clip portion and the hook portion in the home position, and a second longitudinal distance is established in the displaced position. The first longitudinal distance is different than the second longitudinal distance. A biasing member biases the door retaining member toward the home position and permits the movement of the door retaining member against the biasing member to the displaced position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventors: Lynn D. Da Deppo, Ehab Kamal, Suat Kaya, Yusuf Yankioglu
  • Patent number: 9822479
    Abstract: A clothing dryer including a cabinet; a drying tub that is disposed in the cabinet and accommodates laundry; a drying shelf disposed in the drying tub; and a supporting member disposed to support the drying shelf and provided to be movable at a first position in which one side of the drying shelf is supported in the cabinet and at a second position in which the supporting member is mounted on the drying shelf. Through this configuration, supporting force of the drying shelf can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeong Won Bae, Sam Young Jang, Gyu Min Choi
  • Patent number: 9814959
    Abstract: The present invention provides an exercise and training device. The exercise and training device is adapted to be removably mounted to a vertical structure. The exercise and training device includes a paddle member that provides target surfaces; a support member that facilitates in aligning of the exercise and training device when mounted to the vertical structure; and a mounting member that mounts the exercise and training device about the vertical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventor: Javier Riera
  • Patent number: 9752347
    Abstract: A handle can be fastened to a main body by way of screws and includes a main profiled part having two receiving portions and at least two slot nuts, which each have a threaded hole for receiving one of the screws. One slot nut each is inserted in a receiving portion and can be clamped in the receiving portion when a screw, which passes through the main body, is screwed into the threaded hole. The clamping of the slot nuts generates tensile stresses which pull the main profiled part in the direction of the surface of the main body and thus secure the main profiled part to the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: DMG MORI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, DMG MORI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Reinhold Seitz, Alexander Strebelow
  • Patent number: 9701096
    Abstract: An overlay applicator machine including a support base configured to hold an electronic device. The overlay applicator machine also includes a lid attached to the support base. The overlay applicator machine additionally includes a hinge mechanism attaching the lid to the support base. The hinge mechanism allows the lid to rotate with respect to the support base. The support base and the lid are configured to enclose the electronic device in a closed configuration. The overlay applicator machine further includes an alignment base. The alignment base is configured to engage with an alignment mechanism of an overlay applicator. The alignment base is configured to align the overlay applicator with a screen of the electronic device as the overlay applicator is applied to the screen. The overlay applicator machine additionally includes an end slot. The end slot is configured to receive a pull tab of the overlay applicator extending from the support base out of the overlay applicator machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: BELKIN INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Eric Beaupre
  • Patent number: 9459664
    Abstract: A portable computing device includes a body that has a display. A stand is connected to the body. The stand is operable to place the portable computing device in a viewing orientation in which the portable computing device rests on the stand or a carrying orientation in which the stand acts as a handle for lifting the portable computing device. A rotation device connected to the stand assists in positioning the display in a range of angles for viewing convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Krishnakumar Varadarajan, Anand Reddy
  • Patent number: 8875352
    Abstract: A braking structure for a turning body includes an engagement device rotatably engaging a movable-side portion of a rotation damper with a base at a rotation center of the movable-side portion; a first fixing device fixing the movable-side portion relative to the turning body; and a second fixing device fixing a stationary-side portion of the rotation damper relative to the base. The engagement device includes an axis protrusion provided on one side of either the movable-side portion or the base, and a receiving portion provided on the other side of either the movable-side portion or the base, and receiving the axis protrusion from a direction perpendicular to a rotation axis of the rotation. Also, an inserting path for the axis protrusion continuing to the receiving portion is adapted to expand in the direction perpendicular to the rotation axis by an elastic deformation when the inserting path receives the axis protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Nifco Inc.
    Inventors: Masatora Seto, Keiji Yamaguchi, Shuichi Yuda
  • Patent number: 8732910
    Abstract: A handle assembly that may be used on an appliance is provided. The handle assembly can include a handle that is received into one or more receptacles and can be installed without tools or the use of additional fasteners such as screws, bolts, and the like. The handle assembly can be installed onto doors, drawers, or other components of a variety of different appliance types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Companmy
    Inventors: Steven David Paul, Thomas S. Trupe
  • Patent number: 8677569
    Abstract: A grab handle assembly with integrated articulating hook is disclosed comprising base elements and a handle pivotal on the base elements between closed and an open positions. A pivot pin is fixed to the handle and pivotally supported on a base element. A hook is pivotally supported on the pivot pin and is movable between a stored and a deployed position. In one form a resilient finger on the hook coacts with surfaces on the pivot pin to provide resistance to movement of the hook between the stored and deployed positions. The pin is configured to provide varied resistance at different hook positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Justin L. Ruzich, Walter Belchine, III, Joel R. Lee
  • Patent number: 8621720
    Abstract: A coupling element, an injection molding object with the coupling element implanted therein, and an injection mold for manufacturing the injection molding object are provided. The coupling element has two reversely extended fixing ribs. The injection mold has a first mold and a second mold. The first mold has a first molding cavity and two positioning blocks separated by the first molding cavity. The second mold has a second molding cavity. When the first mold and the second mold are shut together and their molding cavities combine to define a closed room, the positioning blocks hold the coupling element by clamping the fixing ribs so the coupling element is suspended in midair of the closed room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chao-Chieh Kao, Ying-Huang Liu, Wei-Yu Liu, Sheng-Wen Wu
  • Patent number: 8533912
    Abstract: A grab handle mounting assembly securable to a mounting surface includes a first mounting arm assembly securable to a mounting surface. The first mounting arm assembly defines a first male pin. A second mounting arm assembly is securable to a mounting surface and defines a second male pin. The assembly further includes a first tube having first and second open ends, wherein the first male pin is mateable within the first open end of the first tube and the second male pin is mateable within the second open end of the first tube. When the first and second mounting arm assemblies are secured to a mounting surface with the first and second male pins mated with the first and second open ends of the first tube, the first and second mounting arm assemblies impose a torsional force on the first tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: PACCAR Inc
    Inventor: Richard Tran
  • Patent number: 8490251
    Abstract: A handle includes a bottom wall and two side walls extending up from the bottom wall. Ribs extend between the walls and define upwardly open recesses. The smooth surfaces of the side walls and bottom wall provide a more comfortable handle for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Rehrig Pacific Company
    Inventor: Nathan Manuel
  • Patent number: 8464397
    Abstract: A self-affixing, removable, one-piece handle can be applied and removed from an item, such as a shopping cart, stroller, or the like, or the handle can be applied and removed from any number of items, such as the shoulder straps of a diaper bag or the loop handles of a set of shopping bags, or the like. By being self-affixing, the handle may be attached and removed from the item without the need for tools or any additional items, such as clamps, screws, adhesive, or the like. The handle may provide a link between the shopping cart or stroller and a child. Typical shopping carts or strollers do not provide a suitable location for a child to hold onto while walking alongside. Moreover, a separate, removable, self-affixing handle may be useful to help limit the spread of germs by allowing each child to have their own personal handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Inventors: John C. Arnold, IV, Stephanie Arnold
  • Patent number: 8448301
    Abstract: A toolset for marine applications that includes improved handle for buckets that provides an improved flexible gripping strap, and further provides a method of securely attaching the flexible gripping strap to specially formed spiked hooks that attach to a bucket. The spiked hook is inserted into a central channel of the flexible gripping strap. The hook has a distal end with angled spikes that allow the hook to be inserted into the central channel, but are angled such that they cannot be withdrawn. The hook further has a proximal end with an open hook that can be easily attached or detached from a bucket. The tool set further has specially formed wrenches that allow a user to adjust stopcocks that are located in hard to reach locations. The wrenches have open ends and slotted sides to allow them to adjust the stopcocks in multiple ways. That alternative use for the spiked hook is shown which allows it to be used to clean lobsters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Inventor: Brad E. Shaffer
  • Patent number: 8381358
    Abstract: A universal handle which can quickly and easily be attached to substantially any desired article and which is ergonomically designed to be comfortable to carry and which fold into itself for convenient storage when not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Inventor: Mark Frey
  • Patent number: 8245357
    Abstract: An assist grip of the present invention includes a grip body provided at both side base portions thereof with hinge recess portions and a hinge portion rotatably and pivotally supported in each of the hinge recess portions of both sides, and is fixed via the hinge portion to a to-be-fixed portion in an automobile. In a pivot support portion of the hinge portion, an outer support piece and an inner support piece are provided at a distance from each other, and between the inner support piece and the outer support piece, a torsion coil spring stored in a spring case is inserted. One end portion of the torsion coil spring is locked to an inside of the spring case, and the other end portion of the torsion coil spring projects from the spring case and is locked to a part of the grip body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignees: Howa Plastics Co., Ltd., Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Kajio, Shouji Kawakami, Kazuhiro Kawamura, Yoshiyuki Sakuma
  • Patent number: 8146220
    Abstract: A board extraction device with integrated mounting includes a base portion configured to be disposed on an opening of a circuit board, a rivet extending from a surface of the base portion and configured to pass through the opening, a handle flexibly connected to the base portion, and a pin flexibly connected to the base portion. The rivet has a hole extending therethrough. The pin engages the hole so as to fix the base portion to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: An-Sheng Anson Zheng, Michael T. Milo, Brett C. Ong
  • Patent number: 8146208
    Abstract: An assist grip includes a mounting clip formed of metal having spring resiliency and bent into a generally U shape. The mounting clip includes a pair of resilient legs. Each of the resilient legs includes a bulging portion that bulges outwardly and is provided with a retention portion to be retained by a mounting location of a vehicle body structure. Each of the resilient legs further includes at the leading end a stepped region for engagement against an inner peripheral region of a rectangular opening of a hinge body. The stepped region includes an extended region and a retaining pawl that extends outwardly relative to the extended region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Howa Plastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Kajio, Shouji Kawakami, Kazuhiro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 7988115
    Abstract: An articulating hook assembly adapted to pivot between open and closed positions as desired. The assembly includes a support frame, a hook pivot base of cloven construction projecting outwardly away from the support frame and a support hook adapted to pivotally engage the hook pivot base. The hook pivot base includes a pair of ear members separated by a variable width gap. At least one ear member includes a contoured inner face with a pattern of variable height surface structures including at least a first depression and a second depression with a raised height platform disposed between the first depression and a second depression. A projection finger on the support hook rides in sandwiched relation within the variable width gap such that upon rotation of the support hook between open and closed positions, the finger projection moves across the raised height platform surface between the first depression and a second depression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Joel R. Lee, Donald F. Ruffatto, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7917997
    Abstract: Device for a portable engine powered tool that is carried by a hook secured to a harness or a strap in order to reduce the loads on the operator. The tool is attached to the hook by a loop (19) placed close to the center of gravity for the tool to facilitate the control of the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Husqvarna AB
    Inventor: Tore Jonsson
  • Patent number: 7886404
    Abstract: A semi-flexible practical handle, includes on a rigid main part a plane. In the waist of the side opposite to this plane the inner-sink space with U-shaped cross-section is provided, which stretches toward the plane and holds gel. A U-shaped inner clip flange is set with the two ends of the rubber lagging respectively corresponding to the two ends of the U-shaped groove to clip with it, which makes its waist seal the gel in the inner-sink space. A gland is used to make tightly press on the plane of the main part the extending part stretching inwardly at the opens in the two ends of the rubber lagging, and fix it to the main part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Xiamen Jundian House Omaments Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chien-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 7882594
    Abstract: A handle has at least one holding plate which can be mounted in an opening in a thin wall such as a sheet-metal cabinet door, a head part, such as a flange or turning handle, which covers the rim of the opening of the thin wall on its (outer) side, and a body part which proceeds from the head part and can be pushed through the opening in the thin wall, and a holding part which is carried by the body part, supported on the other (rear) side of the thin wall, and is separate from the body part. According to the invention, the holding part is formed by holding elements which project in a flexible manner from the body part in the direction of its outer surface and whose free end has an inclined surface for supporting the body part on the rim or edge of the opening without play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Patent number: 7789015
    Abstract: A handle assembly is provided for the base of an electric cooking appliance. The handle assembly includes a thermoplastic handle including an integral base portion, a bracket having substantial rigidity positioned between the base portion of the handle and the exterior surface of the base, a first fastener connecting the handle to the outer wall of the base, a second fastener connecting the bracket to the outer wall of the base independently of the handle, and a connecting member connecting the bracket to the handle. The connecting member and first fastener may be the same element. An electric cooking appliance including such a handle assembly is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Sunbeam Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Scott Crow, Janet Lynne Talbot
  • Patent number: 7712590
    Abstract: A luggage grip includes two fixing seats spaced from each other, and a flexible holding bar mounted between the two fixing seats and having two opposite end portions each movably mounted on the respective fixing seat. Thus, the holding bar is pulled upward to have a curved shape for use with the user and is retractable to have a flat shape when not in use, thereby facilitating the user operating and folding the holding bar. In addition, the luggage grip has a simplified construction to decrease the cost of fabrication. Further, the luggage grip is assembled easily and quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Hando Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Wen Lee
  • Patent number: 7685675
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a handle mounting device for use in a refrigerator for mounting a refrigerator door handle onto an outer surface of a door of the refrigerator. The handle mounting device of the present invention is used to mount a handle 50 for opening and closing the door onto an outer surface 40 of the door. The handle mounting device includes a mounting ring member 70 into which one end of handle 50 is fitted and of which a surface is plated, and a handle base 60 which is made of synthetic resin material and of which one end is fitted into the mounting ring member 70 and the other end is fixed onto the outer surface 40 of the door. Further, one end of the handle base 60 is fitted into the handle 50 fitted into the mounting ring member 70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-Ho Jung, Won-Sik Kang
  • Patent number: 7621024
    Abstract: A window operation assistance handle having a base, at lease one finger grip with two legs, multiple offset orifice fixation ports for receiving multiple securing devices such as setscrews or thumbscrews, and a base hollow groove. To temporarily install and use the handle, the handle is positioned to envelope an integrated leverage point in the hollow groove, and the securing devices disposed in the multiple offset orifice fixation ports are engaged to create a non-penetrating compressive friction fit upon enveloped leverage point. The window can then be lifted or slid by applying force to the finger grips. The handle can be adjusted to the user's strength, size, and dimensions, and installed and removed without use of tools or creating permanent damage of the framework of the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Inventor: Frederick Gregory Lawler
  • Patent number: 7600299
    Abstract: An escutcheon for use with a clamping assembly to mounting a device to a surface. The escutcheon is placed over an exposed fastener for connecting the two clamping members once connected on opposite sides of the surface. The cover member is an escutcheon for covering direct sight of the fastening member from that side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Custom Hardware Mfg. Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph D. Hendrickson
  • Patent number: 7584526
    Abstract: A grip consists of two grip shells which can be connected with one another by gluing and in which a supporting carrier is arranged. The supporting carrier has connection elements on the end side for a fastening to a vehicle structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
    Inventor: Michael Pandura
  • Patent number: 7574771
    Abstract: A hideable handle for an industrial computer which comprises a casing having a long hole; a frame installed in the long hole; the frame has a slot; the frame being assembled into the long hole of the casing; a handle unit rotatably installed in the slot of the frame by using a rotary shaft to pass through holes in the frame and the holes in the handle unit so that the handle unit can rotate along the rotary shaft; the handle unit having two cambered lateral sides and a flat bottom so that when the handle unit can be rotated along the rotary shaft in the slot of the frame. Furthermore, one of the two lateral sides of the handle unit is formed with a buckle. The flat bottom side of the handle unit has an indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: LIF J.K. Corporation
    Inventor: Chi-Tsun Cheng
  • Patent number: 7549192
    Abstract: A molded heavy-duty ergonomic handle comprises: a top portion, the top portion extending in a longitudinal direction and being substantially smooth; and at least one U-shaped side channel having a plurality of ribs therein, the at least one channel having substantially smooth exterior surfaces and being located on a longitudinal side of the top portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Coeur, Inc.
    Inventor: J. Michael Cude
  • Patent number: 7484269
    Abstract: A portable device capable of standing and hanging by a handle assembly thereof. The portable device includes a main body and a handle assembly. The handle assembly is connected to the main body, allowing the main body to stand on a surface when the handle assembly is spread to a limit position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Ting-Hui Chih, Wen-Ching Hsieh
  • Patent number: 7451525
    Abstract: A sprung surface handle for flat surfaces, such as the end of a trunk, or box, comprising a base plate 1 having edges 2, 3, 4; a handle 6 having a cross arm 7, side arms 8, 9, and turned-in arms, or ends, 11, 12; a handle-mounting plate 13 on the base plate 1, having bearings 19, 20 at least partially surrounding the turned-in arms, or ends, 11, 12; a spring 33 to bias handle 6 adjacent base plate 1; stops 21, 22 to engage the side arms 8, 9 to stop rotation of the handle, after it has rotated away from the base plate 1; and raised handle protecting parts 29, 30, 31, 32, on the base plate 1, between the edges 2, 3, 4 thereof and the arms 7, 8, 9, to protect the handle from other objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Penn Elcom, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger P. Willems
  • Patent number: 7441792
    Abstract: A trailer includes a convertible handle having a handle portion, the handle portion pivotally attached to a tongue portion, the handle portion having a first gripping portion end and a second clevis end and an intermediate pivot, the handle portion being pivotably shiftable about the pivot between a first disposition presenting the gripping portion end proximate an end of the tongue portion and a second disposition presenting the clevis end proximate the end of the tongue portion. A method of operating a trailer is further included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Tricam Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis Simpson
  • Patent number: 7401385
    Abstract: A handle for an electronic instrument housing includes an elongated grip portion. The grip portion includes two elongated elements each having opposed ends. The elements are connected to each other to form an elongated chamber. An elastomeric layer encompasses an intermediate portion of the grip portion, and the grip portion has a vent aperture communicating with the chamber. The vent aperture may be beyond the elastomeric layer, at one or both ends. One of the elongated elements may form a channel with tapered edge surfaces receiving the other element, so that pressure of elastomeric molding tends to wedge the parts together to form a seal against incursion of the elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim L. Martin, Jerry L. Wrisley, Michael Lazarev
  • Patent number: 7400232
    Abstract: A vehicle grab handle is provided to assist entry into the vehicle, such as an RV, semi tractors, emergency vehicles, utility vehicles, construction equipment and agriculture equipment and other vehicles. The handle includes a pair of spaced apart end bases and a grab bar extending between the bases. A keypad is provided in one of the bases to provide keyless entry into the vehicle or other controls of the vehicle. An LED is provided in the opposite end base so as to illuminate the grab bar. Multiple LEDs having different colors may be provided, with electrical circuitry connected to the door lock and to a vehicle alarm so that solid or blinking lights and different colored lights provide a visual display corresponding to the locked or unlocked status of the door, the activated or deactivated status of the alarm, or status of other vehicle accessories including diagnostics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: TriMark Corporation
    Inventors: Anita L. Reichling, Dave Magner, Daniel J. De Boer