Patents Assigned to L&P Property Management
  • Shelf insert
    Publication number: 20010019032
    Abstract: A shelf assembly for organizing and merchandising a plurality of products. The shelf assembly comprises a shelf having a bottom, plurality of dividers extending from front to back, a pair of dividers and the bottom forming a track in which a column of products are arranged. A front member pivotal about a stop, or pivotally engaged with the dividers, prevents the forwardmost product within the column from falling off the front of the shelf. The pivotal front members enable product to be pulled forwardly off the shelf, minimizing the spacing necessary between adjacent shelves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Applicant: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Joseph M. Battaglia, Rafael T. Bustos
  • Apparatus for tying and binding bales of compressed materials
    Patent number: 6283017
    Abstract: A mechanism for tying a bale of compressible material comprises a housing, a gear rotatably mounted with respect to the housing, and a drive mechanism operable for rotating the gear. A twister pinion is rotatably mounted with respect to the housing and is coupled to the gear to rotate when the gear rotates. The twister pinion includes a slot formed therein for receiving overlapped wire sections and twisting the wire sections upon rotation of the pinion. The twister pinion includes a sloped surface formed therein proximate at least one end of said slot. The sloped surface engages the overlapped wire sections and directs the wire sections inwardly toward a center axis of the pinion when the pinion is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: L & P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Gerald L. Johnson, John Wiedel
  • Shelf assembly
    Patent number: 6276538
    Abstract: A shelf assembly for organizing and merchandising a plurality of products. The shelf assembly comprises a shelf having a bottom, plurality of dividers extending from front to back, a pair of dividers and the bottom forming a track in which a column of products are arranged. A front member pivotal about a stop, or pivotally engaged with the dividers, prevents the forwardmost product within the column from falling off the front of the shelf. The pivotal front members enable product to be pulled forwardly off the shelf, minimizing the spacing necessary between adjacent shelves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Joseph M. Battaglia, Rafael T. Bustos
  • Bedding or seating product having bands of springs
    Patent number: 6272706
    Abstract: A pocketed coil spring assembly for use in the manufacture of mattresses or cushions or the like comprising a plurality of strips of integrally connected closed fabric pockets each containing one helically coiled wire compression spring having its axis disposed transversely of the strip, and wherein each of the strips contains a single band of interconnected springs formed from a single length of wire into a plurality of interconnected helical coil springs. The springs of the bands may contain inserts such as foam cylinders or pocketed coil springs to impart differing degrees of firmness to different strips. Adjacent coil springs may be separated by multiple transverse lines of attachment in order to posturize the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Richard L. McCune, Joe C. Workman
  • Packaged bedding product
    Patent number: 6273257
    Abstract: A method of packaging a bedding product in order to create a plastic film package in which the bedding product is individually packaged. First and second webs of extruded plastic film are unwound from first and second web rolls, passed between rollers and across opposed first and second surfaces of the bedding product before being cut and joined together in order to create a plastic film package. Each of the first and second webs have a uniform width and a varying thickness across the width in order to provide increased protection along the ends of the packaged bedding product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventor: Niels S. Mossbeck
  • Dual layer bedding or seating product
    Patent number: 6272700
    Abstract: A bedding or seating product comprising a base having a pair of end rails, a pair of side rails and a plurality of intermediate rails. A plurality of intermediate wooden slats are spaced above the intermediate rails of the base by a plurality of spacers which may be sinuous springs, other types of springs or structures. A plurality of modular springs are secured to the intermediate slats and extend upwardly therefrom. An upper wire grid is secured to coplanar upper portions of the modular springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventor: Brenda A. Wickstrom
  • Thread tail control apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6273013
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing a thread tail from a hole in a presser foot on a quilting machine. The apparatus has an orifice providing a stream of pressurized air that applies a force against a section of the thread tail extending between the needle and the hole in the presser foot. The pressurized air stream pulls the thread tail through the hole in the presser foot and gathers the thread tail on an upper side of the presser foot. In another embodiment, the present invention includes a method of automatically applying a generally transverse force to a portion of the thread tail extending between the needle and the hole in the presser foot for a duration sufficient to remove the thread tail from the hole in the presser foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventor: Snead Henry Carey, Jr.
  • Seat assembly utilizing modular springs
    Patent number: 6264179
    Abstract: The seat assembly of the present invention comprises a generally rectangular frame, a center rail, a plurality of modular springs secured to the frame and a wire grid secured to the modular springs. Each of the modular springs has a front section secured to the front rail of the rectangular frame, a resilient center section secured to the center rail and a rear section spaced above the frame and unattached to any of the rails. The front section of each modular spring is preloaded to increase the resilient support of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventor: Larry I. Bullard
  • Seating product with sinuous spring assemblies
    Patent number: 6263573
    Abstract: A seating product comprising a plurality of sinuous spring assemblies secured at opposite ends to a frame. Each of the sinuous spring assemblies comprises length of webbing having a pair of opposed end portions which are secured to the frame and a sinuous spring. The length of webbing is intertwined with the sinuous spring. The sinuous spring is secured at opposite ends to the length of webbing. Padding and an upholstered covering complete the seating product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventor: Larry I. Bullard
  • Mattress cover printing and quilting system and method
    Patent number: 6263816
    Abstract: Ticking for the production of mattress covers is preprinted with a plurality of different patterns by a computer controlled printer that prints in response to pattern data communicated from a control computer. The pattern data is organized and communicated by the computer so that a print head, for example, can scan the ticking material, such as in rows across the width of a web, and print different patterns. For example, different border panels can be oriented along a web and positioned side-by-side across a web and each printed with a different pattern. Top and bottom panels having corresponding patterns can be printed on the same or a different web. Identifying data for matching the panels of a mattress product can be provided in data files in the same or a different computer or can be printed on the fabric along with the patterns on the panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Richard N. Codos, M. Burl White
  • Multilayered pocketed bedding or seating product
    Patent number: 6256820
    Abstract: A bedding or seating product comprising a spring core made up of a plurality of parallel strings of springs joined to each other. Each of the strings of springs comprises a row of interconnected pocketed coil springs. The pocket of fabric surrounding each of these coil springs is divided into at least two subpockets by at least one line of attachment of opposite sides of the fabric to each other. Each of these subpockets contains one portion of the coil spring, thus resulting in a multilayered product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Terry Moser, Niels S. Mossbeck, Thomas J. Wells
  • Garment rack locking device
    Patent number: 6250838
    Abstract: An improved locking device for adjustable garment racks including an inner tube slidable in and out from an outer tube. The improved locking device includes a sleeve having a simplified locking tab for engaging and locking the inner tube in a position relative to the outer tube and a touch tab by which an operator may easily and safely manipulate the sleeve to an unlocked position for adjustment of the inner tube relative to the outer tube and again lock the inner/outer tube combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: L & P Property Management Company
    Inventor: Earl M. Dann
  • Display stand module
    Publication number: 20010004064
    Abstract: A display stand assembly comprising a plurality of display stand modules joined together. Each display stand module comprises an upper and lower base or spanner having a plurality of spanner members generally bisecting each other medially. A plurality of vertical uprights extends between the end portions of the spanner members of the upper and lower spanners and are joined to the ends of the upper and lower spanners with a plurality of wedges. A portion of each wedge fits around a clover defined on the vertical uprights and a bracket attached to each spanner member end slides over and attaches to each wedge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Publication date: June 21, 2001
    Applicant: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Joseph M. Battaglia, Rafael T. Bustos
  • Reclining mechanism and furniture item
    Patent number: 6231120
    Abstract: A reclining mechanism for a furniture item includes support structure adapted for attachment to the furniture item, a footrest support bar connected for longitudinal movement with respect to the support structure between extended and retracted positions and actuating structure connected with the footrest support bar. The footrest support bar includes an S-shaped section and is connected to a footrest member for supporting the legs of the seat occupant. The actuating structure moves the footrest support bar along the S-shaped section between the extended and retracted positions to closely approximate a conventional footrest portion of a reclining mechanism, while presenting a simplified construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventor: Glenn N. Wiecek
  • Rag bucket
    Patent number: 6227401
    Abstract: A rag bucket having a lid received against a tub's rim that allows bleached rags with residual odors of bleach contained therein to breathe with the outside air. The rag bucket lid has an aperture covered by a screen which allows the rags, when sealed therein, to breathe. The lid is recessed into the tub so that after the bleached rags have been removed, the lid may act as a strainer, for example, for paint to allow “good” paint to pass through the screen into the tub, and “bad” paint or impurities to be trapped on top of the screen to be discarded so as not to spoil a painter's work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Dale Rowland, Norman Manning
  • Push button cable actuator
    Patent number: 6223622
    Abstract: A push button actuator including a plunger movable between return and actuating positions, a flexible conduit with an axial bore therethrough and a flexible core slideably disposed within the bore. The first end of the conduit is operatively connected to the plunger and moves substantially with the plunger. The second end of the conduit and the first end of the core are fixed with respect to the movement of the plunger between its return and activating positions. Movement of the plunger from its return position to its actuating position pushes the first end of the conduit away from the first end of the core, flexing the conduit and causing the second end of the core to be drawn towards the second end of the conduit. The movement of the second end of the core may be used to activate a reaction mechanism operatively connected to the second end of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Eugene J. Ficyk, David Van Zanten, Michael J. Konn
  • Modular display stand assembly
    Patent number: 6220464
    Abstract: A display stand assembly comprising a plurality of display stand modules joined together. Each display stand module comprises an upper and lower base or spanner having a plurality of spanner members generally bisecting each other medially. A plurality of vertical uprights extends between the end portions of the spanner members of the upper and lower spanners and are joined to the ends of the upper and lower spanners with a plurality of wedges. A portion of each wedge fits around a clover defined on the vertical uprights and a bracket attached to each spanner member end slides over and attaches to each wedge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Joseph M. Battaglia, Rafael T. Bustos
  • Adjustable bed
    Patent number: 6216295
    Abstract: An adjustable bed is provided having a lower frame (1) and an upper frame (3) mounted for longitudinal movement on the lower frame. A supporting surface (7, 8, 9, 10), including a back support member (7), is connected to the upper frame for pivotal movement about a transverse axis. The back support (7) is adjustable by an adjustment mechanism comprising two pairs of pivotally interconnected arms (17, 19), one of each pair being also pivoted to the lower frame (1) and the other arm of each pair being pivoted to the upper frame (3). The pivotal interconnections (18, 20) between the arms bear on the underside of the back support members, and a drive mechanism (13, 14, 15, 16) produces longitudinal movement of the upper frame with respect to the lower frame and, simultaneously, vertical movement of the pivotal interconnection (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: L & P Property Management Company
    Inventor: Stephen Pearson
  • Combination bedding foundation and adjustable height bed frame
    Patent number: 6216289
    Abstract: A bedding product comprising a conventional box spring and a pair of support members secured to the inside of the frame of the box spring. Each of the support members comprises an angle element and a pair of brackets from which supporting, adjustable feet depend. The adjustable feet are fixed in position using wing nuts. By loosening the wing nuts and rotating the adjustable feet, the height of the box spring may be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventor: Robert C. Woods
  • Measuring cup with a view window
    Patent number: D440501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Karen Dorion, Christopher Dorion