With Screens Or Curtains Patents (Class 211/180)
  • Patent number: 11827261
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention provides kit that can be used for closing off the volume between the top and bottom trays of a hand cart for more secure storage of items on the bottom tray. The kit comprises a first wall section, a second wall section, and a third wall section. The first wall section is generally flat. The second wall section has a first generally flat section and a second generally flat section connected by a corner section. The third wall section has a first generally flat section and a second generally flat section connected by a corner section, and a generally flat door section connected to the second generally flat section by a hinge. The kit preferably comprises a plurality of fastener pairs for attaching the wall sections to the angle-stock legs. Preferably, each fastener pair comprises a bolt and a nut, and the kit further comprises a bushing for each fastener pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Joe Lin, Brian Liu
  • Patent number: 11793339
    Abstract: Fabric cover for a garment rack, its components, their relationship to each other, and materials used for manufacturing the same are herein disclosed. The cover generally includes a panel with two sides, with a plurality of connectors affixed to one side to be secured to the garment rack bar, and a plurality of connectors affixed to the vertical portion edge of both sides of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Elizabeth Arlene Waghalter
  • Patent number: 11484139
    Abstract: A storage assembly can hang clothing items while providing for adjustable storage for a long gun and/or one or more pistols. The storage assembly includes a main arm having a plurality of holes formed therethrough with a hanging member disposed on a first end of the main arm. An extension arm can telescopingly extend from and be adjustably attached to an open bottom end of the main arm. An upper securing device is adjustably positioned along a length of the front of the main arm. A lower base member is disposed at the front of the distal end of the extension arm. The lower base member can support the stock of a long gun, while the upper securing device can attach to the barrel of the long gun. One or more pistol holders can be placed adjustably along the back side of the main arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Evert Hagberg
  • Patent number: 11229295
    Abstract: A screen mountable on a chairback of a chair can include a primary panel, a vertical strap, and a brace assembly. The primary panel can have a front and back sides, extend between first and second lateral edges and between top and bottom vertical edges. The vertical strap can be fixed to the front side at first and second ends and extend around the chairback. The vertical strap can be formed to elastically stretch around the chairback. The brace assembly can be fixed to the front side to urge the top vertical edge forward. A second end of the brace assembly can be selectively engageable with the front side at a second position above the first position. The second end can be engaged with the front side in operation and disengaged from the front side when not in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Webaround, LLC
    Inventor: Linda Bovay
  • Patent number: 10758053
    Abstract: A screen mountable on a chairback of a chair can include a primary panel, a vertical strap, and a brace assembly. The primary panel can have a front and back sides, extend between first and second lateral edges and between top and bottom vertical edges. The vertical strap can be fixed to the front side at first and second ends and extend around the chairback. The vertical strap can be formed to elastically stretch around the chairback. The brace assembly can be fixed to the front side to urge the top vertical edge forward. A second end of the brace assembly can be selectively engageable with the front side at a second position above the first position. The second end can be engaged with the front side in operation and disengaged from the front side when not in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Linda Bovay
  • Patent number: 10376046
    Abstract: A shelving assembly can be constructed of panels and specialized connecting components that form interconnected hexagonal, triangular, or square cells. The shelving assembly can be adapted to a variety of sizes and configurations and can incorporate smaller cells with larger cells and different shape cells for more modularity. The connecting components attach to the front and rear edges of the panels without special tools. The connecting components also connect the corners of cell shapes and provide strength to the overall structure. The shelving assembly can be completely disassembled into the panels and the connecting components, allowing the shelving assembly to be easily moved and reconstructed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Inventor: Agapitus Lye
  • Publication number: 20140329454
    Abstract: A server cabinet includes a cabinet body and an air blocking device. The air blocking device includes a frame and a foam body installed on the frame. The frame defines an opening. The foam body includes a first foam body and a second foam body connected with the first foam body. The junction of the first foam body and the second foam body is surrounded by the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: AN-GANG LIANG, MING-YU LIU
  • Patent number: 8573418
    Abstract: The rack assembly contains a number of vertical rail members and each rail member contains two or more column elements, a number of connection elements, and a number of fastening elements. Each column element has a number of connection grooves and sliding grooves. The connection elements are positioned between and connected to two adjacent column elements. Two vertically adjacent connection elements are locked together by a fastening element. The rack assembly allows a number of stretching members movably configured. Each stretching member contains a number of wheel elements and at least an elastic hook element. The wheel elements are embedded into the sliding grooves of a column element and the stretching members as such could slide along the column element to various positions and, by connecting the elastic hook elements to a curtain's various spots, the curtain is stretched from multiple directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Inventor: Ruei-Hsing Lin
  • Patent number: 8453853
    Abstract: A multi-skateboard storage rack may include a rigid frame and a plurality of vertical rods statically connected to the frame. A plurality of horizontal peg extensions may be attached to the rods. A plurality of locking jaws may be pivotally connected to corresponding ones of the peg extensions such that associated pairs of the locking jaws may be selectively articulated between a closed locked position and an open unlocked position respectively. Each pair of locking jaws includes a top and a bottom hook which may be independently articulated along mutually exclusive arcuate paths oriented about the corresponding peg extensions. A plurality of locks may be removably fastened to the associated pairs of locking jaws for prohibiting the pairs of locking jaws from being articulated. The multi-skateboard storage rack may further include a plurality of non-linear guide tracks attached to the frame. The multi-skateboard storage rack may further include an optional flexible fenced closure formed from a mesh screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Inventor: Othella Adams
  • Patent number: 8413385
    Abstract: An electrical equipment rack, such as a computer server rack, with a protective shield to protect the electrical equipment rack and equipment thereon from water damage is described. In general, the shield is constructed of a curved polycarbonate shell fastened to an aluminum frame having arc-shaped end sections attached to spaced elongated side rails. The aluminum frame is attachable to threaded rod hangers of the type that are used in most server rack rooms. Multiple shields may be fastened together end-to-end to increase the length of the overall shield, to extend over the entire length of the server racks or cabinets needed to be protected. Gaskets such as neoprene seals are compressed between shield sections to prevent water from penetrating between the fastened sections. Deployable curtains are fastened to the elongated side rails to further protect the electrical equipment rack from water damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Inventor: Glenn E. Mahoney
  • Patent number: 8359986
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protection of accommodated items such as cartridges each incorporating recording media and enhances a protection function for the accommodated items. The present invention relates to protection of accommodated items accommodated in an accommodating shelf into/out of which accommodated items (cartridges) such as cartridges each incorporating recording media such as magnetic tapes can be put/taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yukio Sekiguchi, Masahiko Katada, Katsufumi Onaka, Takanobu Kashiwagi, Akira Nanba
  • Patent number: 8328029
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide a generally open-frame storage rack having a pair of overhead bridging lifts, each lift further having a pair of side opposed cables extending therefrom. The framework for the storage rack is fabricated using stock automotive exhaust components, which yields a synergistic combination of ready reforming, substantial strength, low weight, and excellent corrosion and chemical resistance. The preferred rack structure is assembled from sufficiently short lengths to enable shipment using standard commercial carriers and rates. Additional novel features and combinations are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Inventors: Arthur J. Binsfeld, Michael A. Oevermann
  • Patent number: 8152001
    Abstract: A generally rectangular flexible elastic article retainer for retaining articles in a dishwasher rack has laterally opposed longitudinal sides, each having a plurality apertures configured to securely engage selected upstanding or horizontal wire-like members of the dishwasher rack frame and a center portion formed of a plurality of transverse thin elastic bands disposed in parallel spaced relation for engaging and securing articles loaded into the rack. When the elastic bands are stretched across the articles, some of the bands may be positioned to extend across the upward facing bottom surface of shorter inverted articles, such as cups, bowls or short containers, to prevent vertical movement and overturning; while at the same time other pairs of the bands of the same article retainer may be positioned on the lateral sides of adjacent taller inverted objects, such as drinking glasses, to securely grip the sides of the taller articles to prevent vertical movement and overturning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Inventors: Victor A. Vinklarek, Joseph A. Decker, Jr., Laurie K. Vinklarek
  • Patent number: 7874090
    Abstract: At least two upright subassemblies, each with a base, radial positioning members; an outer tubular member, an inner tubular member slidably received in the outer tubular member; a plunger for selective engagement with aperture(s) in the outer tubular member, upper and lower horizontal bars secured to the radial positioning members, and a flexible display secured to each set of upper and lower horizontal bars, the radial positioning members for selective positioning between selected convex, concave, in-line and right angle positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Inventor: Rodger H. Flagg
  • Patent number: 7686058
    Abstract: A curtain includes a top rail and a sheet of fabric having a top end connected to the top rail, a handle assembly is connected to a lower end of the sheet of fabric. The handle assembly includes two transverse bars received in the sheet of fabric and two upright bars which are removably connected to the transverse bars via connection members connected to the transverse bars from outside of the sheet of fabric. The upright bars can be separated from the transverse bars so that the curtain can be folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Ching Feng Home Fashions Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Wen Ying Liang, Sheng Ying Hsu, Wu Chung Nien, Chien Chih Huang
  • Patent number: 7600636
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful clothes protector cover comprised of a rectangular left sheet, a rectangular right sheet, and a plurality of grommets located on the upper edge of each of the sheets. A clothes hanger, upon which an item of clothing may already be hung, is threaded through a grommet on the left sheet and a corresponding grommet on the right sheet and hung on the hanger bar. This is repeated throughout the length of the sheets until all items of clothing are hung on the hanger rod and thereby protected by the clothes protector cover. This provides a means by which the clothes protector cover is held in place immediately above the protected items of clothing and thereby prevents the accumulation or settling of dust on the items of clothing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Inventor: Patricia Bell
  • Publication number: 20090134104
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a cover (11) for an outdoor clothes airer (10) having at least three radially-extending arms (2) supporting an array of clothes lines (7), the cover comprising a sheet (3) of waterproof material which is resistant to ultra-violet rays and dimensioned to extend radially beyond the ends of said radial arms above the clothes lines, arranged to drain outwards, and provided with a central supporting means (16) and a peripheral tensioning means (5) such as a drawstring or plurality thereof for securing the sheet to the airer and a circumferential skirt (6) of an air permeable netting material finished with a weighted hem (9). Access to the laundry contained within the invention is easily achieved by lifting a side or sides of the circumferential skirt and laying it or them on top of the cover sheet, after which the laundry may be laced within the skirt of removed therefrom and the skirt may be let down again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Malcolm Gordon Victory, Guy Darell Unwin, Gail Lobb
  • Publication number: 20090001033
    Abstract: A closet device or wardrobe whereby cross-supports to the bars for hanging clothing lead to increased stability and load capacity. A cross-support is simply connected to the top of the frame and can be a wire with bends at its two ends and two body sections that lead to a middle section wherein an obtuse angle is made as the two halves of the cross-support come together. The bends hook or hang on opposite sides of the upper frame of the wardrobe . The hang bar can rest on the angled middle section of the cross support, which provides additional support to the hang bar from the usual connections of the hang bar to the frame at the hang bar's two ends. This additional support to the hang bar results in increased stability, durability and load capacity for the wardrobe or closet device. The cross support can be in the form of a wire, a tube a rod, a beam, or any other structural type supporting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: MORAN, INC
    Inventor: James SUNG
  • Publication number: 20080047917
    Abstract: A side loading rack for holding multiple components, which rack includes a rigid open frame, a matrix of side loading storage bins and a flexible curtain for protecting the contents of the bins from dust and contamination. The flexible curtain drops down from the top of the frame and includes multiple spaced guide assemblies, the ends of which are movable within guide tracks located on vertical members of the rigid frame. A flexible strap attached to the top of the curtain is used to affect vertical movement of the curtain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: BRADFORD COMPANY
    Inventors: Alfonso Hernandez, Donald J. Bazany
  • Patent number: 7191907
    Abstract: A safety net system is configured for mounting to a rack having a pair of spaced apart upstanding posts, in which the upstanding posts have open tops and holes formed in side walls thereof. The safety net system includes a pair of spaced apart uprights, upper and lower mounts operably connecting each upright to a respective rack post and an upper element extending between and mounted to the uprights at about an upper portion of the uprights. A net extends between and is mounted to the uprights and mounted to the upper element. The net is removably mounted to the uprights and to the upper elements and the uprights are variably mountable to the rack posts to vary a height of the net above the posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Cormark, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Conway
  • Patent number: 7108142
    Abstract: In order to achieve a reduction in weight and enable swift operation of audio equipment or the like stored therein, a rack with a screen according to the present invention comprises a main body provided with shelf boards, and a screen installed so that the attitude thereof can be altered between a usage attitude in which the screen is unfurled or raised from a storage portion disposed on the upper portion or lower portion of the main body to be positioned in front of the shelf boards, and a storage attitude in which the screen is rolled from the usage attitude and stored in the storage portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: OS Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Kita
  • Patent number: 7014053
    Abstract: A pallet rack safety net system comprises two parallel horizontal wire ropes that are stretched along the top and bottom edges of a shelf opening. A pair of hung left and right screens of flexible netting are attached between the top and bottom wire ropes so that they can be horizontally separated at the middle of the shelf opening. The inside vertical edges of each screen are finished with a metal bar and a clasp so the screens can be latched together at the middle. The outside left and right edges of the screens are secured to the outside of the shelf opening. If used on a top shelf that has no supports at each side of the opening, a pair of support posts are included that hold aloft the top horizontal wire rope. A network of stays and guys are used to reinforce each such post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Safety Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Michael J. Calleja
  • Patent number: 6923458
    Abstract: A cart assembly for transporting products on a base platform carried on wheels has a canvas wall. Inversely U-shaped front and rear side rail skeleton structures, with vertically spaced cross rails, on the cart define a front to rear extending product compartment between them spanned by the canvas wall. Vertically spaced side straps loop around the side rail structures to correlate with the cross rails and have coupler ends. Straps carrying mating couplers project from the edges of the canvas wall in vertically spaced relation correlating with the cross rails to couple with the couplers on the side straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Magline, Inc.
    Inventors: James S. Hooper, Jerry J. McQuarter, Jr., Susan M. Frank
  • Patent number: 6837388
    Abstract: A pallet rack safety net system comprises two parallel horizontal wire ropes that are stretched along the top and bottom edges of a shelf opening. A pair of hung left and right screens of flexible netting are attached between the top and bottom wire ropes so that they can be horizontally separated at the middle of the shelf opening. The inside vertical edges of each screen are finished with a metal bar and a clasp so the screens can be latched together at the middle. The outside left and right edges of the screens are secured to the outside of the shelf opening. If used on a top shelf that has no supports at each side of the opening, a pair of support posts are included that hold aloft the top horizontal wire rope. A network of stays and guys are used to reinforce each such post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Inventor: Michael J. Calleja
  • Publication number: 20040211740
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for anchoring a retractable netting system in a vertical orientation relative to a shelving assembly. A retractable netting system includes a frame assembly onto which a net is operatively connected. Cables attached to opposing ends of a draw bar member may be pulled and released to raise and lower the net.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: David S. Denny, Edward T. Mehl, Maurice A. Russo
  • Publication number: 20040182809
    Abstract: A warehouse shelving system comprises a material rack providing for storage of products on-sale and in a location visited by customers. A curtain netting is attached to the material rack. An advertisement promoting a company, product, and/or service is disposed on the curtain netting and visible to the customers. Alternatively, a warehouse material-rack safety-netting system includes left and right vertical extension posts that bolt to the face of the top bay of an open material rack. A two-part curtain netting that parts in the middle is supported between horizontal, parallel top-and-bottom wire ropes on hooks. The left and right edges of the curtain netting are hooked to the vertical extension posts with carabiners. A latch is provided at the center to secure the two-parts of the curtain netting together. The curtain material is painted, embroidered, or other patterned with advertising to promote a company, product or service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventor: Michael J. Calleja
  • Publication number: 20040149670
    Abstract: A safety net system is configured for mounting to a rack having a pair of spaced apart upstanding posts, in which the upstanding posts have open tops and holes formed in side walls thereof. The safety net system includes a pair of spaced apart uprights, upper and lower mounts operably connecting each upright to a respective rack post and an upper element extending between and mounted to the uprights at about an upper portion of the uprights. A net extends between and is mounted to the uprights and mounted to the upper element. The net is removably mounted to the uprights and to the upper elements and the uprights are variably mountable to the rack posts to vary a height of the net above the posts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: Cormak, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Conway
  • Publication number: 20040129660
    Abstract: In order to achieve a reduction in weight and enable swift operation of audio equipment or the like stored therein, a rack with a screen according to the present invention comprises a main body provided with shelf boards, and a screen installed so that the attitude thereof can be altered between a usage attitude in which the screen is unfurled or raised from a storage portion disposed on the upper portion or lower portion of the main body to be positioned in front of the shelf boards, and a storage attitude in which the screen is rolled from the usage attitude and stored in the storage portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Kita
  • Patent number: 6742792
    Abstract: A cart assembly has canvas top and side walls for transporting products on a base platform carried on wheels. Inversely U-shaped front and rear side rail skeleton structures, with vertically spaced cross rails, on the cart define a product compartment between them. Vertically spaced side straps loop around the side rail structures to correlate with the cross rails and have coupler ends. A unitary fabric cover is draped in inversely U-shaped configuration on the cart to provide a top wall and side walls. Cover straps carrying mating couplers project from the side walls of the cover in vertically spaced relation correlating with the cross rails to couple with the couplers on the side straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Magline, Inc.
    Inventors: James S. Hooper, Jerry J. McQuarter, Jr., Susan M. Frank
  • Patent number: 6722512
    Abstract: A cargo shield assembly having rigid members mountable to the vertical uprights of a pallet rack. The assembly having a wire mesh panel movable in a vertical direction. The panels are connected to rods extending along the lateral ends of the panel, and the rods are movably connected to the rigid members. The cargo shield assembly has a locking mechanism to maintain the panel in an upward position and a stop member to limit the travel of the panel in both an upward and a downward motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Cargotainer Adrian Fabricators, Inc.
    Inventor: Geoffrey B. Scully
  • Patent number: 6698604
    Abstract: A shelf assembly includes at least one shelf supported by vertical posts, and a net having opposite sides connected to respective posts so that the net spans at least one edge of the shelf and an associated area above the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Sinco, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Denny, George H. Merritt, Barry J. Austin
  • Patent number: 6688480
    Abstract: A retractable barrier assembly is selectively deployed to span an aisle bounded on at least one side by a shelf unit. More specifically, a net is preferably movable between a storage position, off the floor and free of the aisle, and a deployed position, extending across the aisle. A container is preferably provided to support a first end of the net and house the net when in its storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: SINCO, Inc.
    Inventor: David S. Denny
  • Publication number: 20040020886
    Abstract: A cargo shield assembly having rigid members mountable to the vertical uprights of a pallet rack. The assembly having a wire mesh panel movable in a vertical direction. The panels are connected to rods extending along the lateral ends of the panel, and the rods are movably connected to the rigid members. The cargo shield assembly has a locking mechanism to maintain the panel in an upward position and a stop member to limit the travel of the panel in both an upward and a downward motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventor: Geoffrey B. Scully
  • Patent number: 6619490
    Abstract: A warehouse material-rack safety-netting system comprises left and right vertical extension posts that bolt to the face of the top bay of an open material rack. A two-part curtain netting that parts in the middle is supported between horizontal, parallel top-and-bottom wire ropes on hooks. The left and right edges of the curtain netting are hooked to the vertical extension posts with carabiners. In order to reduce inadvertent snagging, these hooks and wire ropes are critically attached along the middle line of the inside opposite-facing edges of the vertical extension posts. The front aisle-facing edges of these vertical extension posts are smooth and no part of the curtain netting extends past them when the curtains are fully closed. A latch is provided at the center to secure the two-parts of the curtain netting together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Inventor: Michael J. Calleja
  • Patent number: 6609621
    Abstract: A shelf assembly includes vertical posts and horizontal shelf supports that are configured and arranged to define at least one shelf space extending upward beyond upper distal ends of the posts. Net supports are connected to the posts in a manner that supports the net in a position spanning at least one edge of the shelf space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Sinco, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Denny, George H. Merritt, Lance F. Swartwout, Brian S. Clarke, Edward T. Mehl
  • Publication number: 20030127406
    Abstract: A pallet rack safety net system comprises two parallel horizontal wire ropes that are stretched along the top and bottom edges of a shelf opening. A pair of hung left and right screens of flexible netting are attached between the top and bottom wire ropes so that they can be horizontally separated at the middle of the shelf opening. The inside vertical edges of each screen are finished with a metal bar and a clasp so the screens can be latched together at the middle. The outside left and right edges of the screens are secured to the outside of the shelf opening. If used on a top shelf that has no supports at each side of the opening, a pair of support posts are included that hold aloft the top horizontal wire rope. A network of stays and guys are used to reinforce each such post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventor: Michael J. Calleja
  • Patent number: 6585122
    Abstract: A pallet rack safety net system comprises two parallel horizontal wire ropes that are stretched along the top and bottom edges of a shelf opening. A pair of hung left and right screens of flexible netting are attached between the top and bottom wire ropes so that they can be horizontally separated at the middle of the shelf opening. The inside vertical edges of each screen are finished with a metal bar and a clasp so the screens can be latched together at the middle. The outside left and right edges of the screens are secured to the outside of the shelf opening. If used on a top shelf that has no supports at each side of the opening, a pair of support posts are included that hold aloft the top horizontal wire rope. A network of stays and guys are used to reinforce each such post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Michael J. Calleja
  • Publication number: 20020158034
    Abstract: A shelf assembly includes at least one shelf supported by vertical posts, and a net having opposite sides connected to respective posts so that the net spans at least one edge of the shelf and an associated area above the shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: David S. Denny, George H. Merritt, Barry J. Austin
  • Publication number: 20020153340
    Abstract: A shelf assembly includes at least one shelf supported by vertical posts, and a net having opposite sides connected to respective posts so that the net spans at least one edge of the shelf and an associated area above the shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: David S. Denny, George H. Merritt, Lance F. Swartwout, Brian S. Clarke, Edward T. Mehl
  • Publication number: 20020148799
    Abstract: A shelf assembly includes vertical posts and horizontal shelf supports that are configured and arranged to define at least one shelf space extending upward beyond upper distal ends of the posts. Net supports are connected to the posts in a manner that supports the net in a position spanning at least one edge of the shelf space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: David S. Denny, George H. Merritt, Lance F. Swartwout, Brian S. Clarke, Edward T. Mehl
  • Publication number: 20020144966
    Abstract: A warehouse material-rack safety-netting system comprises left and right vertical extension posts that bolt to the face of the top bay of an open material rack. A two-part curtain netting that parts in the middle is supported between horizontal, parallel top-and-bottom wire ropes on hooks. The left and right edges of the curtain netting are hooked to the vertical extension posts with carabiners. In order to reduce inadvertent snagging, these hooks and wire ropes are critically attached along the middle line of the inside opposite-facing edges of the vertical extension posts. The front aisle-facing edges of these vertical extension posts are smooth and no part of the curtain netting extends past them when the curtains are fully closed. A latch is provided at the center to secure the two-parts of the curtain netting together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventor: Michael J. Calleja
  • Publication number: 20020144965
    Abstract: A pallet rack safety net system comprises two parallel horizontal wire ropes that are stretched along the top and bottom edges of a shelf opening. A pair of hung left and right screens of flexible netting are attached between the top and bottom wire ropes so that they can be horizontally separated at the middle of the shelf opening. The inside vertical edges of each screen are finished with a metal bar and a clasp so the screens can be latched together at the middle. The outside left and right edges of the screens are secured to the outside of the shelf opening. If used on a top shelf that has no supports at each side of the opening, a pair of support posts are included that hold aloft the top horizontal wire rope. A network of stays and guys are used to reinforce each such post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventor: Michael J. Calleja
  • Patent number: 6116438
    Abstract: A pool accessory storage unit is provided including a frame having an upper portion and a lower portion each with a rectilinear configuration. The upper portion and lower portion of the frame each are defined by a plurality of interconnected horizontally oriented bars. Each frame each further includes a plurality of stanchions for maintaining the bars of the upper portion and lower portion fixed with respect to each other. A panel assembly is provided including a plurality of flexible panels for encompassing sides and a bottom of the frame, thereby defining an interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Inventor: Charles Lovett
  • Patent number: 5938042
    Abstract: A screening arrangement support frame component in which a pair of complementary elongate component members have body portions and cavity defining formations. The component members are secured side by side to one another such that the body portions abut and the cavity defining formations register to form a plurality of cavities for receiving socket elements. A plurality of socket elements, each defining a socket for receiving a protrusion that secures a screening panel to the component, the socket elements being mounted in the cavities when the component members are secured to one another. The thickness of each support frame component at the locations where the body portions abut is smaller than the cross-sectional dimension of the socket elements mounted in the cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Inventors: Manfred Franz Axel Freissle, Jacobus Van Rensburg, Peter Helmut Franz Freissle
  • Patent number: 5875904
    Abstract: The invention refers to a box-like transport container having at least one partially open side and a flexible covering element movable between an opened and a closed position. The box-like transport container preferably has a flexible covering element that in an opened position of the container is located close to an upright. In a preferred embodiment the flexible covering element can be rolled up or folded up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Inventor: Albertus Franciscus Vorstenbosch
  • Patent number: 5816417
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and improved clothes line assembly having integrated means for concealing clothing hanging thereon. Privacy screens are received within a top frame section and may be pulled down providing an enclosure. The invention is supported by hollow base members that may be filled with sand or a similar weighted material providing stabilization to the assembly. The weighted material may be removed allowing the assembly to be easily and inexpensively moved or shipped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Inventor: Joan Marie Reaves
  • Patent number: 5791501
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a merchandise retaining assembly for the safe storage, viewing and access to merchandise on a store shelf, including a pair of vertically extending posts having an upper end and a lower end, the posts being attachable to a store shelf by securement means, a lower elongated rigid gripping member having a pair of elongated gripping portions facing toward one another and biased toward one another, and an upper elongated rigid gripping member having a pair of elongated gripping portions facing toward one another and biased toward one another. A securement bolt arrangement is provided for attaching said lower gripping member to said shelf. A flexible mesh screen is arranged between the upper and lower gripping members, and securement hooks are arranged for attaching the upper gripping member to the upper end of the posts, so as to provide a secure readily removable, replaceable boarder to a store shelf, protecting store customers and merchandise alike.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Inventor: A. Clayton Baldwin, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5626241
    Abstract: A storage and inspection rack for wheel and tire assemblies. The inspection rack includes an exterior tubular metal framework, a removable fire retardant protective cover and roller carriage assemblies. The frame provides a plurality of individual bays. Each bay houses a roller carriage assembly for easy loading and unloading of the wheel and tire assembly which stand upright therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Inventor: Peter B. Holden
  • Patent number: 5573125
    Abstract: A rack guard for a pallet rack employs a retractable safety net. The net is mounted at the top and bottom to a cable which is offset from the pallet rack. The sides of the net are latched to vertical members of the pallet rack while the net is extended across the front of the pallet rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: The Sinco Group, Inc.
    Inventor: David S. Denny
  • Patent number: 5564577
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for protecting clothes hanging on a hanger bar in a closet from dust. The apparatus employs an elongated roller assembly that is provided with an extensible and retractable preferably transparent sheet member and also at least one elongated rod-like member. The roller assembly and the rod-like member(s) are in spaced, parallel relationship to the hanger bar. The relationship is such that the sheet member is extendible first transversely over the hanger bar to the rod-like member and then downwardly. Preferably the apparatus is width adjustable and can include a pair of adjustably transversely extending, and transversely elongated bracket structures that function to hold adjoining ends of the roller assembly and the rod-like member(s) and also to facilitate the apparatus installation in any one of various closets. The roller asembly may have a protective housing enclosing the sheet member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Inventor: Pearl M. Knaggs