Abstract: An electronic librarian and filing system includes an article storage unit, article locator mechanism, article retrieval mechanism, and electronic control unit. The article storage unit has a receptacle storing articles, such as individual CD's on edge, in successive side-by-side locations. The article locator mechanism disposed in the receptacle is movable relative to the successive locations to identify the location of each of the articles stored therein. The article retrieval mechanism carried with the article locator mechanism is operable to partially remove a selected one of the CD's from its location so that it can subsequently be fully removed from the receptacle by a user.

Abstract: A returnable framework structure for freight transportation capable of be assembled and disassembled in a simple manner. The structures are provided with sufficient structural strength, and are stable when disassembled structures are stacked. A plurality of frame elements are assembled on a rectangular skid, which forms the bottom surface of the structure, along the edges of the skid. An L-shaped corner guide is secured to each corner area of the skid, and the frames are fixed to the corner guides by screw members. On the upper corners of each frame, L-shaped corner guides are secured. The corner guides are secured to the other frames by screw members. The corner guides are secured to the skid in the direction perpendicular to the direction they are secured to the frame.

Abstract: A drawer partition includes a molded, one-piece, plastic tray with a base wall and upstanding side walls. The side walls have laterally aligned and longitudinally spaced-apart dovetail-shaped grooves in the inner surfaces thereof slidably mateable with dovetail-shaped tongues at the ends of divider panels for dividing the tray into compartments. Pairs of ribs define slots on the side walls to receive end edges of the divider panels. Pairs of flexible legs on the bottom edge of the divider panel are snap-fitted into apertures in the base wall to lock the divider panels in place. The bottom outside edges of the side walls have longitudinal grooves mateable respectively with the upper edges of the side walls of another partition to facilitate guided longitudinal relative sliding movement of stacked partitions. Each tray has front and rear end portions which respectively have recessed outer and inner surfaces to permit overlapping nesting of the ends of longitudinally aligned partitions.

Abstract: A support rail of a drawer pull-out guide is attachable to an article of frame furniture having a frame front with vertical and horizontal frame members. The support rail is fastened at a front end thereof to a vertical frame member and has at such front end a clamping device which is formed into a U-shape to embrace the vertical frame member.

Abstract: An adjustable table including a table top supported by support members removably attached to the table top by a plurality of removable fasteners. The top may be adjusted in height and may be attached to the support members in either a horizontal or tilted position. The support members are provided with a series of fastener receiving apertures in a configuration to provide a plurality of sets of apertures. Each set of apertures provides for a given height of the table top. A plurality of second sets of apertures provides for the tilting of the table.

Abstract: A door construction is provided for a refrigeration appliance where the door has an exterior shell with a certain degree of rigidity, an interior liner spaced from the exterior shell and being less rigid than the shell, a foamed insulation material disposed between the exterior shell and the interior liner and a reinforcement sheet having a rigidly greater than the liner located between the exterior shell and the liner. The reinforcement sheet may either be retained and placed by the foamed insulation material or by an adhesive layer between the sheet and the liner. Preferably the liner has a planar surface and the sheet has a planar surface in engagement with the planar surface of the liner. The sheet may be non-perforated or perforated and be made of a metallic material.

Abstract: A piece of furniture (1) including an upper part (2) and a lower part, the lower part having rails (8) and legs (3, 4, 5, 6, 7,) made of tubes. The legs have an upper tubular end with a tubular connecting piece (9) fixedly connected with and forming an angle with the leg. An assembly device (10, 11, 12, 13, 14) is provided which has two connecting members (30, 31) each having at least two legs (21, 22), one leg of each member being inserted in an end of the connecting piece (9) and at least one other leg of each member being inserted in a tubular end of a rail (8), wherein one of the legs of the assembly device forms an angle with at least one other leg of the assembly device. The connecting members are pressed against an inner side of the tubular rails and connecting pieces by screws passing through holes in the legs of the connecting members, and the legs of the connecting members have a size and shape which substantially fills up an interior of the tubular ends.

Abstract: A bracket for mounting a drawer guide supporting a moveable structure for use in a desk or cabinet with sidewalls and a desk or cabinet opening has a body portion with a bottom surface which carries at least one leg upstanding from the bottom surface for engaging a sidewall of the desk or cabinet and with a top surface spaced from the bottom surface which carries means for supporting a drawer guide in predetermined spaced relationship to the sidewall and desk or cabinet opening to enable movement of the moveable structure supported on the drawer guide through the desk or cabinet opening. The drawer guide is supported on the top surface of the body portion by one or more drawer guide mounting screws receivable in one or more mounting holes formed in the body portion top surface. The top surface of the body portion may also include portions defining a wing member engagable by the desk or cabinet opening.

Abstract: A lightweight, disposable, corrugated paper pallet formed by a plurality of corrugated paper runners, traversing the length the pallet, each runner enveloped by a continuous corrugated paper inner sheet, which itself is bonded to the lower side of a reinforced corrugated paper top deck and to the upper side of a corrugated paper bottom stabilizing deck.

Abstract: A wall-mounted shelving system provides for easy installation and adjustment in any number of configurations. The system includes at least one pair of vertical standards adapted to be mounted on a wall or similar supporting surface. Each standard is generally U-shaped with a backwall member adapted to be placed flush against a wall and two opposed arms extending outwardly from the backwall member. The backwall member is secured to the wall by rivets or any other suitable fastener. A ceiling mounting plate provides additional support for the standard. A plurality of keyhole slots are spaced along the pair of standard arms to receive shelf support brackets at any number of desired locations along the standard. The brackets are provided with shoulder rivets for removable engagement with the keyhole slots. The shelves are designed to snap fit over the front and back portions of the brackets to provide a secure engagement against accidental dislodgement.

Abstract: An article organizing shelf frame includes a lower unit adapted to be placed on for example ground and an upper unit detachably mounted on the lower unit. The lower unit has two first rear legs to each of which a first side frame comprising a front leg is pivoted to be rotatable between an expanded position and a stowed position. A first article support member is disposed between the first side frames and pivoted to the first rear legs to be movable between an expanded position and a stowed position. The upper unit has two second rear legs having reduced lower sections to be fit into holes formed on the first rear legs of the lower unit. Two second side frames are respectively pivoted to the second rear legs to be rotatable between an expanded position and a stowed position and each having a second front leg dimensioned to be supported on the respective first front leg.

Abstract: A passive stabilizing platform is provided herein. It includes a base and at least two, but preferably three, vertically-upright hollow legs equi-angularly disposed around the the base. When in use the hollow legs contain a column of liquid therein. Tubes interconnect the hollow legs to allow free unimpeded movement of the water therebetween. A spherical float member is disposed in each of the hollow legs, the float member being movable only vertically upwardly or vertically downwardly within the hollow cylindrical leg within which the spherical float member is disposed, the movement being dependent solely, and in conjunction with, the upper surface of water in the hollow cylindrical leg within which the float member is disposed. A support arm is fixed to each float member and extends upwardly therefrom. The platform is supported by the support arms. A joint is secured between the hollow cylindrical legs and the platform.

Abstract: A workstation (1) includes two transversely spaced apart and opposed mounting tracks (2) connecting a VDU support shelf (3) and a keyboard support (4) for relative longitudinal movement. Each track (2) includes a longitudinally extending body (5) for abutting the bottom surface (6) of support shelf (3) Tracks (2) are held in fixed relation with surface (6) by a plurality of spaced apart counter sunk screws (7) which are received by complementary apertures (8 ) in body (5). First and second transverse arms (9,10) extend from body (5) and have respective opposed substantially parallel first and second engagement surfaces (11,12) which in combination with body (5) define an open ended channel (13) for retaining a complementary support formation in the form of a support bracket (14). The free end (15) of arm (9) extends beyond the free end (16) of arm (10) and includes a peripherally depending lip (18).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a adjustable kitchen appliance garage which contains kitchen small gadgets and appliance within. The unit has a retractable door to cover the gadgets and appliances giving an aesthetic appearance in the kitchen. The unit is also adjustable and has an fixedly adjustable shroud located on the top of the unit being slightly larger than the bottom unit housing permitting sliding thereover. The adjustability is a function of the distance from the kitchen counter top to the bottom of the kitchen cabinets. In addition, the shroud and the bottom unit both have corresponding angular corner pieces which may concurrently form obtuse angles such that the unit can be positioned in a corner of a kitchen as well as on a kitchen wall.

Abstract: A reusable skid for moving heavy bulk materials comprising a platform and a plurality of shock-absorbing skid feet. The platform, in its preferred embodiment, comprises a plurality of longitudinal and transverse beams forming an upper surface for mounting bulk materials. The preferred embodiment of the skid feet have leg members that are slidably mounted to the longitudinal beams. The skid feet also have elastomeric springs mounted between a spring base in the leg members that bias the longitudinal beams in an upward position at rest, and are compressed when bulk materials are placed on the skid, thereby cushioning the forces on the platform and the skid feet. The skid feet may easily be removed and replaced.

Abstract: A mobile storage cabinet in combination with a shelf structure horizontally and vertically adjustable with respect to the cabinet. In a first embodiment, the shelf structure comprises an inner cabinet having vertically spaced shelves slidingly mounted therein. In the stored position, the inner cabinet including shelves rests inside the outer cabinet beneath the top surface thereof; in the extended position, the inner cabinet rests forwardly of the outer cabinet and may be further moved vertically between fully lowered and raised positions. In a second embodiment, a unitary shelf is horizontally and vertically adjustable with respect to the cabinet, this embodiment being especially useful as a work table while the first embodiment is especially useful for transporting and storing equipment.

Abstract: A food, beverage, bidding box and convention card holding system for mounting on a card table having a card table leg assembly. The system includes a platform for holding beverages and food, a holder for cards used to make bids in the game called contract bridge ("bridge"), a holder for the convention card used in the bidding process in bridge, and a mounting leg that attaches to the bottom of the platform and mounts to the table leg using spring-loaded clamps for easy mounting and removal from the card table. The spring-loaded clamps allow the apparatus to be independently supporting, without regard to the configuration of the card table or the table leg brace or strut.

Abstract: An armoire is disclosed which can be opened to provide a compact interior office including a tiered desktop. The armoire additionally provides for a shelving support system which can be arranged, as needed, to support, for example, various components of a computer system. The present invention provides space sufficient for the desk to be retracted within the interior of the armoire and to further accommodate a conventional chair within the closed interior of the armoire, thereby hiding the office.

Abstract: A modular furniture item is claimed with multiple shelves supported by a risers. The risers are self supporting panels connected to a wall and having supporting feet. Brackets are hooked to the riser to support the shelves thereon. A plurality of self supporting panels are intergrated in a removable manner to form the riser. Each panel has a vertical row of apertures for hooking a bracket so that each shelf is supported by two or more bracket each attached to a separate panel.

Abstract: A pallet capable, when supporting a load, of being alternately lifted and transported by a forklift having prongs or manually rolled across a floor. The pallet includes interconnected upper and lower planar members which form a pallet assembly featuring recesses for accommodating the prongs of the forklift. The pallet assembly further includes a mechanism for connecting a handle assembly near one end of the pallet assembly. The pallet assembly farther includes a pair of wheels mounted near the opposite end of the pallet assembly. The wheels are mounted so that when the pallet assembly lies horizontally on the floor the weight of the pallet is largely supported by the lower planar member while when the pallet is tilted so that the end away from the wheels is lifted the pallet is supported by the wheels so that the pallet and its load can be readily manually rolled on the floor.