Clamp Patents (Class 248/316.1)
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Patent number: 12000509Abstract: A channel clip for fixing conductors to the outside of guide channels of power conduction chains. The aim of the invention is to be able to fix the conductors to the outer sides of guide channels with little effort by means of such a channel clip. This aim is achieved in that the channel clip substantially comprises a U-shaped bracket of resilient plastic material having a first U limb and a second U limb, in that the two U limbs form a receiving region for the conductors to be held, in that a transverse web is provided on the upper end of the first U limb and extends in the direction toward the upper end of the second U limb, in that, to close the receiving region at the free end of the transverse web and at the adjacent upper end of the second U limb, a snap-in connection that can be latched in is provided, and in that the first limb, provided with the transverse web, has a device for mounting the channel clip on a guide channel.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: IGUS GMBHInventors: Joerg Ottersbach, Georg Theiss
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Patent number: 11885354Abstract: A device having a top half and a bottom half divided by a hinge mechanism is provided. The top half may contain a graphic image and be used as a protective cover or kickstand, and the bottom half contains a reusable elastomeric adhesive. The adhesive can be on both sides of the bottom half. The device can be used to mount any flat, non-porous or semi-porous object to another flat, non-porous or semi-porous surface or object. The shape and size of the device does not affect its functionality and can therefore be modified as needed.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Flipstik, LLCInventor: Akeem Shannon
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Patent number: 11859945Abstract: A handgun enables the adapter plate for mounting the dot-sight to be securely and easily assembled into the slide even without using a fastening member such as a screw. The handgun equipes with the adapter plate and the slide for mounting the dot-sight with the improved assembly structure, wherein the adapter plate slides toward one side and is assembled into the slide, and then a projection lever restricts sliding of the adapter plate in an opposite direction such that the adapter plate is not unintendedly detached from the slide.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: DASAN MACHINERIES CO., LTDInventors: Byung Gun Kim, Jong Bum Kim
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Patent number: 11662054Abstract: Webcam systems and mount assemblies are disclosed that can dispose a camera at or near a middle of computer monitor whereby a user is viewed by the camera from a face-front position, and wherein the position of the camera is vertically and laterally manually adjustable (without tools) to facilitate a variety of positions according to need or desire. The webcam systems and mount assemblies further may be used with any of a tablet computing device, a laptop computer, a free-standing computer monitor, etc., and may be mounted to any edge or an adjacent structure while permitting disposing the camera at or near a center of the monitor.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: NEXT EPISODE INC.Inventor: Ian Foster
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Patent number: 11566644Abstract: A clamp sleeve, including: a body and a first fastening assembly. The body has first and second ends, and includes a receiving portion therein. The receiving portion has first and second openings at the first and second ends. The body is provided with a gap, the gap has two ends extending to the first and second openings, and the gap is communicated with the receiving portion. The body is provided with first extending portions at two sides of the gap along a longitudinal direction, the first extending portions is provided with a first connecting sheet near the first opening, and the first connecting sheet is connected to each of the first extending portions and connected with the first opening. The first connecting sheet is provided with a first thin thread intersecting with the gap. The first fastening assembly is disposed on the first extending portions.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Inventor: Chien-Ting Lin
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Patent number: 11503913Abstract: A method for restoring the visual appearance of a wire shelf, products employed in the method, and a kit containing the parts used for the restoration are provided for simplifying the process of altering the appearance of a wire shelf construction. The kit preferably includes a top surface covering having adjustable depth dimensions using joinable segments. A profile is adapted and configured to engage with the top surface covering. Fasteners coupled the front profile to the wire shelf.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: JOHN LOUIS INC.Inventor: Steven M. Tines
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Patent number: 11197533Abstract: A universal armband assembly retains a cuboidal, electronic device in adjacency to a user's arm, and includes an armband and a resilient device-retainer formation. The armband includes a band-to-retainer interface portion and a strap portion. The band-to-retainer interface portion includes a strap-letting aperture and an outer interface portion end. The strap portion extends from the band-to-retainer interface portion in a direction opposite the outer interface portion end. The device-retainer formation is formed from a resilient unibody material construction, is attached to the band-to-retainer interface portion, and is configured to define a relaxed interior volume when in a relaxed state. The device-retainer formation is actuable to define an actuated interior volume, which interior volume receives the electronic device. Restorative forces of the resilient unibody material retain the electronic device within the actuated interior volume.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: World Richman Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Saharut Sirichai
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Patent number: 10793080Abstract: Provided is an electric holder. The electric holder includes a shell and a pair of clamping arms. The electric holder also includes: a linkage mechanism that forms a linkage connection with at least one clamping arm of a pair of clamping arms; an electric driving apparatus that forms a linkage connection with the linkage mechanism; a control unit coupled to the electric driving apparatus; and at least one trigger unit coupled to the control unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: SHENZHEN NEARBYEXPRESS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Shuai Zhang
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Patent number: 10701922Abstract: A lighted fishing pole holder is attached to the gunwale of a boat and has a top mount that is attached to the gunwale in the usual way. A transparent or translucent fishing pole receiving tube member depends downwardly from a central opening of the top mount below the gunwale. A light strip is attached to an outer surface of the tube member with its lights directed into the tube member. The lights of the light strip are connected to the boat's electrical system or to a battery and provide lighting into the tube member which is directed out through the central opening of the top mount. A remote control can control various operations of the lights.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Inventors: John L. Larsson, Clinton Herrin
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Patent number: 9851260Abstract: A sensor fixture 100 includes a clamp body 1, a sensor 9 threadedly coupled to a center portion of the clamp body 1, clamp arms 2 and 3 respectively attached to the left and right of the clamp body 1, protrusions 4 and 5 respectively provided to the clamp arms 2 and 3, and a fixing bolt 15 attached to lower end portions of the clamp arms 2 and 3. The sensor 9 can be easily and firmly fixed by supporting a sensor attaching part at three points with the sensor 9 attached to the clamp body 1, and the protrusions 4 and 5 of the left and right clamp arms 2 and 3.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: TLV Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hideaki Yumoto
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Patent number: 9645609Abstract: A protective case for a tablet device having a back face and a front face, a touchscreen on its front face, and one or more control buttons and ports on its perimeter walls. The case comprises a shell having front and back sides wherein the front side is configured to receive and retain the tablet device while providing user access to the touchscreen and user access to one or more of the control buttons, said shell including a back wall that is configured to cover at least a portion of the back face of the tablet. The protective case further includes a front cover that includes a tray, a wireless keyboard and keyboard housing. The tray includes opposing side rails and the keyboard housing includes opposing grooves on opposing side walls that are concealed and configured to engage the rails to allow the keyboard housing to slide in and out from the tray in a defined manner. The tray, keyboard and shell may each include magnets to facilitate the positioning of the case in the various open and closed positions.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Incipio, LLCInventors: Andy Fathollahi, Tom Hee Kwon
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Patent number: 9546744Abstract: A conduit clamp includes a first coupling component configured for attachment to a first attachment structure of a strut channel and a second coupling component different from the first coupling component and configured for attachment to a second attachment structure of a strut channel.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2015Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Sagar Ashok Patil, Zhihui Zhang
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Patent number: 9469498Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for a garden hose holder that includes a base having a first rail and a second rail that form a substantially vertical upper portion and intersect at a neck portion, a substantially horizontal center portion, and a substantially vertical lower portion. An arcuate support device is engaged to the first rail and second rail at the center portion, whereby the first rail and the second rail intersect extend outwardly at an angle from the neck portion forming the upper portion, the first rail and second rail extend outward from the upper portion in a generally parallel fashion forming the center portion and lower portion of the base.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Inventor: Cindy Ann Harris
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Patent number: 9439313Abstract: A holding device adapted to a casing of an electronic device is disclosed. The holding device includes a holding body and at least one tenon structure. The holding body is separately installed in an inserting slot on the casing. The at least one tenon structure protrudes from the holding body, and the at least one tenon structure is for providing a place for force to be applied, so as to activate the holding body to separate from the inserting slot. The at least one tenon structure is further for inserting into at least one engaging slot on the casing, so as to fix the holding body on the casing for holding an object.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventor: Cheng-Tsung Yu
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Patent number: 9328865Abstract: A holder for a mobile computing device, such as a tablet computer or the like, can include a handle that is positioned laterally from a device space in which the mobile computing device is held within the holder. The handle can be angled relative to the mobile computing device and can have a fixed angle or adjustable angles. The holder can include two or more portions that are connectable in two or more different positions to hold the mobile computing device in at least two orientations, such as landscape and portrait orientations, and/or to accommodate devices of different sizes. In some configurations, the holder can incorporate a peripheral device.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Inventors: Wyatt R. Briant, David E. Conely
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Patent number: 9254241Abstract: A holding apparatus system for releasably holding injectable fluid bottles, comprising a pair of elongate elements for releasably gripping a neck portion of a bottle, and a retaining structure for permitting the elongate elements to be moved between a closed position configured to grip the neck portion of the bottle and an open position configured to release the neck portion of the bottle from being gripped by the elongate elements. In other embodiments, the elongate elements each have a first end and a second end, and the first ends of the elongate elements being relatively closer together than the second ends of the elongate elements so that the elongate elements diverge toward the second ends. A method of dispensing an injectable substance from a bottle using a bottle holder apparatus is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2015Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Inventor: Lance Glammeier
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Supporting, retaining, and protective apparatus for extracorporeal heart and/or lung support systems
Patent number: 9033298Abstract: The invention relates to a supporting apparatus for devices for maintaining blood circulation, in particular for a heart-lung machine, comprising a plurality of retaining units arranged on the device side for retaining blood-conducting and/or blood-treating devices and control units, and comprising at least one fastening unit arranged on the patient side for detachably and quickly fastening the supporting apparatus to a patient or an object arranged near the patient, wherein at least one screen-like wall element is arranged between the device-side retaining units and the patient-side fastening unit as a protective element for the devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Universitaetsklinikum Regensburg—Anstalt Des Oeffentlichen RechtsInventors: Alois Philipp, Matthias Arlt -
Publication number: 20150122961Abstract: A sponge holder includes a mount that has a mounting fixture and at least one mounting connector. The mounting connector is configured to fix the mount to a surface. The sponge holder further includes a suspension arm extending from the mounting fixture, and a connector disposed at a distal end of the suspension arm. The sponge includes an adapter, and the adapter is configured to connect with the connector of the sponge holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Stan Batiste, Maryann Batiste, Steven Achstein
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Patent number: 9016643Abstract: A device for adjustably and removably mounting accessory equipment to tow hooks of a vehicle without alteration to the bumper or surrounding fascia components. The device includes two angle brackets a mounting flange and a clamping plate. Each bracket has holes that align with the other bracket and with the mounting flange which attaches to accessory equipment. The assembly of the brackets and clamping plate surround the tow hook, which the mounting flange attaches to the accessory equipment. One possible piece of accessory equipment is a bumper guard, which can provide protection from debris damaging the vehicle oil cooler. Detachable brush bars provide further protection from brush harming the sides of the moving vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2014Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Inventor: David Sterling
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Publication number: 20150102194Abstract: Disclosed is a device for securing, mounting, aligning, and grounding solar panels to a roof mounted rail. The device in combination with a t-bolt, a nut, and a solar panel end-clamp or mid-clamp, secure, mount, align, and ground the solar panels to the roof mounted rail. The device can be inserted into the top of the rail anywhere along its length. After the device and t-bolt are inserted in the rail, the t-bolt rotated so it inserts into a slot at the bottom of the rail thereby securing the device to the rail, assuring the proper orientation of the t-bolt, and preventing further rotation of the t-bolt.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: SUNMODO CORPORATIONInventor: Jun Liu
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Patent number: 8998150Abstract: A clamp for placement about a riser having an assembly with a housing for releasably engaging at least one strap, the strap having a first and second end wherein the first and second ends are releasably attached to the housing, a plate on the housing for selectively engaging the first and second ends of the strap; and a support operably connected to the housing for releasably holding MUX, IWOC and other umbilical cables used in subsea applications. The housing may have two straps for engagement to a riser that shorten and lengthen by the turning of a screw through a plate engaged to the straps. The clamp may also have a hinged or fixed circular member for attachment around the riser. The cables are held by a hinged attachment to the housing that forms cylindrical vertical openings upon closure of the hinge.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: The Subsea CompanyInventors: Barry McMiles, Thomas Cates
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Patent number: 8984735Abstract: The inventive concept is a device which is used to secure a sheath or stack of papers contained in an architectural sheet rack clamp. The device is essentially a three-tiered rectangular structure forming two parallel, length-wise channels within the spaces defined by the three tiers. One channel, situated as the upper clamp retaining channel, is structured so as to securely accommodate the typical sheet clamp used to store such materials as architectural drawings, maps, and other similar over-sized sheets. The second, or lower desk anchoring, channel of the device, contains two adjustable fastening means, enabling attachment of the lower desk anchoring channel to a desk, draftsman's stand, or table.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Inventor: Scott Brown
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Patent number: 8985540Abstract: Apparatuses include two monolithic members that are coupled together, that are configured to move relative to each other, and that are configured so that they cannot be decoupled from each other without alteration of one or both of the two monolithic members. Methods of forming and using such apparatuses also are disclosed. Some monolithic members are formed utilizing an additive manufacturing method so that they are restricted from being decoupled from each other. Some apparatuses define clamps. Some clamps are used to precisely align laser projection alignment targets for use with laser projection alignment systems.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Raymond J. Slesinski
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Patent number: 8967566Abstract: A clamping apparatus removably attachable to an elongate support such as a tray table latch on a seatback with a stowable tray table includes a pair of opposing hand grips slidably coupled to a clamp frame. Each hand grip includes a clamp jaw protruding from a back side of the clamp frame. A spring urges the hand grips apart and the clamp jaws toward one another. A flexible band attached to both hand grips is provided for suspending the clamp frame. When a person releases the opposing hand grips, the flexible band partially retracts into the clamp frame, drawing the frame against the latch, and the two clamp jaws grip opposite sides of the latch. Compressing the hand grips laterally toward one another extends the flexible band out of the clamp frame and displaces the two clamp jaws away from one another.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Inventors: Bryan Ulrich McClain, Demetrius Madrigal, Anthony Printis
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Patent number: 8967572Abstract: A holding apparatus system for releasably holding injectable fluid bottles, comprising a pair of elongate elements for releasably gripping a neck portion of a bottle, and a retaining structure for permitting the elongate elements to be moved between a closed position configured to grip the neck portion of the bottle and an open position configured to release the neck portion of the bottle from being gripped by the elongate elements. In other embodiments, the elongate elements each have a first end and a second end, and the first ends of the elongate elements being relatively closer together than the second ends of the elongate elements so that the elongate elements diverge toward the second ends. A method of dispensing an injectable substance from a bottle using a bottle holder apparatus is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2011Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Inventor: Lance Glammeier
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Publication number: 20150055278Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for securing and conveniently holding a mobile electronic device including but not limited to a mobile phone and providing an additional spare external power supply to said mobile electronic device. The system includes a holder which is adapted to removably receive the electronic device therein and a attachment means located at the back of the holder for attaching the holder to an object. The holder further includes a cavity formed therein at the bottom which is adapted to removably receive an external battery for said electronic device. The system may further comprise a portable external battery for said electronic device so that the electronic device can take advantage of the additional spare external power.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Robert Baschnagel
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Patent number: 8964367Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a display panel, a first cover which covers a front side of the display panel, a second cover which covers a rear side of the display panel, a plurality of nail portions on an outer circumferential portion of either one of the first cover and the second cover and directed in a same direction, and a plurality of reception portions on an outer circumferential portion of the other one of the first cover and the second cover and engaging with the plurality of nail portions, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Kenji Nonaka
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Publication number: 20150028174Abstract: A mounting bracket for a device having at least one planar mounting shoe surface comprising a pair of parallel conventional T-slots each having a lengthwise T-shaped cavity formed with a wide base and a narrow opening communicating with the mounting shoe surface between parallel rails spaced apart on opposite sides of the opening, the mounting bracket has a rigid frame with a mounting surface; a pair of parallel guides spaced apart on the mounting surface of the frame; and a clamp. The clamp has a clamping jaw that is movable normal to the mounting surface, the clamping jaw has at least one arm aligned with one of the guides, and an anchor member positioned at a distal end thereof. The clamp also has an actuator that is coupled for moving the anchor member normal to the mounting surface of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Jeffrey D. Carnevali
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Publication number: 20150029668Abstract: A clamping structure, including a base defined by a height, the base including a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end are on opposite sides of one another; a first end wall situated on the first end of the base and a second end wall situated on the second end of the base; and at least one wall partition situated on the base between the first end wall and the second end wall to form the border of a first receiving area with the first end wall; wherein the first receiving area is generally rectangular or generally square in shape and includes two openings on two sides not bordered by either the at least one wall partition or the first end wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Si Ryong Yu, Guanghui Wang
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Publication number: 20150016031Abstract: A packing member attached to non-coplanar outer surfaces of an electronic component includes a number of non-coplanar plates attached to the outer surfaces of the electronic component. A junction of every two adjacent plates defines a row of a plurality of through holes. A middle line of each row of through holes is aligned with a corresponding junction of two adjacent outer surfaces of the electronic component.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: CHIH-TA HUANG, MENG-HSIEN LIN, YAO-TING CHANG
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Patent number: 8925890Abstract: A height adjustable stand for musical instrument includes a connecting housing including a sleeve secured to the stand, a bifurcation extending out of the sleeve and including a top opening communicating with a slot therein, and two limit surfaces on both sides of the opening respectively; two opposite hooks each pivotably secured to the bifurcation and including a coupling member including a spring receptacle, a lever, an inclined surface adjacent to the receptacle, and a latch, and a curved member extending from the coupling member; a torsion spring biased between the spring receptacles; and a lock pivotably supported in the opening and including a first part, a second part at an angle with respect to the first part, and a protrusion on a bottom of the first part. Pressing of the first part moves the protrusion out of the slot to unlock the hooks.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2012Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Inventor: Yuan Terng Liaw
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Publication number: 20140367527Abstract: A drop-in loop hanger includes a U-shape portion or saddle for receiving an object to be supported, such as a pipe run, and an arm that guides the object to be supported into the U-shape portion. The hanger may include a moving portion that pivots at a hinge to allow entry of the object, then closes off the entryway to help retain the object within the hanger. The hanger may include a threaded portion for receiving a threaded rod, for example to mount the hanger from a ceiling or other structure or objects. The object may be placed in a series of already-installed hangers, for example placing a run of pipe in a series of hangers that support the pipe at different axial locations along the pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Scott E. Anderson, Jeffrey A. Wilson, Eric J. Wilson
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Patent number: 8894028Abstract: Various apparatuses to attach a first medical device to a second medical device are described that allow the physician to grasp only a single device while the other device remains securely attached to the one being grasped. The apparatuses, once they are attached to the first medical device, are designed to be easily and quickly attached and detached to a second medical device, normally only requiring the use of one hand. Furthermore, the apparatuses oftentimes include a base that can easily couple and decouple from the portion that is attached to the second medical device so that if the need arises to separately use the second medical device, it can be decoupled from the first medical device without completely removing the apparatus from the second medical device.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: John B. Golden, John O. McWeeney, Christopher A. Benning, Robert Castoldi, John F. Howard, Brian Intoccia, Gary Kappel, William Lucas Churchill
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Patent number: 8882070Abstract: A device and method for securing a bow while hunting is provided. The device generally includes a base, a support arm rotatably mounted to the base, a connecting arm connected to the support arm, and a retaining arm rotatably connected to the connecting arm and mounted for rotation between an open position and a closed position to secure the limb of the bow. The support arm acts as a lever arm wherein the weight of the bow causes the connecting arm to move and the retaining arm to rotate from an open position to a closed position to secure the limb of the bow.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2009Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Inventors: Ron M. Bean, Pearl K. Bean
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Patent number: 8882069Abstract: An apparatus for securing an electronic device includes a main body with two ends. An arm is provided at one end of the main body, and has a hook attached thereto, shaped for the electronic device to be placed between the hook and the arm. An additional arm is slidably attached to the other end of the main body, and is capable of being slid by a user to several lateral positions relative to the main body. An additional hook is provided on the slidable arm, and is shaped for the electronic device to be placed between the hook and the arm. A locking system is provided to lock and unlock the slidable arm to at least one of the lateral positions. A base section is capable of being secured at or near a location. The main body is adjustably attached to the base section.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: ACCO Brands CorporationInventors: Robert Mahaffey, Will Ali, John Tan, John Hung, Ryan White, Wilson Tse
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Patent number: 8864091Abstract: A keyboard/mouse platform system. The system comprises an array of components assembled onto any suitable desk or workstation. The components include a keyboard/mouse tray, a slide rail, a clamp/bracket secured to a proximal end of the slide rail above the slide rail, a post clamp attached to the distal end of the slide rail on the underside of the slide rail, and a vertical support post that is secured within the post clamp and supports the distal end of the slide rail underneath the desk. The system would be assembled, such that the clamp supports the proximal end of the slide rail by gripping the desk, and the support post supports the distal end of the slide rail. Optionally, the system can include a height-adjusting mechanism that connects the keyboard/mouse tray to the slide rail and is capable of elevating or lowering the keyboard/mouse tray.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2014Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Filco/USA, Inc.Inventor: Kenneth A. Patriarco
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Patent number: 8864089Abstract: A holding device includes a base, an upper holding arm unit connected to an upper portion of the base, and a pair of lower holding arm units connected to the base. Each of the lower holding arm units includes a lower holding arm that is connected to the base and that is rotatable between upper and lower positions. Each lower holding arm is movable relative to the base in a sliding direction between an extended position and a contracted position. Each of the lower holding arm units further includes a stop member that extends into the base and that is operable for positioning the lower holding arm relative to the base. The lower holding arm units cooperate with the upper holding arm unit to define a holding space for retaining a display.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Modernsolid Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chin-Jui Hung
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Patent number: 8837128Abstract: The present application describes various embodiments regarding an apparatus and method for providing an electrical component for a portable computing device. More specifically a method and apparatus are disclosed for mounting the electrical component to machined mounts extending from an interior sidewall of the portable computing device housing. The machined mounts allow the electrical component to be suspended above an inner surface of the portable computing device so that the electrical component does not interfere with audio output or aesthetics of a speaker grill drilled into the portable computing device housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2014Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Charles A. Schwalbach, Brandon S. Smith
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Publication number: 20140247550Abstract: A mounting apparatus for a solid state disk includes a bracket and a latching module. The bracket includes a connecting pole and a supporting member mounted to the connecting pole. The latching module is installed to the supporting member, and comprises a latching member. The supporting member includes a position pole mounted to the connecting pole and a supporting bar perpendicularly extending out from the position pole. The position pole defines a latching slot facing the supporting bar for positioning an end of the solid state disk. The supporting bar defines a guiding slot facing the latching slot for receiving a side of the solid state disk. The latching member is to latch onto the solid state disk.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2013Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.Inventors: WEI PANG, AI-LING HE, WAN-LI NING
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Patent number: 8814116Abstract: A portable navigation assembly is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the portable navigation assembly includes a portable navigation device including a housing, the housing including a speaker port defined by a speaker port periphery; and a mount including a connector arm. In at least one embodiment, the connector arm is adapted to be connected to the portable navigation device around at least a portion of the speaker port periphery without covering at least a portion of the speaker port.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2009Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: TomTom International B.V.Inventor: Martin Riddiford
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Patent number: 8814117Abstract: A storage device including a body defining at least one receiver and at least one clamping member. The clamping member includes a first position for receiving an accessory for storage and a second position to apply force to secure an accessory to the receiver for storage. A handle actuator may actuate movement of the clamping member. The clamping member may translate from the first position to the second position to apply force to secure an accessory for storage. The clamping member may be held in the secure position by a releasable braking lever.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Protomet CorporationInventors: Jeff S. Bohanan, William M. Reid
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Publication number: 20140230220Abstract: A trophy mount and a skull clamp are disclosed. The trophy mount can comprise a skull coupling feature configured to interface with and support a skull, and a positioning device configured to provide rotation of the skull coupling feature in at least two rotational degrees of freedom to facilitate positioning of the skull. The skull clamp can comprise a first jaw configured to extend into a foramen magnum of an occipital bone of a skull toward a nose end of the skull, and a second jaw operable with the first jaw to clamp the occipital bone and secure a bottom of the skull.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Typical 4 LLCInventors: Eric Allred, Brian Allred
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Patent number: 8800941Abstract: A utility clip is disclosed wherein the clip can hold a variety of tools and can be used commercially or in the home. The clip comprises a first and second clamping member, with each clamping member having alligator teeth positioned facing each at the inner distal end of the members, with at least one and possibly two useful tools positioned at the proximal end of each of the clamping members.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Unique Tools, Inc.Inventor: Peter Kahn
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Patent number: 8794580Abstract: A bracket is provided for mounting conduit clamps or pipe clamps to the face of the bracket. The height of the bracket can be adjusted by removing pins that are attached to mounting bracket feet and mounting bracket arms. Multiple holes may be formed in the mounting bracket arm and mounting bracket feet to allow for various alignments of the bracket arms, which will vary the height of the bracket. The height is adjusted through a pair of four-bar linkages that enable a linear motion of the bracket face. The bracket may have a footprint that is smaller than conventional adjustable mounting brackets.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Michael O. Koehler
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Publication number: 20140209770Abstract: A supporting device for maintaining the structural configuration and display of shoe (10), that comprises a shaping element (101) positioned in interior of shoe (10), made from a material that allows flexibility for adjusting to the internal shape of the mold of shoe (10) obtaining sufficient rigidity to avoid its deformation, and a suspension element (102) that is attached to shaping element (101) to enable suspending shoe (10) for display on another surface for its sale, without said shoe (10) becoming deformed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2011Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventor: Pascual Jesús Amorós Cano
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Publication number: 20140192482Abstract: A securing device for securing an electric device having a groove is disclosed. The securing device comprises a base and a buckle-hook module. The base covers a portion of the electric device and has a connecting part corresponding to the groove. An operating unit and a buckle-hook unit of the buckle-hook module are rotatably disposed in the connecting part. The operating unit has a first position and a second position. The buckle-hook unit has an insert part. A resetting unit of the buckle-hook module is disposed between the buckle-hook unit and the connecting part, so that the buckle-hook unit is rotated to and fro. When the operating unit is moved from the first position to the second position, the insert part inserts into the groove, for securing the electric device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: TWINHEAD INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventor: TSOU-KAI LIN
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Patent number: 8763967Abstract: A mounting apparatus for mounting a hard disk drive (HDD) is provided. The HDD includes two opposite sidewalls each defining a positioning hole. The mounting apparatus includes a supporting plate and a fixing assembly. The fixing assembly includes a positioning member mounted on the supporting plate, a latching member fixed to the positioning member, and an operation member slidably sandwiched between the positioning member and the latching member. The latching member includes a resilient latching portion with a latching post. The operation member includes an abutting block slidably abutting against the latching portion, to bias the latching post to latch into or disengage from one of the positioning holes of the HDD.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Li-Ren Fu
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Publication number: 20140175243Abstract: A board hanger system includes at least one hanger element defined by a body, including a center receiving hole, enabling the hanger element to be secured to a fixed supporting surface, said hanger element being rotatable about the center receiving hole and including an engagement portion on one side. The engagement portion is defined by a first dimension and a second shorter dimension. A display board includes a channel with a slot sized to receive the engagement portion of the hanger element and in which the hanger element is movable from a first position to a second position as rotated about the center receiving hole. Rotation from the first position to the second position causes the first dimension of the engagement portion to frictionally engage the channel and releasably clamps the hanger element relative to the display board.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: W.A. Krapf, Inc.Inventors: Artem G. Sivak, John Deats, Christian Q. Krapf
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Publication number: 20140175242Abstract: An optical mount is disclosed having at least one restraining element for an optic having at least one contact point with a first surface of the optic and at least one force element having at least one contact point with a second surface of the optic, wherein each contact point on the first surface of the optic has a corresponding contact point on the second surface of the optic.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Thorlabs, Inc.Inventors: Brett D'Alessio, Alex Ezra Cable
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Patent number: 8757573Abstract: An adjustable cup holder incorporates an elongated clamp assembly and cup support assembly. The clamp assembly has a proximal end and a distal clamping end. The cup support assembly is connected at the proximal end of the clamp assembly, and comprises a body portion and a pair of arcuate cup-encircling arms having respective spaced-apart free ends. A pivot pin enables pivot adjustment of the cup support assembly at the proximal end of the clamp assembly, such that the cup support assembly is movable between a desired in-use position depending from the clamp assembly, and a folded stowed position beside the clamp assembly. In the stowed position, the clamp assembly passes between the spaced-apart free ends of the cup-encircling arms and into an area defined between the cup-encircling arms.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Drink Clip, LLCInventor: John M. Barnes, Jr.