Patents by Inventor James Rapier

James Rapier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20070017887
    Abstract: A rotary shelf assembly mechanism having shelves mounted on a vertical post arrangement is connected to a cabinet frame by upper and lower mounting brackets interacting with the top and bottom of the cabinet frame to support the post and shelves carried thereby. The post has pin-receiving apertures at the location of each shelf. Each of the shelves has a post securing section that includes a hub and a pin receiving recess within the hub. A pin housing is positioned against and connected interiorly with the hub and its pin receiving recess, and a pin is positioned within the housing and is movable from the housing through the hub into the pin receiving recess and through the pin-receiving apertures of the post to secure the shelf to the post. When shelf removal is desired, the pin is withdrawn from the post apertures back into the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventor: James Rapier
  • Publication number: 20060043850
    Abstract: A tip out hinge designed for use with a storage container located within a cabinet. The hinge provides easy access to the contents of a storage container located within a cabinet. For example, the tip out hinge is used on a tip out storage container in a bathroom for clothing or bathroom items. It also provides access to a storage facility located behind a false front in a bathroom or kitchen. The tip out hinge permits the storage unit to tip forward from the cabinet, remain open until closing begins, remain closed even when bumped, provide a large opening for easy access to the storage container and will not interfere with the operation of any doors or drawers located below the tip out storage container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventor: James Rapier
  • Publication number: 20050006994
    Abstract: A kitchen trash container system that has a tray slidably movable into and out of a kitchen cabinet when waste is placed in a container carried by the tray. A slide mechanism is positioned on the inside walls of the cabinet engaging another cooperating slide mechanism fastened to the top of the container or inside the tray walls or floor. The container top extends over both engaging slides on each side of the container to shield the mechanisms from dust and debris and hide them from view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventor: James Rapier
  • Patent number: 6626305
    Abstract: A rotary shelf assembly mechanism has shelves mounted on a vertical post arrangement formed by a first lower post and a second upper post. The mechanism is connected to a cabinet by upper and lower mounting brackets interacting with the top and bottom of the cabinet to support the posts and shelves carried thereby. The mechanism is mounted in the corner of the cabinet. To fit the mechanism within the cabinet, a height adjustment device is formed by positioning the second upper post in the upper end of the first lower post for slidable movement therebetween. When securement of the two joined posts and mounted shelves is desired, the slidably movable second upper post is extended upwardly until it engages the upper mounting bracket mounted on the cabinet. An elongated recess in the second upper post aligns with an opening in the first lower post, and a threaded member extends into a casting positioned within the upper post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Inventors: Georg Domenig, James Rapier
  • Publication number: 20020074471
    Abstract: A rotary shelf assembly having shelves mounted on a vertical post is connected to the cabinet frame by upper and lower mounting brackets interacting with the top and bottom of the cabinet frame to support the post. The assembly is adapted to be mounted in the corner of a cabinet frame. To adjust to the vertical position of the cabinet frame, a height adjustment device is telescopically received in the upper end of the vertical post and is slidably movable therein. When securement of the post and mounted shelves is desired, the slidably telescoping upper and shorter post is extended upwardly until it engages the upper mounting bracket. An elongated recess in the shorter post aligns with an opening in the lower post to receive a threaded member into a casting. The screw is tightened to engage the casting and secure the two posts together in a shelf maintaining and rotational mode. The height adjustment device enables the assembly to be quickly and efficiently mounted within the cabinet frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Georg Domenig, James Rapier
  • Patent number: 5588354
    Abstract: An apparatus for conveyorized griddle-like cooking of food products simultaneously on two opposed product sides comprises a pair of cooking elements arranged in opposed spaced facing relation to emit thermal cooking energy toward one another and two endless food transport conveyors driven to travel between the cooking elements along respective food-conveying runs in a common transport direction in sufficient closely spaced, generally parallel relation to transport the food products to be cooked simultaneously on opposite sides. Each conveyor is preferably in the form of a belt having a substantially continuous imperforate food contacting surface so as to provide griddle-like contact with the opposite sides of the food product during cooking. Differing embodiments of the apparatus are contemplated to accommodate cooking of differing food products, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Marshall Air Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Stuck, James Rapier, III
  • Patent number: RE39917
    Abstract: A rotary shelf assembly mechanism has shelves mounted on a vertical post arrangement formed by a first lower post and a second upper post. The mechanism is connected to a cabinet by upper and lower mounting brackets interacting with the top and bottom of the cabinet to support the posts and shelves carried thereby. The mechanism is mounted in the corner of the cabinet. To fit the mechanism within the cabinet, a height adjustment device is formed by positioning the second upper post in the upper end of the first lower post for slidable movement therebetween. When securement of the two joined posts and mounted shelves is desired, the slidably movable second upper post is extended upwardly until it engages the upper mounting bracket mounted on the cabinet. An elongated recess in the second upper post aligns with an opening in the first lower post, and a threaded member extends into a casting positioned within the upper post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Peter Meier, Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Domenig, James Rapier