Spring Or Elastic Actuated Patents (Class 211/105.5)
  • Patent number: 11317750
    Abstract: A tripartite tension rod assembly, including a first vertical telescoping tension rod, the first tension rod having a first spring loaded endcap and a second non-spring-loaded foot, the first tension rod having a first longitudinal axis; a second vertical telescoping tension rod, the second tension rod having a first spring loaded endcap and a second non-spring-loaded foot, the second tension rod having a second longitudinal axis; a first arcuate bracket arranged to be fixedly secured to the first vertical tension rod; a second arcuate bracket arranged to be fixedly secured to the second vertical tension rod; and, a horizontal telescoping rod extending between the first and second arcuate brackets, the horizontal rod having a third longitudinal axis which, when assembled, is substantially perpendicular to the first and second longitudinal axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Umbra LLC
    Inventors: Dayna Mailach, Adrienna Matzeg
  • Patent number: 10597938
    Abstract: The present disclosure disclose a curtain mounting unit which comprises a connecting seat having a receiving cavity formed in a rear end surface, a mounting hole connected with the receiving cavity formed in a front end surface, and a plurality of tenons extending along a longitudinal direction of connecting seat on the outer sides of the connecting seat. The curtain mounting unit has a telescopic tube having external thread arranged outside and a front end to insert into the receiving cavity which comprises an elastic component. The two ends of the elastic component may be abutting against the front end of the telescopic tube and an inner bottom surface of the receiving cavity respectively. The curtain mounting unit has an annularly-shaped locking ring fitted on the outer surface of the telescopic tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: NINGBO LIYANG NEW MATERIAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Baoguo Tan
  • Patent number: 10220947
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for at least partially environmentally isolating a volume, such as by environmentally isolating the cargo compartment from the passenger compartment of an aircraft. In the context of an apparatus, a barrier curtain is provided that partially defines the volume. The apparatus also includes a cable extending along one or more walls that partially define the volume. The barrier curtain is supported by the cable. The apparatus may also include a cable release mechanism. The cable is held in place by the cable release mechanism and the cable release mechanism is configured to detach the cable at a predetermined load, thereby permitting the barrier curtain to drop in response to a decompression event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: William Robert Clos
  • Patent number: 8479932
    Abstract: A tension rod comprising in its preferred form an outer tube and an inner tube in a telescoping arrangement. The outer tube has an expansion joint structure which can engage the inner surface of the outer tube to hold it in place. A spring stem-wedge-rod structure has a wedge portion with a threaded rod extending therefrom for being threaded through a nut held in the expansion rod structure. The spring stem-wedge-rod structure has a stem extending through a coil spring, and a spring retainer is fixed both to the stem and to the inner tube. Twisting of the inner tube causes the wedge portion to effect the expansion joint structure to be fixed in the outer tube, and the coil spring provides the tension to mount the tension rod between a pair of opposing wall surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Interdesign, Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Carney
  • Publication number: 20090294389
    Abstract: A valet rod slide mounting assembly is provided for mounting to a supporting surface, such as a door, closet organizer, wall, or the like. The assembly includes a rod and a tube receiving the rod for sliding movement between an extended position and a retracted position when the tube overlaps substantially the rod. The assembly also includes at least two anchors for mounting the tube to the supporting surface. The anchors include a first bore sized to receive the tube and a second bore perpendicular to the first bore and sized to receive a mounting element that engages the support surface. The anchors can also include a third bore where a tube retainer is positioned to engage the tube securably. The assembly can also include a plurality of hooks that depend from the rod, with respective components including slots to permit the hooks to engage the rod continuously while sliding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Kevin M. Ward, David P. Noe
  • Publication number: 20080237163
    Abstract: A flue spacer, suitable for providing a flue space in a storage rack, having a transversely extending spacer surface, a first leg extending from a first end of the spacer surface, a first tab extending from the first leg, a second leg extending from a second end of the spacer surface, a second tab extending from the second leg, and at least one resilient member between the first and second tabs. The resilient member is adapted to allow the first and second tabs to be moved towards one another and apply a restoring force to urge the first and second tabs away from one another. The first and second tabs are adapted to attach the spacer surface to at least two storage rack uprights such that the spacer surface is offset from the storage rack uprights to form a vertical flue space within the storage rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventor: Gary Thomas Smith