With Roller Mounts Patents (Class 211/151)
  • Patent number: 11952243
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a racking bay tower construction method, the racking bay including upright members with shelf-frames installed therebetween, the construction method including use of a method of moving an item, the item being a preassembled shelf-frame, between adjacent upright members of a racking bay tower, the shelf-frame moving method including: mounting a first preassembled shelf-frame onto a jig table such that the shelf-frame is in an angular orientation; and lifting the first shelf-frame from the jig table, the jig table being positioned between lower ends of adjacent upright members, to an installation position between upper ends of the adjacent upright members, while maintaining the angular position of the first shelf-frame, and then installing the first shelf-frame in a desired orientation in its installation position; and then mounting a second preassembled shelf-frame onto a jig table such that the second shelf-frame is in an angular orientation; and lifting the second shelf-frame
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ginco Industries Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Gino Paul Imbrogno
  • Patent number: 11834236
    Abstract: A container content apparatus comprises two inserts. Each insert comprises a top portion, a bottom portion, and two side flaps. Each top portion comprises a die cut handle. The apparatus is adapted to be inserted into an inside of a container adjacent to interior walls of the container. An area defined by the inserts is adapted to receive a stack of media. When the inserts are removed via the handles, a gap or space exists between the outer edges of the stack and the interior walls of the container providing automatic alignment of the stack centered on the inside of the container and providing proper alignment to feed the stack directly from the container to an infeed of a printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Iconex LLC
    Inventor: Timothy Darren Livingston
  • Patent number: 11826004
    Abstract: A dish rack includes a dish basket and a storage surface which is attachable to the dish basket for holding an item to be washed and lockable on the dish basket. The storage surface is pivotable about an axis into different angles of inclination and able to slide along the axis. A support element is arranged on an underside of the storage surface and supports the storage surface at the different angles of inclination at a point spaced from the axis. The support element has a number of locking steps in which the support element engages the dish basket so as to support the storage surface at the different angles of inclination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Reiter, Stefan Reiter, Ralf Winkler
  • Patent number: 11691815
    Abstract: A roller track includes a base, parallel guides, roller support bars placed into their respective guides, and a plurality of rollers removably disposed between the roller support bars. The roller support bars preferably are removably secured to the base via the respective guides which are affixed to the base. The base also can be provided with connecting elements sidewalls thereof such that a plurality of bases of roller tracks can be connected laterally to accommodate any width of shelf or display planogram. Thus, the roller tracks can be used either separately roller tracks or as a continuous mat (i.e. a plurality of roller tracks affixed to adjacent roller tracks). Additionally, dividers can be removably affixed to each roller track via securing members comprising an upper body portion formed via a living hinge and at least one lower connector that removably connects the securing member to the roller track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SUNGAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yeyang Sun, Qing Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 11337519
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed that provides a storage system designed to allow pickers to easily and efficiently pull products from all portions of the storage system from a single side of the storage system. The storage system includes a first storage rack that has a first plurality of columns and a first platform extending from one of the first plurality of columns. An outer edge of the first platform forms an end of the first storage rack. Positioned adjacent to the first storage rack is a second storage rack with a second plurality of columns and a second platform that extends from one of the second plurality of columns, where an outer edge of the second platform forms an end of the second storage rack. An aisle is formed by a predetermined distance between the outer edges of the first and second platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Frazier Industrial Company
    Inventor: Domenick Iellimo
  • Patent number: 11122894
    Abstract: Slides provided herein may be configured to support substantial loads while experiencing vibration and shock in the retracted position without degradation of the slide mechanism. An example slide may include: a fixed rail member; a second rail member, a third rail member, where the second rail member is disposed between the fixed rail member and the third rail member, where the second and third rail members translate between an extended position relative to the fixed rail member and a retracted position relative to the fixed rail member; and at least one bearing attached to one of the second rail member or the third rail member, where the at least one bearing is engaged when the second rail member is in the extended position, and disengaged in response to the third rail member being in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: TPA MOTION, LLC
    Inventor: Eric Todd Kanipe
  • Patent number: 10993531
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed that provides a storage system designed to allow pickers to easily and efficiently pull products from all portions of the storage system from a single side of the storage system. The storage system includes a first storage rack that has a first plurality of columns and a first platform extending from one of the first plurality of columns. An outer edge of the first platform forms an end of the first storage rack. Positioned adjacent to the first storage rack is a second storage rack with a second plurality of columns and a second platform that extends from one of the second plurality of columns, where an outer edge of the second platform forms an end of the second storage rack. An aisle is formed by a predetermined distance between the outer edges of the first and second platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Frazier Industrial Company
    Inventor: Domenick Iellimo
  • Patent number: 10914513
    Abstract: An appliance mounting assembly includes a mounting bracket with first and second distal arms that flare outward in opposing directions from an attachment body and couple to a panel. The mounting bracket includes a pair of coupling members that extend from the attachment body toward the panel surface and distal ends that curve inward toward one another. A self-clinching nut has an undercut, serrated clinching ring, and base. The undercut and the serrated clinching ring are disposed within an aperture defined by the attachment body. A ladder rack has first and second sides coupled via an attachment wall. The first and second sides define protrusions that engage the pair of coupling members in an interference fit. The attachment wall defines a receiving hole that aligns with the aperture assembled. A threaded fastener extends through the receiving hole and engages the self-clinching nut to fasten the ladder rack to the mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corportion
    Inventors: Atishkumar S. Dhage, Sanket Vivek Phalak
  • Patent number: 10874028
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a smart wall including a plurality of frame modules including at least one mounting cell, a fastener configured to fasten the plurality of frame modules to each other to form a frame structure, a fixing member configured to fix the frame structure to a ceiling and a floor, an electronic appliance disposed in the mounting cell, and an art wall configured to cover a front surface of the frame structure, wherein the plurality of frame modules includes at least one of a first frame module including mounting cells arranged side by side in a horizontal direction, a second frame module including a mounting cell larger than the mounting cells of the first frame module, or a third frame module having a length corresponding to a vertical length of the frame structure and including mounting cells arranged side by side in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Junghyun Joo, Junghan Ryu, Taeho Kim, Youngkyoung Kim, Chulmin Lim, Bumsang Lee
  • Patent number: 10772420
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed that provides a storage system designed to allow pickers to easily and efficiently pull products from all portions of the storage system from a single side of the storage system. The storage system includes a first storage rack that has a first plurality of columns and a first platform extending from one of the first plurality of columns. An outer edge of the first platform forms an end of the first storage rack. Positioned adjacent to the first storage rack is a second storage rack with a second plurality of columns and a second platform that extends from one of the second plurality of columns, where an outer edge of the second platform forms an end of the second storage rack. An aisle is formed by a predetermined distance between the outer edges of the first and second platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Frazier Industrial Company
    Inventor: Domenick Iellimo
  • Patent number: 10723395
    Abstract: A split chassis system includes a first chassis base portion that is configured to house a first component and a second chassis base portion that is configured to house a second component. The second chassis base portion is positioned adjacent the first chassis base portion such that a first chassis coupling member included on the first chassis base portion is coupled to a second chassis coupling member included on the second chassis base portion. The split chassis system further includes a leveling subsystem that is coupled to the first chassis base portion and the second chassis base portion. The leveling subsystem aligns the first chassis base portion and the second chassis base portion such that the first chassis base portion and the second chassis base portion substantially maintain coplanarity when the first chassis coupling member is coupled to the second chassis coupling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Corey Dean Hartman, Yu-Feng Lin
  • Patent number: 10640256
    Abstract: A shipping and display container includes a top box installable over a bottom box. The bottom box is configured to receive goods provided in the bottom box in an upright and folded orientation and includes a pair of opposed sidewalls and at least one elongate divider affixed to the bottom box and extending between the opposed sidewalls and configured so as to maintain the goods in the upright and folded orientation. The top box is installable upon the bottom box with the goods received therein in the upright and folded orientation for shipping of the goods and is removable from the bottom box after shipping. The bottom box and the divider cooperate to maintain the goods in the upright and folded orientation for display thereof after removal of the top box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Dongguan Shichang Metals Factory Ltd.
    Inventor: Chen-Kang Lin
  • Patent number: 10631638
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, and a reinforcing structure. The first rail includes a front end portion and a rear end portion. The second rail is displaceable with respect to the first rail. The reinforcing structure is located at the second rail. A portion of the reinforcing structure protrudes beyond the front end portion of the first rail when the second rail is displaced from a first position to a second position with respect to the first rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, I-Ming Tseng, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10583981
    Abstract: A method for constructing a carton flow bed rack (1) includes specifying a number of levels of the carton flow bed rack (1). The method also includes specifying whether and where each level has a load end, and/or an unload end, and/or a stop end. The method further includes specifying at least one of a height, a width, and a depth of the carton flow bed rack and providing and dimensioning components for assembling the carton flow bed rack according to the specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: INTERROLL HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Jean Michel Laplace
  • Patent number: 10363978
    Abstract: A split chassis system includes a first chassis base portion that is configured to house a first component and a second chassis base portion that is configured to house a second component. The second chassis base portion is positioned adjacent the first chassis base portion such that a first chassis coupling member included on the first chassis base portion is coupled to a second chassis coupling member included on the second chassis base portion. The split chassis system further includes a leveling subsystem that is coupled to the first chassis base portion and the second chassis base portion. The leveling subsystem aligns the first chassis base portion and the second chassis base portion such that the first chassis base portion and the second chassis base portion substantially maintain coplanarity when the first chassis coupling member is coupled to the second chassis coupling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Corey Dean Hartman, Yu-Feng Lin
  • Patent number: 10351343
    Abstract: A shuttle warehouse for storing load carriers comprises a framework and a gangway, the framework having guide rails designed to guide the movement of a distribution vehicle, designed to physically move the load carriers, in the gangway on a bearing surface of the guide rails. The guide rails are each formed by segments arranged in succession in the longitudinal direction of the guide rails, and the segments are fixed to the framework by press-fit threaded bolts resulting in the upper face of the heads of the press-fit threaded bolts being received in the segments flush with the bearing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: BITO-LAGERTECHNIK BITTMANN GMBH
    Inventors: Sascha Neu, Helmut Sponheimer
  • Patent number: 10351243
    Abstract: Overhead stowage bins for aircraft comprise a lower panel and one or more rollers. The lower panel is configured to support luggage and has a forward lip region. The one or more rollers are operatively coupled to the lower panel within the forward lip region and are positioned to facilitate insertion of luggage into the overhead stowage bin. Aircraft include a fuselage and a plurality of overhead stowage bins installed within the passenger compartment of the fuselage. Methods of stowing luggage in an overhead stowage bin comprise lifting a carry-on luggage unit, engaging the carry-on luggage unit with one or more rollers positioned at a forward lip region of the overhead stowage bin, and pushing the carry-on luggage unit into an internal volume of the overhead stowage bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Richard K. Simms
  • Patent number: 10306982
    Abstract: A basket drawer structure contains: a basket and two rail elements. The basket includes a mesh, a holding space, an opening, and a peripheral rib. The peripheral rib has two recessed portions, two orifices, and two first rollers. The two recessed portions have two shaft holes, and two rivets insert through the two shaft holes to rivet with the two first rollers individually. The two rail elements are symmetrically fixed on a shelf or a cabinet. A distance between the two rail elements is equal to a width of the basket, and the two rail elements respectively include two support rails. Two second rollers are riveted on two front ends of the two support rails individually. The basket is retained in the two support rails by way of the peripheral rib, and the two second rollers of the two rail elements are mounted in the peripheral rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Shen Hao Metal Working Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: A-Ming Chiang, Wei-Ching Chiang
  • Patent number: 10278516
    Abstract: A merchandise display system can include a front rail, at least one divider configured to engage the front rail, the at least one divider including a barrier. The at least one divider may also include a divider wall, and a roller carriage extending along the divider wall. The roller carriage can be provided with a plurality of rollers, and the roller carriage can be configured to advance the product. Additionally, the roller carriage can be tilted such that the product is configured to move toward the barrier. The roller carriage can be formed of a first portion and a second portion, and the roller carriage can provided with a plurality of axles that are configured to receive the plurality of rollers such that the plurality of rollers are configured to rotate on the roller carriage. A method for forming a merchandise display system is also contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen N. Hardy
  • Patent number: 10111520
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed that provides a storage system designed to allow pickers to easily and efficiently pull products from all portions of the storage system from a single side of the storage system. The storage system includes a first storage rack that has a first plurality of columns and a first platform extending from one of the first plurality of columns. An outer edge of the first platform forms an end of the first storage rack. Positioned adjacent to the first storage rack is a second storage rack with a second plurality of columns and a second platform that extends from one of the second plurality of columns, where an outer edge of the second platform forms an end of the second storage rack. An aisle is formed by a predetermined distance between the outer edges of the first and second platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Frazier Industrial Company
    Inventor: Domenick Iellimo
  • Patent number: 10106293
    Abstract: The present invention provides pallets for use in gravity pallet flow racks and pallet push back racks which resist becoming misaligned and jammed in such racks. This accordingly provides better reliability (reduces down time) and reduces the manual labor which is required to clear jammed pallets from such rack systems. The use of these pallets in gravity pallet flow racks and pallet push back racks does not compromise any of the inherent advantages of such systems. In other words, systems which utilize the pallets of this invention offer highly efficient use of warehouse space and require low maintenance. They are also compatible for use in conjunction with machinery designed for automatically placing, positioning, and/or stacking the pallets in an organized manner in the system and retrieving the pallets which are stored in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Inventor: Fred E. Clark
  • Patent number: 9966738
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a frame profile for a frame rack of a service cabinet, consisting of an outer profile part manufactured from a first material, wherein the outer profile part forms at least a first wall of the frame profile which partially limits a hollow chamber; and of an inner profile part manufactured from a second material which differs from the first material by at least one quality, wherein the inner profile part forms at least one other wall of the hollow chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Hartmut Paul
  • Patent number: 9873563
    Abstract: Utensil (1) for securing a roller (4a) track (4) to a frame structure of a goods conveyor installation, which comprises means (2,11a,11b,12a,12b) for fastening one end (3) of said track (4), and a base (5) for holding said fastening means (2,11a,11b,12a,12b), that is characterized in that it comprises a clamp (7) for securing said holding base (5) to the aforesaid structure, said clamp (7) being capable of surrounding said structure in order to secure said holding base (5) when said holding base (5) leans on the structure. The utensil presents the advantage of adapting to any size of the structure of the frame on which the track is supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: DINALAGER, S.L.
    Inventor: Carles Merino Casajuana
  • Patent number: 9810368
    Abstract: A particular device includes a frame. The frame includes a first set of members defining a first side configured to be coupled to an instrumentation rack, a second set of members defining a second side, a third set of members defining a third side extending between the first side and the second side, a fourth set of members defining a fourth side, and a fifth set of members defining a fifth side. The fourth side and the fifth side are joined at an obtuse angle to extend between the first side and the second side. The device further includes a plurality of wheels coupled to the frame and extending external to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Liisa C. Bruchal, John R. Lesh, Farshad Amiri, Charles O. Munoz
  • Patent number: 9764897
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for stacking, storing, and loading metal sheets. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a pallet which includes multiple posts that allow alignment of sheets of material on the pallet. Preferably, the pallet further includes posts which include stacking bells which allow the pallets to stack together while preventing damage to loaded materials. In accordance with one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the pallets may be stored in a specially designed rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Inventor: Randy W. Kinney
  • Patent number: 9730529
    Abstract: A merchandising system includes slotted cross members connected by side brackets to form a shelf component. Various accessories are insertable into the slots of the cross members to form organizational components along the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: DISPLAYS PLUS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Paul Colelli, Eric Edward Oberg, Johnnie Cruz
  • Patent number: 9462930
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dishwasher (1) wherein the assembly of the connection member (8) on the basket (3) side walls (5) can be made easily and robustly by passing through the basket (3) thereby supporting the wheels (9) mounted in the rails (7) disposed on the side walls of the washing chamber (2) and maintaining the basket (3) to be emplaced into the washing chamber (2) and drawn out therefrom by moving forwards, backwards in the rails (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: ARCELIK ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventors: Cem Bastuji, Ertugrul Sencan
  • Patent number: 9420900
    Abstract: An inventory rack system and a mobile inventory rack apparatus are disclosed. The mobile inventory rack apparatus includes an inventory conveyor configured to translate articles of inventory and a receiving system including a requirement indicator disposed along the inventory conveyor. The requirement indicator has an inventory required state when not in contact with an article of inventory. The mobile inventory rack apparatus further includes a supply system including a pair of spaced stoppers disposed along the inventory conveyor. Each stopper has an extended position preventing translation of the articles of inventory and a retracted position allowing translation of the articles of inventory. The inventory conveyor is configured to receive at least one article of inventory when the requirement indicator is in the inventory required state and to allow removal of at least one article of inventory when one of the stoppers is in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Thomas Simpson, Robert Howard Bartholomew
  • Patent number: 9038804
    Abstract: A roller track comprising a base, a tray, and a plurality of rollers. The tray is configured to slide into the base, and comprises a first end, a center portion comprising a plurality of notches, and a second end. The first end and the second end comprise a plurality of slots. The plurality of rollers is configured to engage the plurality of notches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: THE MARCO COMPANY
    Inventor: Craig Alan Nickell
  • Publication number: 20150053633
    Abstract: The invention relates to a product supporting roller assembly comprising an elongate spine member and a plurality of rollers, each mounted on the spine member such that the rollers extend outwards on both sides of the spine member. The invention further relates to a product holding unit comprising a plurality of such product supporting roller assemblies. The invention further relates to a method of assembling an axle bearing, which may be used to assembly a product supporting roller assembly, the method comprising positioning a plurality of roller bearings and a roller bearing housing inside a hole, the roller bearings each being connected to a roller bearing holding means and the roller bearings being housed in the roller bearing housing, positioning an axle through the roller bearing housing, and disconnecting the roller bearings from the roller bearing holding means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Brian McDonnell
  • Patent number: 8893902
    Abstract: A roller rail system includes an adjustment bracket including a first roller rail assembly support portion and a second roller rail assembly support portion adjacent the first roller rail assembly support portion. The first and second roller rail assembly support portions are each configured to receive a roller rail assembly such that the roller rail assembly slides within the respective first and second roller rail assembly support portion relative to the adjustment bracket. A first roller rail assembly is received by the first roller rail assembly support portion. A second roller rail assembly is received by the second roller rail assembly support portion. The roller rail system has a retracted configuration where leading ends of the first and second roller rail assemblies are closer together and an extended configuration where the leading ends of the first and second roller rail assemblies are further apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Dotson, Raymond Mead, Lonnie G. Craig
  • Patent number: 8739985
    Abstract: In a push back cart rack storage system, the top or first cart, as well as the second cart, may be made with less material, and may be significantly simpler and lighter in comparison to existing designs. A push-back cart storage system has a single pair of push-back rails in each lane. A third cart has front and back wheels rolling on a lower inside flange of the push-back rails. A second cart has front wheels rolling on a lower inside cart flange of side rails of the third cart, and has rear wheels rolling on the lower inside flange of the push-back rails. A first or top cart has front and rear wheels rolling on a top surface of the push-back rails. The wheels on the first cart may be inner facing wheels while the wheels on the other carts may be outer facing wheels. The push-back rails and the side rails of the carts may be generally C-shaped channel sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: J. C. M. Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John Krummell, Kenneth Davison
  • Patent number: 8672148
    Abstract: A push-back cart storage system has one or more push-back carts having a cross-member formed by a structural angle section having cutouts at opposite ends to provide clearance for the second push-back cart to move under the first push-back cart. The cross member provides a truss or joist type of beam support having a full height middle section which resists bending and a reduced height at the ends, to provide a low profile. Side members or angle sections on the cart have through holes for attaching wheels, with no welding of wheel mounts required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: J.C.M. Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John Krummell, Kenneth Davison
  • Patent number: 8662325
    Abstract: A shelving glide includes a deck having a plurality of dividers; a first trough having a first index arranged along at least a portion of a width of the deck; a second trough having a second index arranged along at least a portion of the width of the deck; and a plurality of partitions defining a plurality of pathways. A partition includes a first clip securable to the first index; and a second clip securable to the second index. The partition is adjustable along the width of the deck from a first position to a second position upon disengagement of the second clip from the second index. The first clip is adapted to disengage from the first index upon disengagement of the second clip from the second index. The partition is secured to the deck at the second position upon reengagement of the second clip to the second index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: ADCO Industries—Technologies, L.P.
    Inventors: Raymond E. Davis, Clifton Glenn Hampton
  • Patent number: 8616822
    Abstract: An automatic system for replenishing display shelves in retail business. The display shelves each including a shelf board having a conveyor belt circulating around the respective shelf board. Each of the display shelves further including a stop bar and a removable fall-off guard at respective front and rear sides of the display shelves to prevent goods from falling off of the display shelves, and wherein the display shelf is designed to cooperate with a shelf-stocking vehicle such that the fall-off guard is automatically opened when the display shelves are refilled by the shelf-stocking vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Inventor: Walter Winkler
  • Patent number: 8573379
    Abstract: An article feed insert for an article feed system for automatic conveyance of articles located along the article feed insert in one conveyance direction B to a visual edge of a shelf equipped with the article feed system with the following features: a set of conveying rollers which are supported on the roller carrier transversely to the conveyance direction B, two profile rails which can be attached independently of one another to the opposite sides of the roller carrier for fixing of the conveying rollers on the roller carrier, a first fixing element which can be attached to one visible edges of the roller carrier for fixing the profile rails, and a second fixing element which can be attached opposite the first fixing element to the roller carrier for fixing the profile rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Dirk A. Brugmann Kunststoff-Verarbeitung GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Lars Alexander BrĂ¼gmann
  • Publication number: 20130213916
    Abstract: A shelf divider system that includes a shelf base (12) defining a support for multiple products, which base has a front (16) and a rear (18) and multiple parallel elongate slots (50) in the base. The slots extend in a direction from front to rear in multiple sets (53) of at least two aligned slots. An upstanding transversely extending front stop (26) mounted to the base at the front has an upper edge (31) and at or adjacent the upper edge respective seats (46) associated with the sets of at least two aligned slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Checkmate International Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: John Leahy, John Oretti
  • Patent number: 8376154
    Abstract: A shelving assembly comprises a unit that comprises a base plate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The base plate has an integral one-piece configuration including a plurality of strengthening or reinforcing vertical and/or horizontal ribs disposed on the second side. A plurality of securing members are disposed in a parallel relationship on the first side. Each of the plurality of securing members has a plurality of snap fit openings. A plurality of rollers that each comprises a centrally disposed cylindrical portion and a pair of connection rods extending from opposite ends of the cylindrical portion. The connection rods are removably and fixedly insertable into a pair of oppositely disposed snap fit openings of adjacent securing members, thereby forming a row of rollers disposed on the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sungal Corporation
    Inventor: Yeyang Sun
  • Publication number: 20130015155
    Abstract: A merchandise feed insert for a merchandise feed system for automatic conveyance of merchandise located along the merchandise feed insert in one transport direction B to one visible edge of a shelf equipped with the merchandise feed system, the feed insert having a set of transport rolls which are supported on a roll carrier transversely to the transport direction B; two profile rails which can be clipped independently of one another on opposite sides of the roll carrier for holding the transport rolls on the roll carrier with at least three catch means at a time which are distributed in the transport direction along the roll carrier and/or the profile rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventor: Lars BrĂ¼gmann
  • Publication number: 20120285916
    Abstract: A controlled gravity feed shelf system features a framework and at least one insert. The insert includes a number of support rails at least partially forming a front portion of the insert and a rear portion of the insert. A number of first rollers are rotatably mounted on the front portion of the insert, where each of the first rollers has a first diameter. A number of second rollers are rotatably mounted on the rear portion of the insert, where each of said second rollers has a second diameter. The first diameter of the first rollers is smaller than the second diameter of the second rollers. The insert is positioned within the framework so as the rear portion of the insert is positioned vertically higher than the front portion of the insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Taft O'Quinn, Michael Martin, Carrie Martin, Val-Jean Duchene
  • Patent number: 8276772
    Abstract: A shelf for a showcase in which a roller unit is formed with holding grooves on both sides of a bottom surface of a U-shaped roller plate. Fixing frames coupled with the roller plate include a bottom part, formed with a vertical rib to be fitted into the holding groove of the roller plate, and a vertical wall surrounding an outside of the roller plate and formed with a horizontal rib closing opened parts of fitting grooves of the roller plate, so that the fixing frames are mounted on both sides of the roller plate of the roller unit in pair correspondingly to each other. The vertical walls are formed with screw-coupling holes at front and rear ends in accordance with screw holes punched at both side walls of the end caps so as to be integrally coupled together by coupling screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Seidai Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Deok Rae Kim
  • Patent number: 8215245
    Abstract: A stand for supporting an article a spaced distance above a support surface and for damping vibration therebetween. The stand includes a support frame having resilient bushings engaged therewith. Each bushing defines a bore into which a first end of one of a plurality of rods is received. The rods extend downwardly from the bushings and abut the support surface. The bores are configured to permit the rods to move more in one horizontal direction than in another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: D Morrison Consulting Inc.
    Inventors: David Morrison, Robert G. Dickie
  • Publication number: 20120152875
    Abstract: In a push back cart rack storage system, the top or first cart, as well as the second cart, may be made with less material, and may be significantly simpler and lighter in comparison to existing designs. A push-back cart storage system has a single pair of push-back rails in each lane. A third cart has front and back wheels rolling on a lower inside flange of the push-back rails. A second cart has front wheels rolling on a lower inside cart flange of side rails of the third cart, and has rear wheels rolling on the lower inside flange of the push-back rails. A first or top cart has front and rear wheels rolling on a top surface of the push-back rails. The wheels on the first cart may be inner facing wheels while the wheels on the other carts may be outer facing wheels. The push-back rails and the side rails of the carts may be generally C-shaped channel sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: J.C.M. INDUSTRIES, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Krummell, Kenneth Davison
  • Publication number: 20120074088
    Abstract: A roller rail system includes an adjustment bracket including a first roller rail assembly support portion and a second roller rail assembly support portion adjacent the first roller rail assembly support portion. The first and second roller rail assembly support portions are each configured to receive a roller rail assembly such that the roller rail assembly slides within the respective first and second roller rail assembly support portion relative to the adjustment bracket. A first roller rail assembly is received by the first roller rail assembly support portion. A second roller rail assembly is received by the second roller rail assembly support portion. The roller rail system has a retracted configuration where leading ends of the first and second roller rail assemblies are closer together and an extended configuration where the leading ends of the first and second roller rail assemblies are further apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc
    Inventors: David E. Dotson, Raymond Mead, Lonnie G. Craig
  • Patent number: 8025162
    Abstract: A product management display system for merchandising both larger and heavier products includes using a pusher mechanism along with one or more roller assemblies that, in combination, improve the merchandising of products on the shelves, especially on horizontal or non-inclined shelves or surfaces. In an exemplary embodiment, the product management display system includes a pusher mechanism configured to urge product forward and toward the front of the shelf. At least one roller assembly is positioned beneath the product to be merchandised to assist the pusher mechanism in urging the product toward the front of the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen N. Hardy
  • Patent number: 7993088
    Abstract: A storage system for storing products is provided that includes a frame having a first side and a second side opposite the first side and a dynamic support carried by the frame. A mover assembly is carried by the frame and is configured to engage an area of a product at rest on the dynamic support. The mover assembly moves the product along the dynamic support relative to the frame from a first location near the first side to a second location near the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: The Kroger Co.
    Inventors: James A. Sonon, Alex W. Myers, Gary Van Hoagland
  • Patent number: 7922010
    Abstract: A product management display system for merchandising both larger and heavier products includes using a pusher mechanism along with one or more roller assemblies that, in combination, improve the merchandising of products on the shelves, especially on horizontal or non-inclined shelves or surfaces. In an exemplary embodiment, the product management display system includes a pusher mechanism configured to urge product forward and toward the front of the shelf. At least one roller assembly is positioned beneath the product to be merchandised to assist the pusher mechanism in urging the product toward the front of the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen N. Hardy
  • Publication number: 20100301723
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a height-adjustable receiving apparatus in which a rotation gear is vertically moved along a fixed shaft disposed on a mounting member when the rotation gear disposed on a receiving member is rotated, and the receiving member is adjustable in vertical height. The height-adjustable receiving apparatus includes a receiving member in which foods are received, a mounting member on which the receiving member is vertically movably mounted, a fixed shaft longitudinally disposed on the mounting member, a rotation gear disposed on the receiving member, an operation member disposed on the receiving member, and a transmission member disposed on the receiving member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Woon Kyu Seo, Jung Yeon Hwang, Han Jin Jung, Hyeon Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20100282698
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hanging shelf assembly that includes: a shelf suspended by two parallel clotheslines; at least two supporting arms extending vertically from the shelf; and a roller positioned at the top of each supporting arm, where said rollers engage on top of each clothesline. A bracket attaches each supporting arm to the shelf and a horizontal connecting bar provides horizontal support for the supporting arms. In one particular embodiment, the hanging shelf assembly includes four supporting arms extending vertically from the shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventor: KATHY A. SCHEID
  • Patent number: 7815060
    Abstract: A case flow bed for the handling of merchandise. The case flow bed including (a) a loading end and, opposite thereto, an unloading end; (b) a roller bed positioned between the loading end and unloading end for supporting and permitting sliding movement of merchandise from the loading end to the unloading end; and (c) apertures associated with at least the loading end for removably receiving at least one lane divider in any of a plurality of laterally extending positions for delimiting lanes of travel for the sliding movement of the merchandise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Frazier Industrial Company
    Inventor: Domenick Iellimo