Vertically Adjustable Patents (Class 108/95)
  • Patent number: 10783586
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for generating vehicle insurance rates based on driver-independent variables and/or driver-dependent variables. Vehicle insurance rates may additionally or alternatively be based on changes in the level of autonomy of vehicles. In some embodiments, a density of vehicles near a target vehicle may be tracked. Vehicle insurance rates may be determined based on the vehicle density. Furthermore, systems and methods are disclosed for analyzing a driver's use of autonomous vehicle features and/or the driver's maintenance of the autonomous vehicle. The driver may also be taught certain driving skills by enabling vehicle teaching features. The driver's response to these teaching features may be monitored, and a reward or recommendation may be generated and provided to the driver based on the driver's response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Suresh Augustine, Edward A. Biemer, Dagmar Dugan, Jennifer Field, Laura Flodin
  • Patent number: 10194638
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a grooming arm, consisting of a clamping mechanism, a mechanical rotation apparatus, and an animal attachment arm that an animal may be secured to, that temporarily clamps to an animal grooming table. The mechanical apparatus allowing for rotation of the arm around the table while maintaining a constant pivot point (the point at which the animal is attached to the grooming arm) is concealed beneath the table and therefore largely not visible during use. The grooming arm need not permanently mount to the frame of a table unlike the prior art. The clamping mechanism allows for easy installation and removal, as well as use with any number of different table. The apparatus allowing for the rotation mounts in the clamping mechanism, and extends underneath the table to the pivot point. The swing arm attaches to the pivot point and extends out past the clamping mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Inventor: James Edward Tomsic
  • Patent number: 9538861
    Abstract: A storage system comprising an inner rod, an outer body, an upper foot, a lower foot, and a one or more pegs. Said outer body rotatably attaches to said inner rod. Said upper foot and said lower foot press against a ceiling and a ground surface. Said inner rod comprises a tension rod having a variable length. Said one or more pegs extend out from said outer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Inventors: Julie Young, Roger Hayes
  • Patent number: 8398049
    Abstract: A multi-functional infant care and organizer system includes a base member and an elongate main body member detachably connected to and extending upwardly from the base member. The system also includes unit carrying member that is moveably connected to the main body member and unit member slidably and rotatably connected to the main body member and supported by the unit carrying member when slidably connected to the main body member. The unit member can be a storage unit, a changing station, a table, a light, a hanger, a bath pod, entertainment unit, an infant hammock, an infant mobile, a music box, or a drawing surface. Any combination of unit members may be connected to the main body member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Inventor: Eugene Lategan
  • Publication number: 20070215016
    Abstract: A worktop assembly for use in a travel trailer including a first structural portion, a second structural portion and a plurality of bracket assemblies. The first structural portion has a first end and a second end and the second structural portion has a first end and a second end. The plurality of bracket assemblies include a first bracket assembly and a second bracket assembly. The first bracket assembly is connected to the first structural portion proximate to the first end and to the second structural portion proximate to the first end. The second bracket assembly is connected to the first structural portion proximate the second end and the to the second structural portion proximate to the second end. Each bracket assembly has a plurality of pivot points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventor: WILLIAM LEFTWICH
  • Patent number: 6536357
    Abstract: A height adjustable table assembly (10) has a table top (12) with an upper surface (20) and an outer periphery (14). The table assembly (10) also has a supporting base (38). A height adjustment mechanism (25, 54, 50) is provided to selectively raise or lower the table top (12) relative to the supporting base (38). The height adjustment mechanism (25, 54, 50) includes a height adjustment actuator (25) in the form of a rotatable member. The rotatable member (25) is selectively rotatable relative to the supporting base (38) to actuate the height adjustment mechanism (25, 54, 50) to selectively raise or lower the table top (12). The rotatable member (25) is disposed underneath the upper surface (20) of the table top (12) and has an outer edge (29) which terminates at or near the outer periphery (14) of the table top (12) for at least a portion of the outer periphery (14) of the table top (12). A resiliently deformable tether (40) may interconnect the table top and at least a portion of the support assembly (27).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Formway Furniture Limited
    Inventor: Bernard Anton Hiestand
  • Patent number: 6526896
    Abstract: A multi-positional support mechanism for a computer mouse pad comprising a support adapted to be secured to a keyboard support tray to extend upwardly from the keyboard support tray, a bracket mounted to the support for pivoting about a generally horizontal tilt axis, and a mouse pad mounted to the bracket for pivoting about a turntable axis generally normal to the tilt axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Inscape Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Woronecki, David Ambrose Parshad, John R. Edwards
  • Patent number: 6505566
    Abstract: A support assembly is provided that includes a platform and an arm. The arm has a first end and a second end. The second end of the arm is attached to the platform. The first end of the arm rotatably and slidably engages with a support guide so that the arm and platform move between a raised and a storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Fellowes, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Foster, Jeffrey D. Bransky, Robert W. Sheldon, Howard Danzyger, Matt Millies
  • Publication number: 20010013306
    Abstract: A wagon 1 comprises a first wagon 10 including a lower face plate 12 and an upper face plate 11 constituting storage space, and a second wagon 20 to be stored within the storage space of the first wagon 10. The longitudinal side edges of the upper face plate 11 of said first wagon 10 is equipped with auxiliary table plates 15 rotatably connected thereto, and the first and second wagons 10, 20 are formed to rotate with the rotary axis set to a center column 30 mounted to the center of the upper and lower face plates 11, 25, 12, 21. The second wagon 20 can be moved from a first position where the wagon is completely stored within the first wagon 10 to a second position taking an angle of 90 degrees from the first wagon, and the auxiliary tables 15 can each be pivoted from a position hanging from the upper face plate 11 to a position leveled with the upper face plate 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Applicant: Jamco Corporation
    Inventors: Ushio Itakura, Osamu Ishii
  • Patent number: 5875593
    Abstract: A support member for center support stairs is composed of a plurality of support member elements which can be connected to each other in different vertical and angular positions and each receive and support a step of the stairs. The individual support member elements are hollow section-like cast members, wherein each support member element has two outer guide surfaces located opposite each other and spaced apart from each other and extending on the same circular line. Adjacent support member elements are connected to each other through at least one screw, wherein the screw rests with its head in a recess of the respectively upper support member element. The screw extends through openings of the walls of adjacent support member elements and is screwed into a clamping jaw provided in the interior of the respectively lower support member element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Inventor: Dieter Glockner
  • Patent number: 5720524
    Abstract: A combination toy and stool is provided that rotates and simultaneously lowers when a child sits on the seat. When the seat lowers fully, the invention can be used as a stool. The invention includes a stool seat that has a helically grooved or twisted central shaft extending below the seat, and a plurality of support shafts spaced about the central shaft also extending below the seat. The seat sets onto a pedestal that incorporates an upper and a lower member that rotate relative to each other similar to a "lazy susan". The upper pedestal member has a plurality of upward extending tubular members that receive the support shafts that extend below the seat. The lower pedestal member has an upward extending central shaft that extends through the center of the upper pedestal member and receives the twisted central shaft of the seat in a vertical aperture in the central shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Inventor: Albert J. Hall
  • Patent number: 5520122
    Abstract: A piece of furniture comprises a stationary top as well as at least two leaves which, in the rest position underneath the stationary top, are disposed in parallel above one another at respective different planes and have guiding devices of different slopes. Each leaf is held by a supporting element whose areas situated outside the leaf contour do not intersect the path of the movement of at least one other leaf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Inventor: Matthias Fischer
  • Patent number: 5475954
    Abstract: A support for treads of a staircase is formed by a plurality of support elements each comprising an upper plate and a lower plate, the lower and upper plates of each element being adapted to rest on the upper and lower plates respectively of contiguous elements. Adjustment and fixing members enable the upper plate to be moved relative to the lower plate of each element and be fixed together. The upper plate of each element is formed with at least one pair of holes, and at least one pair of female threads is fixed to the plate, each thread being coaxial with one of the holes. The lower plate of each element is formed with a through-hole and through-slot into which are inserted two screw members, each of which also passes through one of the holes in the upper plate of the contiguous element and is screwed into the corresponding female thread in the contiguous element so as to fix these two elements together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Inventor: Roberto Molinazzi
  • Patent number: 5419263
    Abstract: A table adapted to hold a TV remote control or other similar control mechanism. The table includes a plate having a top surface and a bottom surface, a pile type fastener for coupling a remote control to the top surface, a pedestal having a base extended in a horizontal plane, and a rod having a lower end and upper support end. The lower end of the rod is coupled to and extends upwards from the base. The upper support end of the rod includes a mechanism for pivotally coupling the pedestal to the bottom surface of the plate, enabling the orientation of the plate relative to the pedestal to be modified such that a remote control coupled to the top surface may be aimed at a desired location without removing it from the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Inventor: Jerry T. Mills
  • Patent number: 5004255
    Abstract: A painters palette consisting of an upper platform, a middle platform, a lower platform. The system is designed to be moveable by the use of four ball casters, to be raised or lowered by the use of a center spine screw bolt and a center spine screw nut. The center spine screw bolt is connected to the upper platform holding bucket bottom. The center spine screw nut connected to the middle platform is used to receive, guide and support the spine screw bolt and the upper platform with the lower platform giving support to the middle platform. Embodiments disclosed include the oblong trim pallet; the flat paint spout lid with screw cap; the flat platform cover with four molded legs; the roller pallet having angle duel ends and four top angle molded legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Inventor: Beatrice E. Briggs
  • Patent number: 4779540
    Abstract: An accessory table adapted for detachable attachment to an article of furniture, such as a desk, is disclosed. The accessory table comprises a rigid floor supported post and an attachment assembly for the post, exerting vise action on the top and bottom surfaces of the desk. The post carries at least one table at the outer end of an arm, the latter being pivotable through a full circle. The table is also rotatable about its central vertical axis at the end of the arm. The post is hidden by an aesthetic sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1988
    Inventors: Michel Dion, Daniel Hebert
  • Patent number: 4542936
    Abstract: A doctor-patient seating arrangement as might for example be used by a chiropractor during examination of a patient's back is disclosed in a form having a single base or pedestal from which a pair of upright seat support members extend with each upright member providing a degree of vertical adjustability to its respective supported seat. The seats themselves are of the backless variety, i.e., stools with the patient's stool being swivelable centrally about its upright support member while the doctor's stool is supported on an obliquely extending arm so as to be movable in an arc around the other upright support member. The other upright support member is located near the patient's back so that the doctor may move in an arc about the patient examining the sides as well as the central portion of the patient's back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1985
    Inventor: David M. Gafken
  • Patent number: 4515086
    Abstract: A work station for a word processor having a keyboard and a separate console, the work station having a planar work surface with a front opening therein in which a keyboard receiving front platform is adjustably mounted for both upward and downward movement and for tilting movement relative to the work surface, the work surface also having a rear opening therein in which a console mounting rear platform is mounted, the rear platform being movable vertically relative to the work surface and additionally provided with means permitting forward and rearward as well as rotational and tilting movement of the console, all of the controls for adjusting the positions of the keyboard and console being accessible to an operator from the front of the work station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1985
    Assignee: Hamilton Sorter Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Kwiecinski, Jon A. Yauger
  • Patent number: 4353588
    Abstract: A readily accessible object-holding tray for the front of a motor vehicle passenger compartment is formed by a lower portion of a transverse wall of the vehicle body, respective triangular side panels attached to each sidewall of the body, and a flexible base wall. The base wall is secured at each side to the lower edge of a respective side panel and is supported at one edge by a tubular crosspiece extending between the side panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1982
    Assignee: Fiat Auto S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giorgetto Giugiaro, Aldo Mantovani
  • Patent number: 4334482
    Abstract: A table including a top and depending legs anchored relative to the top for support of the latter in elevated position about a floor surface upon which the lower end of the legs rest. The top includes a central vertical opening therein and a pair of upper and lower vertically spaced panels are provided with an upright extending between and interconnecting the panels and supported from the table for vertical shifting relative thereto between a lowered position with the upper panel at least closely overlying the top opening and an upper position with the lower panel received within the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1982
    Inventor: Leo J. Bolduc
  • Patent number: 4158997
    Abstract: A table suitable for many uses comprises a rectangular prismatic base having a vertical well located near one corner and a rectangular table top having near one corner a downwardly extending supporting post rotatably received in the well of the base and longitudinally slidable therein. A pin projecting inwardly in the well is engageable in a longitudinal slot in the top-supporting post and, when the table top is raised, is engageable with a lower end surface of the post to support the table top in raised position while permitting rotation of the table top relative to the base. The post also has a downward extension at the lower end of which there is provided a notched disc which is also engageable with the inwardly projecting pin of the well to support the table top rotatably at a third height. In another embodiment the base is larger and has wells at opposite sides to receive the supporting posts of four table tops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1979
    Inventor: Harry R. de Polo
  • Patent number: 4011954
    Abstract: A display stand is made up of an upper domed portion, a bottom bowl shaped portion and intermediate support discs and spacers. These discs and spacers are removable and the upper and bottom portions can then be fitted together to form an autonomous holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1973
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1977
    Inventor: Giordano Galli