Elements Patents (Class 211/183)
  • Patent number: 11953039
    Abstract: Assemblies plastic mesh for the manufacturing of furniture include a plurality of parts that can be used repeatedly, as all of them are made up of first male locking elements and second female locking elements that do not require extraneous fastening elements for their placement. The parts are joined by means of first locking elements and second locking elements (male and female) with a secure and easy-to-put-together assembly without the risk of the parts coming loose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: Eduardo Calderón Abad
  • Patent number: 11946269
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a modular design and build architecture, comprising: one or more integrated system module (ISMs) that are configured to be shipped and assembled on-site to construct an operational infrastructure for one or more application environments, wherein each of the ISMs comprises two or more different functional components that are integrated onto and/or supported by a common structural floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Nautilus TRUE, LLC
    Inventors: Gabe Andrews, Chase Abercrombie Ott, Robert C. Pfleging, Patrick J. Quirk
  • Patent number: 11925258
    Abstract: A shelf support beam for use in a shelving unit to support a shelf. The support beam includes a first end and a second end located at opposite longitudinal ends of the shelf support beam between which a structural member extends. The structural member has a C-shaped cross-section and includes a web separating a top flange that is configured to support the shelf from a bottom flange. The support beam further includes a tab located at each of the first and second ends of the structural member. Each tab includes a pair of securing fingers that are angled relative to a plane disposed perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the shelf support beam such that each securing finger is angled inwardly toward a center of the structural member. The support beam further includes an enforcement tab formed in the web at each of the first and second ends of the structural member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Edsal Manufacturing Company, LLC
    Inventors: Anusha Chakraborthy, Mitchell E. Bianchin, Rohan Parab
  • Patent number: 11800674
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to an expandable housing for a computing system like a server. For example, the expandable housing with one or more rack units is formed by a plurality of extruded structural members. A first rack unit is formed on the at least one first base member through a first set of extruded structural members. The first set of extruded structural members are connected with each with a plurality of first interconnecting contact joints for contact and engagement therebetween. A second rack unit is formed on the first rack unit and a second set of extruded structural members are connected with each through a plurality of second interconnecting contact joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Ranjith Babu Rajendran, Balachander Ramamoorthy, Senthil Velan Arumugam
  • Patent number: 11789502
    Abstract: A server casing includes a case body, a HDD cage and a backplane assembly. The case body has an opening and an accommodation space connected to the opening. The HDD cage can be inserted into and removed from the accommodation space through the opening. The HDD cage has installation spaces for accommodating the hard disk drives. The backplane assembly includes a connector and a HDD backplane fastened to the HDD cage and configured to be electrically connected to the hard disk drives. The HDD cage further has a front surface and a rear surface. The front surface is closer to the opening than the rear surface. The installation spaces are between the front surface and the rear surface. The HDD backplane extends beyond the rear surface in a direction away from the opening. The connector is located at one end of the HDD backplane extending beyond the rear surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: SQ Technology(Shanghai) Corporation, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Boheng Zeng
  • Patent number: 11723459
    Abstract: Beverage cabinets and shelf systems for beverage cabinets are described herein. The present invention may include a cabinet that includes a housing, a door attached to a front edge of the housing, and shelves suspended within the interior of the housing by rail mechanisms. One or more of the shelves may include a rear support extending approximately from left to right in a rear portion of interior of the housing, a transverse support extending approximately from left to right and offset from the front edge of the housing, and medial supports extending approximately from front to back. One or more of the medial supports may include a back portion extending from the rear support to the transverse support and a front portion extending from the transverse support to the front edge of the housing, where the front portion is removable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Victor Jose Lizardi Alvarez
  • Patent number: 11686148
    Abstract: A frame for an overhead door has a horizontal header connected to tripod legs with splice assemblies. Each tripod leg has two upright columns connected to an upright I-bar. The splice assemblies connect the upright columns to the header. Hinges pivotally mount the overhead door to the header to allow hydraulic cylinders to selectively move the overhead door between an open position and a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SORREL QUARTERS, LLC
    Inventor: Michael L. Schweiss
  • Patent number: 11655666
    Abstract: A frame for supporting a door has a horizontal header connected to tripod legs with splice assemblies. Each tripod leg has two upright columns connected to an upright I-bar. The splice assemblies are fastened to the upright columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SORREL QUARTERS, LLC
    Inventor: Michael L. Schweiss
  • Patent number: 11583073
    Abstract: A shelf support beam (80, 130, 200) for use in a shelving unit (10) to support a shelf (22). A structural member (82, 132, 202) has a C-shaped cross-section. A web (94, 144, 216) separates a top flange (96, 146, 220) from a bottom flange (112, 162, 234). The top flange (96, 146, 220) is configured to support the shelf (22). The web (94, 144, 216), the top flange (96, 146, 220), and the bottom flange (112, 162, 234) define a channel (92, 142, 214) of the member (82, 132, 202). The channel (92, 142, 214) defines a cavity height (C1, D1, E1). The top flange (96, 146, 220) and the bottom flange (112, 162, 234) define a top flange width (C2, D2, E2) and a bottom flange width (C3, D3, E3), respectively. A ratio of the cavity height (C1, D1, E1) to a sum of the top flange width (C2, D2, E2) and the bottom flange width (C3, D3, E3) is greater than 1, is at least 1.20, or is about 1.40. The C-shaped cross-section has a moment of inertia (98, 148, 238) of greater than 0.40, greater than 0.45, or at least 0.46.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Edsal Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohan Parab, Jeff Lamber, Anthony J. Troyner, Mitchell Liss, Mitchell E. Bianchin
  • Patent number: 11564491
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a bracket having a rack attachment member and a guard attachment member, and upper and lower engagement tabs that are coupled to the rack attachment member and have a stem portion and a head portion. The rack attachment member has a lock pin hole above the lower rack engagement tab. The lock pin hole is sized and positioned to provide sufficient cross-sectional area within a rack engagement distance to allow passage of a bracket lock pin therethrough within the rack engagement distance. The apparatus further includes a bracket lock pin having a stabilizing leg coupled to a lock pin head, where the stabilizing leg fits through the lock pin hole and the lock pin head does not. The stabilizing leg urges the lock pin head toward the lock pin hole when the stabilizing leg is passed through the lock pin hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SpaceGuard Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward M. Murphy, Scott A. Jump, Christopher Lee Roberts
  • Patent number: 11503926
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a shopping shelf. The shopping shelf includes: a shelf support; and a rack detachably mounted to the shelf support; where the rack includes: a mounting bracket; a weight sensing device above the mounting bracket; a suspension bracket base above the weight sensing device; and a suspension bracket having one end detachably mounted to the suspension bracket base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai Cloudpick Smart Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hengliang Zhai, Linan Feng, Wenyao Wu, Jieyu Ma, Ding Xia, Tingtao Li, Yimei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11439252
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a channel glide assembly are disclosed. In some embodiments, the assembly includes a channel glide having a base with a first channel and a second channel, a first fence on a lateral outside side of the first channel, a second fence on a lateral outside side of the second channel, an intermediate fence positioned between the first and second channel, and a front stop unit removably connected with the base. In certain embodiments, the front stop unit is a different material than the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Eva Lilja, Brendan Hingston Lake
  • Patent number: 11326361
    Abstract: A debris containment system includes channel units that are configured to attach to perimeter structural members of the building (e.g., vertical columns and/or horizontal beams) and extend outward from the perimeter of the building. Channel units can be produced in any length or lengths needed for a given application. These channel units are used to lift and support barrier members (e.g., nets, tarps, canvas/fabric, or other barrier members) to create barriers along the perimeter of the building. Importantly, these channel units are generally attached directly or indirectly (e.g., via temporary vertical members) to structures that will remain on the building (e.g., structural columns and beams of the building) as opposed to being used with separate framing structures erected outside of the building perimeter, although in some exemplary embodiments, channel units can be used on structures erected outside of the perimeter of the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventor: Robert Long
  • Patent number: 11083287
    Abstract: A set of panels includes a first panel having a first main plane and a second panel having a second main plane. The panels are provided with a mechanical locking device for locking a first edge of the first panel to a second edge of the second panel. The mechanical locking device includes an edge groove at the first edge, wherein an edge tongue of the second edge is insertable into the edge groove. A flexible tongue is arranged in an insertion groove provided in the edge section groove, and cooperates with a tongue groove provided at the edge section of the second panel. The first and the second panels are locked at a junction plane which is extending between the first main plane and the second main plane. The first edge comprises an edge tongue that extends from the junction plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
    Inventors: Christian Boo, Peter Derelov
  • Patent number: 11066004
    Abstract: An equipment mounting system may include a quick mount track having a backing plate with a center slot, a first outer slot, and a second outer slot, the first outer slot and the second outer slot comprise a plurality of diamond contour target regions, and a plurality of locking pin apertures along the center slot in the backing plate, the locking pin apertures are in horizontal alignment with the plurality of diamond contoured target regions. The equipment mounting system also may include a mount removably coupled to the quick mount track wherein the plurality of diamond contour target regions allow for a round head of a t-shaped stud of the mount to engage the first outer slot and the second outer slot at an angle to the backing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Ferno-Washington, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Paul Schroeder, James C. West, III, Robert C. Chinn, Peter Smolan, Michal Vacula, Ladislav Turek
  • Patent number: 11033105
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a bracket having a rack attachment member and a guard attachment member, and upper and lower engagement tabs that are coupled to the rack attachment member and have a stem portion and a head portion. The rack attachment member has a lock pin hole above the lower rack engagement tab. The lock pin hole is sized and positioned to provide sufficient cross-sectional area within a rack engagement distance to allow passage of a bracket lock pin therethrough within the rack engagement distance. The apparatus further includes a bracket lock pin having a stabilizing leg coupled to a lock pin head, where the stabilizing leg fits through the lock pin hole and the lock pin head does not. The stabilizing leg urges the lock pin head toward the lock pin hole when the stabilizing leg is passed through the lock pin hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SpaceGuard Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward M. Murphy, Scott A. Jump, Christopher Lee Roberts
  • Patent number: 11033106
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a bracket having a rack attachment member and a guard attachment member, and upper and lower engagement tabs that are coupled to the rack attachment member and have a stem portion and a head portion. The rack attachment member has a lock pin hole above the lower rack engagement tab. The lock pin hole is sized and positioned to provide sufficient cross-sectional area within a rack engagement distance to allow passage of a bracket lock pin therethrough within the rack engagement distance. The apparatus further includes a bracket lock pin having a stabilizing leg coupled to a lock pin head, where the stabilizing leg fits through the lock pin hole and the lock pin head does not. The stabilizing leg urges the lock pin head toward the lock pin hole when the stabilizing leg is passed through the lock pin hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SpaceGuard Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward M. Murphy, Scott A. Jump, Christopher Lee Roberts
  • Patent number: 10925398
    Abstract: A slider rail assembly includes a rail member and a bracket. The bracket and the rail member can be displaced with respect to each other. One of the rail member and the bracket is provided with a blocking feature, and the other of the rail member and the bracket is provided with a locking device. When the bracket is at a predetermined position with respect to the rail member and the locking device is in a locking state, the locking device blocks and is blocked by the blocking feature to prevent the bracket from being displaced from the predetermined position in a certain direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chien-Li Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10883286
    Abstract: A debris containment system includes channel units that are configured to attach to perimeter structural members of the building (e.g., vertical columns and/or horizontal beams) and extend outward from the perimeter of the building. Channel units can be produced in any length or lengths needed for a given application. These channel units are used to lift and support barrier members (e.g., nets, tarps, canvas/fabric, or other barrier members) to create barriers along the perimeter of the building. Importantly, these channel units are generally attached directly or indirectly (e.g., via temporary vertical members) to structures that will remain on the building (e.g., structural columns and beams of the building) as opposed to being used with separate framing structures erected outside of the building perimeter, although in some exemplary embodiments, channel units can be used on structures erected outside of the perimeter of the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventor: Robert Long
  • Patent number: 10657508
    Abstract: A product storage device includes: a main gate that is swingably provided to advance and move away from a product storage column, that advances to an advanced position, and that allows a downstream-most product to be taken out; a sub-gate that is swingably provided in association with the main gate; a sliding member that regulates the main gate from moving away and retracting from the product storage column; and a lever that allows the sliding member to be present at a regulation position, that switches to a regulation posture which regulates the sliding member from returning to the regulation position, and that then, when the main gate moves away from the product storage column in response to a take-out operation, switches to a standby posture when the main gate advances to the product storage column to allow the sliding member to return to the regulation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norio Nakajima, Hajime Erikawa, Katsuhiko Fukuda, Michihiko Makino, Takuya Sakatoku, Takuma Kakiuchi
  • Patent number: 10564449
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a detection support, which includes a support assembly, the support assembly defines a base, a first stop block and a second stop block which may be accommodated in the base, the base, the first and the second stop block respectively support one lateral side and two surfaces of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: HKC Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Wenqiang Bao, Qiong Wu
  • Patent number: 10506875
    Abstract: A set of panels includes a first panel having a first main plane and a second panel having a second main plane. The panels are provided with a mechanical locking device for locking a first edge of the first panel to a second edge of the second panel. The mechanical locking device includes an edge groove at the first edge, wherein an edge tongue of the second edge is insertable into the edge groove. A flexible tongue is arranged in an insertion groove provided in the edge section groove, and cooperates with a tongue groove provided at the edge section of the second panel. The first and the second panels are locked at a junction plane which is extending between the first main plane and the second main plane. The first edge comprises an edge tongue that extends from the junction plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
    Inventors: Christian Boo, Peter Derelov
  • Patent number: 10506894
    Abstract: The embodiments herein provide a post mounted grill assembly comprising of a post for vertical mounting in the ground and a grill assembly configured for resting on top of the ground embedded post. The grill assembly comprises a pipe, a load screw and a cooking frame. Grill assembly is rested on top of ground embedded post by sliding over bottom end of pipe onto upper end of the post. Load screw enables user to adjust height of grill assembly by turning clockwise to raise and counter clockwise to lower grill assembly. The grill assembly is 360 degrees rotatable in either direction using a second handle attached to pipe for loading fuel to campfire, for turning over food that is cooking and for returning cooking assembly back to campfire to resume cooking. Dismantling of grill assembly is done by lifting grill assembly off the embedded post on completion of cooking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Inventor: Gary W Herr
  • Patent number: 10391352
    Abstract: A tube rack-out system for use in an exercise machine having: a hollow support structure having an aperture therein; an angled tubular member, the angled tubular member having a first end received into the aperture in the hollow support and a second end that is angled upwardly; and a cover passing over an upper surface of the angled tubular member, the cover being connected onto the hollow support structure. The system enables the mounting of individual rack-outs on a support member and provides a large surface area between the covers and the angled tubular member below the covers, thereby contributing to the long life of the covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Meredith, Bruce Hockridge
  • Patent number: 10368463
    Abstract: Equipment brackets, rack-mounted equipment systems, and related methods are disclosed. According to one exemplary embodiment, equipment brackets may include at least one front bracket mounted towards a front of an equipment chassis and configured to be fastened to at least one front rail of an equipment cabinet, wherein the at least one front bracket includes an air flow pocket configured to allow air intake to pass through the air flow pocket before being vented through air vents disposed on the equipment chassis, at least one rear bracket mounted behind the at least one front bracket on the equipment chassis, and at least one rear bracket arm including one or more longitudinally extending prongs having at least a first portion recessed within the at least one rear bracket and configured to be fastened to at least one rear rail of the equipment cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: VCE IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventor: Ronald D. Kelley
  • Patent number: 10271453
    Abstract: A chassis rail stabilizer that may be used to securely support a rack mount rail in a server rack, in particular during transportation of the server rack. The chassis rail stabilizer includes a first body with a front face and a back face, and four rail supporting sides. The stabilizer further includes a second body extending off of the front face of the first body and an offset threaded through hole that extends through the first and second bodies. The offset nature of the through hole is such that the stabilizer may be secured to a vertical mounting post in a server rack in one of four orientations. Each orientation causes one of the rail supporting sides to extend downward a different distance to support a top surface of the rail beneath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: VCE IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Paul E. Brennan, Mark Steven Tuck
  • Patent number: 10251482
    Abstract: A bracket device includes a side wall, an end wall and a supporting base. The end wall is bent relative to the side wall. The end wall has a first hole and a second hole. The supporting base has a first base hole and a second base hole. The first base hole and the second base hole are arranged at positions respectively corresponding to the first hole and the second hole of the end wall. Each of the first base hole and the second base hole has a thread feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chun-Yi Ho, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10201107
    Abstract: A cabinet system including a cabinet housing and at least one component for interior fittings, which has a mounting section with a first end and a second end spaced apart from the first end. The component is installed and held on the cabinet housing with a form-fitting connection and under mechanical tension by a supporting section at the first end and a tensioning section at the second end. Mounts are on an interior of at least one of walls, a floor, and a ceiling of the cabinet housing. The mounts are in engagement with structures that are at least partially complementary and located on at least one of the first end and the second end of the component. The at least partially complementary structures are on the supporting section and on the tensioning section. The tensioning section includes a toggle lever having an attachment side and a tensioning side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. Kg
    Inventor: Matthias Müller
  • Patent number: 10099599
    Abstract: A cargo net anchor guard mountable to an aircraft's cargo hold wall adjacent to an anchor clip assemblies. The cargo net anchor guard is configured to block cargo from impacting at least the anchor clip assembly. The cargo net anchor guard has a ramped deflection surface that can deflect moving cargo inwardly away from the wall and into the cargo net substantially without impacting the anchor clip assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: William J. Boyer
  • Patent number: 10034539
    Abstract: A connector hub assembly usable as a standalone module or as a component in a work space system. The connector hub assembly optionally includes features for connecting one or more arms of a support frame for supporting a modular workspace system including desk space, cabinet space, view screens, electronic equipment, and/or other workspace system components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Steelman, Daniel Birr, Kelly Bazal, Paul Trieu, Mitchell R. Bakker, Zachary Raven, Cara Danis, Evan Aschbrenner, Karl Youngdahl
  • Patent number: 9981320
    Abstract: A shrink fit tool holder assembly has a holder, a tool, and two fastening units. The holder has an axis, an inserting portion, and a fastening hole defined through the inserting portion. The inserting portion has two assembling holes communicating with the fastening hole. Each one of the two assembling holes has an extending axis inclined relative to the axis of the holder. The two extending axes of the two assembling holes are a pair of skew lines. The tool has a shank section inserted in the fastening hole of the holder. The shank section has two engaging grooves. The two fastening units are respectively inserted into the two assembling holes and respectively engage with the two engaging grooves to prevent the tool from sliding or rotating relative to the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Inventor: Ching-Ting Chen
  • Patent number: 9930805
    Abstract: A bracket is configured to be mounted to a post of a rack. The bracket includes a side plate, an end plate, a first mounting member and a foolproof device. The end plate is substantially perpendicularly connected to the side plate. The first mounting member is mounted to the end plate. The foolproof device is arranged at a side of the end plate. When the bracket is placed at a first mounting angle relative to the post, the fool proof device does not interfere with the bracket, in order to allow the bracket to be mounted to the post. When the bracket is placed at a second mounting angle relative to the post, the foolproof device interferes with the bracket, in order to prevent the bracket from being mounted to the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chun-Yi Ho, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 9924611
    Abstract: A connector assembly for securing multiple rails in a computer rack system, the rack system having at least four racks positioned on separate corners to form a front, rear and two sides of a rack frame, and wherein each rack has a plurality of rack openings. The connector assembly comprising two pair of front and rear connectors, each pair being secured to the rack frame against one of the sides defined thereby, and wherein each pair of front and rear connectors are configured to secure thereto a plurality of rails. In addition, each connector, of the front and rear connectors, includes a base plate extending from a top to a bottom, and the base plate of each connector being configured to secure to a plurality of rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.
    Inventors: Hoainam James Tonthat, William Beene, James Whitney Wilson
  • Patent number: 9918404
    Abstract: A server sliding rail mounting bracket assembly includes a bracket, a top cover, an elastic member and a swing seat. When mounting, a lever of the swing seat is pushed to move hanging rods of the bracket into respective rectangular or circular mounting holes of the server rack, and the elastic member pushes second guide rods of the swing seat to move forward along respective longitudinal sliding slots of the top cover to further force a top block of the lever into abutment against an inner wall surface of the server rack and to force first guide rods of the swing seat into engagement with first or second engagement portions of the top cover. When dismounting, the lever is pushed inward to disengage the server sliding rail mounting bracket assembly and the server sliding rail assembly from the server rack. Thus, mounting and dismounting can be achieved easily without tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: GSLIDE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yung-Liang Chen
  • Patent number: 9723747
    Abstract: Equipment module support brackets, rack-mounted equipment cabinet systems, and related methods can include at least one equipment module, a rack-mounted equipment cabinet for storing the rack-mounted equipment, and at least one equipment module support bracket installed in the rack-mounted equipment cabinet for supporting the at least one equipment module stored in the rack-mounted equipment cabinet. The support bracket can include a longitudinally extending top face, and at least one aperture disposed on opposite ends of a rear facing longitudinal edge of the longitudinally extending top face. The support bracket can include a height of less than one (1) rack unit (RU) when mounted in the rack-mounted equipment cabinet. The support bracket can include at least one server support bracket for supporting a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: VCE IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Samuel M. Marrs, Alva B. Eaton
  • Patent number: 9708122
    Abstract: A storage and handling system for industrial sheet goods and bar stocks comprises a plurality of vertically stacked slide sets supported in a framework so that a rear half of the framework comprises an storage bay and a front half comprises a utilization bay. A material storage pallet is slidably disposed in each said slide set. The depth of each pallet is designed so that when pushed rearwardly into the storage bay region of the framework, the entire utilization bay is clear and open. As a result, when any one pallet is pulled into the utilization bay, workers can easily access the raw materials stored on that pallet. The system may be paired with a roller cart configured to transfer one of the pallets to and from the framework. The utilization bay is open from above to accommodate a crane-operated load lifter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Big Steel Rack LLC
    Inventor: Ronald W Johncox
  • Patent number: 9655442
    Abstract: A set of panels includes a first panel having a first main plane and a second panel having a second main plane. The panels are provided with a mechanical locking device for locking a first edge of the first panel to a second edge of the second panel. The mechanical locking device includes an edge groove at the first edge, wherein an edge tongue of the second edge is insertable into the edge groove. A flexible tongue is arranged in an insertion groove provided in the edge section groove, and cooperates with a tongue groove provided at the edge section of the second panel. The first and the second panels are locked at a junction plane which is extending between the first main plane and the second main plane. The first edge comprises an edge tongue that extends from the junction plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
    Inventors: Christian Boo, Peter Derelöv
  • Patent number: 9521776
    Abstract: A chassis rail stabilizer that may be used to securely support a rack mount rail in a server rack, in particular during transportation of the server rack. The chassis rail stabilizer includes a first body with a front face and a back face, and four rail supporting sides. The stabilizer further includes a second body extending off of the front face of the first body and an offset threaded through hole that extends through the first and second bodies. The offset nature of the through hole is such that the stabilizer may be secured to a vertical mounting post in a server rack in one of four orientations. Each orientation causes one of the rail supporting sides to extend downward a different distance to support a top surface of the rail beneath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: VCE IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Paul E. Brennan, Mark Steven Tuck
  • Patent number: 9506210
    Abstract: This patent pertains to secondary containment systems. One implementation includes a support assembly that includes an elongate post member and a stabilization plate. In one instance, a stabilization plate is mounted on the elongate post member to reduce movement of the elongate post member when the stabilization plate is embedded in the ground. Another implementation includes a panel splice assembly including reinforcing members that secure overlapping, corrugated panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Allied Steel
    Inventor: Patrick Southworth
  • Patent number: 9422960
    Abstract: A structural support apparatus comprises a connection bracket comprising, a generally flat, rigid member having opposing generally flat faces and a thickness extending between the flat faces. The rigid member is attachable to a support member. An arm extends from an end of the rigid member and a finger extends from the arm and is receivable in a hollow channel formed in an attachable member of rigid material. The hollow channel is complementary in configuration to at least one of the finger and the arm and a selected recess configuration is formed between the finger, the arm and the end of the rigid member. The recess accommodates one or more lip portions of the attachable member when either the arm or the finger, are received within the hollow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Lortie Designs, Inc.
    Inventor: Gabriel Lortie
  • Patent number: 9398825
    Abstract: A bottle cross frame and method for making a bottle cross. The bottle cross frame provides a metal framework structured to receive four bottles, typically of wine bottle shape and size, and to retain the bottles in a cross shape. The frame includes a top post for receiving a single upside down bottle, as well as two side arms to each receive a single bottle to form the lateral arms of the cross. A base of the cross is formed by positioning a bottle upright between a base pin and a bottom bracket positioned along a stand component. The frame includes a stake stand component and an alternate bracket component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Inventor: Richard Kresta
  • Patent number: 9388839
    Abstract: A release latch apparatus can include a locking mechanism coupled to a first position of a rocker and a spring mechanism coupled to a second position of the rocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Kevin P. Bold, Kevin D. Conn, Keith A. Sauer, Minh H. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9370120
    Abstract: A slide assembly used for installing a chassis to a rack includes an engaging member which includes a body portion, a first fastening portion and a second fastening portion. The first and second fastening portions are perpendicularly connected to an end of the body portion. The second fastening portion bends and extends from an end of the first fastening portion. An engaging space is bounded by the second fastening portion and the rack when the slide assembly is installed to the rack. A hook portion of the chassis can be inserted into the engaging space to contact against the second fastening portion so that the chassis is not allowed to be pulled out from the rack when the chassis is installed to the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chien-Li Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 9328769
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a rail mounted with a bracket device whereby the slide rail assembly can be mounted to a rack. The bracket device includes a first supporting bracket, a second supporting bracket, a third supporting bracket, a mounting bracket, and a connecting member. The first supporting bracket is connected to the rail. The second supporting bracket is movably connected to the first supporting bracket. The second supporting bracket, the third supporting bracket, and the mounting bracket are movably connected and support one another. The mounting bracket includes first and second blocking portions and a slot formed between the first and the second blocking portions. The connecting member passes through the slot and is connected to the third supporting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chien-Li Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 9254525
    Abstract: A tool holder has a chuck portion with a retaining bore in which a cutting tool can be inserted. The tool has flat surfaces extending from its end, and a circumferential groove at rear ends of the flat surfaces. When the tool is inserted into the retaining bore, first protrusions of the tool holder pass through spaces between the flat surfaces and the inner wall of the retaining bore and fitted in the groove. When the tool is turned, the protrusions move in and engage the side edges of the groove, thus preventing the tool from pulling out of the chuck portion. When the first protrusions are fitted in the groove, second protrusions of the tool holder are located on the flat surfaces. When the tool is turned, the second protrusions are received in ends of the respective spaces, thereby preventing rotation of the tool relative to the chuck portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: MST Corporation
    Inventor: Haruki Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 9232865
    Abstract: An end display includes a base, an end panel coupled to a rear of the base, at least one channel mounted to the base and having an open top, a first wall panel and a spanner. The first wall panel is received by the at least one channel when the first wall panel is in a display position and is removed from the at least one channel when the first wall panel is in a storage position. The spanner is mounted to the end panel and includes at least one flange. The at least one flange has a first through hole for receiving a fastener that secures the first wall panel in the display position and a second through hole for receiving a fastener for securing at least the first wall panel in the storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Nick Q. Trinh, Daniel K. McDowell, Blake M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9180356
    Abstract: A batter's eye or backdrop apparatus and system, and to a free-standing deployable batter's eye apparatus and system, including a panel which may be raised, lowered and/or removed, as desired. The apparatus and system are easy to install and maintain, designed to tolerate design wind loads by changing orientation, shape and/or area presented to winds in response to the winds and/or wind pressures. The batter's eye apparatus is flexible and allows for movement in instantaneous wind modes, thereby reducing the complexity and cost of a support structure for the batter's eye and the batter's eye system. The batter's eye also includes a panel, screen or sheet that may be raised, and lowered closer to the ground to provide further protection against damage due to winds and/or weather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Inventor: James W. Myrland
  • Publication number: 20150136722
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly for a rack system is installed to a chassis. The chassis includes a first chassis and a second chassis. The slide rail assembly includes an outer rail and an inner rail. The inner rail is movably connected to the outer rail. The first chassis of the chassis is installed to the inner rail, and the second chassis of the chassis is movably connected to the inner rail. The second chassis is movable relative to the first chassis to adjust the total length of the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicants: KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KEN-CHING CHEN, SHUN-HO YANG, CHIH-HSIN YEH, CHUN-CHIANG WANG
  • Patent number: 9016485
    Abstract: A combination rack structure includes a predetermined number of support plates, connecting strips and side frames. Each of the support plates has a rectangular shape. Each of the connecting strips is provided with three holding grooves each longitudinally extended through each of the connecting strips. Each of the connecting strips has a periphery provided with elongate recessed portions each located between any two of the holding grooves. Each of the recessed portions is provided with a plurality of extensions which are perpendicular to an axial direction of each of the recessed portions and are spaced from each other with a proper interval. The extensions are used for holding and resting. Each of the side frames is bent to have a hexagonal shape. The support plates are combined with the connecting strips to construct a hexagonal rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Sun Yu Ta Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung-Hua Liu
  • Publication number: 20150090682
    Abstract: A cover for the base of a shelving system includes a first end and an opposing second end, a generally flat base wall formed at the second end, a first sidewall and an opposing second sidewall, a third sidewall and an opposing fourth sidewall, an internal cavity formed by the base wall and the four sidewalls, and a support wall positioned in the internal cavity. The first and second sidewalls extend generally parallel to each other and upwardly from the base wall at a predetermined acute angle with respect to the base wall. The third and fourth sidewalls extend generally parallel to each other and generally perpendicularly upwardly from the base wall. The support wall includes at least one angled support which extends upwardly from the base wall toward the first end at the same predetermined acute angle as the first and second sidewalls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: ZENITH PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: David L. WALKER, Alex MIKITA