Mounted On Wall, Ceiling Or Spaced Panels Patents (Class 312/245)
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Patent number: 5544958Abstract: A storage cabinet is secured to the wall by at least one bracket, and has a top surface carrying a carpeted shelf for support of a cat box. The cat box shelf preferably has a hinged front wall or door for cat box removal, a fixed side and back wall, and one open side for cat access. An associated climbing tree has a base supporting a plurality of joined vertical poles wrapped with sisal rope, the poles supporting at least one climbing platform, with the poles secured to the wall by at least one bracket. The apparatus may include a cabinet support stand having a pair of sides on opposite sides of a toilet fixture, the support stand having at least one shelf between the sides and above the toilet fixture.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1994Date of Patent: August 13, 1996Inventor: Lynley A. McAfee
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Patent number: 5524980Abstract: A medicine cabinet organizing insert comprised of a rectangular frame having a side wall, top wall and bottom walls with one side of the frame being open. A vertical divider in the rectangular frame divides the organizing insert into two vertical compartments. One compartment divided into approximately 60% of the organizer has a plurality of adjustable shelves. Two of the shelves have specially designed slots for storing particular toilet articles. The open side of the rectangular frame has scored areas to remove a portion of the frame for fitting narrower designed existing medicine cabinets. The medicine cabinet organizer is easily installed in existing medicine cabinets to replace existing shelves. With the shelves removed, the organizer may be simply placed in the opened cavity of existing medicine cabinets and secured with double faced adhesive tape or installed with mounting screws.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1993Date of Patent: June 11, 1996Assignee: RX For OrganizationInventors: Terry A. Carter, Janet L. Carter, Steven V. Mishkin, Carlyn H. Mishkin
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Patent number: 5513908Abstract: A modular system for assembling food service fixtures employs a plurality of leg assemblies each having a front leg, a rear member that can be selectively suspended at desired locations from a horizontal rail, and a substantially horizontal member extending between the rear member and front leg. Clips are used to removably secure shelves between the horizontal members of adjacent leg assemblies. A counter top extends from the back plane and is supported by the upper ends of the front legs. Each front leg includes a standardized set of fastening means for interchangeably fastening any of a plurality of alternative front members (doors, aprons, plate shelves, panels, etc.) between adjacent leg assemblies. In the preferred embodiment, the shelves are made of a plurality of wire rods. Upper and lower wire rods extend along the lateral edges of each shelf.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1994Date of Patent: May 7, 1996Assignee: Kloppenberg & CompanyInventor: Ralph E. Williams
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Patent number: 5488914Abstract: The present invention provides a security device for boxes. The security device includes a cabinet device defining an enclosure for safekeeping a box containing, for example, valuable materials. The cabinet device includes side walls, a rear wall, a front wall and a bottom base. The cabinet device has an open top section into which a bottom portion of the box which is to be secured is inserted into the upper inner portion of the cabinet device. The bottom base includes a locking device for securing the cabinet onto a supporting surface such as a floor. The front wall includes a drawer removably secured to the front wall. The cabinet includes releasably interlocking devices at the upper inner portion of the walls to secure the box onto the cabinet which is secured onto a support surface such as, for example, the floor.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 1993Date of Patent: February 6, 1996Inventor: Jay Ouellette
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Patent number: 5460101Abstract: A wall-mounted foldable desk for providing an elevated working surface comprising two opposed and upwardly extended side plates, each side plate having top and bottom edges with front and rear edges extended therebetween; a bottom plate having front and rear edges with side edges extended therebetween with each side edge coupled to a bottom edge of a side plate; a back plate having top and bottom edges with side edges extended therebetween with the bottom edge coupled to the rear edge of the bottom plate, each side edge coupled to a rear edge of an adjacent side plate, and the top edge aligned with the top edges of each side plate; a first plate having a top surface and a bottom surface, front and rear edges, and opposed side edges extended between the front and rear edges; pivotal structure for pivotally coupling the side edges of the first plate between the side plates to define a pivotable desk top; extendable structure coupled between the desk top and sidewalls and having one position for allowing desk toType: GrantFiled: April 25, 1994Date of Patent: October 24, 1995Inventor: Nelson E. Garbutt, Sr.
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Patent number: 5457922Abstract: The invention is directed to a containment box for use during window frame removal or other building structure modification to prevent toxic material from entering the environment; and particularly inhabited areas of the building.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1994Date of Patent: October 17, 1995Inventor: Mark C. Fara
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Patent number: 5456529Abstract: An overhead stowage system for holding luggage above a passenger seat of an airplane has a holding bin movably coupled to a support structure of a modular design which may be preassembled prior assembly with the airplane. A motor drives a cable chain which is attached to the holding bin for moving the holding bin with respect to the structure. The motor is operatively coupled to a horizontal shaft which has a length corresponding to the length of the overhead stowage bin and which has an drive sprocket driving the cable chain as it is driven by the motor. A pulley disposed on the support structure redirects the force of the cable chain, as driven by the motor, for lifting the holding bin relative the support structure. The motor provides all or a partial force for lifting the holding bin. Switches and sensors located on the support structure and holding bin operate in accordance with the position of the holding bin relative the support structure for determining when and how the motor is to operate.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1993Date of Patent: October 10, 1995Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Kwun-Wing Cheung
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Patent number: 5407261Abstract: A storage container for attachment to the enclosed ceiling of a room. The container has an upper and lower portion with the portions being hinged together. An over-center linkage including a tension spring, connects the upper and lower portions and a pivot pin in the linkages engages a portion of the linkage to act as a physical stop to inhibit movement thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1993Date of Patent: April 18, 1995Inventor: Glenn E. Mercer
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Patent number: 5401094Abstract: The disclosed recessed medicine cabinet uses separate cabinet components related to a flush mounted cabinet and a recessed cabinet, each having a rear wall and peripherial walls projected forwardly therefrom and defining a storage space. The flush mounted cabinet component is larger both horizontally and vertically than the recessed cabinet component and a framed opening in a structural wall, suited to be mounted flush against the structural wall over the framed opening. The recessed cabinet component peripherial walls are sized to fit into the framed opening, and through an opening in the flush mounted cabinet component rear wall. The overall medicine cabinet storage space is comprised of both cabinet component storage spaces, the recessed cabinet component storage space lying rearwardly of the flush mounted cabinet component storage space.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 1993Date of Patent: March 28, 1995Inventor: Mark E. Walsten
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Patent number: 5392934Abstract: An apparatus for height adjustably supporting an object on a wall surface includes a horizontal wall mount spacer section adapted to be mounted adjacent a wall surface. An object support rail is adapted to be mounted adjacent the wall mount spacer section opposite the wall surface, the wall mount spacer section and object support rail mounted in substantially parallel alignment. The support rail has a saddle-receiving upper surface spaced from the wall mount spacer section. At least one object-supporting saddle bracket is provided, the bracket adapted to fit over and be supported by the upper surface of the support rail, each bracket further including engagement hooks for engaging and supporting an object adjacent the outer side of the support rail. Mounted on the object to be supported is a receiving element such as a double slotted standard which will receive and retain the engagement hooks thus allowing an object to be supported by the wall mount apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1993Date of Patent: February 28, 1995Inventor: Larry G. Fox
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Patent number: 5388570Abstract: A cabinet housing CPR masks and non-sterile hypoallergenic latex gloves is mounted on a wall in a visible location. A plastic tie seal maintains the cabinet door closed. In the event of a CPR emergency, the seal is pulled, twisted and thereby broken, the door opened and the mask and gloves removed. When the door is opened, a lever switch on the cabinet automatically activates a loud piezo buzzer mounted on top of the cabinet, thereby alerting others to the emergency. The buzzer can be deenergized with a key-activated switch.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1993Date of Patent: February 14, 1995Inventor: Joseph D. Wassil
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Patent number: 5373654Abstract: A corner picture frame comprising an enclosed triangular compartment; a recessed hanging member at the apex of the triangular compartment; and a rectangular closure member connecting the sides of said triangular compartment and adapted to support a picture in the outer face thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the rectangular closure member is hinged to swing horizontally providing access to the interior of the triangular compartment. In such instance, at least one triangular shelf is positioned within the compartment to increase the utility of the unit. Also lights may be positioned either top or bottom or both to permit illuminating a translucent picture mounted in the closure member and additional translucent panels may be positioned as closures of the triangular box for decorative purposes.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1993Date of Patent: December 20, 1994Inventor: James K. Whalen
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Patent number: 5372415Abstract: A storage locker constructed of recyclable thermoplastic that utilizes insertion tabs and sockets molded into the sides, top, bottom, front and side panels for permanent interlocking without the need of conventional fasteners. The storage locker is assembled on site by inserting the tabs of the appropriate panel into the socket receptacles of an adjoining panel. Assembly of a basic locker requires snap attachment of the side walls to the top and bottom panel. A front frame, preassembly with a hinged door panel, is snap attached to the structure to complete the assembly wherein the structure is available for mounting directly to a wall. For a stand alone locker assembly, a perforated rear panel is available for attachment to the rear of the locker by use of locker pins. The rear panel provides aeration and allows various hook placement for hanging items. Shelves are available in either fixed or adjustable disposition.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 1993Date of Patent: December 13, 1994Assignee: Suncast CorporationInventors: Thomas A. Tisbo, Stephen P. Whitehead, Lyle A. Rosine
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Patent number: 5372417Abstract: Cash drawer system for a point-of-sale terminal having a housing, a latchable drawer, and a mechanism for forcing the drawer outward. The drawer slides on a pair of slides positioned beneath the drawer, and the drawer is latchable to the slides by latches located in the front of the drawer. Orienting features of the slide and drawer cooperate to orient the drawer for latching during drawer insertion. The drawer is also laterally movable on the slides, which prevents jamming, binding and racking of the drawer if the slides are in a non-parallel position. A central portion of the drawer may be lower than the edges to provide increased media space below a cash till.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1993Date of Patent: December 13, 1994Assignee: Indiana Cash Drawer Company, Inc.Inventors: Robin S. Buie, Bruce L. Mann, Phillip E. Stephens
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Patent number: 5351929Abstract: A device 10 for mounting a panel 102 to a bracket 106 on a wall 108 with the panel vertical and at right angles to the wall. The device comprises a housing 12 adapted to be secured with a reference surface thereof against a major surface of the panel and houses a hanging member 14 which lies substantially parallel to said reference surface. An end of the hanging member 14 extends beyond the housing and is adapted for engagement with the bracket. The device further comprises means for adjusting the position of the hanging member relative to the housing so that said end is moveable in a plane substantially parallel to the reference surface. The adjusting means comprises two adjusting devices 50, 70 for moving said end in respective different directions and each adjusting device includes a single component which contacts the hanging member so as to be able to move said member, and which also is in high-interference contact with the housing to resist an inadvertent change of its adjusted position.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 1993Date of Patent: October 4, 1994Assignee: Titus International LimitedInventor: William E. T. Vallance
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Patent number: 5303300Abstract: A security door phone device, to enable a user to speak with a person at their front door regardless of whether the user is in their home at the time, the device including a solid, durable, weather-resistant casing adapted to be securely mounted to a wall surface, the casing including a securely attached cover panel, a speaker and a microphone, a telephone line connection utilizing the speaker and microphone for normal two-way telephone communication, a memory adapted to store a selection of predetermined telephone numbers corresponding with select time periods, and a dialing button protruding through the cover panel and being structured and disposed to auto dial one of the predetermined numbers corresponding with the time period when the button is pushed. The device is easily programmed such that when the dialing button is pushed, the predetermined number will be called. A key pad and display enable the phone numbers and corresponding select time periods to be entered into memory.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1992Date of Patent: April 12, 1994Inventor: Donald Eckstein
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Patent number: 5242219Abstract: A storage device for use between exposed rafters of a basement or like ceiling is disclosed. The device includes a base and drawer each of rigid welded wire construction. The base is secured by wood screws to the bottom surface of adjacent rafters to span between them. The base includes tracks in the form of welded wires which define a pair of parallel slots. The wires also define an enlarged opening into the slots of the front end of the base. The drawer at the bottom of its rear end has a pair of spaced apart projecting T-shaped hooks for releasably and slidably engaging the track. The hooks also allow the drawer to hang vertically from the front end of the base and to be manually removed and reinserted into engaging with the slots through the wide openings. The drawer may be pivoted upward on the hooks and slid with the hooks engaged in the slots to a storage position atop the base and between the rafters.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1992Date of Patent: September 7, 1993Inventor: Leonard P. Tomaka
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Patent number: 5239790Abstract: A preassembled attic shelf unit includes a pair of shelf support members connected to each other with wooden connectors so that outward facing surfaces of the support units are engageable with portions of adjacent roof trusses located on fixed centers. Each shelf support member may be rectangular wooden stock material formed with an elongate rectangular groove in an inward facing surface thereof so that the opposing grooves respectively receive longitudinal edges of the shelf in sliding supporting engagement. Nails may be utilized to fasten the shelf supporting members directly to the portions of the trusses such as web member portions interconnecting top and bottom chord members of the trusses together.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 1992Date of Patent: August 31, 1993Inventor: Paul T. Fetzer
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Patent number: 5222611Abstract: A wall-unit hanging system for hanging shelves, cabinets, drawers or the like on a wall is described. The system includes a mounting rail and one or more vertical panels. Each vertical panel has a cut-out portion and an associated bracket for securing the vertical panel to the mounting rail. The vertical panel is secured to the mounting rail by moving the panel perpendicularly with respect to the wall until the panel is flushed with the wall and the cut-out portion has received the mounting rail. The mounting bracket engages a projection in the mounting rail in order to secure the vertical panels to the mounting rail.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1992Date of Patent: June 29, 1993Inventors: Robert G. Wood, Timothy J. McGrath
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Patent number: 5215366Abstract: A storage apparatus for support either on a ground surface or from a ceiling surface. The apparatus includes a container portion with a tubular member positioned adjacent to each vertical corner thereof. A leg is telescopingly positioned in each tube. The legs may extend downwardly to the ground surface or, alternatively, may be reversed to extend upwardly to the ceiling surface. The tubes extend above the top of the container portion and below the bottom thereof so that when pluralities of the storage apparatus are stacked, the loading is carried by the tubes. A horizontally folding door assembly is disposed across an opening in the container portion. The door assembly has lips thereon to prevent access to gaps between the door assembly and the container portion and between upper and lower portions of the door assembly. The lower portion of the door assembly is guided as the door is opened and closed, and counterbalancing is provided to assist in opening and closing.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 1991Date of Patent: June 1, 1993Inventor: Charles S. Givens
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Patent number: 5169219Abstract: A support to facilitate the installation of wall hung cabinets and the like includes a support member for supporting cabinets in a raised position such that the cabinets are positioned approximately where they are to be installed, and at least one rail support bracket connected to the support member and adapted to hold a rail with a plurality of individual cabinets thereon so that the cabinets can be aligned, interconnected, and attached to a support surface. The method includes providing a support member for cabinets, positioning the cabinets on the support member in a near final position, interconnecting the cabinets, and anchoring the cabinets to a support surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 1991Date of Patent: December 8, 1992Inventor: Richard A. Obbink
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Patent number: 5156450Abstract: A portable soap caddy assembly with a toiletry receptacle having an opening and a sidewall for holding various toiletries and having means for mounting the receptacle to a vertical wall with opening facing upwardly. This assembly provides an auxiliary receptacle with an opening and sidewalls and a mounting assembly for movably mounting the auxiliary receptacle to the toiletry receptacle between a first open position where the sidewall of the toiletry receptacle closes the opening of the auxiliary receptacle and a second position where the auxiliary opening is opened facing upwardly. A further assembly has an auxiliary receptacle with an opening, sidewall and bottom and means for mounting the auxiliary receptacle to the toilety receptacle to close the opening of the toiletry receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 1991Date of Patent: October 20, 1992Inventor: Reginald D. Lee
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Patent number: 5152593Abstract: A cabinet assembly system incorporating fastener elements of the hook and loop type or their equivalent particularly designed and positioned to enable the supporting walls, floor and ceiling of a given area to support, temporarily or permanently in pre-selected locations, a plurality of cabinets, shelves, receptacles and the like, having walls, tips, doors and floors. The fastener elements are affixed to walls, floor and ceiling as needed and to the contiguous surfaces of cabinets, shelves and receptacles directly or with special fastening elements so that these articles can be maintained in an established configuration until more secure fastenings are effected or until there is a decision to rearrange the configuration.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1990Date of Patent: October 6, 1992Inventor: Georg Domenig
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Patent number: 5141300Abstract: A wall-mounted jewelry cabinet assembly designed for the receipt of chains, necklaces, and the like as well as their accessories. The cabinet assembly (10) is formed of a base cabinet subassembly (12) and a cover subassembly (14), the cover subassembly being mounted on the base subassembly by hinge means (16) and which is adapted to be latched in a closed position by means of magnets (80, 82) which engage magnetic material (84, 86). The base cabinet subassembly is formed of a generally rectangular frame work (20, 22, 24, 26) and further includes a back, border boards, and a pocket forming board all of which are covered by a fabric-like material (42) of pleasing appearance. A plurality of hooks (44) are provided on an upper portion of the back for the receipt of chains and the like. A pocket forming board extends across the lower forward portion of the base cabinet assembly and forms a pocket for the receipt of accessories.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 1992Date of Patent: August 25, 1992Inventor: Ethel Ciesla
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Patent number: 5139322Abstract: An improved medicine cabinet is constructed predominantly from molded plastic components adapted for rapid assembly. The medicine cabinet includes a forwardly open main housing having preformed grooves therein which cooperate with one or more upright central shelf support brackets to support an array of half width shelf members in a customized geometry of half and full width shelves. The medicine cabinet further includes an improved self-closing hinge assembly for swingably supporting a mirror door from the cabinet housing, wherein the hinge assembly does not require metal parts. The mirror door includes a recessed baseplate for stable nested reception of a glass mirror, in combination with an improved mirror frame adapted for simple snap fit mounting onto the baseplate.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1990Date of Patent: August 18, 1992Assignee: Zaca Inc.Inventor: William J. Aisley
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Patent number: 5139320Abstract: A storage compartment device and system for releasably storing a plurality of tape cartridges therein. The device basically comprises storage compartment means, at least one partitioning means, tape cartridge positioning means and tape cartridge securing means. The storage compartment means comprises a storage compartment having an opening and an interior for removably securing a plurality of tape cartridges therein. The partitioning means of the device partitions the interior of the storage compartment into sections and guides each of the tape cartridges into and out of its respective section. The tape cartridge positioning means is adjacent each of the sections for movably positioning the tape cartridge and to permit independent insertion and retrieval of each of the tape cartridges. In addition, the tape cartridge securing means is located adjacent each of the sections and releasably secures each of the tape cartridges therein.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 1991Date of Patent: August 18, 1992Assignee: Ner Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Harold J. Banker
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Patent number: 5090652Abstract: A concealed device for wall-mounting an item of wall furniture comprising, in combination: a plate to be fixed to the furniture item, a coupling element articulatedly secured to said plate and arranged to engage a support member fixed to the wall, and first and second adjustment linkages acting between said plate and said coupling element to adjust both the vertical position of the coupling element relative to the plate and the angle formed between the plate and the coupling element. According to the invention, the coupling element consists of an independent coupling module, complete with said linkages. Said adjustment linkages are preferably accessible from both the inside and the outside of the furniture item.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1990Date of Patent: February 25, 1992Assignee: Camar S.p.A.Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
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Patent number: 5087105Abstract: An improved earring rack is provided and consists of a grid frame for removably holding the hook earrings thereon and two shutters, each having a plurality of small holes for removably holding post earrings with their respective friction nuts thereon. Each shutter is hinged to one side of the grid frame so that the shutters can be swung centerwards for the post earrings to be removed easily. The grid frame is mounted in a stationary vertical position to prevent the rack from falling over when the earrings are being removed therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1990Date of Patent: February 11, 1992Inventor: James M. White
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Patent number: 5080453Abstract: Utility cabinet for mounting on sloping walls, for instance on boats, has front and rear members, a top member and a bottom member, which form an enclosure. The plane of the rear member is at an angle to the plane of the front member to accommodate mounting on sloping walls. A plurality of shelves are mounted in said enclosure. The front member is hinged at the bottom member for use as a desk or table. A pair of adjustable chains are connected from the top of the front member to the top member.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 1990Date of Patent: January 14, 1992Inventor: Guy D. Miller
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Patent number: 5050832Abstract: An adjustable mounting system for removably supporting modular storage units on a vertical wall is comprised of at least two substantially identical C-shaped brackets and a wall channel. The C-brackets are adjustably mounted on a storage unit, and one of two opposed hooks on each bracket is hooked over the wall channel to mount the storage unit on the channel. The C-brackets also include an outboard flange with a slot and screw hole, providing the adjustable mounting of the bracket to the modular storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 1990Date of Patent: September 24, 1991Assignee: Lee/Rowan CompanyInventors: E. Desmond Lee, Charles Camilleri
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Patent number: 5039902Abstract: An overhead storage system utilizes a bin having handles that are engaged by fixtures, at least one of which is articulated to permit facile emplacement of the bin and ready access thereto when desired. The fixtures cooperate with the handle structure to provide lateral and longitudinal stability, as well as underlying support for the container.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1989Date of Patent: August 13, 1991Inventor: Fred M. Schwarz
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Patent number: 5022537Abstract: A bin lock system to detachably mount at least one storage bin on a storage panel wherein the storage bin includes a flexible attachment member affixed to the rear portion thereof and the storage panel includes a bin receiving member and bin retaining member disposed in spaced relationship relative to each other such that when at least a portion of the flexible attachment member is mounted on the bin receiving member the bin retaining member is disposed to selectively engage the storage bin to secure the storage bin to the storage panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1989Date of Patent: June 11, 1991Inventor: Kenneth R. Henriquez
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Patent number: 4993676Abstract: Apparatus for mounting a television set or the like from an ordinary home ceiling that has spaced-apart joists such as two-by-fours placed on edge and a ceiling panel secured to the underside of the joints. The apparatus includes an L-shaped bracket and a hollow shaft connected to one of the legs of the bracket so as to form a U-shaped hook that is engageable in flush contact with a ceiling joist. The shaft extends downward through a hole in the ceiling adjacent to a joist and provides support for a cabinet connected to the shaft. A spacer element is preferably disposed between the cabinet and ceiling, and the cabinet is secured by a disc and nut adjacent to the ceiling and a nut engaging the bottom of the shaft below a support plate connected to the top of the cabinet. Electrical wires and coaxial cables as required are threaded upward through the hollow shaft and are made available for connection to power and signal sources.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1990Date of Patent: February 19, 1991Inventors: William E. Fitts, Christina L. Fitts
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Patent number: 4993785Abstract: A writing support is disclosed comprising a strip which can be fixed on a fixed wall and receive an intermediate shaped adjusting piece. A writing supprot box is fitted by a longitudinal rib in one of the grooves on the external face of the intermediate shaped adjusting piece and receives a block of repositionable removable sheets and a writing means. The writing support box may be readily fitted or removed by longitudinal sliding and its slant may be adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1990Date of Patent: February 19, 1991Assignee: Boitabloc, societe anonymeInventor: Georges Dunand
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Patent number: 4984762Abstract: A system is provided for mounting the rear end of a bracket assembly within a cabinet between the front and rear walls of the cabinet and wherein the horizontal distance between the front and rear walls of the cabinet may vary. The rear end of the bracket assembly includes front-to-rear extending guide sleeves supported therefrom and support pins are longitudinally slidably received through the sleeves. The front ends of the pins include rotary torque input structure whereby rotary torque may be applied to the pins through the utilization of a rotary torque tool and the rear ends of the pins include threaded blind bores in which forward ends of screw shanks are removably threadedly engaged, the rear ends of the screw shanks being equipped with wood screw threads.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 1989Date of Patent: January 15, 1991Inventors: Thomas F. Braun, Manfred H. Braun
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Patent number: 4979625Abstract: A key keeper for use with keys comprising two wooden frames. Hinges pivotally connect the two frames such that the front frame is overlying the back frame. The front frame defining a picture frame and including matting enclosing its backside, the front frame containing clear glass and matted picture, the backside of the front frame further including a metal tab attached thereto. The back frame having a means for attaching to a wall and being completely enclosed on its backside with a piece of sheet metal backing. The back frame including a round magnet disposed in an inset in a front surface which is aligned with the metal tab on the backside of the front frame. The magnet will magnetically engage the metal tab thereby holding the two frames together in a closed position. A magnetic holding device comprising a strip of metal and a strip of magnetic tape attached to the backside of the metal strip.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1990Date of Patent: December 25, 1990Inventors: Merlyn B. Johnson, Brycelyn B. Johnson
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Patent number: 4960308Abstract: A crisper drawer support shelf for refrigerators assembled from four components. The assembly includes a molded plastic, generally rectangular frame having a tunnel along the front edge thereof. An extruded aluminum I-beam is press-fitted into the tunnel to provide strength along the front edge of the shelf. A transparent cover member is positioned within an opening defined by the frame. A sheet metal trim strip is snapped into its mounted position across the front of the shelf. The assembly can be installed as a unit. The I-beam provides sufficient strength to support crisper drawers carried by the support shelf.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 1989Date of Patent: October 2, 1990Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.Inventor: David J. Donaghy
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Patent number: 4955487Abstract: A gun rack case having a pair of side walls having outwardly turned bottom ledges having spaced holes for screwing onto the exposed edges of an ajoining pair of rafters in an attic. The case has a pair of transversely extending, longitudinally spaced partitions with notches on top of said partitions for supporting a plurality of rifles. The case also has a hinged door extending downwardly when in the open position and which is pivotally movable to the horizontal position when in the locked position.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1989Date of Patent: September 11, 1990Inventor: Robert J. Quallich
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Patent number: 4953764Abstract: A system for use with small objects such as nails, screws and the like comprises a box dimensioned to hold a plurality of curved, lidded containers that fit easily into a carpenter's pouch or, alternatively, have a clip for use directly on a work belt. The top and the bottom of the box are latched and carried by a handle with two axes of rotation, one for unlatching and one for moving to a noninterfering position when the box is mounted to a wall to serve as a temporary shelf. The handle latches securely, both by mating with a portion of the bottom of the box and by sleeves that slide over a portion of the handle. Each container may also have an integral or removable divider for holding complementary small objects in the left and right portions of the container.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 1989Date of Patent: September 4, 1990Inventor: Kovacs, Mark S.
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Patent number: 4949520Abstract: A componential system for assembling various interior building facade structures such as soffits and other decorative or functional installations feature a number of modular components extruded and molded from suitable poly-plastic material which can be snapped together, placed in position and afterwards finished in any desired manner, as by painting or papering. No drywalling or like work or other construction is necessary so that soffits, for instance, can be assembled and installed by the cabinet or other installer rather than by carpenters and drywallers, as is typical.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 1989Date of Patent: August 21, 1990Inventor: Richard W. Bear
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Patent number: 4936534Abstract: An assembly for wall mounting a cantilevered piece of furniture comprising a first anchoring means suitable for being fastened to a structure such as a wall and a second anchoring means suitable for being fastened to a body such as furniture, stably interconnected. The second anchoring means comprises a housing from which an anchoring member juts out, which ends with a contoured head. The anchoring member is linked to the housing in a freely swinging way and is capable of being rotated and pivoted. The anchoring member can thus be rotated between a first position in which the contoured head can be disengaged from the first attachment means, and a second position in which the contoured head is constrained to the first attachment means. The constraint is held stable by means of a connection between the first and the second anchoring means.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 1989Date of Patent: June 26, 1990Assignee: Camar S.p.A.Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
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Patent number: 4930628Abstract: A storage and display case includes a base having recesses for holding tools. The base includes front and rear angled sides that are angled outwardly from a bottom surface towards a top surface. A transparent cover is pivotally mounted on the base on an axis that is substantially parallel to the rear angled side, and is adapted to pivot between a closed position wherein the case is covered and an open position wherein the cover abuts the rear angled side. A mechanism is provided for maintaining the cover in its fully opened position with the cover abutting the rear angled side. When the cover is in its open position, with the cover abutting the rear angled side, the case can be supported on the cover with the base being at an angle to the horizontal that permits easy access to any tools contained therein. A hook portion can be placed along the front angled side whereby the case can be suspended from a hanger strip mounted on a wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 1988Date of Patent: June 5, 1990Assignee: Aladdin Industries Inc.Inventor: John A. Bridges
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Patent number: 4928913Abstract: A wall mounting system wherein a single horizontal rail is attached to a wall structure and suspended components are supported by an undercut forming a cleat on the top of the rail. The supported structures may be cabinets, vertical rails supporting shelving brackets mounted so as to eliminate the view of the mounting system from a frontal observation, a novel insert is provided to aid in suspending members from the horizontal rail.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1989Date of Patent: May 29, 1990Assignee: McCalla/Lackey Products CorporationInventors: Thomas C. Laughon, Roy V. Nicholson, Michael E. Barrett, Robert C. Beckmann
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Patent number: 4928833Abstract: A storage organizer system and method of installation in which the system is formed of a plurality of panels arranged parallel to each other and extend from a support wall. An elongated rail is mounted horizontally on said support wall and has a projection extending upwardly and away from said wall. Each of the panels have a cut out shaped to receive the rail projection whereby the panels are first hung on the rail and thereafter support elements are mounted between the panels. Preferably the end panels are mounted on the rail with one side abutting one of spaced walls extending perpendicular from the support wall so as to prevent the end walls from spreading whereby the support elements can be cut to exact length and wedged between the panels to provide a right-to-left tight fit.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1988Date of Patent: May 29, 1990Inventor: Lee M. Huizenga
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Patent number: 4929039Abstract: A cabinet that provides sanitary storage of toothbrushes and convenient storage of toothpaste. Provides storage for toothbrushes free from insects and dust as the cabinet door closes tight and the only openings in the cabinet are one-sixteenth inch diameter vent holes for air circulation so toothbrushes can dry. Sanitary as each toothbrush is raised one-eighth inch above the shelf by its holder ring and toothbrushes do not touch each other for separate and thorough drying. Easy to use as you need only one hand to open the door and readily remove or insert toothbrushes and close the door. The cabinet may be free-standing or attachable to a wall mount and easily removed. Easy to disassemble cabinet for thorough cleaning. Toothpaste holders may easily be attached to each side of the cabinet by snapping on or off. Toothpaste tube stands in the holder.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1988Date of Patent: May 29, 1990Inventors: Paul Thomas, Lionel M. Ahina
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Patent number: 4927215Abstract: A surface-mounted bath cabinet is provided with side and body trim. Portions of the cabinet and its mounting brackets provide channels in which a bottom trim panel may be mounted. Side trim members, in the form of mirrors, also provide support for the trim panel. The mounting and trim components may be supplied as a unitary "kit".Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1989Date of Patent: May 22, 1990Assignee: Robern, Inc.Inventor: Howard S. Katz
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Patent number: 4919498Abstract: A portable, multi-use, self-storing, wall mounted fold down desk/work center providing interior storage with applications for home, office and institutional uses. A box-like storage cavity is mounted on a wall and may be positioned at various selected heights. A single piece desk member having a flat work surface is hingedly attached at its back edge to the bottom frame of the storage cavity. First and second doors are hinged to the edge of the desk member and fold shut against the under edge of the desk member to make a compact box. When open the desk is in a horizontal position and the doors are folded to a vertical position. On one edge of each door is an extendable leg which extends to the floor to give the desk added stability. A collapsible dollhouse may be stored in its carrying case in the storage cavity. Alternatively, a vanity insert is provided so that when the desk is opened it converts into a dressing table. The unit may be a workcenter, game center or other utilitarian uses.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1988Date of Patent: April 24, 1990Inventor: De Maris C. Turner
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Patent number: 4906058Abstract: A cabinet includes a downturned arcuate top having an upstanding flange at the front edge and spaced apart upstanding support members at the rear edge. Elongate flexible items, such as sections of vacuum hose, are stored upon the top intermediate the flange and the support members. Cradles, carried by the support members, hold elongate rigid items, such as vacuum hose extensions and handle sections of various equipment. Cleaning heads and other attachments are engaged with and suspended from sockets formed in the bottom of the cabinet. Other items are held by hooks which depend from the cabinet. The cabinet is also provided with a shelf and lockable doors for storage of small items and toxic or poisonous materials.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1988Date of Patent: March 6, 1990Inventor: Robert A. Turner
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Patent number: 4902079Abstract: A data entry terminal includes a front panel, a shroud and a base plate. The terminal may be assembled as a desk mounted unit or a wall mounted unit, depending upon the orientation of the front panel to the shroud and base plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 1986Date of Patent: February 20, 1990Assignee: Bull HN Information Systems Inc.Inventors: Jay A. Kaplan, Peter Place
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Patent number: RE34377Abstract: A storage module for adjustable disposition within a cavity, bounded by opposed side walls, of a refrigerator unit. The module being secured therein by a spaced array of complimentary fixturing projections and fixturing cavities which are oriented angularly upwardly. The fixturing projections and fixturing cavities being arranged for selective mating engagement therebetween and positional restraint of the module in a predetermined location within the cavity. The fixturing projections and fixturing cavities being stabilized by a tribological interface along at least a portion of the mating surfaces between the projections and cavities to restrain the module against dislodgment forces. The projections and cavities are tapered in the plane of movement of the module of each of the projections and cavities including an upper surface disposed at a first angle in the plane and a lower surface disposed at a second angle in the plane.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1991Date of Patent: September 14, 1993Assignee: Sub-Zero Freezer Co., Inc.Inventors: Allen L. Wilkins, Philip F. Hottmann, Jerome Caruso