Having Slidable Sections Patents (Class 294/168)
  • Patent number: 8840161
    Abstract: It is important to be able to drag a large animal through the woods after it has been killed. This device will allow the hunter to lift the animal's head above the ground as well as the legs in a pair of openings that will elevate the head of the animal off the ground surface so that the animal may be dragged. The handle may also telescope and will allow more than one hunter to grab the device in order to safely pull the animal through the woods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Inventor: Charles Gardner
  • Publication number: 20140265398
    Abstract: A cord management system having a plurality of holders attached along the length of a cord or cable, with the holders insertable into a housing for storing the cord and for easily accessing either end of the cord without unwinding or tangling the cord.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Othell T. Williams
  • Patent number: 8778435
    Abstract: Apparatus for heating a wedge-shaped food product, such as one or more slices of pizza, includes an assembly and a handle mechanically connected with the assembly. The assembly includes a first arm including a side wall and a floor, and a second arm including a side wall and a floor. The second arm is pivotably connected with the first arm such that the wedge-shaped food product can be held between the first arm and the second arm with the wedge-shaped food product being supported by the floors of the first and second arms and abutting the side walls of the first and second arms. Additional supports may be provided between the arms. The handle may be removeably connected with the assembly, for example, via a riser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventor: John C. Pokotylo
  • Patent number: 8651541
    Abstract: A holding support for electronic device is disclosed, which includes a case and a bracket. A bracket compartment is formed on the case and defined by an opening formed on the outer surface of the case. The bracket has a body and at least one finger hole formed thereon for sliding a finger through. The bracket can be retracted in or extended from the bracket compartment by being arranged at a retracted position or extended position, respectively. Therefore, the user can firmly secure the electronic device and prevent from dropping it accidentally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignees: Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Universal Global Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Jen Chen, Kuo-Kuang Liu
  • Patent number: 7575261
    Abstract: A carrier for a paint tray is provided, the tray having an inner wall defining a container for containing paint and an outer wall for supporting the container, the inner and outer walls defining a space therebetween accessible from underneath the tray. The carrier comprises a base with a front leg for coupling to the paint tray and a lifting member connected to the base. The front leg may be inserted into the space between said inner and outer wall and can engage the interior faces of both said inner and outer walls simultaneously when inserted into said space to secure the member within the space and to support the tray from the front leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: T.S. Simms & Co. Limited
    Inventors: Larry Steven Gagne, Chuck Martin
  • Publication number: 20090064443
    Abstract: The present document describes a paint tray comprising: a base for use in holding paint; a U-shaped arm having two arm ends pivotally coupled to the base; and a handle deployable from the U-shaped arm by sliding thereon. The handle is used in carrying the paint tray. The document also describes a paint tray comprising: an arm; a coupling means for attachment of the arm to the paint tray; and a handle deployable from the arm. The handle is used for carrying the paint tray. Finally, there is described a carrier for a drip pan for holding paint, the carrier comprising: an arm comprising a coupling means for engaging the drip pan; and a handle deployable from the arm. The handle is used for carrying the drip pan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventor: Jacques LAJOIE
  • Patent number: 6726266
    Abstract: An indoor flower watering rack includes a support rack having frame members and a plurality of laterally spaced apart support members extending longitudinally therebetween. First and second handle members are slidably coupled to the support rack and are selectively movable relative to respective frame members. First and second clamp members are attached to respective handle members for corresponding movement therewith. The clamp members are configured so as to sandwich a toilet rim therebetween upon inward clamping movement of the handle members. A plurality of legs depend from the support rack for alternatively supporting the rack upon a support surface. Therefore, the watering rack may be carried to a desired location and supported atop a toilet or upon a support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Inventor: W. Burke May
  • Patent number: 6517133
    Abstract: Sight mounting devices may be utilized in combination with sighting devices such as sighting scopes, camcorders and camera. The sight mount device has an elastomeric mounting plate adapted to receive a variety of sighting devices. The sight mounting device is compact as it has a retractable shoulder stock extension that can be retracted and extended as needed. The sight mounting device is highly versatile in that it can be held like a rifle and can be mounted to a variety of devices such as a bipod, a tripod and a window mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Inventors: Steve Seegmiller, Scott Brockbank, Quint Schroeder
  • Patent number: 6309000
    Abstract: An article carrier with an adjustable cradle portion for receiving and supporting articles having various thicknesses, and a handle portion having multiple hand-hold portions for accommodating users of various heights. According to one embodiment the article carrier has a ladder-type construction employing lightweight and rigid members, which can be folded for ease of transport and storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Inventor: Jerry Pittman
  • Patent number: 6241297
    Abstract: The invention comprises a collapsible panel carrying stick having a dual pair of elongated stick sections adapted to be extended into end to end relation with one another. The lowermost stick section has a projecting flange for insertion beneath a panel such as a dry wall panel. The uppermost stick section has a handle for carrying the stick with the panel thereon. The upper two stick sections are slidably retractable toward one another and the lower two sections are slidably retractable toward one another. The middle two stick sections are pivotally connected to one another to pivot toward one another with the sections retracted to collapse the stick sections into a smaller compact position for easier carrying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Telpro Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Miller, Roland O. Young, Larry P. Young
  • Patent number: 5938260
    Abstract: A transportable carrier for removably retaining coils of filamentary material wound in a Figure-8 pattern and having a radial payout hole extending from the inner surface to the outer surface of the wound coil, wherein a pair of carriage assemblies each including a bottom frame member and an upper frame member interconnected by a pair of spaced apart vertically movable carriage assemblies, the pair of carriage assemblies being separated by a pair of spaced support members attached to a respective one of the bottom frame members and a handle extending between the respective upper frame members of the respective carriage assembly; each of the upper frame members including a retaining member for engaging the upper surface of a wound coil lying between the bottom frame members; and the handle enabling vertical upward and downward movement of the carriage assemblies to accommodate different sized wound coils; and vertical downward movement of the handle enabling each retaining member to engage an upper surface of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Windings, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert P. Wallace, Kenneth C. Newton
  • Patent number: 5904388
    Abstract: A plastic bag transport device 10 including an upper arm member 20 and a lower arm member 40 operatively connected together on one end by an intermediate unit 13 and further provided with a latch unit 14 on the other end to define an enclosure that is dimensioned to receive the handles 100 of a plurality of plastic bags. The handles 100 are supported in a staggered fashion on the lower arm member 40 and the upper arm member 20 forms the hand grip portion of the device 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Inventor: Jonathan H. Seibel
  • Patent number: 5882056
    Abstract: A carrier for protective sports helmets having ear holes is disclosed. The carrier is also capable of carrying other types of equipment. The carrier is a telescopic pole of two sections with a compression knob which allows the pole to be locked at a particular length. A fabric strap with swivel hooks is attached to a ring at either end of the pole. The fabric strap has a pad which makes the invention easier to carry on the shoulder of the user. The user will detach one end of the fabric strap and slide the telescopic pole through the ear holes of the protective helmets. The user will then reattach the fabric strap and use the fabric strap to carry the pole and helmets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Inventor: James W. Broadwell
  • Patent number: 5749539
    Abstract: A cushioning conversion machine of the type that converts sheet-like stock material into resilient-like dunnage product has associated therewith a stock roll holder and loading method characterized by a pair of laterally spaced apart mounts and a stock roll holder having opposite end portions removably supported on the mounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Ranpak Corp.
    Inventors: Richard O. Ratzel, Dirk Johannes Siekmann
  • Patent number: 5704667
    Abstract: A high-strength transportation frame for carrying wafer boats between processing stations in a semiconductor fabrication facility includes a pair of transporting rods each having a corresponding grip portion, a number of fixing elements, and a pair of connecting rods. The connecting rods extend parallel to each other and are connected to each of the pair of transporting rods at remote ends thereof, the connections being secured by the fixing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventor: Yu-Tsai Lin
  • Patent number: 5659440
    Abstract: A cartridge magazine with interfaces to automatic cartridge feeder devices. On one side, the magazine has an open interface that provides unencumbered access by a robotic picker that accesses cartridges for a library. The magazine is accessible on another side by a transport mechanism of an automatic cartridge feeder (ACF). The transport carries a cartridge from the magazine to a drive unit where the data stored on the cartridge is read or new data is written. The interface to the ACF includes a handle member for placing the magazine into the feeder. The magazine is mounted by loading it into the feeder and pushing the handle inward allowing a plunger on the ACF to engage a groove on the handle member that locks the magazine into place. Locking the magazine in place activates a sensor, thereby enabling the operation of the feeder. The interface securely engages the ACF so that the magazine cannot be accidentally dislodged from it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Charles Acosta, David Conrad Graves, Paul Yu-Fei Hu, James Alfred Jackmond, Loyal Keith Whitted
  • Patent number: 5628854
    Abstract: A device for the manipulation of letters on a changeable letterboard. A slide, with a tacky frontal adhesive face for temporary attachment of letters to be moved, is withdrawn into a closely mating outer case, the case stripping the letters from the adhesive face. An internal spring maintains the tacky frontal face in a normally exposed position in relation to the case. A gripping, squeezing area is provided to allow the actuation of movement of the slide into the case. The tacky adhesive face of the device is placed against letters to be moved, the device with letters temporarily adhesively attached is withdrawn from the letterboard and moved to a new location, the gripping area is squeezed, actuating the withdrawal of the adhesive face into the case, the front of the case strips the letters from the adhesive. Letters being moved as a group by the device will maintain their relative positions while being relocated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Inventor: Benton C. Ball
  • Patent number: 5501499
    Abstract: A carrier for supporting topless containers for carrying items such as nails, screws, liquids, or the like. The carrier has a lower shelf for supporting the containers, and there are upper fingers for engaging the open end of the containers and releasably secure them to the carrier. The carrier is adjustable for accommodating containers of various heights, and two or more carriers can be stacked vertically either with or without containers thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Inventor: Frank L. Zitka
  • Patent number: 5226688
    Abstract: An improved sheet carrying device in which a frame is provided including a lower frame portion defining a plane against which a sheet of material may be placed. The lower frame portion has a lower crossbar which forms a lower lifting region and defines a curve which is effective for accommodating a leg of a user during use to facilitate walking. An upper frame portion has an upper crossbar which forms an upper lifting region and defines a curve which is effective for accommodating the shoulder of the user during use to prevent sliding of the carrying device. The lower frame portion includes a pair of extendable arms which are effective for varying the distance between the upper lifting region and the lower lifting region. A strap member is attached to the upper frame portion which is effective for supporting the carrying device around the torso of a user during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Assignee: Laura J. Russo
    Inventors: Laura J. Russo, Donald A. Daniels, Gary Ahlert
  • Patent number: 5131708
    Abstract: A handling system configured for use with a receptacle having a bottom, sides and a flange. The system has a bail for supporting the receptacle, a guide for guiding the bail, and a stop structure for retaining the bail within the guide. The bail is freely movable within the guide and is movable between two positions. In the first position, the bail extends above the flange in a carrying position. In the second position, the bail extends below the flange in a stowed position. The bail is preferably comprised of two substantially parallel legs connected by a base. The two legs each include a bias structure preferably in the form of a deviation by which the base of the bail is held against an adjacent wall of the receptacle when the bail is in the stowed position. The legs of the bail pass through guide openings in the flange of the receptacle and attach to the stop structure. In the stowed position, the stop structure substantially covers the guide openings in the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Dirk E. Denzin
  • Patent number: 4763763
    Abstract: A convertible carrying handle and shoulder strap for hand luggage has bails fixed to a top wall of a peripheral frame of the luggage and through which straps are slidable, the straps being attached at one of their ends to a handle positioned between the bails and having fastener members at their free ends for attachment to side walls of the peripheral frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Assignee: B.D.S., Luggage Corporation
    Inventor: Bernard D. Sadow
  • Patent number: 4641874
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a removable portage handle for canoes. A first transverse member is removably secured to the bow/stern of the canoe by adjustable clamps. The handle member is pivotably secured to the first transverse member. A second transverse member is secured to the handle member and removably secured to the canoe. The handle member is adapted to be generally horizontal by including an obtuse angle. The obtuse angle is reinforced as by a truss. Further weight transfer is provided for in the form of a hook member secured to a belt which may be worn by a canoeist on the shoulder, around the waist, or both. The hook member is adapted to mate with and engage a hook receptacle secured to the handle member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Inventor: Leslie J. Grenzer
  • Patent number: 4632242
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a display package having a hanger disposed for sliding movement within a slot formed in the top wall of the container. The hanger has upper and lower tabs projecting outwardly from the sides of the hanger. The tabs are positioned and sized relative to the dimensions of the slot to limit movement of the hanger between a protracted position and an retracted position. The hanger further has a hook engaging opening positioned between the upper and lower tabs, and disposed to receive a hook to suspend the package for display when the hanger is in its protracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1986
    Assignee: C. Itoh & Co. (America) Inc.
    Inventors: Kwang H. Choi, Sun H. Hong
  • Patent number: 4535922
    Abstract: A device for carrying elongated, irregularly-shaped objects, such as musical instrument stands, has an elongated main brace with straps, or other means, at either end, for wrapping around and securing the elongated, irregularly-shaped objects to the main brace. An adjustable handle is centrally located and moveable along the main brace to balance the load. Variable extension rods may be provided on either end of the main brace to extend its length and capacity as needed. The straps would be positioned at either end of the main brace, or the extension rods, and between them as needed. A flexible material may extend the length of the main brace to replace the straps, and wrap around, hold, secure, and protect the musical instrument stands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1985
    Inventor: Bart M Yarnold