Vertically Adjustable Patents (Class 108/106)
  • Patent number: 11950698
    Abstract: A height adjustable work surface includes a platform and a height adjustment assembly moveably connected to the platform. A leg assembly is connected to the height adjustment assembly and moveably connected to the platform. The leg assembly is moveable between a raised position and a lowered position. A locking assembly is moveably connected to the platform. The locking assembly is configured to engage the height adjustment assembly to selectively secure the leg assembly in the raised position and the lowered position. The locking assembly includes a handle and a latch. At least a portion of the latch is moveable between a first position and a second position. The latch includes a gravity actuated lockout mechanism configured to prevent movement of the latch to the second position unless the platform is in a normal operating orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: COLEBROOK BOSSON & SAUNDERS (PRODUCTS) LIMITED
    Inventor: Alex Lau
  • Patent number: 11882935
    Abstract: A height-adjustable desk is disclosed. Exemplary implementations may include a work surface, a left-side support structure, a right-side support structure, a core body, and a working body that provides the work surface. The core body may include lifting mechanisms such that the work surface of the desk may be positioned for a person in a standing and/or sitting position. The working body may include a control interface configured to be manually engaged by the user, to control lifting and/or lowering of the work surface of the desk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Mateo Goods Co.
    Inventor: Matthew Jason Moore
  • Patent number: 11767045
    Abstract: A collapsible cart may include a collapsible frame, a foldable shelf, and an interior support column. The collapsible frame includes a first frame portion and a second frame portion. The frame is configured to move between an open configuration and a collapsed configuration by relative translation between the first frame portion and the second frame portion. The foldable shelf extends between the first frame portion and the second frame portion. The foldable shelf is configured to fold to allow the frame to move from the open configuration to the collapsed configuration. The column transversely extends through a column slot defined by the foldable shelf. The cart further includes at least one column brace slidably coupling the frame to the column. The cart further includes at least one shelf brace slidably coupling the foldable shelf to the column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: RUBBERMAID COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Brian Zesch, Tyler Stanley Switzer, Ryan M. Baker, Jeffrey S. Bertucci, Juan Carlos Perez
  • Patent number: 11628872
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for transporting large-format building boards, including a cart provided with wheels for the movement thereof and a transporter with suction cups for securing the large-format board to be transported. The cart comprises at the top removable coupling means of a modular transporter carrying suction cups on at least one of the ends thereof, front and rear, an extendable extension is provided with fastening means for fastening the cart in an essentially protruding position forming a support on the floor during the unloading of the device towards the end carrying said extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: GERMANS BOADA, S.A.
    Inventor: Jordi Soler Balcells
  • Patent number: 11627801
    Abstract: A combined storage shelf, including column combinations, connection and combination fasteners, beam structures, and storage layers. The column combinations include assembly holes. A snap-fit portion of a first connection and combination fastener is snapped to an assembly hole, to fix the first connection and combination fastener to the column combination. The engagement structure of the second connection and combination fastener corresponds to the engagement structure of the first connection and combination fastener, so that the first connection and combination fastener and the second connection and combination fastener are assembled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: PROTREND CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shun-Yi Chen
  • Patent number: 11607041
    Abstract: The invention is a customizable, slidable shelving and support apparati and system for supporting, storing and accessing horticultural and agricultural specimens within growing spaces, allowing growers to utilize the maximum amount of their linear horizontal and vertical grow space and service specific areas of the garden enterprise while also allowing for maximum workspace through the use of a table and track system that provides stackable options of multiple grow layers. A method of using this slidable shelving and support apparati and system is also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: GROW GLIDE INC.
    Inventors: Darin Siples, Travis Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11412843
    Abstract: Slider element for lifting columns, preferably for height-adjustable tables, said lifting columns comprise at least two profiles 10,11 arranged telescopically relative to each other, where the slider element 1 has a first slider 2 and a second slider 3 between which there is a designated breaking line 4. The slider element is mounted with the second slider 3 on the outer side of the inner profile 10, and is subsequently guided into the hollow of the outer profile 11, by which the first slider 2 affixes itself to the inner side of the outer profile and when the two profiles are retracted further, the designated breaking line 4 between the first and the second slider 2,3 will break, by which they appear as two separate sliders mounted on a profile each. Thus, a simplified mounting of the sliders is achieved. In addition, it can be constructed such that the sliders are completely concealed within the lifting column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Linak A/S
    Inventor: Michael Lindekilde Randløv
  • Patent number: 11178964
    Abstract: The mounting system includes a first crossbar, at least one horizontally-slideable bracket on the first crossbar, and a first support bracket and a second support bracket respectively on a first end and a second end of the first crossbar. The first support bracket and the second support bracket attach the first crossbar to a first vertical upright and a second vertical upright of a consumer product display, respectively. The support brackets each include a major body, and a first engaging structure and a second engaging structure on a first end and a second end of the major body, respectively. The engaging structures each are configured to respectively connect to a front set of teeth and a back set of teeth, where the front set of teeth and the back set of teeth run along a longitudinal length of the first vertical upright and the second vertical upright, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: James Buck, Greg Gannon, Dennis Polvere, Adam P. Kiteley
  • Patent number: 11083289
    Abstract: A device for connecting modular metal shelving units, comprising at least two props (1) and at least one connecting element (2), for mutual coupling of the two props (1). Each prop (1) comprises central couplings (14), first distal couplings (16) and second distal couplings (17), and each of the couplings (14,16,17) comprises a central coupling (11) and a first adjustment slot (12). The connecting element (2) comprises a first grouping (21) of pins (20), which can be inserted into the first distal couplings (16) of a prop (1), and a second grouping (22) of pins (20), which can be inserted into the second distal couplings (17) of another prop (1). The first adjustment slot (12) of the first distal couplings (16) is diametrically opposed to the first adjustment slots (12) of the central couplings (14) and the second distal couplings (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: AR SHELVING SOCIEDAD ANONIMA
    Inventors: Tibor Németh, Inaki Carrasco López
  • Patent number: 11064806
    Abstract: A combined goods support device includes at least two vertically-stacked goods support frames, wherein every two adjacent goods support frames are connected by a plurality of goods support frame connectors; the goods support frame includes four first L-shaped support plates, and goods placement racks are disposed among the four first L-shaped support plates; the goods support frame connector is presented in the form of L-shaped plate, a first insertion groove and a second insertion groove for connecting the first L-shaped support plates are opened at upper and lower ends of the goods support frame connector respectively, and the first insertion groove and the second insertion groove are mirror-symmetrically disposed relative to a middle portion of the goods support frame connector; the first insertion groove is an L-shaped groove that is wide at an outer end and narrow at an inner end, and the second insertion groove is an L-shaped groove that is wide at an outer end and narrow at an inner end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: QINGDAO LANSHAN TRADE CO., LTD., QINGDAO FUYOU TOOLS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhiqiang Ge
  • Patent number: 10952531
    Abstract: A height-adjustable device has synchronously height-adjustable lifting devices each having a standing and lifting element, which are height-adjustable relative thereto. The height adjustment is configured to be carried out via pulling elements, formed by redirection devices, to raise the lifting element relative to the standing element. Each pulling element is secured in a non-positive or positive locking manner to lifting devices, and each are configured such that a lengthening in the region of the first lifting device brings about a synchronous shortening in the region of the second lifting device. Each pulling element is constructed to raise only the one lifting element relative to the standing element. The height-adjustable device has a locking device that locks the pulling elements by a non-positive or positive locking engagement on the corresponding one of the pulling elements. The locking device is constructed to synchronise the movement of the pulling elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG
    Inventors: Felix Franz, Johannes Insel, Marcus Seidel, Daniel Koch, Sebastian Begemann
  • Patent number: 10952346
    Abstract: A rack having scalability and compatibility may be configured to reversibly adjusted to be reversibly configured to support various computerized equipment having various sizes and power supply schemes without adjusting an outer volume boundary of the rack and without replacement of the rack. The rack may include a main frame and an additional frame. The main frame may structurally support computerized equipment having a particular dimension that is a first size within an enclosure that is a first enclosure at least partially defined by the main frame. The additional frame may reversibly couple with the main frame to adjust the enclosure to be a second enclosure at least partially defined by the at least one additional frame to reversibly configure the main frame to store computerized equipment having the particular dimension that is a second size that is different from the first size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: NAVER Business Platform Corp.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Koo, Sang Min Roh, Jaepil Kim, Yonghee Jeong
  • Patent number: 10932562
    Abstract: An article of furniture includes a top member defining a planar work surface. A support structure supports the top member in spaced relationship relative to a floor, the support structure including a plurality of legs. At least one of the legs defines a socket having an opening at a top of at least one of the legs. A power connector is arranged within the socket of at least one of the legs. The power connector is configured to make electrical contact with an electrical connector of an electrical accessory when the electrical connector is received in the socket of at least one of the legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: King Furniture Australia Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Joseph Romano, Tom Fereday, David Hardwick
  • Patent number: 10926122
    Abstract: An adjustable height plyometric apparatus is disclosed having a platform component, a set of base leg components, a base component to which the set of base leg components are fixedly secured, and one or more optional sets of upper leg components for attachment to the base leg components or another upper leg component. The platform component is configured to be simultaneously raised or lowered relative to the base leg components in an unlocked state and to be selectively secured thereon at any one of a selection of vertical heights in a locked state. The upper leg components are attachable to the base or other upper leg components for increasing the selection of vertical heights. Each of the upper leg components may be inserted within a respective leg receiving opening in a top surface of the platform component for attachment with a respective base or other upper leg component disposed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: KULDEMAEKR VERTICAL SOLUTIONS, LLC.
    Inventors: Kurt Joseph Hausheer, Zachary Rubenson, Alex Thomsen
  • Patent number: 10905232
    Abstract: A height adjustable desk or table comprising a desk or table top, and a frame with spaced apart legs for supporting the desk or table top, wherein each of the legs comprises a movable upper portion and a lower stationary portion, and wherein a first cable is guided via first guide means connected with a lower end of the movable upper portion of the first leg via second guide means to a lower end of the lower stationary portion of the second leg, and a second cable is guided via third guide means connected with a lower end of the movable upper portion of the second leg via fourth guide means to a lower end of the lower stationary portion of the first leg, wherein each of the legs comprises a gas spring, and wherein for each gas spring the upper portion of the gas spring is arranged to be up-and-down movable portion of the leg and the lower portion of each gas spring is arranged to be the lower stationary portion of the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE AHREND B.V.
    Inventor: Henricus Reinier Martina Verhappen
  • Patent number: 10835031
    Abstract: A lifting table includes a top plate height adjustment device that performs a height adjustment of all support columns in a synchronized manner. The top plate is supported on the floor by of a leg structure provided with multiple support columns arranged in parallel. Top plate receiving structures attach a column to the top plate and change the length of the support columns. Push valves exposed on the inside of the top plate receiving structures are actuated, changing the length of gas springs provided inside of the support columns. By extending an operation rod unit into the top plate receiving structures from a single handle of an operation lever via a connection fitting, the push valves are operated the same amount and at the same time in all of the columns with a single operation, so that it is possible to smoothly raise and lower the top plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Inventor: Fumio Sudoh
  • Patent number: 10631631
    Abstract: A gas-operated lifting table provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, includes a pedestal, a column assembly, and a panel assembly, the column is detachably coupled to the pedestal and the panel assembly, the panel assembly includes an operating member, the column assembly includes a fastening column fastened to the pedestal and a sliding column movable relative to the fastening column, the gas-operated lifting table further includes a controllable gas spring arranged within the column assembly and detachably coupled to the column assembly, when the operating member is pressed against the controllable gas spring, the sliding column is movable relative to the fastening column in a direction away from or toward the pedestal. The gas-operated lifting table provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure has a simple structure and is flexible to operate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Inventor: Xubo PEI
  • Patent number: 10583957
    Abstract: A knockdown container or display in the shape of a 3-dimensional container is provide which comprises of two main element types, namely Sheet elements and Edge elements. In this design, all of the main elements of the container are joined one to another by sliding with respect to each other in a sequence that make an open or closed display or container that can easily assembled or disassembled. In particular, the edges of the Sheet elements have a shape that is fitted into matching slots of the Edge elements. The position and orientation of elements are such that they securely restrict unwanted movement of the elements with respect to one another, while minimizing the number of needed fasteners or number of additional restricting components needed to secure the Edge elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Inventor: Payman Akhavan-Tabassi
  • Patent number: 10359068
    Abstract: A fastener system is disclosed for use in securing an object to a channel beam such as UNISTRUT-type channel beam. The fastener system includes a spring nut installed in the channel beam and a spring nut clip removably secured to the spring nut. The spring nut clip inhibits rotation of the spring nut, particularly when a fastener is being removed from the spring nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Inventor: Michael A. Martin
  • Patent number: 10356931
    Abstract: A rack mounting system is applicable to a rack. The rack mounting system includes a mounting mechanism, a first connecting assembly and a second connecting assembly. The mounting mechanism is detachably mounted to a first side of the rack. The first connecting assembly is detachably mounted to a second side of the rack. The second connecting assembly is connected to the mounting mechanism. Wherein, the mounting mechanism includes a main body and at least one pin, the main body is configured to be detachably mounted to the rack. The at least one pin is slidably passing through the main body, so that the at least one pin is movable relative to the rack. Wherein, the first connecting assembly and the second connecting assembly are configured to carry a first chassis with a first chassis width when the at least one pin is moved to a first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chien-Li Huang, Yao-Tsung Chen, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10314394
    Abstract: A rack system includes a rack, a first adapter mechanism and a second adapter mechanism. The rack has a first side and second side. A first width is defined between the first side and the second side. The first adapter mechanism is detachably mounted to the first side of the rack. The second adapter mechanism is detachably mounted to the second side of the rack. A second width is defined between the first adapter mechanism and the second adapter mechanism. The second width is smaller than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Yao-Tsung Chen, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10252678
    Abstract: A weapon mounting system including a base and an upright for supporting a weapon holder. The weapon holder is supported for sliding movement along the upright.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Pro-gard Products, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Hull, Mike Navarro, John Eichhorn
  • Patent number: 10160395
    Abstract: A vehicle-attached lifting device and tool support is provided. The device comprises a dual-rail frame supported in an upright configuration by the vehicle tow hitch, wherein an internal subassembly support frame is positioned between the rails for the purposes of supporting different lifting and tool support subassemblies. Along the sides of the upright frame is a pair of ground support members that extend downward towards the ground to support the frame during operation, preventing the load from compressing the vehicle suspension or damaging the same. A winch controls the vertical positioning of the support frame within the dual-rail frame, which controls the position of a lifting or tool support subassembly. Many subassemblies are contemplated for use with the present invention for the purposes of assisting a user without requiring manual input therefrom. The device can also adjust with relation to the vehicle using different trailer hitch attachments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Inventors: James Allen Robinson, Jeremy James Robinson
  • Patent number: 10159242
    Abstract: A motorized tree stand includes a frame assembly for attachment to a tree. The frame assembly includes a rear wall that includes a vertical drive track and at least one vertical gliding rail spaced laterally therefrom. A seat assembly is operatively coupled to the rear wall of the frame assembly and provides a seat on which a user can sit. A first drive assembly is coupled to the seat assembly and includes a ball screw drive mechanism to controllably move the seat assembly in a vertical direction along the frame assembly. A second drive assembly can be coupled to a swivel plate for controllably moving the swivel plate resulting in swiveling of the seat assembly relative to the frame assembly. A controller and a power source are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Inventor: Kadry Abouelmakarem
  • Patent number: 10053355
    Abstract: A galley cart carbonated beer dispensing system employs a housing defining a cavity. A door is coupled to the housing and configured to be moved between a closed position and an open position. A keg is received in the cavity and a carbonation cylinder is received in the cavity and connected to the keg. A spigot is supported on a dispensing tower extending from a top of the housing and connected to the keg. The dispensing tower is retractable into the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Emmanuel A. Garcia, Joshua Y. Lee, Christopher Rinauto
  • Patent number: 10045615
    Abstract: A modular and reconfigurable stand is provided. The stand has legs that support bolt plates and the bolt plates are bolted to brace assemblies. The brace assemblies support shelves. The brace includes structurally identical cross damping support arms. The brace assembly also includes structurally identical first and second brace mounts. Each of the cross damping support arms is connected to each of the first and second brace mounts, and the brace mounts are connected to two legs. Double damper brace assemblies are also provided. In another embodiment a modular performance stand is provided having cross damping support arms that are connected to first and second modular shelf mounts having channels. The channels support four or more isolator elements. The modularity of the cross damping support arms and modular shelf mounts allows the width and depth of the modular performance stand to be varied to optimize performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventor: Michael P. Latvis, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10006692
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a shelf assembly for use in a refrigeration appliance comprising a compartment for refrigerating food. The shelf assembly comprises a releasable shelf for supporting the food. The shelf assembly of the present invention comprises at least one retainer which is detachably mountable to either one of the side walls of the compartment, at least one counterpart retainer which is adjustably mountable at different heights onto either one of the lateral sides of the shelf. The counterpart retainer slidably engages with the corresponding retainer so as to reciprocate through a predetermined distance in the direction which is perpendicular to the side walls of the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: ARCELIK ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventors: Semih Erol, Ozgun Atac Gultekin, Tayfun Ersoz, Cagdas Fidan, Erhan Kahraman
  • Patent number: 9930963
    Abstract: The modular shelving system with highly flexible use has at least one first module having supporting feet of a bottom shelf and a top shelf connected to one another by uprights, said feet comprising adjustment means for the perfectly horizontal arrangement of said bottom shelf and said top shelf so that each of said uprights is loaded with a peak or axial load so as to obtain a capacity of said shelving system that is substantially equal to the nominal design load thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: TERRY STORE-AGE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Massimo Guizzardi
  • Patent number: 9913532
    Abstract: A table assembly comprising a leg assembly including a first elongated member parallel to a substantially vertical extension axis and a second elongated member supported by the first member for sliding motion along the extension axis between extended and retracted positions, a load compensator including a spring supported by the second elongated member and operatively coupled to the first elongated member, a table top supported by the second member and a locking assembly including a lock housing supported by the leg assembly and forming a lock housing passageway that passes there through, a first coupler supported by the leg assembly and including an elongated central portion that extends through the lock housing passageway and a locking member moveable between a locked position wherein the locking member is operably linked to the first coupler to restrict movement and an unlocked position wherein the locking member is de-linked from the first coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: David K. Jones, Kurt Heidmann, Todd Andres
  • Patent number: 9877600
    Abstract: A suspended storage platform includes a frame having a pair of side rails and a pair of end rails. Each of the side rails and the end rails include an upper lip, a plurality of hangers configured for mounting to an elevated support, and a plurality of suspension members each having a portion mountable to one of the hangers and a portion mountable to one of the side rails and one of the end rails at intersections of the side rails and the end rails. The platform includes a plurality of blow molded shelf panels. Each shelf panel has an upper surface and an opposite lower surface, with the lower surface of each of the shelf panels including a length channel and a width channel formed in the bottom surface adjacent lower peripheral edges of the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: DongGuan ShiChang Metals Factory Co. Ltd., Sortics Manufacturing Associates Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Chen-Kang Lin
  • Patent number: 9866961
    Abstract: A multi-channel loudspeaker enclosure and display support stand incorporates left speaker system and right speaker system integrally in a winged center channel enclosure 16. The multi-channel “winged” loudspeaker system enclosure includes a plurality of loudspeaker drivers mounted within baffles defining a plurality of compartments or sub-enclosures. The loudspeaker system enclosure has “wings” projecting laterally from a central pedestal support. The wings define bottom surfaces which provide a virtually invisible location for down-firing left and right side mid-bass drivers 601, 620, 640 (see, e.g., FIG. 12). In the multi-channel “winged” loudspeaker system of the present invention, the center channel speaker units, left channel speaker units and right channel speaker units each include one or more speaker drivers configured and driven to provide superior acoustic summation with the down-firing midbass drivers and with an optional subwoofer placed in a separate enclosure configured as a pedestal support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Inventor: Todd Beauchamp
  • Patent number: 9814306
    Abstract: The invention relates to a column that can be calibrated, in particular for a piece of furniture, wherein the column 100, 101 that can be calibrated has a stationary part 4, at least one movable part 2, 3, and a calibrating means 6, 13, 14, and the movable part 2, 3 can be transferred from a retracted state to a plurality of extended states, and wherein a calibration position of the column 100, 101 coincides with the position of the movable part 2, 3 in an extended state. Such a column can be used in a piece of furniture as an extendable column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Kessebohmer Produktions GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Köder, Oliver Spahn
  • Patent number: 9687756
    Abstract: A method for conducting maintenance on a chromatography column (1; 51), said column comprising a column tube (32), a top end cell (20) and a bottom end cell (26), where during chromatography said column tube (32) is secured between said top end cell (20) and said bottom end cell (26). Said method comprises the step of rotating at least the top end cell (20) 180 degrees around a horizontal axis before maintenance is conducted to the top end cell (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences AB
    Inventors: Per Lofving, Kyril Dambuleff, John Davis
  • Patent number: 9644884
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of refrigerator equipment, in particular to a refrigerator having a height-adjustable rack, comprising a door, a guide rail vertically formed on the door, a number of adjusting grooves formed on the guide rail, a rack and a limiting groove arranged on the rack. The rack is assembled on the guide rail through the limiting groove and is able to move up and down. A guide portion, a stop block and a reset device are provided on the rack. The reset device drives the stop block to enter an adjusting groove along the guide portion such that the rack is supported at any height. A manipulating member is further provided within the rack. The interlocking of the manipulating member and the stop block is realized through the mutual pushing of inclined planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Kong, Meiyan Wang, Feiyue You
  • Patent number: 9474368
    Abstract: The invention relates to a foldable shelf consisting of vertical frames at both ends, two layers at least, link rods and two cross rods connecting the upper and lower layer. Each layer includes two symmetric pieces hinged into a foldable structure between the two frames, and the two layer ends are separately hinged to the frame. One end of the cross rod is hinged to a sleeve which is movably attached to the link rod; the shelf is characterized in that: the cross rod is an “L” shaped structure with a transverse rod and a vertical rod, in which the former crosses and is hinged to both sides of the frame, and the end of the latter is hinged to the sleeve. By the “L” shaped cross rod, both frames form a rigid, triangular and a stable structure with a vertical plane of the shelf, and the entire structure is more cost effective and practical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Zenithen USA, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew David Frankel, Shi-Ping Zheng, Tian-Xia Zheng
  • Patent number: 9380868
    Abstract: A storage shelf coupling sleeves each having symmetrically arranged engagement slots formed thereon to be convergent, through sloping, in a downward direction. The coupling sleeves are respectively mounted to fixed rods. A support frame has retention plates respectively fit to the coupling sleeves by being received in one of the engagement slots of each coupling sleeve. Another engagement slot of each of the coupling sleeves may receive a retention plate of another support frame to fit therein so that a number of support frames can be connected in a side-by-side manner thereby making assembly and expansion of the storage shelf easy and the expanded arrangement tidy and organized. The coupling sleeve is of a hollow cylindrical configuration. The support frame has corners each comprising one retention plate attached thereto. The retention plate is made convergent, through sloping, in the downward direction to facilitate fitting thereof into the coupling sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: BESTMATE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kuang-Huan Fu
  • Patent number: 9380864
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an item of furniture, in particular a table, having at least one length-adjustable leg. The length-adjustable leg includes a first telescopic element which is realized as a hollow body, as well as a second telescopic element which is mounted inside the first telescopic element so as to linearly displaceable along a first axis. A locking device which is arranged on the second telescopic element comprises at least one first pin which is movable using an actuating device from a first position, in which the at least one first pin prevents the movement of the first telescopic element relative to the second telescopic element as a result of a force-fitting connection or form-fitting connection, into a second position in which the displacement is not prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: USM HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Niklaus Höltschi, Alexander Schaerer, Thomas Dienes
  • Patent number: 9332839
    Abstract: A desk mounted vertically adjustable stand up desk allows a conventional desk to be easily and quickly converted to a stand up desk for the user. The desk mounted vertically adjustable stand up desk includes a base plate adapted to be supported on a desk surface; a tower vertically extending from the base plate; a stand up desk surface member moveably mounted on the tower and configured to be vertically adjustable relative to the base plate; and a lock member coupled to the tower and configured to secure the stand up desk surface member in a desired user selected vertical position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Inventor: John Frederick Ringlein
  • Patent number: 9247810
    Abstract: A device for storing utensils, especially tools, comprises at least one storage tray unit (1) for accommodating utensils to be stored, which storage tray unit can be connected to a carrying unit (5) for carrying the storage tray unit (1) and can be removed from the carrying unit (5). The storage tray unit (1) comprises at least one lug (12, 13, 14) which can be inserted into a receiving groove (8) of the carrying unit (5) in order to connect the storage tray unit (1) to the carrying unit (5), the storage tray unit (1) connected to the carrying unit (5) projecting from the carrying unit (5). In order to connect the storage tray unit (1) to the carrying unit (5) in various angular positions, different lugs (12, 13, 14) of the storage tray unit (1) can be inserted into the receiving groove (8) of the carrying unit (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: METZLER GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Reinhard Metzler
  • Patent number: 9060603
    Abstract: A modular rack system suspends wine bottles height adjustably from between a ceiling and a floor. The modular rack system includes a plurality of cables and a plurality of support blocks. The plurality of cables extend tautly from the ceiling to the floor. The plurality of support blocks height adjustably engage the plurality of cables and suspend the wine bottles height adjustably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Inventor: Miguel D. Christie
  • Patent number: 9010703
    Abstract: A kit for mounting one or more appliances on a pole, the kit comprising a central ring for being mounted around a pole and having a through-hole, a fitting surface and a support surface, and a carrier having a base part and at least one support arm extending from said base part for supporting one or more appliances, wherein said base part is adapted to be fitted on said support surface and has a through-hole adapted for being fitted around said fitting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Acronimus Technology, S.L.
    Inventors: Jose Tresserras Picas, Javier Viñas Garcia De Falces, Antonio Fargas Angrill
  • Publication number: 20150096476
    Abstract: An adjustable desk apparatus includes an auxiliary work surface that is movable between a sitting configuration and a standing configuration. When in the sitting configuration, the auxiliary work surface is located adjacent to a primary work surface of an existing desk so as to accommodate working while sitting. When in the standing configuration, the auxiliary work surface is upwardly displaced from the primary work surface of the existing desk so as to accommodate working while standing. The adjustable desk apparatus also includes a base member that interfaces with the existing desk. An adjustment assembly includes at least one counterweight and corresponding counterweight sprockets configured to selectively urge the auxiliary work surface toward the standing configuration when actuated by a user. A pin couples the auxiliary work surface to the base member so as to hold the auxiliary work surface at a desired location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Jamie M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8985032
    Abstract: An adjustable desk apparatus includes an auxiliary work surface that is movable between a sitting configuration and a standing configuration. When in the sitting configuration, the auxiliary work surface is located adjacent to a primary work surface of an existing desk so as to accommodate working while sitting. When in the standing configuration, the auxiliary work surface is upwardly displaced from the primary work surface of the existing desk so as to accommodate working while standing. The adjustable desk apparatus also includes a base member that interfaces with the existing desk. An adjustment assembly includes at least one counterweight and corresponding counterweight sprockets configured to selectively urge the auxiliary work surface toward the standing configuration when actuated by a user. A pin couples the auxiliary work surface to the base member so as to hold the auxiliary work surface at a desired location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Jamie M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8960825
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a refrigerator main body having a cooling chamber; a cooling chamber door for opening and closing the cooling chamber; a shelf assembly provided within the cooling chamber such that a height thereof is adjustable; and a basket provided in any one of the refrigerator main body and the cooling chamber door such that a height thereof is adjustable. A space of the refrigerator main body or the cooling chamber door can be utilized to facilitate receiving and keeping food items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hongsik Kwon, Sanghun Kim, Seonkyu Kim, Hyokku Kwon, Sungkyong Han, Hangbok Lee
  • Patent number: 8944398
    Abstract: A portable lift facilitation assembly assists in lifting a person from a seated position. The assembly includes a base and a top. A biasing member urges the top away from the base into an extended position. Extension arms are coupled to the base and the top. Each extension arm is extendable between a retracted position and an elongated position. A latch is coupled to the base and selectively secures the top to the base. A release is coupled to the base and operationally coupled to the latch for selectively releasing the latch from the top wherein the biasing member urges the top into the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Inventor: Carol D. Miller
  • Publication number: 20150028633
    Abstract: An item of table furniture has a table top and a table frame supporting the table top. The table top, in plan view, is formed with first pair of opposite edges and a second pair of opposite edges. One edge of the first pair of edges is convex and the other edge of the first pair of edges is concave. The convex curvature and the concave curvature of the first pair of edges has a predetermined first radius of curvature of substantially equal size. One edge of the second pair of edges is longer than the other edge of the second pair of edges. Such a table can be arranged together with items of table furniture of the same kind and also with other items of furniture to an array in many ways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: VS VEREINIGTE SPEZIALMOEBELFABRIKEN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: DAVID STUBBS, JONATHAN PIDWELL, GERHARD LIPPERT, REINHARD WEBER
  • Patent number: 8939091
    Abstract: A display rack capable of being transformed between a first configuration, in which a plurality of rack boxes are arranged in tiers and a second configuration, in which the plurality of rack boxes are vertically arranged in line, the display rack comprising an upper rack having an upper rack box and an upper back plate for holding the upper rack box, a lower rack having a lower rack box and a lower back plate for holding the lower rack box, and a connection member for connecting the upper rack and the lower rack the connection member being rotatably supported at a horizontal line lower than the upper rack box on a front side of the upper back plate and a horizontal line higher than the lower box on a back side of the lower back plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Tanax, Inc.
    Inventor: Akihito Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140238277
    Abstract: Modular laboratory workbenches and work surface accessories are provided. Modular laboratory workbenches may include a spine structure including multiple modules with core passageways for routing utilities. At least one spine structure module may include circuit breakers behind a panel for local electrical power control. The spine structure may include a top with angled faces that provide power outlets, gas terminals, and other utilities. Between angled faces, an accessory support structure may be provided that supports a backsplash in a center channel and provides accessory slots on both sides of the center channel to receive and support interchangeable accessories including monitor arms, tablet arms, gas turrets, supplemental lights, etc. Cantilever brackets of various heights may attach to the spine structure and support work surfaces that are translatable to provide access to the utilities provided on the angled faces of the spine structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventor: NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, INC.
  • Patent number: 8783675
    Abstract: An apparatus for vertically separating stacked pallets a sufficient distance such that each pallet in the stack can be cleaned, with the pallets then immediately restacked after cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Inventors: James R. Buck, Larry White
  • Patent number: 8770568
    Abstract: An apparatus for vertically separating stacked pallets a sufficient distance such that each pallet in the stack can be cleaned, with the pallets then immediately restacked after cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventors: James R. Buck, Larry White