Clamp Patents (Class 248/316.1)
  • Patent number: 12000509
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: IGUS GMBH
    Inventors: Joerg Ottersbach, Georg Theiss
  • Patent number: 11885354
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Flipstik, LLC
    Inventor: Akeem Shannon
  • Patent number: 11859945
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DASAN MACHINERIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Byung Gun Kim, Jong Bum Kim
  • Patent number: 11662054
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: NEXT EPISODE INC.
    Inventor: Ian Foster
  • Patent number: 11566644
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventor: Chien-Ting Lin
  • Patent number: 11503913
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: JOHN LOUIS INC.
    Inventor: Steven M. Tines
  • Patent number: 11197533
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: World Richman Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Saharut Sirichai
  • Patent number: 10793080
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN NEARBYEXPRESS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Shuai Zhang
  • Patent number: 10701922
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Inventors: John L. Larsson, Clinton Herrin
  • Patent number: 9851260
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: TLV Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Yumoto
  • Patent number: 9645609
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Incipio, LLC
    Inventors: Andy Fathollahi, Tom Hee Kwon
  • Patent number: 9546744
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Sagar Ashok Patil, Zhihui Zhang
  • Patent number: 9469498
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Inventor: Cindy Ann Harris
  • Patent number: 9439313
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Cheng-Tsung Yu
  • Patent number: 9328865
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventors: Wyatt R. Briant, David E. Conely
  • Patent number: 9254241
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Inventor: Lance Glammeier
  • Patent number: 9033298
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Universitaetsklinikum Regensburg—Anstalt Des Oeffentlichen Rechts
    Inventors: Alois Philipp, Matthias Arlt
  • Publication number: 20150122961
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Stan Batiste, Maryann Batiste, Steven Achstein
  • Patent number: 9016643
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Inventor: David Sterling
  • Publication number: 20150102194
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: SUNMODO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Liu
  • Patent number: 8998150
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: The Subsea Company
    Inventors: Barry McMiles, Thomas Cates
  • Patent number: 8984735
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Scott Brown
  • Patent number: 8985540
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Raymond J. Slesinski
  • Patent number: 8967566
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventors: Bryan Ulrich McClain, Demetrius Madrigal, Anthony Printis
  • Patent number: 8967572
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventor: Lance Glammeier
  • Publication number: 20150055278
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Robert Baschnagel
  • Patent number: 8964367
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kenji Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20150028174
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Carnevali
  • Publication number: 20150029668
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Si Ryong Yu, Guanghui Wang
  • Publication number: 20150016031
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIH-TA HUANG, MENG-HSIEN LIN, YAO-TING CHANG
  • Patent number: 8925890
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Yuan Terng Liaw
  • Publication number: 20140367527
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Scott E. Anderson, Jeffrey A. Wilson, Eric J. Wilson
  • Patent number: 8894028
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 8882070
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Inventors: Ron M. Bean, Pearl K. Bean
  • Patent number: 8882069
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: ACCO Brands Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Mahaffey, Will Ali, John Tan, John Hung, Ryan White, Wilson Tse
  • Patent number: 8864091
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Filco/USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Patriarco
  • Patent number: 8864089
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Modernsolid Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Jui Hung
  • Patent number: 8837128
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Schwalbach, Brandon S. Smith
  • Publication number: 20140247550
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: WEI PANG, AI-LING HE, WAN-LI NING
  • Patent number: 8814116
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: TomTom International B.V.
    Inventor: Martin Riddiford
  • Patent number: 8814117
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff S. Bohanan, William M. Reid
  • Publication number: 20140230220
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Typical 4 LLC
    Inventors: Eric Allred, Brian Allred
  • Patent number: 8800941
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Unique Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Kahn
  • Patent number: 8794580
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Michael O. Koehler
  • Publication number: 20140209770
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventor: Pascual Jesús Amorós Cano
  • Publication number: 20140192482
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: TWINHEAD INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: TSOU-KAI LIN
  • Patent number: 8763967
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Li-Ren Fu
  • Publication number: 20140175243
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: W.A. Krapf, Inc.
    Inventors: Artem G. Sivak, John Deats, Christian Q. Krapf
  • Publication number: 20140175242
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Thorlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett D'Alessio, Alex Ezra Cable
  • Patent number: 8757573
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Drink Clip, LLC
    Inventor: John M. Barnes, Jr.