Patents Examined by Gibson, Jr.: Robert W.
  • Patent number: 5323917
    Abstract: A rack supportable on a refrigerator shelf for storing a bottle of wine, a carton of eggs or a plurality of cylindrical beverage cans. The rack includes a vertical sidewall terminating in an inwardly directed top flange for engaging the refrigerator shelf, a longitudinal depression in a bottom wall for supporting the wine bottle and an incline in the bottom wall for permitting the beverage cans to automatically self-feed towards the front of the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventors: Warren F. Johnson, Kenneth M. Hattori, Roger E. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 5238125
    Abstract: A bicycle parking and storage rack that is designed to receive one or more bicycles in vertical position. Locking means permit the frame and front and rear wheels of a bicycle to be secured to the rack and include a pivotable means to selectively open and close the upper locking means. The rack according to the invention occupies a minimum of space and can be conveniently mounted on a wall or the like, or in a radial arrangement to accommodate up to ten bicycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Inventor: Terrance R. Smith
  • Patent number: 5217124
    Abstract: A shelf divider adapted to support and organize objects located on the shelf. The shelf divider includes an upper and a lower web portion adapted to be positioned against the exposed edges surface of the shelf, a base plate extending perpendicularly from the upper web and a clamp arm extending from the lower web in opposed relation to the base plate. The clamp arm is movable between a closed position and an open position. The clamp arm is biased toward the closed position so that, when in the mounted state, the clamps free-end portion bears against the lower surface of the shelf. The base plate has connected to it a relatively flat divider panel. The divider panel is adapted to have sides which are in facing relationship with the objects of the shelf. Further, the divider panel includes stiffening ribs on each side of the divider panel. The stiffening ribs project outwardly from the divider plane to resist deflection of the divider panel when it is mounted on the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: CelTech Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventor: John W. Stone