Patents Examined by Korie Hung Chan
  • Patent number: 5183165
    Abstract: Kitchen storage unit having a body, a top, hollow vertical members around a perimeter of the body, with apertures for receiving containers in columns in each hollow vertical member, and pegs extending from the body between the vertical members. The body may be rotatably mounted on a base. An opening in the top provides access to a receptacle in the interior of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: M. Kamenstein, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Acona, Jane Ancona
  • Patent number: 5181684
    Abstract: A bicycle support bracket arranged to provide for top mounting of a generator over the rear wheel of a bicycle consisting of a pair of opposed tee shaped units having semi cylindrical cups at each end of the upright and cross member which cups are adapted to secure the bracket to the brake bridge and rear fork of the bicycle frame when the two tees are secured together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Andrew Fischer
    Inventor: Paul Sager
  • Patent number: 5176194
    Abstract: Bead strings comprising beads connected by means of threadlike cords are provided on both edges of a screen member attached to a roller sleeve of the roller screen unit, and are engaged slidably with guide grooves of a pair of guide groove members arranged on both sides of the screen member. The beads have an aperture through the center thereof, with a string disposed in the apertures. A space portion of the string between each of the beads is attached to the screen member by sewing. This permits very smooth operation of drawing/expanding and winding/housing of the screen member, and facilitates more efficient design and manufacture of the unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Metaco Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomomichi Chigusa
  • Patent number: 5174532
    Abstract: A leg assembly for furniture includes horizontal and upright supports each of which has a tubular member, connectors, bases, and screw fasteners. The tubular member includes a first and an opposite second end, and a tubular wall. The tubular wall includes a first panel, an opposite second panel, a pair of opposite third panels interconnecting the first and the second panels, a pair of first longitudinal corner grooves extending between the first and second ends adjacent to the first panel, and a pair of second longitudinal corner grooves extending between the first and second ends adjacent to the second panel. The connector includes a flat panel which abuts the first end of the upright support, a pair of opposite hooking plates extending upwards from the flat panel and being curved inwardly to engage in the second corner grooves of the horizontal support. The base is connected to the second end of the upright support to uphold the upright support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Inventor: Chin-Fa Huang
  • Patent number: 5152404
    Abstract: There is provided an angled display assembly having a plurality of product display fixtures attached to and spaced along a polygonal display standard. Each of the display fixtures includes an inverted, generally U-shaped mounting bracket designed to slidably clamp over the display standard, and a support arm extending outwardly from the mounting bracket and having proximal and distal portion. The distal portion of the support arm is attached in a bent configuration to the proximal portion so that, in clamped position, the distal portion extends outwardly from the standard at a predetermined, non-normal and non-parallel angle thereto. A support lock extends downwardly away from the mounting bracket and includes a locking leg spaced from the support arm which interacts with the bottom portion of the standard to lock the display fixture thereto and offset rotational moments imposed by supported products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Lancaster Colony Corporation
    Inventors: John P. Salrin, James W. Bates