Abstract: A trash recycling container is provided and consists of a plurality of drawers, each hold one type of trash therein and slideable within a front of the cabinet. A mechanism one the cabinet is for transporting the cabinet to a remote location so that the drawers with their different types of trash can be removed allowing the trash to be dumped into separate pails for recycling.

Abstract: A storage cabinet is provided with a front opening for access to the interior thereof, and a door is coupled to the cabinet for movement between a closed position wherein the door extends vertically across the access opening, and an open storage position wherein the door is disposed generally horizontally and is positioned at least in partial overlapping relationship directly over the cabinet top wall. A pair of support mechanisms couple the door to the cabinet housing adjacent the upper corners thereof. The support mechanism includes an intermediate support member which is hinged on a bracket secured adjacent the front edge of the housing top wall for swinging movement about a horizontal hinge axis which is located adjacent the front edge of the top wall. A gear is rotatably supported on the intermediate support member with its rotational axis being spaced radially from the hinge axis.

Abstract: An improved Toy Box comprised of a container in which to store toys with a grill structured subfloor that permits small toys to fall through to a drawer below while hodling larger toys above.

Abstract: Merchandise display assembly including a vertical bin having an upper filling opening and a lower dispensing opening, mounted by a suspension linkage on brackets attached to a vertical support structure, to swing the bin outwardly and downwardly from an upper storage position at which the bin rear is adjacent the support structure and the lower opening is at a height at which merchandise items in the bin can be readily removed by a consumer, to a lower filling position at which the bin rear is outwardly spaced from the support structure and the upper opening is at a height at which such items can be readily filled thereinto, while maintaining the bin vertical in any movement position thereof.

Abstract: A spacer divider system adapted to partition an interior space into working sub-areas wherein desks, cabinets, and other work components are integrated with partition walls formed by modular panels that are interlocked in a spatial pattern defining the desired sub-areas or work stations. Each panel includes a frame whose corners have recesses therein bordered by side ledges. To join two or more panels in side-by-side relation to create a planar partition wall, sandwiched between the adjoining vertical sides of the panels is a standard having a longitudinal row of slots on opposing faces thereof and a threaded socket at either end. The panels are locked together at their top and bottom by a clamp which bridges the complementary side ledges of the panels and is secured to the standard by a screw received in the end socket. To join one panel at right angles to another, use is made of a four-sided connector post whose ends are notched to create a ledge on each side.

Abstract: A merchandise showcase including transparent side and top windows and illumination means for a display portion of the showcase. A frame for mounting the windows is fabricated from roll-formed stainless steel with very little welding. Frame corner posts are frictionally and adhesively held within a channel in a top frame member by a wedge member inserted into the channel along with a top portion of the corner posts. Side window retention means firmly but flexibly grasp the edge portions of each side window and thereby utilize the windows as structural members to add strength to the showcase. The illumination assembly includes a lighting fixture and a down-feed tube for shielding the electrical feed wires. The tube is joined to the fixture only by the wires extending through both to allow the illumination assembly to be compactly folded for storage or shipping.

Abstract: A display case with adjustable shelves each having a light fixture to better showcase the goods supported therein. The shelves are both vertically and angularly adjustable. The power outlets within the case are slidably supported in a vertical raceway to be movable into proximity which their corresponding shelves to minimize power cord exposure.

Abstract: A furniture construction system has a pair of spaced vertical stands(13) supporting a plurality of shelves(8). Each stand has a pair of spaced profile columns and a longitudinal groove(3) in opposed faces of the columns. Spaced pin holes(4) are in the bottoms of the grooves and a distance block is in the opposed longitudinal grooves at similar heights and each block has a pin(5) received within a pin hole. A supporting beam(7) is on each pair of blocks and has a sideward extension(15). Each shelf rests on a sideward extension and has a thickness equal to the distance between the upper surfaces of the beam and the sideward extension thereon.

Abstract: An improved device for providing EMI/RFI shielding for a joint is disclosed comprising a compressible, resilient sealing element and a conductive shielding element bonded to the sealing element and positioned such that the shielding element provides a direct electrical contact across the joint. The disclosed invention further provides a cabinet which effectively utilizes such a device. The disclosed invention also includes an improved cabinet construction which minimizes the paths by which moisture and debris may enter the cabinet interior, while providing a cabinet which is transportable without violating the integrity of the cabinet structure.

Abstract: A portable cabinet is disclosed having wheeled housing with an internal storage compartment separated by midsection into an upper compartment including an open sink area, a glassware area and a supply area and into a lower compartment having a refrigerator area and food or bottled drink storage areas. The primary feature resides in a pair of pivotally mounted panels on the cabinet having a closed position of covering the upper and lower compartments respectively and having an unfolded or open position wherein the upper mounted panel is deployed as a counter and the lower mounted panel is deployed as a support for the upper panel when used as a counter.

Abstract: A light-weight modular utility cart has first and second identical side members which are preferably one-piece, molded plastic structures. Each side member may include a plurality of bottom projections which interlace with complementary bottom projections from another side member to form the cart bottom. The side members include structure for mounting thereto top members having different configurations. Alternatively, a single top configuration can be mounted on assembled different side member configuration having different heights. Each side member includes a plurality of upwardly-angled drawer rails on an inside surface thereof. The drawers may include identical first and second rollers each having a circumferential groove in the center thereof adapted to ride on an uppermost edge of the upwardly-angle drawer rail. Accessories may be attached to the cart through a tubular support structure, U-shaped channels, and a two-piece coupler having different size holes therein.

Abstract: A cable or wire (information bus, power supply, etc.) carrying method and apparatus for modular computer cabinets and the like in which the cabinet frame end walls have notch-like voids. The notches, preferably on the rear side of the cabinets are nearly fully enclosed, save a small opening (to preserve structural integrity) through which the cables may enter. The openings are covered by closure members and decorative trims once the cable is in place. The result is a modular computer system without unsightly wires, and in which the modules may be easily and quickly inserted or removed without the need for dismantling the cable attached to the backs of the other modules.

Abstract: A lever apparatus includes a lever that extends outwardly from the interior of a body through an opening formed in the body. The lever is pivotally supported on the body, and an elastic boot that covers the portion of the lever which is located near the opening. The boot is provided on the body in such a manner as to be pivotal in response to the pivoting of the lever. This makes the boot pivoted together with the lever.

Abstract: A modular storage container including a drawer configured to be received into and contained by a housing. The housing consists of two identical molded units that are joined and fastened together by a guide bracket. The guide bracket also functions to position the drawer within the housing. The drawer slides within the housing on a drawer glide which interfaces with the guide bracket of the housing. Two sets of ridges are disposed on outer surface of the base of each molded unit. When two or more containers are stacked, the ridges on the top of the supporting container will interdigitate with the ridges on the underside of the mounted container to align the containers squarely atop each other and to inhibit longitudinal and lateral movement of the stacked containers. Each container has a drawer lock for security.

Abstract: A profile frame of a folding door and the associated cabinet-side door frame for a cabinet are described. The profile of the cabinet-side and folding-side vertical beam has a diagonally outwardly open cavity covererd on its end faces by bearing eyes arranged on the horizontal beams. The associated door-side vertical beam is provided with an arcuate step extending longitudinally between the bearing eyes and which is integrated in externally flush manner into the recess of the cabinet-side vertical beam. The arcuate step is coaxial to the bearing eyes and receives the hinge bolts located there. The bolt-side vertical beam of the folding door is preferably provided with a swing bolt, which cooperates over the entire length of the vertical beam with a cabinet-side shoulder and which is operated by means of an eccentric bolt.

Abstract: A support assembly for a drawer permits the drawer to be located in different positions. The drawer has a pair of laterally spaced side pieces supported on telescopically slidable guide rails. The guide rails have brackets selectively engageable in openings formed in sections attached to the side pieces for obtaining the different positions of the drawer.

Abstract: A plinth drawer comprises a bar which projects at the front upper edge and onto which a front piece attaches. The drawer also has a holder which is set back in relation to the bar, for a plinth panel. The holder is formed by two adaptors which are constructed as plastic moldings, which can be fastened to the plinth panel and which are clamped to the frame of the drawer. This construction permits simple assembly of the plinth panel and adaptation of the plinth offset to correspond to any furniture range.

Abstract: An improved quality control work station includes a support frame with a pair of side members, each of the side members having an upwardly extending rear support member, a work panel with a horizontal first surface terminating in a rear edge and a forward second surface angled downwardly from the first surface, and a display panel attached to the rear support members at a position above the rear edge of the first surface. The display panel includes a generally planar display surface which may be positioned to be normal to the line of vision of a user of the station, and has means for retaining a data collecting device. A plurality of wheels is disposed in a load supporting relationship to the frame for permitting easy relocation of the work station.

Abstract: The enclosure is intended, among other uses, for a rack-mounted electronic musical instrument characterized in that screws are not required to secure the assembled parts of the enclosure. Top and bottom molded plastic halves (preferably identical) have integral flexible hooks and also projections. The halves have inward turned edges which fit together and mate at the horizontal mid-plane of the enclosure. A generally U-shaped thin, narrow sheet metal core engages the back and both sides of both halves inside the edges of the halves and is formed with holes into which the distal ends of the hooks snap and thus lock the halves and core together. A plastic front panel also has horizontal flexible hooks which snap into holes in the core to close off the front of the enclosure. Outward extending ears on the core may be used to attach the enclosure to a rack.

Abstract: A desk having a lectern and apparatus for slidably guiding the lectern into a resting position under the top of the desk and for enabling the lectern to be pulled from the resting position into a working position in which the lectern projects over the desk top. The lectern is supported in the working position by at least one extension, at least one supporting arm, and apparatus secured beneath the desk top for slidably receiving the extension.