By Flexible Clamping Band Patents (Class 248/230.8)
  • Patent number: 11971062
    Abstract: A mounting system is disclosed that includes a bracket configured to mount an object on a structure. The bracket includes a front panel, two side panels extending from the front panel, and a plurality of slots. Each slot is configured to accept a projection connected to the object and retain the projection within the slot. The bracket further includes a plurality of apertures. The mounting system further includes a retainer configured to extend into the bracket through the plurality of apertures and prevent, at least in part, the plurality of projections, retained by the bracket in the plurality of slots, from being withdrawn from the plurality of slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Ming-Lung Wang, Hong-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 11944084
    Abstract: An item holder is adapted for mounting onto a post. The item holder has a hemicylindrical body that conforms to the shape of a post. An assembly of two cylinders and one elastic cord secures the body to the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventor: G. Theodore Norbits
  • Patent number: 11898694
    Abstract: An apparatus for facilitating mounting of an article to a support having an uneven generally vertical surface is disclosed. The apparatus includes a holder including first, second, and third spaced apart surface engagers configured to abut the uneven generally vertical surface of the support, and an article mount coupled to the first, second, and third spaced apart surface engagers, the article mount configured to hold the article. The apparatus includes at least one flexible tension member configured to couple the holder to the support to draw at least one of the first, second, and third surface engagers into abutment with the uneven generally vertical surface of the support. Other apparatuses and systems are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventor: Cooper Todd Scott
  • Patent number: 11893908
    Abstract: The present invention provides a modular advertising system. One object of the current invention may be to provide a modular advertising system that may be secured to a pole or other external surface and elevated by a user to a desired height without the need of a ladder or lift. Another object of the current invention may also be to provide a quick-release assembly that may be used to quickly couple and de-couple the assembly from a pole or other external surface/structure. Another object of the current invention may be to provide a modular assembly that can be adaptable to a number of surfaces, such as a pole surface, ground surface or horizontal surface. An additional object of the current invention may be to provide a modular advertising display having interchangeable modular structures that may be configured to vary the position and number of advertising displays presented to consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: BALLOON INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Wicken, Gregg A. Wicken
  • Patent number: 11839048
    Abstract: A pole mount system has an enclosure, an enclosure mounting assembly, and a clamp system. The enclosure mounting assembly is affixed to the exterior of the enclosure. The clamp system grips the pole. The enclosure mounting assembly and the clamp system have complementary fastening structures to secure the enclosure to the pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Wei Chen, Tienen Chao
  • Patent number: 11799277
    Abstract: A fastening part for fastening a cable carrier to a component, said fastening part comprising: a foot web which can be arranged on a component so as to extend in the peripheral direction thereof and has holding means in its end regions for a first fastening element for fastening the fastening part to the component; and a fastening web which extends in the direction of the foot web and which has multiple fastening means for fastening a differently designed second fastening element for fastening a cable carrier to the fastening part; wherein the foot web and the fastening web are connected to one another in their central region via a connecting element, and side regions of the fastening web extending beyond the connecting element have at least some of the fastening means as first fastening means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: IGUS GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Steeger, Joerg Ottersbach
  • Patent number: 11768183
    Abstract: A method and device for the ultrasonic testing of a weld of an electric arc-welded sleeve (10) for plastic pipes (11), having the following steps: fastening a testing device (1) on the outer contour of the welded plastic pipe (11), comprising a circumferential fastening element (2) and a holder (3), the holder (3) preferably comprising a support (7), a carrier (8) and a gripper (9), and a coupling element with a recess, feeding a liquid, preferably water, into the recess (5) of the coupling element (4), wherein the recess (5) in the coupling element (4) is fully filled with the liquid, and a constant liquid column is maintained in the coupling element (4) during the ultrasonic testing in order to transmit the ultrasound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventors: Joerg Wermelinger, Riccardo Barbone, Paul Kaftan
  • Patent number: 11760611
    Abstract: Hoists, platforms and davits are described as well as methods of securing same to telecommunication and other towers. The hoists, platforms and davits may be secured to the towers on a temporary basis using clamps. The clamps may include brackets and cables. The cables may be attached to the brackets, may wrap around the outer surface/perimeter of the tower pole/leg and may use tension to keep the bracket in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MATT'S ARM, LLC
    Inventor: James S. Mayfield
  • Patent number: 11746929
    Abstract: An organizer assembly including a belt and a ribbon. The ribbon has a first clamp member, a second clamp member, and a first carrier portion. The first clamp member is configured to receive a conduit or a support to fix the conduit or the support relative to the ribbon. The belt includes an elongated body that is slidably received in the first carrier portion. The organizer assembly may include one or more adapters that are received in a respective clamp member of the ribbon and configured to receive a conduit or a support to fix the conduit or support relative to the ribbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Sartorius Stedim North America Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Zumbrum, William Kimmick, Kevin Perdue
  • Patent number: 11696982
    Abstract: A medical device attachment system including a mounting system having a receptacle for receiving a hook attached to a medical device. The receptacle includes a rear wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a notch formed by the walls for closely receiving the hook. A plate mount forms a front wall of the receptacle and an appropriate attachment component is secured to the mounting plate for removably securing the mounting system to a desired support structure for the medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Douglas Barnes, Vincent Denis Jardret, Dhanvin Sunil Desai, Breanna Julia Rhyne, Joe Lowell Smith, Walter Cleveland Cowart
  • Patent number: 11614304
    Abstract: Provided is a hands-free long-gun carrying device having a support plate supported at a user's chest and a gripping structure on the support plate configured to releasably engage and support a long-gun in a ready position. The gripping structure includes first and second jaw members substantially open toward a front direction. At least one of the jaw members is resiliently deflectable to receive and grip a porting of a long-gun inserted between the jaw members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Andrew M. Shirlen
  • Patent number: 11548581
    Abstract: A bicycle drinking assembly includes a non-cylindrical type large volume drinking bottle and a bottle cage with a holding compartment that is configured to be mounted by mounting elements on a mounting face of a tube of a bicycle frame. The compartment is configured for holding the large volume drinking bottle or to hold a cylindrical type drinking bottle of a diameter that fits within cross-sectional dimensions of a base body of the large volume drinking bottle. The mounting elements and/or first holding compartment form at least three points of contact that lie at a radius that is equal to half the diameter of the cylindrical type drinking bottle and that are divided over more than 180 degrees of the circumference of the cylindrical type drinking bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Just Ride B.V.
    Inventor: Gerard Louis Jean Paul Amaury Vroomen
  • Patent number: 11534558
    Abstract: A bilateral humeral guide for intraosseous infusion includes a three-dimensional mirror symmetric shell configured to fit on either shoulder of a patient, the shell being symmetric about a plane bisecting an alignment hole configured to aid positioning of the shell on the shoulder by aligning the alignment hole on acromion of the shoulder, and two insertion-site indication holes symmetrically positioned on two opposite sides of the plane, the insertion-site indication holes including a left and a right hole each configured to indicate insertion sites for intraosseous infusion through the shell to a target region of a left or right humerus of the patient when the shell is positioned on the shoulder corresponding to the respective humerus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
    Inventors: Douglas W. Van Citters, Alexander H. Slocum, Jr., Steven D. Reinitz
  • Patent number: 11485616
    Abstract: Hoists, platforms and davits are described as well as methods of securing same to telecommunication and other towers. The hoists, platforms and davits may be secured to the towers on a temporary basis using clamps. The clamps may include brackets and cables. The cables may be attached to the brackets, may wrap around the outer surface/perimeter of the tower pole/leg and may use tension to keep the bracket in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MATT'S ARM, LLC
    Inventor: James S. Mayfield
  • Patent number: 11094304
    Abstract: A mute holder for a music stand includes a mute supporting plate having a plurality of mute supporting through holes for holding mutes, a non-continuous flat bottom edge, and a curved front edge forwardly extended from the flat bottom edge; a locking mechanism having a half-circular locking ring having one end attached on the flat bottom edge of the mute supporting plate and an opposite free end pivotably rotated with respect to the flat bottom edge of the mute supporting plate to lock the free end thereon and to release from the passes supporting plate; wherein the locking mechanism further includes a locking screw passing through the half-circular locking ring and to be biased against the music stand for locking thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventor: Steven Klein
  • Patent number: 11034194
    Abstract: A wheel end assembly for a tire inflation system includes a sealing ring disposed on an axle housing. The sealing ring includes a conduit formed therethrough in fluid communication with a conduit formed through a hub. The hub is rotatably disposed on the axle housing adjacent the sealing ring. An inner rotary seal is disposed between the sealing ring and the hub. An outer rotary seal is disposed between the sealing ring and the hub. The hub conduit is in fluid communication with the sealing ring conduit via an area between the inner rotary seal and the outer rotary seal. A bearing seal is disposed between the sealing ring and the hub. The bearing seal is disposed outboard of the outer rotary seal. The inner rotary seal, the outer rotary seal, and the bearing seal are each in sealing contact with the sealing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC
    Inventors: Shad J. Falls, William J. Foor, Christopher P. Lewark, Jason M. Sidders
  • Patent number: 10871268
    Abstract: An LED lighting unit comprising a support structure (14), an LED-based light emitting structure (10) mounted within the support structure and an optical beam shaping arrangement (50, 52) over the top of the support structure. The optical beam shaping arrangement comprises an optically transparent and thermally stable material, and the support structure supports the microstructured layer at a small height above the LED-based light emitting structure. This height may for example be less than 0.5 mm. The optical beam shaping arrangement enables a compact and low height lighting unit to be mounted on a carrier by reflow soldering without damaging the optical beam-shaping component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventors: Hendrik Johannes Boudewijn Jagt, Floris Maria Hermansz Crompvoets, Wouter Dekkers, Fritz Helmut Zahn, Olexandr Valentynovych Vdovin, Jacobus Johannes Franciscus Gerardus Heuts, Maria Johanna Helena Jochem, Christian Kleijnen
  • Patent number: 10751237
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lifting bracket (1), in particular to a lifting bracket (1) for attaching to a mobility device such as a mobility scooter, power chair, or other electrically powered mobility device. The lifting bracket (1) comprises a main body (2) with a central portion and two side portions which extend away from the central portion. A connector (5), for connecting the body to a mobility device, is provided on a front edge (18) of the central portion of the body (2), and a mounting point (37) is provided at each end of the body (2) for attachment to a spreader bar. The body (2) is shaped such that each end of the body (2) is positioned forward of the front edge (18) of the central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: AUTOCHAIR LIMITED
    Inventor: Christopher Smith
  • Patent number: 10738503
    Abstract: A modular privacy fence, which includes a stringer having two rails, wherein at least the first rail comprises a plurality of fence picket dividers that protrude in a perpendicular direction from the first rail. The modular privacy fence also includes a fastener attached to the end of the stringer, wherein the fastener is arranged to secure the stringer to a fence post, and a bottom rail with a trough. In some embodiments, the second rail may also include a separate plurality of fence picket dividers that protrude from the second rail in a direction perpendicular to the second rail and parallel to the first plurality of fence picket dividers. In such arrangements, the first plurality of fence picket dividers is offset from the second plurality of fence picket dividers in a direction parallel to the first rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Inventor: Kelly Presti
  • Patent number: 10112806
    Abstract: A portable hoist arm assembly for coupling to an existing vertical support includes a pair of bars, a pair of first couplers, and a pair of contractors. The bars are pivotally coupled proximate to first termini of the bars. The first couplers are configured to couple to a vertical support. Each contractor is coupled to and extends between a respective first coupler and an associated bar proximate to the first terminus. The bars are configured to be positioned so that second termini of the bars abut the vertical support. A first bar extends substantially perpendicularly from the vertical support. A second bar extends angularly and downwardly from the first bar to the vertical support. The contractors are positioned to contract to couple the bars to the vertical support. A connector is coupled to the first bar proximate to the first terminus and is configured to couple to a hoist line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Inventor: James R. Dahl
  • Patent number: 9984667
    Abstract: A guitar stand which is capable of being mounted onto the side handle of an amplifier, while also being capable of being mounted onto a multi-guitar adapter and an amplifier connector. The multi-guitar adapter and guitar stand can be attached onto the side handle of the amplifier. The multi guitar amplifier is capable of having a first and a second guitar stand mounted onto it while attached to an amplifier. The amplifier connector attaches onto the top of an amplifier and is capable of having a single guitar stand mounted onto it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Inventor: Gordon L. Walker
  • Patent number: 9804479
    Abstract: An image capturing system includes an electronic device that may capture an image. A vessel is provided and the vessel may be carried. A mounting unit is removably coupled to the vessel. The electronic device is removably coupled to the mounting unit. Thus, the electronic device may capture an image of a user when the user holds the vessel. Thus, the user does not have to set the vessel down to capture the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Inventor: Erich Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 9719667
    Abstract: A clip and system for providing light to a spa feature, having a clip for holding a light emitting device and a spa feature having a housing connector, the spa feature and the housing connector being manufactured at least in part from a clear material and having a connector allowing the attachment of the clip to the spa feature, the clip having a support structure for containing and/or supporting the light emitting device and a clip connector for attaching the clip to the spa feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Custom Molded Products, LLC
    Inventors: William J. Drury, H. Charles Li, Zachary T. Vogtner
  • Patent number: 9625178
    Abstract: A water heater attachment method is a method for attaching a water heater body to a wall surface by using an attachment member provided at a rear end of an upper surface of the water heater body. The method includes a first step of inserting a tip of a rod member into a through hole formed in the attachment member, the rod member projecting forward from the wall surface, a second step of sliding the attachment member toward the wall surface along the rod member to shift the water heater body to an attachment position of the wall surface, and a third step of fastening the attachment member to the wall surface by a screw in a state where the attachment member is held by the rod member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Paloma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Ota, Ryosuke Umemura
  • Patent number: 9289665
    Abstract: A portable training apparatus for assisting a user in developing ball batting skills is provided for use by either right or left handed batters. The apparatus releasably attaches to an existing structure, such as a chain-link fence. A post has a foot and a plurality of stabilizing members for attaching the post to a fence. A rotational means supplies the user a ball to hit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Inventor: Kristopher Muller
  • Patent number: 9204628
    Abstract: A tree stand includes a tree stand post. In one embodiment, the tree stand post has a non-tubular cross-sectional shape. In one embodiment, a tree claw and cinch line posts are integral with the post as a single unitary body. In one embodiment, the post has a plurality of longitudinally extending oblique curved portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: DDI, Inc.
    Inventor: John Brian Priest
  • Patent number: 9085916
    Abstract: A visualization, alignment and support tool permitting one person fence rail installation, and greatly speeding the installation when more than two persons are employed. Specifically, the tool temporarily affixes to a fence pipe and offers support for a length of fence rail; especially the ends of adjacent fence rails, so that the rails are supported and level relative to a fence pipe bracket which is fastened to the fence pipe. The rail ends can then be fastened with screws or other fasteners to the fence pipe bracket when desired without further adjustment required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Inventors: Jeffrey H Roddy, Kenneth J Roddy
  • Publication number: 20150144754
    Abstract: The subject matter discloses an apparatus for securing a mobile device to a steering wheel, comprising: a main flap connected to a rear surface of the mobile device, said main flap is made of a rigid material; a holder attached to the main flap, said holder secures the mobile device to the main flap; an elliptic unit extending from the main flap and surrounding the steering wheel. The apparatus may be part of a kit that also comprises a second holder attached to the rear surface of the mobile device, said second holder is in contact with the first holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: David ELHARAR
  • Patent number: 9004425
    Abstract: A damping device includes a cylinder which is under pressure and which has a connection opening for a mount-on part which is fastened to an outer surface of the cylinder by means of an annular tensioning band element. The tensioning band element encircles the cylinder and the mount-on part on a circumferential region and, by its pretensioning, exerts a holding force on the mount-on part. The tensioning band element is underdimensioned in relation to the cross section of the cylinder and mount-on part and the distance between the two structural component parts and is expanded in a final mounting position in relation to a pre-mounting state in order to apply the pretensioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AC
    Inventor: Norbert Ackermann
  • Patent number: 8888061
    Abstract: A strap hook has a hook portion and a strap portion. The hook portion has an attachment portion adapted to attach to an object. The hook portion has a stem portion extending from the attachment portion. The stem portion has a center axis defining swivel axis. The strap portion has opposite ends with a length extending between the ends. The strap portion has a hole with the hook portion stem portion extending through the hole. The stem portion has a retainer that releasably secures the hook portion to the strap portion and permits pivoting motion of the hook portion relative to the strap portion about the swivel axis. The retainer is selectively adjustable to set the amount of projection of the stem through the strap portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Straphook, LLC
    Inventor: Theodore D. Renderer
  • Patent number: 8882066
    Abstract: Various clamps for connecting one tubular member to another, methods of using and making such clamps are disclosed. In one aspect a clamp for coupling a first tubular member to a second tubular member is provided. The clamp includes a first clamp half and a second clamp half engageable with the first clamp half. The first and second clamp halves define a first through bore to accommodate the first tubular member and a second through bore to accommodate the second tubular member. A strap is adapted to circumscribe at least a portion of and bring into engagement the first and second clamp halves. The clamp is buoyant in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Specialized Seal Design and Distribution, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory K. Otten, Eugene J. Mannella
  • Patent number: 8870138
    Abstract: An attachment device which includes: a length of material which is fixed to a body portion of the attachment device at one end thereof via a loop, the other end of the length of material being capable, in use, of being passed around a frame or part thereof to which the bracket is to be attached; a gripping mechanism capable of receiving the free end of the length of material and holding the length of material received therein, in a set position, until the gripping mechanism is released; and wherein the looping of the length of material to the body portion positions the length of material between the body portion and the frame or part thereof to which the attachment device is attached in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Thule IP AB
    Inventor: Patrick David Maguire
  • Patent number: 8848959
    Abstract: A safety device reversibly attachable to any hearing aid of a type having a behind the ear unit with a connecting member and an ear bud prevents the hearing aid from being lost or damaged if the unit is dislodged from behind the ear of the wearer. The device is virtually invisible so as not to draw attention to the fact that the wearer is using a hearing aid. One portion of a two part attaching strip is adhered to the behind the ear unit. The second portion can be securely and reversibly united with the first portion to attach or remove the device from the hearing aid. A transparent filament is integral with the second portion at one end and to a securing plate at the opposing end. The securing plate can receive the temple of a pair of glasses or another retaining article worn on the person of the wearer. A slit in the securing plate is opened by pressure on the side rim enabling the insertion of the retaining article which is held securely when the pressure is removed and the slit closed around it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Inventor: Milton Richter
  • Publication number: 20140246548
    Abstract: A rotating holder assembly includes a base, a strap assembly, a plate, and an accessory holder. The base defines opposing surfaces, an open-ended tubular portion located between the two surfaces, a cylindrical post coupled to and extending perpendicularly away from one surface, and a cap coupled to the outboard end of the post. The cap defines a substantially hemispherical shape having a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the post. The strap assembly includes a stretchable strap extending through the tubular portion, and a coupler for securing the stretchable strap into a loop of selectable size. The plate has a hole extending therethrough having an axial length that is less than an axial length of the post, and a diameter that is less than the diameter of the cap and greater than the diameter of the post. The accessory holder is coupled to the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventors: Alan G. Madsen, Richard W. Lally, April S. Stremel
  • Patent number: 8607497
    Abstract: A temporary mounting apparatus capable of quickly being mounted to and dismounted from a stationary body, such as a tree or a pole, without damaging the stationary body. The mounting apparatus includes an artificial limb which extends away from a base-plate forming the body of the apparatus. A line is suspended from the apparatus which may be used to catch live fish or to store items suspended above the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Inventor: Steven A. Green
  • Patent number: 8490928
    Abstract: A grommet is disclosed which couples with a component under a hood of an automobile. The grommet has an insertion end with four wipers, a body, and a retaining loop opposite the insertion end. The wipers are generally triangular in cross-section with a distal tip of the triangle sweeping toward the body so that when the grommet couples with an orifice in the component by pressing the insertion end into the orifice, the wipers deform, but resist insertion. Due to the angle of the wipers, the wipers resist decoupling of the grommet from the component. The retaining loop defines an opening through which a tube, pipe, and/or wires are placed and secured with a bolt that engages threads of a bolt hole in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Howard Saunders
  • Patent number: 8398040
    Abstract: A fastening apparatus for pressurized-gas vessels is provided on a carrier. The fastening apparatus makes it possible to fasten a pressurized-gas vessel as well as to adapt the fastening apparatus to differently sized pressurized-gas vessels with one manipulative step. The fastening apparatus includes a carrier, a belt, a locking device, fastening points and redirection points for the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Draeger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Alexander Busch
  • Patent number: 8262035
    Abstract: A cable retention clip (20) attached or attachable to equipment with which a plurality of cables are or will be operatively associated, wherein the clip comprises a row of upstanding open-topped cable guide members (24) and a semi-flexible or substantially rigid closure member (22) (hereinafter “lid”) securable on top of the guide members to retain cables when present therein, wherein the lid (22) is selectively securable at two or more different heights relative to the guide member (24), to retain cables of different diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Raychem NV
    Inventors: Heidi Bleus, Danny Thijs, Peter Eyckmans
  • Patent number: 8240624
    Abstract: A piston position detecting device includes a position sensor, a fixing screw for attaching the position sensor to an outer periphery of the cylinder tube through the intermediary of a sensor attachment bracket, a nut plate into which the fixing screw is screwed, and a protecting cover covering the position sensor and the fixing screw, wherein the position sensor and the protecting cover are able to be concurrently mounted to the cylinder tube using the fixing screw through the intermediary of a sensor attachment bracket by forming the nut plate from a portion of the protecting cover, and in addition, when the position sensor is position-adjusted, the position sensor and the protecting cover are enabled to be displaced together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Terasaki
  • Patent number: 8186643
    Abstract: An apparatus for attaching a device to a circular structure is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a clamp body attached to the outer surface of the circular structure using a strap, which can be attached to the clamp body using a spring that maintains an attachment force to prevent movement of the clamp body over a wide range of temperatures and temperature cycling of the circular structure and the strap. In one embodiment, the device can be installed in the clamp body and coupled to the outer surface of the circular structure using one or more spring washers that maintain an attachment force between the device and the outer surface of the circular structure to prevent detachment of the device from the outer surface of the circular structure over a wide range of temperatures and temperature cycling of the circular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Wei Luo, Tounine Mayer, Jae Choi
  • Patent number: 8177177
    Abstract: An adjustable quick mounting system to be used with fixed position tree stands or similar support platforms, often found used for hunting or other outdoor activities. The adjustable mounting system includes a mounting base, detention hooks, and locking pin. The mounting base is connected securely to a tree or pole using a ratchet strap, cable or similar attachment device. The detention hooks are attached to tree stand or platform, preferably on the vertical support(s). The detention hooks are then engaged onto the mounting base by placing the open end of the detention hooks over the top portion of the mounting base. The mounting base has elongated slots manufactured into the design to allow the detention hooks to seat securely onto the base to prevent shifting of the base. The top surface of the mounting base has integrated tabs which are bent up and drilled to accept the locking pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Inventors: Robert Ehrig, Jason K. Werkheiser
  • Patent number: 8132764
    Abstract: A quick-release adjustable mounting bracket to be detachably connected to, for example, a handlebar of a bicycle to permit, for example, a bright flashing light source to be attached to and removed from the handlebar without the use of tools so that neither the mounting bracket nor the light source need remain attached when the bicycle is not in use. The mounting bracket includes a grip to engage a portion of the handlebar and a light stand pivotally coupled to the grip. The light source is removably received by the light stand so that the light stand and the light source received thereby are rotatable relative to the grip. The grip includes a hook-shaped locking catch, a coupling cavity within which a plurality of spaced, parallel-aligned coupling pin retaining slots are formed, and a flexible clamping band. A locking latch pivotally coupled to a first end of the flexible clamping band is pulled towards and rotated into locking engagement with the locking catch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Inventor: Ray Kuipers
  • Publication number: 20120012723
    Abstract: A lighter-holder apparatus for use with a water pipe involving a flexible collar. The flexible collar includes a gripping feature for accommodating a lighter and a hooking feature for facilitating disposition of the apparatus around the water pipe. The hooking feature is coupled with the gripping feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventor: Zachary C. Mansfield
  • Patent number: 8087195
    Abstract: A portable apparatus, removably attached to an existing vertical support or structure, such as a tree, for providing a firearm rest or suspending articles above the ground. The apparatus may include associated vertical and a horizontal members, where the vertical member is secured to the tree using a securing device such as a cord and binder arrangement. The multi-purpose apparatus is supports a firearm such as a rifle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Duffy's Hunting Products, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Minges
  • Patent number: 8006944
    Abstract: A fixing device for a bicycle includes a base, a bracket member, a pin and a band. When fastening of the band is loosened, the bracket member comes to be rotatable in a direction of an arrow DR20 with respect to the base, allowing adjustment of a component angle. When fastened to the pipe by the belt, the base and the bracket member are engaged with each other and held in the engaged state, so that bracket cannot be rotated in a direction of an arrow DR20 with respect to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Cateye Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Ueda, Yoji Okuda
  • Patent number: 7997546
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for supporting a traffic camera or other traffic control device high above traffic. The assembly includes a conventional camera bracket, a vertical pole of at least two inches in diameter, an adapter for attaching the camera bracket to the top of the pole, and a mounting bracket for attaching the pole to the mast arm or other support. The bracket includes an adapter plate by which the pole can be rotated relative to the support so the camera can be mounted on either a vertical or a horizontal support structure. The bracket also includes a clamp that attaches to the support structure by a three point attachment. This versatile mounting assembly can support a traffic control device 10-15 feet above the mast arm or other support, without significant movement of the pole relative to the bracket or of the bracket relative to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Pelco Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon Andersen, A. Philip Parduhn, Raymond M. Woods
  • Publication number: 20110133046
    Abstract: A device for mounting a sensor assembly on a vehicle assembly. The device includes a substantially circular ring circumferentially engaging the vehicle axle tube and a support block. The support block includes a clamp-engaging segment engaging at least a portion of the circumference of the ring. Further, the support block includes a sensor-engaging segment adapted for engaging the sensor assembly and an axle-engaging segment engaging at least a portion of the axle to position the sensor assembly with relation to the axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: JOHN EDWARD LEMERISE, PETE CHRIST KOROVESIS
  • Patent number: 7926775
    Abstract: The tree stand bracket apparatus fits a plurality of various trees as well as tree stands. The concavities of the mounts importantly fit the curvature of a tree so that the apparatus can easily be securely and selectively affixed to the tree. The removable straps provide for securement to a tree as well as portable securement to a tree stand. Hollow side members further ensure light weight and portability that aid in transport and use. The combined crosspieces and mounts increase the strength of the apparatus. The pulley and the cable loop provide more than one way to aid in lifting and lowering the apparatus and tree stands. Each of the features of the apparatus importantly provides strength, tree stand applicability, and light weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Inventors: David Milazzo, Thomas F. Carbo
  • Patent number: 7883062
    Abstract: The present invention is a lightweight portable foldable bag holder that can be carried by hand or mounted in a number of locations. It can be used in a number of horizontal or vertical positions varying between in an open or a closed position. The closed position being best suited for storage or transport with an attached bag. Uses include but are not limited to holding trash, recycling such as; crushed cans, plastic, paper, lawn and garden debris, outdoor uses include yet are not limited to concerts, athletic events, outdoor restaurants, on decks, on boats, recreational vehicles, picnics, in parks. The invention is suited for all types of flexible bags, and can be mounted in one location, or moved to another using handle and semi-permanently attached with a nail or new screws or temporarily attached to a pole or a tree using a cord or rope as supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Inventor: Tracy J Zima
  • Patent number: 7861981
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a mounting system for an elongated item such as a cable, tube or wire, or an assembly of multiple cables, tube and/or wires. The mounting system includes an apparatus for mounting to a supporting structure, and an apparatus for receiving the elongated item. Also included is an apparatus for receiving a tying member such as a cable tie. Also included is an apparatus for permitting the tying member to be cut to release the elongate item from the mount without damage to the elongate item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventor: Bryan William Olver