Patents Assigned to John Sterling Corporation
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Patent number: 7669822Abstract: A wall-mounted storage rack assembly facilitates storage of articles such as bicycles, lawn care implements, tools, and the like by providing a pair of independently pivotally movable support arms, which are pivotally supported on an associated mounting bracket. The support arms are independently movable about respective pivot axes arranged in intersecting, angular relationship to each other, whereby in a lowered position of the support arms, they are arranged in a generally V-shaped, diverging orientation, while in a raised position of the support arms, they are positioned more closely together in a relatively compact configuration. By this compact configuration, efficient storage, shipment, and display for retail sales of the storage rack assembly is promoted.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventors: Richard G. Kluge, Mark A. Hunsaker
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Patent number: 6499608Abstract: A wall-mounted storage system comprises a generally elongated mounting channel having upper and lower rows or hook-receiving openings defined thereby. The system further includes a plurality of storage attachments which are selectively removably positionable on the mounting channel. Each of the attachments includes at least one pair of vertically-spaced, downwardly opening hook-elements. Each pair of hook-elements can be selectively positioned in a respective pair of vertically aligned ones of the hook-receiving openings in the mounting channel, with the variously configured storage attachments providing a highly versatile and easily customized storage system.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2000Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventors: John R. Sterling, Richard G. Kluge
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Patent number: 6179136Abstract: A shelf mounting system employing vertically oriented, elongated metal track members formed with parallel rows of laterally spaced slots for the attachment of cantilever or angle brace shelf support brackets thereto. The track members are detachably joined to anchor hook mounting brackets for hanging the track members from a horizontal wooden sill member located along the upper end of a vertical wall or to face mount brackets secured to a vertical wall. The face mounted brackets also are employed for hanging vertical track members from a floor or ceiling joints to support overhead mounted shelves.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2000Date of Patent: January 30, 2001Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventors: Richard G. Kluge, John R. Sterling
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Patent number: 6161709Abstract: A suspended shelf system for suspending one or more shelf members beneath an associated supporting structure includes a pair of shelf support brackets, and first and second pairs of vertically oriented upright elements which are each suspended from a respective end of one of the upper support brackets. Each support bracket includes at least one pair of upwardly extending teeth which are respectively positionable in openings defined by the upright elements. The shelf mounting system further includes at least one pair of shelf support brackets which respectively extend between the first and second pairs of upright elements in spaced apart, parallel relationship. Each of the shelf support brackets includes at least one pair of downwardly extending teeth, which are configured for cooperative engagement with the opening defined by the upright elements.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1999Date of Patent: December 19, 2000Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventors: Richard G. Kluge, John R. Sterling, William H. Trimble
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Patent number: 6109461Abstract: A shelf mounting system employing vertically oriented, elongated metal track members formed with parallel rows of laterally spaced slots for the attachment of cantilever and angle brace shelf support brackets thereto. The track members are detachably joined to hook mounting brackets for hanging the track members from a horizontal wooden sill member located along the upper end of a vertical wall. Alternatively face mounted brackets secured to the vertical wall are detachably secured to the track members. The face mounted brackets also are employed for hanging the track members from a floor or ceiling joist to support overhead mounted shelves.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1996Date of Patent: August 29, 2000Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventors: Richard G. Kluge, John R. Sterling
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Patent number: 6053465Abstract: A combination shelf and clothes rod support bracket formed by a single, elongated, metal strap reinforced by raised ribs, having two bends to form a linear mounting leg and a linear shelf support leg related at right angles. An angle brace extends between the two legs to form a rigid triangular structure. A clothes rod support has a leg portion fixed to the angle brace adjacently beneath the shelf support leg and includes a forwardly and downwardly extending arm portion and an upwardly extending finger portion forming a hook having a semi-cylindrical lip at the outer end of the upwardly extending finger portion. The lip portion engageably undersupports a cylindrical clothes rod. The forward and upward extent of the hook and the position of the rod engaging lip is such that a conventional clothes hanger having its hook engaged with the clothes rod is freely slidable along the clothes rod without engaging any part of the support bracket.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 1998Date of Patent: April 25, 2000Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventor: Richard G. Kluge
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Patent number: 5725110Abstract: A system for organizing the interior space of a closet into desired compartments involving horizontal shelves, clothes hanger rods and sliding drawers supported on a cantilever brackets removeably secured to selectively positioned vertical wall standards which are suspended from a single wall mounted horizontal hanger rail; the vertical wall standards having parallel rows of vertically aligned slot openings receptive of single or multiple rows of connector ears formed at connective end of the support brackets.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1997Date of Patent: March 10, 1998Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventors: Richard G. Kluge, John R. Sterling
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Patent number: 5054163Abstract: A four piece bottom pivot assembly for undersupporting the lower end of a pivotally mounted door panel in a bi-fold door assembly in which a bottom pivot pin is non-rotatably locked into a tubular sleeve extending into a socket formed in the bottom end of the door panel. The pivot pin is formed with a threaded shank having a guide portion at its upper end which slidingly cooperates with guideways in the sleeve to prevent rotation of the pivot pin. An adjustment wheel is threaded onto the threaded shank of the pivot pin and is rotatably coupled to the bottom end of the sleeve such that rotation of the wheel threadingly actuates the pivot pin coaxially of the sleeve to adjust door height. A detent system removably holds the wheel in selected rotational positions.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 1991Date of Patent: October 8, 1991Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventors: John R. Sterling, Richard G. Kluge
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Patent number: 5018302Abstract: A burglar bar assembly for establishing a security barrier across a door or window opening composed of a plurality of horizontal cross bars held in vertically spaced relation by intervening and transversely related vertical members. Certain of the vertical members are fixed rigidly to certain of the cross bars, but slidably joined to others in a manner to provide for extension and retraction adjustment of the barrier to accomodate variations in door or window dimensions. The bar assembly is hingedly connected at one end to a window or door frame to provide for swinging opening and closing operation of the barrier. A safety latch is mounted adjacent one end of the bar assembly and comprises a spring loaded cam member pivotally moveable against spring bias by a remotely operated cable. The cam member serves to capture and lock the unhinged end of the barrier to a rigid locking channel secured to the window or door frame; such channel having spaced angulated slots receptive of the cross bars.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 1990Date of Patent: May 28, 1991Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventor: Richard G. Kluge
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Patent number: 4939866Abstract: A window guard assembly made up of two, slidably coupled, generally U-shaped, members each comprising parallel spaced, elongated, linear legs integrally interjoined at one end to a transverse portion which lies in a plane parallel to the plane of the legs. In assembly the transverse portion of each member extends laterally outwardly and around the legs of the other member. As a consequence, the two members may be assembled slidably with adjacent legs of the two members co-planar and the transverse portions thereof disposed on opposite sides of the assembled members. The outer of free ends of the legs are attachable to window frame members for mounting the guard assembly across a window opening. In a first modified version, each guard member includes three elongated legs attached to a transverse portion and in a second modified version, the transverse portion of each of member is welded to the ends of the legs.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 1990Date of Patent: July 10, 1990Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventor: Richard G. Kluge
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Patent number: 4306377Abstract: Suspension hardware for interior doors, such as closet or wardrobe doors and the like, incorporating overhead and floor mounted hardware assemblies, each incorporating a pair of angularly intersecting track means; the track means of cooperating assemblies being aligned in superposed registry in operation. One track means of each assembly parallels the wall in which the door opening is formed while the other track means is in intersecting relation thereto. Door brackets are affixed to the inner face of the door, adjacent its upper and lower edges, and guide members are mounted thereon for sliding movement along associated track means. Each guide member is pivotally joined to the door (via the associated door bracket) for pivotal movement about a vertical axis so that the door is movable simultaneously along the intersecting paths of the track means to produce arcuate swinging door action.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1980Date of Patent: December 22, 1981Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventors: John G. Sterling, Richard G. Kluge
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Patent number: D442814Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2000Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventors: John R. Sterling, Richard G. Kluge
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Patent number: D446391Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2000Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventors: John R. Sterling, Richard G. Kluge
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Patent number: D446444Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2000Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventors: John R. Sterling, Richard G. Kluge
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Patent number: D446710Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2000Date of Patent: August 21, 2001Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventors: John R. Sterling, Richard G. Kluge
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Patent number: D513970Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2003Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventors: John R. Sterling, Richard G. Kluge
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Patent number: D472330Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2002Date of Patent: March 25, 2003Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventor: Dan Marshall
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Patent number: D299757Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1988Date of Patent: February 7, 1989Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventor: Richard G. Kluge
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Patent number: D627214Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2010Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventors: Richard G Kluge, Mark A Hunsaker
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Patent number: D632162Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2010Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: John Sterling CorporationInventors: Richard G Kluge, Mark A Hunsaker