Key Patents (Class 211/85.9)
  • Patent number: 11439256
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for retaining a collapsible tote. The apparatus comprises a base, a projecting member having a first end attached to the base, and an engagement member attached to the projecting member at a second end opposite the first end. The engagement member defines one or more slots extending into the engagement member from a top surface. At each slot of the one or more slots, portions of the engagement member that define the slot are configured to, responsive to receiving a respective portion of a handle of the collapsible tote into the slot, apply a force to retain the respective portion of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: William L. Dungan, Thomas E. Hoppe
  • Patent number: 10526102
    Abstract: A cap stabilizer of a capping device includes a fastening element that connects the cap stabilizer to the capping device such that the cap stabilizer is removable from the capping device by sliding the cap stabilizer in a first direction, opposite a direction of travel of container to be capped by the capping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Herzog
  • Patent number: 10165768
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the storage and display of objects, mainly fishing lures. The invention disclosed herein relates to the organization, management and display of objects to assist in the storage and use of lures, and other objects, through the disposition of an aperture associated with such an object over an apparatus. In the application of storage and display of fishing lures, the present disclosure allows for identification and selection of lures while maintaining the lures separately and in a hanging orientation maintaining the form or the lure consistent with how such a lure is pulled through the water when used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Darryl Montoya
    Inventor: Darryl Montoya
  • Patent number: 9807993
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the storage and display of objects, mainly fishing lures. The invention disclosed herein relates to the organization, management and display of objects to assist in the storage and use of lures, and other objects, through the disposition of an aperture associated with such an object over an apparatus. In the application of storage and display of fishing lures, the present disclosure allows for identification and selection of lures while maintaining the lures separately and in a hanging orientation maintaining the form or the lure consistent with how such a lure is pulled through the water when used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Inventor: Darryl Montoya
  • Patent number: 9742889
    Abstract: The present invention is a vertically oriented device that is intended to be installed in gambling casinos or other areas where there is limited space. The device serves several functions. It is a holder for a portable telephone while the phone is being charged and when in use. The device is provided with electrical power via various types of charger cords and ports to charge a variety of phones or other electrical devices. It is a drinking cup holder that is lighted so that a drinking cup in the holder is clearly visible. It also has a directional task light located under the drinking cup holder that provides light in an area under the cup holder and adjacent the device's supporting base to accommodate a cigarette ash tray or other item that needs to be lighted so as to be seen by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: CHEROKEE NATION ENTERTAINMENT, LLC
    Inventors: Lana D. Rivera, Peter Ward, Kevin Satterfield
  • Patent number: 9022336
    Abstract: Switch plate adapters comprising a body, at least one aperture and at least one hook for permanent or temporary attachment to existing switch plate covers are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Inventor: Kevin Chi Huynh
  • Publication number: 20140190221
    Abstract: The current disclosure describes and teaches a key organizing system which may include one or more key holder assemblies attached to a key organizer. Each key holder assembly forms a tree structure through the fastening mechanisms and the attachment assemblies of key holders. The tree structure is dynamically configured to reflect the relationship of the keys to a property. Keys are attached to the tree structure which facilitates the organization of the keys. The key organizer may include one or more swing sheets. Each swing sheet may include one or more swing hangers. The current invention helps owners or managers of one or multiple residential or commercial properties to better organize keys to their properties by mapping the relationship of the keys to a tree structure and storing the keys accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Hong Jiang, Benjamin Jiang Cymbala
  • Patent number: 7874628
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide boxes for keys that can be produced at low costs, especially when they form an integral part of a series of boxes of different capacities. For this purpose, the housing of such a box is configured with side walls (7, 8) screwed together with an upper part (1) and a lower part (2) and a back wall (22 22) guided in a guide groove (18, 19) of the side walls (7, 8). The side walls (7, 8) and the door (13) of the housing are preferably constituted of continuous profiled elements cut to shape and the back wall (22, 22) as well as the upper and lower parts (1, 2) consist of diecast elements. The back wall is provided with perforations (24) for hanging at least one key rail (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: “Durable” Hunke & Jochheim GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Horst-Werner Maier-Hunke
  • Patent number: 6997333
    Abstract: A key rack with a unique stacking system is provided. The key rack has grooves and/or curves provided thereon such that the grooves and or curves of one key rack fit into the grooves and/or curves provided on another rack thereby allowing one rack to combine with a second rack to form a larger key rack system. The key rack has a tier system of hooks that allow for one tier of hooks to be horizontally and vertically offset from a second tier of hooks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Inventor: Raymond W. Howard
  • Publication number: 20040262248
    Abstract: A key rack with a unique stacking system is provided. The key rack has grooves and/or curves provided thereon such that the grooves and or curves of one key rack fit into the grooves and/or curves provided on another rack thereby allowing one rack to combine with a second rack to form a larger key rack system. The key rack has a tier system of hooks that allow for one tier of hooks to be horizontally and vertically offset from a second tier of hooks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventor: Raymond W. Howard
  • Publication number: 20040020882
    Abstract: A key holder capable of surely eliminating such a highly possible problem that a hook may fall down from a hooking slit provided in a base member, which was a major defect of an existing same type of key holder and minimizing a production cost, characterized in that a hooking hardware for detachably hooking keys thereto is installed on a key cover enclosing a bundle of keys, the aforementioned hooking hardware (A) further comprising a base member (1) having a tubular part (2) with a plurality of slits (2a) therein, a hooking rod (3) fitted into the tubular part (2), a fitting means for fixing the fitted state of the hooking rod, and a plurality of hook members (6) for hooking the keys, each hook member (6) further comprising a hook (6a) for hooking the key thereto and a stop ring (6b) allowing the hooking rod (3) to be passed therethrough; the fixing means should desirably be so formed that a lever (4) provided extendedly at one end of the hooking rod (3) is elastically engaged with and disengaged from a lock
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventor: Mitsuhiko Hirate