Stand Supported Patents (Class 33/8)
  • Patent number: 12102788
    Abstract: A portable IV fluid bag suspension device has a flexible main body defined by a slender, elongated strap having inner and outer surfaces. The inner surface is provided with two pockets on opposite sides of a tab defining a grommet or a hole for receipt of a hook or the like from an intravenous fluid bag. A stiffening member having two legs disposed at an acute angle has first and second legs which reside in the first and second pockets on the main body so as to provide rigidity to the flexible main body. A second tab is provided adjacent an end of the strap distal from the first tab which may be inserted behind a door or a drawer such that when the door or drawer is closed, the structure is capture by the door or drawer and the first tab is rigidly defined in a space relationship from a front surface of the door or drawer whereby the intravenous fluid bag may be hung therefrom without interference from the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Inventor: Stacey L. Gill
  • Patent number: 12013234
    Abstract: A means that enables a retractable tape measure, of the type having a housing, to be used hands-free for measuring across the top of a body includes: (a) a base, (b) a plurality of rods, each with distal and a proximal ends, with each of the rods' proximal ends attached to the base's upper portion in a manner that extends them perpendicularly from this base, (c) a plurality of openings in the bottom surface of the housing, with each of these opening is configured to allow the rods' distal ends to pass through these opening, (d) a drive mechanism, located in this housing, that is configured to cause the rods' proximal ends to temporarily move the base either away from or towards the housing's bottom surface, and (e) a portion of this drive mechanism configured to control its operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Inventor: Cristian Alba
  • Patent number: 11957808
    Abstract: This present invention relates to a mask or PPE storage device for storing protective face masks and other personal protective equipment, while helping to keep the stored face masks clean and hygienic for use. The mask storage device is a tree shaped stand and has a pole attached to a base, with several pegs or extenders attached to the pole. The pegs enable the users to easily hang their protective face mask or other accessories from the pegs. The mask storage stand offers a convenient and sanitary way to store masks while eating or drinking at bars, restaurants, schools, churches, or other similar places.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventor: Kathy Vargas
  • Patent number: 11889825
    Abstract: A fishing pole organizer for storing and organizing one or more fishing poles on a boat deck includes a plurality of elongated channel members arranged in side-by-side and spaced-apart relationship with one another defining a plurality of upwardly directed channels, wherein each upwardly directed channel is formed between adjacent channel members and is configured to receive a fishing pole therein. The elongated channel members may include a planar top surface facilitating standing or walking on the fishing pole organizer. The upwardly directed channels may be tapered to snugly receive a fishing pole and optimize the space occupied by the fishing pole organizer on a boat deck or other location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: DEX Organizer Company, LLC
    Inventor: Jurgen Geiger
  • Patent number: 11751802
    Abstract: Provided are embodiments of a posture measuring device for determining the forward head posture of a patient. Forward head posture (FHP) is the anterior positioning of the cervical spine that is caused by sleeping with the head elevated, extended use of computers and cellphones, lack of developed back muscle strength and lack of nutrients such as calcium. This deformation is associated with headaches, neck pain, thoracic spine pain and symptoms of pain, parastesia or numbness in the upper extremities. The device of the disclosure provides a numerical measurement of the displacement of the skull from the vertical as defined by a datum between the two most posterior points of a patient's spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Kurt William Gray
  • Patent number: 11433825
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for attachment to the window of a vehicle which enables the window to bear a heavy load such as a trash bag for the purpose of transporting the load attached outside the vehicle. The device attaches to the top horizontal edge of an electrically actuated window so that the window can be rolled up into the track of the window track so that the window and hook are held securely in place without actuating the anti-pinch alarm of the window of the vehicle when the window is completely rolled up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventor: Caleb Chandler Fortenberry
  • Patent number: 9316475
    Abstract: A height measurement device, detachably disposed on an article, includes a body and a measurement unit. The body includes a clamping member, a height indicator, and a pivot member. The clamping member has a first joint portion and a clamping slit, wherein the clamping slit is capable of clamping the article. The height indicator has a first pivot portion. The pivot member has an adjacent portion and a second joint portion, and is pivotally jointed the height indicator to the clamping member through the first pivot portion, whereas the pivot member is moved to allow the second joint portion joint to the first joint portion, the adjacent portion abuts the height indicator onto the clamping member so as to fix the height indicator at a measurement position. The measurement unit disposed on the body is for use in measuring a height of the measurement position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Inventor: Chia-Hsin Liu
  • Patent number: 8756820
    Abstract: A device for reading measures of a body for making clothing in general includes an arm; measuring elements configured to take measurements of the clothing, wherein the arm is telescopic in such a way to result selectively extendable or retractable; and a system to fix the arm at a chosen length in a way to allow making, in correspondence of the chosen length, through the measuring elements, a reading of at least a measure of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sartorie Associate S.R.L.
    Inventor: Luigi Bartolini
  • Publication number: 20120023764
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a device for the reading of measures on a body for making cloths in general comprising an arm (2) and means (11, 13, 15, 18) to take measurements of the clothing and characterized by the fact that said arm (2) is telescopic in such a way to result selectively stretchable or retractable and comprising also means (6) to fix it at a chosen length in a way to allow to make in correspondence of said length, through said means (11, 13, 15, 18), a reading of at least a measure on the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: SARTORIE ASSOCIATE S.R.L.
    Inventor: Luigi Bartolini
  • Patent number: 6813838
    Abstract: A method and device for fitting a ready-made garment to the body of an individual person with a fit that meets the individual person's preference, the method comprising the steps of; selecting an existing garment from the individual person's own wardrobe, the garment having a preferred fit on the individual person, measuring a prescribed set of critical dimensions of the existing garment and recording the dimensions with an identification of the individual person, and manufacturing one or more garments having said critical dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Inventor: Bruce McCormick
  • Patent number: 6745481
    Abstract: A pantyhose inspection device comprises a flat panel having two spaced-apart legs extending upwardly from a bifurcation point, a transverse bar positioned between the two legs, a vertical center bar having a plurality of center seam measurement indicators, a vertical, rectangular-shaped cut-out on each side of the center bar, a plurality of panty volume indicators, toe length indicators, a waistband attachment mechanism, and a waistband stretch measurement scale. Such a device allows quick and reliable assessment of gusset placement, center seam straightness and stretch, panty volume, toe length, and waistband stretch in a pantyhose garment using a single device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Faircloth
  • Patent number: 4674189
    Abstract: Apparatus for use in marking below waist garments such as trousers, slacks, jeans, skirts and dresses has a floor stand with a slide that can be adjusted vertically to mark garments at varying heights in accordance with respective indicia marks on the stand. The device may be used in combination with a T-square-like measuring device of a set length related to the length of the stand for marking trouser lengths. The device may also have a marking and a rule for use in measuring and marking skirts and dresses to specified heights above floor level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1987
    Assignee: Maria D. Parisi
    Inventors: Joseph Parisi, Joseph A. Parisi