To Vary Shelf Angle Patents (Class 248/242)
  • Patent number: 11873852
    Abstract: A latch system and method are configured to adjustably secure a first component to a second component. The latch system includes a mounting base. A slide plate is moveably coupled to the mounting base. The slide plate is configured to be slidably adjusted relative to the mounting base. A housing is secured to the slide plate. The housing includes an arm channel configured to receive a latch arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Timothy D. Rittenhouse, Jr., Todd Schackman
  • Patent number: 11723464
    Abstract: A mesh shelf system comprises a bracket mount, a bracket, a mesh shelf, and a shelf locking clamp. The bracket mount defines a plurality of mount apertures. The bracket is attached to the bracket mount by interfitting with the mount apertures. The mesh shelf is carried by the bracket and includes a crossbar residing proximate to the bracket mount. The shelf locking clamp includes first and second convexities that are disposed in apertures in the bracket, and the shelf locking clamp is rotatable between a first position away from the crossbar and a second position in which the shelf locking clamp resides proximate to the first crossbar. In the second position, the shelf locking clamp is attachable to the bracket mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: HEBEI MINMETALS CO., LTD
    Inventor: Kebiao Hu
  • Patent number: 11684184
    Abstract: The present invention provides protective enclosures and food and/or beverage stations with these enclosures in which one or more of the side panels are easily raised and lowered and easily fixed in one or more positions as desired. For example, side panels can be easily lowered or closed or easily raised and fixed in one or more open configurations. The present invention is based at least in part on a coupling system that pivotably and slideably couples the moveable and positionable side panels to the protective enclosure. The coupling system uses a system of coordinated slots that cooperatively guide the movement of the side panel in its range of motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: THE VOLLRATH COMPANY, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Brandon M. Hansen
  • Patent number: 11678742
    Abstract: A wine rack system having a standard with first and second elongated strips disposed in a substantially parallel and spaced relationship. At least first and second pins extend between the first and second elongated strips. Adjacent pairs of pins are spaced a first distance apart. A support arm is configured to attach to an adjacent pair of the pins. A connecting end of the support arm is sized for receipt between the spaced elongated strips. The connecting end includes an upper recess formed in an upper edge and a lower recess formed in a lower edge. Bottom ends of the recesses are spaced a second distance apart that is less than a distance between the pair of adjacent pins allowing for engagement of the pins within the recesses. A bottle holder configured to support a wine bottle is attached to the support arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventor: Darryl Hogeback
  • Patent number: 11204296
    Abstract: The present invention provides a horizontal instrument, a supporting device and a method for adjusting the bearing surface of the supporting device to be horizontal. The horizontal instrument in the present invention is used for maintaining a bearing surface parallel to a horizontal plane, wherein the horizontal instrument comprises a slide-swing assembly, and a monitoring assembly, when the monitoring assembly detects that the bearing surface is not parallel to the horizontal plane, the controller instructs the driving unit to drive the slider to slide, which leads the lower end of the swinging rod to slide, and then drives the swinging rod to swing, thereby, the upper end of the swinging rod drives the bearing surface to rotate for an angle so that the bearing surface is maintained parallel to the horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventors: Chuhan Wang, Yinghao Wang
  • Patent number: 11143564
    Abstract: The present invention provides a horizontal instrument, a supporting device and a method for adjusting the bearing surface of the supporting device to be horizontal. The horizontal instrument in the present invention is used for maintaining a bearing surface parallel to a horizontal plane, wherein the horizontal instrument comprises a slide-swing assembly, and a monitoring assembly, when the monitoring assembly detects that the bearing surface is not parallel to the horizontal plane, the controller instructs the driving unit to drive the slider to slide, which leads the lower end of the swinging rod to slide, and then drives the swinging rod to swing, thereby, the upper end of the swinging rod drives the bearing surface to rotate for an angle so that the bearing surface is maintained parallel to the horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Chuhan Wang, Yinghao Wang
  • Patent number: 10722050
    Abstract: A retail display unit includes a wall having a panel supported by first and second horizontal frame members and first and second vertical frame members. At least one slider is attached to the first vertical frame member and includes a channel. At least one mounting bracket assembly is slidably coupled to the at least one slider and includes at least one ear positioned in the channel of the at least one slider, at least one flange configured to mount to an upright of another retail display unit and a securing mechanism for tightening the at least one bracket assembly to the upright. The at least one ear is configured to slidably move inside the channel and thereby slidably adjust the position of the bracket assembly along a length of the at least one slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: William Y. Stafford, Jennifer A. Theisen, Stanley J. Valiulis, Gabriel Garduno, Somsay M. Rimpakone
  • Patent number: 10687617
    Abstract: A modular shelving system includes a wall panel with slots and shelf brackets with tabs which attach to the wall panel slots. The tabs have upwardly sloping surfaces which engage sloped surfaces on the back side of the slots. These mating surfaces better retain the tabs into the slots and provide a higher degree of strength in the tab and slot joint. This allows the shelving system to be made with smaller tabs and thinner material than previously possible; providing a more secure and visually appealing shelving system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Inventor: Clark Davis
  • Patent number: 10653239
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a suspension system (1) comprising first and second support elements (3), configured to be vertically arranged, and first and second brackets (5), which are attached to a respective one of the support elements in a cantilevered fashion. The system further includes a frame (7, 27), with side portions (27) that are attached to a respective one of the brackets by means of fastening arrangements, such that the frame with a container attached thereto becomes slidable as a drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Elfa International AB
    Inventors: Peter Nilsson, Lars Ryden
  • Patent number: 10617231
    Abstract: A shelving system includes a plurality of horizontal support members, each horizontal support member having a length; a plurality of wall supports, each wall support including a first surface on which at least a portion of a horizontal support member rests; a plurality of brackets, each bracket attachable to the horizontal support members at different positions along the length of the horizontal support member; a plurality of vertical support members, each vertical support member coupled to at least one bracket; and a shelf attached to at least two of the plurality of vertical support members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SPG INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Arturo Gonzalez, Steven M. Kessell, Michael D. Potter, Jerry Vance Foster, III
  • Patent number: 10561242
    Abstract: A shelving bracket adapted to be mounted to a non-vertical is adjustable to support a shelf in a horizontal orientation. The bracket may include support to receive and support transversely extending clothes hanging or similar poles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Inventor: Warren E. Ignacio
  • Patent number: 10508392
    Abstract: A bridge overhang bracket assembly includes a top member, a diagonal member and a side member. The top and diagonal members are pivotally attached proximate to respective outer and upper ends thereof. The top and side members are pivotally attached proximate to respective inner and top ends thereof. The diagonal and side members are pivotally attached proximate to respective lower and bottom ends thereof. The side member is configured so that its length between the bottom and top ends is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Inventors: Barry Walter Jackson, David George Jackson, Scott Fisk
  • Patent number: 10201228
    Abstract: A shelving system includes a support post having a mounting surface and a plurality of vertically spaced retention members extending from the mounting surface. A shelf includes a bracket member configured for coupling to a first of the vertically spaced retention members. A support bracket includes an attachment portion configured for coupling to a second of the vertically spaced retention members adjacent the first vertically spaced retention member and a support portion configured for coupling to the bracket member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: SPG INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Arturo Gonzalez, Steven M. Kessell, Michael D. Potter
  • Patent number: 10194744
    Abstract: A shelving system includes a support post having a mounting surface and a plurality of vertically spaced retention members extending from the mounting surface. A shelf includes a bracket member configured for coupling to a first of the vertically spaced retention members. A support bracket includes an attachment portion configured for coupling to a second of the vertically spaced retention members adjacent the first vertically spaced retention member and a support portion configured for coupling to the bracket member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SPG INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Arturo Gonzalez, Steven M. Kessell, Michael D. Potter
  • Patent number: 9883755
    Abstract: A shelving system includes a plurality of horizontal support members, each horizontal support member having a length; a plurality of wall supports, each wall support including a first surface on which at least a portion of a horizontal support member rests; a plurality of brackets, each bracket attachable to the horizontal support members at different positions along the length of the horizontal support member; a plurality of vertical support members, each vertical support member coupled to at least one bracket; and a shelf attached to at least two of the plurality of vertical support members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: SPG INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Arturo Gonzalez, Steven M. Kessell, Michael D. Potter, Jerry Vance Foster, III
  • Patent number: 9492701
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in at least one embodiment, a power rack apparatus for lifting dumbbells. The apparatus can have a conventional cage design or a novel cage design with dual pull up bars. The apparatus also has novel dumbbell trays configured to attach to a novel horizontal support. The horizontal support is configured to attach to the cage in a plurality of vertical positions and the horizontal support contains a plurality of slots for horizontal width adjustment of the dumbbell trays. The slots on the horizontal support are configured to receive a plurality of inclined dumbbell trays. The apparatus can be a combo power rack configured to hold barbells and dumbbells or a simplified power rack apparatus configured to just hold dumbbells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Inventor: Don Bognatz
  • Patent number: 9004300
    Abstract: A display rack and display rack shelf. The display rack includes a frame which supports one or more of the shelves. The frame has first, second and lateral sides and defines a plurality of vertically-spaced pairs of horizontally-aligned apertures. The shelf includes first and second end portions. The first end portion includes a movable support element with a single piece cross member and a pair of movable engagers at opposite lateral sides of the shelf for engagement with a selected pair of apertures along the first or second sides of the frame. The single-piece cross member and each movable engager of the movable support element is slidable toward and, alternatively, away from the second end and is rotatable about a corresponding axis to permit setting of the angular position of the shelf. The second end portion side is configured for pivotal engagement with one of the front and rear sides of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Chicago Display Company
    Inventor: Jordan Morrell
  • Patent number: 9004297
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to a rotatable gravity feeding shelf unit having a bracket onto which a rotatable shelf is arranged. The shelf is arranged having an inclination angle for providing gravity feeding in a forward direction in a display position when a front side of the shelf is accessible. The shelf unit further includes a tilting device arranged for providing tilting of the plane of rotation of the shelf during rotation, thereby controlling the inclination angle of the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Enjoy Group AB
    Inventors: Håkan Sjölander, John Andersen
  • Patent number: 8979414
    Abstract: A connection system includes a sheet-metal part which is connected to a base plate. A connecting slot is formed in the base plate, and the sheet-metal part includes a connecting tab. The connecting tab includes a retaining region and a first stop. The connecting slot has a first end which faces towards and which is opposite the retaining region. The retaining region is inserted into the connecting slot in an assembly position. The retaining region includes a surface which engages an underside of the base plate in a connected position. The first stop is exposed in the assembly position. During the transition from the assembly position into the connected position, the first stop is inserted into the connecting slot and is brought into engagement with the first end of the connecting slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Carlos Amilcar Talamantes, Emmanuel Alejandro Garza
  • Patent number: 8955288
    Abstract: A concealable cantilever support has a first leg extending from an outward end to an inward end, and near its inward end at least one adjusting hole; and a second leg orthogonal to the first leg, and integrally joined at an inward end thereof to the inward end of the first leg, inward faces of the first and second legs facing each other without intervening material. A portion of the first leg distal from the adjusting hole is restrained flat to the hidden face of the wall, the second leg protrudes from a roomward face of the wall with its outward face upward and orthogonal to the wall, a portion of the first leg adjacent the adjusting hole is free to flex away from the hidden face of the wall by actuation of an adjusting screw inserted through the adjusting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Inventor: Timothy Snyder
  • Patent number: 8919715
    Abstract: A folding shelf holder is strong and folds easily. A wall side member has a pin as a rotational axis of a shelf side member relative to the wall side member and a rotation limiter limiting rotation of the shelf side member relative to the wall side member. The shelf side member has a long groove for inserting the pin of the wall side member. When the folded shelf side member is opened to be approximately orthogonal to the wall side member and the shelf side member is slid toward the wall side member and in a direction where the long groove extends, the shelf side member abuts, at a back side of the pin, to the rotation limiter of the wall side member, preventing rotation of the shelf side member relative to the wall side member. Then, the shelf side member cannot fold relative to the wall side member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sugatsune Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masao Terada
  • Patent number: 8833712
    Abstract: A pole assembly to be mounted on a supporting platform to support photovoltaic modules includes a supporting pole, a fixing pole pivotably attached to the supporting pole, a first mounting member fixed on the supporting platform, and a second mounting member fixed on the supporting platform. The first mounting member defines a locking slot. A pin is attached to one end of the supporting pole opposite to the fixing pole. The pin is locked into the locking slot of the first mounting member. One end of the fixing pole opposite to the supporting pole is fixed to the second mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Feng Li
  • Patent number: 8776941
    Abstract: A road finishing machine includes a control panel that can be selectively swiveled about a first swivel axis and a second swivel axis, where one operational control each is provided for the first and the second swivel axes for separately unlocking and/or locking a swiveling capacity around the respective swivel axis. One counter surface is fixed to the control panel for each of the operational controls. The swivel axes can be unlocked by pulling the respective operational control in the direction of the respective counter surface, and the control panel can be swiveled into the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Joseph Voegele AG
    Inventor: Ingo Herzberg
  • Patent number: 8770529
    Abstract: The adjustable angle bracket of the present application includes a plurality of tangs configured to engage a mounting device such that a top shelf support surface supports a shelving unit and provides a desired angle for the shelving unit. The device further includes a plurality of shelf coupling apertures compatible with various types of shelving units. The devices further include a cam that rests against the mounting device, providing variable positions of the device relative to the mounting bracket effectuating a variable angle of the shelf support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Process Retail Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Berglund, John Walrath
  • Patent number: 8529157
    Abstract: There is disclosed an improved bracket and method for constructing a dock or deck over water on a rocky shore line or on a hard rock face. The present invention includes a base bracket structure having opposite first and second ends, the base bracket being mountable to the rock by a plurality of anchor bolts. A boom having opposite first and second ends is pivotally connected to the base bracket structure adjacent the first end of the angle brackets such that the boom can be set at an angle relative to the base bracket structure, the boom being configured to mount the deck or dock thereon. The improved structure further includes a support rod having opposite first and second ends, the first end of the support rod being pivotally connected to the base bracket structure. The support rod is coupled to the boom by a connector joint located on the boom at a point on the boom between the booms opposite first and second ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Inventor: Michael McKay
  • Patent number: 8499525
    Abstract: A wall standard designed to attach to standard steel construction studs with self-tapping framing screws in the front and on the side of the device at predetermined spacings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventor: William Meixner
  • Publication number: 20120241577
    Abstract: The adjustable angle bracket of the present application includes a plurality of tangs configured to engage a mounting device such that a top shelf support surface supports a shelving unit and provides a desired angle for the shelving unit. The device further includes a plurality of shelf coupling apertures compatible with various types of shelving units. The devices further include a cam that rests against the mounting device, providing variable positions of the device relative to the mounting bracket effectuating a variable angle of the shelf support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: PROCESS RETAIL GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Terry Berglund, John Walrath
  • Publication number: 20120199713
    Abstract: An improved support bracket is provided which may include a channel having spaced top and bottom walls and a connecting wall having a first and second end. The bracket may include at least one engagement member for releasably engaging a structural member, such as shelving, and a guide to facilitate attachment of the bracket to the structural member. The connecting wall of the bracket may be bent or angled. Thus, the bracket may releasably engage at least two structural members disposed at an angle relative to each other such that the inner surface of the connecting wall is substantially flush with the outer edge of the structural members. Brackets may be made such that the connecting wall is bent or angled to different degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventor: Harper Brent
  • Patent number: 8146873
    Abstract: A cabinet installation system is characterized by the use of adjustable brackets and rails used to align a wall or base cabinet for mounting the cabinets on a wall. The brackets include horizontal and vertical legs which are connected via a hinge at one end and by an adjustable device at the other end so that the brackets have a triangular configuration. The adjustable device varies the angle between the legs so that when the vertical leg of a bracket is mounted on a wall, the horizontal leg can be adjusted to a level position. Front and rear rails are adjustably connected with the brackets. With the brackets arranged in spaced relation on a wall and the horizontal legs adjusted to level, the rails are adjusted relative to each bracket, respectively, so that the rails are linear, parallel and spaced according to the depth of the cabinet. When a cabinet is aligned relative to the rails, it can be secured to the wall in a straight and level position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Inventor: Paul L. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8042229
    Abstract: A fastener includes a body member including a receiving portion longitudinally formed therein, two clamping portions transversely extending from the receiving portion and two through-holes in the clamping portions, respectively. A joint member, coupled to the two clamping portions of the body member in a pivotal manner, includes a cam portion defined on the distal portion of a second end of the joint member and includes a fixed hole provided through the second end transversely and corresponding to the through-holes. The joint member is moveable between an unfolding position and a folding position. The cam portion restricts a pivot angle of the joint member in the unfolding position. A fixing member is installed onto the clamping portions opposite to the joint member, with the fixing member selectively inserted into the through-holes and the fixed hole for fixing the joint member with respect to a support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Inventor: Dennis H. Wang
  • Patent number: 7896300
    Abstract: A supporting mount mounts a device to a post and is removably fixed to the post without being fastened thereto by any penetrating fastener. A front panel is at the front post face and has the device fixed thereto. A pair of opposing side panels are at respective side post faces. Each side panel has a lower lateral edge connecting to the front panel, an upper lateral portion distal from the front panel, and a hook at about the upper lateral portion. A connecting element at the back post face engages the hooks at the upper lateral portions of the side panels. The mount pivots into frictional contact with the back post face at the top portion of the connecting element and with the front post face at a bottom portion of the front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Inventor: Donato LaRossa
  • Patent number: 7887016
    Abstract: A reinforced all terrain material and tool tray, having an articulating shelf assembly mounted on an articulating base assembly in order to improve access to construction material such as paint or tools, can be used on a roof, the ground, or on ladder, with or without the ladder shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Inventor: Scott E. Gunsaullus
  • Patent number: 7546990
    Abstract: A tool hanger system kit used to secure a tool, such as a mop, broom, or other tool, to a wall which includes an all-purpose handle clamp that is easily and readily removably attached to a tool handle and a wall mount having arms pivotally extending outwardly therefrom for receiving a tool mounted to a handle clamp is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Inventor: Donnie McGuire
  • Patent number: 7509702
    Abstract: A protective barricade system to prevent persons from accidentally falling through holes in roofs or floors or from the edges of stairwells, balconies, or pitched roofs. The barricade system comprises a plurality of barricade brackets that are spaced apart and can be releasably attached to the underlying surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, c/o Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Inventors: Douglas Mark Cantis, Eugene Anthony McKenzie, Jr., Thomas Gordon Bobick, Herbert David Edgell, III
  • Publication number: 20090050761
    Abstract: A reinforced all terrain material and tool tray, having an articulating shelf assembly mounted on an articulating base assembly in order to improve access to construction material such as paint or tools, can be used on a roof, the ground, or on ladder, with or without the ladder shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventor: Scott E. Gunsaullus
  • Patent number: 7472876
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of a bracket system for supporting a shelf or countertop includes first and second separate elongated bracket members, each having a connection end and a distal end. The connection end of the first bracket member is adapted for removable attachment to the connection end of the second bracket member. Each of the first and second elongated bracket members includes fastener members for fixing the first and second bracket members together at the connection ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Inventor: Thomas M. Jones
  • Patent number: 7395765
    Abstract: A rotatable table includes a shelf unit which is mounted on a support structure and a rotatable unit having a work surface which may be rotated from a horizontal position to a vertical position. The rotatable unit may be placed in (1) a horizontal position, (2) specific detent angular positions, (3) other angular positions selected by the user, and (4) a storage position wherein the work surface is vertical. A truss assembly guide which slidably receives a truss assembly makes the various angular positions possible. In an embodiment of the invention, the entire rotatable table is vertically positionable on the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Inventor: Mitchell K. Dorfman
  • Publication number: 20080054145
    Abstract: An electronic equipment console for a vehicle includes an equipment shelf supported by a bracket and defining a plane. A laptop rack is supported by the equipment shelf and is oriented relative to the defined plane thereof to be elevated, pitched upwardly and rearwardly, rotated, and tilted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Shelley Rosenbaum Lipman, Frank P. LaBarba, Bruce C. Stacey
  • Patent number: 7159262
    Abstract: An overhang bracket has a top member, a side member and a diagonal member. The side and top member may be connected together through a removable connecter. A guardrail post holder allows a guardrail post to be installed at a variety of angles to the top member. Rotating the side member causes the diagonal member to translate up or down the side member. A side member locator extends upwards from the overhang bracket to indicate the location of the side member. A tie rod holder holds a tie rod in an offset position relative to the side member. The side member locator may extend upwards through further parts of the shoring system or bridge overhang structure, for example a floor of a concrete form or rebar. A worker may adjust the overhang bracket in place from a standing position on a supporting structure or the floor of the form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Inventor: George W. Jackson
  • Patent number: 7121104
    Abstract: An adjustable shelving system is disclosed for an open-front refrigerated display case having an air-curtain at least partially across a front of the display case and having a shelf configured to hold products to be displayed. A first bracket and a second bracket are coupled to an interior panel of the display case where each bracket includes a first travel stop and a spaced-apart second travel stop. The shelf has pin members that interface with the brackets and engage the travel stops. The pin members engage the first travel stop to retain the shelf in a first position and engage the second travel stop to retain the shelf in a second position having an angle of inclination relative to the first position. A distance from a front edge of the shelf and the air curtain is substantially constant between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry C. Howington, Steven O. Stubblefield
  • Patent number: 7048131
    Abstract: An open frame display shelf assembly formed of elongate parallel base rods to which are connected an array of rod beams arranged transversely to the base rods and bent upwardly to support forward and rearward wall-forming rods. The wall-forming rods are arranged to provide receptor gaps. The shelves are supported from cantilevered sidewalls also containing receptor gaps. A bracket assembly with two adjusting components and three triangularly oriented connectors permit attitude adjustments of the shelf. A sign mount at the forward walls of the shelving is tiltable to accommodate the attitude of the shelf assembly. Sign support assemblies, carrying product identifying visual patterns may be pivotally mounted from the forward edge of forward region of one shelf to freely abuttably rest upon the forward wall of the next lower adjacent shelf. To access the product, the customer pivotally lifts the sign support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Gay, Kenneth R. Gay
  • Patent number: 7040589
    Abstract: An adjustable garment rod includes a mounting bracket, an inner housing, a resilient element and a suspension arm. The mounting bracket has an arm slot and a first toothed ratchet surface and second toothed ratchet surface formed alongside the arm slot. The inner housing is mounted pivotally in the arm slot and holds the suspension arm. The suspension arm extends out of the arm slot and has two toothed protrusions. The resilient element presses the suspension arm so that the toothed protrusions engage the toothed ratchet surfaces to hold firmly the suspension arm at a given angular position. Further, the garment rod uses several simple parts so that assembling the garment rod is easy and quick, which saves costs and time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Chi Yu Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chi-Chung Wang
  • Patent number: 7032268
    Abstract: A bridge overhang bracket includes an elongate top member having inner and outer ends an elongate diagonal member having an inner end and an outer end, the outer end of the diagonal member pivotally attached to the outer end of the top member, upper and lower pivot joints secured to the top member and diagonal member, respectively, adjacent the respective inner ends thereof, and an elongate side member extending between and engaged with the upper and lower pivot joints. At least one of the pivot joints comprises an adjustable axial engagement mechanism for adjusting the position along the length of the side member at which the at least one pivot joint engages the side member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Inventor: George W. Jackson
  • Patent number: 6722620
    Abstract: The present invention provides a shelf support for mounting to a wall support beam comprising a top side having a width of a wall support beam, a back end, a front end and two sides wherein the two sides are adjacent to each other and perpendicular to the top side each having a rear end and a forward end wherein the rear end extends about 2 to about 4 inches past the back end of the top side and descends about 3 to about 10 inches from the top side and the forward end descends about 0 to about 1 inch from the top side and wherein the two sides each having at least two apertures, one aperture for pivotally mounting said shelf support to a wall support beam and the other aperture for adjusting the angle of said shelf support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Inventor: John P. Rieger
  • Patent number: 6641098
    Abstract: An adjustable shelf assembly. A shelf bracket is removably mounted to a post and has a horizontally extending position and an inclined position. The post includes a plurality of slots separated by embossed ribs that, in turn, receive fingers at the proximal end of the shelf bracket. The lower edge of the bracket is deeply recessed with an adjacent embossment. The bracket and post are thin walled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: MED division of Hirsh Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronnie Lee Proffitt
  • Patent number: 6523702
    Abstract: An elongate display track device has front and rear segments. The front segment has sidewalls with vertical channels therein to receive arm to support a product identification panel. A detent in each channel engages the scalloped surface of the bottom portion an arm to adjust the vertical position of the product identification panel. A foot is connected to the rear segment to elevate the rear of the track to assist gravity feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Display Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Bernard Primiano, Ming Sun
  • Patent number: 6467745
    Abstract: A mounting bracket assembly for adjustably mounting an object to a support surface. The bracket assembly includes a first mounting member removably attached to a support surface. A locking device is supported by the first mounting member and defines a plurality of locked positions spaced apart along an arcuate path. A first arm is secured to the first mounting member and supports a second arm which is movable substantially along the arcuate path for releasable engagement with the locking device at a selected one of the locked positions. A pivot connector interconnects the first arm and the second arm and facilitates selected angular positioning of the second arm relative to the first mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Soundfold, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael S. Sickels
  • Publication number: 20020145094
    Abstract: The present invention provides a shelf support for mounting to a wall support beam comprising a top side having a width of a wall support beam, a back end, a front end and two sides wherein the two sides are adjacent to each other and perpendicular to the top side each having a rear end and a forward end wherein the rear end extends about 2 to about 4 inches past the back end of the top side and descends about 3 to about 10 inches from the top side and the forward end descends about 0 to about 1 inch from the top side and wherein the two sides each having at least two apertures, one aperture for pivotally mounting said shelf support to a wall support beam and the other aperture for adjusting the angle of said shelf support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventor: John P. Rieger
  • Publication number: 20020027115
    Abstract: An open frame display shelf assembly formed of elongate parallel base rods to which are connected an array of rod beams arranged transversely to the base rods and bent upwardly to support forward and rearward wall-forming rods. The wall-forming rods are arranged to provide receptor gaps. The shelves are supported from cantilevered sidewalls also containing receptor gaps. A bracket assembly with two adjusting components and three triangularly oriented connectors permit attitude adjustments of the shelf. A sign mount at the forward walls of the shelving is tiltable to accommodate the attitude of the shelf assembly. Sign support assemblies, carrying product identifying visual patterns may be pivotally mounted from the forward edge of forward region of one shelf to freely abuttably rest upon the forward wall of the next lower adjacent shelf. To access the product, the customer pivotally lifts the sign support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Gay, Kenneth R. Gay
  • Patent number: 6302282
    Abstract: An open frame display shelf assembly formed of elongate parallel base rods to which are connected an array of rod beams arranged transversely to the base rods and bent upwardly to support forward and rearward wall-forming rods. The wall-forming rods are arranged to provide receptor gaps. The shelves are supported from cantilevered sidewalls also containing receptor gaps. A bracket assembly with two adjusting components and three triangularly oriented connectors permit attitude adjustments of the shelf. A sign mount at the forward walls of the shelving is tiltable to accommodate the attitude of the shelf assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Gay, Kenneth R. Gay