Room Corner Type Patents (Class 312/238)
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Patent number: 11564490Abstract: A corner storage device that includes a top piece that includes a left wall side, a right wall side, and a diagonal opening side. The left wall side and the right wall side together substantially form a right angle at a corner of the corner storage device, and the diagonal opening side is not parallel to the left wall side and not parallel to the right wall side. The corner storage device further includes panel guides that are coupled to the top piece and substantially parallel to each other, and storage panels that are slidably coupled to the panel guides. Each of the storage panels is configured to slide between a close position where the storage panel does not extend beyond the diagonal opening side and an open position where the storage panel extends beyond the diagonal opening side.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Inventor: Geoffrey A. Searles
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Patent number: 11370349Abstract: A coil rack carrier for guiding and carrying a plurality of coil racks includes a pair of upstanding front guide members laterally spaced apart from one another and a pair of upstanding rear guide members laterally spaced apart from one another. Each rear guide member defines a length that is greater than a length of each front guide member. One of the pair of rear guide members is rearwardly adjacent a first one of the front guide members so as to define a first channel therebetween. Similarly, another of the pair of rear guide members is rearwardly adjacent a second one of the front guide members so as to define a second channel therebetween. For stowage the plurality of coil racks is sequentially received into the first and second channels.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Inventors: Patrick Dowell, Brad Warren Fredrick
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Patent number: 11304517Abstract: A cabinet (1) with a containment space (2), shelves (9) contained in the containment space (2), an access opening (3) to the containment space (2) and a moving mechanism (4) for moving the shelves (9) through said opening (3); wherein said moving mechanism (4) comprises a first arm (5) and a second arm (6), which are sustained by the cabinet (1), cantilever-style, inside the containment space (2), and rotatably about a vertical line (V), said first arm (5) and second arm (6) in turn sustaining a related shelf (9) in a condition in which it can rotate, turning about at least one vertical line (V); at least the second arm (6) of said arms (5, 6) being provided with two component segments (10, 11), converging at an interposed articulated joint (12); and control and guiding means (13) for coordination of the movement of said first arm (5) and second arm (6) which are designed to allow the shelf (9) to travel along a horizontal trajectory with variable orientation of its positioning, in such a way as to pass throuType: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Inventors: Roberto Trombettoni, Emanuele Silvi
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Patent number: 11185160Abstract: A corner-cabinet arrangement having two corpus areas which are rectangular in plan view and each of which has a front with a door, the fronts running together at right angles in an inside corner such that the two corpus areas enclose between them a corner space that is rectangular in plan view, the arrangement including a shelf which extends in a first one of the corpus areas and in a part of the corner space and, when the door is open, can be pivoted out of the door opening of the corpus-area, the second corpus area also having a shelf that extends in this corpus area and in another part of the corner space, and, when the door is open, can be pivoted out of the door opening of the corpus area, wherein pivotal axes of the two shelves are different from one another.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Ninkaplast GmbHInventor: Axel Uffmann
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Patent number: 10689793Abstract: The disclosure relates to a dryer locker system for us with gear such as firefighting turnout gear including a housing having an interior region defined by a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a bottom wall, and a rear wall. An air blower is disposed on the bottom wall. An air duct is connected to an outlet of the air blower, such that the air blower supplies an air flow to the air duct. A jacket holder is rigidly mounted to the rear wall and projects into the interior region. The jacket holder is adapted to receive the air flow from the air duct. A pants holder is also rigidly mounted to the rear wall and projects into the interior region. The pants holder is also adapted to receive the air flow from the air duct.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Balt Designs, LLCInventors: Billy L. Glass, Ryan Clemmons, John Jason Foster
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Patent number: 9351566Abstract: A bearing and detent mechanism for automatic alignment of a Lazy Susan Turntable or shelf to an original position or door closed position is provided which includes a bearing mounted to the Lazy Susan Turntable and a cabinet shelf with a cavity on the outer bearing having an entrance and exit ramp and wherein the bottom of the exit and entrance ramp represents the detent or stop location of the Lazy Susan Turntable. The bearing and detent mechanism allows for the Lazy Susan Turntable to smoothly stop where it needs to so as to keep products on the shelf in a stable and upright position.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2013Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: FAS INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Floyd A. Searer, Ralph N. Searer, Vo Cong Hai
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Patent number: 9345345Abstract: A display rack for displaying articles has a support frame with two walls extending at an angle from a narrow strip at the rear corner of the frame. A tubular reinforcing structure extends along the forward free edge of each wall, and aligned openings are in the strip and the reinforcing structures. A plurality of shelves having front and rear corners and opposite side corners are supported on the frame between the walls, with the rear corners engaged in respective openings in the strip and the side corners engaged in respective openings in the reinforcing structures. A forward portion of the shelves projects forwardly of the frame for greater visibility of and access to articles supported on the shelves. A reinforcing brace extends diagonally in each shelf from the rear corner to the front corner, whereby the shelves are essentially cantilevered from the frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANYInventor: Gregory James Kula
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Patent number: 9271570Abstract: The invention relates to a foldable display unit comprising a lower half supporting an upper half. The lower half includes a lower right wall and a lower left wall, housed therein. The upper half comprises an upper right wall and an upper left wall, housed therein. The walls of the right side are interconnected in a hinged manner, and the walls of the left side are also hinged. Each half includes shelves that are pivotally connected thereto. Once the lower left and right walls, the upper left and right walls and the lower and upper shelves are housed, the upper half rotates over the lower half supported on the hinged connection existing between the lower and upper left walls and the hinged join existing between the lower and upper right walls, thereby the display unit is folding in two parts.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Inventor: Ricardo Ceballos Godefroy
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Patent number: 9119470Abstract: A corner cabinet fitting has a support with a guide member supporting a shelf in the cabinet interior for transferring the shelf from an inner position in the cabinet interior into an outer position. The guide member has a first end articulated by a guide member joint axis on the shelf bottom and a second end connected pivotably by a support fitting with a corner cabinet part. During closing, a pull-in device associated with shelf and guide member automatically pulls in shelf and guide member into the cabinet interior from a defined intermediate pivoted shelf position onward. The pull-in device is supported solely on the guide member or the shelf in coaxially alignment with the guide member joint axis on the shelf bottom. An actuator, connected to the pull-in-device and movable relative to the guide member, interacts with a driver on the shelf or on the guide member.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Kesseböhmer Holding e.K.Inventors: Reiner Kreyenkamp, Dietmar Baro, Arthur Wolf
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Patent number: 9022495Abstract: A refrigerator is provided with rotatable shelves for easy food/item access and cleaning. In one embodiment a stationary or fixed shelf includes a rotatable disk mounted on a bearing retainer having bearings therein for manual, three hundred sixty degree (360°) rotation as desired. In another embodiment a quarter-round pivotable shelf is attached to a stanchion to enable the shelf to be manually pivoted ninety degrees (90°) for withdrawing and returning the shelf to the refrigerator food storage compartment as needed.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Inventor: Michael E. Conner, Sr.
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Patent number: 9004299Abstract: A rotating storage rack including a base and a plurality of vertically stacked shelves allows high storage density for shoes, boots, and other footwear, as well as miscellaneous wardrobe accessories, including purses.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Inventor: William R. Hardin
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Patent number: 8911035Abstract: On a fitting for a corner cupboard (11), in particular a kitchen corner cupboard, comprising a cupboard body (12) and an internal space (21) accessible via a corner cupboard door (19), wherein at least one panel (22) is movably guided by means of the fitting (12) between an inner position and an outer position, in which the panel (22) at least partially extends beyond a level (23) of a door opening, said fitting (12) including at least one support arm for supporting the panel, which support arm can be mounted on the one hand so as to be pivotable about a stationary swivel pin (25) and can be mounted on the other hand on the associated panel (22) in a manner so as to be pivotable about a panel-fixed bearing axle (26), and control means for controlling the panel movement in a swivel plane between the inner and the outer positions, said control means having two control levers that can respectively be indisplaceably supported on the one hand so as to be rotatable about a stationary swivel pin (25, 29) and on theType: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Hetal-Werke Franz Hettich GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Andreas Köpnick, Dieter Stange, Thomas Ziegler, Artur Hirtsiefer, Heinz-Josef Henscheid, Bermd Rödder, Jürgen Schnell, Klaus-Dieter Schmidt
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Patent number: 8894161Abstract: A cabinet for holding electronic equipment includes a first rear frame, a second rear frame, and a front frame. The second rear frame is oriented substantially orthogonal to the first rear frame. The front frame is secured to both the first rear frame and the second rear frame. The front frame includes an electronic equipment mounting element for mounting at least one of electronic equipment or a support for holding electronic equipment.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Kendall Howard L.L.C.Inventors: Kenneth Randall Herreid, II, Joshua Lee Wickander
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Publication number: 20140225492Abstract: The invention relates to a fitting for corner cabinets (1), in particular for kitchen corner cabinets, with an essentially rectangular interior (2) from the top view, which is accessible from the front side via a corner cabinet door (3). Said fitting consists of at least one support which can be supported in a stationary manner in the interior (2) of the corner cabinet, for maintaining at least one single-piece shelf (5) having a semi-circular base shape. Said support comprises at least one guide member (6) which supports the shelf (5) in an articulated manner and moves the shelf (5) on a predetermined movement path from an inner position in the interior (2) of the corner cabinet (1) to an outer position essentially in front of a door opening of corner cabinet (1), which is pivotably connected and in an articulated manner by means of a guide member joint axis to the lower side of the shelf (5) and by means of a support fitting, to a corner cabinet part, in particular a side wall part (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2011Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: KESSEBÖHMER HOLDING E.K.Inventors: Reiner Kreyenkamp, Dietmar Baro, Arthur Wolf
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Patent number: 8590988Abstract: A lower corner cabinet includes front and rear frames, front panel, first and second lateral panels, and a door panel. The rear frame is separated from the front frame. The front panel extends from the front frame. The first lateral panel includes an end pivotally joined to the front frame and another end pivotally joined to the rear frame and is foldable. The second lateral panel includes an end pivotally joined to the front panel and another end pivotally joined to the rear frame and is foldable. The bottom panel is selectively abutted against the front and rear frames and the first and second lateral panels and pivotally movable. The door panel extends from the front panel to the front frame. Moreover, the lower corner cabinet is operable in an extended position and a collapsed position and able to be changed therebetween without the aid of a tool.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Inventor: Jack Liu
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Publication number: 20130063010Abstract: A lower corner cabinet includes front and rear frames, front panel, first and second lateral panels, and a door panel. The rear frame is separated from the front frame. The front panel extends from the front frame. The first lateral panel includes an end pivotally joined to the front frame and another end pivotally joined to the rear frame and is foldable. The second lateral panel includes an end pivotally joined to the front panel and another end pivotally joined to the rear frame and is foldable. The bottom panel is selectively abutted against the front and rear frames and the first and second lateral panels and pivotally movable. The door panel extends from the front panel to the front frame. Moreover, the lower corner cabinet is operable in an extended position and a collapsed position and able to be changed therebetween without the aid of a tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventor: Jack Liu
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Publication number: 20120306335Abstract: A cabinet for holding electronic equipment includes a first rear frame, a second rear frame, and a front frame. The second rear frame is oriented substantially orthogonal to the first rear frame. The front frame is secured to both the first rear frame and the second rear frame. The front frame includes an electronic equipment mounting element for mounting at least one of electronic equipment or a support for holding electronic equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: KENDALL HOWARD L.L.C.Inventors: Kenneth Randall Herreid, II, Joshua Lee Wickander
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Publication number: 20120049708Abstract: On a fitting for a corner cupboard (11), in particular a kitchen corner cupboard, comprising a cupboard body (12) and an internal space (21) accessible via a corner cupboard door (19), wherein at least one panel (22) is movably guided by means of the fitting (12) between an inner position and an outer position, in which the panel (22) at least partially extends beyond a level (23) of a door opening, said fitting (12) including at least one support arm for supporting the panel, which support arm can be mounted on the one hand so as to be pivotable about a stationary swivel pin (25) and can be mounted on the other hand on the associated panel (22) in a manner so as to be pivotable about a panel-fixed bearing axle (26), and control means for controlling the panel movement in a swivel plane between the inner and the outer positions, said control means having two control levers that can respectively be indisplaceably supported on the one hand so as to be rotatable about a stationary swivel pin (25, 29) and on theType: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: HETAL-WERKE FRANZ HETTICH GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Andreas Köpnick, Dieter Stange, Thomas Ziegler, Artur Hirtsiefer, Heinz-Josef Henscheid, Bernd Rödder, Jürgen Schnell, Klaus-Dieter Schmidt
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Patent number: 8083303Abstract: A built-in sliding rotating element for modular corner cabinets, which is capable of supporting a stack of storage elements; the said built-in element slides on a parallel pair of telescopic guides fixed to the two opposite sides of an intermediate support hinge, which is fixed in turn to the base of the column around which the said built-in sliding element rotates.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2006Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Inventor: Rossano Compagnucci
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Patent number: 8074812Abstract: A rotary hanging track storage unit for mounting in a corner cabinet includes a circular hanging track 4 and hanger assemblies 10, hanging guard assemblies 11, and hanger extensions 22. The track 7 is attached to and supported by hanging track brackets 3, hanging track clamps 5, track supports 6, and center shaft 7. The assembly can be rotated within the corner cabinet 2 where cookware and utensils can be hung from assemblies 10 and extensions 22 to be accessed and stored.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2010Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Inventor: Michael Sean Bradbury
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Patent number: 8020951Abstract: Rotation and pull-out fitting for a shelf in a corner cabinet, includes a carrier supported in the corner cabinet to be rotatable about a vertical axis, and a pull-out guide on which the shelf is displaceable relative to the carrier, the pull-out guide being mounted on a intermediate carrier that is itself rotatable relative to the carrier about an axis that is parallel with the axis of rotation of the carrier but offset therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Ninkaplast GmbHInventor: Günter Twellmann
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Publication number: 20110193456Abstract: A fitting for a corner cabinet has a support with a guide member supporting and moving a shelf on a path from inside the corner cabinet into a position in front of a door opening. The guide member is pivotably connected to the shelf bottom and to a part of the corner cabinet. A follower device couples door and shelf during opening of the door. The follower device has a follower body connected to the door and a coupling member connected to the shelf. A follower pawl of the follower body, during opening of the door, is secured in coupled position on the coupling member and is decoupled from the coupling member as the shelf moves farther after the door has reached an open position. The follower pawl, after transfer of the shelf into an intermediate pivot position and/or into a closed position, is re-coupled to the coupling member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: HEINRICH J. KESSEBOHMER KGInventors: Reiner Kreyenkamp, Dietmar Baro, Frank Martling
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Publication number: 20110193455Abstract: A fitting for a corner cabinet accessible through a door has a support arranged stationarily in the interior of the corner cabinet for securing a shelf. The support has a guide member supporting the shelf and moving the shelf on a predetermined movement path from an inner position inside the cabinet into an outer position in front of a door opening of the corner cabinet. The guide member is pivotably connected to a bottom side of the shelf and pivotably connected to a corner cabinet wall. A pull-in device is operatively connected to the shelf and the guide member and automatically pulls in by an automatic pull-in action the shelf into the interior during a closing movement from the outer position into the innerposition. The automatic pull-in action begins at a predeterminable intermediate pivot position of the shelf during the closing movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: HEINRICH J. KESSEBÖHMER KGInventors: Reiner Kreyenkamp, Dietmar Baro, Frank Martling
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Publication number: 20100084952Abstract: A fitting for a corner cupboard, comprising a side wall and an access opening which borders the side wall and gives access to an interior of the corner cupboard over just a part of its width, has at least one single-part shelf, which in the work position of the fitting extends horizontally, two supporting arms, which in the work position of the fitting extend horizontally and which are mounted on the underside of the shelf, at two mutually spaced points, pivotably about vertical axes, a first support bearing for one of the two supporting arms, which has at least one linear guide defining a horizontally running pull-out direction for one of the two supporting arms, and a pivot bearing for defining a vertical pivot axis for the other of the two supporting arms.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2009Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: Vauth-Sagel Holding GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Claus Sagel
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Patent number: 7690739Abstract: A drawer (1) for a corner cabinet includes a front panel (4) angled inwards, two drawer side walls (2), a rear wall (5), and a drawer base (3). The front panel (4) has at least two plates (7?3?) which, when the drawer (1) is extended from within the corner cabinet, move relative to the drawer side walls (2) at the beginning of the opening process and at the end of the closing process.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2005Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.Inventors: Klaus Brüstle, Helmut Fitz
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Patent number: 7559614Abstract: A tool cabinet including an upper cover, a bottom board, a case body and a shelf accessory. The case body includes rotatably interconnected case boards, which are foldable with each other. The upper cover and the bottom board are loosely rabbeted into the case body. Without disconnecting each case board, each case board can be folded by pulling out a pin in the upper cover, turning over the upper cover, then taking out the shelf and the upright column, releasing the block rabbeting, and folding the case boards.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2006Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Meridian LM Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ying Zheng
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Patent number: 7516709Abstract: A safe having a support assembly disposed in the interior of the safe. The door of the safe is coupled to the support assembly and is shiftable between a closed position wherein the door is received in an opening of the safe and an open position wherein the door is removed from the opening in the safe and disposed in the interior of the safe.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2006Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Inventors: David Warren Bartel, Melvin Wayne Keehart
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Publication number: 20080122330Abstract: A cabinet with a guiding assembly, comprises a cabinet body having a receiving space; a first end and a second end being at two opposite ends of the cabinet body; the first end being openable; a lateral wall of the first end being installed with a slide track and a fixed track for locating the outer frame; the slide track being turnable outwards and being pivotally connected to a driven portion; an inner wall of the receiving space of the cabinet body being installed with a recessed track for engaging the inner frame; an outer frame which is turnable outwards; an inner frame installed in the cabinet body; the inner frame being movable. When the outer frame moves outwards, the slide track is turned outwards, the inner frame moves from the first end toward the second end by the guiding of the driven portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2006Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventor: Jui-Lien Yang
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Patent number: 7331617Abstract: A lock for a cabinet of the type wherein a door of the cabinet is movable through a frame of the cabinet is provided. An exemplary lock of the present invention includes a first and second restraining member connected by a rod and rotatable around an axis of rotation between a first position wherein a cabinet member is trapped between the restraining members and the door can not move through the frame and a second position wherein the door is freely movable through the frame. The lock optionally includes a mounting member having a rod-retaining section and optionally one or more rotation locks and/or one or more rotation restraints. The restraining members are optionally sized and shaped to facilitate rotation between the first and second position while accommodating different sizes and specifications of cabinet types. The lock optionally includes one or more strengthening members and end extensions angled on one or both ends of the rod.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2003Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Inventor: Brian D. Johnson
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Patent number: 7318631Abstract: A corner cabinet has a rectangular interior accessible through a door opening. A support column with a vertical swivel axis is arranged in the interior for supporting at least one essentially semi-circular shelf. The shelf is movable from an interior position into an exterior position in which the shelf projects outwardly past a plane of the door opening. First and second guides are connected at a connecting point to the bottom side of each shelf, respectively. The first guide is pivotably connected to the support column. The second guide is connected to support bearing mounted near the door opening on a sidewall and having a swivel axis extending parallel to the swivel axis of the support column. The swivel movement of the shelf from the interior position to the exterior position is controlled commonly by the first and second guides.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2005Date of Patent: January 15, 2008Assignee: Heinrich J. Kesseböhmer KGInventor: Reiner Kreyenkamp
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Publication number: 20070262682Abstract: Rotation and pull-out fitting for a shelf in a corner cabinet, includes a carrier supported in the corner cabinet to be rotatable about a vertical axis, and a pull-out guide on which the shelf is displaceable relative to the carrier, the pull-out guide being mounted on a intermediate carrier that is itself rotatable relative to the carrier about an axis that is parallel with the axis of rotation of the carrier but offset therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2007Publication date: November 15, 2007Applicant: NINKAPLAST GMBHInventor: Twellmann Gunter
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Patent number: 7147445Abstract: A gerotor mechanism is used to guide the rotation of a turntable having a Reuleaux triangle shape. In one version, the mechanism includes a gerotor having three lobes, and the gerotor guide has a guide profile including four recesses for receiving the lobes of the gerotor. Rotation is governed by a 4:3 hypocycloid function. The profiles of the gerotor and the gerotor guide are expanded uniformly from an original hypocycloid pattern so that rotation of the turntable results in execution of the hypocycloid function while retaining the gerotor in controlled contact with the profile of the gerotor guide. A reciprocal of the hypocycloid function yields a “cloverleaf” gerotor. Substantially planar bearing surfaces may be used at the interface of (a) the turntable and the gerotor guide, (b) the gerotor and the gerotor guide, or (c) the gerotor and the underlying support surface. The gerotor guide and turntable may be part of a cabinet or built into a kitchen countertop.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2005Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Inventor: William L. Krayer
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Patent number: 7137797Abstract: A gerotor mechanism is used to guide the rotation of a turntable having a Reuleaux triangle shape. The mechanism includes a gerotor having three lobes; the gerotor guide has a guide profile including four recesses for receiving the lobes of the gerotor. Rotation is governed by a 4:3 hypocycloid function. The profiles of the gerotor and the gerotor guide are expanded uniformly from an original hypocycloid pattern so that rotation of the turntable results in execution of the hypocycloid function while retaining the gerotor in controlled contact with the profile of the gerotor guide. Substantially planar bearing surfaces may be used at the interface of (a) the turntable and the gerotor guide, (b) the gerotor and the gerotor guide, or (c) the gerotor and the underlying support surface. The gerotor guide may be part of a cabinet or built into a kitchen countertop.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2004Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Inventor: William L. Krayer
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Patent number: 7096801Abstract: A safe having a support assembly disposed in the interior of the safe. The door of the safe is coupled to the support assembly and is shiftable between a closed position wherein the door is received in an opening of the safe and an open position wherein the door is removed from the opening in the safe and disposed in the interior of the safe.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2004Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Inventors: David Warren Bartel, Melvin Wayne Keehart
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Patent number: 6991305Abstract: The storage cabinet including a housing structure, a center column assembly having a center column in which the center column assembly is mounted in the housing structure, and a reconfigurable shelf assembly having at least two partial shelves. The partial shelves may be mounted to the center column to form a coplanar shelf surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2003Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Wenger CorporationInventor: Mark Gallea
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Patent number: 6865993Abstract: A safe having a support assembly disposed in the interior of the safe. The door of the safe is coupled to the support assembly and is shiftable between a closed position wherein the door is received in an opening of the safe and an open position wherein the door is removed from the opening in the safe and disposed in the interior of the safe.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2002Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Inventors: David Warren Bartel, Melvin Wayne Keehart
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Patent number: 6846052Abstract: A desk unit incorporating a concealed pull-out keyboard well includes a work surface and a concealed keyboard platform mounted under a work surface. The work surface can have an apron on the lower front surface that conceals the keyboard platform. A movable section of the work surface at a front edge thereof is movable in a path that extends downwardly and under the front edge of the keyboard tray and then rearwardly under the keyboard tray, where the movable section can be stored or removed from the desk unit. When the movable section is thus positioned, the keyboard can be used or extended for use. This desk construction can be employed in a corner mounted desk, wherein the keyboard tray is mounted at an angle under a corner in the desk, or the invention can be employed in a conventional desk having a work surface with a straight front edge.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2002Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: Sligh Furniture CompanyInventors: James O. Kelley, Ralph J Byma, Gregg J. Persons
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Publication number: 20040061419Abstract: The storage cabinet including a housing structure, a center column assembly having a center column in which the center column assembly is mounted in the housing structure, and a reconfigurable shelf assembly having at least two partial shelves. The partial shelves may be mounted to the center column to form a coplanar shelf surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2003Publication date: April 1, 2004Inventor: Mark Gallea
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Patent number: 6685287Abstract: A novel economically constructed freestanding combination corner hutch and dining table physically and structurally configured to accommodate placement into a typical room corner in order to economize space and simultaneously provide a uniquely designed, attractive, ergonomic, efficient, beneficial and desirable article of furniture.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2002Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Inventor: Embry Alden Teel
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Publication number: 20030173877Abstract: A corner storage unit having a generally elongate triangular plastic housing, including a base, a middle portion, and a cover is disclosed. The middle portion of the housing may include a first panel, a front panel, and a second panel, wherein the first panel and the second panel each include a forward and rearward edge. The first panel and the second panel of the housing may be connectively attached at their respective rearward edges, while the first panel may be disposed between the forward edges of the first panel and the second panel. The base and the cover may be disposed on opposite ends of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2002Publication date: September 18, 2003Inventors: Brian Ralph Pleiman, Matthew Joshua Brewer, Christopher L. Robinson
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Patent number: 6568772Abstract: Substantially planar bearings are used for the support and rotation of a rotatable shelf in the shape of a Reuleaux triangle, which rotates eccentrically. The bearings may be separate from the rotation guidance system or may be an integral part of it.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2001Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Inventors: Kenneth S. Gerkey, Ralph W. Kugler
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Patent number: 6523917Abstract: A mounting structure for mounting a door to a carrousel of a corner cabinet, wherein the carrousel has a plurality of shelves and a rotary axis, and the door is co-rotatable with the carrousel and is radially movable relative thereto, the mounting structure including a continuous, vertically extending casing which supports the shelves of the carrousel and accommodates further component parts of the mounting structure, the casing being formed by a column which is shaped as a hollow profile and is offset from the rotary axis of the carrousel; a pair of upper and lower bearing constructions rotatably supporting, the carrousel, and a pair of cantilever arms connecting the column to each of the bearing constructions.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2001Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Assignee: Ninkaplast GmbHInventor: Günter Twellmann
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Patent number: 6484983Abstract: A mounting device (10) for mounting a speaker enclosure (12) in an elevated position at an intersection of two walls (14,16) or similar surfaces, wherein the device (10) facilitates easily locating supportive wall studs (18,20) underlying wall sheathings 22,24, and the device (10) is adapted to couple with and support the speaker enclosure (12) in such a manner as to allow for removing and replacing the speaker enclosure (12) from or on the device (10) without removing a corner bracket (26,226) component of the device (10) from the wall (14,16).Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2001Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: Multi Service CorporationInventor: Christopher E. Combest
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Publication number: 20020117943Abstract: Substantially planar bearings are used for the support and rotation of a rotatable shelf in the shape of a Reuleaux triangle, which rotates eccentrically. The bearings may be separate from the rotation guidance system or may be an integral part of it.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2001Publication date: August 29, 2002Inventors: Kenneth S. Gerkey, Ralph W. Kugler
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Patent number: 6378964Abstract: A rotary stepped storage and display unit is placed on shelves in cabinets and other locations above eye level to store and display items such as spice jars etc. on a stepped surface so that items can be seen easily from below. Preferably, the device comprises a circular stepped pyramid on a rotary base. The device is provided in separate sections which are small enough to pass through the access opening to corner cupboards in kitchens or similar places where the access openings are considerably smaller than the inside dimensions of the cupboard. Easy-to-use snap fasteners are integral with the sections and are used to fasten the sections together inside the cabinet to form a structure which is too large to pass through the access opening but utilizes the space efficiently in the cabinet. The device either can rotate on its own rotary base, or can be mounted on one or more of the upper shelves of a series of rotary shelves mounted to rotate on a vertical axle in a corner or similar cupboard.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2001Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: Robbins Industries, Inc.Inventors: Rodney W. Robbins, Carter McGuyer
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Publication number: 20010013743Abstract: A mounting structure for mounting a door to a carrousel of a corner cabinet, wherein the carrousel has a plurality of shelves and a rotary axis, and the door is co-rotatable with the carrousel and is radially movable relative thereto, the mounting structure comprising: a continuous, vertically extending casing which supports the shelves of the carrousel and accommodates further component parts of the mounting structure, the casing being formed by a column which is shaped as a hollow profile and is offset from the rotary axis of the carrousel; a pair of upper and lower bearing constructions rotatably supporting carrousel, and a pair of cantilever arms connecting the column to each of the bearing constructions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2001Publication date: August 16, 2001Inventor: Gunter Twellmann
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Patent number: 6231137Abstract: A cooling or support rack is embedded into a work surface of a countertop at a position generally, directly in front of one or more doors of an oven arranged above the countertop. Preferably, the oven incorporates a pair of arcuate, sliding doors which are movable from a closed position to an open position wherein the doors do not extend over the cooling rack. The upper surface of the cooling rack is substantially flush with both the countertop and a lowermost cookware support surface within the oven such that cookware can be readily slid into and out of the oven.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 1999Date of Patent: May 15, 2001Assignee: Maytag CorporationInventors: Michael T. Lye, Luke N. Michas, Jeremy C. Howard, Edgar L. Laguinia, Elizabeth Akers, Seung Park, Marc S. Harrison, Peter Wooding, Jane K. Langmuir
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Patent number: 6220681Abstract: An armoire includes an enclosure having an opening defined therein. A door is located in the opening and is connected to the enclosure by a vertical hinge. A desk panel is mounted in the outside of the door and is connected to the door by a pair of four-bar linkages. The enclosure, the door and the desk panel all have convexly curved exterior surfaces, so that when the door is closed and the desk panel is closed, the convex exterior surfaces are co-extensive.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1999Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: Wellness, LLCInventors: Earl S. Swensson, David S. Gilbert
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Patent number: 5941620Abstract: In a corner furnishing element, a displaceably held inner built-in part is displaceable from an inner position into a position accessible from outside through an opening of the corner furnishing element. For this purpose a lever is provided which has two arms. This lever is pivotable, the one arm being in operative connection to a track, which is pivotable together therewith about a vertical pivot axis after an outer built-in part has been pulled out of the corner furnishing element. The other arm is connected to the inner built-in part by means of a connecting rod. The lever is formed by a solid or hollow profile, which is bent in the middle area. This lever can thus be inexpensively produced. Moreover the one arm can be provided with bends by means of which the character of the displacement movement of the inner built-in part can be changed.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 1997Date of Patent: August 24, 1999Assignee: Peka-Metall AGInventor: Peter Weber
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Patent number: 5823645Abstract: The present invention is a portable storage compartment which is adapted to be removably secured to the under surface of an existing upper cabinet. The storage compartment of the present invention includes an upper frame and a tracking system which is secured to a collapsible and foldable screen. The tracking system is secured to the screen and is also received within the frame. This will enable the screen to be slideably located on the frame. The screen is multi-paneled and comprises a plurality of rigid panels and flexible panels, alternatively disposed. This alteration of rigid and flexible panels provide a device which is designed and configured to be customized by the user by enabling the user to adjust the width of the screen by either cutting the off a flexible panel or by slidably removing a panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 1997Date of Patent: October 20, 1998Inventor: Sharon K. Darling