Miscellaneous Patents (Class 211/1)
  • Patent number: 11929602
    Abstract: A cable conveyance system includes first and second rails, a plurality of cable-retaining supports, and at least one front panel including one or more electronic visual displays. The plurality of cable-retaining supports are disposed between the first and second rails in parallel, spaced apart relation relative to one another and the first and second rails to define a plurality of spaced apart and parallel longitudinal cable-receiving passages each configured to retain at least one longitudinally-extending cable therein. The at least one front panel is pivotable relative to the first and second rails between an open position and a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: CABLE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Roger Jette
  • Patent number: 11871859
    Abstract: A display for displaying and positioning headwear may include a mounting plate configured to attach to a surface; a first arm extending from the mounting plate; a second arm attached to a distal end of the first arm; and a pair of fingers, each finger of the pair of fingers attached to a respective end of the second arm, wherein the second arm together with the pair of fingers is configured to support the headwear in a desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Everett Scott Morrison
  • Patent number: 11771241
    Abstract: A merchandise dispensing apparatus for deterring theft has at least one merchandise support module which includes a covering defining an interior space within the module. A support member and a dispensing member are mounted to the module, the dispensing member being mounted adjacent to the support member. A lockout device is also mounted to each module and connected to the dispensing member. The lockout device includes a housing with a user input member accessible from outside the housing. The user input member communicates with the dispensing member. A controller, which includes a memory and a processor, electrically communicates with the user input member. A sensor electrically communicates with the controller and senses the dispensing of an associated packaged item mounted on the support member. A signaling device electrically communicates with the controller to provide a notification upon the dispensing of the associated packaged item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory M. Bird, Shane Obitts, Gerald Matthew Szpak
  • Patent number: 11745779
    Abstract: A cart includes a chassis and attached wheels; an upper basket attached to the chassis; and a lower basket attached to the chassis. In some embodiments, the cart includes no widthwise push bar in a rear of the cart such that access is unobstructed to the upper and lower baskets from the rear of the cart by a person. In some embodiments, the chassis defines on each lateral side of the cart a pair of vertically spaced handles, each handle surrounding and defining an opening. The handles preferably include handle bars shaped in an oval. On each cart side a curved elongate member extends between and connects the handles, and the curved elongate members represent the rearmost part of the cart. The rear area of the upper basket defines a seat for an infant, and a rear ledge of the lower basket defines a seat for a toddler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ZIBRA, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Milton Sherman, William Lane Ball
  • Patent number: 11744409
    Abstract: The oral care products organizer comprises a housing, a tablet holder, a drawer, and a drawer insert. The oral care products organizer is a device for organizing and storing oral care products. As non-limiting examples, the oral care products may comprise one or more toothbrushes, a tube of toothpaste, dentures, and a plurality of denture cleansing tablets. The tablet holder may store the plurality of denture cleansing tablets. The dentures may be stored in the drawer insert within the drawer. The housing may store the one or more toothbrushes and the tablet holder under a cap that protects the one or more toothbrushes from exposure. The drawer may be inserted into a drawer aperture at the bottom of the housing for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Anthony Bingham
  • Patent number: 11525208
    Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet; an inner door disposed to be rotatable in a front surface of the cabinet and provided with an opening; an outer door disposed to form a space in which clothes are mounted between a front surface of the inner door and the outer door, the outer door disposed to rotate with respect to the cabinet together with the inner door or with respect to the inner door separately from the inner door; a heating plate disposed on a rear surface of the outer door; a holding device disposed in an upper portion of the space between the inner door and the outer door and formed to hold one end of the clothes; and a pair of clips disposed under the holding device in the space between the inner door and the outer door and formed to hold both sides of the clothes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Inbang Song, Hyeonuk Na, Kyoungmin Park, Jaebok Lee, Hojin Lee, Seokho Ju, Sangyeon Pyo, Yeonsoo Ham
  • Patent number: 11426773
    Abstract: A load port includes a dock plate on which a container storing a substrate is placed, a port plate, a moving mechanism configured to move the dock plate between a dock position and an undock position, a gas supply nozzle unit provided in the dock plate and configured to contact a bottom surface of the container placed on the dock plate and supply a gas into the container, and a pressing unit provided above the dock plate and configured to press the container placed on the dock plate downward. The pressing unit includes a contact member brought into contact with the container placed on the dock plate, and a driving mechanism configured to move the contact member between a first position apart from the container and a second position in contact with the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoichi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 11396316
    Abstract: A cart includes a chassis and attached wheels; an upper basket attached to the chassis; and a lower basket attached to the chassis. In some embodiments, the cart includes no widthwise push bar in a rear of the cart such that access is unobstructed to the upper and lower baskets from the rear of the cart by a person. In some embodiments, the chassis defines on each lateral side of the cart a pair of vertically spaced handles, each handle surrounding and defining an opening. The handles preferably include handle bars shaped in an oval. On each cart side a curved elongate member extends between and connects the handles, and the curved elongate members represent the rearmost part of the cart. The rear area of the upper basket defines a seat for an infant, and a rear ledge of the lower basket defines a seat for a toddler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: ZIBRA, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Milton Sherman, William Lane Ball
  • Patent number: 10960260
    Abstract: A fitness accessory for improving positioning and form during a frog pump exercise may include a wedge shaped device. The wedge shaped device may include a base; a top opposite the base; a pair of angled side walls connecting the base and the top; a first smaller end closing a first end of the wedge shaped device; and a second larger end closing a second end of the wedge shaped device. The device may taper from a larger width at the second end to a smaller width at the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventor: Kurt Weber
  • Patent number: 10875173
    Abstract: A tool holding rack has a back board and a pair of hanging hooks. The pair of hanging hooks is attached to the back board. Each hanging hook has a hook body, at least one through hole, and a track channel. The at least one through hole is defined through the hook body. The track channel is defined in the hook body, wherein the back board extends through the track channels in the pair of hanging hooks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Jui Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 10709245
    Abstract: Providing a new article falling prevention device capable of preventing an article placed on a mounting plate from falling due to vibration such as an earthquake without using any electrically operating member as a component at all. A left end of a load support member is connected to a left rotating rod 15 pivotally supported rotatably by a left support shaft 13 disposed at a front end side middle portion or a rear end side middle portion, a right end of the load support member is connected to a right rotating rod 16 pivotally supported rotatably by a right support shaft 14 disposed at a front end side middle portion or a rear end side middle portion, and the load support member 17 supports all or part of the load of an article W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Weight Tokai Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Katayama
  • Patent number: 10616672
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for safely and efficiently removing or returning a radio microphone from a mounting surface. The system includes a first magnet attached to the rear side of a radio microphone and a second magnet located at a desired mounting position on the mounting surface. The second magnet preferably includes an outer vinyl layer to prevent breaking or cracking of the first second magnet when returning the radio microphone to its mounting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Innovative Products Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan J. Schreiber, Michael J. Tinter
  • Patent number: 10478742
    Abstract: A toy construction element includes a first face recessed from a second face by a recess height, a first peg extending from the second face, and an engaging member disposed on the first face. The first peg has a first peg height relative to the second face. The engaging member may include a column portion and a peg portion, wherein the column portion extends from a first end portion at the first face to a second end portion at which the peg portion is disposed. The column portion may have a column height substantially equal to the recess height, and the peg portion may have a peg portion height substantially equal to the first peg height. A toy construction element may be part of a toy construction assembly, in which an engaging member of the toy construction element connects to a hole defined by a flexible member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Mattel-MEGA Holdings (US), LLC
    Inventors: Louis-Philippe Beaulieu, Muryllo Cardoso Figueiredo De Matos
  • Patent number: 10366641
    Abstract: Product display systems are provided. The product display system may include a product display assembly. The product display system may also include a retail product positioned in proximity to the product display assembly. The product display system may further include a power source configured to output electrical current. At least one of the product display assembly and the retail product may include a shape-memory alloy. The shape-memory alloy may be configured to change from a first shape to a second shape in response to heat produced from electrical current provided by the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Michael F. Davis
  • Patent number: 10206527
    Abstract: The disclosure includes in one aspect a mounting sticker that includes a non-adhesive front side defined by a planar sticker body that defines a head portion and a rear side defined by the planar sticker body including a planar magnetically receptive member, at least a portion of the sticker body defining the rear side comprising an adhesive. Another aspect includes a mounting sticker that includes an adhesive front side defined by a planar adhesive body that defines a head portion, with at least a portion of the adhesive body defining the adhesive front side comprising an adhesive; an adhesive rear side defined by the planar adhesive body, with at least a portion of the adhesive body defining the adhesive rear side comprising an adhesive; and a planar magnetically receptive member disposed on the adhesive rear side of the planar adhesive body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Inventor: Leslie Pierson
  • Patent number: 9930976
    Abstract: The disclosure includes in one aspect a mounting sticker comprising a non-adhesive front side defined by a planar sticker body and a rear side defined by the planar sticker body and including a planar magnetically receptive member disposed thereon with the magnetically receptive member completely peripherally surrounded by a portion of the sticker body, at least a portion of the sticker body defining the rear side comprising an adhesive. The sticker body can define a teardrop shape having a circular head portion with a peeling tip extending from the head portion and terminating at a point defined by an acute angle or can be circular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Inventor: Leslie Pierson
  • Patent number: 9926708
    Abstract: A magnetic fastener and wall covering system include at least one wall panel having a front facing surface, a magnetically attractive rear facing surface and a side surface forming any number of different shapes. A plurality of wall fasteners and wall anchors are provided to penetrate and engage a wall. A plurality of magnetic spacers are provided having a central aperture for receiving one of the plurality of wall fasteners, and for attracting to the magnetically attractive rear surface of the wall panel. The system also includes one or more wall strips having a magnetic top surface and an adhesive back surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Inventor: Mikulas Janko
  • Patent number: 9919196
    Abstract: A rack for storing equipment gear and methods for using the same are provided. In one embodiment, the equipment gear rack includes a base with a plurality of structural members for storing and displaying an equipment gear set. The plurality of structural members may include a helmet display member with an angled protruding body for supporting a head piece. In other embodiments, the equipment gear rack may also include a pair of protruding arm members for storing gloves and a hook member for hanging equipment gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Inventor: Thatcher Thornburg Gellman
  • Patent number: 9730534
    Abstract: The disclosure includes in one aspect a mounting sticker comprising a non-adhesive front side defined by a planar sticker body and a rear side defined by the planar sticker body and including a planar magnetically receptive member disposed thereon with the magnetically receptive member completely peripherally surrounded by a portion of the sticker body, at least a portion of the sticker body defining the rear side comprising an adhesive. The sticker body can define a teardrop shape having a circular head portion with a peeling tip extending from the head portion and terminating at a point defined by an acute angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Inventor: Leslie Pierson
  • Patent number: 9689150
    Abstract: The portable washing station has a mounting plate having rigid upper and lower sections joined by fabric so that it can be folded up for storage and transport. The washing station has a detachable sink basin attached to the lower section, made of flexible and lightweight, waterproof material. The washing station has straps that serve a dual purpose. While in use, the straps allow the washing station to be mounted to a support structure, such as a tree, utility pole, sailboat mast, fence post or any other structure of sufficient height. The straps also keep the portable washing station securely in the stored configuration, when folded up. This portable washing station is perfect for families while camping, the military while cleaning weapons in the field, first responders during natural disasters and any other users in which the convenience of providing and maintaining good hygiene are necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Inventor: Charles R. Nelson
  • Patent number: 9629506
    Abstract: A dental hygiene storage device for use in organizing and storing one or more toothbrushes, tubes of toothpaste, and dental floss. The dental hygiene storage device includes a base having an upstanding panel thereon, wherein the base is configured to rest on a horizontal support surface, such as a sink or countertop. The upstanding panel includes a toothbrush holder thereon for use in holding one or more toothbrushes in a vertical orientation. The base has one or more recesses for use in holding a portion of a tube of toothpaste therein. Further, the base includes a compartment in which dental floss can be stored, wherein the compartment is removably covered via a lid and includes an opening through which the floss may extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Wilhelm Schwarz
  • Patent number: 9616911
    Abstract: A cleaning cart having a base plate and a working plate arranged at a vertical distance above the base plate, the base plate and the working plate being connected to each other by a rod system arranged within the vertical distance. The rod system is formed by at least two struts extending in a non-parallel manner relative to each other, and the struts are connected to each other by a bridge-like holder, the holder being arranged in a self-retaining manner between the struts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Andreas Eisenhut, Christoph Zimmermann, Bruno Meier
  • Patent number: 9564351
    Abstract: A positioning frame structure for the centering and positioning of an IC is disclosed, in which the positioning frame structure comprises an IC carrier having a first chamber defined therein and an IC positioning magnet disposed in the first chamber of the IC carrier. The positioning frame structure further comprises an IC holder disposed over the IC positioning magnet, and the IC is held on the IC holder, so as to provide centering and positioning of the IC relative to the IC positioning magnet. The present invention can be used to control the centering and positioning of the IC and the positioning magnet on the carrier. The positioning magnet can be made to be larger than the IC. In addition, a large air gap can be obtained so as to facilitate the subsequent operation of the IC. Furthermore, without the operation using adhesive, the technical solution of the present invention saves the cost of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tianshun Wu, Chengwei Huang, Xiaochi Xu
  • Patent number: 8896322
    Abstract: A method for dispensing and detecting solid pharmaceutical articles includes: forcing an article through a dispensing channel and past a sensor configured and positioned to detect the article passing through the dispensing channel, wherein the article includes one of the solid pharmaceutical articles; generating a detection signal using the sensor responsive to the article passing through the dispensing channel, wherein the detection signal indicates a time that the article takes to traverse the sensor; and determining whether the article is a complete article or an article fragment responsive to a comparison of the time indicated by the detection signal and an article fragment travel time representing an expected travel time for a complete article to traverse the sensor that is determined independent of physical attributes of the solid pharmaceutical articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Parata Systems, LLC
    Inventor: James Robert Rivenbark, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140183146
    Abstract: Holders for maintaining personal items such as dental and hygienic products are disclosed. The holders include a series of sections, particularly, holding sections having different geometrical structures related to the different items intended to be hold. In this manner, they may be assembled at the convenience of the user and its holding units may be increased or decreased as well as selected based upon the particular structure of the holding units at the will of the users. The holder may be self-standing when using a disclosed base or alternatively, it may be secured to a commonly used toothbrush supporting base or even be supported via a suction cup over a given surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventor: Edwin Antonio Feliciano-Perez
  • Patent number: 8732975
    Abstract: A work surface device for a domestic household appliance and a household appliance having a work surface. The work surface device includes a housing having a cavity accessible by an opening formed in a sidewall of the housing, and a pivotally-deployable work surface supported by the housing at a pivot point, wherein the pivotally-deployable work surface is movable about the pivot point from a stored position within the cavity to a deployed position outside of the housing, and wherein the pivotally-deployable work surface has a planar upper support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Sam Rhodes, Oliver Schöne
  • Publication number: 20130220947
    Abstract: A fixture for the presentation of goods having at least two frame legs fixed at a defined distance from one another, wherein first retaining means for fixing presentation fittings between the frame legs and second retaining means for fixing wall elements are arranged on the sides of the frame legs which face one another, wherein the wall elements can be fixed to the second retaining means by magnetic forces, and in each case rest against or border at least one presentation fitting and cover the area between the frame legs in such a way that the first retaining means and the second retaining means are not visible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventor: Mladen Pintur
  • Patent number: 8499967
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing solid articles includes a housing and at least one vacuum source. The housing defines a hopper chamber to hold the articles and a dispensing channel fluidly connected to the hopper chamber. The dispensing channel has an inlet and an outlet defining a dispensing flow path therebetween. The vacuum source is adapted to provide a vacuum pressure and induce a gas flow in the housing. The apparatus is configured to generate a forward drive gas flow from the vacuum pressure and induced gas flow, and the forward drive gas flow conveys articles through the dispensing channel along the dispensing flow path in a direction from the inlet to the outlet to dispense the articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Parata Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Richard D. Michelli
  • Publication number: 20130032558
    Abstract: An array of storage receivers such as bins of various sizes supported by a transportable stand to which the bins may be removably attached. The stand may have a handle for carrying, and wheels for movably supporting the stand and the array of storage bins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventor: TERI KRAMER
  • Publication number: 20130031820
    Abstract: The accessory rail is mountable on a primary device, such as a firearm, for releasably attaching an auxiliary device directly to the accessory rail. The accessory rail generally includes a rail body and at least one slot adapter, which is integrally formed within the rail body, for receiving attachment means of the auxiliary device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventor: Mark A. Deros
  • Publication number: 20120273447
    Abstract: A storage apparatus has a storage structure with at least a part thereof being formed to have and maintain a non-flat configuration during use. The part is formed substantially of a full hard, cold rolled steel material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: David M. Stitchick, Joseph Yankello, Michael Orroth, Zachary Utz
  • Publication number: 20120228240
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, a configurable merchandise display system comprises a base, a peg board associated with the base and a shelf. The peg board is configured to conduct electrical current and comprises a plurality of electrical sockets. The shelf is configured to be removably coupled to and in electrical communication with the peg board via at least a first and a second of the plurality of electrical sockets. The shelf is further configured to removably accommodate at least one product thereon, and to be in electrical communication with the at least one product. A controller is configured to control at least an electrical current flowing to and from the peg board and the shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: T-INK, LLC
    Inventors: John Gentile, Anthony Gentile, Steven Martin Cohen, Scott Wilker
  • Publication number: 20120199542
    Abstract: A thermochromic indicator is vertically disposed on a rack. Such that the thermochromic indicator is visible from a distance. In some examples, the thermochromic indicator indicates a bulk air temperature and a gradient air temperature. The thermochromic indicator provides a real-time visual of air temperatures of computing equipment and devices housed within a computing facility. The thermochromic indicator may be vertically disposed on a front-face and/or a back-face or a rack. A plurality of thermochromic indicators may be disposed on a plurality of front-faces and/or back-faces of racks of an array of racks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Telect, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul A. Knight
  • Publication number: 20120145662
    Abstract: A panel attachment arrangement for attaching a panel 3.003 to a support 7.066 having a pair of opposite sides each opposite side having an engagement lip 7.078 which, in use, are on the opposite face of the support to the panel, the panel attachment arrangement including: a pair of first projections 3.005 adapted to receive a pair of opposite sides of a support; each projection including an inward transverse second projection 3.007 adapted to seat behind or in a corresponding one of the recesses in the support, wherein one or more of (a) the panel, (b) the first projections, or (c) the second projections are flexible or resilient, whereby the second projections can be resiliently splayed or flexed beyond the opposite sides of the support to engage the corresponding lip when the flexing force is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS PTY LIMITED
    Inventor: David Geng
  • Publication number: 20120067839
    Abstract: A protective covering system for wire shelving, designed for ease of attachment to any wire shelving system. The protective covering system comprises a substantially rigid base member which exhibits through areas for attachment of fastening devices between the upper portion of the substantially rigid base and the upper portion of the individual wire shelving member to be engaged. The gripping of the individual wire shelving member on at least each of four areas, in conjunction with the positioning of the upper head portion of the individual fastening members restrains the substantially rigid base member from movement but limiting the three translational displacement components of degree of freedom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventor: Daniel G. Poisson
  • Publication number: 20120067837
    Abstract: A suspension device includes a suspender, a suspension housing, and a positioning assembly, the suspender being mounted on the suspension housing, the positioning assembly including a suspension substrate, an elastic member, a button and wall-in screws, a first locking arm and a second locking arm being respectively extended from two ends of the suspension substrate, an assemble bore being formed on the second locking arm, a blind hole being formed on the button, the upper end of the elastic member being coupled to the suspension substrate and being arranged between the first locking arm and the second locking arm, the lower end of the elastic member being snapped into the blind hole, a socket and a through hole being formed on the suspension housing, the first locking arm being engaged with the socket, the button being successively gone through the assemble bore and the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Guodong He, Yunyou Long, Guofeng Yang
  • Patent number: 8054086
    Abstract: A method for dispensing and detecting solid pharmaceutical articles includes: forcing an article through a dispensing channel and past a sensor configured and positioned to detect the article passing through the dispensing channel, wherein the article includes one of the solid pharmaceutical articles; generating a detection signal using the sensor responsive to the article passing through the dispensing channel, wherein the detection signal indicates a time that the article takes to traverse the sensor; and determining whether the article is a complete article or an article fragment responsive to a comparison of the time indicated by the detection signal and an article fragment travel time representing an expected travel time for a complete article to traverse the sensor that is determined independent of physical attributes of the solid pharmaceutical articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Parata Systems, LLC
    Inventor: James Robert Rivenbark, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7998725
    Abstract: An organ perfusion apparatus and method monitor, sustain and/or restore viability of organs and preserve organs for storage and/or transport. Other apparatus include an organ transporter, an organ cassette and an organ diagnostic device. The apparatus and methods further include a tube frame removably connected to the cassette and configured to hold a plurality of tubes in a position to be connected to tubes in the portable housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Organ Recovery Systems
    Inventors: Douglas Schein, Lee William Travis
  • Publication number: 20110100933
    Abstract: A cable management arm system includes a rack and a pair of spaced apart support slides mounted on opposite sides of the rack. A first cable support arm is pivotably connected to a second cable support arm. A first arm attachment member is pivotably connected to the first cable support arm and a second arm attachment member is pivotably connected to the second cable support arm. Connector receivers are mounted on both sides of the rack. Snap-on connectors interconnect the attachment members and the connector receivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventor: Chris Kitten
  • Publication number: 20110049064
    Abstract: A woodworking clamp storage apparatus provides storage and organization for one or more woodworking clamps. The storage apparatus stores the clamps in a manner that allows for convenient accessibility while protecting the clamps from damage. The storage apparatus organizes the clamps so that woodworking projects may be completed more efficiently. In one embodiment, the storage apparatus comprises an upper and lower support having two or more openings. The upper and lower support may be attached to one or more side supports. A stop may be located below the lower support. Woodworking clamps may be inserted through the openings of the upper and lower support and be held off the ground by the stop. The clamps may be held substantially vertically to allow easy accessibility. A variety of shaped openings may be used to categorize or organize the woodworking clamps in the storage apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventor: Wayne Stokes
  • Publication number: 20110011812
    Abstract: Some embodiments of a display fixture may include an articulable arm assembly that can be adjusted so as to retain items in a vertical orientation. In one implementation, the arm assembly may be mounted to a horizontal cross-member of a retail display fixture and may include two grasping arms that can be slidably adjusted relative to one another so as to contact the edges of a surfboard or wakeboard and securely display the item in an offset orientation such that the item is presented at an angle relative to a normal viewing direction. The arm assembly may include a pivot mechanism that permits the angle to be adjusted, optionally to a number of predetermined angular positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Jason W. Johnson, Sixto Beltrandy, Joseph R. Guggenberger
  • Patent number: 7850020
    Abstract: Storage carts for the storage of pallets and other loads that may be moved between an open position into an aisle for access to the load and a closed position out of the aisle when desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Konstant Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony N. Konsant
  • Publication number: 20100276378
    Abstract: An exhibition apparatus includes a pair of side boards, a pair of back boards, a vertical board and at least a pair of bottom boards. The pair of back boards are respectively pivotally connected to each other and respectively pivotally connected to the pair of side boards. At least one among the pair of back boards has at least a first insertion portion. The vertical board is disposed between the pair of side boards. The pair of bottom boards are respectively pivotally connected to the two opposite surfaces of the vertical board and respectively pivotally connected to the surfaces of the pair of side boards facing the vertical board. At least one among the pair of bottom boards has a second insertion portion, and the first insertion portion and the second insertion portion suit to be inserted by each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: OWEDO CREATIVE PRODUCTION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsiu-Feng Chen
  • Publication number: 20100116758
    Abstract: A modular display rack and, more specifically, a display rack having a plurality of cylindrical bins oriented horizontally and stacked vertically. The cylindrical bins consist of a transparent half-pipe bottom with vertical dividers attached to two circular end caps. The circular end caps provide a hinge for a rotatable door and snap-to-fit features that allow the stacking of the bins vertically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: SABRITAS, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
    Inventor: Maria Alejandra Noble Colin
  • Publication number: 20100096349
    Abstract: An organizer for a desk or other surface. In one aspect, the invention can be an organizer comprising: a rack assembly comprising a pair of spaced-apart vertical supports and a plurality of horizontal rods extending between and supported by the pair of vertical supports, the plurality of horizontal rods arranged in a spaced-apart manner; an organization accessory having a rear side having a width that is greater than a distance between the vertical supports, the organization accessory having a pair of hook members extending from the rear side of the organization accessory; and the organization accessory mounted to the rack assembly so that the hook members engage one of the horizontal rods and the rear side of the organization accessory rests against the pair of vertical supports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Carl H. Schulman
  • Publication number: 20100089844
    Abstract: A removable display rack for items of merchandise includes a U-shaped mounting bracket having a pair of spaced sidewalls and a topwall and is secured to a support structure by tightening thumbscrews which extend through the sidewalls and against the support structure, clamping the display rack firmly to the support structure. Extending vertically from the topwall of the mounting bracket is a square tube with an open end. A round tube extends vertically from a bottom wall of the tray and is inserted into the open end of the square tube. The tube is secured by another thumbscrew extending through the square tube, and clamps the tray at a desired vertical position. Merchandise is placed on the tray and held by sidewalls extending vertically from the bottom wall of the tray. The display rack is easily adjusted by loosening the thumbscrews and repositioning the rack vertically and horizontally on the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: E-B DISPLAY COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Michael S. Rotolo
  • Patent number: 7559437
    Abstract: A theft-deterring merchandise dispensing apparatus has a chassis configured to provide limited access to an interior space housing merchandise in a secure manner. A knob is secured to a front panel of the chassis. The knob is secured to one end of an elongate wire coil, the knob and coil rotational about a common axis. An elongate cantilevered rod is mounted on a rear panel of the chassis and extensive therefrom within the coil, the rod terminating at a free end in proximity to the front panel. Units of merchandise are slidingly secured on the rod and positioned between windings of the coil so that rotation of the coil by the knob moves the packages along the rod to exit proximate the front panel. A noise-maker creates a noise when the knob is rotated to alert store personnel that products are being dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Displays Plus, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert P. Colelli, Eric E. Oberg, Johnnie Cruz, Keith Cleland
  • Publication number: 20090120332
    Abstract: Shipping and storage containers, racks, and pallets including interlocking mechanisms are provided. An embodiment of the pallet includes openings, interface fittings aligned with the openings, respectively, and sized to fit into openings of identical sizes and configurations as the first and second openings, respectively, locking components operatively connected to one another, and an actuator for moving concomitantly the locking components into and out of the openings, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Heinrichs, Donald Edmund Fabula, Eric Robert Boyd
  • Publication number: 20090057243
    Abstract: A cover device is used to cover bolts and welded plate edges on a lumber stacking rack to prevent damage to the lumber when it is placed in the stacking rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventor: David Klauer
  • Publication number: 20090020487
    Abstract: A board holder comprising a wall mounting bracket 1 supporting a curved steel bar 2. The bar 2 is able to pivot or swing up and down with respect to the bracket and will tend to swing downwards under gravity unless such swing is arrested. The bar 2 is curved so that it doubles back on itself in front of the bracket 1. This creates a space 3 between opposite portions of the bar with an entrance 4 opening into the space for receiving a snow board or surfboard, etc. The board, etc, is held between a first contact part 6 and a second contact part 7 of the bar. Gravity, coupled with the weight of the bar 2 and the board 5 serve to hold the board in position with a lower part 11 of the board 5 butting against the wall 12. The board 5 thus angles outwardly from the wall up towards the board holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventor: Timothy Peter Wood