Patents Assigned to Rev-A-Shelf
  • Patent number: 8047621
    Abstract: A system for adjustably mounting the face plate of a drawer so that when the drawer is closed, the drawer face plate is flush with the adjacent drawer face plate and in a desired height, pitch, roll, lateral and skew position with respect to the front surface of the enclosure. The drawer face panel can be easily adjusted in an inward and outward direction, or a rearward and frontward direction, to compensate for differing degrees of tilt and skew of the drawer face panel with adjacent drawer face panels. A face plate alignment mounting system is provided and includes a lateral adjustment mechanism that engages a face plate and a drawer front panel, a first nut fastener, and an adjustable fastener. The first nut fastener preferably includes a head portion that is affixed to a drawer body and a shaft slidably engaged with a first bore of the drawer body. The first nut fastener shaft defines an opening with internal threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf Company, LLC
    Inventor: William L. Walburn
  • Patent number: 8002127
    Abstract: A valet rod slide mounting assembly is provided for mounting to a supporting surface, such as a door, closet organizer, wall, or the like. The assembly includes a rod and a tube receiving the rod for sliding movement between an extended position and a retracted position when the tube overlaps substantially the rod. The assembly also includes at least two anchors for mounting the tube to the supporting surface. The anchors include a first bore sized to receive the tube and a second bore perpendicular to the first bore and sized to receive a mounting element that engages the support surface. The anchors can also include a third bore where a tube retainer is positioned to engage the tube securably. The assembly can also include a plurality of hooks that depend from the rod, with respective components including slots to permit the hooks to engage the rod continuously while sliding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf Company, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin M. Ward, David P. Noe
  • Patent number: 7922016
    Abstract: A shelf system is shown and described. A post has an aperture. A pin is configured to extend through that aperture. The pin has a head having a first circumference and a body having a second circumference. A collar is configured to encircle the post and rest on the pin head and body. In operation the collar, and any associated shelf, is able to rotate smoothly and stably around the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf Company, LLC
    Inventors: Georg Domenig, Bret Schaller
  • Patent number: 7635171
    Abstract: A tip out hinge designed for use with a storage container located within a cabinet. The hinge provides easy access to the contents of a storage container located within a cabinet. For example, the tip out hinge is used on a tip out storage container in a bathroom for clothing or bathroom items. It also provides access to a storage facility located behind a false front in a bathroom or kitchen. The tip out hinge permits the storage unit to tip forward from the cabinet, remain open until closing begins, remain closed even when bumped, provide a large opening for easy access to the storage container and will not interfere with the operation of any doors or drawers located below the tip out storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf Company, LLC
    Inventor: James L. Rapier, III
  • Patent number: 7306301
    Abstract: A drawer slide system providing access and stability for side access drawers has a base including an outside pair of vertical webs and a centrally situated elevated portion. Vertically oriented drawer slides are coupled to each of the vertical webs and a horizontally oriented drawer slide is coupled to the centrally situated portion of the base. The vertically oriented drawer slides are coupled to outside margins of a side access drawer adjacent to a bottom of the drawer. The horizontally oriented drawer slide is coupled to a central portion of the bottom of the drawer. The base can be fixed to a bottom surface of a cabinet to position the side access drawer within a suitable drawer receiving opening in the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf Company, LLC
    Inventor: William L. Walburn
  • Patent number: 7204569
    Abstract: An adjustable rack designed for mounting onto a back surface of a cabinet door includes a pair of spaced-apart, generally upright side members having an inside surface and an outside surface. At least one shelf of fixed length extends between the inside surfaces of the side members. At least one channel member is fixed to each of the side members so that at least one end is exposed to a region outside of the outside surface of a side member. The channel members have a pair of grooves in the back surface. A plurality of brackets are provided, each bracket having a pair of flanges received in the pair of grooves in a channel member back surface so that one end of the bracket is exposed from an end of a channel member. Each bracket is selected to have sufficient length to extend from the exposed end of the channel member to the perimeter frame of the door to which the rack is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf Company, LLC
    Inventor: William L. Walburn
  • Patent number: 5188405
    Abstract: A magnetically operated latch including a pivotally attached magnetic latching means engageable with an aubtment, but disengageable when brought into magnetic contact with a key magnet. A pivotably movable lock is provided to prevent reengagement with the abutment when the key magnet is disengaged from magnetic contact with the magnetic latching means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf, Inc.
    Inventor: Marco Maccaferri
  • Patent number: 5105953
    Abstract: A storage rack for use in cabinet drawers and the like comprises a first and second tray; the trays have a flange on each lateral side thereof. Support rails grip the flanges to support the second tray above the first. The flanges may be readily trimmed to tailor the rack to fit a wide range of drawers, with the rails preferably being wedged against the drawer sides to provide rigidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf Inc.
    Inventor: Richard J. H. Finnegan
  • Patent number: 4756054
    Abstract: This invention discloses a tip out hinge specifically designed for use with a storage container located within a cabinet. The tip out hinge provides easy access to the contents of a storage container located within a cabinet. For example, the tip out hinge is used in a tip out storage container in a bathroom for clothing or bathroom items. It also provides access to a storage facility located behind a false front in a bathroom or kitchen. The tip out hinge permits the storage unit to tip forward from the cabinet, remain open until closing begins, remain closed even when bumped, provide a large opening for easy access to the storage container and will not interfere with the operation of any doors or drawers located below the tip out storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf
    Inventors: Richard K. Mitts, J. Kevin Jones
  • Patent number: 4738495
    Abstract: A half-moon rotary shelf assembly having shelves mounted on a vertical post that is connected to cabinet frame by securing it to a bottom mounting assembly which is itself secured to the floor of the cabinet. The half-moon shelf assembly is adaptable for use in a dead-end storage corner cabinet. The half-moon shelf can also be secured to slides to allow the shelf to be slidably extended from the cabinet to provide additional access to the shelf. A rotation restriction means can be placed over the shaft to prevent destructive rotation of the half-moon shelf both within the cabinet and when the shelf is in its extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1988
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard K. Mitts
  • Patent number: 4688686
    Abstract: A rotary shelf assembly having shelves mounted on a vertical post is connected to a cabinet frame by upper and lower mounting brackets interacting with bearing members to support the post. The assembly is adapted to be mounted in the corner of the cabinet frame. To adjust the vertical position of the cabinet frame, the lower bearing element is adjustable by means of a threaded shaft which raises and lowers the vertical post. The threaded shaft is raised and lowered by means of either a knurled cylindrical element or a toothed cylindrical element, accessible through the post by rectangular openings. By rotating the toothed or knurled elements, the shaft of the vertical adjustment means rotates within the mounting bracket, thereby adjusting the height of the rotary shelf assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1987
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard K. Mitts, J. Kevin Jones
  • Patent number: D546101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf, LLC
    Inventor: Michael J. Knight
  • Patent number: D588415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf Company, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin M. Ward, Jr., Robert J. Jenkins
  • Patent number: D596424
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf Company, LLC
    Inventors: David P. Noe, Heather L. Burrell
  • Patent number: RE41725
    Abstract: A drawer slide system providing access and stability for side access drawers has a base including an outside pair of vertical webs and a centrally situated elevated portion. Vertically oriented drawer slides are coupled to each of the vertical webs and a horizontally oriented drawer slide is coupled to the centrally situated portion of the base. The vertically oriented drawer slides are coupled to outside margins of a side access drawer adjacent to a bottom of the drawer. The horizontally oriented drawer slide is coupled to a central portion of the bottom of the drawer. The base can be fixed to a bottom surface of a cabinet to position the side access drawer within a suitable drawer receiving opening in the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf Company, LLC
    Inventor: William L. Walburn
  • Patent number: D648141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf Company, LLC
    Inventors: David P. Noe, Kevin M. Ward, Jr.