Of Wire Patents (Class 248/302)
  • Patent number: 11959620
    Abstract: A light fixture includes a housing for supporting a light source and an enclosure for supporting a driver in electrical communication with the light source. The enclosure is selectively supported in one of a first position and a second position while maintaining electrical communication between the driver and the light source in both positions. The enclosure is directly coupled to the housing in the first position, and the enclosure is supported separately from the housing in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Progress Lighting, LLC
    Inventors: Luis Morales, Anthony Sinphay
  • Patent number: 11958708
    Abstract: Apparatus for a sealing material system is provided. The system may include a retaining cage. The system may include a portable sealing dispenser. The portable sealing dispenser may include a handle. The handle may include a wide end and a narrow end. A securing flange may be affixed to the handle. In some embodiments, the retaining cage may be configured to support the securing flange. In some embodiments, the retaining cage may include a first width and a second width. A narrow end of the handle may be configured to pass through the first width. A length of the handle between the narrow end and the wide end may slide through the second width. The wide end of the handle may be supported by the retaining cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Aimoh, LLC
    Inventors: Shimon Guttman, Baruch Herskovits
  • Patent number: 11915618
    Abstract: A tag is configured to be inserted into a product. The tag includes a label portion and an insertion portion. The label portion has a first width. The insertion portion extends from the label portion, has a second width that is less than the first width, and has a length. An elongated wire extends along the length of the insertion portion to at least a part of the label portion. The tag has sufficient rigidity to enable a user to hold the label portion and force the insertion portion into the product. In another aspect, a method of attaching a tag to a product is described. The method includes holding the label portion and forcing the insertion portion into the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Bedford Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: David Schiller, Jay Milbrandt
  • Patent number: 11913626
    Abstract: A decorative removable lighting enclosed clip made for mounting a light to a support surface such as gutters, shingles or a building structure. The enclosed clip allows for an aesthetically pleasing display of lights with rapid and easy installation and removal of the lighting. This eliminates falling debris from broken clips or clips that fall off the lights during the removal process. A support tab is inserted between the side portions of the structure, at longitudinally spaced intervals along the strip, and are frictionally gripped and retained by the facing side portions of the gutter, shingle or structure. The clips have enclosed end portions which support the light elements of a decorative light string along structure. The enclosed clip is capable of mounting onto a wide variety of gutters, eaves and building structures. The spacing is adjustable and provides a plurality of discrete angular positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Russel Williams Home Service LLC
    Inventor: David Russel Felt
  • Patent number: 11901720
    Abstract: A cable hanger for the solar, mining, and electrical industry for use in supporting a plurality of conductive cables from a messenger wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: CAMBRIA COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND HANDICAPPED
    Inventors: Allen Garrett Smith, Frank Edward Hodge, David James Prasko, Timothy Joseph Wedding
  • Patent number: 11879619
    Abstract: A light stake for holding a light bulb includes a spike with a body extending along a spike axis between a top end and an insertion end, a connecting base at the top end of the body, and a socket having a socket axis. The socket has a socket base, a plurality of fingers, and a strengthening fillet. The socket base is perpendicular to the socket axis and with a solid-material periphery extending on all sides of the socket axis. The fingers extend from the socket base along the socket axis, with each finger extending between a fixed end near the socket base and a movable end. The strengthening fillet is at the intersection between the fixed end of each finger and the socket base, and increases the local thickness of each fixed end and of the socket base for increased rigidity of the fixed end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Canny Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Stacy L. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 11684181
    Abstract: A sports equipment rack for convenient storage, transportation, and drying of sports equipment. The sports equipment rack includes a vertical shaft configured to substantially resemble a hockey stick, the vertical shaft having a top portion and a bottom portion. The sports equipment rack also includes one or more sets of opposing horizontal members, the opposing horizontal members having a first end and an opposing end; one or more fastening attachments in communication with the opposing end; and a plurality of openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Eastman, Lee Elias
  • Patent number: 11672384
    Abstract: Embodiments provide for a consolidated towel holder or rack. An example consolidated towel holder includes a base, a first support member extending upward from the base, a second support member extending upward from the base and configured for supporting a paper towel roll, a cap in slidable contact with the first support member via an extension member such that the cap gravitationally rests atop the paper towel roll, and a third support member extending perpendicularly from the first support member and configured for supporting a fabric towel or cleaning apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventor: Laura Madden
  • Patent number: 11561000
    Abstract: A lamp assembly includes a base, a support arm coupled to the base, a housing coupled to the support arm, a mirror supported by the housing, a light arrangement supported in the housing, wherein the base, the support arm, and the housing are reconfigurable between a first configuration where the housing is located vertically above the base and a reflective surface of the mirror is parallel with a worksurface, a second configuration where the housing is located vertically above the base and the reflective surface is perpendicular to the worksurface, and a third configuration where the housing is located at least partially rearward of the base and the reflective surface is substantially perpendicular to the worksurface. The lamp assembly may further include a support member configured to cooperate with the base to support a personal communication device, and a rotatable portion of the housing which controls a light intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventor: Mark McKenna
  • Patent number: 11525625
    Abstract: An accessory rack includes a pair of support arms. Each support arm includes a rail that is configured to slidably receive and retain a retention feature formed on an accessory item. Each rail is spaced apart based on a predetermined width that corresponds to the distance between retention features disposed on the sides of one or more, interchangeable accessory items. The accessory rack may be slidably coupled to an existing refrigerator shelf assembly. A refrigerator shelf assembly may include an integrated accessory rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc
    Inventors: Joshua Hanson, Brian Roesch
  • Patent number: 11525540
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus having a structure excellent in workability upon installation. The display apparatus includes: a display section; and a supporting structure that is to be mounted on a wall surface and supports the display section. The supporting structure includes a support that supports the display section from below in a vertical direction, and an inclination adjusting mechanism provided at the support and configured to adjust an inclination of the display section with respect to the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventors: Yohei Azuma, Takeshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11394928
    Abstract: A device for inserting and securing a video doorbell system inside a metal container that is securely fitted along the side of a door and can only be opened when door is opened. The device comprises a metal container measured to hold specified video doorbell systems inside WITH an opening that exposes the camera and doorbell button ONLY (FIG. 1). The metal container is attached to two u-shaped thin but durable metal hooks that snap together and cling to the side of a door snugly. The device also has cylinder tubes at the ends of each hook to decrease the ability to pull the device away from the door (anti-theft). The device also avoids property damage from permanent mounting using screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Doorbell Boa Operating LLC
    Inventor: James Pritchett
  • Patent number: 11353199
    Abstract: A decorative removable lighting enclosed clip made for mounting a light to a support surface such as gutters, shingles or a building structure. The enclosed clip allows for an aesthetically pleasing display of lights with rapid and easy installation and removal of the lighting. This eliminates falling debris from broken clips or clips that fall off the lights during the removal process. A support tab is inserted between the side portions of the structure, at longitudinally spaced intervals along the strip, and are frictionally gripped and retained by the facing side portions of the gutter, shingle or structure. The clips have enclosed end portions which support the light elements of a decorative light string along structure. The enclosed clip is capable of mounting onto a wide variety of gutters, eaves and building structures. The spacing is adjustable and provides a plurality of discrete angular positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Russel Williams Home Services LLC
    Inventor: David Russel Felt
  • Patent number: 11306903
    Abstract: A housing assembly for a recessed lighting system includes a housing with integrally formed cable routing features, mounting features, and alignment features. The integration of multiple features into the housing is enabled by forming the housing from a polymer using an injection molding process instead of sheet metal. For a new construction installation, the housing includes integrally formed bar hanger holders to support and guide bar hangers for installation onto two or more support structures, nail-in features for installation onto a single support structure, and one or more alignment features to position the housing against the single support structure when the nail-in features are used for installation. For a remodel installation, the housing includes a flange to abut a bottom surface of a ceiling and one or more spring clips mounted to the housing to abut a top surface of the ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: DMF, Inc.
    Inventors: William Wai-Loong Young, Amir Lotfi, Vincent Williams, Nolan Gunsolley
  • Patent number: 10333320
    Abstract: A standing hanging-apparatus comprising a standing means for supporting the apparatus on a surface such as the ground, a hanging means for hanging an accessory from the apparatus, a storage means for storing a plurality of electronic devices, and a charging means for charging at least one of the plurality of electronic devices stored in the storage means. The standing means, hanging means, storage means, and charging means can be coupled to an elongated body defining a cavity, and the storage means is coupled such that it is centered over a center of gravity of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Inventors: Gabriel Salinas Ruiz, Paulina Salinas Ruiz
  • Patent number: 10179599
    Abstract: A holder accessory for a handlebar of a shopping cart is provided that includes a platform and two securing members that are attachable around and aligned with a horizontal cart push bar portion and a cart transverse portion of the shopping cart handlebar. The transverse securing member provides cantilevered support for the platform, while the push bar securing member is angularly offset from and generally oriented perpendicularly from the push bar securing member to provide support against lateral forces. A stem extends from the underside of the platform to the transverse securing member to hold the platform at a suitable angle for use. Optionally, but preferably, the platform includes a lower ledge upon which a mobile phone, paper, or pen may be rested and an upper retention member to temporarily hold or fasten paper to the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Inventor: Russell Lee Lambrecht
  • Patent number: 10043420
    Abstract: A support system is provided that includes: a tubular receiving member; first and second intermediate braces extending outward from a bottom end of the tubular receiving member in different directions in a first plane; a first vertical support extending from the first intermediate brace in a direction essentially orthogonal to the first plane; a second vertical support extending from the second intermediate brace in a direction essentially orthogonal to the first plane and opposite the first intermediate brace; an upper brace extending from the first vertical support; and a lower brace extending from the second vertical support, each of the braces in a second plane essentially parallel to the first plane and forming a hooks with opening in opposite directions from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Inventor: Aldo Catsaros
  • Patent number: 9872932
    Abstract: A fruit and clove pomander kit for efficiently creating a pomander using fruit and cloves. The fruit and clove pomander kit includes a carving and piercing tool having a piercing end adapted to create pierced holes within a fruit and a carving end opposite of the piercing end. The kit further includes a plurality of dried cloves, a rubber band, a writing instrument and at least one hanger hook. The hanger hook is comprised of a helical portion, an engaging portion extending upwardly from the helical portion and an end portion extending downwardly from the helical portion opposite of the engaging portion. The end user uses the kit to create a pomander with a piece of fruit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Inventor: Teresa Maureen Clark
  • Patent number: 9474263
    Abstract: An implement holder that removably attaches to a container, comprises a frame and a support. The frame contains a pair of open slots. The slots define an engagement tab therebetween. The tab flexes in response to a force. The support projects from one side of the frame and is configured to support an implement. The holder is attached to the container by (i) positioning the frame relative to the container such that the support is outside the container, (ii) aligning the slots of the frame on a rim of the container such that the tab is inside the rim, and (iii) pushing the frame onto the rim to cause the tab to flex and allow the frame to slidably engage a wall of the container along the slots, such that the tab is biased against the wall and securely holds the frame to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher M. Roberts
  • Patent number: 9271607
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for holding a bin-liner on a barbecue grill assembly. The apparatus includes a supporting unit and two frames. The supporting unit is connected to the barbecue grill assembly. The first frame is pivotally connected to the barbecue grill assembly. An upper portion of the bin-liner can be flipped and placed on the first frame. The second frame is pivotally connected to the first frame. The first frame is kept in a horizontal position as the second frame is supported on the supporting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Inventor: Kiosky Chung
  • Patent number: 9255724
    Abstract: System for supporting an evaporable getter, which can be installed in any type of solar power receiving tube and which is mounted using an automated method. The system consists of a clip-type supporting element having a substantially thin profile and an S-shaped base, the upper part thereof including a ring in which the pellet of evaporable getter is housed. The pellet is supported by the pins of the supporting element, dispensing with the need for an additional contact part in order to secure the pellet. The clip is secured to the bellows-type expansion compensator, such that it remains inside the vacuum zone of the solar power receiving tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.
    Inventors: Noelia Martínez Sanz, Javier Asensio Pérez Ullivarri, Pablo José Bombin Ortega, Javier Peláez Fombellida, José Ángel Rico Sánchez, Daniel Montes García
  • Patent number: 9241695
    Abstract: The present invention provides a patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure clip. The clips of the present invention include two closure members joined by at least two spaced central connecting members. Each of the at least two spaced central connecting members is attached to each closure member at a location on the periphery of the closure member. The clips are designed such that the at least two central connecting members extend through the inclined PFO tunnel and the two closure members compress the overlapping layers of septal tissue, i.e. septum primum and septum secundum, together to close the PFO tunnel. The clips of the present invention take various forms depending, in part, upon the distribution of force required to close a given PFO. Thus, in some embodiments, the closure members include arcuate peaks. In other embodiments, the closure members include loops. In still other embodiments, the closure members include prongs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd A. Peavey, Sean T. Forde, Andrzej J. Chanduszko, David J. Callaghan
  • Publication number: 20150129730
    Abstract: A peg hook staple is used in conjunction with at least one peg hook and a perforated wall board so that the at least one peg hook can be firmly secured to the perforated wall board through a first extremity and a second extremity of the peg hook staple. A handle portion of the peg hook staple allows the users to easily install and remove the peg hook staple. The peg hook staple eliminates lateral, upward, and outward movement of the at least one peg hook as a plurality of indentations of the peg hook staple secures the at least one peg hook to the perforated wall board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Thomas Elliott GOLD
  • Publication number: 20140353439
    Abstract: An apparatus for hanging plants allows a user to create 360 degree displays using potted plants. A support structure includes a support pole and a base. The base stabilizes the support pole in a position normal to the resting surface of the base. The support pole is cylindrical and can be separated into a top pole and a bottom pole for ease of storage and transportation. Similarly, the base can be separated into a top support leg and a bottom support leg. At least one plant hanger is positioned around the support pole by an attachment portion. A support arm portion of the plant hanger extends away from the support pole, while a receiving portion provides means for supporting a potted plant. The support pole can be alternatively supported using an at least one support pole mount that suspends the support pole off of the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Wesley William Schilling, Scott W. Schilling
  • Patent number: 8898836
    Abstract: A caddy for use with hospital staff or patients provides a rigid housing having a carriage with at least one vertically and, preferably, at least one horizontally accessible compartments. The housing provides a semi-circular opening above the carriage to act as a handle while also, for many embodiments, a back to which a pivot connects to a connector which connects to a hospital bed rail to maintain the caddy in a pre-determined relationship while the rail is angled relative to a horizontal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Fitsi Health, LLC
    Inventors: Kathleen F. Puri, Caroline F. Puri, John C. Ekholm
  • Patent number: 8839501
    Abstract: A holder for removably attaching a portable electronic device to an elongate support such as a tray table latch on a seatback with a stowable tray table comprises a clamp frame, a spring compression lever slidably attached to the clamp frame, a flexible band for suspending the clamp frame from the elongate support and a self-centering clamp for gripping opposite sides of the elongate support. The holder may optionally include a device adapter for attaching a selected electronic device. Another embodiment comprises steps in a method for holding a portable electronic device against a seatback having a stowable seatback tray table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Inventors: Bryan Ulrich McClain, Demetrius Madrigal, Anthony Printis
  • Patent number: 8770531
    Abstract: A bag-supporting frame apparatus is removably mountable on an edge portion of a horizontal or vertical substrate. The apparatus includes a gripping portion for contacting the substrate and holding the apparatus in place on the substrate. The apparatus also includes a bag-supporting portion configured to support an open end portion of a flexible plastic bag thereon, the bag-supporting portion including an outer loop portion and a downwardly-extending short portion attached to the outer loop portion at each end thereof. A projecting catch is defined, at each end of the outer loop portion, at the juncture of the downwardly-extending short portion and the outer loop portion. The outer loop portion is sized and configured to support a plastic bag of a predetermined size thereon. The apparatus also includes a connecting portion interconnecting the bag-supporting portion and the gripping portion. Methods of using the apparatus are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventor: John Patrick Cundy
  • Patent number: 8746643
    Abstract: The inventive concept disclosed comprises a storage grate for grills of the type typically used in outdoor barbecue grills and particularly, kamado-style grills. The device is essentially a one-piece rod having been bent and formed into specific angles and segments, thereby allowing the device to be attached onto an outdoor cooking grill or kamado-style charcoal cooking grill as is marketed by many commercial brands. The device serves the purpose of short-term or long-term retention and storage of the grill used in the cooking process prior to, or after use of the grill for cooking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Chance
  • Patent number: 8701899
    Abstract: A one-piece paint brush holder for removable-insertion use with a container having a bottom surface, an inner side wall and an upper edge is provided in one embodiment. The holder includes a base portion. The holder further includes a post portion having a lower end extending from the base portion, an intermediate portion extending upwardly from the lower end, and an upper end supported above and extending from the intermediate portion. The holder still further includes a generally horizontal support portion extending from the upper end of the post portion and having a distal end. The intermediate portion of the post portion has a hook portion vertically between the base portion and the support portion. The hook portion has a downwardly opening shape to permit the holder to be supported on the upper edge of the container at a position above an inserted position in the container. The base, post, hook and support portions are formed by bending a single rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Inventors: Henry F. Paga, Guy D. Vaiasicca
  • Patent number: 8613416
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include an apparatus employing two or more members arranged in a mounting configuration to pierce a ceiling and reconfigurable into a deployment configuration to suspend a load from the ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Inventor: Brian Keith White
  • Publication number: 20130284777
    Abstract: A storage and retrieval apparatus for objects with looped openings, the apparatus being flexible and made of metal, the apparatus characterized in having first and second arms, the first and second arms each having an upper end and each having a lower end, the apparatus having a body with first and second ends, the first end of the body connecting with the lower end of the first arm, the second end of the body connecting with the lower end of the second arm, the body having a shape, the shape of the body urging the first and second arms toward each other with a first spacing therebetween, the upper end of the first arm defining a first tip, the upper end of the second arm defining a second tip, the first tip and the second tip forming a space wider than the first spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: CROWN SEATING LLC
    Inventor: Steven R. Knight
  • Publication number: 20130240703
    Abstract: An article of manufacture is configured for hanging signs and other objects to poles, fences, trees and other structures. The article generally includes a gripping base and a pair of elongated coiled filaments each extending from opposing sides of the base, the filaments each comprising a coiled length and a straightened tip disposed at a terminal end of the respective tip. The article is wrapped around a support structure and each of the tips is inserted through a respective aperture of a sign to be hanged and pulled through the aperture to secure the sign to the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventor: Coral Bergmann
  • Publication number: 20130026316
    Abstract: A holder includes a body, the body having a first and second receiver and a first and second cylindrical holder. The holder further includes a tie comprised of an elongated piece of shape-retaining deformable material and a cover covering the shape-retaining deformable material along the length of the elongated piece. The covering and the shape-retaining deformable material are bonded along their length. A first portion of the tie passes through the first cylindrical holder. A second portion of the tie passes through the second cylindrical holder, such that a loop is formed between the body and the tie, stretching from the first cylindrical holder to the second cylindrical holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Nite Ize, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard N. Case, Bowden Ormsbee
  • Patent number: 8317147
    Abstract: A solar light stick holder comprising a single wire having a first end and a second end, a first extension arm and a second extension arm, a connecting base, a first holder-loop and a second holder-loop. The first end and second end each forms a loop for holding the solar light stick. The connecting base comprises at least one screw-loop to secure the holder to a fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Inventor: Miguel Serrano
  • Patent number: 8303016
    Abstract: A stowage retainer is provided for retaining an object, such as a portable electronic device, in a vehicle. The retainer includes a body having at least a bottom wall and side walls. The retainer also includes one or more flexible retention arms extending from the body for retaining a device in the retainer. The flexible retention arms each comprise a flexible inner wire and a soft outer covering material. The flexible retention arms are bendable to reform into a desired configuration to retain a device in the retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Junko Pauken, James Hugh Fowler
  • Patent number: 8281548
    Abstract: A method and a device for installing a rigid panel parallel to a flat building structure and between rafters while providing a ventilation gap between the rigid panel and the flat building structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Inventor: Gene Kevin Garcia
  • Patent number: 8276853
    Abstract: Apparatus for suspending a device such as the end of a depending air brake hose from a railcar. A flexible strap of a synthetic resin such as moldable polyurethane is suspended from the railcar body, for example, by attachment to an apertured fitting on the railcar coupler. Elongated resilient wire clips are provided to attach the free end of the air hose. The wire clips are generally configured with a latching end including interlocking end portions for connection to the strap through a selected attachment aperture, a pair of flexibly resilient, elongated manually compressible elongated arms extending away from the latching end portions and a return portion joining the arms. The clip is further provided with a retainer operative when the arms are interlocked for maintaining the attachment aperture fitting within the confines of the return portion and out of position in which loading of the clip is exerted laterally of the clip arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Pennsy Corporation
    Inventor: Wayne H. Murphy
  • Patent number: 8272610
    Abstract: In one aspect, a holder assembly includes a substrate-mountable holder having a metal base having a centerline, the base having a plurality of openings to receive a plurality of fasteners, a generally symmetrical wireform having a pair of legs with a portion therebetween, the portion welded to the base, each leg having a first segment extending parallel to the base and a second segment extending outwardly of the base. First segment of each leg may be generally parallel to the centerline, or first segment may be angled with respect to the centerline. Second segment of legs may extend generally linearly outwardly of the base or may have radii of curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Ernst, John P. Grimm
  • Publication number: 20120228455
    Abstract: A frame element of an installation facility is fastened to a mounting plate of an electrical installation by a fastening element having at least two holding elements, arranged adjacent to one another in a shared plane, that can be elastically deformed relative to one another and each including at least one limb. The limbs are embodied such that they face one another along an imaginary straight line within the shared plane and include a segment of minimal spacing along the imaginary straight line. The spacings of the limbs from one another increase in all other segments along the imaginary line from the segment of minimal spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael FUHRMANN, Thomas Haller, Rainer Sedlmeier, Xian Chao Wu
  • Patent number: 8181922
    Abstract: A bracket device for removably securing a control box atop a portable amplifier. The portable amplifier is provided with a handle secured to its top by spaced apart securing hardware. The device is in the form of a resilient construct having a U-shaped top portion, a pair of bridging members emanating from the U-shaped top portion and a pair of extension members extending substantially perpendicularly from the bridging members and having free distal ends. The extension members are spaced apart from one another approximately the distance between the spaced apart securing hardware and is sufficiently resilient to enable the extension members to be drawn together a sufficient distance to enable its free distal ends to pass between the securing hardware and beneath the handle and to exert lateral pressure against the securing hardware to resist inadvertent removal of the bracket from the top of the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Inventor: Lance Reegan-Diehl Dennison
  • Patent number: 8167251
    Abstract: Apparatus for suspending a device such as the end of a depending air brake hose from a railcar. A flexible strap of a synthetic resin such as moldable polyurethane is suspended from the railcar body, for example, by attachment to an apertured fitting on the railcar coupler. Elongated resilient wire clips are provided to attach the free end of the air hose. The wire clips are generally configured with a latching end including interlocking end portions for connection to the strap through a selected attachment aperture, a pair of flexibly resilient, elongated manually compressible elongated arms extending away from the latching end portions and a return portion joining the arms. The clip is further provided with a retainer operative when the arms are interlocked for maintaining the attachment aperture fitting within the confines of the return portion and out of position in which loading of the clip is exerted laterally of the clip arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Inventors: Wayne H. Murphy, Michael J. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8162276
    Abstract: A combination clip and hook (clip) for use generally in suspending articles, which is rotatably movable about a rotary joint between a first position in which two opposing, rotatably joined portions of the overall clip structure are oriented together to form a continuous, enclosed shape that can be secured around another, and a second position in which the two portions of the structure are rotated out of the enclosed shape, and into, for example, a S shaped hook where one portion of the structure supports the item and the other portion can be applied to another supporting member. The joint between the two portions can define a spring-loaded rotating pivot assembly with at least two indexing positions opposed by 180 degrees. The rotary joint can be constructed with a pair of confronting male and female wedge and detent inserts that are biased toward each other by an embedded spring assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Clipsy, LLC
    Inventors: Farvardin Fathi, Imraan Aziz, Michael J. Strasser, Thomas E. King
  • Patent number: 8122675
    Abstract: A rebar positioner configured for being placed in a diagonal orientation within a cell of a masonry block including first and second end sections oriented in a first plane, a center S-shaped section in a second plane parallel to the first, laterally offset linear sections oriented in the second plane, and first and second vertical sections interconnecting the first and second end sections with the first and second linear sections, wherein the second end section terminates in a telltale extending away from the center section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Masonry Reinforcing Corporation of America
    Inventors: Mike Ripley, Theodore A. Erickson, Ralph O. Johnson, III
  • Patent number: 8109475
    Abstract: A pig tail spring exhaust hanger includes a pig tail coil having at one end an upper arm and at the other end a lower arm. The upper arm is mounted to the vehicle underbody, and the lower arm is connected to the exhaust system, wherein the orientation of the upper and lower arms is substantially vertical and the orientation of the central axis of the pig tail coil is substantially horizontal. This arrangement provides a moment at each of the upper and lower arms which act to suspended weight of the exhaust system radially with respect to the pig tail coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Douglas M. Kerchner
  • Patent number: 8083079
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wire rack for mounting an iron on a wall and method of use thereof, and more specifically, to a wire rack for mounting an iron on a wall, the wire rack having a retractable rail for adjusting to different sizes of irons and equipped with an ironing board holder and a product holder. The iron holder holds the iron by the iron's base and can be adjusted to accommodate different sizes of irons. The frame is also made of heat-resistant, coated, welded wire that allows for the manufacture of a light, cost-effective device. The device is also equipped with large hooks to hold most types of ironing boards and arms designed to hold extra products used during ironing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Panacea Products Corp.
    Inventor: Frederick K. Rosen
  • Publication number: 20110197944
    Abstract: A stackable flat-roof/ground framework (1) for solar panels, comprising a sloping desk-like supporting region (2, 5, 6) for the solar panel, at least said supporting region (2, 5, 6) being implemented as a wire grate, wherein the supporting region of the flat-roof/ground framework has downwardly angled elements on two opposite edges, one element, used as rear wall (3), being designed to be longer and one element, used a front wall (4), being designed to be shorter, and having weightable panel-like base regions (2, 5, 6), said base regions (2, 5, 6) being angled from the rear wall (3) and/or the front wall (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Markus Hund, Olaf Jacob
  • Patent number: 7959020
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wire rack for mounting an iron on a wall and method of use thereof, and more specifically, to a wire rack for mounting an iron on a wall, the wire rack having a retractable rail for adjusting to different sizes of irons and equipped with an ironing board holder and a product holder. The iron holder holds the iron by the iron's base and can be adjusted to accommodate different sizes of irons. The frame is also made of heat-resistant, coated, welded wire that allows for the manufacture of a light, cost-effective device. The device is also equipped with large hooks to hold most types of ironing boards and arms designed to hold extra products used during ironing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Panacea Products Corp.
    Inventor: Frederick K. Rosen
  • Patent number: 7913958
    Abstract: A twist clip for attaching a heat-radiating fin to a conduit of a hydronic heating system includes an upper gripping member, a lower gripping member connected to the upper member by an upright support member, and a handle portion looping downwardly from the lower gripping member to enable a user to hold the clip and to manually twist the clip to cause the upper and lower gripping members to rotate relative to the fin and conduit such that the fin and conduit are clipped together. This twist clip enables quick and easy attachment of fins to conduits, which greatly reduces the time and effort required to install a hydronic heating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Inventor: James MacDuff
  • Patent number: 7903924
    Abstract: A connector that can function as a cable tray splice is provided. The connector may have a frame that is configured for being placed against first and second portions of cable tray. The connector may also have a flange located at an end of the frame that is capable of being shaped by a user. The flange and the frame define an aperture. A connector that may be a configured as a cable tray hanger and a method of securing a connector to the cable tray are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: M P Husky, LLC
    Inventors: Michael E. Pollard, Jr., Raymond A. Colgrove, James Q. Looney, Ernest R. Whittaker
  • Patent number: D680291
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Inventor: Henry K. Shepherd