Abstract: Container organizers, kits, and methods for organizing a plurality of storage containers including dishes and lids. A rack includes a base defining a cavity for storing container lids and defining first and second openings providing access to the cavity. The first and second openings are noncoplanar, and the container lids are received by and removed from the cavity through the first and second openings. The rack also includes a cap moveably coupled to the base between a first position in which the cap covers the second opening and a second position in which the cap is separated from the second opening.

Abstract: A food product display and storage system configured for use in a deli-style refrigerated display case is provided. The system includes a shelf unit configured to retain food products, having at least one shelf and an outwardly extending frame. The outwardly extending frame receives an edge of the rear surface of a display riser such that the shelf unit is received partially within an interior recess of the display riser.

Abstract: A showcase includes: a box-shaped case main body sectioned into a storage room and a machine room by a heat insulating bottom plate; article mounting shelves arranged in a plurality of stages in an up-and-down direction in the storage room; a circulating fan configured to circulate air from inside the storage room between the storage room and the machine room; and a cooler arranged in the machine room and configured to cool the air circulated by the circulating fan. The heat insulating bottom plate includes a first air inlet formed in a face facing the storage room, a second air inlet formed at a position that is in a face facing the machine room and does not overlap with the first air inlet in the up-and-down direction, and an inlet flow channel formed so as to cause the first and the second air inlets to communicate with each other.

Abstract: A system for displaying a product is disclosed. The system includes a wall having a recess therein and a display structure that defines the recess. The display structure extends through a front surface of the wall and includes a frame having a top panel, a bottom panel, and two side panels. The top and bottom panels are longer than the side panels. The system further includes a plurality of modular display units disposed within the display structure. Each modular display unit extends from the bottom panel to the top panel. At least a first one of the modular display units includes a frame open to a front exterior of the display structure and at least a second one of the modular display units is not open to the front exterior of the display structure. The system further includes a plurality of display elements disposed within the plurality of display units.

Abstract: Generally, the present disclosure provides for a light engine, in particular a rack-mounted light engine that can be used in a lighting system. The rack mounted light engine can be positioned in an electronics component rack such a light distribution system using hollow light ducts may distribute the light over a large area, such as a data center. Such a light distribution can use a generated light more efficiently by directing the light to the fronts or backs of the electronics cabinet, rather than for general room illumination.

Abstract: A display case for exhibiting objects is described. The display case has a support base for a display plane and for at least a first shell exhibiting at least a crystal delimiting wall, at least a first linear guide for the support of the first shell, the first linear guide exhibiting a part of fixed guide solidly constrained to the base and a part of mobile guide solidly constrained to the first shell, the part of fixed guide exhibiting at least a first rail for one or more first support bearings solidly constrained to the part of mobile guide, the part of mobile guide exhibiting a rail for one or more second support bearings solidly constrained to the part of fixed guide. The display plane being associated to the part of fixed guide by means of one or more third bearings for the support of the display plane.

Abstract: A cabinet lock for protecting merchandise within a merchandise display cabinet having an inner door and an outer door. The cabinet lock includes a strike plate affixed to the inner door and a lock housing affixed to the outer door such that the cabinet is in a locked configuration that prevents access to the merchandise when the lock housing is operably engaged to the strike plate. A programmable electronic key communicates a security code with the cabinet lock and transfers electrical power to the cabinet lock to operate a lock mechanism between the locked configuration and an unlocked configuration. An indicator is provided for indicating whether the cabinet lock is in the locked configuration or the unlocked configuration. The indicator includes a first segment and a second segment that can be energized to visually indicate the status of the cabinet lock.

Abstract: A press brake tool cabinet with a downward opening transparent door. The door included a number of rectangular polycarbonate slats in frame members. The cabinet included a frame assembly and a number of drawers. Left and right door track systems are connected to the cabinet, and the door moves from an upper closed position in front of the drawers to an open position beneath and behind the drawers. Stop plates defined the position of the door in the open position and hanger plates supported and retained the door in the upper closed position.

Abstract: Display cases are designed to be mounted on at least one vertical support, such as a wall, pillar, or series of poles. The display cases include a display drawer that has a closed position within the display case and an open position beneath the display case. The display cases can be single sided, having a display drawer only on its front side, or double sided, having a first display drawer on its front side and a second display drawer on its rear side.

Abstract: A portable voting booth having multiple voting stations or trays combined with a single voting cart. The voting cart includes portable voting booth trays that can be deployed from the voting cart with privacy shields that are formed integral and can be erected for privacy. Voting trays are placed at various levels to accommodate individuals of various heights, including individuals utilizing wheelchairs while also providing a compact storage configuration. Beneath the retractable voting stations is an area for storage of voting materials, allowing the materials to be assembled in a remote location and sealed within the utility cart for storage. The cart then can be moved to the particular locations for the voting procedure. Upon completion of the voting process the cart can be resealed with the cast ballots. Tracking systems are optionally employed to track the cart and/or contents of the cart.

Abstract: A reagent cabinet for an automated processing apparatus. The reagent cabinet has a housing, and a drawer slidably mounted in the housing. The drawer has a lower deck adapted to receive a fluid reservoir, and an upper deck located above the lower deck and adapted to receive a fluid supply container. A supply connection hose is provided to selectively connect the fluid supply container to the fluid reservoir. A reservoir connection hose is provided to selectively connect to the fluid reservoir and to convey fluid from the fluid reservoir to a downstream location outside the cabinet. A pump is mounted on the drawer. The pump is adapted to convey fluid through either the supply connection hose or the reservoir connection hose.

Abstract: A project management desk having a transparent working surface supported by spaced apart legs and below which is disposed a sliding tray having a plurality of side by side document compartments, the contents of which are visible through the working surface.

Abstract: A portable voting booth having multiple voting stations combined with a single utility/storage cart. The cart includes portable voting booth stations that can be deployed from the cart with privacy shields that are formed integral and can be erected instantly for privacy. Privacy booths are placed at various levels to accommodate individuals of various heights, including wheelchair bound individuals. Beneath the retractable voting stations is an area for storage of voting materials, allowing the materials to be assembled in a remote location and sealed within the utility cart for storage. The cart then can be moved to the particular locations for the voting procedure. At the voting location, the seal can be broken and the ballots accessed. Upon completion of the voting process the cart can be resealed with the cast ballots.

Abstract: A container formed from a corrugated material having a first lower compartment and a second upper compartment. The container having a lower pull-out panel for accessing the lower compartment, and an upper pull-out panel for accessing the upper compartment.

Abstract: A modular display for selling bedding products comprises a plurality of spaced bedding foundations. One or more of the foundations may be adjustable bed foundations. A mattress sits on top of each of the bedding foundations. The display further comprises a pair of quarter columns, the quarter columns being on opposed sides of the bedding foundation or foundations. In the event of more than two foundations, the display further comprises a joining column between adjacent bedding foundations. Horizontally oriented bridges are connected to and extend between adjacent columns above the mattresses. Bedding accessories, such as bed sheets, pillows and samples of other bedding products, are displayed in the columns.

Abstract: A frame structure includes a first end wall having first and second ends in a top edge. A second end wall is spaced apart from the first end wall and generally parallel orientation relative to the first end wall. The second end wall has first and second ends in a top edge. A pair of side walls extend between the first and second end walls. The first side wall of the pair of side walls is connected at a first end to the first end wall first end and at a second end to the second end wall first end. A second side wall of the pair of side walls is connected at a first end to the first end wall second wall and at a second end to the second end wall second end. The end walls and the side walls define a base cavity. The pair of sidewalls have upper portions that extend a selected distance beyond the top edges of the first and second end walls. A first pair of slide mechanisms is mounted on the upper portions of the pair of side walls.

Abstract: A refrigerated merchandiser is based on a frame that defines a refrigeration chamber that houses a unit cooler, which is in communication with a cooled air plenum that, in turn, is in communication with a display chamber. The unit cooler supplies cooled air to the plenum. The cooled air that is supplied to the plenum is then provided to a shelf that is mounted in the display chamber. Additionally, the cooled air is provided to at least one drawer, which is slidably mounted in the display chamber.

Abstract: A shelf apparatus for a showcase includes a shelf plate; a shelf support for supporting the shelf plate; and a connecting member having a movable portion and a fixed portion connected to the shelf plate and the shelf support, respectively. The movable portion has a hard locking member, and the shelf support has a concave portion which can lock and unlock the locking member. When the shelf plate is held on the shelf supports, the locking member is locked to the concave portion. When commodities are resupplied onto the shelf plate, the locking member is unlocked from the concave portion. Thereby, the movable portion of the connecting member is detached from the shelf support. Then, the shelf plate is pulled out forward and commodities are resupplied onto the pulled-out shelf plate.

Abstract: A refrigerated-goods container for a refrigeration device includes an open front face and lateral walls that are divergent towards the front face. At least one pair of guide rails for a drawer is mounted on the walls. At least one of the guide rails is mounted on one of the lateral walls by a compensatory element at an acute angle to the lateral wall. The angle is defined such that the rails of the pair run parallel to one another.

Abstract: A compartmented storage organizer for vitamins and herbal supplements comprising a housing member having a plurality of recesses located on the front surface thereof and a corresponding number of like-sized bins to be slidably retained therein for storage or removed by the user to take with them for use as a pillbox and to be returned thereafter. The bins are magnetically maintained within the housing. A means for individually dispensing tablets is further included to assist the elderly and infirm when removing the contents therefrom.

Abstract: A table includes a tabletop that is at least partially constructed of a substantially transparent material allowing a user to see below the lower surface of the tabletop from above the upper surface of the tabletop. The table has one or more storage panels for storing and selectively displaying objects, and a support structure configured to support the tabletop and support the one or more storage panels below the lower surface of the tabletop wherein at least one of the one or more storage panels is visible through the substantially transparent material of the tabletop. The support structure has an opening for removing, installing, and arranging the one or more storage panels. Optional features of the table include a visual identification system for identifying the contents of the storage panels and a modular selection of storage panels for storing and selectively displaying disparate objects.

Abstract: A frame structure includes a first end wall having first and second ends in a top edge. A second end wall is spaced apart from the first end wall and generally parallel orientation relative to the first end wall. The second end wall has first and second ends in a top edge. A pair of side walls extend between the first and second end walls. The first side wall of the pair of side walls is connected at a first end to the first end wall first end and at a second end to the second end wall first end. A second side wall of the pair of side walls is connected at a first end to the first end wall second wall and at a second end to the second end wall second end. The end walls and the side walls define a base cavity. The pair of sidewalls have upper portions that extend a selected distance beyond the top edges of the first and second end walls. A first pair of slide mechanisms is mounted on the upper portions of the pair of side walls.

Abstract: A frame structure is provided for holding a plurality of display cases. Each of the plurality of display cases has an upper cavity viewable through the upper end. The frame structure is adapted to permit viewing of each of the upper ends of the plurality of display cases. The frame structure includes a first end wall and a second end wall. A pair of sidewalls extend between the first and second end walls. The end walls and sidewalls define a base cavity adapted to receive an associated base display case. The pair of sidewalls have upper portions that extend a selected distance beyond the top surfaces of the first and second end walls. A first pair of slide mechanisms is mounted on the upper portions of the pair of sidewalls. A first display case support is connected to the first pair of slide mechanisms and is adapted to carry an associated first display case.

Abstract: A handle is provided for moving a component with respect to a receptacle along an insertion axis. The handle includes a grasping portion and flexible latching portions extending from the grasping portion, each of which latching portions is configured to extend substantially parallel to the insertion axis, and each of which latching portions includes an engagement surface extending substantially perpendicular to the insertion axis and being configured to engage a surface of the receptacle. Manipulation of the grasping portion in a direction to remove the component from the receptacle deflects the latching portions toward the insertion axis, thereby releasing the surface of each of the latching portions from engagement with the surface of the receptacle. A module configured to be inserted into a receptacle along an insertion axis, and a modular computer system including such a modular component, are also provided.

Abstract: A frame structure is provided for holding a plurality of display cases. Each of the plurality of display cases has an upper cavity viewable through the upper end. The frame structure is adapted to permit viewing of each of the upper ends of the plurality of display cases. The frame structure includes a first end wall and a second end wall. A pair of sidewalls extend between the first and second end walls. The end walls and sidewalls define a base cavity adapted to receive an associated base display case. The pair of sidewalls have upper portions that extend a selected distance beyond the top surfaces of the first and second end walls. A first pair of slide mechanisms is mounted on the upper portions of the pair of sidewalls. A first display case support is connected to the first pair of slide mechanisms and is adapted to carry an associated first display case.

Abstract: A product display includes a housing for sheltering and protecting a displayed product whether indoors or outdoors, a support frame mounted within the housing and adapted for displaying the product within the display and venting members for allowing air circulation. The housing has a front and rear wall each formed by a series of vertically extending, transparent doors, a roof, a floor and side walls. Each door selectively pivots between an open position and a closed position and has side lips that engage and extend over a side edge of the housing when in the closed position. At least some of the doors have a bottom lip that engages and extends over an adjacent door's front surface, and at least one of the doors engages a pivotable roof flap when in the open and closed positions, to continuously shelter the displayed products whether the doors are in an open or closed position. The support frame includes sets of cross-bars, each set having a top bar spaced apart from a bottom bar.

Abstract: A display apparatus (18) capable of sequentially displaying a plurality of annotated image prints (36), each image print having audio data encoded (54) and made integral its back surface (46), thereby providing a convenient way to both display image prints and play back audio data associated with image prints. In one aspect of the present invention, the display apparatus (18) also records audio data for a plurality of image prints and provides a handwritten means to electronically associate a particular image print with its respective audio recording.

Abstract: A merchandise display case having an open sub-frame or exo-skeleton and one ore more interchangeable side panels is provided. The display case includes a lower base section and an upper display section. The base section includes a skeletal sub-frame. One or more interchangeable wall panels are releasably attached to the sub-frame.

Abstract: A first device for use in conjunction with display cases include a frame, a support member slidably disposed on the frame, an arm disposed on the support member for slidable movement therewith, a first work surface disposed on the support member, and a dampening member disposed between the second work surface and the support member for reducing vibration transfer to the first surface. A second device comprises a rail, a support member slidably disposed on the rail, and a dampening member disposed between the rail and the support member. A third device includes a window frame slidably engaged with a display case, a window supported by the frame member, and a work surface disposed on the frame member.

Abstract: A molded plastic housing is mounted within an opening of predetermined size in the front wall of a cabinet beneath a counter top. Evenly spaced parallel grooves in the top wall of the housing receive dispensing modules constructed with peripheral pairs of upwardly protruding fins which are spaced distances which are multiples of the spacing between the parallel grooves. Each module, be it a napkin dispenser, a straw or stir stick dispenser, other box-like unit, may be inserted at any location within the housing. The volume within a single housing may thus be occupied by many different dispensing modules, or by multiple modules of the same type. Differentiated dispensing cavities may be formed by one or more dividers having a single upwardly extending fin which engages within a housing groove, and a lower base which engages the housing lower wall. A transparent face plate has two rearwardly extending ears which are flexible to extend into the housing on either side of the dispensing modules.

Abstract: A jewelry case includes a base, a pair of drawer supports, a top cover and at least one drawer. The base has a top side formed with two sets of first positioning units. Each of the drawer supports includes an upright support plate having a bottom end formed with a set of second positioning units for engaging a respective one of the two sets of first positioning units. The drawer supports are mounted onto the base with the use of screws. The top cover has a bottom side formed with two sets of positioning sockets which are aligned respectively with lugs on the drawer supports, and two sets of aligned clamping plates. Each of the sets of clamping plates cooperates with a respective one of the sets of positioning sockets to form a clearance for clamping one edge of a respective one of the drawer supports therein. The top cover is mounted onto the drawer supports with the use of screws. Each drawer extends between the drawer supports and is retained slidably therebetween by horizontal guide rails.

Abstract: Display dispenser for merchandise in shops, including a cabinet with inclined drawers from which articles are removed from the front, and articles to the rear slide forwards to occupy positions vacated, the drawer being simply releasable, by a single-handed movement, from its normal position, and slidable forwards to a position wherein it can be replenished without moving the other drawers and thereafter pushed back, again by a single handed movement, to automatically lock back into the normal position.

Abstract: A pull-out lighted display includes a plurality of vertically oriented modules arranged side-by-side in a housing having an open front. Each module is removable from and retractable into the housing independently of the other modules and includes first and second opposed panels, connected to define a substantially enclosed casing. Each of the panels is adapted for displaying merchandise and a graphic depicting the merchandise. A light source is disposed within the casing for backlighting the graphics disposed on the opposed panels. Each module is mounted for rotation about a vertical axis when the module is removed from the housing to expose either or both of the panels for viewing.

Abstract: A tool box which is formed partially from the open cargo bed of a pickup truck or the like has drawers mounted on top of the cargo bed walls. The drawers slide from one side of the truck to the other. Because the drawers extend only partially from one side to the other and only partially from the top of the walls to the bottom, the drawers may slide away from one side to allow access to the space below the drawers. The drawers slide in a frame which is removably mounted on the tops of the walls so the cargo space may be easily converted back to an open cargo space. A cover is provided for the tool box which may be opened from either side of the truck. The cover provides protection from the weather and theft. The tool box maximizes the use of the space provided by the cargo compartment to accommodate the modern tradesman.

Abstract: An open top storage drawer having a storage compartment formed by front, back, side and bottom walls molded integrally of plastic. An undercut is formed in a lower portion of the front wall to provide a handle for slidably removing the drawer from a storage space. A pair of offset, vertically spaced U-shaped slots are formed on the front wall. The upper slot defines a window for viewing the interior of the storage compartment, and preferably supports a transparent panel to enclose the front of the drawer. A content identifying label is mounted in the lower slot in juxtaposition with a backing wall. The drawer provides both a frontal visual inspection of the drawer's contents through the window and a printed identification thereof.

Abstract: A latch and detent mechanism for use with a sliding tray 12 mounted in a cabinet 10 is disclosed. The mechanism includes a stationary detent bar 18 having one or more detent slots 22, a latch bar 20 that is pivotably coupled to the sliding tray with a finger 46 at one end for engaging a detent slot to lock the tray in position and a handle 14 at the other end for disengaging the finger to unlock the tray, and biasing means 54 for urging the finger toward the detent slot.

Abstract: A display and storage unit is provided for accommodating a plurality of articles in an attractive yet orderly fashion. The unit includes a housing having an upright interior chamber with an exposed open bottom positioned a substantial distance above a supporting surface. Disposed within the chamber are a plurality of carriers which are arranged in substantially face-to-face relation and are mounted for independent substantially vertical movement between various selected modes. Each carrier is adapted to accommodate a plurality of articles and segregate same into a predetermined number of groups, the latter being disposed in side-by-side relation. When in a first mode, the carrier is substantially concealed within the chamber and the accommodated articles are inaccessible. When in a second mode, the carrier projects downwardly a substantial amount through the open bottom of the housing whereby any depleted groups of accommodated articles can be manually replenished.

Abstract: A self-cleaning bulk food display bin is disclosed which is adapted to be mounted in an opening in a wall. The bin includes a tray with a downwardly and forwardly inclined floor having a debris removal opening located adjacent to a front peripheral wall. A sneeze shield is located above and over the tray to define therebetween a vertical front bun removal opening and a rear bun loading opening. A bottom downwardly and rearwardly disposed panel conveys debris passing through the debris removal opening rearwardly behind the wall.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an entertainment center cabinet featuring n assembly serving to mount a television receiver or the like such that it may be moved outwardly of the cabinet through a front opening thereof and rotated as desired to permit viewing of the receiver at various angles relative to the cabinet. The assembly is fitted with caster devices to prevent forward tilting of the cabinet when the receiver is withdrawn for viewing purposes and a front rail, which cooperates with a cabinet closure or door, to fully close the front opening of the cabinet when the receiver is stored therewithin.

Abstract: A cabinet assembly which is particularly useful in storing small hardware items such as nuts, bolts, screws, and washers, includes a plurality of drawers and a unitary molded plastic cabinet. The unitary molded plastic cabinet has an open back, a front formed of a grid of horizontal and vertical cross bar defining openings for the drawers, slides extending rearwardly from the grid for receiving and supporting the drawers, and a flange in each of the openings which extends downward from a horizontal cross bar and acts as a stop for both inward and outward travel of the drawer.

Abstract: A display fixture is disclosed which has a rectangular metal front frame, a pair of side walls, a brace interconnecting the side walls at the rear, and a series of drawers fitted into the front frame. The drawers are supported solely from roller brackets attached to the front frame in such a manner that the drawers are cantilevered from the brackets in both the open and closed position of the drawers. The drawers each comprise a rectangular frame of extruded elements into which are fitted bottom, side, front and rear wall boards.