Abstract: An enclosure for electronic and/or electrical components is disclosed, including a housing having a rear wall and longitudinally extending side walls. A longitudinally extending track is provided which includes a base leg and a pair of branch legs extending laterally therefrom. Each of the laterally extending legs is spaced apart by a gap from at least one side wall of the housing. A mounting bracket is slidable to and fro along the track, the bracket including at least one leg in sliding contact with a bearing region of the track and at least one opening for receipt therein of a fastener. The opening is positioned to direct the fastener inserted therein into engagement with a fastener engaging region of the track, whereby the at least one leg of the bracket bears against the bearing region of the track to prevent movement of the bracket relative to the track.

Abstract: A refrigerator shelf includes a glass platform having an encapsulating rim which is integrally formed with a pair of downwardly extending wing members, each having a transverse threaded hole formed therein. A projection member, including an elongated shaft having a threaded section spaced from a tip portion, is provided for each wing member. The threaded section is threadably received in the hole of a respective wing member. The shelf is adapted to be slidably supported upon side wall rails of a refrigerator liner, with the tip portion of each projection member extending beneath a respective one of the rails, thereby preventing tipping of the shelf. The tip portion is also adapted to engage structure on the rail in order to limit the permissible degree of sliding movement of the shelf along the rails.

Abstract: A rotary storage unit includes a cabinet defining an interior within which a rotary storage member is located. A latch mechanism is mounted to the cabinet, and selectively engages the rotary storage member for maintaining the storage member in either an open position or a closed position. A motorized actuator arrangement is interconnected with the latch mechanism, for selectively moving the latch mechanism between a latching position and a release position. The motorized actuator arrangement includes a motor which imparts movement to an actuator rod interconnected with the latch mechanism, for moving the latch mechanism between its latching and release positions in response to axial movement of the actuator rod. The motor moves the actuator rod so as to return the latch mechanism to its latching position after expiration of a predetermined time delay.

Abstract: A truck catwalk system for allowing an individual to easily access the interior of a truck box. The inventive device includes a pair of support brackets, at least one pivot bracket, a pair of chains attached to the support brackets, a catch mechanism pivotally attached to one of the support brackets, a platform pivotally attached to the support brackets and catchably engaged by the catch mechanism, a foldable rail structure attached to the platform, a handle attached to the platform, and a ladder attached to the platform and the truck box.

Abstract: An adjustable leg assembly includes a base leg which receives a pair of spaced, multiple section slides, each having one end coupled to a motor actuator attached to the underside of a work surface and an opposite end coupled to the base leg. The slides provide lateral strength for the motion between raised, lowered, and intermediate adjustable positions and provide a trim cover for concealing the drive mechanism employed for adjusting the table height. A pair of trim strips are mounted to an actuator on the underside of the table surface to extend in the areas between the slides for concealing the actuator mechanism which extends to the base leg. In a still further preferred embodiment, the base leg is an extrusion having a plurality of mounting apertures formed therein and trim panel receiving slots such that the appearance of the adjustable leg assembly can be modified for a given work environment and décor.

Abstract: The present invention is a adjustable shelving system including a freestanding arch-like framework having a pair of horizontally spaced vertical columns interconnected by top and bottom horizontal beams. Two pairs of flexible connectors, such as link chains, are suspended from the top beam, each respective pair of connectors being disposed interior to and between the columns. The flexible connectors are attached to and support vertically adjustable shelves. In one embodiment, openings are formed through the adjustable shelves to receive the flexible connectors and a shelf support bar extends between the connectors in each pair to contact the bottom surface of the shelf and support it. In another embodiment, eye screws extend out from the side edges of the shelves to receive the shelf support bar, or the eye screws are supported by the flexible connectors. A bottom stationary shelf must be used to provide for attachment and tensioning of the flexible connectors.

Abstract: A cover is operable to seat and unseat electronic components. The cover is detached from an enclosure exposing an access opening. An electronic component, such as an expansion card, is inserted by an operator into guide rails housed within the opening. A first catch mechanism of the cover pivotally engages the opening so as to form a lever arm. A second catch mechanism connects with a mating catch of the electronic component. The component traverses the guide rails according to the rotation of the cover. The mechanical advantage realized by the cover overcomes the forces associated with seating and detaching connector pins of the electronic component with sockets of an expansion bus. The cover detaches from both the component and the enclosure prior to being repositioned to overlap the opening.

Abstract: Apparatus for preventing the unwanted changing of the temperature range setting of an air conditioner unit. The shaft of a unit's thermostat is passed through a first panel and a control knob is mounted upon the distal end of the shaft. A raised second panel is placed over the first panel having an opening for rotatably receiving the body of the control knob. A radially extended arm is mounted upon the control knob so that it swings over an arcuate path of travel between the panels as the shaft turns. Spaced apart holes are formed in one of the panels along the arcuate path of travel and stop pins are removably mounted in said holes on either side of the arm to control the range of movement of the shaft and thus the operating range of the air conditioner.

Abstract: A desk includes a desk top, a plurality of legs, a plurality of stretchers, and a coupling unit including a plurality of first and second linkages. Each of the first linkages includes a cylindrical part formed with a plurality of alternately disposed first engaging grooves and engaging ridges. Each of the engaging ridges is defined by a ridge-confining wall that has a C-shaped cross-section. Each of the second linkages is in the form of a clamp that has two opposing clamp arms. The clamp arms have two opposing curved ends which are inserted into two adjacent ones of the first engaging grooves, and which have inner faces substantially conform to and abut tightly against the ridge-confining wall of a respective one of the engaging ridges so as to secure the stretchers to the legs.

Abstract: A table/easel that includes a worksurface having an erasable surface, at least one first leg pivotally coupled to the worksurface, and at least one second leg pivotally coupled to the worksurface. The table/easel further includes a first pivot block and a second pivot block interconnecting the first and second legs in a scissor-like arrangement. The first and second pivot blocks are slidably coupled to the first and second legs. The first and second leg can be slidably adjusted with respect to the first and second pivot blocks, thereby allowing infinite adjustability of the worksurface between a substantially horizontal position and a substantially vertical position.

Abstract: An end cap for preliminary attachment of a control panel to a main body of an appliance includes a generally planar body having a front side and first and second supporting sides. The supporting sides are disposed at a rear and bottom of the planar body and are adapted for securement to the appliance main body. Each of the supporting sides has a plurality of securing tabs extending therefrom. The securing tabs are adapted to extend through an opening in the appliance main body and to engage the main body to preliminarily secure the control panel to the main body.

Abstract: A pallet made up of a first base part which is attached to a second base part. The first base part is formed by a first sheet, which has a first fold line symmetrical to a first sheet center line. The first sheet is further divided by thirteen fold lines on each side of the first fold line. The first sheet, when folded at the fold lines, forms the first base part. The second sheet has seven symmetrical fold lines on each side of a second sheet center line. The second sheet, when folded along the fold lines, forms the second base part. To assemble the pallet, the first sheet is folded along the thirteen lines on each side of and symmetric to the first sheet center line, and on the center line, the second sheet is folded along the seven lines on each side of and symmetric to the second sheet center line, and the folded first sheet is attached to the folded second sheet to form the pallet.

Abstract: The present invention includes a first positioning assembly and a second positioning assembly respectively mounted on the bottom housing of the scanner. The first positioning assembly defines a first clamping groove, and the second positioning assembly defines a second clamping groove. A toothed belt is used to drive the chassis of the scanner to move reciprocally. The toothed belt includes a first end and a second end respectively locked in the first clamping groove of the first positioning assembly and the second clamping groove of the second positioning assembly. The toothed belt can be mounted directly, without having to additionally perform a working process, thereby reducing the machining processes, and thereby decreasing the cost of fabrication.

Abstract: A docking adapter for reliably inserting and removing a memory storage device from a memory storage device bay includes a rack and a removable carrier. The rack has a pair of lateral rails for holding the carrier. The carrier slidably engages the rails to enable the carrier to slide into the rack. The carrier is adapted for holding a hard disk drive. The carrier has a face with cooling fans, a cantilever mounted on the face for engaging the rack and a cover with a cam. The cover is hinged to the face. The cover rotates from a closed position where the cover parallels the face to an open position where the cover opens, pressing the cam against the cantilever against the rack to smoothly extract the carrier from the rack.

Abstract: In a basic rack, particularly for equipment cabinets, transverse profiles and depth profiles are connected by corner connectors to an upper and lower frame. Vertical profiles connect the upper and lower frame in the area of the corner connectors. At least the transverse and depth profiles are made from a triangular, particularly rectangular hollow profile. The corner connectors are provided with two complimentary constructed triangular fixing extensions for mounting the transverse and depth profiles. The vertical profiles have terminal end fastening inserts for fastening to the corner parts of the corner connectors.

Abstract: An improved slide out support to be mounted at two sides of a server cabinet for holding and drawing a computer processor in the cabinet includes a front beam slidably engaged with a rear beam. The front and rear beam have respectively a first and a second fastening flange formed and bent at a selected angle at two ends thereof for engaging with the front and rear struts of the cabinet. The front and rear beams also have respectively an engaging member which are engageable with each other at various positions such that the engaged front and rear beam may be extended or shortened to a length desired for mounting to the cabinet of different lengths.

Abstract: An assembly includes panels forming a bin or cabinet, and a flipper door operably attached to the bin by a pair of opposing modules. Each module includes a body forming a groove forming a curvilinear track along its upper edge, and the door includes a follower operably engaging the track. Each module further includes a spring-biased lever pivoted to the body of the module at a mid-lever pivot. A first leg of the lever is pivoted to the door at a door pivot, and an oppositely extending second leg is connected to a spring-biased force-generating device. The arrangement is constructed to counterbalance a weight of the door in most intermediate positions.

Abstract: A table extensible by turning over its side boards, constituted by a horizontal plane, having peripheral parts with upper side boards and lower side boards shaped as circle segments and a central part enclosed thereby. The central part is able to rotate on a base and is vertically movable relative thereto by means of cam profiles, which are fastened to the central part between the top surface of the lower side boards and of the upper side boards, which are fastened to the central part. The lower side boards are joined to a frame, bearing down on said base whilst the upper side boards are hinged to the upper side boards to be turned over outwardly.

Abstract: The work surface has a recess into which a solid state display is received. The display is mounted for movement between a storage position, where the rear surface is co-planar with, and forms a part of, the work surface and a viewing position wherein the display screen is visible. The angle of the display relative to the work surface is adjustable about a horizontal axis for viewing comfort. In one embodiment, the recess is located in a circular section of the work surface which is rotatable relative to the remainder of the surface so as to permit adjustment of the position of the display about a vertical axis, as well.

Abstract: An article, particularly of furniture, such as a chair, at least a portion of which is shaped and decorated whereby to simulate an equivalent article having a fabric article such as a shirt arranged over it. The simulation may be achieved by the shape of the portion and/or the texture of its surface and/or surface decoration. A lower part of the chair back is formed as a suspended flap to provide flexible support of the lumbar region of a person sitting on the chair.