Patents Examined by Korie Chan
  • Patent number: 7967157
    Abstract: An array of stillages mounted on top of each other or one stillage is able to be disposed at an angle to another. The advantage of this arrangement is that space between adjacent stillages in an array can be adjusted to hold a range of different sized articles during transport. A further advantage is that once the articles have reached their destination, the array of stillages can be further adjusted to angle one platform relative to another. In this way articles, which have been transported can then be displayed professionally by reconfiguring the array of stillages after reaching a destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Inventor: Francis Bilotto
  • Patent number: 7967153
    Abstract: A compact multi-unit carousel of the present invention contains multiple t-shirt bag racks in which the arms for holding the handles of the T-shirt are parallel to one another and supported by extensions that are radially approximately 120 degrees from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Inventor: Ebrahim Simhaee
  • Patent number: 7963404
    Abstract: A combined shoe rack comprises a combined frame and at least one movable spacer plate. The combined frame is defined with at least one holding groove. The movable spacer plate is disposed in the holding groove of the combined frame, and an edge of the movable spacer plate is pivotally combined to an inner edge of the holding groove in such a manner that the movable spacer plate can be pivoted about the inner edge of the holding groove within the holding groove. When the movable spacer plate is pivoted to incline along a diagonal plane of the holding groove, the holding groove will be divided into a first chamber and a second chamber both of which are triangular in cross section, so that one holding groove can hold two pairs of lower shoes or a pair of higher shoes, thus making full use of space to hold more shoes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Inventor: Kuo-Wen Shang
  • Patent number: 7954654
    Abstract: A collapsible bow holder that fits over the back of a car or truck seat to facilitate the ready access to a bow in the event that a sportsman wants to deploy it in a nearly immediate manner. The bow holder allows for one or more bows to be securely stored within a vehicle along with arrows, maps, and other accessories. When not in use, the bow holder can be collapsed to a flat shape that is easily stored within a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Inventor: Karl Hoyt
  • Patent number: 7954651
    Abstract: A tool rack has a slide rack and multiple hangers. The slide rack has a baseboard and an elongated rail protruding from the baseboard. The multiple hangers are slidably mounted on the rail of the slide rack, and each has a hanging body and a hanging shaft. The hanging body is made by injection molding and slidably connected to the rail of the slide rack and has a protruding side and a connecting mount. The connecting mount protrudes from the protruding side of the hanging body and has an inserting hole formed in the connecting mount. The hanging shaft is metal and has an inserting end and a bent end. The inserting end is mounted in the inserting hole and surrounded by the connecting mount. The bent end is opposite to the inserting end and is bent upward for hanging a hand tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 7954652
    Abstract: A tool rack has a slide rack and multiple hangers. The slide rack has a baseboard and an elongated rail protruding from the baseboard. The multiple hangers are slidably mounted on the rail of the slide rack, and each has a hanging body and a hanging shaft. The hanging body is made by injection molding and slidably connected to the rail of the slide rack and has a protruding side and a connecting mount. The connecting mount protrudes from the protruding side of the hanging body and has an inserting hole formed in the connecting mount. The hanging shaft is metal and has an inserting end and a bent end. The inserting end has an engaging head mounted in the inserting hole and surrounded by the connecting mount. The bent end is opposite to the inserting end and bent upward for hanging a hand tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Inventor: Jui-Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 7954648
    Abstract: In a cigarette display system 1000, a plurality of wall units 500 can be linked in an vertical direction, and tray units 200 can be arranged in desired positions on a front surface of the wall units 500. Each of the tray units 200 can hold a plurality of magazine units 100 arranged in a lateral direction, and each of the magazine units 100 can hold a plurality of cigarette packs T arranged in a direction from front to back. Accordingly, it is possible to freely change a layout in which the cigarette packs T are arranged and displayed in the vertical and lateral directions so that cigarette cartons K or the like having a shape which cannot be accommodated in the magazine unit 100 can be displayed as well. As described above, the present invention provides the cigarette display system 1000 having a structure in which the layout of the cigarette packs T to be displayed or the like can be changed in various forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Norikazu Takashima, Norihiro Haneda
  • Patent number: 7950533
    Abstract: A muffler pipe storage rack may include an elongated support member having two ends and a longitudinal slot between the two ends. The longitudinal slot may have a width that is wider than the outer diameter of the widest of the tubular portions, but narrower than the width of the narrowest of the flanges. The longitudinal slot may have a length that is longer than the sum of the widths of all of the flanges. A first mounting bracket may be affixed to one end of the elongated support member and configured to clamp to a first substantially horizontal support and to suspend the one end of the elongated support member from the first substantially horizontal support. A second mounting bracket may be affixed to the other end of the elongated support member and configured to clamp to a second substantially horizontal support substantially parallel to the first substantially horizontal support and to suspend the other end of the elongated support member from the second substantially horizontal support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kirk Adams, Thomas Tolmasoff
  • Patent number: 7946552
    Abstract: A notary privacy guard includes a first face substantially opaque having at least four sides, a second face having at least four sides, and a sleeve formed by joining two adjoining sides of the first face with corresponding two adjoining sides of the second face such that the sleeve can slip over two sides and a corner of a book. A second sleeve can be provided to cover both sides of a book. A window can be provided in the substantially opaque face within which the signer can execute his or her signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Inventor: Sandra St. Claire
  • Patent number: 7946543
    Abstract: Closet carrousel having a motorized vertical support tube that attaches to the floor and ceiling of a standard closet. horizontal support tube arms radiate from the vertical support tube. Three arms extend out from the out from the upper region of the vertical tube and three arms extend out from the lower region of the support tube. The support tubes are slidably mounted on inner support rods. Each support rod is made of a first rod and a second rod that are hinged together to form one long rod. The support tubes hold standard hangers for hanging garments. The user can slide a horizontal support tube out past the hinged portion of the inner support rod so that the inner rod may be bent by the user thereby exposing and giving access to an inner core of shelving members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Inventors: Donna M. Cotter, Laurie L. Anderson
  • Patent number: 7946434
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a folding collapsible clothes rack. The rack includes two fixed side frames and two retractable side frames pivotally connected separately to the two fixed side frames. A pair of reinforcing links are pivoted together and coupled between the fixed side frames. In addition, a cross hanger tube is secured between the two retractable side frames and is able to be removably attached from one of them. The rack may also include a plurality of pockets positioned about the retractable side frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Honey-Can-Do International, LLC
    Inventor: Steve Greenspon
  • Patent number: 7942277
    Abstract: A powered saddle rack can be mounted in a trailer tack room. A mounting rod rotates from a storage to a load/unload position. A working frame assembly further rotates to the load/unload position. Once in the load/unload position, a rack raising rod is lifted or lowered, thereby raising or lowering several saddle racks up and down. A portable version doesn't rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventor: James T. Flynn
  • Patent number: 7942278
    Abstract: A baking rack is provided. The rack includes a plurality of relatively straight wires that are each disposed in parallel to each other and an outer wire establishing a perimeter of the rack and extending along opposing ends of the plurality of wires, the straight wires and the outer wire are each disposed within a plane. A plurality of height stabilizing members are connected to two or more of the straight wires or the outer wire, such that the plane is disposed above a surface upon which bottom portions of the height stabilizing members rest. A plurality of upstanding members extend from the plane, the upstanding members each connected to one or more of the straight wires and the outer wire, the upstanding members each comprising an arched portion and an upstanding stick, wherein a second plane is disposed through the arched portion of each upstanding member is at an acute angle with a line parallel to the straight wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: G.S. Blodgett Corporation
    Inventors: Stephanie J. Martin, Timothy G. Klauder, Raoul T. Cervantes, Jiri Rabas, Roberto Guarino
  • Patent number: 7942276
    Abstract: A rotatable article display device for displaying an article such as a piece of jewelry or the like includes a platen defining a display surface. The platen is configured to rotate about a first axis substantially perpendicular to the display surface and a second axis parallel to the displays surface. First and second drive mechanisms, together with suitable connectors, are provided to mechanically rotate the platen about the perpendicular and parallel axes. In a method for use, at least one article of jewelry is positioned on the display surface and viewed while the platen is rotated about at least one of the perpendicular and parallel axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventors: Eric Johnson, Dianna Dean, Walter Walsh, III, Chris Dotson
  • Patent number: 7934609
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for distributing at least one displaying accessory on a goods display surface, such as a shelf surface, cabinet or the similar. The displaying accessory can be a separating partition or a goods display cabinet formed of a carriage sliding on a tracking path. The device includes at least one first guide fixable to the proximal part of the display surface and extendable over the surface, generally along the longitudinal axis thereof. The first guide interacts with a clamp of the displaying accessory for fixing the accessory to the display surface. The device also includes a holder provided at the level of the first guide and, in the first release position, the holder enables at least one displaying accessory to be moved or even to be released. In a second position, the holder strongly fixes at least one displaying accessory to the first guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Joalpe Industria De Expositores, S.A.
    Inventors: Manuel Alves, Pedro Cunha
  • Patent number: 7934611
    Abstract: A retail system includes a rack assembly and a cover. The rack assembly has a stand that is adapted to rest on a substantially horizontal surface, where the stand is formed of a plurality of tubular members. The rack assembly also has a mounting frame that is substantially rectangular in shape and supported in a substantially vertical position by the stand. The cover includes a base portion that is formed by a combination of a first shell and a second shell that is complementary to the first shell, the base portion defining a hollow, substantially box-like structure that is supported in a substantially vertically position by the rack assembly and covers at least a portion of the mounting frame. The cover also includes a stack portion defining a hollow, substantially box-like structure that is adapted to slide over the mounting frame and mount atop the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy A. Clark, Michael A. Whittier, David H. Cheney, James S. LaRue
  • Patent number: 7934608
    Abstract: A collapsible rack for transport and storage, includes a first and a second panel and a plurality of distance bars. The first and second panel include a groove side including at least one groove. A first and a second edge is arranged on opposite sides and adjacent to these, a third and a fourth edge. The third and fourth edges each include at least one hole that extends parallel to the first and second edges. The hole has a non-circular shape. The distance bars at each of their ends includes a hole coupling mechanism. The hole coupling mechanism extends perpendicular to the extension of the bar. The hole coupling mechanisms include clutching sections that match the hole, wherein pivoting between the bars and the first and second panel is prevented where the hole coupling mechanism and hole are fully mated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Schoeller Arca Systems AB
    Inventor: Per Ydstrom
  • Patent number: 7922015
    Abstract: A storage system for wine bottles is provided that includes at least a portion of a wine barrel. A front head plate of the barrel is provided with multiple openings that are sized to receive the wine bottles to be stored. Support members of various designs are associated with each opening to extend lengthwise through the barrel interior to hold one or more wine bottles. The storage system may be provided in a variety of sizes that include full, half, and third-barrel sizes. A climate control system may be associated with embodiments of the storage system. The storage system may be provided with one barrel or a plurality of barrels arranged in various stacked configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Inventor: Chet Bassetti
  • Patent number: 7922014
    Abstract: A rack for supporting containers includes a pair of opposed side supports defining open front and rear ends. A plurality of canted rails for supporting containers are mounted on each of the opposed side supports. At least one stop member is mounted adjacent the front end of at least one of the rails to prevent containers from sliding out of the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Rehrig Pacific Company
    Inventor: Jon P. Hassell
  • Patent number: 7918351
    Abstract: A point of purchase display structure (300) is described incorporating one or more shelves (132) for supporting items, wherein the display structure in a partially assembled configuration is a generally flat structure, and may be converted to a finished structure by movement of an inner slide (150) within an outer sleeve (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Atlas AGI Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Darren Zimmer