Abstract: A lock snap structure of a slide rail includes an inner rail provided with two adjacent locking plates and a locking groove between the two locking plates. Each locking plate is formed with a slope. An outer rail mounted on the inner rail is provided with a retaining plate which has a guide block which may move along the slope of the locking plates to enter the locking groove. A drawing plate mounted between the inner rail and the outer rail has a first end that may be pulled and a second end pulled by an elastic member. The drawing plate has a slot hole provided with a guide plate which has an oblique shoulder that may press the guide block when the drawing plate is moved, so that the guide block may detach from the locking groove between the locking plates.

Abstract: An attachment mechanism to secure a console onto an appliance is provided in which the console is mounted without the use of threaded fasteners and, one mounted, the attachment mechanism is hidden from view from the exterior of the appliance. A projection on one of the appliance and console mates with an opening in the other of the appliance and console and a clip extends from one of the appliance and console to mate with an opening in the other of the appliance and console, such that the projection serves to align the two parts and the clip serves to secure the parts together. Preferably the projection and clip, or more than one of each, are located on a mating surface between the appliance and console such that when the console is mounted onto the appliance, the projection and clip can no longer be seen from the exterior of the appliance.

Abstract: A storage device including two opposing side panels, a plurality of shelves and a plurality of crossed support devices. The plurality of shelves interconnect the side panels. The plurality of crossed support devices are capable of being attached to one of a first opening and a second opening. The first opening and the second opening are located opposite one another and provide access to an interior cavity capable of supporting storage materials.

Abstract: A system and method for safe and secure stowage of an on-board entertainment display utilizing at least one dual biased latch in the stowage compartment and a complementary recess in the display assembly such that the latch prohibits un-commanded display deployment, even in the absence of electrical power to the unit.

Abstract: An art table having a top surface, two ends, and a lower tray. Each end has two legs. A brace is placed at each end supporting a plurality of holders, where drawing materials can be placed. Wheels are attached to two legs of one end. A paper dispenser is placed under the top surface and holds a roll of paper, so that paper can be fed over the top surface for drawing. The lower tray serves as a brace to provide extra support for the table and also serves as a holding place for extra papers and drawing materials.

Abstract: A plastic vanity and method for making the same. The vanity includes a base having two side walls, a bottom member forming a shelf inside the base, a rear brace member, a front brace member, and a front opening disposed between the front brace member and the bottom member. The two side walls, the bottom member, the rear brace member, and the front brace member are constructed from a plastic material. The vanity also includes a door swingably mounted to the base and which is configured to cover the front opening. The door, like the base, is constructed from the plastic material. The vanity also has a top opening disposed at the top thereof which is configured to receive a sink top or other surface structure.

Abstract: A framed storm window construction having a relatively thick, impact and penetration resistant panel surrounded by a frame for mounting either over or within an opening formed in a wall. The peripheral edges of the panel fit within interior channels formed in the frame members. The frame members each have exterior channels on its exterior peripheral edges which define outwardly opening channels. Connector members having tongue portions fitted and held within said channels extend outwardly of the channels and terminate in connector strip flanges which are adapted to be secured, by mechanical fasteners, to the edge portions defining a window opening in a building wall. The framed window resists penetration by forcefully applied objects, such as wind hurled debris.

Abstract: A linear actuator for a platform having a frame with an open end and a platform moveable within the frame, said platform driven by a motor powered axle mounted traversely to the platform. The platform is driven by a drive system powered by the motor driven axle and generally having a pair of fixed pitch independent devices, such as chains, each chain mounted at each of its ends to the frame and aligned with the platform's axis of travel, a double drive sprocket adjacent an end of the axle, a pair of double idler pulleys aligned substantially with a chain, a pair of single idler pulleys aligned substantially with the other chain. Each chain is routed through the double drive sprocket and one chain routes through the double idler pulley, while the other chain routes trough the both the double idler pulleys and the pair of single idler pulleys.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transporting device (1) comprising a number of carriers (3), a number of pallets (2) therefor and displacing means (16, 17) for displacing the pallets and carriers, wherein each carrier comprises a carrying base (14) and a number of feet arranged thereon and wherein each pallet comprises upward protruding supports (4) which define a support surface for supporting the carrying base of a number of carriers.

Abstract: A turndown pad having a body (10) with panels (102, 104, and 106) that are received in respective openings (82, 84 and 86) of body (10) and also having covers (118 and 120) that are received in openings (88 and 90) of body (10). Panels (102, 104, and 106) are selected from corresponding families of panels with each family of panels defined by a common profile shape and size. The different members of each family of panels (102, 104 and 106) have selected arrangements of holes (110, 112, and 114) respectively so that different combinations of panels provide different combinations of holes (110, 112, and 114).

Abstract: An ejectable compact disc container comprises a housing, an ejector arm, and an ejector link. The housing is solid on five of its six sides, the sixth side of the housing is articulated on one of its ends to a lateral side of the housing and constitutes a lid of the housing. The ejector arm is located in the housing and engages the edge of the compact disc distant from the lid. The ejector arm is operable through a pivotal connection to the ejector link, which is connected to and actuated by the lid. Thus, upon opening the lid, the compact disc is pushed out of the housing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a modular worktop, and method of assembly, including a surface member, a front edge, and a backsplash, the components preferably being removably attached to each other. Each of the surface member, front edge, and backsplash may be selected from a predetermined group of decorative surfacing options, resulting in a worktop that is aesthetically pleasing to the consumer or person selecting the components. Additionally, each of the components is sized and configured so as to bring assembly and installation within the skill range of the average consumer. Because the front edge is removably attached, the front edge is changeable at the discretion of the consumer, for example, for aesthetic reasons.

Abstract: A table construction and method is provided having an internal opening that selectively accommodates a floor lamp or torchier and allows the insertion and removal of the lamp from the opening in a horizontal plane without disassembling the lamp and without requiring the component pieces of the table to be completely separated.

Abstract: Presented is a simplified modular free-standing workbench including a pair of laterally spaced and parallel workbench-top support members to which a workbench top is rigidly yet detachably secured by quick-connect/disconnect fastener elements. Pairs of tubular steel legs rigidly yet detachably engage the associated ends of the tubular bench top support members. Foot members are rigidly yet detachably engaged with the bottom ends of the leg members to enable height adjustment. Transversely extending tubular members rigidly yet detachably engage the confronting surfaces of the laterally spaced top support members by quick-connect/disconnect fastener elements to maintain their parallelism. An auxiliary shelf may be rigidly yet detachably mounted on the workbench by an auxiliary shelf support framework supermimposed over the workbench and secured thereto by quick-connect/disconnect fastener elements.

Abstract: In an article carrying/keeping device having a pallet for placing an article and four props provided on the pallet in a standing manner, in order to transport any size of article while placing the article on a pallet whose size is suited for the size of the article, coupling members are provided between two props so that the intervals between the props detachably attached to the four corners of the pallet on which the article is placed can be changed freely, and the respective coupling members are coupled with the props 6 via the couplers so that the first and second couplers are fixed/coupled via the coupling members.

Abstract: A wall-mountable locker to store dog care articles as well as to provide a dispenser for bags to package dog poop, and pegs on which to hang the dog's collar and a leash whereby articles required to care for a particular dog are compactly stored on and in the locker. The locker includes a backboard on which is mounted a cabinet that is compartmentalized to create a group of cubicles, each of which is dimensioned to accommodate a respective article. Supported on the backboard below the cabinet is a dispenser carrying a roll of plastic poop bags and below the dispenser are the pegs.

Abstract: A digital-video-disc vehicle television has a thin ceiling-mountable TV housing (1) having a front edge (2) from which a preferably flat TV screen (3) pivots adjustably downward from a stowage space (4) and having a rear edge (5) with a digital video disc (DVD) slot (6). The TV housing is preferably oval-shaped with a major length of about fifteen inches and a major width of about eight inches. Thickness is about one-to-three inches, depending on type and plurality of components it uses. Intermediate the stowage space and the DVD slot are dome lights (9) that preferably are adjustable for reading and a rearward-facing control panel (7) that preferably has pushbutton control and is backlit. Audiovisual signaling (18, 19) is received selectively from remote or in-vehicle broadcasting sources and from the DVD player (15) and transmitted to a speaker (14) and to the TV screen as controlled by a control unit (17).

Abstract: A door opening device for a food storage apparatus such as a household refrigerator includes a generally cylindrical coil unit mounted on a body of the storage apparatus and having an axially extending through hole, a plunger mounted in the hole of the coil unit so as to be axially moved with respect to the coil unit, the plunger being moved in a direction when the coil unit is energized, and a pushing member mounted on one axial end of the plunger so as to be moved with the plunger, the pushing member pushing the door in an opening direction against an attractive force of the magnet gasket when moved in the one direction with the plunger.

Abstract: A tailgate table having a first arm, a second arm, and a table member is disclosed herein. The first arm is configured for easy attachment to the existing trailer hitch receiver of a vehicle. The table member attaches to the second arm, which attaches to the first arm. The table member is configured with sidewalls and a bottom forming an interior. The interior may be compartmentalized. A top is hingedly attached to the table member to provide a substantially planar upper working surface when the top covers the interior.

Abstract: A heat insulation box body includes inner and outer boxes forming a shell of the heat insulation box body and triangular structural materials inserted in the shell held by close-contact by means of a vacuum. Further, at the time of disassembling the heat insulation box body after scrapping, a shell surface is cut and air is introduced into the inside of the shell to return the state of the shell to an atmospheric pressure state and then respective members are separated from each other.