Patents Assigned to Specialty Equipment, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8322005
    Abstract: A weather strip installation device for mechanically installing weather strip along the opening of a vehicle door is disclosed. The device includes a frame outlining said opening, and a plurality of contact pads enclosing the frame. A selectively movable unit is disposed between the frame and the contact pads, wherein the selectively movable unit is operable to push each of the contact pads outwardly from the frame. In the first preferred embodiment the movable unit is a plurality of expandable bladders disposed between the contact pads and the peripheral edge of the frame. In the second preferred embodiment, the movable unit is an extensible arm rotatably attached to the frame. The extensible arm includes a roller disposed between the frame and contact pads that presses against the contact pads thereby installing the weather strip along the opening of the door as the extensible arm rotates about the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignees: Pow Specialty Equipment Inc., Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Sorin Buse, Dragos Racolta, David Pow, John Szentimrey, Andrew Farrow
  • Patent number: 6273276
    Abstract: A rack for a shelf which may be mounted to an existing shelf. The rack has a series of front and rear securing clasps which maintain the rack in a tensioned fashion to the shelf. The rack provides a series of product sleeves defined by overhead rails. Stop members at the front and rear of the rails secure the rails in place and allow the rack to be reversible. The reversible nature of the rack also allows variation of the selected stop height within a single rack. The rack may be a part of a gravity feed shelf assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Specialty Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald D. Upton, Harry A. Brancheau