Patents Examined by Jared W. Newton
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Patent number: 7143901Abstract: An adjustable rack for a stone slab or plate glass has a base with adjustable poles positioned on the base, with the base also having a durable wood strip secured therein in order to support the stone slab thereon. Two adjustable racks are preferred for at least one stone slab. Three adjustable racks are preferred for at least one sheet of plate glass.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2004Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Inventor: Henry R. Groves
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Patent number: 7140503Abstract: A pushback cart storage system includes a cart having a first pair of wheels located at a front end of the cart, and a second pair of wheels located between a rear end of the cart and a midpoint of the cart. The wheels roll along rails on a storage rack or frame. The second pair of wheels is located closer to the midpoint than to the rear end of the cart, such that the rear end of the cart extends beyond the end of the rails when the second pair of wheels are rolled to the end of the rails. Accordingly, less steel, or other material, is required to construct the rails of the storage rack, which reduces the overall cost and weight of the system, while allowing the system to support the same number of pallets as a conventional system.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2003Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Inventors: John V. R. Krummell, Jr., Ken Davison, Thomas John Imholte
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Patent number: 7137513Abstract: A merchandise display system includes a rod lockably connected to a peg board, a hanging member hanging from the rod and a swivel member rotatably connected to the hanging member about a first axis. The swivel member is connected to a lockable display case for carrying an item of merchandise and is rotatable about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. Thus, the display case is rotatable about the first and second axes to facilitate viewing the merchandise from any angle while the case is lockably connected to the rod. The hanging and swivel members may be a ball and socket combination. Alternately, the swivel member may connect to the display case via a hinge pin about which portions of the case may rotate to open and close. Alternately, a lower member may extend from within the case through holes therein to rotatably connect to the swivel member about the second axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2004Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Alpha Security Products, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas M. Sedon, Richard E. Corney
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Patent number: 7137512Abstract: A rack system is disclosed for mounting various devices. The rack system comprises at least one front vertical support column and at least one rear vertical support column. A rail is deployed between the front vertical support column and the rear vertical support column. Additionally, a latching system is provided that enables secure engagement of the rail and easy removal of the rail.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2003Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Minh H. Nguyen, Donald Caballero, Paul E. Westphall
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Patent number: 7137516Abstract: A hardware display unit includes a front grid having a front matrix of openings, and a rear grid having a rear matrix of openings corresponding in position to the first matrix of openings. The front grid is positioned with respect to the rear grid such that corresponding pairs of openings in the front and rear matrices together define downward sloping bays for receiving hardware. The display unit further includes side brackets mounted to side edges of the front and rear grids, the side brackets extending behind the front and rear grids for attaching the display unit to a vertical supporting structure. The display unit further includes a cap mounted to the front and rear grids. The cap includes a substantially horizontal surface extending from the front and rear grids towards a vertical supporting structure to which the first and second side brackets are attached. An adapter unit allows smaller items to be loaded into the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2004Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Inventor: Greg J. Perry
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Patent number: 7131544Abstract: A wine rack for holding a plurality of bottles is configured to follow the contour of a curvilinear structural wall, whether convex or concave. The wine rack has a frame for holding open-ended elongated compartments. The compartments are loosely attached together at their respective first ends. Unattached second ends of the wine bottle compartments are free to flex laterally such that their ends generally follow the contour of the curvilinear structural wall.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2004Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: Long-Stanton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventor: Daniel B. Cunningham
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Patent number: 7131543Abstract: A display device for at least one modular merchandise unit having a substantially flat base includes a base, a housing supported by the base, a cover, at least one wheel connected to the base, and at least one shelf supported in the housing for receiving the base of the merchandise unit. The housing includes parallel first and second side walls and a third side wall connected to the first and second side walls. The cover is disposed on an upper portion of the first, second and third side walls.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2003Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: New Dimensions Research CorporationInventor: Timothy L. Mason
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Patent number: 7117998Abstract: A carrier for supporting graphic media materials includes a support member having a plurality of parallel transverse slots disposed on a facing surface thereof and a plurality of thin walled transverse strip members. Each of the transverse strip members are made from a flexible material and include an angled tab portion sized to be fitted into a corresponding slot of the support member and a cover portion that is defined by a width dimension that is larger than the spacing between adjacently spaced slots such that the cover portions are arranged on the support member in overlaying fashion and define transparent storage pockets therebetween for retaining graphic media materials.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2003Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Inventor: Wallace A. Krapf
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Patent number: 7114622Abstract: A display for supporting and displaying golf clubs is configured to support the golf clubs by their heads such that the club shaft is oriented downwardly. The display includes a support member and at least one cradle mounted to the support member. The cradle has first and second upwardly curving arcuate support arms separated from one another by a trough. Each of the support arms defines an uppermost portion with the trough between the support arms. The cradle is configured such that the support arms uppermost portions are non-linear relative to one another through the trough. The golf club is positioned in the cradle resting one the support arms and with the shaft extending downwardly from about the trough.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2004Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Cormark, Inc.Inventors: Walter R. Miranda, Mark F. Stanton, Rodrigo R. Dienstmann, Steven G. Dietrich, Fred G. Geiger, Jeffrey C. Ouyang, Mayur Patadia, Jerry J. Zablocki
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Patent number: 7104411Abstract: A system for detachable suspension of shelves (5), drawers or the like from essentially vertially positioned supporting elements (1) with slots or grooves (3). Plate-shaped brackets (4) are adapted to carry said shelves (5) and, by means of hook-shaped portions (7), are adapted to be inserted into a selected slot (3) for suspension of the brackets (4) from the supporting elements (1). The system also comprises a frame (14) which carries said shelves (5) and which can be detachably fastened to a pair of neighbouring brackets (4) by means of ears (20) which protrude from the frame (14) and which are inserted into L-shaped grooves (9) in the respective brackets (4). The frame (14) is locked onto the brackets (4) by means of locking elements (21) which protrude from the frame (14) and which are moved into engagement with the grooves (9), slots (25), indentations (26) or holes (27) in the brackets (4).Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2002Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Elfa Sweden ABInventors: Reine Magnusson, Peter Nilsson
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Patent number: 7104412Abstract: A clothes drying rack including a free standing frame that supports a plurality of rods from which articles of clothing can be suspended. Specifically, the clothes drying rack includes a plurality of rods wherein each rod has corrugated exterior to facilitate passage of air between the clothing and the rod.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2002Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Inventor: Teng Long Yong
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Patent number: 7100775Abstract: A binder for a suspension file has a body, a cover mounted on the body and a control element mounted inside the body. The control element has two rods and a pinion gear. Each rod has a rack gear formed on the inner end and a hook formed on the outer end, and the pinion gear is mounted between the rods and engages the rack gears. One of the rods has a controller securely attached to the rod and extending out of the body. When the controller is pushed or pulled, the hooks will extend or retract simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Inventor: Wei Kang Yeh
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Patent number: 7100780Abstract: A display assembly including an upper channel, a lower channel and a plurality of display panels. The upper channel includes longitudinal first and second upper tracks oriented parallel and disposed immediately adjacent. The lower channel is disposed substantially vertically aligned with the upper channel and includes a longitudinal first lower track and a plurality of stall sets oriented substantially transverse to the first lower track such that each stall had an open end for communication with the first lower track. The display panels engage the upper and lower channels and include a frame and covering. The frame engages the upper and lower channels with a plurality of top and bottom guide elements. The covering is configured generally equivalent to a periphery of the frame and has an exterior surface for bearing at least a portion of a graphical representation.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2005Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: GFX International, Inc.Inventors: Kandice VanCalbergh, Jay Jones
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Patent number: 7093723Abstract: A display system may include a frame, column connection members connected to the frame, and four-sided column members positioned adjacent one another and rotatably connected to the column connection members. Each column member may include a connector and elongate display members positioned adjacent one another and pivotally connected to the connector. The display system may also include a drive assembly carried by the frame that engages the column connection members to rotate each column member so that selective display members pivot in a predetermined direction during rotation to change the shape of the column members allowing rotation thereof when positioned adjacent one another.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2005Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: AD4, LLCInventors: James P. Lyons, Michael W. MacGeorge, John Norton Reynolds, IV
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Patent number: 7093727Abstract: A utensil support assembly as mounted on a building sidewall with one offset bar adapted to support a plurality of utensils. The horizontally aligned, utensil support bar is anchored close to each longitudinal end by a bracketing set also adapted to be wall mounted at its flanged longitudinal ends. The flattened apexes of each bracket element are flanged and sized to provide a passageway for the bar shaft while they are nested.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2004Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Inventor: M. James Musico
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Patent number: 7086543Abstract: In one embodiment, a shelving apparatus generally includes a track and a standard. The track includes a support portion having an upper support surface and an extension extending generally outwardly from the support portion. The standard includes a back surface having an opening. When the support portion is within the opening, an upper surface of the opening contacts the upper support surface of the support portion, and the extension is engagingly received within a portion of the opening. This engagement of the extension within the portion of the opening can inhibit disengagement of the standard from the track.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2005Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Clairson, Inc.Inventor: Lee E. Remmers
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Patent number: 7077277Abstract: A foot assembly includes two first legs each having a first ring provided with a first limiting recess defined in an inner face of the first ring and a first finger extending from the inner face of the first ring, two second legs each having a second ring and a second limiting recess defined in an inner face of the second ring to movably receive therein the first finger of the first ring and two joints each having a third ring, a tube and a tubular extension formed on a bottom rim of the third ring to extend into the first ring and the second ring. The joint has a second finger to be movably received in the first limiting recess such that the first leg is able to align with the second leg for storage.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2004Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Inventor: Chi-Chung Wang
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Patent number: 7055704Abstract: Lightweight, structurally integral, and strong composite rack shelving that includes a shelf. The shelf includes a honeycomb core sandwiched between an upper skin and a lower skin so as to form a composite structure that is lightweight and strong. The shelf has a plurality of through bores that pass vertically therethrough which allow flames under the shelf to pass upwardly therethrough instead of sidewardly therealong and to pass an extinguishant thereabove to flow downwardly therethrough for extinguishing the flames thereunder.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2004Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Composite Concepts, LLCInventor: Rolf M. Alter
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Patent number: 7028850Abstract: The motorcycle support stand is a compact and folding device used as an additional support to a motorcycle when parking the motorcycle in a location where firm ground is not available, specifically a muddy field or a location having unstable or uneven ground conditions not conducive to the motorcycle being supported by its own kick stand. The device, comprising a base support frame and an adjustable height pedestal with a frame engaging trough, is compact and storable, being presented in several component parts without requiring any tools, and may be adjusted to the height of any motorcycle, being adapted to any motorcycle.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2003Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Inventor: Aram Sargisian
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Patent number: 7028853Abstract: A hair accessory organizer device for organizing and holding hair accessories. The hair accessory organizer device includes a bottom tray having bottom and side walls; and also includes pedestal support members including a first pedestal support member being attached upon the bottom tray; and further includes a tubular pedestal being securely and removably attached to the pedestal support members; and also includes a top tray being removably attached upon the tubular pedestal.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2004Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Inventor: Sadie V. Simms