Horizontally Spaced Patents (Class 211/94.02)
  • Patent number: 8925746
    Abstract: A the Modular Raceway System For Electrical Components is provided that includes horizontal members (10) to accommodate the attachment of trim (30), the attachment of vertical members (20) containing slots (22) for connecting the attachment brackets (40) and other brackets used to secure electronic devices (26) or other objects. Used as a means for concealing wiring (16) and minimizing the amount of holes required for wall (24) connection points in a finished room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Todd Johnson
  • Patent number: 8915382
    Abstract: An apparatus and system are disclosed for supporting a ski on a support structure. The apparatus includes a ski support member, a spacer, and a coupling element. The ski support member includes a ski engaging portion and a binder engaging portion. The binder engaging portion is positionable within a receiving space in a binder toe piece. The ski engaging portion includes a substantially flat surface engageable with one of a deck surface of the ski and an element disposed on the deck surface of the ski to maintain the ski in a desirable orientation. The spacer is positioned between the ski support member and a the support structure. The coupling element is configured to couple the ski support member to the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Inventor: Peter Totman
  • Patent number: 8640890
    Abstract: A bag rack system adapted to hang a bag by its handles in the open position. The bag rack system includes a pair of spaced mounts or brackets. Each bracket includes an arm releasably secured to a base. The base can be attached to a top, bottom, or vertical surface of an object while the arms are repositionable relative to the base to maintain a horizontal position. Each arm includes a cleating structure to maintain the bag in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Inventor: Andrew J. Schiller
  • Patent number: 8636154
    Abstract: A litter support system for a vehicle, the litter support system comprising a support arm assembly for supporting a litter in a horizontal position, the support arm assembly including an adjustable hook assembly at a free end of the support arm assembly having an open position and a closed position, the adjustable hook assembly comprising a ratchet system that locks the hook assembly between the open position and the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Ferno-Washington, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Chinn
  • Publication number: 20120292277
    Abstract: The shelf assembly comprises a shelf having top and bottom surfaces. The shelf includes at least one support rail that is secured to the bottom surface of the shelf and runs parallel to one side of said shelf. The support rail also has a tab slot, which is located in a side and adjacent to an end thereof. The shelf assembly also comprises a shelf bracket having a lip and a skirt that extends perpendicular from said lip. The lip and the skirt extend along a length of the shelf bracket, and the shelf bracket has a first tab, which is located in the lip and configured to be removably received in the tab slot. The shelf bracket also has anchoring tabs that are located on an end thereof and configured to be received in a shelving support frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC
    Inventor: Chandrashekhara Chikkakalbalu
  • Publication number: 20110303798
    Abstract: A wall-mountable slatwall system for use with one or more mounting components includes first and second rail members. The first rail member includes a wall engaging portion disposed on a rear side and a rearward oriented first hook portion disposed on a front side. The second rail member includes a wall engaging portion disposed on a rear side and a forward oriented second hook portion disposed along a first edge of a front side and pivotally receivable between the first hook portion and the wall engaging portion of the first rail member when the second rail member is assembled with the first rail member. The wall engaging portion of the first rail member obstructs lateral disengagement of the second hook portion from the first hook portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: WATERLOO INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Devin P. Bader, Franco F. Daino, Tyler Steinhardt, Robert S. Fuller, Peter J. Heinen
  • Patent number: 7975859
    Abstract: A track system for slidably mounting a frame. The track system includes an upper track parallel to a lower track, and the tracks may be mounted to a wall. A left carriage upright and a right carriage upright are aligned orthogonally to the tracks, and the carriage uprights are slidably connected to the tracks on each end through a roller assembly, each roller assembly having a wheel that is slidably mounted to the corresponding track. The wheel is kept on the track by a stop at either end of the track. A stabilizing support structure fixes the left carriage upright parallel to the right carriage upright. Finally, the carriage uprights each have a bracket at each end, the brackets adapted to hold a frame and projector screen in front of the carriage uprights. The projector screen, frame, carriage uprights, and stabilizing support structure may then slide laterally as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Track Technology Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Tony Sloat
  • Publication number: 20110163054
    Abstract: A wall rack includes two parallel sliding rails each having a plurality of protrusions spaced along the length, a frame having two pairs of first hooks at the front side, two stop members respectively connected to the first hooks and two pairs of second hooks hooked on and movable along the sliding rails, a storage basket having two mounting rods respectively secured to the first hooks, and a positioning device formed of an axle that is pivotally coupled to the frame, a retaining rod and a bearing member and biasable relative the frame to lock the frame to the sliding rails where the retaining rod is stopped at the top side of one protrusion of each of the two sliding rails and the bearing member is stopped against one stop member of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: DONGGUAN MASTER UNITED PLASTIC & HARDWARE PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsien-Jui Yu
  • Patent number: 7798338
    Abstract: A merchandising system adaptable for displaying merchandise on a plurality of wall configurations including, but not limited to, varying pegboard and slatted wall configurations. The system includes one or more display modules that accept hooks for mounting displayed merchandise and one or more optional interlocking non-apertured display headers for displaying information about the mounted merchandise. The display modules and/or display headers define interlocking male and female members to connect adjacent display modules and headers. To mount the system to an adjacent wall, the system employs at least one universal mounting bracket adapted to insertedly mount to both slatted and perforated walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Inventors: Spencer P. Maheu, Alex Tetiyevsky
  • Publication number: 20100147787
    Abstract: A graphics panel support, for use with a slotted wall, is an elongate member with a bight portion (5) for accommodation within a slot in the wall and two arms (7, 9) which extend from the bight portion to the front surface of the wall. At least one of the arms has a finger (11) which overlies the front surface of the wall and is spaced therefrom, so that an edge of a graphics panel may be located between the finger and the front surface of the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: SLATCOM LIMITED
    Inventor: Shaun Kevin Day
  • Publication number: 20100059465
    Abstract: A motorcycle accessory rack is provided which includes spaced-apart first and second brackets having a plurality of support rods secured thereto and extending therebetween. The first and second brackets may be secured to a supporting surface such as a wall or the like. The rods may be moved in their respective slots or openings or moved to different slots or openings to accommodate accessories from different models of motorcycles. Optional helmet hangers and jacket hangers are also provided at the sides of the rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventor: Loren D. Van Wyk
  • Patent number: 7500684
    Abstract: A catering assembly for use with an aircraft or train includes a wall (1) provided with a multiplicity of slots (2) running in the vertical direction with undercuts as well as a multiplicity of essentially block-shaped modules (6) with runners (14) on the rear that can be accommodated in the undercut slots (2), the cross-sectional shape of which, viewed in the horizontal plane, corresponds to the cross-sectional shape of the undercut slots (2), viewed in the horizontal plane. The catering assembly furthermore includes lifting elements for raising or lowering the module (6), the runners (14) of which have been accommodated in a the undercut slot (2), over the wall. It is preferable if the slots (2) are widened in places (15) such that a runner (14) can be inserted here in the horizontal direction so as then to hook into the undercut slot (2) after being moved vertically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Driessen Aerospace Group N.V.
    Inventors: Laurentius Petrus Joseph Van Loon, Joost Cornelis Geluk
  • Patent number: 7296697
    Abstract: An organizer system has a length adjustable horizontal top rail, a plurality of length adjustable vertical uprights, and a plurality of mounting brackets attachable to the uprights. The mounting brackets are mounted to the uprights at any of multiple optional desired locations. One or more shelves are mounted to the mounting brackets. The shelf width is adjustable to virtually any width from a minimum single shelf width by using two or more of the shelves. Storage accessories can be mounted to the system and can include shoe storage shelves, shoe storage racks, clothes hanging rods, vertical storage devices, and forwardly and rearwardly slidable storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: Frazer Costa, Radu Ghiorghie, Anthony Marchetta, Gina Rodi, David M. Stitchick, Sean O'Brien
  • Patent number: 7210659
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a combination of a telescopically extendable frame with a laundry bag assembly, adaptable to be mounted in closet receptacles of various articles of furniture. The combination comprises a telescopically extendable frame incorporating front and back support bars and a laundry bag assembly including one or more laundry bags interengaged with the front and back support bars and hanging below them. The one or more laundry bags can be translatable with respect to the front and back support bars. The front and back support bars are so spaced apart as to permit the laundry bag assembly to be located between and suspended from them. The telescopically extendable frame comprises left and right slides of ball bearing drawer type slides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Inventors: Stephen Lawson, Christopher Isfeld
  • Patent number: 6935519
    Abstract: A pants/skirts closet rack, according to the present invention, adaptable to be installed horizontally into a closet receptacle, comprises right and left attachments, front and back tubular elements, a pair of slides of ball bearing drawer type and several hangers. Each of the pair of slides is located, in an interior part of the right and left attachments. The front and back tubular elements, respectively their ends, penetrate into, without passing through, the right and left attachments. The ends are secured to the right and left attachments and to one side of the pair of slides of ball bearing drawer type. Another side of the pair of slides of ball bearing drawer type is secured to the closet receptacle, respectively to its spaced vertical walls. The hanger includes a crossbar, adapted to extend beneath and forwardly beyond right and left attachments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Inventors: Stephen John Lawson, Christopher Dale Isfeld
  • Patent number: 6843381
    Abstract: A wine cup rack structure mainly comprises pluralities of horizontal and vertical copper rods, pluralities of column caps forming a frame body. On each side of the lowest two copper rods respectively fix a supporting bar for hangers and a glass plate to be assembled as a whole rack body. There is a dovetail chute with an opening downwards to be installed below the supporting bar for placing hangers; in addition, a glass plate can be placed on the supporting bar. The characteristics lie in that the supporting bar sets on one side of the chute a side plate, which forms a camber surface on the external side for leaning against and fixed with screws on the cylindrical surface of the copper rod; moreover, there is a space in-between the top surface of the chute and the side plate for properly placing a glass plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Inventor: John Ching Wu
  • Patent number: 6789714
    Abstract: A retaining system for several items includes several group retaining structures, each group retaining structure having an item holding structure for retaining a group of related items; a collective mounting structure including mounting rails having fasteners for fastening to a mounting surface and having rail engaging structures for releasibly engaging and supporting several of the group retaining structures so that items retained on the group retaining structures are collectively displayed and individually accessible; and a group retaining structure carrier having carrier engaging structures for releasibly engaging and supporting at least one group retaining structure, the group retaining structure carrier having a carrier handle permitting a user to grasp and carry the group retaining structure carrier and any attached group retaining structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventors: Kerry J. Benson, Ross J. Petrie
  • Patent number: 6763957
    Abstract: A slatwall assembly comprises at least one slatwall panel having a cross section comprising at least one arcuate retaining flange and at least one planar brace adapted to accept standard slatwall hooks and other accessories. The slatwall panel can be constructed of an extruded translucent polymeric material having selected light transmission and visibility qualities ranging from transparent to opaque, and clear to colored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: KSDM, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Mullerleile
  • Publication number: 20040094493
    Abstract: A display rack and bottle are provided with one defining a keyway and the other defining a key. When the key is in the keyway, the bottle label faces forward. Removing a bottle does not alter the relationship between the key and keyway ensuring that the bottle labels always face forward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: Display Industries
    Inventor: Mark A. Higgins
  • Patent number: 6726034
    Abstract: A modular furniture system having at least one rail that has a grooved surface, at least one clip adapted to cooperatively engage the grooved surface of the rail(s), a fastener for securing the clip(s) to the rail(s), and at least one fixture mounted over the clip(s) and onto the rail(s). The clip(s) have a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end having two arms facing each other separated by a channel. The arms are capable of being biased toward each other as the clip is inserted into the grooved surface and maintains the clip in the grooved surface after the clip is inserted. The fastener is dimensioned to pass into the channel to secure the clip(s) to the rail(s). Several fixtures can be used with the furniture system to provide a number of different configurations, including surface mounted furniture systems, mobile furniture systems, and furniture systems that are either integral parts of other pieces of furniture or stand alone systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Teknion, LLC
    Inventors: Richard M. Holbrook, Filiberto Betancourt, Jeffrey Bentzler, Darren Mark
  • Patent number: 6648153
    Abstract: A supply cabinet with inventory sensors in a bore/slot arrangement. The supply cabinet contains a plurality of vertically adjustable shelves. Each shelf has a plurality of bore/slot arrangements extending from the front to the rear of the shelf. Each bore/slot arrangement secures a plurality of containers, which are suspended from a lower surface of the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: SupplyPro, Inc.
    Inventor: William Holmes
  • Publication number: 20020185461
    Abstract: A suspension rack for merchandising a plurality of product containers in parallel rows adaptable for mounting to a support structure including a plurality of tracks each having opposed front and rear end portions for supporting therein in single file a plurality of product containers, each track including a pair of elongated wire elements spaced apart to receive therebetween the upper portion of suitably sized product containers such that at least a portion of the upper portion of each product container engages at least a portion of the pair of wire elements forming each track whereby the product containers are suspended by their upper portions for movement relative to the wire elements, and a mounting structure associated with the rear portion of the suspension rack, the mounting structure including at least a pair of hook members for attaching to the support structure in a cantilever fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventor: Donald J. Miller
  • Patent number: 6484893
    Abstract: A shelving apparatus for providing shelving which is retractable and easily reachable. The shelving apparatus includes a housing has a back wall, a first lateral side wall, a second lateral side wall, a bottom wall and a top wall. A front side of the housing has an opening therein defined by a front edge of the top, bottom and lateral side walls. At least one railing is positioned in the housing and is attached to the top wall. The railing extends from the back wall to the front edge of the top wall. A shelving assembly is extendably positioned on the railing such that the shelving assembly may be selectively positioned between a point inside of the housing and a point outside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Inventor: Vladimir D. Tkatch
  • Patent number: 6336564
    Abstract: A display device for articles such as cosmetic products or perfumes, which includes a plurality of display elements for articles to be tested, whereby the elements are relatively movable to uncover storage elements located immediately behind the display elements to thus provide a direct correspondence between the articles to be tested and the stored articles such as lipsticks, mascara bottles, pots for cosmetic products and various making-up goods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Parfums Christian Dior
    Inventor: Dominique Garnier
  • Patent number: 6266250
    Abstract: This invention is a modular electronics mounting system according that is easy to install and that can be used with a wide variety of electronics components. A support plate includes a grid of holes arranged in at least one pair of columns spaced apart by a selected distance. The holes in each of the columns are spaced apart by a predetermined interval. The support plate is configured to be mounted to a wall such that the grid is spaced apart from the wall. A module formed generally as a plate such that an electronic component may be mounted thereto. The module includes a pair of hooks extending from a first edge of the plate. The hooks are spaced apart by the column spacing such that the hooks may be arranged to extend through first and second holes in the grid. A locking pin extends from the module such that the locking pin extends into a corresponding third hole in the grid to restrain the module against movement parallel to the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Multiplex Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard T. Foye
  • Patent number: 6241106
    Abstract: A moving shelf assembly having moving shelf main bodies capable of moving by wheels attached to the lower portion and whose motion is guided by rails built on the top portion, stopper parts capable of moving up and down attached to the moving shelf main bodies, and height adjusting parts which adjust the height at which the stopper parts are attached in relation to the moving shelf main bodies, and wherein plugs capable of being inserted into and pulled out of guiding grooves open on the lower surface of the rails protrude upwards from the stopper parts, and the height at which the stopper part is attached in relation to the moving shelf main body is adjusted by the height adjusting part, and wherein the moving shelf main body is separated from the rails when the plugs, which are inserted in the guiding grooves, are pulled out of the guiding grooves and is then capable of moving freely by the wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Erecta International Corporation
    Inventors: Tsunehiko Fujita, Tadaaki Takenaka