Abstract: This invention describes a computer workstation which places the monitor below and behind the keyboard. The shelf for holding the monitor is rotatable independently of movement of a shelf for holding the keyboard. A plurality of shelves are also provided for additional equipment and supplies. In one embodiment, the workstation has separate paper supply and used paper holding shelves. In another embodiment, these shelves are combined.

Abstract: A vehicle seat armrest assembly (10) includes a lower bin (18) defining a storage compartment (20) and an upper cover (22) hinged to the bin (18) for pivotal movement between a closed position covering the bin (18) and an open position opening the storage compartment (20). A bracket (26) supports the lower bin (18) and provides rotation of the bin (18) between a horizontal use position and a vertical storage position. A latch (40) latches the cover (22) to the bin (18) in a latched position and allows opening of the cover (22) in an unlatched position. A lock (42) interacts between the bracket (26) and the latch (40) to maintain the latch (40) in the latched position in response to pivotal movement of the bin (18) from the horizontal use position to the vertical storage position. The lock (42) includes a cam (60) which transfers the rotational movement of the bin (18) to linear movement of a controller (46).

Abstract: A container, especially for photographic prints, comprises a double-shell housing and a drawer which can be pulled out of the latter parallel to a window in the housing. The plane of separation of the housing is approximately flush with the upper edge of the drawer and the contour of the housing tapers, starting from the said plane of separation. For the actuation of the drawer, a grip recess portion enters from below into the drawer.

Abstract: A display counter wherein the upper portion of the case has several upwardly and forwardly sloping hollow supports for modules which pivotably mount one or more front panels each of which can be moved to a first position in which it overlies the customer side of the counter and a raised second position in which the internal space of the counter in accessible from the customer side. The modules include linear actuators which can pivot the front panel or panels between the first and second positions as well as to one or more intermediate positions. Each actuator is pivotally secured to a frame of the respective module at the lower end of the corresponding support and to a hinge for a front panel at the upper end of the support. The pintle of the hinge is mounted in the upper end portion of the corresponding frame.

Abstract: A personal computer enclosure is provided which is reinforced by a disk drive support structure inside the box. The enclosure is a substantially parallelepiped outer box having an opening for providing access to the interior of the box. The box includes a plurality of mounting locations on the interior of the box. The inner support structure includes a plurality of bays for receiving respective disk drives therein. These bays communicate with the opening in the enclosure. The structure is attached to said outer box at said mounting locations to provide structural integrity thereto.

Abstract: A portable travel pantry has a rectangular main module for carrying food items and items relating to serving of food. The main module has separate compartments for conveniently storing eating utensils, food boxes, canned goods, and plates used for serving food. The main module has a swingable front wall and a swingable top wall, each of which is swingable between a transport configuration and a serving configuration. A catch-all module for receiving relatively bulky items may be selectively attached and detached from the main module. The portable travel pantry provides for an arrangement and segregation of the various food items and items relating to serving of the food, and the swingable front wall together with the swingable top wall provide for convenient access to the inside of the travel pantry and also additional surfaces for preparation of the meal. The detachable catch-all can be conveniently detached and placed alongside the main module when serving and preparing the meal.

Abstract: The specification describes a security system for protecting vending machines from vandalism and theft of the goods or money contained therein. The security system includes a cage and a door rotatably attached to one side of the cage. The cage is securely fixed to the floor on and/or wall against which the vending machine is placed. The door is lockable by a unique locking system and has a seam protection structure formed in the frame of the door for protecting vulnerable seams existent on the front of the vending machine. The security system is adjustable and formed from rugged steel bars.

Abstract: According to this invention, a storage facility for articles is provided in a tower which is additionally established as a separate building adjacent to a house, permitting stored articles to be placed and removed in the tower from inside the house. According to the invention, there is provided an apparatus for storing articles therein having a tower which is connected to part of a house via an entrance provided adjacent to the outside of the house; endless chains are provided in the tower so that the chains run a vertical direction; a plurality of storage compartments are linked to the chains so that the storage compartments run together with the chains; and a motor for driving the chains is electrically controlled such that a desired storage compartment is selected and stopped at the entrance. The storage compartments have pins projectingly provided on both sides thereof wherein the pins are detachably linked to the chains, supporting the pins on complementary projections of the chains.

Abstract: A combined slider and hinge structure for a vertical cabinet door is disclosed, which permits the cabinet door to be constructed with its hinged edge arranged flush with the side of the cabinet to which it is hinged. The inventive structure includes front and back columnar interior frame members, upper and lower slides secured to the frame members, an elongated anti-rack plate secured to the sliding members of the upper and lower slides, upper and lower flush-mount hinges secured to the anti-rack plate inwardly of and adjacent to the slides, and a door secured to the hinges. A false exterior panel can be placed over the frame members, slides, and anti-rack plate to conceal them. In operation, the door is rotated on the hinges to an open position, and thereafter the slides are operated by pushing the door directly toward the rear of the cabinet structure, retracting the door and concealing it behind the false exterior panel.

Abstract: A work space management system including free-standing walls and a freestanding cabinet integrated into the wall system and separate from the wall system. The cabinet comprises side wall and back wall channels having vertically spaced openings therein and a connector means to mount the cabinet to a vertical frame member of the freestanding walls or to another cabinet through the indented channel openings. The cabinet further comprises rear frame members having vertically spaced openings for hanging shelving or other articles. The cabinet is also adaptable for having horizontal work accessory support rails. The sides of the cabinet are mounted onto a rigid framework. Wire management capability is provided in the cabinet to interface with wire management in the freestanding walls.

Abstract: A shoe storage cabinet structure has horizontally pivoted front door panel members opening to display at least two compartments with platforms for storing side by side pairs of shoes of various styles and sizes. The shoe storage compartments are easy to assemble by means of two hinging plates which permit shelves to be retained without the necessity of screws between matrixed cavities of two spaced hinge plates. The hinges provide compact cabinet housing structure for neatly storing behind a pivotable front panel compartment many shoes in a small space so that the shoes are projected into view by pivoting the front panel for mass viewing and convenient selection.

Abstract: A plug for use in plugging a glove opening of a glovebox when the glove is eplaced. An inflated inner tube which is retained between flat plates mounted on a threaded rod is compressed in order to expand its diameter to equal that of the inside of the glove opening.

Abstract: An extraction means is provided for use in combination with a protective jacket for a video cassette for easy removal of the video cassette from the protective jacket. A video cassette can be removed from its protective jacket without removal of that jacket from a storage device in which a plurality of video cassettes are stored in such a manner that the protective jackets are in side-by-side contact.

Abstract: A clothes container having two external clothes bags at its opposite ends. Soiled clothing of different colors or materials can be selectively placed in the container and the two bags to sort out the clothes prior to placement in a washing machine. The bags augment the capacity of the container. When desired the bags can be adjusted to closed positions in near proximity to the container end walls.

Abstract: A water-tight structure of weatherstrip for a vehicle body of a sash-less door type, in which a guide portion substantially in an arcuate form of cross section is disposed within a hollow portion of the weatherstrip so as to oppose an inner surface of the lip portion. When a door glass is moved upward toward a predetermined uppermost position so as to close a passenger compartment, a peripheral edge of the door glass is face-to-face contacted with the lip portion under pressure so that the lip portion is pressed against and supported on the guide portion. Thus, a sufficient water-tight structure can be achieved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rugged and inexpensive filing cabinet constructed from thin, prefinished metal and the method for making the same. All component parts including the case envelope, case back, kickplate, drawers and drawer supports are designed to be cut from a minimum of four discrete coils of metal with waste attributable to trimming or removal of excess metal maintained at a minimum. Ruggedness and strength are maintained, despite the relative thinness of the metal, because the vertical corners and other potentially critical areas subjected to increased stress are reinforced with structural elements adhesively bonded in place. Certain structural elements also function as jigging members during the adhesive bonding of the component parts. In addition, the design of the present invention provides a versatile and adaptable end product due to the interchangeability of certain component parts.

Abstract: A computer enclosure is provided which is capable of accommodating a plurality of drive devices therein in a fashion whereby the drive devices are readily removable. The enclosure includes a box having first and second opposed sides and a substantially rectangular opening extending between the first and second sides. The enclosure further includes a drive device retainer member having first and second opposed ends, the first end of the retainer being removably pivotally attachable to the first end of the box, the second end of the retainer member being attachable to the second side of the box. The retainer member contacts the drive devices to hold the drive devices in the box. The enclosure further includes a bezel structure having first and second opposed ends.

Abstract: A compact generally rectangular slim profile housing for a hand-held video display device or apparatus wherein the housing has front and back housing portions adapted for interfitting relation along marginal peripheral edges, and wherein the back housing portion has a concave surface enabling the housing to be nested or cradled on the user's thigh when in a sitting position so as to assist in stabilizing the video device without inhibiting manipulation of the controls and visual observation of a video screen exposed through the front housing portion.

Abstract: There is described an improved system for the assembly of furniture and like items, comprising flat surface panels having a plurality of peripheral edges thereabout, longitudinally extending grooves formed in one or more of the peripheral edges, edge members for covering selected ones of the peripheral edges and connectors corresponding in cross-sectional shape with the grooves for slidable engagement therewith. The connectors each have a base and a groove engaging portion, wherein each connector is connectable along its base to a respective one of the surface panels or edge members. A surface panel or edge member may be assembled to another surface panel by means of a slidable connection between the groove engaging portion of the connectors thereon and the groove in an abutting edge of the other surface panel.

Abstract: A removable rail guide apparatus is provided for a disk drive mounting structure which is capable of receiving disk drives or other rail-mounted devices therein. The mounting structure includes a frame including a bay capable of accepting therein one first height drive or two second height drives which are smaller than the first size drive. The bay includes first and second opposed side walls situated in spaced apart relationship. First and second stationary rail guides are fixedly situated on the first and second side walls, respectively, to mate with corresponding side rails of the first size disk drive. First and second removable rail guides are removably mounted on the first and second side walls, respectively, at a distance spaced apart from the first and second stationary rail guides. The first and second removable rail guides mate with corresponding side rails of the second size disk drive when the first size disk drive is not present in the first and second stationary guide rails.