Patents Examined by Michael J. Fisher
  • Patent number: 6321662
    Abstract: A table adapted for eating food items that generate large amounts of bones and shells. The table includes refuse discharge structures to allow large amounts of refuse to be disposed of without leaving the table. The table also includes structures that allow the top of the table to be configured for particular food items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Inventor: Ray A. Fraise
  • Patent number: 6318821
    Abstract: A tissue roll dispenser apparatus is provided for attachment to a tissue roll holder which includes a first spindle end receiver and a second spindle end receiver. The tissue roll dispenser apparatus includes a plurality of tissue rolls to be used in succession. The tissue roll dispenser apparatus includes a first support plug assembly for engagement with the first spindle end receiver and for receiving a first spindle end of a roll spindle. A second support plug assembly engages with the second spindle end receiver and receives a second spindle end of the roll spindle. A first housing extension is connected to the first support plug assembly, and a second housing extension is connected to the second support plug assembly. A tissue roll retention housing, which includes a first housing wall, is connected to the first housing extension. A second housing wall is connected to the second housing extension, and a housing floor extends between the first housing wall and the second housing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Martin, Stephen Soos
  • Patent number: 6318823
    Abstract: A computer enclosure includes a cage and a drive bracket received in the cage. The cage includes a front panel defining an opening, a beam connected to the front panel for abutment of the drive bracket and a latch attached to the beam. A pair of flanges extends from opposite edges of the opening and defines a pair of pivoting holes. The drive bracket includes a pair of pivoting tabs for extending into the pivoting holes of the cage and a fixing portion engaging with the latch of the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nien Chiang Liao
  • Patent number: 6311455
    Abstract: An improved insulated glass including a spacer unit and a pair of glazing panels bonded to opposite sides thereof. The spacer unit includes a peripheral spacer portion and a muntin portion within the spacer portion. The spacer unit is a one-piece, injection-molded unit, and consequently the spacer portion and the muntin portion form an inseparable integrated whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: ODL, Incorporated
    Inventor: Philip O. Gerard
  • Patent number: 6311627
    Abstract: An article wrapping table assembly for facilitating the article wrapping process. The article wrapping table assembly includes a table that has a substantially planar upper surface, a plurality of table legs, a pair of extension portions and a cutting assembly. The extension portions are positioned adjacent to the upper surface of the table. Each extension portion has a cutout portion. The cutout portions are aligned with each other and designed to rotatably hold a roll of wrapping material. The cutting assembly is slidably engaged in a slot that runs across the upper surface of the table. The cutting assembly is used for cutting a selected amount of wrapping material that has been unrolled onto the upper surface of the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Inventors: John D. Draper, Jane A. Draper
  • Patent number: 6312069
    Abstract: A height adjustable structure of a desk combination includes a drawer cabinet having two sides each provided with a fixed plate, a gear and a pivot arm pivotally mounted on the fixed plate, a torsion spring mounted on the pivot arm so that a mediate portion of the pivot arm is deflected leftward or rightward by the torsion spring, a protective board mounted in an opening defined in the upper portion of the fixed plate, a movable plate slidably mounted on the protective board and having a lower portion defining an elongated successive multiple stepwise locking slot, a rack mounted on one side of the movable plate and meshing with the gear, a support frame secured on a top of the movable plate and engaged with a table face. In such a manner, when the height of the table face is adjusted, the rack of the movable plate is slidable on the gear of the fixed plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Inventor: Teng-Tsai Weng
  • Patent number: 6309034
    Abstract: A cooler with a number of product shelves and an oscillating drive mechanism. The oscillating drive mechanism is connected to the product shelves so as to rotate the product shelves in an oscillating manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: William S. Credle, Jr., James R. Bardin
  • Patent number: 6309038
    Abstract: A swinging drawer takes the form of an upper open compartment that is fastened to the underside of an upper wall cabinet/furniture such as, for example, an upper kitchen cabinet that is attached or hung on a wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Georg Domenig
  • Patent number: 6308642
    Abstract: An aircraft pallet assembly structured to support and retain cargo intended to be loaded on and transported by commercial aircraft, wherein the pallet assembly comprises a base and a surrounding peripheral portion normally including a multi-sided configuration. Each side of the base includes a peripheral flange extending at least along a majority of the length thereof, which is disposed and configured for fixed attachment to one of a plurality of track segments, collectively defining a track assembly, and structured to removably secure a load retaining assembly, typically in the form of a retaining cover or net in overlying, covering relation to the cargo, for purposes of maintaining the cargo in an intended position on the base of the pallet assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Inventors: Jeannette Branam, Joe Harry Branam
  • Patent number: 6305765
    Abstract: A slide opening and closing door apparatus for a control box is provided, in which a cover portion of a slide door opens and closes an exposed button portion of the control box which is located in the substantially same vertical surface as that of a front panel. The control box slide opening and closing door apparatus includes a guide unit in which a vertically elongate hole is formed in an inner wall of each side of the control box, a door member which moves up and down along the guide unit in order to open and close the upper portion of the control box, and a power transmission unit for transmitting power to the door member. In this manner, the door which is transferred by the driving of the electric motor ascends and descends in the control box, to thereby cover a button portion in the control box appropriately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae-Hoo Park
  • Patent number: 6305764
    Abstract: A rack for holding industrial components, such as vehicle components, including class A components, includes a rigid frame and a collapsible, self-supporting frame which is positionable in the rigid frame. The collapsible, self-supporting frame is adapted to support a plurality of industrial components in at least a spaced vertical arrangement. Preferably, the rack also includes a cover which is movably mounted to the rigid frame and is movable between a closed position to cover the components in the collapsible, self-supporting frame and an open position retracted in the rigid frame to permit access to the components supported by the self-supporting frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Production Assembly Service, Inc.
    Inventors: Calvin J. Kortman, Mark A. Kortman, Joyce E. Kortman
  • Patent number: 6302502
    Abstract: A laterally adjustable mounting bracket for use with a tongueless drawer guide, comprising a mounting plate and a hollow central elongate member connected at one end to the front face of the mounting plate. An opening in one end of the central elongate member opposite the mounting plate connection is adapted to receive a tongueless drawer guide. The opening is designed to maintain tension on the drawer guide, such that the drawer guide remains relatively secure after adjustment to a particular position. This is accomplished by a tab which is deflected slightly inward toward the interior of the opening, and which is somewhat displaced when a drawer guide is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Inventor: Joseph B. Larsen, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6302034
    Abstract: A portable rack for assembling packages of building materials. The rack comprises a base having a proximal side, a distal side, a top, a bottom, and a pair of channels extending between the proximal side and the distal side, the channels being designed to receive the forks of a forklift, and a plurality of elongated members attached to the proximal side and projecting upwardly from the base. The process for using the rack comprises placing the building materials onto the base of the rack using the forklift, moving the building materials toward the elongated members until the building materials abut at least one of the elongated members, and pulling the forks out from under the building materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Inventor: Donald F. Swanson
  • Patent number: 6296335
    Abstract: A vertical tubular rod used inside cabinets to support revolving shelves. The rod is made of transparent materials and capable of housing a neon tube inserted therein. The neon tube is electrically powered at the ends of the transparent rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Compagnucci-S.p.A.
    Inventor: Rossano Compagnucci
  • Patent number: 6293061
    Abstract: A door jamb that can be installed in a wall has an inward face facing inwardly toward the door and a peripheral face facing away from the door. The system has, in combination, a spaced plurality of clips each with an external arm and a transverse internal arm. The external arm is adapted for longitudinally directed, surficial attachment to the wall. Being adapted for its purpose, the internal arms are separately attached along the peripheral face of the jamb. Thereafter, with the jamb positioned in the wall, the jamb is plumbed and the external arms of the clips are surficially attached to the wall longitudinally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Inventor: Richard Horak, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6286918
    Abstract: Apparatus for installing a cabinet door on a wall of a cabinet of frameless construction includes an elongated support plate positionable in an elongated recess of the wall, the support plate having an elongated aperture. A hinge member is releasably secured to the support plate by a mechanical fastener extending into the recess and into the elongated aperture of the support plate through an elongated slot formed in the cabinet wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Inventor: Ron E. King
  • Patent number: 6283563
    Abstract: A furniture unit having a first tower and a second tower spaced from the first tower. Each of the first and second towers includes a first attachment surface and a second attachment surface. The furniture unit further includes an undivided top bridge member and an undivided bottom bridge member spaced from the top bridge member. The top bridge member has opposed ends each being attached to the first attachment surfaces. The bottom bridge member has opposed ends being attached to the second attachment surfaces. The first and second towers define a space for receiving a television or a television stand for supporting a television.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Sauder Woodworking Co.
    Inventors: Michael D. Lambright, Troy E. Tedrow
  • Patent number: 6276769
    Abstract: A window is attached to a bezel, housing, or other assembly. The bezel, housing, or other assembly has a series of pins surrounding an opening, and the window has a corresponding series of holes. The centers of the holes are slightly off-center from the centers of the pins in one dimension. When the window is pressed into place over the opening, the window deflects slightly. This deflection causes the edges of the holes to “dig into” the pins, and retains the window in place over the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventor: Michael Wortman
  • Patent number: 6273534
    Abstract: A mounting bracket system is provided for installing a shelving accessory within a cabinet assembly having a pair of front and rear corner posts on opposed sides of the cabinet. Each of the pair of corner posts has facing surfaces formed with aligned keyholes therein. The mounting bracket system includes a pair of mounting brackets disposed on each side of the cabinet, one of the mounting brackets being selectively mounted to a front corner post and the other being selectively mounted to a rear corner post. Each of the mounting brackets has a planar side wall including mounting structure for mounting the shelving accessory. A first end wall extends generally perpendicular to the side wall and has an outer surface engageable with one of the facing surfaces. A second end wall is spaced from and lies parallel to the first end wall. A pair of rivets is fixed to the first end wall and is spaced apart a predetermined distance matching the spacing between two of the keyholes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Spacesaver Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas J. Bueley, James C. Muth
  • Patent number: 6273532
    Abstract: A computer enclosure comprises a chassis and a hood attached to the chassis. The chassis has a latch resiliently and pivotably attached thereto. The latch forms a protrusion and an ejector. The hood has a fixing tab defining a fixing hole for engagingly receiving the protrusion of the latch therein thereby fixing the hood to the chassis. The fixing tab forms a bent end for ejection by the ejector of the latch thereby detaching the hood from the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Long Chen, Yu-Tai Liu, Kuang-Yu Chen, Alvin Liu