Flexible Material, Plural Strips Or Connected Panels Patents (Class 312/297)
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Patent number: 12234057Abstract: A collapsible container includes a base and a plurality of walls pivotable between an upright position and a collapsed position on the base. A first wall includes an opening therethrough. A first door selectively covers the opening through the first wall. In one embodiment, the first door is slidable between an open, retracted position away from the opening and a closed position covering the opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Rehrig Pacific CompanyInventors: Kyle L. Baltz, Ryan C. Meers
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Patent number: 12220052Abstract: A storage rack having a top panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a rear panel, and at least one removable and stowable interior shelf. Each side panel has at least one rear channel and at least one horizontal channel that is perpendicular to its corresponding rear channel. The rear channels and horizonal channels are aligned with each other. The at least one removable and stowable interior shelf is configured to slide into and out of the aligned horizontal channels and rear channels in the first and second side panels.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2024Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Inventor: Katie Hargrove
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Patent number: 12186652Abstract: A card shuffler and dealing module shuffles eight decks of cards (or less) and delivers Baccarat hands (or other games) to a dealer. Cards are randomly selected from two pre-shuffle bins and delivered to a connected or integral dealing module. The card shuffler initially selects and delivers four cards (the minimum number needed for a hand of Baccarat) to a dealing area of the dealing module. Two additional cards (the maximum number of additional cards needed for a hand of Baccarat) are then selected and delivered to the dealing module rear of the four initial cards. Accordingly, up to six cards are available to be dealt during the Baccarat hand. The smart card shuffler tracks the rank of the cards and discerns the future outcome of the Baccarat game and adjusts the cards made available to the dealer via an automatic dealing module cover and card transport mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Inventors: Michael Earnest Riordan, Louis Wilson DeGregorio, Steven Louis Forte, Dino Louis DeGregorio
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Patent number: 12156593Abstract: Various embodiments of a television mount concealer assembly and a method of operating the television mount concealer assembly are described. In one example, the television mount concealer assembly can include a television mount and an adjustable concealer assembly for placement behind a wall-mounted television. The adjustable concealer assembly comprising a front panel, a rear panel, a first flexible sidewall, and a second flexible sidewall. The rear panel can be configured to be placed adjacent to a wall in which a television is mounted, and the front panel can be adjusted between a first position and a second position in order to expand and contract the adjustable concealer assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: JK3 Ventures LLCInventor: James Keith, III
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Patent number: 12012244Abstract: A sorting conveyor and bagging device for selectively depositing packages in bags through collapsible openings in the bags themselves or in sleeves protruding from the mouths of bags. Sliders are positioned between the bags at the ends of chutes. Actuators slide the sliders along the slide tracks to selectively open and position the opening to one bag to receive packages from the chute while the opening to the other bag is closed and positioned out of the way.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Laitram, L.L.C.Inventors: Matthew L. Fourney, Bryant G. Ragan, Mark Costanzo, Destin Jacob Bailey, Christopher Alan Brupbacher
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Patent number: 11980270Abstract: The present invention relates to a make-up organizer bag designed to keep cosmetic items within a purse organized and accessible. The make-up organizer bag can be easily placed within a purse or handbag. The bag includes a flap and a main body wherein the flap covers the make-up items and other accessories placed within the main body. The main body is formed of a pair of side walls, a front wall and a rear wall and includes a plurality of compartments separated through elastic dividers. The dividers can be displaced to customize the size of the compartments. The bag includes a plurality of zipper closures, an elastic tube to organize and store make-up brushes and to assist with sealing the cover to the main body. The bag ensures that expensive products are always organized and that contents are protected from damage and spillage.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Inventor: Lakesha Bowden
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Patent number: 11941938Abstract: Provided herein is a system for automated dispensing of articles. Systems may include: a robotic arm; an end-of-arm tool attached to the robotic arm; a scanning device proximate the end-of-arm tool; and a controller to control the robotic arm and the end-of-arm tool. The end-of-arm tool may include a body and two or more vacuum cups extending from the body, where the controller controls a level of suction provided to each of the two or more vacuum cups individually. Each of the two or more vacuum cups extending from the body may be movable between a retracted position proximate the body, and an extended position away from the body of the end-of-arm tool in response to instruction from the controller. Suction may be provided only to the vacuum cups of the two or more vacuum cups that are disposed in the extended position.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: OMNICELL, INC.Inventors: Shawn T. Greyshock, Patrick Joseph Braun, William B. Pattison
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Patent number: 11918128Abstract: A panel system for closing and opening a merchandise space of a refrigerated cabinet includes multiple movable panels. Each panel is movable between an open position and a closed position. Two of the panel are connected to form a pair of panels. A return mechanism is arranged above the pair of panels and a pulling mechanism is guided over the deflection mechanism and connects the two panels in the pair. Each panel of the pair is disposed with respect to the deflection mechanism so that a movement of one panel in a first movement direction effectuates a movement of the second panel in a second movement direction. A refrigerated cabinet includes such a panel system.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: PAN-DUR HOLDING GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Albert Weiss
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Patent number: 11889964Abstract: A counter system (10) for transferring at least partially unpackaged foodstuffs, wherein the counter system (10) has a first region (11) assigned to the counter staff and a second region (12) segregated therefrom and assigned to the customer. The counter system (10) has a dishwasher (1) for cleaning items of washware (2). The dishwasher (1) has at least one treatment zone (3) and at least one conveyor apparatus (6) for conveying the items of washware (2) to be cleaned from an introduction region (4) of the dishwasher (1) through the treatment zone (3) of the dishwasher (1) to a removal region (5) of the dishwasher (1), wherein the introduction region (4) of the dishwasher (1) is accessible from the second region (12) of the counter system (10) and the removal region (5) of the dishwasher (1) is accessible from the first region (11) of the counter system (10).Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Harald Disch, Martin Schrempp, Adrian Boldt, Jeffrey R. Newcomer, Joel Hipp
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Patent number: 11794622Abstract: A load platform configured for use as part of a tail lift on a vehicle is described, which includes a protector device in the form of a flexible sheet that is configurable, when the load platform is attached to a vehicle, to cover a gap between the tail lift and the vehicle. The protector device at a first end is anchored to the load platform by an elasticated fixing arrangement and at a second end is configured for attachment to a supporting structure of the tail lift or to a part of the vehicle to which the tail lift is attached. The protector device is oriented to cover a gap between the rear of the tail lift and the vehicle in a first position, and to occupy a plane substantially parallel to a main plane of the load platform in a second position.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventor: Andrew Timson
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Patent number: 11653762Abstract: Various embodiments of a television mount concealer assembly and a method of operating the television mount concealer assembly are described. In one example, the television mount concealer assembly can include a television mount and an adjustable concealer assembly for placement behind a wall-mounted television. The adjustable concealer assembly comprising a front panel, a rear panel, a first flexible sidewall, and a second flexible sidewall. The rear panel can be configured to be placed adjacent to a wall in which a television is mounted, and the front panel can be adjusted between a first position and a second position in order to expand and contract the adjustable concealer assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: JK3 Ventures LLCInventor: James Keith, III
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Patent number: 11639119Abstract: A seat rail for a vehicle includes: a rail gap cover combined with a moving rail, and a slit cover combined with the rail gap cover to close the gap between a fixed rail and the moving rail regardless of movement of the moving rail, whereby it is possible to prevent foreign substances from entering into the fixed rail.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC., Hyundai Transys Inc.Inventors: Eun Sue Kim, Seung Sik Han, Hong Heui Lee, Myung Hoe Kim, Jin Kim, Gyong Min Kim, In Gul Baek, Soo Young Chae, Hoe Won Jeong, Jin Wook Choi
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Patent number: 11607039Abstract: A firearm ready access display rack is a specialized gun rack having an upper gun stand on an upper stand surface, a plurality of clip and gun accessory retaining devices on a lower stand surface an additional gun or accessory display adjacent the plurality of clip and gun accessory retaining devices. The upper gun stand has at least one Neodymium magnet retention device. The retention device may have a locking mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Inventor: Timothy Thacker
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Patent number: 11597560Abstract: A container includes a wall extending upward from a base. The wall includes a frame and a first wall portion pivotably connected to the frame. The wall further includes a latch selectively connecting the first wall portion to the frame. The latch is movable vertically relative to the frame to selectively release the first wall portion from the frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Rehrig Pacific CompanyInventors: William P. Apps, Jon P. Hassell
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Patent number: 11577635Abstract: A component for a vehicle may comprise a roller rotatable relative to a base, a sheet coupled to the roller and movable between a retracted state and an extended state, a lock mechanism and a button. The lock mechanism may disengage to allow sheet movement and engage to block sheet movement. The lock mechanism may comprise an arm to engage the teeth on the roller to hold the sheet in the extended state. The button may comprise a latch to prevent engagement. The component may comprise an actuator to move the lock mechanism to block sheet movement and rotate the roller to provide tension in the sheet. The actuator may comprise a motor. The component may comprise a sensor and a controller for the actuator/motor. The component may comprise a cover or retractable table.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.Inventors: Thomas Scott Hodgson, Tamanna Nabar
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Patent number: 11547271Abstract: A cutting board integrated with an associated washing device is provided. The washing device includes a kitchen appliance such as a dishwasher. The cutting board is configurable with the washing device in a variety of ways. The cutting board is incorporated into the washing device and extendable from the front of the washer for use in preparing food. After use, the board is retracted back into the washer for cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Inventor: Peter C. Rudolf
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Patent number: 11440498Abstract: The invention relates to a covering assembly over the chute channel of an airbag comprising having an airbag through-opening, which is closed by an airbag flap and an, in particular sprayed-on, covering made of plastic and secured over the airbag flap, wherein the covering has at least one target break line at the edge of the airbag flap in order to enable the unfolding of the airbag cushion, and wherein the airbag flap is connected via a joining point to a flap support wall in a moulded manner, which is in contact with the inner side of the chute channel wall in a secured manner, wherein the inner-side end of the flap support wall is bent outwards with a V-shaped or U-shaped cross-section, and with these hook-shaped bent region, same is inserted in the plastic material of the chute channel wall or engages under the lower end of the chute channel wall.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: RIEDEL COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL GMBHInventors: Rembert Schulze-Wehninck, Albert Roring
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Patent number: 11172770Abstract: A night cover for a refrigerated merchandiser that is positionable to substantially enclose a product display area of the merchandiser. The night cover includes a first portion and a second portion that is disposed above the first portion. The second portion cooperates with the first portion to define a first surface area, and the second portion defines a second surface area and has an open section configured to permit ambient airflow through the night cover. A ratio of the first surface area to the second surface area is between approximately 7:1 and 18:1.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Hussmann CorporationInventor: Ken Nguyen
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Patent number: 10800531Abstract: Passenger accommodation systems are described. An example passenger accommodation system can be disposed in an aircraft and can include a passenger seating deck, a plurality of passenger seats disposed within the passenger seating deck, and a partition wall disposed within the passenger seating deck so as to separate the plurality of passenger seats into a first set of passenger seats and a second set of passenger seats. The partition wall can be aligned with a longitudinal axis extending in the direction of travel of the aircraft. Movement of passengers between the first set of seats and the second set of seats may not impeded by the partition wall.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLCInventors: Victor Carlioz, Hugo Jamson, Lito Karatsoli, Luke Miles
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Patent number: 10370145Abstract: A collapsible container includes a base and a plurality of walls pivotable between an upright position and a collapsed position on the base. A first wall includes an opening therethrough. A first door selectively covers the opening through the first wall. In one embodiment, the first door is slidable between an open, retracted position away from the opening and a closed position covering the opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2013Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Rehrig Pacific CompanyInventors: Kyle L. Baltz, Ryan C. Meers
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Patent number: 9918740Abstract: A method for preparing surgical kits for use during a surgery includes preparing a pre-operative surgical plan for a patient and selecting a set of surgical instruments based on the pre-operative surgical plan. The set of surgical instruments includes at least a general instrument, a first size-specific instrument, a patient-specific instrument, and a surgeon-specific instrument. The general instrument is selected from a predetermined group of off-the-shelf instruments. The first size-specific instrument has a first size selected from predetermined sizes. The patient-specific instrument includes a three-dimensional contoured engagement surface configured to nest into a portion of a native anatomy in a single location. The surgeon-specific instrument is selected based on a surgeon preference and is a different instrument than the selected general instrument, first size-specific instrument, and patient-specific instrument.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLCInventors: Brian A. Uthgenannt, Christopher W. Friend, Bradley T. Durcholz, Joshua B. Catanzarite, Robert Metzger, Kai Robert Worrell
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Patent number: 9258911Abstract: A electronic equipment rack assembly retractable door apparatus is disclosed, which may include channels, horizontally mounted at the top and bottom of an open side of the rack assembly, and latch plates mounted to the rack assembly. The retractable door apparatus may have movable door frame members, each having a housing with a cavity and a slot opening to the cavity, rollers attached to the housing and contained within the channels, designed to maintain the door frame member in a vertical orientation, a spool, attached within the housing, a spring configured provide a torsional tensioning force on the spool, and a latching door handle, attached to the housing to engage with the latch plate receptacles. The retractable door apparatus may also include a door material attached to the door frame member spools and configured to pass through the slots in the door frame member housings.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Aaron R. Cox, Jason E. Minyard, Camillo Sassano, Kevin L. Schultz
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Patent number: 9245406Abstract: A dispenser having an interior portion that is dimensioned for receiving a wheeled cart that is configured for storing items to be dispensed from the dispenser. The cart may, for example, be supported by at least two non-swiveled wheels disposed adjacent a first end of the cart and at least one swiveled wheel disposed adjacent a second end of the cart. In particular embodiments, the dispenser includes a pivotable wheel support that is adapted for: (A) supporting the cart's non-swiveled wheels; and (B) while supporting these non-swiveled wheels in respective, substantially fixed positions relative to the pivotable wheel support, pivoting from: (1) a first position in which the cart is positioned outside the dispenser; to (2) a second position in which the cart is positioned within the dispenser's interior. This may assist in loading the cart into the dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2007Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Innovative Product Achievements, LLCInventors: Robert M. Fitzgerald, Kyle Joiner, Ward P. Broom
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Patent number: 9089963Abstract: A press brake tool cabinet with a downward opening transparent door. The door included a number of rectangular polycarbonate slats in frame members. The cabinet included a frame assembly and a number of drawers. Left and right door track systems are connected to the cabinet, and the door moves from an upper closed position in front of the drawers to an open position beneath and behind the drawers. Stop plates defined the position of the door in the open position and hanger plates supported and retained the door in the upper closed position. A pulley system facilitated movement of the door and a lock system maintained the door in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2014Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Inventor: Edward Karl Freimuth
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Patent number: 9004312Abstract: A roller shutter type storage container includes a container body, a roller shutter accommodating portion, a pair of guide grooves, and a roller shutter. Each of the guide grooves extends linearly in an opening of the container body and is curved in the roller shutter accommodating portion. The roller shutter is configured by connecting a plurality of slats each having shafts formed in the widthwise direction at two ends of the slat in a bendable manner. As the two shafts slide in the corresponding guide grooves, the roller shutter slides between an open position and a close position. Each one of the shafts is spaced from a vertical wall surface of the corresponding one of the guide grooves. A projection formed of soft material projects outward from each shaft of each slat in the widthwise direction and contacts the corresponding vertical wall surface in an elastically deformed state.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Kodama, Masataka Inoue
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Patent number: 8936329Abstract: A cabinet includes a top wall, a bottom wall, two opposite sidewalls, and a roll door apparatus mounted between the top and bottom walls and positioned adjacent to one of the sidewalls. The top and bottom walls each define a slide slot perpendicular to the sidewalls and a number of cutouts communicating with the corresponding slide slot. The roll door apparatus includes a rotatable pole, a roll door rolled about the pole and fixed to the pole by a first end, a locking member mounted to a second end of the roll door opposite to the first end. The locking member includes a sliding portion top and bottom ends of which to be slidably received in one of the slide slots, and an engaging portion engaged in two of the cutouts of the top and bottom walls.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2012Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Szu-Wei Kuo
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Publication number: 20140203693Abstract: One variation may include a method including providing a module for packaging, delivering and displaying goods in the module, the module including at least one face which may be removed, retracted or moved to display goods prepackaged in the module, packaging a plurality of goods in the module, delivering the module to a factory, office, hospital, warehouse or retail store, removing, retracting or moving a face of the module to display the goods prepackaged in the module. Another variation may include a module including the elevator floor system and at least one sensor for determining the height of stacked packages within the module.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Chet R. Wisniewski, Spencer W. Chamberlain
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Patent number: 8714669Abstract: This storage and retrieval machine consists of an enclosure with an enclosure opening and two independently positionable doors, which move vertically to block or provide access into the storage machine. The enclosure contains one or more shelf stacks, where each shelf stack has multiple, easily adjustable, drawer-style shelves to form storage areas of various vertical dimensions. One may combine several shelf stacks to form a rotatable storage cylinder. Shelves used with either the fixed or rotatable shelf supports can be blocked by one or both doors to prohibit their repositioning.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Inventor: Mark Kirgiss Clausen
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Patent number: 8701897Abstract: In one embodiment, a cable extension mechanism includes a housing and a plurality of cable tray segments adapted to retain elongate material therein, wherein each cable tray segment includes first and second cable trays. A sheave is disposed on an axle between the first and second cable trays thereby forming an extendable elbow. At least one wheel assembly is coupled to each cable tray segment to enable the tray segment to articulate between a first position wherein the elongate material is stored and has a first length shorter than an actual length of the elongate material and a substantially flat second position, thereby extending a length of the elongate material disposed thereon.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Nabors International, Inc.Inventors: Sean Bailey, Gary Craig, Padira Reddy
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Patent number: 8579151Abstract: A roller shutter storage container includes a container body, a roller shutter accommodating portion, a pair of guide grooves, and a roller shutter. Each of the guide grooves extends linearly in an opening formed in the container body and is curved in the roller shutter accommodating portion. The roller shutter is configured by connecting a plurality of slats each having shafts formed at two ends of the slat with respect to the widthwise direction in a bendable manner. As the two shafts of each of the slats slide in the corresponding guide grooves, the roller shutter slides between an open position for opening the opening and a close position for closing the opening. Each one of the shafts is spaced from a vertical wall surface of the corresponding one of the guide grooves. A projection formed of soft material projects outward from each shaft of each slat in the widthwise direction and contacts the corresponding vertical wall surface in an elastically deformed state.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2011Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Kodama, Masataka Inoue
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Publication number: 20130241382Abstract: The present invention is a bay for an aircraft galley that includes an extractor that retrieves objects from a compartment by slowly bringing the object forward using a free end. The free end is brought out of the compartment, carrying the object with it. The extractor is preferably a flexible sheet that is secured to the compartment and extends generally rearward to the rear wall. A pull cord may be attached to the free end to facilitate operating, and a mirror may be mounted to the compartment to provide the user with a view of the entrance to the compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: B/E Aerospace, Inc.Inventors: Michael Wilkinson, Hayley Mortimer
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Patent number: 8528996Abstract: A table or similar structure is provided having an expandable surface area arrangement where the usable or working surface area is retractable into and out of a housing along a curvilinear path that includes both horizontal and vertical components and wherein weight compensating structure is provided to offset the impact of vertical movement of the surface area. The usable surface is formed from an array of adjacent panels connected by a backing web which allows them to lie flush together when the surface area is retracted for use and to separate as needed to follow the curvilinear path when retracted into the housing for storage. The extent of movement into and out of the housing is variable according to the amount of surface area required in a given instance. When implemented into a dining table, for example, vertical support legs for one end of the table can be attached to the end panel of the surface area which is first withdrawn from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Newmar CorporationInventors: Carl Chupp, Robert Fisher, Steve Hulse, Doug Kemp, Mike Walter, Mahlon Miller
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Publication number: 20130147330Abstract: Fiber-reinforced structures for use in forming support structures and electronic device housing members may include multiple types of fiber. A first portion of the structures formed from a first type of fiber such as glass fiber may be radio transparent. A second portion of the structures formed from a second type of fiber such as carbon fiber may be more rigid than the first type of fiber and may be radio opaque. The second portion of the structures may be used to selectively add strength to the fiber-reinforced structures. The first portion of the structures may be used to maintain radio transparency for compatibility with wireless electronic device operations. The fiber-reinforced structures may be formed by rolling a sheet of prepreg material that includes a first area with the first type of fiber and a second area with the second type of fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventor: Apple Inc.
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Patent number: 8458962Abstract: A modular patient room includes a plurality of modular wall panels or units having various configurations. Some wall units have a wall panel structure with a horizontally extending service cavity. A service structure is coupled to the wall panel structure for rotation about a horizontally extending first axis between a first position within the service cavity and a second position extending outwardly from the service cavity. A plurality of service outlets are carried by the service structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2012Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci
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Publication number: 20120025685Abstract: There is described a horizontally slidable self-closing screen assembly which comprises at least one screen material connected to a roller biasing the screen to an open position, the roller being operably connected to a counterweight and wherein the load provided by the weight is greater than the force provided by the roller biasing the screen. There are also described a housing unit containing the slidable screen assembly and a cabinet fitted with such a housing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2010Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: ROLLATHERM DESIGNS LIMITEDInventors: Simon Clegg, Kirin Kopalan
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Publication number: 20110260594Abstract: An electronic article surveillance (EAS) security apparatus is comprised of a housing, base plate, ribbon pad, and electrically conductive ribbons. In one embodiment, the ribbons pre-attached to the ribbon pad and extend from the ribbon pad. The ribbon pad and base plate on installed on opposite sides of an object to be protected. The ribbons are extended around the object and their extended ends attached to the base plate. The housing has electrical contacts and encloses electronics and is attached to the base plate so that the electrical contacts complete circuits through the ribbons. The electronics in the housing monitor the ribbons to detect unauthorized removal of the apparatus. A switch on the bottom of the housing detects that the housing is attached to a plate and object. The apparatus has a locking mechanism to maintain the housing and plate together, which can be released by application of a magnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventor: Xiao Hui Yang
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Publication number: 20110227706Abstract: An electronic article surveillance (EAS) system is comprised of a first EAS housing and a second EAS housing, each having electrically conducting tethers and a cover to hold the housing in place on an object to be protected. The covers have a surface with adhesive on it. Each housing is placed in a cover with the tethers extending through the cover, and the adhesive surface is pressed to the object. Switches on the bottom of the housing indicate contact with an object. The housings have apertures for receiving the ends of the tethers which are extended from the housings and inserted into the apertures of the other housing to complete circuits between the housings. Electronics within the housings monitor the circuits and switches for tampering and can generate alarms. External devices may arm and disarm the housings via wireless communication. A magnet releases a blocking mechanism to remove the housings.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Inventor: Xiao Hui Yang
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Patent number: 7913898Abstract: There is provided a collecting container. An exemplary collecting container comprises an insertion opening on the front of the collecting container that is adapted to receive objects. The exemplary collecting container additionally comprises a receiving device arranged to receive the objects and to convey them to a storage space in the collecting container, the storage space containing a filling-level measuring means that is connected to a blocking device preventing the receiving device from being opened when a defined filling level has been reached in the storage space, the receiving device comprising a roller shutter box whose receiving area is formed by at least two side walls and a bottom. The exemplary collecting container further comprises a roller shutter that is adapted to be moved in rails on the side walls, the blocking device being configured so that it can block the movement of the roller shutter.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2007Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Deutsche Post AGInventors: Steffen Frankenberg, Martin Räss, Ramin Benz, Sven Hein, Boris Paul
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Patent number: 7836832Abstract: A stowable table assembly (10) includes a frame (14) having first and second side rails (16 and 18), wherein the frame (14) is selectively translatable between at least a stowed position and an extended position. The stowable table assembly (10) further includes a track (29,29) in communication with the first and second side rails (16 and 18) and a flexible element (12) slidably disposed within at least one of the track (29,29) or the first and second guide rails (16 and 18).Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2007Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: PACCAR IncInventors: Joshua Stafford Boyd, Daniel R. Kieffer
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Patent number: 7735538Abstract: While a bending ability is maintained, it is possible to provide an outer appearance which is not made possible in the past. A door shutter includes a main body on a design surface side which is bent in a width direction through thin parts, and plural block pieces disposed between the thin parts on an underside of the main body, wherein an opening on a device side is opened or closed by sliding along a guide groove on the device side. On the main body, the thin parts are formed as a plane surface, and parts overlapping with the block pieces are formed in an upwardly convex curved shape.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2007Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Nifco Inc.Inventor: Atsushi Ogawa
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Patent number: 7581773Abstract: A roller blind for opening and closing the opening of a compartment, a storage box, a control console or similar enclosure, in particular for use in motor vehicles, is disclosed. At least one support element and at least one elastic layer disposed on the support element are included. Each support element has a curvature in its longitudinal direction with a deflection in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the opening to be closed by the roller blind. A method for the production of a roller blind is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2006Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: Lisa Dräxlmaier GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Strasser, Leonard Dobos
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Publication number: 20090096334Abstract: An organizing product that includes a storage compartment comprising front and rear walls each having inwardly and outwardly facing surfaces, a dry erase board attached to the outwardly facing surface of the storage compartment, and a calendar removably mounted in overlying relation to the dry erase board. A septum divides the storage compartment into upper and lower sections and adds rigidity to the organizing product. A magnet attached to the outwardly facing surface of the rear wall and/or a pair of openings formed through the rear wall permit the organizing product to be mounted to a vertically oriented surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2007Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: MeadWestvaco CorporationInventors: Kurt Sward, Brian Clemens, Don Lehman, Jill Pearson
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Patent number: 7494196Abstract: The system of ultra light-weight demountable stations, for exhibiting articles and attending customers, according to the present invention, comprises at least one universal module (10) of the system, with elliptical cross section, easily assembling, without mechanical elements of nailing, and with great strength. Said universal module, can be optionally joined to a connector module (17) which allows the union of two or more universal modules in a curve or straight shape or in three or more ways. The universal module or the connector module can be also optionally joined to a wing module (11), or to a multiple exhibition applications. All these components of the system act as basic pieces for creating a plurality of exhibition stations, which can be growing in the horizontal and/or vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2003Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Globotech Displays De ColombiaInventor: Carlos Alberto Leyva Franco
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Patent number: 7475954Abstract: In the embodiments and methods described, a tambour closure is employed having a flexible surface and a plurality of ribs secured to the flexible surface, each of the plurality of ribs includes a structural support disposed inside of a molded body.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2005Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: May & Scofield LLCInventor: Paul D. Latunski
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Publication number: 20080122328Abstract: A foldable cabinet includes a first horizontal panel and a second horizontal panel, each of which has a panel body, two pivot portions each formed at two opposite sides of each of the panel body. A first vertical panel and a second vertical panel, each of which has a panel body, two pivot portions each formed at two opposite sides of the panel body and respectively pivot to each pivot portion of the first horizontal panel and the second horizontal panel, a front opening and a rear opening formed by the panels, a front frame retainer formed on the panel body of the first vertical panel. And a front frame has a frame body, a first panel retainer formed on the frame body and pivoted to the front frame retainer of the first vertical panel, the frame body further mounted on at least one panel bodies of the first horizontal panel, the second horizontal panel and the second vertical panel nearby the front opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2007Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventor: Yu-Chu Hsu
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Patent number: 7337024Abstract: An apparatus for concealing a display of the flat panel type, and for supporting and extending the display to a viewing position. The apparatus includes a display cover that operates between a concealed position and a revealed position, and a display support that operates between a retracted position and an extended position. There is also a display support interlock that is coupled to disable operation of the display support when the display cover moves away from the revealed position, and a display cover interlock that is coupled to disable operation of the display cover when the display support moves away from the retracted position. A controller with a wireless remote is coupled to the components of the apparatus to enable remote operation thereof. A housing with decorative frame surrounds the flat panel display and presents a display opening. The display cover may be a fabric sheet that is furled from a motor driven roller within the display opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2006Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Inventor: Jonathan W. Graham
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Patent number: 7287795Abstract: A vehicle storage structure includes parallel tracks having a resiliently deformable lid detent configured and arranged to move between a lid latching orientation and a lid releasing orientation. A lid includes track engaging portions disposed on lateral edges of the lid and extending into the tracks for selective sliding movement along the tracks between a closed position and an open position. The track engaging portions and the deformable lid detents are configured and arranged to normally restrict movement of the lid when in the closed position. The track engaging portions and the deformable lid detents are further configured and arranged to move the deformable lid detents from the lid latching orientation to the lid releasing orientation in response to contact pressure applied to the lid at an area adjacent to the deformable lid detents.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2006Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc.Inventor: Gregory P. Thomas
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Patent number: 7014096Abstract: A hamper/sorter (15) for storing and sorting laundry which loads from the front with one or more openings is described. The hamper/sorter (15) is comprised of the main body and two moveable doors, one upper flexible door (5) that slides vertically and a lower rigid door (4) that can be stowed horizontally under the hamper/sorter (15). During operation, the doors adjust the front openings to allow for small or large laundry items to be loaded and unloaded for storing or washing. The upper and lower door edges that meet together are formed at an angle opposite of each other so that the upper door (5) overlaps the lower door (4). A stop plate (14) is installed on the upper door (5) to keep the doors in the normally closed position. This invention is versatile enough to be used as a hamper or sorter in any location that permits its mounting. One or more of these hamper/sorters (15) can also be mounted together in a horizontal row to provide a sorting system.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2003Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Inventor: David Roy Hinds
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Patent number: 6994409Abstract: A controlled access dispensing unit arranged to permit selective access to supply items within a portion of the dispensing unit. Preferably, the dispensing unit includes a cabinet arranged to hold a plurality of supply items. An enclosure assembly desirably includes a first panel and a second panel positioned in a plane substantially parallel to and aligned with a plane defined by the first panel. The two panels each comprise an opening that together defines a variable size and moveable access opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2002Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Dispensesource, Inc.Inventor: Peter Godlewski
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Patent number: RE50285Abstract: A display device includes a body; a roller rotatably installed in the body; a flexible display configured to be wound or unwound from the roller in response to a rotation of the roller; and a controller configured to detect a type of a content to be displayed, and change a screen size of the flexible display according to the detected type of the content by winding or unwinding of the flexible display.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hwajun Oh, Hyungnam Lee, Taejun Kim, Hyein Jung, Kunsik Lee