Abstract: A lifting table stand includes a pair of telescopic columns, a carrier, an actuation module and a passive mechanism. Each telescopic column includes multiple tubes adapted to sheathe with each other and move telescopically relative to each other. The carrier includes a beam straddling the telescopic columns and a pair of support members perpendicularly connected to two ends of the beam. The actuation module includes a receiving member detachably installed to the beam and a driver connected to the receiving member. The passive mechanism includes a transmission shaft and a pair of gear sets installed in the tubes. The transmission shaft passes the driver and is connected to each gear set. Since the receiving member is detachably installed to beam, the actuation module may be changed to different types to control the elevation of the lifting table stand.

Abstract: A leg-plate joinery assembly includes a metal plate portion having a first set of one or more apertures and a second set of one or more apertures, a leg portion having one or more bore holes, wherein each bore hole includes a narrow portion and a wide portion, a first set of one or more mechanical fasteners configured to pass through corresponding apertures of the first set of one or more apertures such that each mechanical fastener is received in a corresponding, aligned one of the one or more bore holes, and a second set of one or more mechanical fasteners, wherein each mechanical fastener in the second set of one or more mechanical fasteners configured to pass through a corresponding aperture of the second set of one or more apertures. An epoxy composition is configured to be received in each of the one or more bore holes.

Abstract: Some implementations of a table system can include a protective member that is positionable below a table to provide protection to both a table and chairs. The protective member can extend lateral beyond a peripheral edge of the table top, for example, to protect the table and accessory furniture while allowing the table top and the peripheral edge of the table top to remain exposed.

Abstract: A supinely reading stand which barely blocks the text of the book, barely interferes with the sight of the eyes, and is more simply constructed, easy in assembly and lower-cost. The supinely reading stand comprises a book-supporting structure. The book-supporting structure comprises a four-sided frame and at least one tension-resistant thin line distributed in the inner area of the four-sided frame. The four-sided frame includes first opposite sides and second opposite sides. The tension-resistant thin line(s) is/are connected to the first opposite sides of the four-sided frame in tension state.

Abstract: A convertible furniture article includes a cabinet assembly; a countertop assembly, the countertop assembly attached to the cabinet assembly; a female wing; a male wing; wherein each of the female wing and the male wing are pivotally attached to the countertop assembly; and a rotatable linkage and pivot assembly connected to the countertop assembly and the cabinet assembly. The rotatable linkage and pivot assembly being configured to permit rotation of the countertop assembly approximately 90 degrees from a first position to a second position.

Abstract: A storage solution uses wire shelves where the width of the wire shelves can be customized by a user by adding one or more central members between two end members. Thus, the shelving can be installed in one cabinet having a first width, and moved, if desired, to a cabinet of a different width by adding or removing central members from the shelf. Further, a manufacturer can provide a variety of shelf sizes by simply varying the number of central members that are provided. The shelving may be attached at each end to a slide to permit one or more shelves to extend outward from the inside of a cabinet.

Abstract: Stacking storage arrangement for containers and method of forming stacking storage arrangement. The stacking storage arrangement includes at least one transverse connector; multiple uprights that are connected to one another by the at least one transverse connector; and connection elements configured to connect the at least one transverse connector to multiple uprights. Each connection element is arranged to bear against a contact surface of an upright and the contact surface includes a slot into which at least one screw protruding through the connection element is screwed.

Abstract: Corner protectors, including corner protectors for furniture corners, are shown and described. Corner protectors may include, in some examples, a body, a first end including a shoulder, a second end including a cutout, a first side, and a second side. A cutout may include an attachment projection and an attachment receptor. Corner protector sheets may stack for convenient storage, with individual corner protectors removable from the corner protector sheet and each taking on an expanded form to fit around a furniture corner.

Abstract: A furniture spacer having a rigid flat construction is configured to rest on the floor between the base of a wall and a piece of furniture such as a chair, sofa, table, or cabinet and the like to keep the furniture away from the wall and prevent it from hitting the wall or window and causing damage. Since furniture comes in many sizes and shapes, with different degrees of lean from the leg bottom to the most rearward part of the furniture it is desirable that a single such spacer accommodate a wide variety of furniture designs, including legs within a reasonable range of widths and shapes, which the particular shape of the described spacer is able to do without significant effort on the part of the user.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides various examples of a universal mounting bracket for mounting a floating shelf to a flat vertical surface such as a wall. The bracket assembly allows for installing the bracket with a single selected fastener. This is more efficient and allows for the bracket to be installed in the widest variety of vertical assemblies with the most strength possible. The bracket can be installed into a stud wall, hollow drywall space, solid masonry wall, a hollow masonry wall unit, a brick wall, a cinderblock wall, a reinforced masonry wall, a plaster wall, a steel wall assembly or support structure, and any other vertical assembly so long as there is a satisfactory fastener for that assembly. Alternatively, the universal mounting bracket provides a mechanism that facilitates its use as a hook for a multitude of purposes.

Abstract: Various examples of methods and systems are provided for furniture tip over prevention. In one example, a system includes a furniture mounting bracket configured to be secured to a piece of furniture; a wall anchor plate configured to be secured to a wall adjacent to a back surface of the piece of furniture and below the top of the piece of furniture; and a securing device attached to the wall anchor plate, the securing device configured to detachably attach to the furniture mounting bracket via a quick release. In another example, a method includes securing a wall anchor plate to a wall using mounting wires; attaching a furniture mounting bracket to a piece of furniture; positioning the piece of furniture adjacent to the wall anchor plate; and tensioning a securing device attached between the wall anchor plate and the furniture mounting bracket thereby preventing the furniture from tipping over.

Abstract: A chair includes a lower chair and an upper chair. The lower chair includes a tilt-swivel mechanism defining a vertical swivel axis, a yoke, and a column extending between the tilt-swivel mechanism and the yoke. The upper chair is pivotably mounted to the yoke about a horizontal upper chair pivot axis. The upper chair includes a seat adapted to cradle the ischial tuberosities of a user.

Abstract: A compact recliner mechanism for use in theater seating units is provided that allows the seat to move linearly as the seating unit moves from the closed position to the reclined position. The mechanism has a back bracket coupled to the seat plate and base plate with a linkage that moves a projected point representing the top of the back of the seating unit downwardly in vertical plane as the seating unit moves from the closed position to the reclined position. In other aspects, the seating unit has an armrest linkage coupled between the seat plate and the back that maintains an armrest lever at a horizontal orientation. Additionally, in some aspects, the base plate of the seating unit may have an adjustment feature that limits recline of the seating unit, to accommodate theater seating with different riser dimensions, and/or legs with an adjustment feature to level the seating unit on existing theater floors.

Abstract: A portable supportive seating system allows for a person to move a chair with them and then assemble it in remote locations and there receive support for their back and general posture support from it. A back support has an attachment that allows a rest or seat to be placed through it and holds the person that sits on it. A guard is attached to the bottom edge of the back support to protect it.

Abstract: A reconfigurable apparatus for sitting and having a seat mounted on a frame and movable under the weight of a sitting user. As an incident of the user sitting, resistance to movement of a back rest component is increased a predetermined amount based upon the user's weight. A manually operable subassembly allows the increased resistance to be changed from the predetermined amount with the user sitting on the seat.

Abstract: The structure for adjusting a support force of a lumbar pillow includes: a backrest bracket, a lumbar pillow, an elastic support, and an adjustment mechanism; wherein a top of the lumbar pillow is flexibly connected to a front side of the backrest bracket; one end of the elastic support is connected to a back of the lumbar pillow, and the other end of the elastic support is provided with a slider, the slider being provided with an internally threaded hole; the adjustment mechanism includes a lead screw; and in response to the lead screw rotating with respect to the backrest bracket, the slider slides upward and downward along the vertical direction of the backrest bracket to change a support angle of the elastic support for the lumbar pillow, such that a magnitude of the support force of the elastic support to the lumbar pillow is adjusted.

Abstract: A stool provides two different seating surfaces at different heights depending on the orientation of the stool. In a first orientation with a bottom of the stool down, the top of the stool provides a first seating surface at a first height. In a second orientation with a back of the stool down, the front of the stool provides a second seating surface at a second height.

Abstract: A wraparound inflatable headboard apparatus (100) includes a headboard portion (104), first and second arms (106, 108), and a plurality of accessories (138, 140,142, 144, 148), wherein the headboard portion (104) and the first and second arms (106, 108) are configured to accommodate plurality of accessories (138, 140,142, 144, 148), at least one of which is fixedly attached to the at least one of the headboard portion (104), the first arm (106), and the second arm (108), and at least one of which is removable from the at least one of the headboard portion (104), the first arm (106), and the second arm (108).

Abstract: A rigid coupler having an upper surface, a lower surface and four sides, the coupler incudes a lower portion, an upper portion mateable with the lower portion, at least one inlet defined by the upper and lower portions, and at least one outlet defined by the upper and lower portions.

Abstract: A pocketed spring assembly comprises a plurality of parallel strings of springs, each string joined to at least one adjacent string, each string comprising one piece of fabric folded into first and second opposed plies of fabric. Outer pockets are formed along each string by transverse seams joining the first and second plies. One pocketed spring and at least cushion pad is positioned in each outer pocket. The cushion pad may be individually pocketed. An upper end of each transverse seam may be below an upper surface of the string to partially separate adjacent outer pockets within a string.

Abstract: A childcare station is disclosed. The childcare station can comprise at least two or more pairs of collapsible legs and a body mounted on top of said legs. The body can comprise a depressed portion at the top surface of said body, a basin, a top cover, a plurality of storages at one side of the body, and a seat placed on the other side of the body. A bottom surface of the basin is compatible with the depressed portion. The top cover can attach at a top edge portion of the body such that the top cover serves as a barrier device in providing access to the basin. A method of use is also disclosed that comprises the step of mounting into a childcare station as described above.

Abstract: The present playyard includes an endless frame, an endless sidewall within the frame, and a floor within the sidewall. The sidewall and floor form the shape of a receptacle having an open top and a closed bottom defined by the floor. Each of the frame, sidewall and floor takes the shape of a hexagon. The frame is a scissoring frame. The frame includes upper and lower junctions. The upper junction engages the sidewall. A strap engages the lower junction to a periphery of the floor, an inner portion of the floor, and the sidewall.

Abstract: A chair facilitates both rocking and bouncing. The chair includes a base adapted to support a seating portion, the seating portion having a surface adapted to be sat on by a user. The seating portion has a bouncing mechanism, such as an exercise ball. A rocking mechanism is provided to cause the base to rock. The rocking mechanism facilitates the rocking back and forth of the user when the user is seated on the seating portion, and the bouncing mechanism facilitates the bouncing of the user when the user is seated on the seating portion. The bouncing is in a bouncing direction that is different than the direction of rocking. The chair is particularly useful for calming a baby and/or for facilitating stimming.

Abstract: A modular display case having a series of adjacent panels an upper portion of two panels supporting an item for display and base portion for support. The base portion may also include a chamber for housing an illuminating LED strip within the base of the case. The case is made from multiple layers of material the front panel and back panel which are connected with fasteners to allow the display to be taken apart to situated the item therein. The item held in the display is visible through the clear panel material which provides viewing windows on the front and rear of the case.

Abstract: A glasses display stand includes support plates and leaning pieces and is capable of being assembled in multiple ways. At least one through hole with a locking hole is located on a middle part of each support plate. A plurality of connecting segments are arranged at each of two sides of each support plate and each having a mounting hole. At least one insertion segment and insertion hole are projecting from two sides of each support plate correspondingly for connection with another support plate. Each leaning piece includes at least one locking portion inserted through and locked in a corresponding locking hole, a leaning and mounting portion extending from an outer end of the locking portion, and a plurality of extension portions projecting from the leaning piece and corresponding to the connecting segments. A positioning hook is formed on a distal end of the extension portion.

Abstract: A comfort positioning pillow for use with a user's foot is provided. The pillow includes a first side surface; a second side surface; a flat front surface disposed between the first and second side surfaces; a flat back surface disposed between the first and second side surfaces, wherein the flat back surface is positioned at an angle relative to the flat front surface; a top surface disposed between the first and second side surfaces, wherein the top surface is convex-shaped; and a bottom surface disposed between the first and second side surfaces, and disposed between the flat front surface and the flat back surface. One or more methods of using the pillow are also provided.

Abstract: A pillow includes a head support, a neck support, and an opening extending entirely through a central portion of the pillow. The head support includes a top surface and a bottom surface, and defines a first height extending between the top and bottom surfaces. The neck support is coupled to the head support and includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface has a central portion and side portions. The central portion defines a second height extending between a base of the central portion and the bottom surface, and each of the side portions defines a third height extending between an apex of the respective side surface and the bottom surface. The third height is greater than the first and second heights.

Abstract: A napkin having a utensil pocket is formed by folding a napkin in half along a first fold line, folding the napkin into quarters along a second fold line perpendicular to the first fold line to form a first quarter section and a second quarter section, and inserting a food grade glue in a pocket pattern between the first quarter section and the second quarter section. The pocket pattern has an opening at one end with respective sides formed by folding the first quarter section over the second quarter section to engage the food grade glue to glue together the first quarter section and the second quarter section to form the utensil pocket between the first quarter section and the second quarter section. When the napkin is made from cloth, the pocket may be stitched.

Abstract: The Porter Air Touch is a wireless powered LED drinking glass with internal LED lights that emits light but does not require internal batteries. The drinking glass internal LED lights receive energy via a large flat surface that emits an electromagnetic field. The electromagnetic field emitted from the two inductive plates permeates through a non-conductive barrier that reaches the bottom of the LED drinking glass. Two metallic drinking glass aluminum contact plates along the bottom of the LED drinking glasses absorb the electromagnetic energy from the inductive plates and powers the LED lights wirelessly.

Abstract: A modular storage system includes a number of receptacles and lids with different sizes and features that are interchangeably coupleable to each other in a stacking arrangement. A first lid has slits to provide access to a receptacle and a second lid has a suction cup and is structured to be interchangeably coupleable to the receptacle and the first lid. A user can remove the second lid from the top of the first lid and secure the second lid to the bottom of the receptacle with the suction cup secured to an external surface. A third lid includes an opening covered by a deflectable membrane. The membrane prevents liquid from spilling from the opening if the receptacle is knocked over. A straw can be inserted through the membrane and opening to provide further functionality.

Abstract: A seasoning shaker assembly for storing a dispensing a variety of food seasonings includes a cylinder that has a pair of chambers to contain a food seasoning. A first closure is removably attached to the cylinder and the first closure has a foraminous surface to dispense the food seasoning positioned in the respective chamber. A second closure is removably attached to the cylinder and the second closure has a foraminous surface to dispense the food seasoning positioned in the respective chamber.

Abstract: A garment stretching assembly for stretching a shirt sleeve or a pant leg includes a clip that includes a first wing that compresses against a second wing. The clip can be suspended from a cuff of a shirt sleeve or a cuff of a pant leg. A pair of first weights is each integrated into a respective one of the first wing and the second wing to stretch the shirt sleeve or the pant leg when the clip is attached to the shirt sleeve or the pant leg. A plurality of second weights is provided and respective ones of the second weights is releasably attachable to a respective one of the first weights for increasing the weight of the clip.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a modular mat system. More particularly, the disclosure is directed to a modular mat system with that may be built out using common pieces of mats. Specifically, a modular mat system with a mat piece with a top plate with inserts, a bottom plate with a plurality of tabs and recesses operative to engage with further mat pieces to build a mat system is discussed. The modular mat system is operative to remove water and other detritus from shoes of a user or other such platform moving across the mat system and feed it to a perimeter drain below the system.

Abstract: A notification apparatus and method for a package receptacle, such as a mailbox, including a receiving door with a closure lip, a mounting plate, a notification flap, and a self-contained spring loaded hinge between the mounting plate and the notification flap. The mounting plate is securable to a mailbox with at least a portion of the notification flap securable under a door of the mailbox, and, when the door is opened, the flap rotates approximately 90-degrees about the hinge toward the mounting plate.

Abstract: A food delivery container for delivering food that is not contaminated during delivery. The container is locked with an electromechanical lock that is keyed with a unique electronic code or key that is generated during the ordering process based on information collected from the consumer. The electronic key is transmitted to the user's electronic device, such as a phone, and the user transmits the key from the electronic device to the lock to unlock the container.

Abstract: A fruit and vegetable peeler and carving tool has a handle with a first side and second side extension extending from the front of the handle. Each side extension has a forward lever which is positionably affixed at a forward vertical plurality of lever affixment position, and a rear lever which is positionably affixed at a rear horizontal plurality of lever affixment position. The forward lever and the rear lever of each side are connected together in parallel with a depth adjustment rod is connected between them. A triangular handle-facing fruit and vegetable peeling and carving blade has a convex upper surface and a concave lower surface. By drawing the fruit and vegetable peeler and carving tool into a fruit or vegetable, the triangular handle-facing fruit and vegetable peeling and carving blade cuts into the fruit or vegetable to a depth controlled by the position of the depth adjustment rod.

Abstract: A fruit hull remover removes hulls from berries and other fruit with hulls. The fruit hull remover has a handle, an at least one tong, and an at least one prong, all of which are typically curved or round. The handle has a threaded rod between or at the center of the at least one tong to engage and remove a fruit hull. The threaded rod may be recessed from the at least one prong and have a distal unthreaded region, both which reduce entry pressure into the hull and mitigate entry of the threaded region into the fruit meat to increase intact hull removal performance. A hull ejector has an inner ring and an outer ring to slide down from between the prongs to eject the hull, or the hull ejector may have hemi-cylindrical halves to slide down from between the prongs to eject the hull.

Abstract: An embodiment described in examples herein provides a leak resistant cooking pan. The leak resistant cooking pan includes a body and a lid. The lid includes a grooved rim sized to fit over a top edge of a sidewall of the body, wherein the grooved rim includes a heat resistant elastomer, and wherein the heat resistant elastomer forms a seal between the lid and the body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coffee tamper, comprising a casing. A driving device is arranged on the inner top of the casing, connected to a tamping device and used to drive the tamping device to press down and move up. The tamping device is used to press down a container filled with coffee powder and comprises a main shaft, the driving device is connected to the upper end of the main shaft, and a tamping head is connected to the lower end of the main shaft and can be pressed into the container; and in one of embodiments, a container pressing head is sleeved on outside of the tamping head and has an outer cover sleeved on outside of the tamping head, the lower edge of the outer cover is located on the same horizontal plane and presses against the upper edge of the container, and the tamping head can move up and down relative to the container pressing head.

Abstract: A beverage making apparatus including at least a beverage producing portion, a controllable by-pass water system, and at least one of a sweetener system or flavoring system in which the sweetener system and/or flavoring system controllably mixes a sweetener ingredient and/or flavoring ingredient with water external to the housing without mixing in a confined structure. A method for producing a beverage is provided including at least the steps of: providing a beverage making apparatus; providing a water dispensing system; providing at least one of a sweetener dispensing system and flavoring system; and controllably dispensing water and at least one of sweetener and flavoring externally of the apparatus for combination with beverage produced by the beverage making apparatus.

Abstract: Device and method embodiments discussed herein may be used to enhance a brewing process, extraction process, steeping process or infusing process. Such infusion processes may be used for making coffee, tea, oil, alcohol or any other suitable infused liquid where a user desires to enhance or control such a process.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for beverage preparation according to a person-specific, individual recipe. The method for preparing a beverage according to an individual recipe takes place by using a preparation device comprising a positioning device for a drinking vessel and a receiving device for an identification feature. The method includes creating an individual recipe, storing the individual recipe in a recipe pool of a data storage unit, whereby the data storage unit can be reached via an EDP network, linking the identification feature to the recipe pool, positioning the drinking vessel into the preparation device, receiving the identification feature, retrieving the recipe pool that is linked to the identification feature, preparing the beverage according to a recipe from the recipe pool, and filling the beverage into the drinking vessel by the preparation device.

Abstract: Systems and methods including a container assembly configured to maintain a controlled environment for storing a product therein are disclosed. Controlled environmental parameters may include at least one of the following: temperature, humidity, payload moisture content, solar radiation, magnetism, microwave, or light illumination. In certain implementations, the system includes a payload chamber and a self-contained environmental control unit (ECU) that may be coupled to the payload chamber using a substantially airtight seal. In certain embodiments, the ECU may include a condenser, a humidity controller, a liquid tank and a power source. Certain embodiments may include a warmer, temperature and/or humidity sensors, and/or a lock. Various combinations of the foregoing components and features may be incorporated, depending on the requirements of each particular implementation.

Abstract: Radiant furniture made of a concrete mix includes one or more heating elements or hot water supplied hydronic tubing that provide comfortable radiant heat. Tabletops can be heated to a temperature that is comfortable for people seated at the table. Benches and seats can be heated to provide comfortable heated seating. Combinations can also be used together, such as a heated tabletop with heated seats. A controller senses the temperature of the furniture and the ambient temperature, then applies power to one or more heating elements in the furniture according to programmed temperature thresholds to provide comfortable radiant heat from the furniture. The controller includes a calibration mode that allows calibrating the controller to a particular heated surface. The controller further comprises a knob that determines an operating mode for the controller and allows adjusting a temperature threshold for the heated surface up or down.

Abstract: A cooking system includes a grill, a first arm assembly and a second arm assembly. An electronic hardware controller is in signal communication with the at least one grill, the first arm assembly and the second arm assembly. The controller operates the first arm assembly to transfer a prepared product to the grill, and operates the second arm assembly to transfer a cooked product from the grill.

Abstract: A wireless temperature-measurement system comprising (a) one or more temperature probes each including one or more energy-storage capacitors which supply the electrical energy for operation of the probe(s) and (b) a probe-charging station having circuitry configured to supply electric charge to the energy-storage capacitors prior to the temperature probes being positioned to measure temperature.

Abstract: A removable, retrofit, and/or rotatably attached handle is attached to a top wire of a wire chafing stand in embodiments of the disclosed technology. The handle can be rotated upwards such that a curved bend within the handle locks in place a first pan resting on the top wire of the wire chafing stand. A second pan, oriented upside down compared to the first pan, can be placed thereover, as a lid, on the first pan and held in place by the curved bend within the handle. The top and bottom pan are held in place by the same curved bend or bends of one or more such handles.

Abstract: A multi-compartment walk-in bathtub is disclosed that allows for a first compartment of the walk-in bathtub to be filled with a quantity of water while a second compartment of the walk-in bathtub allows the user to enter the bathtub. A first movable gate contains a volume of water in the first compartment while the second compartment is in an unfilled condition. A second movable gate is operable to open and close an entry sidewall of the bathtub, allowing the user to enter the second compartment. The second movable gate is then moved to a closed position. When the second movable gate is in the closed condition, the first movable gate may be moved to an open condition to release the volume of water and fill the walk-in bathtub to a filled condition. A seat may be provided that is selectively elevated and lowered by drive mechanism.

Abstract: A liquid dispensing container and housing assembly for housing and concealing a container in an inverted position to dispense substantially all of a liquid, such as, hand soap, shampoo, hair conditioner, hand sanitizer, from the inverted container in a controlled manner. The dispensing container includes a first housing portion securely holding the inverted container, a second housing portion, a container socket for receiving and holding necks of inverted containers, and a pump assembly in fluid communication with the container socket, via a delivery conduit, and including a delivery spout. The container socket includes a socket seal for tightly engaging and sealing the exterior surface of necks of inverted containers. In one embodiment, the delivery conduit includes a 90-degree conduit, or a meandering conduit to provide a first housing portion having a smaller size to accommodate smaller sized containers.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for dispensing hand sanitizer and particularly for dispensing hand sanitizer in a car, truck or other vehicle. The apparatus is configured to be located and used in a vehicle's cup holder or mounted against a substantially vertical surface such as the rear or side of a vehicle seat or headrest. The apparatus includes one or more sensors to help provide consistent dose sizes and to prevent unwanted or improper usage under various operating conditions.