Support Becomes Inoperative Patents (Class 108/18)
  • Patent number: 11732402
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a foldable ironing board. The foldable ironing board includes a panel, a support foot, and a sliding support member. The panel includes a first panel and a second panel in a mutually movable connection. The support foot includes a first support foot and a second support foot arranged opposite each other; wherein the first support foot extends along a length direction of a bottom of the first panel, and the second support foot extends along a length direction of a bottom of the second panel. An end of the first support foot and an end of the second support foot, that are opposite to each other, are in a mutually movable connection through the sliding support member. The sliding support member is capable of sliding reciprocally along an extension direction of the first support foot and the second support foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventor: Jiawei Xie
  • Patent number: 11629514
    Abstract: A work platform configured to be adjustable in both height and width, while enabling ease in transformation between an open, use configuration in a closed, storage configuration. The work platform having a platform and a pair of leg frames pivotably coupled to opposite ends of the platform, each of the pair of leg frames including a first leg and a second leg, each of which includes a first member pivotably coupled to the platform, and a second member shiftable relative to the first member, an intermediate rung operably coupled to respective distal ends of the first members and including a length extension lock mechanism configured to inhibit shifting of the second members relative to the first members, and a base rung member including a crossmember operably coupled to the respective distal ends of the second members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Tricam Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Foley, Dennis D. Simpson, Benjamin P. Williams
  • Patent number: 11089866
    Abstract: A folding stand is provided with a panel (1) including two cavities (11) adjacent to two sides of a bottom respectively, two wells (12) in front and rear ends of the cavity (11) respectively; and two legs (2) each including a short part (21), an elongated part (22) formed with the short part (11), a recess (23) between the short part (21) and the elongated part (22), two pivots (24) extending forwardly and rearward from the short part (21) respectively, the pivots (24) being rotatably disposed in the wells (12) respectively, and two mounts (25) put on the pivots (24) and releasably secured to the cavities (11) respectively. The leg (2) can be retracted into the cavity (11) or extended out of the cavity (11) by pivoting with respect to the wells (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventor: Cheng Yu Huang
  • Patent number: 10796388
    Abstract: An interactive serving tray is adapted to facilitate the delivery of food or beverages in a hospitality environment. The interactive serving tray includes a platter defined by a flat surface encompassed by a perimeter barrier, and a mobile computing device affixed to the platter, the device including at least one processor, memory, a communications adapter and a display. Finally, the interactive serving tray includes a delivery manager module stored in the memory and executing by the processor, and including computer program instructions operable to perform receiving into the memory through the adapter, an order of a food or beverage item and identity information of a customer associated with the order, such as a digital image of the customer, and displaying the identity information in the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
    Inventors: Joey Hasty, David Smith, Josh Nakaya
  • Patent number: 10595630
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for an adjustable table assembly that can be positioned in as storage and a usage position. The table assembly can include one or more legs supporting a table. The table assembly uses one or more movement control brackets and one or more locking members to secure the table in the usage position and the storage position. The bracket has a defined path that is followed by the locking member as the table is moved between the usage position and the storage position. When the table is in the usage position or the storage position, the locking member moves into a locking position within a corresponding locking portion of the bracket. When the locking member is in the locking position, movement of the table is substantially prevented. Specifically, angular movement of the tabletop is prevented. A user can move the locking member out of the locking portion and into a movement portion of the movement control bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Virco Mfg. Corporation
    Inventors: Keen Lam, Scott Lloyd Fletcher, Jonathan Kyle Yau
  • Publication number: 20150090162
    Abstract: A utility multi-function tray attachment for children's high chairs that provides an integrated insert retainment and display area for electronic entertainment computer based devices of tablet configurations. The tray has a perimeter lip formed thereon with a tray top surface having a transparent waterproof viewing and activation surface window for display and activation of a computer tablet selectively inserted into and retained in the tray. Chair adapted receiving brackets on said tray bottom provide for universal engagement and a pair of folding deployable legs provide for dependent and independent tray use with a variety of high chair designs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Stephanie Vlosich
  • Patent number: 8967607
    Abstract: A work table having removably attachable support members extending between opposing frame members and a tool guide retention member extending along at least a portion of the frame. The work table may be collapsible. The tool guide retention member may be defined by a channel extending along at least a portion of the frame member. In turn, tool guides may be attached to the frame using the tool guide retention member. As such, various guides for various operations to be performed on a work piece may be provided. The work piece may be indexed using indexing members or may be clamplingly engaged to the work table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Premysl-Uhrik, LLC
    Inventor: Premysl Ducek
  • Patent number: 8936226
    Abstract: A support frame for a modular lectern is assembled together with a top board, a bottom board and a divider board to form the modular lectern and is provided with a main board, a first connecting member and a second connecting member, wherein the parts of the support frame of are locked together in a tongue and groove manner, and can be disassembled into the three main parts: the main board, the first connecting member and the second connecting member, which can be stacked one upon another together with the top, bottom and divider boards for easy transportation. Furthermore, the top and bottom boards are pivoted to the main board via the first and second connecting portions, so that the top and bottom boards can be folded to further save transportation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Inventor: Chuan-Ching Chang
  • Publication number: 20140251187
    Abstract: A portable cushion tray includes a cushion coupled to a tray. The tray has a first maximum perimeter. The cushion has a second maximum perimeter. The first maximum perimeter is one of the same as the second maximum perimeter and disposed inside of the second maximum perimeter. The portable cushion tray is used as a furniture accessory and selectively provides each of a pillow and a working surface for use with furniture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventor: Dan R. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20140238799
    Abstract: A hand truck equipped with a tabletop for providing a work station and a bottom for carrying object(s). The bottom, which has wheels, is connected to a back, which has a handle. Objects are easier to move around because of the wheels and the basic lever system made of the back and bottom. The work station is attached to the back and can be used when the hand truck is upright. This hand truck is convenient because it can be used in environments that lack tables or shelves as a work station without requiring an extra piece of equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Sandeep K. Sharma
  • Publication number: 20140083335
    Abstract: The invention features a collapsible, portable and elevated camp bed that attaches to any 4-wheel vehicle that has a cargo rack, like an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) or attaches to the tailgate of a Utility Vehicle (UTV) for use in camping or hunting expeditions. As an accessory, the invention can be used as a bed capable of supporting a person. Height adjustable legs will level the surface for sleeping or use as a camping workbench or food prep table. U-shaped arches inserted in each of the four corners will allow a canopy to be added that will provide an enclosed sleeping area or as a place to store camping gear out of the weather. In a collapsed transportation mode, the invention actually expands the loading space of the cargo rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventor: Curtis R. Mayhood
  • Publication number: 20110235249
    Abstract: A workstation comprises a support and a work platform mounted on the support by an articulation mechanism. The articulation mechanism pivots the work platform between a storage position and a deployed position about a pivot axis and raises the pivot axis relative to the support as the work platform moves from the storage position to the deployed position. The workstation comprises a support supporting a flat monitor in a monitor housing having a depth. In the storage position the work platform is located below the monitor and in the deployed position the work platform may be used as a keyboard support and a desk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: RUBBERMAID INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Benjamin Shane Bustle, Jacob Connelly, Robert Grant McRorie
  • Publication number: 20080060558
    Abstract: This invention provides a stand for a camper that will allow the camper to be used in an elevated position when it is removed from the truck. The stand is to be attached to the bottom of camper. The legs easily fold up to put the camper back on the truck, and fold down when it is off the truck. The legs are designed with axle and angle braces for side-to-side stability, and fold down past the 90-degree angle so the legs will tension the folding braces for front to rear stability. The main frame, which attaches to the camper, is the size of the camper structure that is within the truck box, therefore the stand supports the camper as it would be supported when in the truck box. This stand can be attached as an after market product or could be used as the base for construction of a camper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventor: John R. Blood
  • Publication number: 20020078861
    Abstract: A storage chest that converts into a table. The storage chest includes a cover that detaches from the storage unit and, when legs are added, converts to a table top. The cover/table top includes grooved slots for holding beverage containers. Table legs are stored within a storage compartment of the storage unit and attach to the table top to form the table. The storage and table unit further includes doors that detach from the storage unit and attach to the cover to form table top extensions. Thus, the storage and table unit conveniently stores and organizes items, and may also be used as a table for supporting food, beverages and other items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventor: Lynn Davis
  • Patent number: 6386557
    Abstract: A portable cooler caddy includes a cup holder panel. The cooler caddy has a frame and a platform on which is carried a cooler. The platform may further include a support to hold the cooler level when the caddy is in the upright position. The cup holder panel may be releaseably locked into the horizontal position. The cup holder panel has apertures that hold cups that may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Waterbuggy, LLC
    Inventor: Charles M. Weldon
  • Patent number: 5479840
    Abstract: A portable machine tool such as a table saw that can be moved from position to position and locked in place for operation is disclosed. The portable machine tool includes a supporting base and at least one pair of spaced wheels depending from the supporting base adjacent one end. The wheels are capable of being locked in a fixed position to prevent movement of the saw or release of the wheels to enable movement of the saw to a desired position. A movable handle for movement between a first and second position provides joint operation of the wheel locking and wheel releasing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: James E. Hilliard, William A. Lane, John W. Bartlett, John W. LaBallister, Frederick B. Jedlicka
  • Patent number: 4934718
    Abstract: A multi-purpose hand truck having an elongated frame (1) possessing at one end two wheels (9) as well as toe plate (7) projecting at approximately 90.degree. from the frame, and at the other end possessing a handle arrangement (3); in a further refinement the truck can be converted into a utility table by means of a table top (10) and a support stand (5) which are attached to the frame (1). The table top (10) is on the one hand preferentially pivotably attached to the support stand (5) and on the other hand it pivots and is guided longitudinally in the side members (2) of the frame (1). For this purpose trunnions (14) projecting transversely from the table top (10) engage in grooves (15) on the inner surfaces of the side members (2). When the table top (10) is folded out, the toe plate (7) can be pivoted through the frame (1) into a horizontal position (7") so that its underside faces upwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Inventor: Wolfgang Voegele
  • Patent number: 4730760
    Abstract: A tray for auto passenger compartments, in which a bracket is mounted at one end of a tray member, the bracket received in a slot recess extending into the one end of the tray member. The bracket sections form a hook-shaped portion with an end section adapted to be received into a window recess. The end of the tray is positioned against the door surface when the bracket is hooked to support the tray member, and an in-and-out adjustment of the bracket in the recess slot accommodates differing door configurations. The bracket sections are hinged together to allow folding for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1988
    Inventor: Karen S. Keller
  • Patent number: 4565382
    Abstract: A combined portable table and hand truck particularly adapted for use as a picnic or camping table and for transporting picnicing and camping equipment and supplies, includes a table top supported by a pair of hingedly connected U-shaped members, one of which at the outer portions of its legs being hingedly connected to depending portions of the table top and its middle or center portion contacting the ground surface, while the other U-shaped member at the outer portions of its legs supports wheel supporting member and a pair of ground surface-engaging wheels and its middle portion is adapted to abut tubular members serving as stops for positioning the table top in either a raised erected position or a lower erected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1986
    Inventor: William S. Sherman
  • Patent number: 4471969
    Abstract: A combination portable dolly and collapsible stool for transporting photography equipment and the like, and for providing an elevated platform for taking photographs. The legs of the stool are pivotally mounted at opposite ends of a rectangular box platform and are braced by members (which may be U-shaped) that are pivotally secured to vertical portions of the stool legs and which have free ends that are secured by a latching means in either extended leg bracing position or in collapsed carrying position.Rollers are mounted on the exterior of the legs adjacent the pivots so that when the legs are collapsed the rollers support the base platform as a dolly. In such collapsed condition, the legs rest within each other and are secured together by an interlocking means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1984
    Assignees: Teresa Ann Zabala, Judith Ann Olson
    Inventors: Teresa A. Zabala, David L. Affleck
  • Patent number: 4269096
    Abstract: A portable workstand for power tools and the like which is convertible from a tool utilization condition to a portable condition wherein a wheel and a pair of handles extend therefrom for wheelbarrow-like portability. The handles are connected to the wheel in an arrangement such that pivotal movement of the handles from unextended and depending positions to their extended positions moves the wheel from a retracted position within a cavity in the stand to its extended position. A hand brake for the wheel is provided and provision is also made for releasably retaining the handles in their extended positions against inadvertent movement therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Inventor: Harold B. Boone