Pivotally Mounted Compartment Patents (Class 312/120)
  • Patent number: 9943177
    Abstract: Implementations of display cabinets may include: a first module having a base, a first shelving area and a second shelving area. The display cabinets may include a first door rotatably positioned adjacent to the first shelving area. Two or more hinges may be front mounted to the first module and front mounted to a side of the first door, where a first one of the hinges may be rotatably coupled into a receiver in the first shelving area and a second one of the hinges may include a pin that couples within a receiver coupled with the base. The display cabinet may have a first display portion coupled to one or more brackets within the base of the first module and a second display portion coupled to one or more brackets positioned on either side of a back panel of the first door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Creative Display Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Miloserny, Lea Miloserny
  • Patent number: 9642476
    Abstract: An apparatus at a dispensary where herbal products are sold to a consumer who has authorization to use the herbal products. The present invention fulfills in an innovative way four requirements for such a dispensary: (a) a safe to store all herbal products in a secure manner; (b) a user friendly display where different variations and quantities of herbal products are securely displayed with advisory information on each displayed product; (c) a series of electronic scales inside locked compartments to accurately weigh the amount of herbal products contained in the apparatus; and (d) an accurate inventory control system connected to a computer that uses data points received from the scales housed in the interior of the apparatus and gives real-time inventory measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Pineapple Express, Inc.
    Inventor: P. Vincent Mehdizadeh
  • Patent number: 9182195
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein disclose a cylindrical housing with a compartment defining a section of the housing. The cylindrical housing being configured to rotate around an axle disposed at the center of the cylindrical housing. Embodiments may also include a frame disposed along a curved surface of the cylindrical housing configured to allow access to the compartment within an access portion, wherein the access portion projects the frame from a center of the curved surface towards an edge of the cylindrical housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Inventor: Mark Wayne Hogue
  • Patent number: 8553419
    Abstract: A card tray ejection mechanism for an electronic device, which includes a first elongated member rotatably mounted to the base, a second elongated member, and a driving member. The first elongated member includes a first end portion resisting against a side of the tray, a second end portion opposite to the first end portion and a pivoting rod located between the first and second end portions. The second elongated member is rotatably connected to the second end portion. The driving member drives the second elongated member to move longitudinally. When the second elongated member is driven to move longitudinally by the driving member, the first elongated member is driven to rotate around the pivoting rod by the second elongated member, and the card tray is ejected. An electronic device using the card tray ejection mechanism is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Dong Luo, Wen-Wu Wang, Wen-Ping Wang, Tsung-Jen Chuang, Shih-Fang Wong
  • Patent number: 8485613
    Abstract: A cabinet having a concealed gun rack is five-sided with a five-sided top panel. One (1) of the sides is a pivoting door. A pivoting mirrored structure is inside the cabinet and behind the door. When closed, mirrors obscure the depth of the cabinet. When open the mirrored structure allows access to a gun rack. Shelves attached to the mirrored structure can hold user selected objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel W. Steffen, Darin M. Steffen
  • Publication number: 20080129161
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a merchandising system and method that permits access from the front of a column of shelves and along a side of the column of shelves, the shelves in each column extending from the front of the merchandizing system to a back area of the merchandising system. Each shelf can be of any suitable design for supporting products or items. The merchandising system can have at least one flippable column comprising at least one shelf suitable for supporting a single row of items. Various front item stops are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: RTC Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Menz, James McKay Duncan, Stephen Hardy
  • Patent number: 7322209
    Abstract: A refrigerator, and more particularly, a refrigerator equipped with a machinery chamber door, which is provided to open or close a machinery chamber formed at an upper portion of a body of the refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body with a storage chamber, and with a machinery chamber provided at an upper portion of the body such that the machinery chamber is partitioned from the storage chamber, an opening portion provided at one side of the machinery chamber, a machinery chamber door hingably coupled to the opening portion such that the machinery chamber door can be rotated up and down to open or close the machinery chamber, a recess member provided to the machinery chamber door and defined with a recess, and an insertion member inserted into the recess and fixed to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Sick Hwang, Hyun Jong Kim, Myung Wouk Kim
  • Patent number: 6371580
    Abstract: A glass container forming machine has a machine base with a vertical front wall which includes a console assembly. This assembly has vertical front and rear box halves which are hingedly connected at the bottom and releasably connected at the top. The rear box is connected to the machine base via vertical hinges so that the console assembly can be pivoted away from the machine base. A console unit having a console screen is hingedly connected at the top proximate the top of the rear box half and the front box half includes vertically extending channels and the bottom of the console unit has followers for following the channels so that as the front box half is pivoted from a closed position whereat the box halves are closed, away from the rear box half to an open position, the console unit will be displaced from an initial position located between the closed front and rear box halves to a final position with the screen exposed and horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Emhart Glass S.A.
    Inventors: Mark P. Claypool, Thomas M. Beiswenger, Peter Wirz, Janusz Konaszewski
  • Patent number: 6338233
    Abstract: A packing machine is assembled with one or more control cabinets into a compact aggregate wherein a wall of each control cabinet constitutes at least a portion of the rear wall of the frame of the packing machine. Each control cabinet is movable (such as reciprocable or pivotable) relative to the machine to and from a position in which a portion of or the entire rear side of the machine frame is exposed to afford access to the interior of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Topack Verpackungstechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Nikolaos Georgitsis
  • Patent number: 6168246
    Abstract: In an article providing apparatus, a storage rack (1) has a front face through which articles are loaded in the storage rack. The front face of the storage rack is covered by a covering member having a sample showcase (4) for showing a sample. The sample showcase is displaceable to enable the front face of the storage rack be exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Sanden Corp.
    Inventor: Toshihiko Kurihara
  • Patent number: 5800027
    Abstract: A display case for displaying and dispensing promotional literature, business cards, and the like at unattended sites. The case has a flat base which is supported on one or two nails driven into a supporting environmental surface. The base has a rain hood for protecting papers contained within the display case. A transparent or translucent door is hinged at the bottom to the base, and inclines forwardly to reveal a first or principal pocket containing brochures and a second pocket supported in piggyback fashion on the first pocket. The door has a forwardly bent tab at the top for grasping the door when opening the same. Transparent or translucent nature of the door reveals brochures contained within the display case. The second pocket is smaller, and is preferably dedicated to containing business cards. The hinge is preferably a live hinge fabricated from an elastic material, so that the hinge urges the door into a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Inventor: Gary D. Dunn
  • Patent number: 5690402
    Abstract: A novel product display case is disclosed having detachable and separately functional upper and lower units. The upper unit comprises a plurality of slidable display panels on which items can be secured for inspection, and can be slid aside to reveal shelves for the secure storage of items corresponding to the items on display. The lower unit comprises a display box which encases items secured for display and inspection, and is hingedly movable to reveal a plurality of shelves for the secure storage of items corresponding to items in the display box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Inventor: Rudolf Koppe
  • Patent number: 5405193
    Abstract: A display cabinet is provided for displaying two sides of a computer video game pak or similar merchandise in a secure enclosure. The display cabinet includes an elongated vertical enclosure unit or paddle with a set of spaced apart shelves between transparent facings or panels to form a set of vertically arranged compartments. The game paks or other merchandise are held within the compartments. The enclosure unit or paddle is pivotable back and forth in order to expose the transparent front and back facings of the paddle, thereby enabling the purchaser to view front and back sides of the merchandise, respectively. A lockable access door on the paddle is slidable between open and closed positions, and lockable in the closed position to provide security for the merchandise. Several enclosure units or paddles are pivotably mounted upon a frame by either a hinge or by pivot pins for either flipping or spinning the paddles for viewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Frank Mayer & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffery J. Herrenbruck
  • Patent number: 4913501
    Abstract: A novel combination storage bin and sorting tray comprises a storage bin frame for storing a plurality of article storage containers, and a sorting tray pivotally mounted atop the frame for sorting articles removed from the selected container and for subsequently returning the articles to the selected container upon tipping of the tray relative to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Assignee: Leiter Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert P. Swank
  • Patent number: 4615571
    Abstract: A combined storage apparatus and sorting tray includes a frame formed with a storage bin for storing containers and a tray pivotally mounted to the frame. The tray has an end panel formed with a slot adapted to receive a lip formed at the rim of a container for mounting the container to the end panel so that its interior faces the interior of the tray. The tray is pivotal with respect to the frame between a horizontal, sorting position in which articles from the container are poured into the tray for sorting, and an angled, discharge position in which the tray is elevated at one end so that the articles slide directly into the container mounted at the opposite end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: Leiter Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert P. Swank
  • Patent number: 4573751
    Abstract: A combination multiple compartment storage bin and sorting tray is disclosed comprised of a frame adapted to hold a plurality of storage bins in a row between first and second oppositely disposed ends of said frame. The frame includes stacker means mounted on the first end for pushing all of the bins together and towards the second end after any one bin has been removed, thereby exposing a slot adjacent the first end into which the previously removed bin may be inserted. A sorting tray is mounted atop the frame for receiving articles from one of the storage bins. The tray is pivotally mounted about the top of the first end of the frame to pivot between a first horizontal position and a second angled position. The tray includes funnel means near the first end for facilitating egress of articles from the tray and into the slot as the tray is pivoted from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1986
    Assignee: Leiter Swank Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert P. Swank
  • Patent number: 4383722
    Abstract: A show case, e.g. for displaying shoes or the like, comprises horizontal shelf plates (2) and tilted shelf plates (3). The tilted shelf plates (3) are pivotably supported and can be tilted upwardly. The pivots (7, 22) and the support elements (8, 14, 29) of the tilted shelf plates (3) as well as the support elements (6, 14) of the horizontal shelf plates (2) are vertically displaceable in side plates (1) of the show case and may be locked in desired positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1983
    Inventor: Leo Weber
  • Patent number: 3942851
    Abstract: A storage bin is pivotly mounted relative to a housing so as to remain in a neutral position when empty and to be positioned at an angle with respect to a horizontal plane when either in a working position or in a storage position. When in the working position free access to the interior of the bin is possible since the forward end of the bin is tipped downwardly and the material in the bin is at the forward end. When in the storage position the front end of the bin is tipped upwardly with the material being at the rear of the bin. Indicating markers on the cabinet and the front end of each bin may be used when the bins are in the storage position for providing an approximation of the quantity of material in each bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1976
    Inventor: Louis Kaplan