Abstract: A towel bar includes a retractable and extendable robe hook. The robe hook may be formed in a wall-mounted first base joined by a towel bar to a wall-mounted second base. A shaft may be extended from the base to reveal the robe hook. When extended, the robe hook provides a location from which objects may be hung. When not needed, the robe hook may be pushed into the base and reside within an internal cavity, thereby concealed from view.

Abstract: A shelf assembly for an appliance includes a shelf support operably coupled with a cabinet liner. First and second supports are positioned below the shelf support. The first and second supports are positioned on opposing sidewalls of the cabinet liner. A rear shelf portion is slidably supported on the shelf support between rearward and forward positions. A front shelf portion is positioned adjacent to the rear shelf portion and is movable between a raised position and a lowered position. A plurality of rotatable arms are configured to support the front shelf portion. Each rotatable arm of the plurality of rotatable arms is operably coupled with one of the first and second supports at a first end and is further operably coupled with the front shelf portion at a second end. A connecting arm interconnects the rear shelf portion and the front shelf portion.

Abstract: Adjustable over-the-door hook assemblies with removable door spacers that accommodate different door thicknesses and different types of doors are disclosed. The door spacer may be selectively mounted on a support bracket, or may be removed from the bracket for use with thicker doors. A door bumper may also be provided on a lower portion of the hook assembly to vertically align the assembly and to prevent damage to the door.

Abstract: An appliance includes a cabinet that has an inner surface. A frame is coupled to the inner surface of the cabinet. The frame includes a frame boss that extends from a bottom surface thereof. A panel is positioned within the frame. The frame extends along a perimeter of the panel. An inner trim member has a flange that extends therefrom. The flange defines an aperture configured to align with the frame boss. A fastener is configured to extend through the aperture and engage the frame boss to couple the inner trim member with the frame. An outer trim member is disposed over the inner trim member. The inner trim member is configured to slidably receive the outer trim member.

Abstract: A towel holder includes a fixing unit and a holder unit. The fixing unit includes a fixed element and a connecting element. The fixed element has a receiving surface inclined relative to the horizontal axis to form an angle therebetween. The fixed element includes a mounting portion formed in the middle thereof and detachably mounted with the connecting element. The holder unit is detachably mounted to the connecting element and includes a holder element that has a mounting surface abutting against the receiving surface, and top and bottom edges connected to the mounting surface and vertically and horizontally spaced apart from each other such that two opposite ends of the towel hung on the holder element are spaced apart from each other by a horizontal distance greater than that between the top and bottom edges.

Abstract: An accessory shelf rail system includes a generally planar top portion, a generally planar front portion, a lower portion of the front portion angled inwardly, a rear portion of the top portion including a top channel and a lip forming a lip channel, the top channel and the lip channel are contained in an entire length of the top portion, and a step-shaped securing bracket slidably positioned in the lip channel, the step-shaped securing bracket configured to removably attach the top portion to a horizontal retail shelf.

Abstract: A rod bracket is provided and includes a bracket base, wherein the bracket base defines a plurality of bracket mounting cavities and includes a base front, a base rear, a base top and a base bottom, a bracket arm having a bracket arm length and a curtain rod cradle securely associated with the bracket base via the bracket arm, wherein the plurality of bracket mounting cavities communicate the base front with the base rear and are configured at an angle of between about 30° and 60° relative to a horizontal plane, and wherein the bracket base defines a first bracket base rear opening, and wherein the ratio between the bracket arm length and the distance between the first bracket base rear opening and the base bottom is about 1:1.

Abstract: A hanger element for one or more receiving bracket apertures that receives a hanging item. The hanger element includes a load bearing, concave shaped flange that attaches to the one or more receiving bracket aperture. A trailing concave shaped, curved hanging structure extends from the load bearing, concave shaped flange.

Abstract: The invention relates to a grill system for grilling food. The grill system includes a grill surface, a first side surface, a second side surface and a rear surface. The grill surface has four sides and is generally horizontal and surrounded on multiple sides by vertical walls to form an enclosure below the grill surface. The first side surface is adjacent to a first side of the grill surface and the second side surface is adjacent to a second side of the grill surface. The second side surface is on an opposite side of the grill surface from the first side surface. The rear surface is positioned adjacent to a third side of the grill surface and extends between the first side surface and the second side surface. The first side surface, the second side surface and the rear surface are foldable between a first generally horizontal orientation that is generally planar with the grill surface and a second generally vertical orientation that is generally perpendicular to the grill surface.

Abstract: Expandable containers having lids for providing headspace control in food can are disclosed.

Abstract: A portable utility cart includes a main body having four wheeled corner posts that transition to handles along their top ends. An expandable shelf frame is suspended between the four corner posts, and two fixed shelf members that are positioned onto the expandable frame. One or more removable shelf members are positionable between the fixed shelf members, so as to extend the length of the cart.

Abstract: A storage assembly supports and stores storage units at a storage facility such as a refrigerated compartment interior. The storage assembly can include (1) support bars that extend between each support bar's first end and second end and are mounted within the storage facility and (2) storage unit carriers that are supported at the support bars, with the storage unit carriers including a holding structure configured to selectively hold and release a storage unit. Either the support bars can be mounted within the storage facility for selective positioning within the storage facility at a plurality of locations laterally of the direction in which the support bars extend, or the storage unit carriers can be supported at the support bars for selective positioning at a plurality of locations along the support bars between each support bar's first end and second end. Alternatively, both arrangements can be implemented.

Abstract: A method for constructing a shelf assembly in a locker comprising the steps of: inserting a first sidewall having a transverse slot between upper and lower ends of the sidewall and an inner shoulder at the upper end of the sidewall in the locker against a sidewall of the locker; inserting a second sidewall having a transverse slot located between the upper and lower ends of the sidewall in the locker higher than the first sidewall and holding the second sidewall at that higher position while a first shelf is inserted at an angle with side edges of the shelf generally aligned with the slots; lowering the second sidewall and the first shelf with the side edges engaged in the slots; and, once the lower ends of the sidewalls are firmly supported on a bottom of the locker, inserting the second shelf on the shoulders of the sidewalls.

Abstract: A work surface arrangement comprising a support structure extending upward from a base end, a first work surface forming member supported by the support structure at a first vertical height, a second work surface forming member supported by the support structure at a second vertical height and extending to a first side of the support structure where the second vertical height is lower than the first vertical height, the second member including an undersurface, a first cover supported by the support structure and extending downward below the first member to a lower edge below the second vertical height, a second cover supported by the support structure and extending downward from a height proximate the undersurface of the second member and spaced from the first cover to bound a cavity, at least one horizontal channel supported by the support structure between the first and second work surface forming members to face the first side.

Abstract: A platform and system for mounting a tool or appliance to a workstation or for use on other surfaces. The platform is portable and includes a clamping bar and receiving pockets for receiving tables of an adjustable workstation and mounting pockets for accommodating placement of fastening hardware to secure the tool to the platform. The receiving pockets allow the tables to adjust and clamp upon the clamping bar. The mounting pockets allow the hardware to maintain independence from the workstation to which the platform is mounted.

Abstract: A portable, collapsible, self-contained workstation having a substantially planar platform adapted for receiving a lap-top computer. A pair of doors, extendable away from the platform, are hinged from a lower surface of the platform. The workstation also preferably includes four (4), adjustable-length legs with a pair of legs being secured to each of the doors. The doors extending away from the platform and the legs being adapted for supporting the platform from a surface. The workstation includes a handle that is that secured to the platform and is disposable and fixable to extend above the platform. When disposed above the platform, the handle is adapted for receiving and having affixed thereto an instrument or a camera.

Abstract: A sling table is disclosed having a transparent top and a decorative fabric sling visible through the transparent table top. A frame defines an inner opening of a desired shape. The transparent table top is mounted to the frame in a substantially horizontal orientation. The fabric sling is mounted to the frame within the inner opening via sling rods. The fabric of the sling may match or complement fabric of other pieces of furniture, and may be replaced without having to replace the table top.

Abstract: A multilayer tray system especially for a hospital bed having side rails includes a first rectangular structure having hooks along each lateral edge for being supported on the top edge of the side rails, the first rectangular structure has cavities formed in the upper surface for disposition of such items as a tissue box, drinking glass or miscellaneous items. A second rectangular tray is selectively connected to the first rectangular support. The second tray has a planar upper surface for providing a writing surface thereon. The tray is aligned relative to the rectangular structure and slidably maintained on the rectangular structure by means of a pair of parallel brackets extending from the lower surface of the tray.

Abstract: A guard for use with a forklift including a carriage and at least one fork coupled to the carriage. The guard includes a first member configured to be coupled to the carriage, a second member configured to be coupled to the carriage opposite the first member, and a fork interface member extending between the first member and the second member. The fork interface member is adapted to adjustably secure the at least one fork relative to the carriage when the at least one fork is only partially coupled with the carriage. Fork racks and systems for removing, replacing, and/or storing forks provide additional advantages.

Abstract: A utensil support assembly as mounted on a building sidewall with one offset bar adapted to support a plurality of utensils. The horizontally aligned, utensil support bar is anchored close to each longitudinal end by a bracketing set also adapted to be wall mounted at its flanged longitudinal ends. The flattened apexes of each bracket element are flanged and sized to provide a passageway for the bar shaft while they are nested.

Abstract: A tabletop suspension system is constructed to include a plurality of upright support members for fastening to the top of a table, a connecting rod member horizontally supported on the upright supports, the connecting rod having two coupling units symmetrically formed in top and front sidewalls thereof, and a set of device holders for fastening to the connecting rod member to hold different implements, each device holder having a coupling unit for selectively fastened to one coupling unit of the connecting rod member.

Abstract: A bracket for mounting an optical component to a circuit board. The bracket comprises a bracket body member having a board contacting surface extending in a first plane defined along its board contacting side. A component mount is defined along the body member with a termination surface extending adjacent the board contacting side in a plane recessed from the first plane.

Abstract: A physiotherapy bench includes a frame supported by legs in an elevated, use position, and an arcuate body supporting panel on the frame. The supporting panel includes a substantially horizontal front end for supporting the chest of a patient, and an inclined rear end for supporting the hips and the upper portion of the legs of a patient, whereby the spine is subjected to gentle traction. A headrest is resiliently connected to the front end of the frame for floating support of the head of a patient.

Abstract: A flexible plate device has a plastic plate and two connection bars. Two sets of spaced linear grooves are formed on two ends of the plastic plate. Each of the connection bars is disposed on the respective end of the plastic plate and enclosed by the respective set of the spaced linear grooves. Each of the connection bars has a threaded hole.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a multipurpose, over-the-door shelf organizer. It is characterized by a unique, yet simple locking mechanism to form a stable frame with superior structural integrity. The device is easily assembled for end use application; and easily collapsed to facilitate storage and shipment.

Abstract: Disclosed herein we provide a bracket for supporting a clothes hanger pole and shelf, with the bracket including two integrally formed members. The bracket as designed allows a hanger when slidably engaged about the hanger pole to slide along the entire length of the pole without any obstruction from the bracket, unlike that of prior art. Furthermore, the present bracket is economical, easy to manufacture, eliminates unnecessary parts and may be made from various materials and well as may be produced in a variety of colors.

Abstract: An adjustable double-decker rack including an upper shelf having a pair of fixing members, a pair of brackets each having a body portion engageable with the fixing members, a plurality of plugs each having a conical portion at one end and a collet portion at another end, a plurality of tubular members each connected at both ends with the conical portion of one of the plugs, and a tray adapted to dispose on the tubular members, and a lower shelf having a pair of movable frames each engaged with a lower portion of a corresponding one of the brackets and having a plurality of holes, a pair of main supporting rods each having an end engaged with the female connector of each of the movable frames, a plurality of plugs each having a conical portion at one end and a collet portion at another end, and a plurality of tubular members each connected at both ends with the conical portion of one of the plugs, whereby the lower shelf can be pulled out of the upper shelf in order to increase the capacity of the rack as requ

Abstract: A collapsible work bench apparatus (10) for use with clamps and conventional power tools and, including two pairs of support legs (20)(21)(22)(23) pivotally connected to two pairs of strut arms (30)(31)(32)(33); wherein each pair of strut arms is provided with mirror image table top portions (40)(41), including an apertured support surface (42) provided with inboard (45) and outboard (44) (44') channels that may be joined together to other work bench apparatus (10) in both end-to-end and side-to-side fashion by a locking clip (60) and a locking bar (70).

Abstract: The shelf and support assembly of the present invention utilizes a unique curved-front, wall mounted, ventilated shelving system using one type of bracket with one type of shelf and an optional hang rod assembly to make shelving systems for a linen type shelf system and a wardrobe shelf system. The shelf is removably mounted to a pair of shelf support brackets which support the shelf in a horizontal plane when the support brackets are secured to an associated wall. The shelving system is unique in that the shelf includes a plurality of transverse members which are removably and securely snapped into place via a friction fit within a plurality of transverse slots formed into the top surface of the brackets. No additional hardware is needed to hold the shelf in position. A hang rod adapter is formed having a sleeve which slidingly supports a hang rod.

Abstract: A garden bench board made of a plastic material, particularly of recyclable plastic material, having a reinforcement which is embedded into the plastic material to prevent bending, includes one deformable zone respectively provided preferably at the longitudinal-side ends of the reinforcement so that a warping of the garden bench board or a tearing-apart of the sheathing is reliably avoided.

Abstract: A built-up cup rack, comprising a cover board, a wall mounting board fastened in said cover board at the back through tongue-and-groove joint, and a plurality of hod-like cup holders transversely fastened in said cover board at the front through plug-in connection for holding cups of different size. Guide boards are obliquely mounted on the cover board to support the hod-like cup holders and guide the water therefrom a flow through a plurality of elongated slots on the cover board into a drain hole for discharging out of the rack.

Abstract: A shelf assembly has a horizontal toiletry article supporting tray with wedge-shaped brackets formed as depending extensions of the left and right ends of the tray. Vertical rear edges of the brackets abut a wall and angled front edges bear against a conventional towel bar to removably secure the shelf behind the bar and to elevate the tray to permit normal usage of the bar to hang towels. The rear of the tray has an upwardly extending flange which serves as a shelf back abutting the wall. Rods are provided on its left, front and right edges to present a raised lip to keep articles on the shelf. The tray, brackets and flange are preferably formed as an integral, unitary structure of acrylic plastic.

Abstract: Space and shelving problems in dressing room lockers are alleviated by provision of a locker insert having a shelf-bearing support structure and novel shelves affixed to the support structure and extending laterally across a portion of the width of said locker. The support structure comprises vertical support means adapted to fit close to on locker wall and a lateral rod support member extending horizontally above, and laterally beyond, said shelves. The horizontal support bears against an opposite locker wall and forms a clothes-hanging rod.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cornering device for a garment support structure which includes first and second horizontal transverse assemblies. The cornering device includes first and second horizontal support elements, each having a first and second end. Also included is hardware for suspending the first ends of both elongate horizontal elements from their corresponding transverse assembly and parallel thereto, such that the second ends of both elongate support elements comprise an acute angle. Further included are means for mutually securing both second ends of the elongate elements and, concurrently, suspending both second ends at vertical offset in a desired plane beneath the plane of said transverse assemblies.

Abstract: A combined shelf-support and easily detachable support for a clothes-hanger rod comprises a pair of angle-bar sections. The vertically depending wall-anchorable web of each angle-bar has a pair of struck-out tongues. A pair of flexible woven strips have their ends doubled-back and stitched to form loops snugly removably engageable over the tongues to define cradle-like supports for the ends of a clothes-hanger rod.

Abstract: A combined shelf and hanger bar system which is easy to install and has a neat appearance makes use of end brackets having wall plates for securement to closet end walls, inwardly projecting walls defining ledges to support the ends of a shelf panel, and pockets to receive and hide the ends of front and rear rails stiffening the longitudinal edges of the panel, the front rail also having a depending portion providing a hanger bar.

Abstract: A closet structure is disclosed and is installed in a building having an alcove defined by first and second side walls and a back wall of said building. The closet is defined by wall units disposed on one of each of the side walls of the alcove with the back wall remaining exposed between the wall units. Each unit is in the form of a relatively rigid self-supporting panel formed with an array of openings for receiving article supporting elements engaged in said opening. Each panel is coupled to the relevant one of the side walls with the outer surface of the panels generally vertical and the inner surface spaced from the wall.

Abstract: A shelf and clothes rod assembly for a closet includes a shelf and a clothes rod supported at their opposite ends by single piece closet fittings affixed to opposing closet walls. Each fitting comprises a first solid wall to abut a wall of the closet. A second wall is longitudinal of and substantially perpendicular to the first wall and supports a shelf when the fitting is in its useful position. A rod-receiving recess defined by a curved wall is formed on the first wall, below the second wall when its fitting is in its useful position. There are means in said first wall to permit mounting of the fitting on a closet wall. The fitting is durable and extremely easy to position.

Abstract: A display system for sample articles having a variety of display configurations supported on a plurality of upright support members. The sample articles can be arrayed in various hanging configurations or on either horizontal or angled shelves. Each display configuration has support members including brackets with standard shaped hooks for attachment to the upright support members.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a wall unit for use in the storage and/or display of articles, for example in a store, and to a structure incorporating such unit. According to one aspect of the invention there is provided a wall unit comprising a relatively rigid, self-supporting panel which includes a front wall having an inner surface and a generally flat outer surface, and which is adapted to be supported in use with said outer surface generally vertical. That surface is formed with an array of openings covering substantially the whole of the surface, the openings being arranged in a plurality of vertical rows spaced equally across the surface with the openings in each row equally spaced from one another longitudinally of that row and in horizontal alignment with corresponding openings in adjacent rows. The openings extend through the front wall of the panel to the inner surface thereof and adapted to cooperate with article supporting elements engageable in said openings for supporting articles from the unit.

Abstract: A unitary bracket for both a closet shelf and rod has a substantially horizontal shelf support and a concave rod support, both projecting from a sidewall which is attached to a wall of the building structure. A locking tab projects from the sidewall and prevents unintended upward movement of a clothes rod. In addition, there is provided a breakaway shelf-retaining tab to hold a shelf of limited size in place while permitting use of a wider shelf which extends beyond the broken-away tab. Integral gussets further increase the strength of the wall bracket.

Abstract: An adaptor arm having a lower end portion supporting a pole and an opposite, upper end portion connected to a tubular shelf supporting bracket. The adaptor arm may have an opening to receive the pole or the adaptor arm may have a projecting lug supporting the pole. The adaptor arm may be inserted into the tubular shelf supporting bracket or may be placed around it.

Abstract: A storage unit comprises a frame having a plurality of clothes hangers supported on a central member. The frame is provided with two support brackets and is hinged so that it can be moved from a lower, downwardly inclined position to an upper horizontally extending position to enable clothes to be stored in a small space and to be retrieved easily. Two struts maintain the frame in the upper position.

Abstract: A clothing rod/shelf support unit is provided having an extensible rod adapted to extend between two opposing walls, the rod including mounting means at its ends. Pivotal brackets extend from the rod to a third wall and are adapted to support a shelf above the rod. A second embodiment includes a support block mounted to the rod, with a second extensible rod extending therefrom in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first rod toward a fourth wall which is substantially perpendicular to the opposing walls. A second set of brackets extend from the second rod toward one of the opposing walls and are adapted to support a second shelf.

Abstract: A shelf and garment hanger rack for childrens' clothes, hat and gloves is adjustably suspended from a garment hanger bar in a clothes closet, and positions the shelves and a garment hanging bar in relatively low location in the clothes closet so that they can be easily reached by a small child.